Tiny Bulldog is a recurring character in the Chuck Jones-era of Tom and Jerry. He temporarily replaced the role of Spike Bulldog during this era.
Like Spike Bulldog, he is a bulldog who is a friend of Jerry and the canine foil to Tom.
Appearance[]
Tiny is a burly bulldog with yellow fur and a white belly. In his first two appearances he is a normal sized bulldog, in his third and fourth appearance has him or a smaller relative of the dog is seen as micro mouse sized bulldog in some of his appearances.
The normal-sized dog is designed similar in size to Spike Bulldog as shown in Much Ado About Mousing and Tom-ic Energy. A mini-sized dog whose size is equivalent to Jerry's appeared in Cat's Me-Ouch! and Purr-Chance To Dream.
Personality[]
As the average-sized bulldog, his role is similar to Spike (in cartoons such as The Bodyguard and Fit To Be Tied) which is to defend Jerry against Tom. His looks and personality are similar to Spike. He is shown as a bodyguard to protect Jerry, though less aggressive and more mild-mannered akin to Spike.
As a midget-sized dog, he is loyal and devoted towards Jerry and acts feisty and ferocious towards anyone who is threat to his mouse master. Tom often underestimates the dog's ability, which he perceives as a threat, the Tiny bulldog is shown to be strong to even defeating a Tom who is larger than him. Unlike Spike and Tyke, he has a big bite (similar to those of Looney Tunes' Tasmanian Devil). By comparison, the smaller dog is more aggressive than his larger counterpart.
The smaller bulldog is far more aggressive than bigger.
Appearances[]
As an average-size bulldog[]
- Much Ado About Mousing
- Tom-ic Energy
- The Cat's Me-Ouch! (archive footage from Tom-ic Energy, cameo)
- Purr-Chance To Dream (cameo)
As a mouse-size bulldog[]
Trivia[]
- Although Tiny is never given an official name in the cartoons, and is never shown again in future Tom and Jerry media after the Chuck Jones era, some Tom and Jerry fans still confuse him as the same bulldog as Spike Bulldog from the Hanna-Barbera era cartoons, due to his similar roles to that of Spike in these cartoons, despite him not intended to be the same bulldog.
- Tiny closely resembles the bulldog named Belvedere from the 1950 Looney Tunes cartoon Dog Gone South, which the dog's design's is based on. The two characters were also created by Chuck Jones and voiced by Mel Blanc.
- His design is also similar to that to both Looney Tunes bulldogs Hector the Bulldog and Marc Anthony, the latter bulldog created by Chuck Jones. Coincidentally, the former bulldog, created by Friz Freleng, had yellow fur like Tiny in two Tweety and Sylvester cartoons: A Street Cat Named Sylvester and Greedy for Tweety.
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