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Revision as of 01:17, 20 October 2021
- For other uses, see the disambiguation page for Spike.
Spike Bulldog is the deuteragonist of the Tom & Jerry franchise. He's a grey, rough bulldog that appears in many of Tom and Jerry cartoons. He has a somewhat minor friendship with Jerry and is a formidable enemy to Tom, though he is occasionally a rival to both protagonists, as he was in the episode Dog Trouble.
Spike has a grudge against Tom, not just because he's a cat, but because whenever they cross paths, Tom is interrupting quality time with his son, Tyke because he's too busy chasing Jerry to watch where he's going. Obviously, whenever Spike tells Tom not to do a certain thing, Jerry overhears this and does his best to get Tom in trouble (in the example, Jerry would get Tyke as dirty as possible). Spike proceeds to beat Tom up thinking he was responsible for it. After Spike beats Tom, he is shown having a good time or resting peacefully with his son Tyke and they are joined by Jerry their real saboteur, disturber, and culprit who was really the one that Spike should beat up. Spike also appeared in some of the recent cartoons featuring a basset hound called Droopy, another popular MGM cartoon character.
Characteristics
Bio
Appearance
Spike is a giant bulldog with brownish-gray fur with a light brown marking that spans up to the front of his torso. In many cartoons, his fur is light gray, while his underbelly marking is white. His ears are pointed with pink insides and his tail is slender, small, and pointed as well. His only consistent article of clothing is a red, spiked dog collar. He has an anchored tattoo on his left upper arm as seen in Quiet Please!.
Abilities and Powers
He can punch enemies, especially, punching Tom, and any other cat in the face.
He is good at fighting, and he is tough and strong.
Weaknesses
- Spike is at times being manipulated by Jerry, into thinking Tom is responsible for some bad deed towards him, when he's in fact not. This makes Spike somewhat easily deceived.
- Also since he is a dog, he has weaknesses such as bones, balls, and squeaky toys.
- He only fight male cats, but he can't fight female cats.
Personality
He is, in personality, extremely prone to anger and always critical. He doesn't hesitate to use force if he wants, and often cause Tom Cat to suffer. Spike also dislikes majority of other cats as well. In some part, he is openly arrogant to Jerry Mouse. However, he is extremely warm to his son Tyke, whom he cares the most, as a duty of a father.
Whenever he gets into a fight with Tom or the other cats, he always relies on brute force like a muscular boxer, the fact that he is a bulldog, but is also wise enough to use items in he's environment to fight back when brute force is not an obvious choice. However, his personality often gets blurred and easier to get angry when it comes to Droopy, mainly because Droopy always outplays Spike in the end.
List of Spike's Personality
Rough, gruff, meek, fatherly, irritable, grouchy, kind, arrogant, tough, cool, goofy, friendly, caring, innocent, brutish, funny
Voice Actors
- Billy Bletcher (1942-1949).
- Daws Butler (1949-1957).
- John Stephenson
Don Messick: The Tom and Jerry Show (1975). - Lou Scheimer: The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show.
- Dick Gautier: The Tom and Jerry Kids Show
- Maurice LaMarche: Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring.
- Frank Welker: Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars
The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show. - John DiMaggio: Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry.
- Michael Donovan: Tom and Jerry Tales.
- Kevin Michael Richardson: Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
- Phil LaMarr: Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure. - Tom Lister, Jr: Tom and Jerry (1992 film).
- Rick Zieff: The Tom and Jerry Show (2014).
- Spike Brandt: Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest
- Bobby Cannavale: Tom and Jerry (2021 film)
Episodes appear in
Tom and Jerry
- Dog Trouble (1942; named "Bulldog" in the short's character model sheet[1])
- The Bodyguard (1944)
- Puttin' on the Dog (1944)
- Quiet, Please! (1945)
- Solid Serenade (1946) as Killer
- Cat Fishin' (1947)
- The Invisible Mouse (1947)
- The Truce Hurts (1948)
- Love That Pup (1949)
- Heavenly Puss (1949) as Devil Dog
- The Framed Cat (1950)
- Slicked-up Pup (1951)
- Cat Napping (1951)
- Fit To Be Tied (1952)
- The Dog House (1952)
- That's My Pup! (1953)
- Two Little Indians (1953)
- Life with Tom (1953)
- Hic-cup Pup (1954)
- Pet Peeve (1954)
- Pup on a Picnic (1955)
- Smarty Cat (1955)
- Barbecue Brawl (1956)
- Tops with Pops (remake of Love That Pup) (1957)
- Tom's Photo Finish (1957)
- Tot Watchers (cameo) (1958)
- Matinee Mouse (in theater screen) (1966)
- The Mansion Cat (cameo) (2001)
- The Karate Guard (2005)
Spike and Tyke
MGM one-shots/Tex Avery
- War Dogs (cameo appearance) (1943)
- Three Little Pups (cameo appearance) (1953)
The Tom and Jerry Show (1975)
- The Ski Bunny
- No Bones About It
- Beach Bully
- Cosmic Cat and Meteor Mouse
- The Kitten Sitters
- Planet Pest
- Watch Out, Watch Dog
- Planet of the Dogs
- Triple Trouble
- Cruise Kitty
The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show
- Droopy's Restless Night
- The Puppy Sitter
- Pest in the West
- The Plaid Baron Strikes Again
- School for Cats
- Disco Droopy
- Lumber Jerks
- Gopher It, Tom (cameo)
- Get Along, Little Jerry
- Spike's Birthday
- A Day at the Bakery
- No Museum Peace
- Mouse Over Miami
- Say What?
- Pie in the Sky
- The Great Train Rubbery (cameo)
- Stage Struck
Tom and Jerry Tales
Season 1
- Feeding Time
- Joy Riding Jokers
- Way-Off Broadway
- Tomcat Jetpack
- Doggone Hill Hog
- Spaced Out Cat
- Beach Bully Bingo
- Destruction Junction
- Jackhammered Cat
- Beefcake Tom
Season 2
- More Powers to You
- Catch Me Though You Can't
- Power Tom
- I Dream of Meanie
- The Cat Whisperer
- Bend It Like Thomas
- Game Set Match
- The Declaration of Independunce
- 24 Karat Kat
- DJ Jerry
- Game of Mouse & Cat
- Catfish Follies
The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)
Season 1
- Pilot
- Spike Gets Skooled
- Sleep Disorder
- Birthday Bashed
- Feline Fatale
- Birds of a Feather
- Entering and Breaking
- Tom-Foolery
- Belly Achin'
- Dog Daze
- For the Love of Ruggles
- Sleuth or Consequences
- Here's Lookin' A-Choo, Kid
- What a Pain
- Top Cat
- Domestic Kingdom
- Just Plane Nuts
- Pets Not Welcome
- Cruisin' For a Brusin'
- Road Trippin'
- Bone Dry
- Pipeline
- Hunger Strikes
- Say Cheese
Season 2
- Dental Case
- Picture Imperfect
- One-Way Cricket
- Slinging in the Rain
- Squeaky Clean
- Tough Luck Duck
- Round Tripped
- Smitten with the Kitten
- Tuffy's Big Adventure
- Slaphappy Birthday
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- X Marks the Thumpin
- Duck, Duck, Loose
- Dandy Do-Gooders
- Baby Blues
- Flea Bitten
- I Quit
- The Art of the Deal
- Tom-Fu
- Pain for Sale
- Bringing Down the House
- The Art of War
- Home Insecurity
- The Tail of Two Kitties (cameo)
- Unhappily Harried After
- Splinter of Discontent
- Forget Me Not
- In the Beginning
- Out With The Old
- Tic-Tyke-D'oh
- Tom and Jerry-Geddon
- Move It or Lose It
- Wing Nuts
- Cat Dance Fever
- Hunger Games
- Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
- Pinch Hitter (cameo)
- Dirty Rat
- Cat-a-Tonic Mouse
- Wish Bone
- Going, Going, Gone Viral
- The Tortoise Don't Play Fair
- Novel Idea
Season 3
- Someone's in the Kitchen With Mynah
- When You Leash Expect It
- Drone Sweet Drone
- Home Away From Home
- Lame Duck
- Frown and Country
- Lost Marbles
- Vocal Yokel
- Anger Mismanagement
- It Ain't Over Until The Cat Lady Sings
- Costume Party Smarty
- The Last Laugh
- You Are What You Eat
- Not My Tyke
- Everyone Into the Pool
- Dis-Repair Man
- Double Dog Trouble
- Hockey Jockeys
- Alley Oops!
- All Cat Jazz
- Magic Hat Cat
- A Star Forlorn
- Rosemary's Gravy
Season 4
- Gym Rat
- Scrunch Time
- Mouse Party
- Hip Replacement
- Cat-astrophic Failure
- The Devil You Know
- The Old Gray Hair
- Balloonatics
- Duck Sitting (newspaper only)
- Ball of Fire (cameo)
- Oh, Brother
- Tick, Tick, Tick
Tom and Jerry in New York
- Put A Ring On It
- Stormin' the Doorman
- Horticulture Clash
- Quacker's Lucky Penny
- Ready Teddy
- Dream Team
Cartoons featuring a similar bulldog to Spike (but designed differently)
Gene Deitch era
- Switchin' Kitten
- Mouse into Space (cameo)
Chuck Jones era
- Pent-House Mouse (cameo in a poster at the end)
- Much Ado About Mousing
- Tom-ic Energy
- The Cat's Me-Ouch! (cameo via picture and archive footage from Tom-ic Energy)
- Rock 'n' Rodent
- Purr-Chance to Dream (2 cameos)
Trivia
- By the events of the recent reboot series The Tom and Jerry Show, he finally realized that Jerry was the true saboteur and therefore ended his friendship with him for abusing him, his son and as well framing Tom, sometimes even joining forces with Tom (though rarely), although it varies greatly between episodes: sometimes he is shown to be still getting along with Jerry like in the original shorts.
- Before being voiced by Bobby Cannavale, Dwayne Johnson and John Goodman were considered to voice Spike in the 2021 movie.
- The only cat he didn't interacted was ''Cousin George''.
- He interacted with Jerry's entire family. including his cousin Muscles and Uncle Pecos.
When Spike is The Antagonist
- Beach Bully Bingo
- More Powers to You
- Dog Trouble
- Puttin' on the Dog
- Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- Heavenly Puss (as Devil Dog)
- Spaced Out Cat
War of the Whiskers
Spike appears in Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers he is the one of the four strongest fighters alongside Eagle, Lion and Monster Jerry, like the smallest characters, it was different that he fights Robot Cat instead of Monster Jerry for a final boss.
Gallery
- Main article: Spike Bulldog/Gallery