spike from tom and jerry was a lop - eared yellow mastador.
what kind of dog was spike from tom and jerry?
lop - eared yellow mastador
spike, occasionally referred to as butch or killer, is a stern but occasionally dumb grey american bulldog who is particularly disapproving of cats, but a softie when it comes to mice (though in his debut appearance, "dog trouble" (1942), spike goes after both tom and jerry), and later, his son tyke. in the shorts jerry would often try to get tom in trouble with spike making him a shoo-in for a beating from the bulldog. spike has a few weaknesses that tom tries to capitalize upon: his possessiveness about his bone and his ticklishness. his first speaking role was in "the bodyguard" (1944), where he was voiced by billy bletcher up until 1949, from which point he was voiced by daws butler. unlike his father spike, tyke does not speak. he only communicates by yapping, whimpering, growling, facial expressions and wagging his tail. in "tom and jerry kids", tyke does have a speaking role in the program and is the first time that viewers were able to hear tyke speak. spike is very protective towards his son and gets very angry at tom if tyke is bothered or harmed. although tyke has spoken in "tom and jerry kids", he has laughed in one "tom and jerry" short. after daws butler, maurice lamarche, frank welker, john dimaggio, michael donovan, phil lamarr and currently rick zieff would all perform spike's voice. tyke's vocal effects are provided by frank welker and speaking roles by patric zimmerman.
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tom frees the head and jerry sneaks up behind him and imitates barking. tom is startled and almost claws through the wall before he sees the mouse and chases jerry, spotting him in a bone-hat. tom bolts after him, and jerry hides. convinced that the end of the dog bone nearby is jerry in disguise, tom grabs it and is met by an angry spike. as spike chomps down, tom causes spike to swallow his bone and hides underneath a huge st. bernard, which falls asleep and tom pops out from under it without the dog head. tom wakes the dog and is hanging from the collar. tom attaches the head to his rear and pops out again, waking the dog again. the dog sees tom's head, but tom switches ends and leaves. tom hides in a barrel and notices jerry is doing the same. he breaks open the barrel and chases jerry until jerry hides in another dog's fur. jerry swims in the fur and gets tom to dive in. this wakes up the dog and he scratches both mouse and cat out of his fur. jerry stops, trips tom, and gains the dog head for himself. spike comes around the corner and briefly sees tom's real head, but tom quickly hides it. jerry leaves and spike (now looking quite frightened) looks at tom's apparently headless body, which cheerfully waves at him then waddles off after its 'head'. this proves to be the last straw for poor spike, who emits a terrified, feminine scream heard in "fraidy cat".
puttin' on the dog