Teacher's Pet

Teacher's Pet (also known as Disney's Teacher's Pet) is an American Disney animated television series about a an 11 year old boy and his dog who lives like a little 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 brodcast on Toon Disney, and the third season was broadcast on The Disney Channel. A feature film version was released in 2004 (with most of the cast from the show reprising their roles). The show ran from 2000 to 2007. 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 4 seasons with a total of 75 episodes. Teacher's Pet is the longest running One Saturday Morning show and the only one from The block to become a Disney Channel original.

Plot
Leonard Helperman is a lonely 11 year old boy and his mother, Mary is his teacher, which he is ashamed of. 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 reculantly agrees as long as no one finds out. The show also featured Leonards cat and bird having their own adventures.

After the movie, the show became more of a teen-drama/Just Jordan-like series. Meaning the show became more serious and about growing up, in seasons 3-4, the show revolves more around Leonard and a lot less on Spot/Scott. These episodes include: one about a gold-digger masquerading as Leonards father, Leonard dying (at the end, Younghee dies instead), Leonards first kiss, Jolly plotting to turn the world into an apocolypse, and Leonard turing into a Hulk-like monster after years of beatings, insults, humiliation, and being a victim of abuse. Therefore, Teacher's Pet lost some of its My Gym Partner's a Monkey/Fosters/Camp Lazlo/Robot Jones/Squirrel Boy/Cousin Skeeter-like qualities.

Characters

 * Leonard Helperman: (Shaun Fleming) Spot's owner. All the kids at school are mean to him because his mother is the teacher,he wants to be popular and is not very popular, but a good kid nonetheless. He wishes Spot would stop this silly masquerade and return home to be his dog.
 * Spot Helperman: (Nathan Lane) Leonards dog. He was tired of staying at home and waiting for the masters to come home so he decided to dress up as a boy named Scott Leadready II. Everyday, Spot will get Leonard sent to punished or beat up. He is the coolest kid in school and is a show-off.
 * Mary Lou Helperman: (Debra Jo Rupp) Leonard's beautiful mother, and the teacher of his fourth grade class. She is a nice, lovable person who likes to inject humor into the fourth grade class. Leonard is somewhat embarrassed about his mom being the teacher and Mrs. Helperman sometimes likes to embarrass him although by the end of the year, she is trying to quit (as evidenced in an early scene of the movie).
 * Mr. Jolly: (David Ogden Stiers) The family cat. He is overweight and cowardly. He fears the outside world and takes comfort in simply watching his soap operas and eating. Mr. Jolly has a major crush on Tallulah Strickler (see below), but his fear of the outside world (and her prissy demeanor) prevents that romance from going anywhere.
 * Pretty Boy: (Jerry Stiller) The mean-spirited bird of the family. He mercilessly teases Mr. Jolly about, among other things, his fear of the outside world. Pretty Boy also likes the soaps and that forms the basis of his relationship with Mr. Jolly.
 * Principal Crosby Strickler: (Wallace Shawn) The archetypal mean-spirited and yet incompetent school principal. He despises dogs due to an incident he had with one in fourth grade, and his cat, Tallulah is more than suspicious that Scott is a dog, always hissing and scratching whenever he is near.
 * Leslie Dunkling: (Mae Whitman) Leonard's pretty crush. She tolerates Leonard but is more interested in Spot/Scott most of the time.
 * Ian Wazselewski: (Rob Paulsen) The class weirdo. Likes to do gross things, usually involving his pet snake or bodily fluids. His earwax sculptures are legendary. Usually called "Eeewan". Keeps a fake corpse in his closet.

Supporting characters

 * Tyler, Taylor, and Trevor: (Pamela Adlon) Three of the coolest kids in school. Leonard wishes he was as cool as them. They usually participate in typical slacker activities like skateboarding. Sometimes pick on Leonard when he does something idiotic, but usually he flies under their radar.They are friends of Scott Leadready II
 * Younghee Mandlebom: (Lauren Tom) Another lovely girl of the class that is from Korea. She usually picks on Leonard or is mean to him, but in some instances, she cares, and even loves him secretly. Towards the end of the series, she died after the doctor mixed up her tests with Leonards, therefore erasing her from the series.
 * Chelsey and Kelsey: Pretty twins of the class. They are usually stuck-up and think they are more important than everyone else, but they always bicker with each other. Leonard tries to get their attention, but usually fails.
 * Moltar: Ian's invisible friend. Usually Ian likes to do the weird stuff he does with him.

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. It was named "Teacher's Pet: The Movie". It featured Spot, Leonard, Mr. Jolly, and Pretty Boy going to Florida to visit a mad scientist named Dr. Ivan Krank who they hope may be able to use his scientific abilities to turn Spot into a real boy.

Links
http://teachers-pet.wikia.com/wiki/

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