Butch (animated character)

Not to be confused with the cat cartoon characters from Tom and Jerry which also has the same name.

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Butch" animated character – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. Please help improve this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged and removed. (October 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

(Learn how and when to remove this message)

Fictional character

Butch

MGM Cartoons character

Butch in the cartoon Grin and Share It (1957)

First appearance| Bad Luck Blackie (early version)
January 22, 1949
Wags to Riches (official version)
August 13, 1949
Created by| Tex Avery
Designed by| Louie Schmitt
Voiced by| Tex 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
Alias| Spike
Poochini
Species| Dog (Bulldog)
Gender| Male

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 (ironically the name Butch is also used in the Tom and Jerry Cartoons for the name of a rival alley cat). 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.

## Butch solo cartoons

[edit]

Title | Release Date | Notes

|
|

Bad Luck Blackie | January 22, 1949 | Butch's debut.
The Counterfeit Cat | December 24, 1949 |
Ventriloquist Cat | May 27, 1950 |
Garden Gopher | September 30, 1950 |
Cock-a-Doodle Dog | February 10, 1951 |
Magical Maestro | February 9, 1952 | Named as Poochini.
Rock-a-Bye Bear | July 12, 1952 |
Cellbound | November 25, 1955 |
Cat's Meow | January 25, 1957 | The final Butch cartoon; a remake of Ventriloquist Cat directed by Tex Avery and produced by Hanna and Barbera with different coloring for the cat, the dog, and some of the scenery.[4]

## Appearances in Droopy cartoons

[edit]

* Wags to Riches (1949) – Academy Award shortlist; first time Spike appears as Droopy's rival.
* The Chump Champ (1950)
* Daredevil Droopy (1951)
* Droopy's Good Deed (1951)
* Droopy's Double Trouble (1951)
* Deputy Droopy (1955)
* Millionaire Droopy (1956) – a CinemaScope remake of Wags to Riches directed by Tex Avery.
* Grin and Share It (1957)
* Blackboard Jumble (1957)
* One Droopy Knight (1957) – a remake of Señor Droopy, Academy Award nominee.
* Mutts About Racing (1958)
* Droopy Leprechaun (1958)

## Later appearances

[edit]

Butch reappeared in direct-to-DVD films such as Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring and Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes, alongside Droopy.

His latest appearance was in 2014's The Tom and Jerry Show. He appeared in the episode "Double Dog Trouble", where Spike and Butch are two separate characters who are twins, in order to poke at the character's retitling, while detectives Tom and Jerry mistake each one for the other after Spike buys a room at the town's motel.

## Voice actors

[edit]

* Tex Avery (Bad Luck Blackie, Wags to Riches, The Counterfeit Cat, Ventriloquist Cat, Garden Gopher, Cock-a-Doodle Dog, Daredevil Droopy, Droopy's Good Deed, Magical Maestro, Rock-a-Bye Bear, Millionaire Droopy, Cat's Meow)[1]
* William Hanna (screaming in Wags to Riches, Garden Gopher, Rock-a-Bye Bear, Cellbound and Millionaire Droopy)[1]
* Sara Berner (laughing in Wags to Riches, Garden Gopher, Rock-a-Bye Bear and Millionaire Droopy, screaming in Wags to Riches and Millionaire Droopy)[1]
* Daws Butler (The Chump Champ, Droopy's Double Trouble, Blackboard Jumble)[1]
* Bill Thompson (Droopy's Double Trouble, Grin and Share It, One Droopy Knight, Mutts About Racing, Droopy Leprechaun)[1]
* Carlos Julio Ramírez (Magical Maestro)[1]
* Frank Ross (Magical Maestro)[1]
* Mary Kaye (Magical Maestro)[1]
* Paul Frees (Magical Maestro, Cellbound)[1]
* Norman Kaye (Magical Maestro)[1]
* Jeff Bergman (Cartoon Network bumper, Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes)[2][3]
* Jim Cummings (Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring)[3]
* Joe Alaskey (Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz, Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz)[3]
* Bill Farmer (The Tom and Jerry Show)

## References

[edit]

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

* v
* t
* e

MGM Cartoons

Series|

* Happy Harmonies
* The Captain and the Kids
* Count Screwloose and J.R. the Wonder Dog
* Barney Bear
* Tom and Jerry (filmography)
* Droopy
* Screwy Squirrel
* Spike and Tyke

One-shots|

* Swing Wedding
* Peace on Earth
* The Milky Way
* Gallopin' Gals
* The Alley Cat
* Bats in the Belfry
* Blitz Wolf
* The Early Bird Dood It!
* Red Hot Riding Hood
* Who Killed Who?
* Jerky Turkey
* Henpecked Hoboes
* Swing Shift Cinderella
* Uncle Tom's Cabaña
* Slap Happy Lion
* King-Size Canary
* Little 'Tinker
* Lucky Ducky
* The Cat That Hated People
* Bad Luck Blackie
* The House of Tomorrow
* Little Rural Riding Hood
* The Counterfeit Cat
* Ventriloquist Cat
* Symphony in Slang
* Magical Maestro
* One Cab's Family
* Little Johnny Jet
* T.V. of Tomorrow
* The Farm of Tomorrow
* The First Bad Man
* Cellbound
* The Dot and the Line
* The Bear That Wasn't

Characters|

* Red
* George and Junior
* Butch

People|

* Tex Avery
* Joseph Barbera
* Preston Blair
* Scott Bradley
* Friz Freleng
* William Hanna
* Hugh Harman
* Rudolph Ising
* Ub Iwerks
* Gene Deitch
* Chuck Jones
* Michael Lah
* Dick Lundy
* Fred Quimby

Related|

* List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer theatrical animated feature films
* Associated Artists Productions
* DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
* Hanna-Barbera
* MGM Animation/Visual Arts
* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
* Warner Bros. Animation
* Turner Entertainment Co.
* Iwerks Studio
* Flip the Frog
* Willie Whopper
* The Pink Panther

* v
* t
* e

Hanna-Barbera

Original
productions|

| 1950s debuts|

* The Ruff and Reddy Show (1957–1960)
* The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958–1961)
* The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959–1961)

|

1960s debuts|

* The Flintstones (1960–1966)
* The Yogi Bear Show (1961–1962)
* Top Cat (1961–1962)
* The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series (1962–1963)
* The Jetsons (1962–1987)
* The Magilla Gorilla Show (1963–1967)
* Jonny Quest (1964–1965)
* The Peter Potamus Show (1964–1966)
* The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show (1965–1968)
* Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles (1966–1968)
* Space Ghost and Dino Boy (1966–1968)
* The Space Kidettes (1966–1967)
* Birdman and the Galaxy Trio (1967–1969)
* The Herculoids (1967–1968)
* Shazzan (1967–1969)
* Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor (1967–1969)
* The Fantastic Four (1967–1968)
* Samson & Goliath (1967–1968)
* The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968–1970)
* The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–1969)
* The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968–1969)
* Wacky Races (1968–1970)
* The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969–1971)
* Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–1971)
* Cattanooga Cats (1969–1971)
* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1978)

1970s debuts|

* Where's Huddles? (1970)
* Josie and the Pussycats (1970–1971)
* The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971–1972)
* Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971–1972)
* The Funky Phantom (1971–1972)
* The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)
* Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972–1974)
* The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972–1973)
* The Roman Holidays (1972)
* Sealab 2020 (1972)
* The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1974)
* Speed Buggy (1973)
* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids (1973)
* Yogi's Gang (1973)
* Super Friends (1973–1974)
* Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–1975)
* Inch High, Private Eye (1973–1974)
* Jeannie (1973–1975)
* The Addams Family (1973)
* Hong Kong Phooey (1974)
* Devlin (1974)
* These Are the Days (1974–1975)
* Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974–1975)
* Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch (1974–1975)
* The New Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show (1975–1977)
* The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–1977)
* Clue Club (1976–1977)
* Jabberjaw (1976–1978)
* Taggart's Treasure (1976)
* Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977–1978)
* Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977–1979)
* CB Bears (1977–1978)
* The Skatebirds (1977–1978)
* The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977–1978)
* The All New Popeye Hour (1978–1983)
* Yogi's Space Race (1978–1979)
* Challenge of the Superfriends (1978)
* The New Fred and Barney Show (1979)
* Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979)
* Casper and the Angels (1979–1980)
* The New Shmoo (1979)
* Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1980)
* The World's Greatest SuperFriends (1979–1980)
* Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980)

1980s debuts|

* The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980–1982)
* The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1980–1982)
* Space Stars (1981–1982)
* The Kwicky Koala Show (1981–1982)
* Trollkins (1981–1982)
* The Smurfs (1981–1989)
* The Flintstone Funnies (1982–1984)
* The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982–1983)
* Jokebook (1982)
* The Gary Coleman Show (1982)
* Shirt Tales (1982)
* Pac-Man (1982)
* The New Scooby Doo Mysteries (1983–1985)
* The Biskitts (1983–1985)
* Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984–1985)
* Paw Paws (1985–1986)
* Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985–1988)
* Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985–1986)
* The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985–1986)
* The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985)
* The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985–1992)
* The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987)
* Pound Puppies (1986–1987)
* The Flintstone Kids (1986–1987)
* A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1991)
* The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988)
* The New Yogi Bear Show (1988)
* Fantastic Max (1988)
* The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989)
* Paddington Bear (1989)

1990s debuts|

* Tom & Jerry Kids (1990–1994)
* Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996)
* The Pirates of Dark Water (1991–1993)
* Yo Yogi! (1991)
* Fish Police (1992)
* The Addams Family (1992)
* Droopy, Master Detective (1993–1994)
* The New Adventures of Captain Planet (1993–1996)
* SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993–1994)
* 2 Stupid Dogs (1993–1995)
* Dumb and Dumber (1995–1996)
* Cave Kids (1996)
* The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996–1997)

Cartoon Network
productions|

* What a Cartoon! (1995–1997)
* Dexter's Laboratory (1996–1997)
* Johnny Bravo (1997–2002)
* Cow and Chicken (1997–1999)
* I Am Weasel (1997–2000)
* The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2002)

Founders|

* William Hanna
* Joseph Barbera
* George Sidney

Amusement
attractions|

* Hanna-Barbera Land
* The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera

Comics|

* Hanna-Barbera Beyond

Other media|

* Films
* Video games

Related articles|

* Tom and Jerry
* Characters
* List of Scooby-Doo media
* Ruby-Spears
* 1982 animators' strike
* Jellystone!

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template