Spot Helperman

'This article is about Leonard Helpermans dog, you may be looking for his alter-ego, Scott Leadready II.' Spot Helperman/Scott Leadready II is a dog and Leonard's dog of the TV series Teacher's Pet and the main protagonist of the movie Teacher's Pet: The Movie]. He dresses up like a boy and goes to school with his master and best friend, Leonard. He will often quote a saying at the end of each episode.

Personality
Spot is a competitive intellectual and the coolest kid in school. He is very loyal to Leonard and will help him. Sometimes, when things go wrong for him, he starts having a fit or exaggerating it. He wants whatever he wants and does not wanna lose things or games. The only people that know of Spot being Scott are Leonard, Jolly, Pretty Boy, Tallulah, and Ian.

Design
Spot is a blue furred mutt with a white tummy and a black spot on his back. As a Scott, he wears a little hat, a yellow short sleeved collard shirt, red pants, glasses, and gray sneakers. He was an homage to Basemans dog, Hubcaps. As a man, he wore a fancy suit.

Teacher's Pet
Spot was tired of staying at home and wanted to go to school to be closer to Leonard and then, he decided to do so. He called himself, Scott Leadready II and became the coolest. Leonard becoame jealous and his love interest, Leslie started to develop a crush on Scott. Scott told Leonard and Leonard agreeded for Spot to stay as long as no one finds out. As the show went on, Spot got Leonard yelled at, beaten up, punished, or sent to detention on a daily basis. The principals cat, Tallulah knows that Scotts a dog.

In one episode, he falls in love with a circus poodle and decides to leave Leonard, Jolly, Pretty Boy, and Mary to go be with her. But, he realizes that he cant leave his friends and family for a girl he doesn't know and changes his mind.

In another episode, he finds out that they're building a skate park where the dog park he used to play at is, so he's caught in a triangle. At the end, he decides to keep both parks and split them into different ones on different sides.

Teacher's Pet: The Movie
Unlike the series, Spot/Scott is the main character in the movie and Leonard is the deutragonist. At the end of the school year, Mary gets nominated for a N.E.A.T.O. award has to go to Florida with her son Leonard. But the van that the Helpermans take does not allow dogs, so Spot ) is forced to stay home with the two other pets, Pretty Boy and. Jolly ). He is very disheartened. While Mrs. Boogin, the Pet-sitter is watching soaps, Spot accidentally sits on the remote, turning it to the "Barry Anger show." Barry Anger interviews a "wacko" scientist, Ivan Krank who claims he can transform animals to humans, to Spot's delight. He finds out that Krank resides in Florida. Spot finds Leonard a few miles out of town. Since no dogs are allowed inside the van, Spot has to dress like he does to school, as Scott Leadready II. As Mary sees one of her students from school, after a conversation with Scott's "family" (or, Scott in costumes,) she happily takes him along. When they finally reach Florida, Spot/Scott admits to Leonard he came just so he can become a real boy. Leonard agrees to help find this scientist Spot/Scott is looking for. They find Dr. Krank, who is angered by another failure. His "children", mutant mosquito Adele and Mutant Alligator Dennis assist Ivan, who transforms Spot into a human being, against Leonard's will- but to his and Leonard's shock Spot, long since past his puppyhood, becomes an adult and not a child (his age in dog years). Ivan Krank captures Scott and Leonard, to show his success at creating a human from a dogand turn Spot into a media freak. But his nephew, Ian Wazalooski, comes and sets them free in exchange for a slimy chew toy. Leonard and Scott make $500 dollars by finding a lost dog and her puppies using 101 Dalmatians' twilight bark. Scott gets some fancy clothes and rents a car and the two head to the trailer park, unfortunaltely forgetting how Scott is an adult.. While Pretty Boy and Jolly get lost in Cuba, Leonards mom falls in love with the now human Spot, further angering Leonard because he doesn't want Spot to become his stepdad. He gets angry and orders Scott to leave, Krank in hot pursuit, and the Helpermans upset. Around the time Leonard's other pets arrive, Scott's in a loser hotel and Leonard explains the whole story. Scott regretfully starts to miss Leonard, and feeling the only way to re-create his relationship with Spot is to have Krank turn him into a dog, Leonard and Scott try to return to each other, but pass each other on the way. Leonard visits the mad scientist. Spot and the gang follow Leonard to the lab. A battle begins at the lab between Spot and Krank. When the machine runs out of fuel, Spot puts the nickel Krank gave him earlier and it turns Krank into a mouse with Jolly chasing him out of the lab. But the machine starts to blow up and it zaps Spot. After the explosion, Leonard finds that Spot has turned to dust. Angry and crying, Leonard kicks the machine and it reactivates and zaps Spot again, Turning him back into a dog. Afterwards, Spot, Jolly, and Pretty Boy are outside the awards ceremony cheering for Leonards mom. But Pretty Boy is wondering how they're gonna get home. Spot tells them his plan. That night, Spot is dressed up as Scott Leadready again and convinces Mary to drive him home with them. Meanwhile Jolly and Pretty Boy are hiding under the Rv's bed as part of Scotts plan. Int he epilouge, he deicdes to stop dressing up as a boy for the rest fo the summer and decides to go back to being a pet.

Trivia

 * The reason Spot wears glasses as Scott is because of how the people of Metropolis cant tell Clark Kent from Superman because of the glasses.
 * He was inspired by Hubcaps, Gary Basemans dog.
 * Spot is mix of Brian Griffin (Family Guy), Jake Spidermonkey (My Gym Partner's a Monkey), Rodney J. Squirrel (Squirrel Boy), Cousin Skeeter, Lazlo (Camp Lazlo), Bloo (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends), Robot Jones (Whatever Happened to Robot Jones), and Snoopy.
 * Spot's voice actor, Nathan Lane also voiced Timon of the Lion King franchise.