101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–1998)

Lucky, Cadpig, Rolly and their chicken friend Spot have a series of adventures around the Dearly Farm.

Stars:

Kath Soucie, Tara Strong, Jeff Bennett

3 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Kath Soucie	...	Cadpig (64 episodes, 1997-1998)
Tara Strong	...	Spot (64 episodes, 1997-1998)
Jeff Bennett	...	Lt. Pug (64 episodes, 1997-1998)
Frank Welker	...	Scorch (64 episodes, 1997-1998)
April Winchell	...	Cruella de Vil (61 episodes, 1997-1998)
Charlotte Rae	...	Nanny (43 episodes, 1997-1998)
Debi Mae West	...	Lucky (33 episodes, 1997-1998)
Pamela Adlon	...	Lucky (31 episodes, 1997-1998)
Jim Cummings	...	Colonel (30 episodes, 1997-1998)
Cree Summer	...	Princess (28 episodes, 1997-1998)
David L. Lander	...	Horace Badun (28 episodes, 1997-1998)
Christine Cavanaugh	...	Dumpling (27 episodes, 1997-1998)
Michael McKean	...	Jasper Badun (27 episodes, 1997-1998)

Storyline

This show acts as a mix of the Dodie Smith book, 1961 animated movie and 1996 live-action movie. After foiling Cruella DeVil's plot to make a fur coat with the puppies' skins, the Dearly Family (Roger and Anita Dearly, Nanny, Pongo, Perdita, their 15 birth puppies and 84 adopted puppies) move to a new farm home in the country. This show centers on three of Pongo and Perdy's pups, brave Lucky, tubby Rolly and Cadpig the runt. Together with their chicken friend Spot, they defend their new home from Cruella DeVil (Anita's boss and now new neighbor), continually get in and out of trouble, sneak into Grutely, and have all sorts of crazy adventures around the farm. Also along for the fun is Tripod, Patch, Two-Tone, Wizzer, Dipstick, Mooch, and the rest of their barnyard friends.

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Plot Keywords:

puppy | runt | digit in title | surrealism | animal in title | 

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Taglines:

You'll be spotting 101 dalmatians 5 times a week. That's 505 dalmatians a week.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-Y

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 September 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

101 Dalmatians

Company Credits

Production Co:

Disney Channel, Jumbo Pictures, Toon Disney

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Lt. Pug: Come on, come on, cadet! Move your spotty chicken behind and cross that road!
Spot: Why?
Lt. Pug: If I wore boots, I'd have four good reasons why!
Spot: Sorry, sir, but I can't cross the road without a reason why. It's a chicken thing.

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Connections

Spun-off from 101 Dalmatians (1996)

User Reviews

One of the darkest days in Disney's history.

This is one of the worst cartoons, let alone tv shows, in existence. I thought the 1996 piece of dog crap that came before was bad enough, but this is pure torture. The huge cast of dalmatians is taken out of the picture, including the parents, Pongo and Perdita, and in the lead we have: Lucky, the only puppy who appeared in both the excellent animated film and the horrible live action film, Rolly, who also appeared in the animated flick, Cadpig, a character who didn't appear in either Disney film, but was featured in the original novel, and...... Spot the chicken. A $$^$#@^%%$^ CHICKEN!!!???? WHAT WAS DISNEY THINKING!? Spot is one of the stupidest characters in Disney's existence, a character who is entirely worthless and adds nothing to the series. Even worse, the other three characters, as well as Cruella, Jasper, and Horace, are horribly one-dimensional, lacking any sort of real personality that makes you care for them, unlike so many of Disney's other shows. Add in really bad animation, as well as a bad music track, and you have Disney's worse cartoon series ever(with the exception of Teacher's Pet and Lloyd in Space).

BOTTOM LINE: This puppy really needed to be put to sleep, and I'd administer the fatal shot myself.