Fillmore! (2002–2004)

Former delinquent now fights for the good guys at X Middle School.

Creator:

Scott M. Gimple

Stars:

Orlando Brown, Tara Strong, Horatio Sanz

3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Orlando Brown	...	Cornelius Fillmore (26 episodes, 2002-2004)
Tara Strong	...	Ingrid Third (26 episodes, 2002-2004)
Horatio Sanz	...	Jr. Commissioner 'Dutch' Vallejo (26 episodes, 2002-2004)
Don LaFontaine	...	Announcer (26 episodes, 2002-2004)
Kyle Sullivan	...	Danny O'Farrell (22 episodes, 2002-2004)
Wendie Malick	...	Principal Folsom (16 episodes, 2002-2004)
Lauren Tom	...	Karen Tehama (16 episodes, 2002-2004)

Storyline

Former delinquent Cornelius Fillmore saw the light, and now fights on the side of justice at X Middle School. Joining him is Ingrid Third, who has a photographic memory. Together, Fillmore and Third fight all those who attempt to break the rules at X, all while keeping Jr. Commissioner Vallejo off their backs and trying to please the school's overly-image-conscious Principal Folsom.

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Plot Keywords:

school | villain | hall monitor | african american | hero | 

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Genres:

Action | Animation | Comedy | Crime | Family | Mystery | Adventure

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Official Sites:

ABC Kids

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 January 2003 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Disney's Fillmore!

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Television Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

All the main characters' last names are street names in San Francisco.

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Quotes

Fillmore: Goin' undercover's part of the gig, Ingrid.

User Reviews

Great fun

Disney have built a reputation of making good cartoons, ever since Steamboat Willy, via the Jungle Book and then to the Lion King. But it's the TV cartoon series at which they excel: Recess, Lloyd in Space, Dave the Barbarian, Kim Possible, House of Mouse...all made in recent years. Fillmore deserves to be in the same list.

As a wonderful satire on hard boiled detective series, with the "government" (in this case, the principal) constantly threatening budget cuts if crimes aren't solved, this is great fun. The interesting thing is that Fillmore takes more after Agatha Christie than Law & Order - it's a show of twists and turns, with the least obvious suspect turning out, at the very end, to be the one behind the model train crash or whatever.

Due to time constraints - 20 rather than 45 minutes, for instance - it can't go into the same detail on either the cases or the supporting detectives. But the writers do an admirable job of having an interesting support cast: Officer O'Farrell, Jr Commissioner Vallejo and Principal Folsom are all fun little sketches of characters, though Tahama and Anza are pretty much Kirk's redshirts.

As for the leads, both are perfectly usable and are given some great lines. The voice acting is excellent from everybody, and this truly deserves a long run.