Fat Dog Mendoza

Fat Dog Mendoza
Genre	Comedy Fantasy
Created by	Scott Musgrove
Developed by	Ralph Soll Scott Musgrove
Written by	Scott Musgrove Michael Ryan
Voices of	Kathleen Barr Erin Fitzgerald Mark Acheson
Theme music composer	Scott Musgrove Kurt Liebert
Opening theme	"Fat Dog Mendoza"
Ending theme	"Fat Dog Mendoza" (Instrumental)
Composer	Nathan Wang
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Finn Arnesen (for Cartoon Network Europe) Carole Weitzman (for TMO-Loonland)
Producers	Scott Musgrove Larry Houston Fred Miller Geraldine Clarke (supervising producer)
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	TMO-Loonland Sunbow Entertainment Sony Wonder Television
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network UK
Release	1999 (1999) – 2001 (2001)

Fat Dog Mendoza is an American-British children's animated series that aired from 1999 to 2001. and also the first Cartoon Network Europe co-production. The show centers a smart-mouthed dog who is incredibly obese, so much to the point that he is ball-shaped with small, stubby legs. Other characters include Little Costumed Buddy, Piranha Mae, and Onion Boy. The group try to fight crime in the fictional neighbourhood "Neighbourhood X" and they try to find for justice but often fail humorously.

The show was loosely based on a Dark Horse one-off comic book of the same name.

Main characters

• Fat Dog Mendoza
• Little Costumed Buddy/Danny (He is once referred to by this name by Fat Dog as a mistake while teaching him bowling)
• Piranha Mae (Buddy's best friend)
• Onion Boy
• Texas Harry
• Doctor Rectangle
• Polly-Esther
• Cruddy McFearson

Voice cast

• Mark Acheson as Fat Dog Mendoza
• Kathleen Barr as Little Costumed Buddy
• Erin Fitzgerald as Piranha Mae
• Brian Drummond as Cruddy McFearson
• Norma MacMillan as Mrs. Rectangle
• Peter Kelamis as Doctor Rectangle/Jimmy
• Ian James Corlett as Onion Boy
• Pauline Newstone as Esther
• Teryl Rothery as Polly

Additional voice cast

• David Kaye
• Michael Dobson
• Tabitha St. Germain
• Phil Hayes
• Alec Willows
• Cusse Mankuma
• Terry Klassen
• Scott McNeil
• Christopher Gaze
• Venus Terzo
• Jay Brazeau
• Cameron Lane
• Blu Mankuma
• Matt Hill
• Richard Ian Cox
• Tony Sampson
• Paul Dobson
• Jason Gray-Stanford
• Dale Wilson
• Garry Chalk
• Andrew Francis
• Don Brown
• Colin Murdock
• Brent Miller
• Shirley Milliner
• Lee Tockar
• Namaika Tip Utkata
• Richard Newman
• Graeme Kingston
• Nicole Oliver
• Wally Marsh
• Saffron Henderson
• Peter Wilds
• Long John Baldry
• Chantal Strand
• Babz Chula
• Doug Parker
• Janyse Jaud
• Gerard Plunkett
• Mark Hildreth
• Michael Donovan
• Sam Vincent
• Chiara Zanni
• Andrea Libman
• Jim Byrnes
• Don Francks
• John Payne
• Maxine Miller
• French Tickner
• Campbell Lane
• Fran Dowie
• Don McKay

List of episodes

Season 1

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
1	1	"Bright Side of the Moon"	Ralph Soll	Art Mawhinney, Jay Oliva, and Hank Tucker	()
2	2	"Forgotten Fat Dog"	Scott Musgrove and Michael Ryan	Armando Carrillo, Hector Carrillo, John Delaney, and Art Mawhinney	()
3	3	"Power Play"	Frank Santopadre and Ralph Soll	Ian Freedman, Steve Remen, and Hank Tucker	()
4	4	"Et Tu, Fat Dog?"	Scott Musgrove, Michael Ryan, and Gordon Bressack	John Ahern, Ian Freedman, and Mike Kazaleh	()
5	5	"Going the Distance"	Timothy J. Madison	Armando Carrillo, Hector Carrillo, Chad Hicks, and Chris McCulloch	()
6	6	"An Onion a Day"	Michael Ryan Scott Musgrove, Michael Ryan, and Ralph Soll (story)	Dave Concepcion, Art Mawhinney, Steve Remen, and Hank Tucker	()
7	7	"Gone Today, Gone Tomorrow"	Scott Musgrove, Michael Ryan, and Ralph Soll	Armando Carrillo, Hector Carrillo, Mike Kazaleh, and Hank Tucker	()
8	8	"The Heart of Fat Dog"	Scott Musgrove and Michael Ryan Darick Chamberlin, Scott Musgrove, and Michael Ryan (story)	Armando Carrillo, Hector Carrillo, Chad Hicks, and Chris McCulloch	()
9	9	"Superboots"	Scott Musgrove, Shawn Wolfe, and Michael Udesky Scott Musgrove and Shawn Wolfe (story)	Dave Concepcion, Chad Hicks, and Steve Remen	()
10	10	"Fat Dog Strikes Back"	Scott Musgrove and Michael Ryan (also story)	Armando Carrillo and Hector Carrillo	()
11	11	"Four Feet Deep"	Scott Musgrove and Michael Ryan Scott Musgrove, Michael Ryan, and Ralph Soll (story)	Armando Carrillo, Hector Carrillo, Don Manuel, and Steve Remen	()
12	12	"Citizen 'X'"	Scott Musgrove and Michael Ryan Scott Musgrove, Michael Ryan, and Ralph Soll (story)	Dave Bennett, Armando Carrillo, Hector Carrillo, and John Delaney	()
13	13	"Built Free"	Scott Musgrove and Michael Ryan	Armando Carrillo, Hector Carrillo, Chad Hicks, and Steve Remen	()

Season 2

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
14	1	"Exposing Fat Dog"	Scott Musgrove and Peter Egan	Gibbs Lee and Ali Woodruff	()
15	2	"Hot Dog Mendoza!"	Scott Musgrove, Shawn Wolfe, and Michael Ryan Scott Musgrove and Shawn Wolfe (story)	John Ahern, Dave Bennett, John Delaney, Eduardo Olivares, and Steve Remen	()
16	3	"World Destruction Weekend!!!"	Randolph Heard Randolph Heard, Scott Musgrove, Michael Ryan, and Shawn Wolfe (story)	Dave Bennett, Don Manuel, and Steve Remen	()
17	4	"Curses, Fat Dog!"	Ben Townsend Ben Townsend, Scott Musgrove, and Michael Ryan (story)	Armando Carrillo and Hector Carrillo	()
18	5	"The Ghosts of Lane 13"	Shawn Wolfe and Michael Ryan Scott Musgrove, Shawn Wolfe, and Michael Ryan (story)	Ben Edlund, Ian Freedman, Don Manuel, Art Mawhinney, and Hank Tucker	()
19	6	"Sell, Sell, Sell!!!"	Scott Musgrove and Michael Ryan	Ian Freedman, Art Mawhinney, and Steve Remen	()
20	7	"Sunken Heroes"	Randolph Heard, and Scott Musgrove with Michael Ryan (story)	Armando Carrillo and Hector Carrillo	()
21	8	"Substitute Fat Dog"	Scott Musgrove and Michael Ryan	Dave Bennett, Art Mawhinney, and Steve Remen	()
22	9	"Don't Hold Your Breath"	Michael Udesky, and Scott Musgrove with Michael Ryan (story)	Don Manuel, Steve Remen, and Art Mawhinney	()
23	10	"Big Fat Dog"	Scott Musgrove and Michael Ryan	Armando Carrillo and Hector Carrillo	()
24	11	"The Good, the Bad and the Lazy"	Scott Musgrove and Michael Ryan (also story)	Don Manuel and Armando Carrillo	()
25	12	"The Day Fat Dog Stood Still"	Scott Musgrove, Michael Ryan, and Ben Townsend (also story)	Armando Carrillo	()
26	13	"Mom's Mistake"	Scott Musgrove and Michael Ryan Scott Musgrove, Michael Ryan, and Ben Townsend (story)	John Ahern, Ian Freedman, and Mike Kazaleh	()

Television airing

The show was premiered on Cartoon Network UK in 1998, but ended in 2001 and was repeated late at night until 2005. It was also shown on the Channel 5 kids tv block Milkshake!. The show is also aired on KidsCo. It never aired in the United States.

External links

• Fat Dog Mendoza at retrojunk.com
• Fat Dog Mendoza at IMDb