Leslie Dunkling

Leslie Dunklinghttp://www.imdb.com/character/ch0083619/ is Leonard Helperman's love interest in the animated series Teacher's Pet. She tolerates Leonard and is a great friend to him but likes Spot/Scott better.
==Personality==
Leslie is Leonard's next-door neighbor and the girl of his dreams. She really breaks the popular girl stereotype, she's very kind and caring, she knows a lot of facts, and she treats others nicely by who they are and not how popular they are. She is willing to express her opinion and is not afraid to do a challenge or anything daring. She has a very tolerant feeling towards Leonard and often flirts with Scott. She is not afraid to show concern for Leonard and her best friend, Younghee. She is also spoiled by her doting and wealthy parents. Leslie is very intelligent, beautiful, sweet, and cheerful and is the most popular girl in class.
==Physical appearance==
Leslie is a very pretty and slender 10-year old girl with slightly tanned fair skin and long navy blue hair. She wears a red long sleeve blouse and blue skirt, red strappy, and golden pearl earrings and has a nice figure.
==Role in the series==
Leslie is Leonard's best friend and next-door neighbor, who he has a crush on. Before Scott Leadready II came to town, she and Leonard were best friends for a long time, until the 4th grade when she decided to stop hanging out with him because he's a boy, but they remained good friends. Leslie is very kind, friendly, brave, and outspoken. She doesn't know Leonard likes her and yet still cares deeply for him. Leslie's best friend is Younghee Mandlebom, a Korean-American student.
The most notable episodes that focus on their relationship are "Taint Valentines Day", "What's Sweat Gotta Do With It", "A Lick is Still a Kiss", "Inspector Leadready II", "Double Dog Dare", and "All About Eavesdropping". Most notably the episodes in season 2.
==Relationships with other characters==
===Leonard Helperman===
Leslie is Leonard's best friend and they used to hang out a lot, until the 4th grade when she decided to not hang out with him as much because he's a boy, but they remained good friends. Leonard is madly in love with Leslie but she doesn't know that. However, Leslie does have feelings for him.
===Younghee===
Younghee is Leslie's best friend. They're girlfriends and are always seen hanging out together. In fact, they both have romantic feelings for Leonard. It is unknown if Leslie is aware that Younghee secretly likes Leonard.
===Spot Helperman===
Leslie loves Spot and loves to pet and play with him. As Scott, Leslie likes him because of his amazing talents and dramatic speeches.
==Trivia==
*Leslie shares the traits, role, qualities, and voice actor of Rose from American Dragon: Jake Long. Both are slender, have long hair past their shoulders, they both are kind, are the main hero's love interest, and share the same voice actress. 
*Leslie is similar to Charlotte La Bouff from The Princess and the Frog. They're both unique to their roles as they are between two archetypes. Despite them being both extremely wealthy and spoiled, they're not villains or even portrayed as antagonists. They are both very kind, sweet, and generous. Charlotte is Tiana's best friend throughout the movie, whereas, Leslie and Leonard are really good friends in the show.
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