Spike (TV series)

Spike is an Canadian-American animated series based of the strip "Peanuts", created by Charles M. Schulz himself, the series is developed by Daniel Hughvan (b. April 1952), the animated franchise was produced at Nelvana Studios, the series lasted from 1996-present, while it still had the "Peanuts" humor, it has more adult humor (such as when Spike protesting to stop people from taking drugs), the series had a TV-14 rating in the US, a PG rating in Canada, a PG rating in Australia, and a -12 rating in France, it is the first Peanuts series to use digital ink-and-paint. (though they switched to Flash for Season 8, and Autodesk Maya for Season 17)

Plot
Spike, a dog from the desert (who can speak), lives his live in the desert of Needles, California, in the desert, he talks to cactus's, tries to hang out with girls, etc.

Characters
Spike (voiced by Bruce Greenwood from 1996-2016, Stephen Amell from 2017-present) - The dog who was separated from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, he currently lives in the desert.

Joe Cactus (doesn't speak) - Spike's cactus friend.

Joseph Jared Tevermany (voiced by Erin Fitzgerald from 1996-2016, Emily Hampshire from 2017-present) - An 10-year-old (later 11) boy who is Spike's human friend.

Principal Piehole (voiced by Martin Short) - A school principal who hates everyone including Joseph.

Martha H. Ennessy (voiced by Terri Hawkes) - a 9-year-old girl who seems to be in love with Joseph.

Arnold Needles (voiced by Scott McNeil) - The fictional mayor of Needles, California.

Gary Gooseback (voiced by David Kaye) - The movie and television critic of Needles.

Hatch Quarterback (voiced by Howie Mandel from 1996-2004) - The famous football player of the fictional football team: Needlebackers, the character made his final appearance in a cameo in the episode "The Black Friday Game".

Rich Mann (voiced by Mark Camacho) - The richest man in Needles.

Frank Welshgerald (voiced by Lee Tockar) - The nerdy-ugly anime fan who is obsessed with the anime "Heart Takeback H.I.G.H S.C.H.O.O.L", he was introduced in Season 2 in the episode "Spike's 7 Wishes", he was a supporting character since the episode, and a main character in the Season 3 episode "Heart Cancelback".

Darren Joldhand (voiced by Bruce Greenwood) - The minor character for Season 1, he works in the cafeteria in Joseph's school, in the 2-part Darren Joldhand mystery, he was shot and killed, after the 2-parter, he was replaced by a fan-favorite character named Ms. Kleiner (a nice lunch-lady who gives kids junk and is secretly a prisoner).

Jenny Kleiner (voiced by Carrie-Anne Moss) - The supporting character for all of the rest of the seasons, she works in the cafeteria in Joseph's school after Joldhand's death, she is secretly a prisoner because she got arrrested for stealing money.

Sharky Sharkton (voiced by Erin Fitzgerald) - The 10-year-old (in human years) shark that was a supporting character, he can be seen in school mostly, he first appeared in the finale of Season 3, and became a supporting character after the episode, his last appearance was in the Season 6 episode "Card Game".

Season 1 (1996-1997)

 * 1) Pilot - TBA
 * 2) Don't I Look Like An Idiot To You.. - TBA
 * 3) Spike's Cape - TBA
 * 4) Downground - TBA
 * 5) Joseph Fails His Class - Joseph gets a F- on his science project for not being aged-appropriate (which is science project is about Guns and Weapons), so Spike helps him pass science without getting F'S, D'S, or C'S, meanwhile, Arnold bans any word that disrespect's him.
 * 6) The Mayor Show - TBA
 * 7) The Needles Tennis Tournament - TBA
 * 8) The Past - TBA
 * 9) Old-Fashioned Western Showdown - TBA
 * 10) Dead Cow - TBA
 * 11) Shut Up Mr. Piehole - TBA
 * 12) Snoopy Comes To Visit - TBA
 * 13) The Hat Chase - TBA

Season 2 (1997-1998)

 * 1) Sloppy McSlopperson - TBA
 * 2) Our Biggest Problem.. - TBA
 * 3) Mr. Jackson, Where's My Thriller! - TBA
 * 4) Spike's 7 Wishes - TBA
 * 5) Godzilla Kong - TBA
 * 6) Joseph In Jail - TBA
 * 7) It's The Stupid Mario Bros Stupid Show! - TBA
 * 8) Crabstar - TBA
 * 9) Bring Back My Simpsons, Or Else I'm Gonna Clobber You! - TBA
 * 10) Frikson - a creepy urban legend created by Arnold Needles named Frikson has Spike and everyone worrying about the future of Needles.
 * 11) The Mystery Of Darren Joldhand (1/2) - TBA
 * 12) The Mystery Of Darren Joldhand (2/2) - TBA
 * 13) The Hit New Video Game - TBA
 * 14) Belle - TBA
 * 15) Rappa Boyz - Joseph and Spike become rappers, and the people of Needles become furious, meanwhille, Principal Piehole takes a vacation to Japan.

Season 3 (1998-1999)

 * 1) Spike Sues - TBA
 * 2) Heart Cancelback - Frank's favorite anime gets cancelled, and Frank helps Rich to try and get the anime back on the air.
 * 3) St. Patrick's Day - TBA
 * 4) Needles' Most Wanted - TBA
 * 5) Arnold's Shrink Ray - TBA
 * 6) The One With All Of The Sitcoms - All sitcoms from the 90's came together to bomb Needles and Spike, Joseph, Arnold, Rich, Martha, and Frank must defeat the bomb before they die, meanwhile, Jenny finds a planet literally named "Your Anus", and the planet name causes controversy with school teachers and feminists.
 * 7) Egyptian Life - TBA
 * 8) The Invasion Of The Super Aliens 1: What Are We Fighting Again? - TBA
 * 9) 0 Cents - TBA
 * 10) The Needles Museum - TBA
 * 11) Music Is The Key - TBA
 * 12) Weird Al Gets Weirder - TBA
 * 13) Sharky - a new student named Sharky (a shark) comes to school, and the kids (including Spike) greet him over at Joseph's school, meanwhile, Frank tries to pick up ladies.

Season 4 (1999-2000)

 * 1) All On Deck - TBA
 * 2) Oh, You April Fool - TBA
 * 3) The Controversial Needles Documentary - TBA
 * 4) Needlebackers No More - TBA
 * 5) Spooky Spooky Spooky Spooky Spooky Stories - TBA
 * 6) I Ate You So Much - TBA
 * 7) The Prom - TBA
 * 8) The Invasion Of The Super Aliens 2: Another One, Really? - TBA
 * 9) Kidlympics 1999 - TBA
 * 10) Spike's Song - TBA
 * 11) The Junky Stuff - TBA
 * 12) Swimming Swedish Fishes On A Tree - TBA
 * 13) Poor Mann - TBA

Season 5 (2000-2001)

 * 1) Kool Karry Klassics - Spike wants his cartoon "Kool Karry" to become famous, so he sends it over to Ace Productions, and later gets accepted, but Spike has a secret that the title "Kool Karry Klassics" means something else, and later gets controversy, meanwhile, Arnold becomes a fan of Seinfeld and forces everyone to watch out, or be sent to jail.
 * 2) Wimpleton - TBA
 * 3) Joseph And The Temple of the 20 Golden Diamonds Hidden Inside A Dragon's Cave  - TBA
 * 4) Apollo Whatever - TBA
 * 5) Arnold Is Gay - A hoax goes around saying that Arnold Needles is gay, and Arnold tries to put a stop to it.
 * 6) Tapioca Pudding Is Arrested For DUI - Tapioca Pudding gets arrested for DUI while driving to a strip club, and Arnold wants to bail her out, meanwhile, Joseph goes on Maury because his mother had a affair with a 18-year-old lesbian.
 * 7) Sharky's Autism - When Sharky is diagnosed with Autism, He believes he is a monster that nobody will ever like.
 * 8) The Invasion Of The Super Aliens 3: Welcome To Area 62 - TBA
 * 9) 1984: A Real Reason - TBA
 * 10) Olden Times - TBA
 * 11) Blame It On The Paparazzi! - TBA
 * 12) A Deal - TBA
 * 13) Tickle Everyone Elmo - TBA

Season 6 (2001-2002)

 * 1) Card Game - TBA

Golden Age (1997-2017)

 * The Golden Age of Spike will have to be the episode after the Thriller episode, in which it introduced so many characters, it had memorable episodes, and some great plots, it is considered the golden age by fans and creators, everyone loved the golden age, until 2017...

Dark Age (2017-present)

 * The Dark Age of Spike began on April 10th, 2017 with the first Season 22 episode "Mountain Hills" (the episode where Spike and Joseph visit a hill and later they find a 18+ club filled with woman wolves), and it's because of the leaving of Bruce Greenwood and Erin Fitzgerald (the voices of Spike and Joseph), the reason they left was due to their ages and not suitable enough to play a character that is younger than Joseph and Spike, it also had a little story arc in which Arnold planned to bomb Keekey Island (a fictional island located in Latin America), and fans call the arc "the stupidest plot ever", it also made Arnold way more jerkish than before, and because of the dark ages, on May 29th, 2017, Hughvan said the show will end after Season 21, not because of that, but because of another show he is working on (Ooober Tube, created for YouTube Red).

Tropes

 * Spike/Tropes

Trivia

 * For a long time, since the Season 1 beginning, nobody knows about the name of Joseph's school, however, some fans call it "Needles School For Elementary School Students", most fans call it "Needles Heights Elementary School", but by 2016, in a 2016 interview with Daniel Hughvan, Daniel said the school was titled "Needles All-You-Can-Get-In-Trouble Elementary School", but Hughvan put just "School" at Joseph's school.
 * Another myth involved around Arnold's childhood, and why he is a jerk, also according to Hughvan, he said Arnold had a great childhood, but got worse since turning 23.
 * The last myth involved around anyone's ages (except for the kids at Joseph's school), also according to Hughvan, and the staff at Spike, everyone's age will have to involve around 20-50, with Arnold being the oldest at 48, and the youngest being Frank at age 20.
 * From Season 3-7, episode 8 will always be a Super Aliens episode.