![]() In "Tom-Fu", he is depicted as a passive-aggressive bully to Tom on a new level, with Jerry and Tuffy joining the party.He was at his worst in the 2014 TV series, as he became an annoying jerk that would not only hurt Tom, but Jerry as well, even when it is usually undeserved:.In "More Powers to You", Spike is a super villain in this episode known as "Doom Dog", who the newly empowered Tom and Jerry team up to beat.In "Heavenly Puss", he is portrayed as a devil dog and lives in hell, where he manipulates Tom to be sent to hell so that he can torment him in boiling hot water.In the end, Spike enslaved Tom to force him to rebuild his dream house. He brutalized Tom when he destroyed his dream house for the last time. In "The Dog House", Spike gets annoyed when Tom destroyed his dream house countless times.All three, return to their respective enemies). (In fairness Spike, Tom, and Jerry all fought for it. ![]() ![]() In "The Truce Hurts", let alone harrassing Tom as usual, it's one of the episodes where he eats Jerry, yet tries to have all the steak to himself.(Both get kicked out of the house anyways.) In "Pet Peeve", he tries to capture Jerry and competes with Tom in this.In this short, he not only chases after Tom, but also after Jerry, and without contempt for the fact he is intruding Mammy Two-Shoes' house. In his first appearance "Dog Trouble" and several other episodes, he is shown to also antagonize Jerry, forcing the cat and mouse duo teaming up to fight back.He even antagonizes Droopy in The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show.In several episodes, he also even enslaves Tom (with Jerry joining the party).Many appearances consist of him threatening and sadistically harassing Tom despite either never being provoked or not even being his fault, even to the point of making the poor cat fear for his life.In Tom and Jerry Kids, his personality is softer, but his animosity with Tom as a kid (or Tom's Child) still existed as he threatens Tom. If any cats picking on his son Tyke, Spike will not hesitate to beaten up the cats who picked on Tyke. In the Tom and Jerry Show in the 1980s, Spike was sometimes the rival to a basset hound called Droopy, another MGM creation. Ironically, despite their close friendship nowadays, in early appearances Spike was an enemy of both Tom and Jerry, with the cat and mouse occasionally teaming up to rid themselves of the aggressive beast, as even shown in other episodes as well: This element of Spike seems to have faded over time as he is now considered primarily as the show's most malicious antagonist, as he is shown to antagonize both Tom and even Jerry whether if it's justified or not. Spike can also be friendly when he wants to be and is seen to be a caring father, showing that, although a fierce opponent, he isn't entirely without merit, even if his caring moments toward anyone other than his son are extremely rare. Although he is considered as supposedly one of the series' "protagonists", he is usually portrayed as an unfair, mean-spirited, rude, violent, selfish, reckless, egotistical, and hypocritical character. In general though, he is a bully in regards to Tom and threatens to harm the cat physically, to the point of making Tom fear for his life on numerous occasions. Tom often tries to get revenge on Spike, so it can be argued that Spike can play both the good guy and the bad guy depending on the cartoon, let Tom and Jerry themselves who can have their share of anti-heroic or villainous tendencies on occasions in hence their two-sided rivalry.
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