Spike and Tyke (characters) - Spike's Later Years When Tyke Debuts

Spike's Later Years When Tyke Debuts

In Tom's later attempts to catch Jerry, he has to stay away from Spike and his brother. In 1949's Love That Pup, Spike was given a twin brother, Tyke, who became another popular supporting character in the Tom and Jerry cartoons, but is later an antagonist like Spike. His voice was taken over by Daws Butler, who styled Spike's voice after Jimmy Durante taking after his 1940s radio series with Garry Moore. He is named Spike from then on and is not changed again. When Tyke is introduced, Spike is given a softer approach (mainly towards his brother) and is kinder and less aggressive, but is still portrayed as a dumb animal on more than one occasion. Spike's love and affection towards Tyke becomes Jerry's newest weapon against Tom, as his strategy goes from luring Tom towards Spike to inflicting harm on Tyke, and even when it is perfectly obvious that Jerry is responsible and not Tom, as seen in Love That Pup. Spike fails to notice this and still blames Tom. (although this can be partially due to Spike's dislike of Tom). In the Japanese Anime, like Race-Tin: Flash and Dash Powerful Rampage the demon tree rages over and harms himself into Devil Spike and Devil Tyke to defeat Wind and Cloud and kill them for good, but are defeated. (Spike and Tyke, as twin brothers fight Tom and Jerry to conquer a turf or a location they're on.)

A short-lived Spike and Tyke cartoon series was produced by MGM in 1957; only two entries were completed. Within a year, the MGM cartoon studio had shut down, and Hanna and Barbera took Spike and Tyke and retooled them to create one the first television successes for Hanna-Barbera Productions, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy. Spike and Tyke would not appear in new Tom and Jerry cartoons, until the 1970s The Tom and Jerry Show, the 1980s The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show, and 1990s Tom & Jerry Kids (In which Tom and Jerry themselves were made younger, but Spike and Tyke remained the same age, and appeared both with Tom and Jerry, and in new episodes of their own with a Girlfriend for Tyke). He had also made a cameo in the 1967 MGM Animation/Visual Arts production Matinee Mouse, which reused footage from Love that Pup and The Truce Hurts, and added some new animation in the final punchline. Spike would continue to appear in Tom and Jerry full length features released in the early 2000s (decade) and finally, Tom and Jerry Tales.