Teacher's Pet (TV series)

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Teacher's Pet
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Genre Sitcom
Created by Gary Baseman
Bill Steinkellner
Cheri Steinkellner
Directed by
  • Timothy Björklund
  • Alfred Gimeno (season 2)
  • Donald V. MacKinnon (season 2)
  • Ennio Torresan Jr. (season 2)
Voices of
Theme music composerBrian Woodbury
Peter Lurye
Opening theme"I Wanna Be a Boy"
Composers Stephen James Taylor
Brian Woodbury
Peter Lurye
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes39 (47 segments)
Production
Executive producers
ProducersMichele Furuichi-Yost (season 1)
Nancylee Myatt (season 2)
EditorsJohn Royer (season 1)
Susan Edmundson (season 2)
Running time22 minutes
Production company Walt Disney Television Animation [a]
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseSeptember 9, 2000 (2000-09-09) 
February 9, 2002 (2002-02-09)
Network Toon Disney
ReleaseJanuary 11 (2002-01-11) 
May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10)

Teacher's Pet (also known as Disney's Teacher's Pet) is an American animated sitcom produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. [1]

Contents

The series follows a 9-year-old boy and his dog who dresses up as a boy. [2] Created by Gary Baseman—the artistic designer for the Cranium board game—Bill Steinkellner, and Cheri Steinkellner, it was broadcast on ABC from 2000-2002, and finishing its run on Toon Disney in 2002.

A feature-length film adaptation was theatrically released in the United States and Canada on January 16, 2004, which serves as a finale to the television series.

Premise

The series follows Leonard Helperman, a 9-year-old boy in the 4th grade, who lives in fear because his mother, Mary Helperman, is his teacher. Because of this, he is often mocked and called a "teacher's pet", but he wants to be considered normal. Meanwhile, his dog Spot misses Leonard while he is at school, and yearns to be a human boy. So on the first day of the school year, he decides to come to class disguised as a new student named Scott Leadready II, who quickly becomes the most popular, influential kid in school. However, Leonard eventually finds out his secret. Although he disapproves of this at first, he allows Spot to continue attending school.

Characters

Main cast

Recurring

Episodes

Series overview

SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
1 1713September 9, 2000 (2000-09-09)January 13, 2001 (2001-01-13) ABC
2 9268September 22, 2001 (2001-09-22)February 9, 2002 (2002-02-09)
2118January 11, 2002 (2002-01-11)May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10) Toon Disney

Season 1 (2000-01)

Note: The first season aired on ABC's One Saturday Morning. All episodes in this season were directed by Timothy Björklund.

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleWritten byStoryboard byOriginal air dateProd.
code
11"Muttamorphosis" Bill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Timothy Björklund September 9, 2000 (2000-09-09)001
Spot the Dog decides once and for all to go to school, and so he becomes Scott Leadready II, top student of his master Leonard Helperman's fourth grade class.
22"Pet Project"Bill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Fred Gonzales &
Celia Kendrick
September 16, 2000 (2000-09-16)002

Spot tries to pass Mr. Jolly off as his pet cat and Leonard writes about Pretty Boy when the kids have to write and recite an essay on their pets.

Guest stars: Pat Musick as Mary Beth and David Sabella as Pretty Boy's singing voice
33"Movin' on Pup"Bill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Celia KendrickSeptember 23, 2000 (2000-09-23)N/A-003
"Escaping Dog Trick" Ford Riley Fred Gonzales
Scott does well enough on the N.A.S.T.Y. to get promoted to the fifth grade, but finds out that the fifth grade is much more of a challenge than he had anticipated.

Mrs. Helperman thinks Spot's run away when he sneaks away as Scott to buy ice cream with Leonard. Once Spot returns home, Mrs. Helperman has an electronic fence set up, which restricts him from going to school, causing him to mope.

Guest stars: Clancy Brown as the Fifth Grade Teacher, Patrick Warburton as Officer Doggytime and Brad Renfro as Miles
44"A Lick is Still a Kiss"Bill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Chuck Klein & Melissa SuberSeptember 30, 2000 (2000-09-30)ABC-04
Leonard mentions to the cool kids that Leslie uses pink lemonade lip gloss with a hint o' mint, which he had learned from Spot, but that turns into a rumor that he had kissed Leslie on the lips. It doesn't get any better when Principal Stricker threatens him (along with Scott later on when he defends Leonard) to be sent to the "School For Losers".
55"Being Mrs. Leadready"Laura McCrearyChuck Klein & Melissa SuberOctober 7, 2000 (2000-10-07)005

Scott needs to find someone to play his mother for parent-teacher night and eventually has to play not only his mother but himself at the same time after being invited over for dinner.

Song - "Spot's Lament" (Original & Reprise)
66"Let Sleeping-Over Dogs Lie"Bill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Mike Diederich &
Fred Gonzales
October 28, 2000 (2000-10-28)ABC-06
"Costume Pity Party" Michael Price Norma Klinger
Scott and Leonard are invited to Ian's birthday/slumber party, and Leonard's scared since he doesn't know what to expect from a slumber party, especially since it's at Ian's house.
On Halloween day, Leonard explains that he doesn't wear costumes anymore for the season since someone had bullied him the previous year (It's later found out that said bully was made fun of previously for wearing a disco costume the year prior to that). In the meantime, Spot's cover nearly is blown when his costume falls apart and appears as his actual self as he arrives at school, but everyone believes that he's actually in costume as a dog, so he goes with it and pretends to be Scott in a dog costume, but things go awry when they are told to take off their costumes for later.


Song - "Happy Happy Birthday!"

Guest stars: Fred Willard as Mr. Wazselewski, Clancy Brown as the Fifth Grade Teacher and Brad Garrett as Dutch Calenza
77"Scott's Honor"Michael PriceFred Gonzales &
Celia Kendrick
November 4, 2000 (2000-11-04)007

Spot tries to prove to Leonard that he can succeed as a Junior Boy Ranger, which Leonard thinks he can't do because dogs are color blind.
Song - "Junior Boy Rangers"

Guest star: Marc Wilmore as Troop Leader Steve Knicke
88"Fifi"Bill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Chuck Klein & Melissa SuberNovember 11, 2000 (2000-11-11)ABC-08

When the fourth grade class goes to the circus, Spot falls in love with and pursues Fifi, a circus acrobat poodle. He is successful, but as she is in a traveling circus, she insists that Spot should come with her too.

Guest star: Bernadette Peters as Fifi
99"Bad to the Bone"Jim Patterson & Stephen LeffFred GonzalesNovember 18, 2000 (2000-11-18)FO-09
"Always Knock the Postman Twice"Story by: Gary Baseman
Teleplay by: Ford Riley
Celia Kendrick
Scott thinks he's been branded a bad'un when Mrs. Helperman writes him up on his permanent record for sticking his head out the school bus window, so ends up showing them all at school how bad he can be.
When Scott makes slanderous insults against a mailman during "Career Day" (Going back to his dog instincts) and ends up getting in trouble for it, Leonard tries to change Spot's prejudice against mailmen by explaining to him all the mistakes that Spot and the other dogs see about mailmen before he gets himself into more trouble at school.
Song - "No One Does Bad Quite As Good As Me"
1010"You Can't Bite City Hall"Bill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Chuck Klein & Melissa SuberDecember 2, 2000 (2000-12-02)ABC-10

The city wants to turn the dog park into a skateboard park and Scott supports this until his dog friends and enemies inform him of their perspective of the park, leaving Spot confused to decide which side he's going to be on.

Song - "Dog and Skateboard Park"
1111"A Dog for All Seasons"Story by: Ford Riley
Written by: Ford Riley &
Michael Price
Fred Gonzales &
Celia Kendrick
December 16, 2000 (2000-12-16)011

Spot tries to find out if dogs have any holiday traditions. Meanwhile, Mrs. Helperman has to write up a new holiday school play that includes all the kids' religious traditions, but finds it harder than she expected.
Song - "Season Of Love"

Guest stars: Fred Willard as Mr. Wazselewski, Tress MacNeille as Librarian and John Mahoney as Tim Tim Tim
1212"Tallulahpalooza"Bill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Chuck Klein & Melissa SuberJanuary 6, 2001 (2001-01-06)012

Mrs. Helperman agrees to be a pet sitter for Principal Stickler's cat Tallulah. This strikes conflict with Leonard and Spot as they want to leave the house to go out for Laser Tag and pizza, but they both feel that Tallulah is spying on them, and might catch on to Spot's secret. Meanwhile, Pretty Boy has a hard time trying to avoid being eaten by Tallulah and Mr. Jolly falls in love with the cat.

Guest star: Tress MacNeille as Tallulah
1313"Saving Mr. Jolly"Cade ChilcoatCelia KendrickJanuary 13, 2001 (2001-01-13)N/A-013
"Rule of Paw"Ford RileyFred Gonzales
Pretty Boy and Mr. Jolly both think the other is missing so they go to school in search of Leonard's help and things get worse when they do find each other and Tallulah finds them too. In the meantime, Leonard, Scott, and the rest of the class participate in the "VIPATOTY" fitness test.

When Scott takes his new role as playground safety monitor a bit too seriously, Leonard intentionally breaks a bunch of small offenses to make a point that his new rules are ridiculous. Scott doesn't like this one bit and it lands Leonard in Student Council Court.

Guest star: Tress MacNeille as Tallulah

Season 2 (2001-02)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byStoryboard byOriginal air dateProd.
code
141"Never Take Candy from a Kindergartner" Timothy Björklund Bill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Celia Kendrick & Chuck KleinSeptember 22, 2001 (2001-09-22)1C03-205

Leonard feels very guilty when he lets kindergartner Emma get a crush on him and feeds him free samples of candy from her dad's store, so Scott tries to help out, only to get roped into the same situation. Meanwhile. Pretty Boy and Mr. Jolly both annoy each other with their habits (Pretty Boy being his seed bell and Mr. Jolly with his scratching post,) so they bet each other that they can do without the thing that they love.

Note: The episode was originally planned to premiere on September 15, 2001, but was delayed due to the coverage of the September 11 attacks. [3]
152"A Few Good Boys"Timothy Björklund Michael Price Tina Kügler & Bob OnoratoSeptember 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)1C03-203

Both Scott and Leonard get Junior Boy Ranger community service assignments that they absolutely can't stand.

Guest stars: Kath Soucie as Baby Kittens and Marc Wilmore as Troop Leader Steve Knicke
163"Bad Fur Day"Timothy BjörklundStory by: Gary Baseman
Written by: David Maples
Troy Adomitis, Karen Carnegie,
Raymond S. Persi & Barry Vodos
October 6, 2001 (2001-10-06)1C03-212
Spot makes fun of Leonard's bad haircut until he himself winds up with a bad grooming that could blow his cover.
174"The Tale of the Telltale Taffy"Alfred GimenoDavid MaplesKaren Carnegie, Bob Onorato &
Barry Vodos
October 27, 2001 (2001-10-27)1C03-225

While trick-or-treating, Scott convinces Leonard to go across the street to get candy since their street is only offering fruits and vegetables, but both of them start to feel guilty since Leonard had promised to his mom previously that he wouldn't go across the street. Meanwhile, after Leonard takes in a stray black cat from out of the rain, Pretty Boy and Jolly suspect the cat of being a vampire after reading up on vampire stories online.

Song - "It's About The Candy"

Guest stars: Tim Curry as Spooky and Kevin Schon as the singing voice of Spot/Scott [nb 2]
185"Don't Count Your Chickies Before They Hatch"Alfred GimenoNicholas Hope & Jessie JonesFred Gonzales & Ennio Torresan Jr.November 3, 2001 (2001-11-03)1C03-215
Scott is thrilled at a chance to go the upcoming air show, but this conflicts with his class assignment to watch over chicken eggs, so in the meantime, Leonard videotapes the whole thing for Scott so he can still watch the airshow later on. Eventually Scott has to leave the house to retrieve a light bulb when the chickens incubators light bulb dies, but on the way to the light bulb store, Scott is extremely tempted to go to the airshow. In the meantime, after complaining that he feels that he has no purpose in life, Mr. Jolly finds purpose by lying on top of the eggs to keep them warm.
196"Strickler's Pet"Timothy BjörklundMark SteenChuck KleinJanuary 11, 2002 (2002-01-11)
(Toon Disney)
1C03-206 [4]
"Fresh 'n' Frozey Chocolaccino"Story by: George McGrath
Written by: Nancylee Myatt
Karen Carnegie, Celia Kendrick & Chuck Klein1C03-208 [5]
Strickler makes a stupid promise to get the students to read 2000 books in one month, and makes Scott "Junior Deputy Vice Principal" to keep him from helping the kids reach that goal so he won't have to shave his head bald and paint it purple.
Scott and Leonard get the brilliant idea of selling their "Fresh 'n' Frozey Chocolaccino" drink to raise money to buy a Steel Sabre scooter, but things go awry once they run out of ingredients and end up selling ice.
  • "Fresh 'n' Frozey Chocolaccino" was the first episode to feature Kevin Schon voicing Spot/Scott as at the time, Nathan Lane was working on the Mel Brooks Broadway musical, The Producers; although Nathan Lane still voices Spot/Scott in various episodes afterwards given that many of them aired out of order.
207"The Grass Seed is Always Greener..."Timothy BjörklundBill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Celia Kendrick, Zac Moncrief & Melissa SuberJanuary 18, 2002 (2002-01-18)
(Toon Disney)
1C03-207

Pretty Boy's migrating instincts kick in and he flies the coop.

Song - "Wormface And Skelebony Opening"
218"No Substitutions, Please"Alfred GimenoNicholas Hope & Jessie JonesFred Gonzales & Tina KüglerJanuary 19, 2002 (2002-01-19)1C03-223

Mrs. Helperman catches a cold and so turns her class over to a substitute. Everybody loves her except Scott due to his canine super-sense. Meanwhile, Mr. Jolly, trying to fill in for Spot, tries to assist with Mrs. Helperman and her cold.

Guest star: Grey DeLisle as Ms. Dewygood
229"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Green"Timothy BjörklundBill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Fred Gonzales & Ennio Torresan Jr.January 25, 2002 (2002-01-25)
(Toon Disney)
1C03-211
Scott gets jealous when Leonard makes up a popular game based on the fetch game Spot's played with Leonard.
2310"Party Animal"Alfred GimenoStory by: Cade Chilcoat
Written by: Billiam Coronel
Celia Kendrick & Chuck KleinJanuary 26, 2002 (2002-01-26)1C03-210
"Mr. Jolly: Man...or Mouser?"Timothy Björklund & Alfred GimenoBill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Ennio Torresan Jr.1C03-224 [6]
Scott secretly sets up a surprise party for Leonard's birthday, but Leonard doesn't seem interested.

Leonard bets that Mr. Jolly can catch wiseacre mouse Margarita Ratoncita in five minutes.

Guest star: Nika Futterman as Margarita Ratoncita
2411"What's Sweat Got to Do with It?"Timothy BjörklundJim Staahl & Jim FisherZac Moncrief & Melissa SuberFebruary 1, 2002 (2002-02-01)
(Toon Disney)
1C03-218 [7]

Leonard's paired with Leslie in a square-dance performance, but he keeps getting sweaty palms when he's near Leslie. Meanwhile, when Pretty Boy finds out that Mr. Jolly recent stomach problems stem from having milk, he assists in helping him from having anymore dairy.

Song - "Trip Your Partner Promenade"
2512"Dogfight"Timothy BjörklundDavid MaplesTina Kügler & Bob OnoratoFebruary 8, 2002 (2002-02-08)
(Toon Disney)
1C03-217
When Scott and Leonard argue over a basketball loss the other kids force them to fight about it. Meanwhile, Mr. Jolly tries to prove how ferocious he can be after Pretty Boy points out how domesticated he is as a cat.
2613"Taint Valentine's Day"Ennio Torresan Jr.Billiam CoronelFred Gonzales & Tina KüglerFebruary 9, 2002 (2002-02-09)1C03-228
Nobody seems to love Leonard, especially on Valentines day, so Scott secretly sends many valentines to Leonard to boost his confidence, but his plot blows up in Leonard's face as the girls look over the valentines and find out that they're all written the same, so it's up to Scott to fix the mess he created. Meanwhile, Mr. Jolly helps Pretty Boy out with getting a lady bird on Valentines day.
2714"Science Not Fair"Donald V. MacKinnonBilliam CoronelTroy Adomitis, Karen Carnegie & Raymond S. PersiFebruary 15, 2002 (2002-02-15)1C03-214

Mrs. Helperman mistakenly believes that Scott's fancy photosynthesis science project is Leonard's project.

Song - "Photosynthesis"
2815"To Bee or Not To Bee"Donald V. MacKinnonDavid MaplesCelia Kendrick & Chuck KleinFebruary 22, 2002 (2002-02-22)1C03-221

Scott panics when he finds that his spelling bee rival Eric Mark Kravitz is fanatically devoted to studying for the bee.

Song - "The Tiny Flugelhorn"
2916"One Dog's Junk"Alfred GimenoJim Staahl & Jim FisherWendy Grieb, Tina Kügler,
Zac Moncrief & Melissa Suber
March 1, 2002 (2002-03-01)1C03-220
Spot is completely distraught when Leonard puts his beloved Squeeky Burger Toy in a yard sale, and nearly has a complete nervous breakdown when he finds out that Ian bought it and won't give it back. In the meantime, Pretty Boy and Jolly sell stuff online and knowing that Spot is really distraught about his loss, they both decide to buy him a new Squeeky Burger Toy online, but they keep outbidding each other over and over again, not realizing that they are both trying to bid for the same toy for Spot.
3017"Team Scott"Donald V. MacKinnonBilliam CoronelFred GonzalesMarch 8, 2002 (2002-03-08)1C03-N/A
"Take Me Out of the Ball Game"Timothy BjörklundStory by: Jonathan Goldstein & Roger Schulman
Written by: John Reyonlds & Mike Samonek
Celia Kendrick
The East Westland JBR Troops let Scott compete and win in all the JBR Confab events all by himself so they don't lose for the 10th year in a row. But things go downhill when the troop ends up going the wrong way on the final test to Little Rock Mountain.
Scott fanatically tries to turn Leonard into a great baseball player when Scott is prohibited from playing himself because he's only been a student for eight months.

Song - "Team With A Capital 'T'"

Guest stars: Marc Wilmore as Troop Leader Steve Knicke, Bob Uecker as The Narrator and Fred Willard as Mr. Wazselewski
3118"Inspector Leadready II"Timothy Björklund &
Ennio Torresan Jr.
Jim Staahl & Jim FisherZac Moncrief & Melissa SuberMarch 15, 2002 (2002-03-15)1C03-227
When Leslie's map of Brazil is found broken and Leonard is at the scene of the crime, Scott becomes Scotlock Holmes to clear Leonard's name.
3219"The Turkey That Came To Dinner"Ennio Torresan Jr.Bill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Chuck Klein & Raymond S. PersiMarch 22, 2002 (2002-03-22)1C03-229

The pets have to spend Thanksgiving in the porch when Grandma Rose visits, bringing with her a live turkey for dinner. Meanwhile, Leonard gets addicted to an old game that his grandmother had brought over to play.

Song - "Thanksgiving Blessings"

Guest star: Betty White as Grandma Rose
3320"Double Dog Dare"Alfred Gimeno Jess Winfield Wendy Grieb & Celia KendrickMarch 29, 2002 (2002-03-29)1C03-226

In a Truth or Dare game, Leonard is dared to tell everyone who his favorite girl in the class is. If he admits that it's Leslie then everybody might laugh at him and it'll ruin him and Leslie's friendship and if he lies and says he has a crush on Younghee, then he might break Leslie's heart, so he decides to try a super hard dare in place of telling the truth.

Song - "The Litterbox Aria"

Guest star: Sydney Walsh as Mrs. Sproutwell
3421"Attack of the 50 Inch Girl"Ennio Torresan Jr.Bill Steinkellner &
Cheri Steinkellner
Zac Moncrief & Melissa SuberApril 5, 2002 (2002-04-05)1C03-N/A

New girl Fred Bitters picks on Scott and Leonard so much that Spot decides to quit going to school.

Guest star: Nancy Cartwright as Fred Bitters
3522"The Flipper"Ennio Torresan Jr.Billiam CoronelKaren Carnegie & Bob OnoratoApril 12, 2002 (2002-04-12)1C03-231

After Scott teaches Leonard, he becomes the Flipper when he becomes an expert at flipping cards into a circle. But after a bit of tension between the two, they have a final showdown. In the meantime, Mr. Jolly makes buildings out of cards as Pretty Boy does various methods to blow it down.

Song - "The Flipping Motion"
3623"The Blight Before Christmas"Alfred GimenoDavid MaplesCelia Kendrick, Chuck Klein & Raymond S. PersiApril 19, 2002 (2002-04-19)1C03-233

While Leonard hopes to get a Mach III Game Command for Christmas, Spot searches for a lost dog hoping to collect a $500.00 reward to buy stuff for himself.

Guest stars: Jeff Bennett as Moby Dog and Gabrielle Carteris as Charlotte Dog
3724"All About Eavesdropping"Ennio Torresan Jr.Jim Staahl & Jim FisherCelia Kendrick, Raymond S. Persi & Barry VodosApril 26, 2002 (2002-04-26)1C03-232

Scott convinces Leslie to allow Leonard and himself to perform a magic act for her birthday party. After the act, they start to gather their stuff as Scott conveniences Leonard to eavesdrop on the girls to find out what "girls really like" for the boys at the school to know about.

  • This is the last episode that featured Nathan Lane as Spot/Scott.

Guest star: Jeff Bennett as Myron the Magnifico and Pat Musick as Mrs. Dunkling and Intercom

3825"The Nose Knows"Alfred GimenoJim Staahl & Jim FisherChuck Klein & Zac MoncriefMay 3, 2002 (2002-05-03)1C03-N/A
"Don't Bite the Hound That Feeds You"Story by: Billiam Coronel
Written by: David Maples
Melissa Suber
Scott insists that the cafeteria's Thursday Surprise is the dog food he ate as Spot in the morning, but he needs to prove this without blowing his cover when Principal Stickler questions how he would know this.
Spot gets French fleas on him and despite having a prejudice for fleas, he helps them find a new home.

Song - "Can't We All Get Along?"

Guest star: April Winchell as Clancy the lunch lady
3926"A Breed Apart"Ennio Torresan Jr.Jess WinfieldFred Gonzales & Tina KüglerMay 10, 2002 (2002-05-10)1C03-N/A

Spot, concerned about how breed he felt, drags Leonard to a dog show to find out. In the meantime, Mr. Jolly's father pays a visit to the Helperman's and Mr. Jolly seems less than happy to see him.

Song - "Scottish Bloudhound"

Guest star: Ray Wise as Mr. Poppy Puttinpuss

Broadcast and streaming

The show aired on ABC's One Saturday Morning block beginning on September 9, 2000. The block would continue airing new episodes of the show until February 9, 2002 and reruns would last there until September 7, 2002, when the block was rebranded to ABC Kids the following week.

The show began airing on Toon Disney on January 7, 2002 with new episodes premiering on the channel starting January 11, 2002. [8] Toon Disney would continue airing new episodes of it each Friday until reaching its finale on May 10, 2002. By the summer of 2006, it was removed from Toon Disney altogether and has not aired on American television since then.

The entire series was made available on Disney+ on launch day, November 12, 2019, in its original format. [9] [nb 3]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult
2001 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program Nathan Lane Won
British Academy Children's Awards International [10] Teacher's PetWon
Annie Award Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Animated Television Production [11] Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television Production [11] Gary BasemanNominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production [11] David Ogden StiersNominated
2002 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Special Class Animated ProgramGary Baseman, Bill Steinkellner, Cheri Steinkellner, Jess Winfield, Nancylee Myatt, Timothy Björklund, Don MacKinnon, Alfred Gimeno, Jamie Thomason, Julie Morgavi, David Maples and Billiam CoronelWon
Outstanding Individual in AnimationChuck KleinWon
2003 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Special Class Animated ProgramGary Baseman, Bill Steinkellner, Cheri Steinkellner, Jess Winfield, Don MacKinnon, Ennio Torresan Jr., Alfred Gimeno, Julie Morgavi,David Maples and Billiam CoronelWon
Outstanding Individual in AnimationGary BasemanWon

Film

A full-length animated feature based on the series, also titled Teacher's Pet , was released by Walt Disney Pictures on January 16, 2004. The film features the main cast from the series reprising their roles alongside new characters played by Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally, and Paul Reubens.

Serving as a finale to the series, the film follows the characters during summer vacation. Leonard hopes Spot will finally act like a normal dog, but Spot hopes to become a real boy with the help of a mad scientist who claims he can turn animals human. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics but was a failure at the box office, making little more than half of its budget back. [12]

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Notes

  1. He took over as the voice for Spot/Scott in six episodes during the second season.
  2. While Kevin Schon would voice Spot/Scott in many later episodes that aired on Toon Disney (and one on ABC), Kevin first voiced Spot/Scott during the song "It's About The Candy"
  3. When the series originally aired on ABC and Toon Disney, it made use of the "Pan and Scan" method since widescreen televisions weren't readily available at the time
  1. Animation outsourced to Wang Film Productions and Toon City Animation.