Weapon Brown she is abducted by Linus, which prompts him to take up his old ways in what would eventually be a failed attempt to rescue her. As with the original Charlie Brown, Weapon Brown owns a dog named Snoop, and, like the original, this dog in no way resembles a beagle. Snoop: Weapon Brown's pet and companion. Although he shares name, color scheme, and breed with the classic Peanuts character, all resemblance ends there. This version of Snoopy is depicted as being a real dog, with no thought balloons or fantasies of his own (that the reader can see; Hildy, a
Butch Dog (Tex Avery) Droopy. Butch Dog (Tex Avery) Butch Dog (formerly known as Spike) is an animated cartoon character: an anthropomorphic Irish dog. He was created in 1949 by Tex Avery for theatrical cartoon shorts produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. Spike or Butch was a short-lived animation cartoon series featuring Butch Dog. The title character was also a recurring antagonist in the Droopy shorts. His name was changed to Butch to avoid confusion with Spike from the Tom and Jerry cartoons. All of the original, 1940s and 1950s shorts were directed by Tex Avery. Butch reappeared in direct-to-DVD movies such as "",