tyke was spike's son's name in tom and jerry.
tyke was spike's son's name in tom and jerry.
what was spike's son's name in tom and jerry?
tyke
most cartoons with spike in them conform to a theme: usually spike is trying to accomplish something (such as building a dog house or sleeping) when tom and jerry's antics stop him doing it. spike then (presumably due to prejudice) singles out tom as the culprit, and threatens him that if it ever happens again, he will do "something horrible" to him (effectively forcing tom to take the blame) while jerry overhears; afterwards jerry usually does anything he can to interrupt whatever spike is doing while tom barely manages to stop him (usually getting injured in the process). usually jerry does eventually wreck whatever spike is doing in spectacular fashion and leaves tom to take the blame, forcing him to flee from spike and inevitably lose (usually because tom is usually framed by jerry and that spike just doesn't like tom). off-screen, spike does something to tom and finally tom is generally shown injured or in a bad situation while jerry smugly cuddles up to spike unscathed. tom sometimes gets irritated with spike (an example is in that's my pup!, when spike forces tom to run up a tree every time his son barked, causing tom to hang tyke on a flag pole). at least once, however, tom does something that benefits spike, who promises not to interfere ever again; causing jerry to frantically leave the house and run into the distance (in hic-cup pup). spike is well known for his famous ""listen pussycat!"" catchphrase when he threatens tom, his other famous catchphrase is ""that's my boy!"" normally said when he supports or congratulates his son.
tom and jerry
the remainder of the short deals with tom's attempts to catch jerry but does not know about spike first. as soon as jerry rings the gong, spike sticks out his arm as tom yelps and spins. he is then tied to a lawnmower and is launched into a garbage truck. in the next scene, jerry is seen sitting on a plate, eating cheese and tom tries again. he grabs jerry through the open kitchen window. jerry struggles to free his hands. spike comes and chops tom's backside. tom yelps quickly, puts jerry back and falls to the ground. when tom puts pillow-like earmuffs on spike, he dings to show jerry that his guard can't hear his gong. after tom dings the gong close to spike's ear, spike wakens and shoots tom into the air. tom yells in fear and claws the roof he landed on. it doesn't work and he is teetering on the gutter's edge. tom does a quick salute and falls. then tom takes a giant leap and lands on the roof. tom, who was shaking in fear, heaves a sigh of relief. jerry does everything he can to anger tom, including making funny faces, showing him his (underwear-clad) buttocks, etc. it works and the chase is off again. they run down the street into a toy store where jerry hides in a toy airplane. jerry turns it on, pilots it, and scalps tom's head and then shaves tom's body with the propeller. as soon as tom's fur comes back the chase starts again. he gets into a larger toy airplane, chases jerry's plane in a dogfight-like chase and is shredding jerry's plane with his propeller. jerry gongs for spike and tom slams into spike's chest, causing him (tom) to disintegrate. spike sweeps him up and throws him in a trash can. a panicked tom calls an exterminator, butch, along with three more cats to remove spike from the household. they do nothing more than fire paintballs at spike, who is thrown by the force into the swimming pool; tom then breaks out laughing. however, spike then grabs tom and squashes him into a bowling ball which he uses to, literally, strike the cats out of the garden.
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