Teacher's Pet



Teacher's Pet (also known as Disney's Teacher's Pet) is an American Disney animated television series aboutan 11 year old boy and his dog who thinks he is a boy. Created by Gary Baseman, Bill Steinkellner and Cheri Steinkellner and directed by Timothy Björklund, the first season was broadcast on Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC, the second season was broadcast on Toon Disney, and the third season was broadcast on The Disney Channel. The show ran from 2000 to 2004. The show was influenced by Gary Baseman's dog, Hubcaps. He would wonder what the dog would do while he was gone. He made this show in honor of him, with Spot portraying Hubcaps. The show ran for 2 seasons with a total of 39 episodes. Teacher's Pet is the longest running. This is also one of the 3 One Saturday Morning shows to become a Toon Disney original series along with The Weekenders and Teamo Supremo.

Plot
Leonard Helperman is a nerdy 11 year old boy and his mother, Mary is his teacher, which he is ashamed of. All the kids are mean to him and neglect him. Meanwhile, his dog, Spot is tired of just staying at home and wants to do things, so he dresses up as a boy named Scott Leadready II and instantly becomes the coolest. When Leonard finds out the truth, he orders Spot to stop doing this silly charade but Spot says he wants to go to school until they graduate and Leonard relucantly agrees as long as no one finds out. The show also featured Leonards cat and bird having their own adventures.

Characters

 * Leonard Helperman- The main character and protagonist. When your mom is the teacher and your dog is your arch-nemeses, forget about being normal. Leonard is a great scout and horrible at sports, he is madly in love with his next-door neighbor, Leslie Dunkling but can hardly say anything except "hi" to her. Life is a drag, Scott's gonna beat Leonard in everything. Everyday, all the other kids will beat him up, insult him, or torment him. He is hated and mistreated because he's a nerd and his mom is the teacher.
 * Spot/Scott Leadready II- Leonard's dog and the deuteragonist. Scott loves school- he loves everything when it comes to popularity, awards, contests, or school. He is able to quote every historic figure or celebrity. He always comes up with amazing plans which'll get Leonard punished, sent to detention, or beat up. Spot uses his dog qualities to impress everyone and beat Leonard at everything. Their rivalry gets bigger and bigger all the time.
 * Mary Helperman- Mary is the teacher you'd love to have in your class. She's all sweet, loving, kind, and hilarious. She's coming up with these weird ideas including, Pet Parades and Dress up as your favorite author. She has a New York accent. She's a great teacher and mom and makes you care even though you don't wanna. She treats Leonard like a baby.
 * Principal Strickler- Principal Strickler's is strict, bow-tied, and by-the-book. He's a neat freak and a freak in general. He's hated dogs ever since he was a fourth grader after one bit off half of his thumb. He does however, love his (secretly evil) cat Tallulah. He will not rest until he has made Fala D. Roosevelt the best school in EastWestland.
 * Leslie Dunkling- Leonard's love interest and the tritagonist. Leslie and Leonard have been best friends since they were both babies, until fourth grade when she decided to stop hanging out with him because he's a guy, but they remained friends. Leslie is very unafraid, friendly, and outspoken and not afraid of anything daring or challenging, she doesn't know Leonard likes her secretly. She does however, adore Spot and is hitting on Scott like the rest of the girls. Unlike the other kids, she treats Leonard nicely and once admitted she thinks he's cute.
 * Pretty Boy- Pretty Boy is a bossy big-mouthed canary and yells at everyone. He has a Napoleon complex. His arrogance is matched by his love for seedbells and soaps. He yells at everyone for everything. When he's not hollering, he has a lovely singing voice.
 * Mr. Jolly- a big blobby romantic cat that smells like tuna fish and is afraid of the outside. He will never in his 9 lives, understand why Spot would wanna leave the comfort of home, go to school, and be rivals with his master, and go "out there" with crazy drivers, animal control cops, and coyotes.
 * Tyler, Trevor, and Taylor: (Pamela Adlon) Three of the coolest kids in school. They enjoy participating in typical slacker activities like skateboarding. Leonard wants to be as cool as them, only problem is that he is a dork, his name doesn't start with T and end with R, and they cant stand him. They are friends of Scott Leadready II.
 * Younghee Mandlebom: (Lauren Tom) Another lovely girl of the class that is from Korea and Leslie's best friend. Like all the other kids, She always pounds Leonard and/or is mean to him, but mostly, she cares, and even loves him secretly.
 * Chelsey and Kelsey: Pretty twins of the class and close friends of Leslie and Younghee. They are stuck-up and think they are more important than everyone else, but they always bicker with each other. They're two of the many admirers of Scott Leadready.
 * Ian Wazselewski:  ( Rob Paulsen )  The class weirdo. He likes to do gross things, usually involving his pet snake or bodily fluids. He has a small role in the show but he has a fairly large role in the movie.
 * Ruth: a another student of the class and Ian's crush. A running gag is that he chases after her and she runs away in disgust.
 * Tallulah: Strickler's cat, She knows that Scott is really a dog.
 * Other kids appear in Leonard's class but they're used as backround characters and dont have names.

Main Cast

 * Shaun Fleming as Leonard Helperman
 * Nathan Lane as Spot Helperman/Scott Leadready II
 * Debra Jo Rupp as Mary Helperman
 * Wallace Shawn as Crosby Strickler
 * Mae Whitman as Leslie Dunkling
 * Jerry Stiller as Pretty Boy
 * David Odgen Stiers as Mr. Jolly

Recurring Cast

 * Rob Paulsen as Ian Wazselewski
 * Pamela Adlon as Tyler, Trevor, and Taylor
 * Cree Summer as Chelsey and Kelsey
 * Lauren Tom as Younghee Mandlebom
 * Tress MacNellie as Tallulah/Ruth

Guest Stars

 * Patrick Warburton as Officer DoggyTime
 * Bernadette Peters as Fifi
 * Don Lake as Mr. Naven
 * John Mahoney as Tim Tim Tim
 * Tim Curry as Spooky
 * Ray Wise as Mr. Jolly's Father
 * Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Ivan Krank
 * Megan Mullally as Adele
 * Paul Reubens as Dennis
 * Jay Thomas as Barry Anger
 * Estelle Harris as Mrs. Boogin

Scheduling History
The first episode aired on ABC's "One Saturday Morning" on Saturday, September 9, 2000, and remained on ABC until 2002. In January 2002, the show also began airing in Toon Disney, and they used that channel to air new episodes every Friday. While still airing on ABC, it was eventually removed from ABC on September 7, 2002 due to a new Saturday morning block called "ABC Kids." As of 2006, it vanished from Toon Disney as well and is nowhere to be found. In Australia, it aired on Disney Channel from 2002 to 2005 where it was pushed back to the mornings and late night spots on Disney Channel. The show's spot was then replaced in 2006 by 101 Dalmatians and finally Recess which currently is the only One Saturday Morning cartoon now airing on Disney Australia. Recess airs on Family Channel in Canada.

Awards

 * Won Emmy: Best Daytime Animated Series 2000 and 2001
 * Won Emmy: Daytime Emmy Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program:Nathan Lane 2001
 * British Emmy (BAFTA): Best International Children's Programming.
 * Baseman also won Outstanding Individual Achievement Emmy for Production Design on this animated series.

Film
In 2004, Walt Disney Pictures produced a full-length animated feature film of the show in theaters as the series finale. It was named "Teacher's Pet: The Movie". Unlike the show, Leonard is the co-star and Spot/Scott is the star. Spot is sick of pretending to be a boy and wants to be the real thing. When summer arrives, Spot finds out that a mad scientist can make his wish come true, he, Leonard, Mr Jolly, Pretty Boy, and Ian are off on a cross-country trek. Spot becomes a man, but he realizes it's not what he thought after all.

Links

 * http://teachers-pet.wikia.com/wiki/
 * http://disney.go.com/disneytelevision/disney1/index2.html?characters/teacherspet/teacherspet,back=main&submenu=shows