Cartoon Fan Boy on Instagram: "Dog Trouble (1942) Released on April 18, 1942, Dog Trouble is a landmark episode in the Tom and Jerry canon. It is the fifth theatrical short produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. This episode is historically significant for two reasons: it introduces the prototype of the "Spike" character (a vicious, unnamed American Bulldog), and it marks the very first time Tom and Jerry put aside their rivalry to form a strategic alliance. Th