"Fillmore!" (2002) TV series 2002-2004

Creator:

Scott M. Gimple

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

1 January 2003 (Australia)

Genre:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

School | Villain | Hall Monitor | African American | Hero

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

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)

Also Known As:

Disney's Fillmore! (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:6 | USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Walt Disney Television Animation

Trivia:

During the opening credits, we see a glimpse of Fillmore's permanent record, which shows him classified as a "delinquent". The past offenses listed for him are: "chalk boosting, locker rigging, comic book poker ring, class cutting, milk counterfeiting (non dairy creamer), [and] backtalkery."

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Fillmore: Disco.

"And now, 'Fillmore!' Today's episode: 'Everything Old Is New Again.' Act One..."

As well as being notable for all of its main characters being named after names and places in California (Fillmore and Third, Folsom, Vallejo), "Fillmore!" basically takes the cop show and transfers it to school even more so than "21 Jump Street" and "The Mod Squad" did - on those shows the enforcers came in from the outside, here the school is self-enforcing, with our heroes Cornelius Fillmore and Ingrid Third as a team working as part of the Safety Patrol for X Middle School, an institution for learning that seems to be crammed full of miscreants from the evidence here, from simple bullies to forgery, robbery, etc.

Like "Police Squad!" and "Funky Squad," "Fillmore!" is in the mold of 1970s shows, here complete with a Quinn Martin-type gravel-voiced announcer ("Today's episode: 'Masterstroke Of Malevolence'! Act One: 'A Broken Masterpiece'!" For some reason the act titles appear on screen, but the overall episode titles never do...), bosses constantly leaping down our heroes' throats, and the kind of theme tune that cop shows today wouldn't go near. All of this just adds to the fun for adults watching, but "Fillmore!" doesn't go overboard with the grown-up references - it knows who its main audience is, and it hits it fair and square. It's a cliche, but this really is fun for all the family... I'm willing to bet that the movie version of "S.W.A.T." won't be half as good.

"Fillmore! I'm on it!"