Butch

Butch
Butch image
Appearances
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 (1949-1952, 1956-1957) William Hanna (1949-1950, 1952, 1955-1956) Sara Berner (1949-1950, 1952, 1956) Daws Butler (1950-1951, 1957) Bill Thompson (1951, 1957-1958) Carlos Julio Ramírez (1952) Frank Ross (1952) Mary Kaye (1952) Paul Frees (1952, 1955) Norman Kaye (1952)

Butch (formerly known as Spike) was a mean and stupid Irish dog character created by Tex Avery, he appeared in several cartoons, most iconiclly as a foe and rival for Droopy Dog. He is technically smart and idiotic at the same time. He loves the attention. He was created by Frederick Bean Avery, Butch is his 2nd famous character behind Droopy, who is not stupid to fall for Butch’s tricks.

He is greedy, in one episode he wants a Leprechaun (Irish: Leipreachán) because he thinks it make him rich. In another episode he tries to get rid of Droopy to be the "Lucky Dog" and be rich.

Appearances

One-shot cartoons

1. "Bad Luck Blackie" (1949)

Droopy cartoons

1. "Wags to Riches" (1949)
2. "The Chump Champ" (1950) (as Gorgeous Gorillawitz)
3. "Daredevil Droopy" (1951)
4. "Droopy's Good Deed" (1951)
5. "Droopy's Double Trouble" (1951)
6. "Millionaire Droopy" (1956)
7. "Grin and Share It" (1957)
8. "Blackboard Jumble" (1957) (cameo)
9. "One Droopy Knight" (1957)
10. "Mutts About Racing" (1958) (as Daredevil Butch)
11. "Droopy Leprechaun" (1958)

Butch cartoons

1. "The Counterfeit Cat" (1949)
2. "Ventriloquist Cat" (1950)
3. "Garden Gopher" (1950)
4. "Cock-a-Doodle Dog" (1951)
5. "Magical Maestro" (1952) (as The Great Poochini)
6. "Rock-a-Bye Bear" (1952)
7. "Cellbound" (1955)
8. "Cat's Meow" (1957)

Notes

• Despite being named Spike in "Wags to Riches" and the model sheets, he was widely known as The Irish Dog until being renamed Butch in 1957.
• He makes a cameo appearance in the 2022 Netflix interactive film Cat Burglar as one of the costumes.