101 Dalmatians: The Series

101 Dalmatians: The Series
Created by	Jim Jinkins David Campbell Walt Disney Television
Starring	Pamela Adlon Kath Soucie Tara Strong April Winchell Jim Cummings Jeff Bennett Frank Welker Charlotte Rae Pam Dawber Kevin Schon
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	65
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Original release
Network	Syndication/ABC
Release	September 1, 1997 – March 4, 1998

This article is about the television series. For other uses, see 101 Dalmatians.

Disney's 101 Dalmatians: The Series is a late-1990s animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company. It was based on the classic 1961 Disney animated feature One Hundred and One Dalmatians and its 1996 live-action remake.

Premise

The show focuses primarily on three particular puppies: Lucky, TV expert and leader and canine Tom Sawyer; loyal, scholarly, and always-hungry brother Rolly; and their outspoken New Age guru sister, the runt Cadpig. They're joined by colorful friends like Spot, the chicken who wants to be a dog and a member of the "Bark Brigade." Early promotional material listed "dictatorial Penny and mischievous Patch" as two other puppy cast members, but the highlighted puppies were whittled down to three.

Other puppies appearing in the show have included the brave three-legged Tripod, Dipstick, the constantly-urinating Wizzer, and their sister Two-Tone, and Patch. The show seems to be a blending of both the original animated film and the live action feature, so the potential exists for other puppies from the films to appear, especially Penny, Freckles, and Pepper (animated), and Jewel and Fidget (live action).

Production

Originally intended to be titled Dalmatians 101, it was changed to 101 Dalmatians: The Series just before its premiere.

101 Dalmatians: The Series debuted in syndication on September 1, 1997, running new episodes five days a week, as a part of the Disney Afternoon block. Less than two weeks later, the show came to ABC's One Saturday Morning lineup, airing original episodes that could only be seen on the network. 65 episodes were produced - 12 on ABC, and 53 in syndication. In August 1998, the show played its last episode in syndication.

Reruns continued to play on ABC until 1999, when the show was moved to The Disney Channel, and then later to Toon Disney. On January 30, 2006, Toon Disney aired the show for the final time (to date). As of that day, 101 Dalmatians: The Series is off the air in most countries with a Disney Channel franchise. It is currently being syndicated on the United Kingdom channel Disney Cinemagic and currently also airs on the Latin American version of Disney Channel.

Characters

Main article: List of 101 Dalmatians: The Series characters

The main characters in the series are Lucky, Cadpig, Rolly and Spot. Lucky is the most adventurous of the 99 puppies. He is unique in having his only spots in the shape of a horseshoe on his back. Cadpig is the runt of the litter. She is the smallest of the 99 puppies but quite possibly the most intelligent. She is unique in having long floppy ears and a big head. Rolly is the greedy one. Almost all his decisions are based on food and this, at times, gets him and the pups into trouble. He is, however, a loyal and helpful sibling. Spot is a chicken who wants to become a Dalmatian. She is the voice of commonsense for the foursome but, more often than not, is ignored. She is easily frightened and is prone to literally bounce off the walls. She is, however, a good dancer (which has to count for something according to her) and appears to be good at math.

The main villains, as described above, are Cruella de Vil and her henchmen, Horace and Jasper. As said above, she is now a corporate criminal and most of her plans revolve around getting richer, tormenting the Dalmatians and stealing the Dearly Farm. Horace and Jasper are usually hired to perform her plans, usually failing. Other characters are Roger Dearly, Anita Dearly, Nanny, Pongo and Perdita, Scorch, Vindella de Vil and the entire de Vil family.

Episodes

Note: Due to continuity, the ABC episodes (1-13) are listed first.

Season 1: 1997

#	Title	Original airdate
1	Home Is Where The Bark Is	September 13, 1997
2	He Followed Me Home / Love 'Em and Flea 'Em	September 27, 1997
3	Howl Noon / Easy on the Lies	October 4, 1997
4	Two for the Show / An Officer and a Gentledog	October 11, 1997
5	Bad to the Bone / Southern Fried Cruella	October 18, 1997
6	Swine Song / Watch for Falling Idols	October 25, 1997
7	The High Price of Fame / The Great Cat Invasion	November 1, 1997
8	No Train, No Gain	November 8, 1997
9	Rolly's Egg-Celent Adventure / Wild Chick Chase	November 15, 1997
10	The Dogs of DeVil / Dog's Best Friend	November 22, 1997
11	A Christmas Cruella	December 20, 1997
12	Out to Launch / Prophet and Loss	January 10, 1998

Season 2: 1997-1998

#	Title
13	You Slipped a Disk / Chow About That?
14	Tic Track Toe / Lucky All-Star
15	Shake, Rattle, and Woof / Cadpig Behind Bars
16	Leisure Lawsuit / Purred It Through the Grapevine
17	Our Own Digs / Goose Pimples
18	Two Faces of Anita
19	The Fungus Among Us
20	Market Mayham / Lucky to be Alone
21	Four Stories Up
22	It's a Swamp Thing / Roll Out the Pork Barrel
23	Alive N' Chicken / Prima Doggy 1
24	You Say It's Your Birthday
25	Oozy Does It / Barnboozled
26	Citizen Canine
27	Full Metal Pullet / Dough the Right Thing
28	Frisky Business / Cadet of the Month
29	Valentine Daze
30	Close but no Cigar / Invasion of the Doggy Snatchers
31	Smoke Detectors / Lobster Tale
32	Double Dog Dare / Mooove It On Over
33	Shipwrecked
34	Mall Pups
35	Shrewzle Watch / The Life You Save
36	Spots and Shots / On the Lamb
37	Treasure of Swamp Island / Lord of the Termites
38	Fountain of Youth / Walk a Mile in my Tracks
39	Cruella World
40	Hail to the Chief / Food for Thought
41	The Maltese Chicken
42	Film Fatale / My Fair Chicken
43	Snow Bounders / Gnaw or Never
44	Poison Ivy / Twelve Angry Pups
45	The Good-bye Chick
46	Robo-Rolly / Splishing and Splashing
47	Virtual Lucky
48	Cupid Pups
49	The Artist Formerly Known as Spot / The Nose Knows
50	K Is For Kibble
51	Humanitarian of the Year
52	Beauty Pageant Pandemonium / Hog-Tied
53	Coup DeVil
54	Every Little Crooked Nanny / Cone Head
55	Channels / Un-Lucky
56	The Making Of...
57	Best of Show / Walk on the Wild Side
58	Horace and Jasper's Big Career Move
59	DeVil-Age Elder
60	Jurassic Bark / My Fair Moochie
61	Dog Food Day Afternoon / Spot's Fairy God-Chicken
62	Good Neighbor Cruella / Animal House Party
63	Dalmatian Vacation, Part I - Road Warriors
64	Dalmatian Vacation, Part II - Cross-Country Calamity
65	Dalmatian Vacation, Part III - Dearly Beloved
Notes: After the September 11, 2001 attacks, this episode was banned due to its content matter.

Merchandise

Not much merchandise has been made of this series unlike the very popular "Ducktales", the only ones being:

• "A Christmas Cruella" VHS
• "Dalmatian Vacation" VHS
• "Surf Puppies" CD
• Happy Meal Flip Car Toys
• "The Big Dig" ( book )
• "Cruella Returns" ( book )
• Rare Episode cels

Continuity issues

This series does not take place in the same continuity as the movies; an example of which being the fact that this show is set in the United States (as evidenced in many episodes) while the movie is obviously set in London, England and its surroundings. The original animated movie is set in the 1960s (evidenced by a newspaper that Cruella is seen reading, the year is 1961), while the live-action films and this series are set in a modern day world (1996 at the time). This series comes closer to the essence of Dodie Smith's book than the movies and is based on everything 101 Dalmatians related (Cadpig is one character that is not characterized in the movies). Therefore, all three mediums can be considered canon, even though they're not in the same continuity.

External links

• 101 Dalmatians: Cadpig.
• Ace Jay's 101 Dalmatians fan site
• http://sparkydearly.proboards78.com/index.cgi

[1] 101 Dalmatians: The Series on OpenStreetMap