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Spike (sometimes referred to as Buzz-Buzz) is a bee who often tormented Donald Duck in several cartoons in the late 1930s and early 1950s. He also tormented Pluto in Bubble Bee.
Appearances[]
Filmography[]
- Orphan Picnic (1936)
- Moose Hunters (1937)
- Self Control (1938)
- Mickey's Surprise Party (1939)
- Window Cleaners (1940; known as Barrington the Bee)
- Old MacDonald Duck (1941)
- Home Defense (1943)
- Song of the South (1946)
- Pluto's Blue Note (1947; cameo)
- Inferior Decorator (1948)
- Bubble Bee (1949)
- Honey Harvester (1949)
- Slide, Donald, Slide (1949)
- Bee at the Beach (1950)
- Bee on Guard (1951)
- Let's Stick Together (1952)
- Beezy Bear (1955; cameos on the title card and inside a jar)
- The Mad Hermit of Chimney Butte (1960)
- The Ranger's Guide to Nature (1966; cameo)
- Walt Disney's Song and Stories of Uncle Remus (1970)
- Man at Work (1972)
- Music (Hosted by Skiles and Henderson) (1972)
- The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984)
- Vol. 10: Starring Pluto & Fifi (1987)
In Mickey Mouse, Spike returns in "Bee Inspired" where he repeatedly frightens Mickey, keeping Minnie from finishing her painting. In the end, they become friends and Spike saves Mickey from an angry swarm of his companions by giving a dramatic speech (all in buzz language with subtitles). He would also appear in "New Shoes" to torment Goofy while stuck in Donald's body with the rest of Donald's recurring tormentors.
Comics[]
- Walt Disney's Comics and Stories - Inferior Decorator (1948)
- Walt Disney's Comics and Stories - Honey Harvester (1948)
- Donald Duck Adventures (Disney Comics) - Inferior Decorator (Reprinted, 1993)
- Disney Adventures - The Secret Origin of 7 the Duck Avenger (2000)
- Donald Duck 2010-39 (2010)
Printed material[]
Spike the Bee made a handful of appearances in Disney comics. In the 1948 Inferior Decorator he attacks Donald's house with a whole swarm of bees because Donald's new wallpaper represents flowers.
Trivia[]
- The Bee enemy design in DuckTales Remastered resembles Spike's original design from "Window Cleaners."
