Spike (Tom and Jerry)

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Spike Bulldog and Tyke Bulldog are American cartoon characters from the Tom and Jerry animated film series, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Spike (who goes by different names in a few shorts – Killer for four shorts, Butch for two shorts, and Bulldog for one) is portrayed as an English Bulldog, who is generally amiable and friendly, and a loving father to his son Tyke in several cartoons. However, Spike's character also has a very stern and fierce side for occasions, such as when he is defending his son Tyke. Spike made his early appearance as an unnamed Bulldog in the 1942 Tom and Jerry cartoon Dog Trouble, and his first appearance and his first speaking role was in The Bodyguard (1944), where he was voiced by Billy Bletcher. Spike was voiced by Bletcher until 1949, from which point he was voiced by Patrick McGeehan, Jerry Mann, Bob Shamrock, John Brown, Stan Freberg, and Daws Butler, with a thick New Yorker accent similar to Jimmy Durante's. Following Dog Trouble, Spike appeared...

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