Butch (animated character)

Not to be confused with the cat cartoon characters from Tom and Jerry which also has the same name.
Butch
MGM Cartoons character
Butch in the cartoon Grin and Share It (1957)
First appearanceBad Luck Blackie (early version)
January 22, 1949
Wags to Riches (official version)
August 13, 1949
Created byTex Avery
Designed byLouie Schmitt
Voiced byTex Avery (1949–1952, 1956–1957)[1]
William Hanna (1949–1950, 1952, 1955–1956)[1]
Sara Berner (1949–1950, 1952, 1956)[1]
Daws Butler (1950–1951, 1957)[1]
Bill Thompson (1951, 1957–1958)[1]
Carlos Julio Ramírez (1952)[1]
Frank Ross (1952)[1]
Mary Kaye (1952)[1]
Paul Frees (1952, 1955)[1]
Norman Kaye (1952)[1]
Jeff Bergman (2000, 2010)[2][3]
Jim Cummings (2002)[3]
Joe Alaskey (2011–2016)[3]
Bill Farmer (2019–present)
In-universe information
AliasSpike
Poochini
SpeciesDog (Bulldog)
GenderMale

Butch (formerly known as Spike) is an animated cartoon character created by Tex Avery. Portrayed as an anthropomorphic Irish bulldog, the character was a recurring antagonist in the Droopy shorts, and appeared in his own series of solo shorts as well. His name was changed to Butch in 1955's Deputy Droopy to avoid confusion with Spike from the Tom and Jerry cartoons. All of the original 1940s and 1950s shorts were directed by Avery and Michael Lah at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.[4] Butch would not appear in new material again until Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring in 2002.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Scott, Keith (3 October 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media.
  2. ^ "CN: Paramedics". YouTube. 10 March 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Voice(s) of Butch". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  4. ^ Adamson, Joe, Tex Avery: King of Cartoons, 1975, Da Capo Press