| Butch the Irish Dog (originally known as Spike the Bulldog) |
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| MGM Cartoons character | |
Butch Dog in the cartoon Grin and Share It (1957)
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| First appearance |
Bad Luck Blackie (early version) January 22, 1949 Wags to Riches (official version) August 13, 1949 |
| Created by | Tex Avery |
| Voiced by |
Tex Avery (1949–1950) Billy Bletcher (1950) Bill Thompson (1951–1958) Carlos Julio Ramírez (1952) Jim Cummings (2002) Jeff Bergman (2010) Joe Alaskey (2011–2016) Clancy Brown (2017) |
| Information | |
| Aliases | Spike |
| Species | Canine |
| Gender | Male |
Butch Dog (originally known as Spike) is an animated cartoon character: an anthropomorphic Irish dog. He was created in 1949 by Tex Avery for theatrical cartoon shorts produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.