101 Dalmatians: The Series

Plot synopsis:
American video game designer Roger Dearly (Jeff Daniels) lives with his pet dalmatian Pongo in London. One day, Pongo sets his eyes on a beautiful female dalmatian named Perdy. After a frantic chase through the streets of London that ends in St. James's Park, Roger discovers that Pongo likes Perdy. Her owner, Anita Campbell-Green (Joely Richardson) falls in love with Roger when they meet. They both fall into the lake as a result of their dogs chasing each other, but they return to Roger's home and Anita accepts his proposal. They get married along with Perdita and Pongo. Anita works as a fashion designer at the House of de Vil. Her boss, the pampered and very glamorous Cruella de Vil (Glenn Close), has a deep passion for fur, going so far as to have a taxidermist, Mr Skinner, skin a white tiger at the London Zoo to make it into a rug for her. Anita, inspired by her dalmatian, designs a coat made with spotted fur. Cruella is intrigued by the idea of making garments out of actual dalmatians, and finds it amusing that it would seem as if she was wearing Anita's dog.
Anita soon discovers that Perdy is pregnant and is then informed by Nanny (Joan Plowright) that she (Anita) is, too, much to her shock. Some time later, Cruella visits their home and expresses contempt upon meeting Roger. Her initial disgust at them having a baby turns to excitement when she finds out Perdy is expecting too. Several weeks later, she returns when a litter of 15 puppies are born and offers Roger and Anita £7,500 for them, but they refuse. She dismisses Anita and vows revenge against her and Roger. She has her henchmen, Jasper and Horace (Hugh Laurie and Mark Williams) break into their home and steal the puppies while Roger and Anita are walking in the park with Pongo and Perdy. Along with 84 others dalmatians that were previously stolen, they deliver them to her ancient country estate, De Vil Mansion. She also hires Skinner to kill and skin them to create her coat.
With the family devastated at the loss of their puppies, Pongo uses the twilight bark to carry the message via the dogs and other animals of Britain, while Roger and Anita notify the Metropolitan Police. A dog who had witnessed the stolen puppies follows Jasper and Horace to the mansion, and finds all of them inside, before helping them escape under the duo's noses. They make their way to a nearby farm, where they are later joined by Pongo and Perdy. Cruella arrives at the mansion and soon discovers what has happened. Furious, she decides to carry out the job herself, while Jasper and Horace attempt to search for them also. After several mishaps, Jasper and Horace discover nearby police on the hunt for Cruella and her henchmen and hand themselves in, joining Skinner who was beaten earlier while trying to kill Lucky (one of the 15 puppies), who had been left behind. Meanwhile, Cruella tracks the puppies to the farm where they are hiding and tries to retrieve them. However, they outwit her and cause her to fall into a vat of molasses and get thrown through a window into a pig pen. Shortly afterwards, the fleeing dalmatians (including Lucky) are found and sent home via the Suffolk Constabulary, while those looking for Cruella arrive at the farm to arrest her. In the police van, she belittles Jasper, Horace, and Skinner for their incompetence before they are sprayed by a skunk which she had mistaken for her bag. Pongo, Perdy and their puppies are reunited with Roger and Anita.
After being informed that the remaining 84 puppies have no home to go to, as they have not been claimed by their original owners, they decide to adopt them, bringing the total to 101. Roger designs a successful video game featuring dalmatian puppies as the protagonists and Cruella as the villain and they move to the countryside with their millions. Roger and Anita have a baby daughter and a year later Anita becomes pregnant again.

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Review:
I absolutely love the series 100-percent!.
I think the series is a brilliant addition to the whole 101 Dalmatians franchise.
It blends together all the different versions of the story: the live-action film, the animated film, and the original Dodie Smith book.
My favourite characters from the show are Lucky, because he's brave, Two-Tone, because she's lovely, and Cruella, because she is an interesting villain.
I'm not saying this show is a failure, I'm saying that what they have all done on making the show has paid off very successfully.
I have seen just about 7 episodes of it in a week and not the whole show.
It will be lovely if Disney allowed the show to be released on DVD, even though Disney haven't decided on that yet.
I enjoyed it, and I'm sure all fans of the show did as well.
I enjoyed this show and I give it an excellent 10/10..
Best show ever!.
This is probably my favorite show, I have all the episodes on tape, I have all but 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London adventure.
I don't care what that other dude says; I am 12 and I watch this show, people laugh at me for watching it but I don't care.
The greatest Disney creation was 101 Dalmatians, Disney and Dodie Smith were were the greatest people in the world to do all this.
You can call me Gipdac, I am on a mission from god to make the world remember 101 Dalmatians, join me my fellow 101 Dalmatians brothers, go to my Cadpig fan site and let us vote for a DVD set, let us black out the non-believers and fight for it!
If you want to join me: Gipdac, and the other 101's, E- mail me at jnj1@sbcglobal.net!.
It was cool!!!.
I loved this show!
My favorite was Tripod.
My fave episode is when the De Vil family tried to get rid of the Dearly family.
Yup, those were the days...
It's on Toon Disney if you want to see.
I recommend this to any kid that loves the movie, or person that is young at heart..
It's NOT as good as the movies...it outdoes the movies!.
Hey, I like it a lot!As a kid, I grew up with the original animated 1961 movie and I liked it plenty.
I also paid for the 1996 live-action movie (with Glenn Close as the diabolical Cruella DeVil) and I own the DVD of "101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure".
I've enjoyed them all.
The only "Dalmatians" film I haven't seen (thus far) is "102 Dalmatians".
(would anyone tip me off if it's any good?
Or should I just not bother?)However, my personal favorite "101D" medium is Disney's "101 Dalmatians: the Series".
It combines many themes of the existing material (Dodie Smith book, 1961 and 1996 movies).
But still does its own things, too.Our main pups include brave Lucky, who gets a strong personality mirroring his character in the book, lovable Rolly, the gourmand of the pups, and sweet little Cadpig, who is the true runt of the litter.
Also there is Spot the chicken, who longs to be a dog.
I find them all extremely amiable and enjoyable to watch.
They are usually foiling Cruella's schemes for their land, or outwitting Lt. Pug (I'll get to him later), or sneaking into Grutely, or...just having fun, making a very likable show.I also like the majority of the other characters.
There's Tripod, the resident athlete dalmatian pup, he has only has three legs and is a positive "handicapped" character.
Patch is designed after his character in the book (he's supposed to be large).
Pongo and Perdy are much like their characters in the original animated movie.
Lucky's nemesis Mooch the Mutt is like all the jerks you knew in school.
Two-Tone is really cute (she even has a pierced ear).
Roger and Anita are written like their characters in the live-action movie, they were much more involving in that film.
Of course, Cruella DeVil is now their neighbor, constantly scheming to take over Dearly Farm.
Even Cruella can now have funny moments.
The one-shot characters are also charming and likable (a popular example is Lucky's friend Blaze the German Shepard pup from "Dog's Best Friend").
The only character I just don't like is Lt. Pug.
He feels rather tacked on, and the show never benefits from him: just a weak link.I personally like the modern theme (I really just don't need a "That '60s Show"), and the American setting (evidence is through American flags in many places, cars driving on the right-hand side of the road, American Southerners, etc).
It makes the characters more relatable, and the little truths the main pups discover in their lives lend a Simpson-esque feel.
The focus on these modern-day puppies reminds me of "Tiny Toon Adventures" (another show I loved and still love.
^_^)So, yes, I love this show.
I believe it is better than the movies.
It's just too good.
Giving this show a chance on Toon Disney, I'm glad I took the time to see it.
If the guys at Disney are listening, I'd just love to see more of this show.
I'll recommend it to anyone.
When the good points can override the flaws easily, and can even outdo a favorite film from my childhood, how can I refuse?
Of course, you can't go wrong with so many cute puppies.It receives an enthusiastic 101/10..
Entertaining and enjoyable little series.
I used to watch this show along with Aladdin all the time as a child.
One time the Dearly family decided to move into General Smedley's old farm but Rolly, Lucky, and Cadpig didn't want to.
Another time the main puppies decided to adopt an elephant that ran away from the circus.
In another episode some pups decided to help out pug due to the fact there was a mean dog.
Another time Lucky turned into a jerk to get somebody to be his partner on a game show.
Another time Roly fell in love with Dumpling.
This show can still be found on Toon Disney..
Fully an average cartoon series.
Although the original Disney cartoon for the 101 Dalmations was, in my very humble opinion, an awesome show, the series left much to be desired.Instead of being cute, or old fashioned, or even great storytelling, the series focused on several of the puppies themselves as they were growing up on a farm.
The recurring characters are mostly the puppies along with a few other animals thrown in for some diversity.I think that perhaps if I were much younger, and this was one of my choices for a morning viewing, I would most certainly review my options to see if anything else caught my fancy.
Considering this as a choice only if nothing else suited my early morning cartoon desires.I do like the fact that most every episode teaches some sort of lesson, and it does so without the requirement of going the gross path that some modern cartoons are going, but then I would expect little else of Disney and thus I place them a little higher on the expectation pedestal.Just my opinion.
I hope that you give the show a shot for yourself and then make your own opinion.Thanks.Dan. Personally I find it on the average side.
Just for the record, this is not as good as the 1961 animated film, which is a classic, but I think it is better than the sequel, which I was disappointed by.
However, this series while having some good moments wasn't particularly good, in my opinion that is.I liked some of the characters, especially the brave Lucky and the lovely Two-Tone, and the voice acting on the whole is very well done bringing some energy and spirit.
Plus every episode moves briskly and the theme tune is pretty funky.However, there are things I don't like.
The animation is not great to me, lacking in colour and too scratchy- before you point the gun at me I know people say that the 1961 film has a scratchy animation style, maybe so, but in an elegant and sophisticated way, whereas the animation here is rushed and lacks finesse, not to mention straight-to- video quality.
The stories can be very predictable as well, and the writing while it has its funny and cool moments was uninspired.
Then there is Spot, I cannot begin to describe how infuriated I was by Spot, such an unnecessary and annoying character.
And I was disappointed by how Cruella was like here, Cruella was truly evil and just a wonderful villainess, here she has lost her class and elegance and her motives get tiresome.Overall, it has its moments but it should have been better.
5/10 Bethany Cox. A nice show indeed.
Ah, a show that is very nice indeed.
Has all that a show could want, comedy, family oriented...stuff...
Though, finding the show on TV is basically impossible now with the addition of the whole Jetix block (I myself haven't seen it, but have heard of it) replacing this show and a few others.
You wont find it on DVD either though, as the series hasn't even been around to being produced for DVD, whether Disney wants to or not.Basically, if you are a fan of the series, you can wait for it to come to DVD, but me, if it does, it does, if it doesn't, it doesn't, simple as that really.
I'm not worried one bit, however, it was nice to have it on when it was on.My rating for this show is...an average one, probably....
6/10 (SpongeBob out does this series either way).
Not too much of an enjoyable cartoon!.
For a while, I thought this cartoon was good at first, but then I say episodes where Lucky, Rolly, Cadpig, and Spot ended up being punished or grounded.
My only favorite episodes of this cartoon were Lucky to Be Alone where Lucky got to live with rich dalmatians and Love 'Em and Flea 'Em where there was a touching romantic ending between Lucky and Two-Tone.
I do like Two-Tone, but I think Cadpig is the cutest pup around since she's so little and adorable.
This cartoon was not all that fun because if there's one thing I hate it's when parents get tough with their children.
I'm just glad this cartoon isn't on Toon Disney anymore.
If it was, I would only record those two episodes mentioned above.
If this show had no episodes where the pups were grounded or being punished in any way, I would give it a 10 out of 10, but now that I have seen all episodes, I'm going to give it a 5 out of 10.