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'''Spike''' is the name of the most frequently appearing of [[Snoopy]]'s brothers in the [[comic strip]] ''[[Peanuts]]'' by [[Charles Schulz]].

Spike's appearance is similar to that of Snoopy, but he is substantially thinner, has a perpetually sleepy look, and sports a long, droopy [[mustache]] and a [[Fedora (hat)|fedora]]. Spike lives alone in the [[desert]] near [[Needles, California]], only occasionally interacting with the principal characters in the strip, generally in visiting Snoopy. His friends are mostly inanimate [[cactus|cacti]]. When he was introduced to the strip, it was revealed that Spike's exceptionally low weight was due to the fact that he had been living with coyotes, and his job was to clean out their den. He temporarily became [[Rerun van Pelt|Rerun]]'s dog in ''[[I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown]]'', and also had a TV special, ''[[It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown]]'', in which he was the primary character.

Like Snoopy, Spike was raised on the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. Among his other siblings are the rarely seen Andy, [[Belle (Peanuts)|Belle]], Marbles and Olaf. Two others, Molly and Rover, appeared in a [[TV special]], but never in the comic strip.

Spike is always seemingly coming up with some half-witted plotscheme. During a series in 1976, Spike is rescued by Snoopy and a group of [[Woodstock]]'s friends, from a group of [[coyotes]]. The coyotes were apparently furious after Spike tried to sell them "Oceanfront Condos" in the desert of Needles. In [[1983]], Snoopy is convinced in a letter from Spike that the [[1984_Summer_Olympics|1984]] [[Olympics]] were being moved from Los Angeles to Needles. Snoopy, of course, comes to realize that the claim was false, after Spike admitted that his "friend," thea cactus, had told him the rumor. Spike's last major appearance comes in [[1994]], when he and his brother [[Olaf]] and [[Andy]] visit Snoopy in the hospital. They shortly leave after Snoopy gets better.

Spike is usually used in one-off appearances scattered sporadically through ''Peanuts'' history.

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