101 Dalmatians 0II- Patch's London Adventure

**101 Dalmatians 0II - Patch's London Adventure** is .
*101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure* is the 2003 Direct to Video sequel to Disney's *101 Dalmatians*.
The Radcliffe family and their Dalmatians are preparing to move their "Dalmatian Plantation" out in the countryside, but Patch feels ignored amongst his 98 siblings. After being accidentally left behind on moving day, Patch decides to visit his TV hero Thunderbolt, who has just been told that he is set to be killed off in the next episode. Desperate to stay on the show, Thunderbolt decides to pull some real life heroics and recruits Patch's help due to his knowledge of his feats on the show. However when Cruella de Vil plans to steal the Dalmatian puppies again, Patch and Thunderbolt must become real heroes and save the day.

## *101 Dalmatians 0II- Patch's London Adventure*

An German-Shepherd Thunderbolt with 101 Dalmatians (Characters)

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## Western-Animation

### This film provides examples of:

* **1-Dimensional Thinking:** Partly justified when the villains are running away from the double decker bus in the alley, as they have no other place to run. However, once they exit the alley, they continue to run from the bus in a straight line and even jump into the river right ahead of them which requires them climbing over a fence.
* **2D Visuals, 3D Effects:** Most of the animation is hand drawn, but objects such as cars and trains are down in 3D animation.
* **Actor/Role Confusion:** Patch is completely unaware that Thunderbolt's show is all make-believe and that he's just an actor.
* **All of the Other Reindeer:** Two times in the film, Patch is laughed at for his pitiful attempt at mimicking Thunderbolt's heroic bark, first by his many siblings, and then by a whole crowd of spectators, both dog and human. Each time he gets called a Squeaky Toy.
* **Antagonist in Mourning:** When Thunderbolt fakes his death in Lightning's arms, Lightning cries and seems to legitimately be in mourning, despite being hostile towards him up to that point.
* **Ascended Extra:** Patch and Thunderbolt, a background and a one-scene character respectively in the first film, are now primary characters in the sequel.
* **Bail Equals Freedom:** Cruella pays bail to have Horace and Jasper released from jail...after they have already been sentenced, implying that bail is a fine you can pay to get out of serving your sentence.
* **Beatnik:** Lars, the spot-obsessed, German-esque artist that Cruella hooks up with was initially a stereotypical, eccentric beatnik, until near the end of the film when we find out he's capable of being a hyperactive animal-lover.
* **Becoming the Mask:** Thunderbolt. At first, he just wants to use Patch's fanboy knowledge of his show to get some press but ends up becoming genuine friends with the pup and helps him rescue his family.
* **Big Bad Ensemble:** Cruella and Lil' Lightning are both antagonists, but they have different agendas: the former wants to steal the Dalmatian puppies again, the latter wants to take Thunderbolt's place as star of the show. They actually never interact, even though their actions are indirectly helping the other.
* **Big Damn Heroes:** Played with when Thunderbolt arrives to save the puppies. Thunderbolt: I always arrive in the nick of time...*(whispering to Patch)* Hey, I may not be a real hero, but I can *act* like one.
* **Brick Joke:** The Newspaper headliner of Patch at the Thunderbolt audition. The Ratcliffe's fetch the paper, but Roger is too distracted by his piano to read the headliner and he tosses the paper aside. It's only after he looks at the paper does the family realize Patch is in London and not at the plantation with them.
* **Broken Pedestal:** Patch undergoes with when Lightning reveals and Thunderbolt sadly confirms that, not only is Thunderbolt's show just pure fiction, but Thunderbolt was just using Patch as a way to become more popular. It quickly becomes a Rebuilt Pedestal after Thunderbolt jumps in to help save the Dalmatians in the end, showing that he can be genuinely heroic.
* **Brutish Bulls:** In the Thunderbolt show, the villain falls into a train car that is holding a ferocious looking bull. It is then implied that the villain gets beaten by the bull as the heroes return home.
* **The Cake Is a Lie:** Thunderbolt is convinced by his co star Lil-Lightning that he needs to do some heroic work in order prove he's still a capable host in order to retain his position on his show (Lightning in actuality was attempting to get him to leave the studio so he could take his place on the show) but is hopeless without someone to guide him. So he tricks his avid fan Patch into helping remind him of his heroic antics on the show under the guise that it is a "junior deputy test" to see if he's capable of starring in the series with him (as Patch believes that all of the heroic stuff Thunderbolt does on the show is real). When the two of them get captured while attempting to rescue the other puppies from Cruella, Lightning cruelly reveals Thunderbolt's true intentions to Patch, to which Thunderbolt sadly confirms, much to Patch's dismay.
* **Cats Are Mean:** Only one cat makes an appearance, and while he's not an antagonist or is shown being mean to any of the main characters, he was shown trying to eat a bunch of baby birds, but was inexplicibly foiled by Thunderbolt trying to "save" him, and also crushed.
* **Cat Up a Tree:** Thunderbolt attempts to rescue a cat that he assumes is stuck in a tree. In actuality, the cat wasn't the one in trouble, as the cat was looking to eat a bunch of baby birds.
* **Chekhov's Gun:** The dog tags Nanny makes for the puppies have the name of their new farm. Patch has his picture taken with Thunderbolt while wearing the tag which makes the front page of a newspaper. Cruella sees Patch's dog tag on the newspaper and uses it to look up the farm.
* **Chekhov's Skill:** In show the dalmatians watch at the beginning of the movie, Thunderbolt outwits Dirty Dawson by jumping onto a train going in the opposite direction, hopping back onto the same train behind Dawson and wrapping him up with his own whip. During the car chase, Patch sees that Cruella is waving a banner like a whip. He incapacitates Cruella by using the same tactics he learned from the show.
* **Deadly Dodging:** When Thunderbolt fakes that he's dying and Cruella attempts to kill him with a crowbar, Thunderbolt repeatedly dodges her attacks and she ends up hitting Jasper and Horace instead.
* **Demoted to Extra:** In a similar vein to the TV series, Pongo and Perdita are largely secondary characters with their puppy Patch taking the foreground.
* **Determinator:**
	+ Lars claims to be this when he tells Cruella that he will not rest until he has managed to create a piece of art that satisfies her. This is subverted, however, as Lars eventually does give up once he runs out of ideas and considers himself a failure.
	+ Thunderbolt proves himself to be an actual determinator, spending an entire day trying and failing to get the attention of reporters and photographers by committing heroic acts. He only gives up briefly when his lie is exposed to Patch, but eventually does return to help Patch save his family and actually does get his name in the paper for an heroic deed.
* **Dinky Drivers:** The Dalmatian Puppies do this to a London double-decker bus at the climax of the movie.
* **Disguised in Drag:** Jasper is dressed as a woman in order to steal a Kanine Krunchies delivery truck.
* **Disney Death:** Thunderbolt initially thinks that this is what Lightning means when he tells him that his character will die in the next episode, before learning that he's being Killed Off for Real and being replaced with a new dog (which is all a lie of course).
* **Evil-Detecting Dog:** The first sign that Lars isn't truly evil is the fact that the puppies *like* him.
* **Evil Twin:** Thunderbolt tells Lil' Lightning he'd like to have one in one of his adventures.
* **Exact Words:** When Lars finds out what Cruella and her henchmen want to do with the puppies, he declares nobody will harm them for as long as he has something to say about it. The next scene features him bound and gagged.
* **"Eureka!" Moment:** Patch is blue screening after his Broken Pedestal for Thunderbolt when one of his siblings references an episode of Thunderbolt's show where Thunderbolt escaped a cage like the ones they're trapped in, misidentifying the number. Patch dully corrects them before realizing that he can use his memories of the show to get out of his cage.
* **Failure Montage:** Two failure montages are actually spliced together during the song "Try Again". First, there's Thunderbolts many attempts to do heroic deeds and get his name in the paper, each attempt failing due to his misunderstanding of the situation around him and that there never was any catastrophe for him to stop. Then there's Lars trying and failing multiple times to impress Cruella with his art.
* **Faking the Dead:**
	+ Patch thinks that Thunderbolt is doing this after Cruella clobbers him with a paint can. But he was actually knocked unconsious.
	+ Thunderbolt actually does try this during the climax in order to distract the villains so that the Dalmatians can get away. He also seems to do this to troll Lightning too.
* **False Friend:** Lil' Lightning the Welsh Corgi. He informs Thunderbolt that his character is being killed off the show, when in fact, he was lying just to trick Thunderbolt into getting out of the picture so that Lightning can have the spotlight for himself, having grown tired of being in Thunderbolt's shadow. Then upon hearing about Thunderbolt potentially still gaining fame while on a real heroic mission, Lil' Lightning then decides to join forces with him, along with the pup, obviously just to stop them from *succeeding* as to prevent Thunderbolt from reclaiming the spotlight. Once they reach the bad guys' hideout, Lightning persuades them to go for an open attack to rescue the puppies instead of a stealth plan—which predictably fails and gets Patch and Thunderbolt locked up in cages along with the other puppies. He even reveals to them his true nature and intentions before leaving them behind in their cages.
* **Foreshadowing:** Early in the film, Thunderbolt tells Lightning that he wants to do a death scene, after which he can make a miraculous recovery. During the climax, he does just that, faking a heart attack in order to distract the villains.
* **Freudian Excuse:** To put it frankly, Thunderbolt wasn't exactly the nicest to Lightning when the cameras were off, which caused Lightning to grow increasingly resentful of him until he decided to remove Thunderbolt from the show by any means necessary and finally get the recognition he thought he was due.
* **Frying Pan of Doom:** Nanny attempts to use a frying pan against the Baduns when they try to kidnap the puppies.
* **Glad I Thought of It:** When Lil' Lightning tells Thunderbolt that he's getting replaced and Thunderbolt panics, we get this exchange between them:

Lil' Lightning: Well, I did have this one crazy thought... What if you went out and did something heroic, like you do on the show, but in the real world? You know, get your name on the paper! Prove to them that you still got it!
Thunderbolt: Wait a minute. What if... I went out and did something heroic in the real world?
Lil' Lightning: Or that could work too.

* **Glass Smack and Slide:** Lil Lightning smacks against the windshield of the pups' bus as they run through the TV set.
* **Good Night, Sweet Prince:** Lightning says this word for word as he believes Thunderbolt is dying before him.
* **Group Picture Ending:** The movie ends as Patch, Thunderbolt and the Dalmatians get their picture taken for the newspaper.
* **Groupie Brigade:** Thunderbolt has one that follows him to his trailer from the auditions, but they mostly disappear for the rest of the movie, even as Thunderbolt is going around trying to get the public's attention.
* **Hero Stole My Bike:** Patch and the other pups steal an entire double decker bus in order to get away from Cruella.
* **Idea Bulb:** When Thunderbolt gets the idea to use Patch's knowledge of his show to help him do heroic deeds to get his name in the paper, the camera is framed in a way that a sign shaped like a light bulb in the background appears above his head.
* **Improvised Catapult:** Thunderbolt creates one to save a cat from a tree after Patch makes the suggestion. He uses a trashcan, a ladder, and a window washer.
* **Institutional Apparel:** Horace and Jasper wear black and white striped suits when they are locked up in jail.
* **Intergenerational Friendship:** Patch, a puppy, forms one with Thunderbolt, who is an adult dog.
* **Jump Scare:** Cruella's face suddendly coming out of the door and right in front of the camera during the cut from the puppies going to bed the night to the scene where she shows up might count as one because you don't expect it, especially with the loud sound from the door.
* **Just Following Orders:** Horace and Jasper's excuse. They claim Cruella forced them to do her bidding.
* **Karma Houdini:** Jasper and Horace. It is revealed by a news headline shown during the credits that they are somehow released from custody after getting arrested and end up starting their own business, opening up a boutique selling dresses.
* **Kick the Dog:** No pun intended. Lightning not only leaves the puppies to be hauled off to what grim designs Cruella has in mind for them just because Thunderbolt is also imprisoned with them, but he callously reveals to Patch that Thunderbolt was just using him to boost his fame.
* **Knife Outline:** At one point, Cruella has Lars tied up to one of his own paintings, and in a fit of rage, she tosses a handful of knives at him, all of them missing and sticking to the painting around him.
* **Laser-Guided Karma:** The last we see of Lightning, he's being hauled away to the pound after being mistaken for an accomplice of Cruella.
* **Living Crashpad:** After Thunderbolt launches himself from a homemade catapult to rescue a cat from a tree, he lands on top of the cat that he was trying to rescue.
* **Logo Joke:** The dogs bark along to "When You Wish Upon a Star".
* **Long Title:** Let's turn all the numbers into words here; it's *One Hundred and One Dalmatians Two: Patch's London Adventure*. That's nine words in sixteen syllables. Of course, they couldn't use *102 Dalmatians* for certain reasons.
* **Musical Chores:** Both Roger and Anita sing while packing up the house, though they sing different songs. Anita sings "Dalmatian Plantation" and Roger sings a new song he's written, "I See Spots".
* **Never Going Back to Prison:** Inverted - after some slapstick-filled hijinks involving Nanny and the pigs on the farm, Horace asks Jasper, "Can we go back to jail now?" in a similar tone to a kid asking to go home.
* **Nice Character, Mean Actor:** Lil' Lightning. He is portrayed as the clumsy and loyal sidekick on TV, but the real Lightning very clearly has a chip on his shoulder regarding Thunderbolt for always taking the spotlight. It turns out that he resented him so much that he plotted against Thunderbolt to get him off the show. Thunderbolt is a downplayed one, being portrayed as heroic on TV while he's more of glory-hog in real life who doesn't treat Lightning all that well. He's still a Jerk with a Heart of Gold at worst at the end of the day, however, and the friendship he forms with Patch is legitimate.
* **Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:** Patch appearing as the lucky dog in the front page headline photo at the Thunderbolt audition unfortunately ends up biting him, as reading the Ratcliffe's new address on his collar from the photo allows Cruella De Vil to know where Anita and Roger moved to and steal the puppies again. She even sadistically thanks him when he appears at her warehouse to rescue the other puppies.

Cruella: Well, well, well. What do we have here? Oh, it's you! *(chuckles)* I owe you a debt of gratitude, my photogenic little friend. If it wasn't for you, I'd have never found your brothers and sisters! And now I have you *all!* *(cackles evilly)*

* **One Head Taller:** Cruella with Lars. Gender reversed from the usual form of this trope and avoiding stereotypes associated with taller woman shorter man pairings, actually!
* **Paper-Thin Disguise:** Thunderbolt attempts to sneak off of his set by wearing a mop head and a rug, but it doesn't fool Patch, since it's the same disguise he used in an episode of his show.
* **Rapid-Fire "No!":** Rolly when Patch volunteers him to try out his method of escaping from Cruella's warehouse first.
* **Remake Cameo:** An In-Universe example. When Lil' Lightning tells Thunderbolt that the writers plan to kill him off, he adds that Thunderbolt's not even going to get a cameo in the remake.
* **Rhetorical Question Blunder:** When Lars learns Cruella wants to turn the puppies into canvases for his art work, he asks her and her henchmen how they can do something like that. Each bad guy gives a suggestion. Jasper: Poison 'em. Horace: Drown 'em. Cruella: Bash them in the head!
* **Running Gag:** Patch trying to replicate Thunderbolt's signature barking, but it comes out as a mild squeak. He finally succeeds in the end.
* **Sanity Slippage:** By the film's end, Cruella's obsession with getting the puppies has driven her completely insane to where she starts literally seeing spots everywhere, and she is promptly committed to a mental institute.
* **Scared of What's Behind You:** Thunderbolt barks loudly at Jasper and Horace and they shriek in alarm. Thunderbolt thinks he got Horace and Jasper right at his mercy as "villains always cringe in fear whenever Thunderbolt is here." Well, not in this case, as the Baduns actually screamed because Cruella is standing right behind Thunderbolt, holding a paint can. She whacks Thunderbolt on the head with the paint can, and the German Shepherd falls to the floor, unconscious.
* **Schmuck Bait:** The Baduns capture the puppies by leaving several boxes of Kanine Krunchies in their truck, then luring them out with a recording of the Kanine Krunchies jingle broadcast through a stereo.
* **The Stinger:** The last scene after the credits is an episode of Thunderbolt's show with Patch as the new sidekick, and the other puppies as extras as they chase Dirty Dawson into the sunset.
* **Take the Wheel:** While driving after the pups, Cruella tells Jasper to take the wheel from her so that she can climb out onto the hood of her car.
* **Taught by Television:** Patch has every episode of "Thunderbolt" memorized and uses the show's plots to first help Thunderbolt do "big hero stuff" and then to rescue his family.
* **Tempting Fate:** After being denied entry to a fur store due to her probation, Cruella asks out loud in her still-totaled car if things could "possibly be any worse". About one minute later, the car has crumbled and gives out for good.
* **Terrible Interviewees Montage:** During the auditions to have a guest spot on Thunderbolt's show, a bunch of dogs are shown trying to give their most heroic barks, to varying degrees of success, ending with Patch's attempt, which actually gets him laughed at.
* **Think Nothing of It:** After the puppies are safe and sound, Pongo thanks Thunderbolt for saving his family, to which he responds "Oh, don't thank me. Thank your son. He's the real hero."
* **Traintop Battle:** In the Show Within a Show that the dalmatians watch featuring Thunderbolt, Thunderbolt confronts the villain, Dirty Dawson, on the top of a train. A variation occurs later in the film with Patch confronting Cruella on top of moving automobiles, with Patch using his memory of Thunderbolt's train battle to figure out how to beat Cruella.
* **Villainous Breakdown:** A minor one at the end, as Lil' Lightning is led away by a pair of police dogs, dramatically begging to try to get the dogs to let him go on the claim he was trying to help Thunderbolt, but they don't buy it for one second.
* **We Need a Distraction:** To give the pups time to escape from the bus as the villains close in on them, Patch attempts to hold them off by barking at them. It doesn't seem to work until Thunderbolt arrives, and continues to distract them by faking that he is dying.
* **Wham Line:** Lil' Lightning reveals the truth about Thunderbolt after the latter has been captured by Cruella along with Patch.

Patch: I knew you were faking it!
Lil' Lightning: Oh, he's been faking it alright.
Thunderbolt: Lightning, little buddy.
Lil' Lightning: I am *not* your little buddy! And *you* are no Wonder dog! This kid trusted you, and look where it's got him!

* **"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue:** As the credits roll, they are intercut with different tabloid and newspaper articles showing the fates of various major characters. These include Roger winning an award for his new song, "Seeing Spots", Jasper and Horace opening up a store and starting a line of sundresses, Cruella committed to a mental institute, and even Lars being hailed as a genius for a piece of art that was accidentally created by Patch who splattered paint on the canvas when Jasper and Horace were on it, leaving their silhouettes surrounding by a splash of colors.
* **Would Hurt a Child:** The villain of the Thunderbolt show, Dirty Dawson, kidnaps a child, Wholesome Tommy, and ties him to the stack of a train.
* **Wrong Genre Savvy:** Thunderbolt completely recognizes that he is just an actor, but he mistakenly believes his show works the same way as the real world does when attempting to reproduce his "heroic acts" to get noticed, which not only never works but ends up with him obliviously causing even more trouble.

### Awesome

* The Twilight Bark makes a triumphant return and helps save the puppies (again).
* Thunderbolt's Big Damn Heroes moment when he tries to save the puppies.

**Thunderbolt:** Look, I may not be a real hero, but I can *act* like one.

* Lars, standing up to Cruella when he learns she wants him to skin the puppies "for art." It didn't work out exactly the way he wanted but, good effort Lars.

**Lars:** I may be eccentric, but I am not...A SICKO! AND YOU WILL NOT HURT ONE SPOT ON THESE INNOCENT CREATURES' HEADS! NOT AS LONG AS *I HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT!*

* Patch tying up Cruella and saving Rolly, in almost the exact same way Thunderbolt did to the villain in his film near the beginning of the movie. Tying her up with her makeshift whip and catapulting himself and Rolly back onto the Double Decker bus.
* Unlike the Karma Houdini Cruella, Horace and Jasper pulled in the first film (other than Cruella being put on probation and the boys spending a few nights in jail because of the wreck) they are *all* arrested by the police in the sequel. Best of all Nanny got to witness this, no doubt very satisfying after what Jasper and Horace pulled on her earlier.
	+ However, Jasper and Horace are turned loose after they, finally having had enough of Cruella, confessed to Nanny, Roger and Anita that it was their boss who told them to get the puppies and is behind the dognapping. After they are both pardoned, they apparently go straight and obtain their own line of sundresses.

### Funny

* Patch's siblings making fun of his bark. Though from poor Patch's perspective, it counts as a Tear Jerker.

Penny: What was *that* supposed to be?
Rolly: That's the most pitiful bark I've heard yet!
Lucky: Yeah! It sounds like someone sat on a squeaky toy!

* Patch getting in the way of Pongo counting the puppies.

Pongo: Uh... 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104 and Patch. 105... 105!? *(to Patch)* Are you alright, son?

* The Thunderbolt auditions.
	+ When an old hound dog appears to have finally stopped howling...

Thunderbolt: Hey, that's very- *(old hound dog starts back up again)* -oh, there's more!

* + And when Patch shows up to audition, he lets out the same bark as before.

Thunderbolt: Say, who sat on the squeaky toy?

* Poor Jasper, Disguised in Drag.

Horace: You look just like Mum.

* Cruella's reaction to hearing Roger's insulting song about her from her car's radio? To add insult to injury moments prior, she had just been rejected by the fur clothing store owner and is sadly entering her car.

Cruella: Could things possibly be any worse?
*(Starts the car, the song plays)*
Roger: *[on radio]* *Cruella De Vil, Cruella De—*
Cruella: *(kicking the radio)* SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!
*(Radio falls out the dashboard; Cruella groans and sobs as she starts driving)*

* Cruella's car loses more and more parts as she drives it down the streets. By the time she's ready to park it, it's just an engine, grill, base, steering wheel and seat on wheels. The car makes a wheezing sound, and Cruella rips off the steering wheel and spikes it while crying. She then kicks one of the wheels which makes the car wheeze again and fall to the pavement off its wheels.
* Thunderbolt helps the puppies escape and distracts Cruella, Jasper, and Horace by using his acting skills to fake his death by heart attack in a very exaggerated and hammy way that surprisingly leaves Lil' Lightning in tears. Then again, he did mention he'd always wanted to act out a scene like this.
* The friendship montage between Patch and Thunderbolt involves them 'saving' various people they believe are in trouble. A romantic cart ride through the park? "That stagecoach is out of control!" Zookeepers giving monkeys a walk? "Cattle rustlers!"

Patch: Er, aren't those monkeys?

Thunderbolt: EVEN WORSE! *Monkey rustlers*!

* The puppies chasing after chickens, only for them to fall on the room where Roger and Pongo are. Even better is that an egg was on Roger's head.
	+ Before that, clothes that Nanny collected fell on Pongo.
* The entire Thunderbolt blooper reel shown here

### Heartwarming

* After Patch and Thunderbolt learn the puppies have been captured by Cruella (again). Thunderbolt at first hesitates to help, but can't resist Patch due to Cuteness Proximity.

Thunderbolt: You see I'm not really a...(*notices Patch snuggled up against his paw*) Of course I'll help you, Patch.

* Once all the puppies are safe and sound. Pongo thanks Thunderbolt for saving his family, to which he responds "No, no, don't thank me. It was your son, Patch."
* Lucky trying to cheer up Patch after he's been captured too and triggering Patch's "Eureka!" Moment. Patch might think he doesn't stand out in his family, but this moment shows his brothers love him for who he is.
* Lars' reaction to the puppies. The sheer amount of Cuteness Overload he goes through is heartwarming on his own, but he proclaims that he wants to paint a picture of them too! When Cruella reveals her *real* intentions with them, Lars is understandably horrified, severs his partnership with her and declares that he won't let any harm come to the puppies.
* Oddly enough, Horace and Jasper pull a Heel–Face Turn post credits and become artists themselves, selling sundresses.

### Tear Jerker

* When Thunderbolt reveals his lie, Patch is devastated. "But you said you'd help us…." Just how his voice breaks on that line; he'd trusted Thunderbolt, he'd thought he would know what to do.
	+ That's nothing compared to the way Patch *screams* "But you promised!" at Thunderbolt a few moments later.
	+ Patch looked up to and trusted Thunderbolt to get him and his siblings away from Cruella to safety. After learning that Thunderbolt's heroics are just an act, Patch breaks down in tears - betrayed, disappointed, and now *afraid*. Thunderbolt was their last hope at escaping, and now they'll all die. Not to mention the fact that Cruella was able to track down the puppies thanks to Patch, and one realizes that *a lot* of burden has been placed on Patch.
* Watching Lil' Lightning as Thunderbolt unknowingly mocks him. In fact, considering the way he'd been treated it's no wonder he did a Face–Heel Turn and became a False Friend. The poor guy'd never been treated like a real friend to begin with.

### Trivia

* Billing Displacement: In the end credits, Thunderbolt's voice actor, Barry Botswick, was listed first; the voice actor for The Hero Patch, Bobby Lockwood, was credited *fourth*.
* Dub Name Change: In the Finnish dub, Thunderbolt's name became Salama ('lightning'), Lil' Lightning's name became Pikku Jopi and Patch's name became Kikero.
* Fake Brit: Everyone but Patch, Pongo and Roger's voice actors.
* Sequel Gap: Released 42 years after *101 Dalmatians*.
* The Other Darrin: Everyone, since many voice actors from the original passed away by the time the sequel entered production, and those who didn't aged out of their roles.
* What Could Have Been: According to a test audience member, the scene where Thunderbolt got hit in the head was animated on-screen. It was changed to a shadow view for being too violent.

## Plot

Taking place after the events of the first film, the Radcliffe family and their 101 Dalmatians are preparing to move to their "Dalmatian Plantation", a home in the countryside with plenty of room for all of them. However, one of the puppies, Patch, feels ignored and wishes to be unique like his television hero, Thunderbolt. While watching *The Thunderbolt Adventure Hour*, Patch hears about a chance to appear on the show. Patch is accidentally left behind when his family leaves for the plantation, so he decides to head for the audition to meet his hero and win a guest spot on the show. Patch fails to impress the producers. Meanwhile, Thunderbolt's jealous sidekick Lil' Lightning tricks Thunderbolt into believe that he would be replaced and convinces him to go to make "real-life heroic deeds" so he would manipulate the producers into making himself the hero of his own show. Seeing how many Patch knows about his adventures, Thunderbolt decides to ask him for help.
Elsewhere in London, Cruella de Vil, unable to purchase furs due to being on probation and a restraining order for her previous crimes, attempts to soothe her fixation on spots with the help of Lars, a French beatnik artist. In order to inspire him, she restarts her hunt for the Dalmatians, using a newspaper picture of Patch to find their new address.
Patch's family finally becomes aware that he is missing and returns to London to search for him. Cruella bails her former henchmen, Horace and Jasper Badun, out of prison. She sends them in a stolen dog food truck to steal the remaining puppies. The Baduns succeed after dealing with Nanny, and they take the puppies to Lars. When Cruella requests she be made a masterpiece from the puppies' fur, Lars refuses, not wanting to harm the puppies. Enraged, Cruella has him bound and gagged and returns to her original plan of making a Dalmatian fur coat.
The imprisoned puppies use the *Twilight Bark* to send a distress signal, which is picked up by Patch and Thunderbolt, and they set out to save Patch's family. Lightning follows them and convinces Thunderbolt not to use Patch's stealth plan, but to openly attack. Cruella knocks Thunderbolt unconscious and has the Baduns lock Patch and Thunderbolt in a cage. Lightning then reveals to Patch that Thunderbolt is just an actor. Patch falls into despair, but Lucky reminds him that Thunderbolt escaped a similar predicament in one of the TV episodes. Patch breaks out and releases his family, but Thunderbolt remains behind, ashamed of himself for disappointing Patch. The Dalmatians escape through the building's roof to a double-decker bus. Meanwhile, Thunderbolt escapes from his cage and frees Lars.
Cruella and the Baduns discover the escape, and a chase ensues through the streets of London, crashing through the filming of Lil' Lightning's new show in the process. Cruella and the Baduns finally corner the puppies in an alley. Patch tries to hold them off while the others escape, but they are undaunted. Luckily, Thunderbolt arrives, having been driven to the scene by Lars, and fakes a heart attack, distracting Cruella and causing her to knock out Jasper and Horace and incapacitate herself. Patch puts the bus into reverse, sending Cruella, the Baduns, and Lightning scrambling into the River Thames. The police have two English mastiffs arrest Lightning and Cruella who, now driven completely insane, is sent to a mental institution. The Radcliffes and Nanny arrive, along with Patch's parents Pongo and Perdita, who thank Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt dismisses himself as just an actor, but says that Patch is "a real, one of a kind wonder-dog".

Roger and Anita Radcliffe and their canine clan are packing for the big move to Dalmatian Plantation, a home in the country with plenty of room for Pongo, Perdita, and the 99 puppies and far from the clutches of Cruella De Vil. The feistiest puppy, Patch, feels lost in a sea of spots and longs to be a one-of-a-kind wonder dog like his TV hero, Thunderbolt. While watching the *The Thunderbolt Adventure Hour* he constantly tries to tell everyone what's going to happen next much to their annoyance, and when he tries to bark like Thunderbolt the puppies laugh at Patch and even call him a "squeaky toy" which saddens him. As they head off to bed, Patch hears about a chance to appear on the show while it is bring filmed in London. However, the move will interfere with his opportunity, late that night while everyone is asleep Patch is awake as is annoyed with everyone's sleep movements. He talks to his sleeping dad and asks if he is one of a kind or just one hundred and one, however Pongo who was sleeping says he is one hundred and one. Patch decides to sleep in the kitchen in the bag of K9 Crunchies However the next morning when he wakes up Patch is accidentally left behind in the commotion and after seeing the truck leave, Patch thinks that they don't miss him. After seeing a K9 Crunchies truck drive by he runs away and heads for the audition to meet his hero. Meanwhile the family arrives at the farm, the puppies run out of the truck so fast that Pongo is not able to count correctly and does not realize that Patch is gone. The puppies love their new home, Roger Anita and Nanny unpack and Roger finds a place for his music. Back in London, Patch makes it to the park and gets to see Thunderbolt and his "trusty" sidekick, Lil' Lightning. While Lightning tries to impress the ladies, they just turn him down as they are not interested in sidekicks. The announcers tells the audience to let their dogs come on stage and show everyone their strong bark. When Patch gets on stage he is in shock and gets stage fright resulting in him making a puppy bark which causes everyone to laugh at him and get pictures taken of him. After the show, Lil' Lightning tells Thunderbolt the producers want to replace him with a younger dog. In order to save his job, he decides he will go into the real world and perform an act of true heroism to prove himself. A veritable reference book to Thunderbolt's many adventures, Patch after seeing through his disguise provides the perfect guide for him in his attempts at real-life heroics.
Meanwhile, Cruella is back and more obsessed with dalmatians than ever however do to her probation agreement, Cruella is banned from visiting her fur shop. At first, she is able to calm her frenzy through an affiliation with a spot-fixated French artist named Lars. Meanwhile, Thunderbolt makes several attempts at "heroism", telling Patch he is giving him a "Junior Deputy Test" and will let him be on the show if he can pass. This "test" involves him unwittingly giving instructions on how Thunderbolt, who has no idea how to act without a script, should save the day. Back at his trailer, Lightning's mean nature is revealed, he is fed up with being second best, so he cons the producer, who is both desperate and frantic over Thunderbolt going missing, into recasting him as the hero. Cruella soon discovers that Lars, despite his best efforts, is unable to recreate the look she desires.
In order to inspire him, she begins hunting for the dalmatian puppies, but is angry to find Anita's house empty and that she didn't give Cruella a forwarding address. However, using a newspaper picture of Patch at the audition, she reads their new address off his ID tag. Meanwhile, he and Thunderbolt bond over their mutual fear of being "just another dog" and Thunderbolt begins teaching him how to bark properly. The Radcliffes finally become aware that he is missing as Cruella posts bail for her former cronies, Jasper and Horace, and sends them to the farm to steal the remaining 98 puppies by locking them in a stolen Kanine Krunchies truck. Lars becomes enamored with them and is inspired to paint, but Cruella announces that he going to make a masterpiece out of puppy fur. He refuses, but she simply ties him up and goes back to her original plan of making a puppy fur coat.
The imprisoned puppies use the Twilight Bark to send an SOS, which is picked up by Patch and Thunderbolt, and they set out to save Patch's family. Lightning is horrified when he discovers Thunderbolt might become a hero and hurries to the warehouse where the puppies are being held. He convinces Thunderbolt not to use Patch's stealth plan but to openly attack. However, Cruella knocks Thunderbolt unconscious with a can of paint, much to Patch's horror. When Patch runs up to Thunderbolt, Cruella spots him, shows him the newspaper photo of him and Thunderbolt, then picks him up as she explains that if it wasn't for him, she never would've found his brothers and sisters and is glad that she now has them all, then gives an evil laugh. Jasper and Horace then lock Thunderbolt and Patch in a cage. Lightning sneaks in and reveals that Thunderbolt is a fraud. Poor Patch begins to cry and is deeply hurt that Thunderbolt would lie, but soon realizes that their current situation was covered in one of the TV episodes and manages to escape. He releases his family, but Thunderbolt stays in his open cage. When Jasper and Horace wake up, they discover the puppies have escaped. They search all over while the puppies hide together on poster board to make themselves look like spot art. When Cruella notices Jasper and Horace seem to be looking for something, she asks them what they're looking for. Jasper says nothing, but Horace ill-contrivedly confesses that they haven't lost the puppies which tells Cruella that they are in fact missing. Patch then tricks them into going downstairs while the dogs escape via the roof window and get onto a double-decker bus, which they accidentally start.
Cruella follows in hot pursuit as they race through the streets of London, crashing through the filming of the new "Lil' Lightning" show. She finally corners the puppies in an alley. Patch tries to hold off the trio as the others escape, but they are undaunted. Luckily, Thunderbolt arrives (having hitched a lift with Lars) and apologizes to Patch, saying he is not a hero, but can act like one. He fakes a heart attack, distracting Cruella (and managing to have her accidentally knock out Jasper and Horace) while the puppies escape before collapsing. Patch puts the bus into reverse, forcing Cruella, Jasper, Horace, and Lil' Lightning into the Thames River.
Patch and Thunderbolt survey the scene, both letting out deep, heroic barks. Lightning is arrested, along with Jasper and Horace (who confess that Cruella forced them to commit their crimes), while Cruella, who has now driven completely insane, is sent to a mental institute. Pongo and Perdita arrive and tell Patch how proud they are of him. Thunderbolt confesses that he is just an actor, but Patch is "a real, one-of-a-kind wonder dog." A newspaper montage reveals the characters' fates: Lars, using a painting Patch accidentally made by throwing paint at Jasper and Horace, finally receives credit for his "genius"; Jasper and Horace open up a ladies' boutique with the motto: "Fur Bad, Nylon Good"; Roger's new song, "Seeing Spots", becomes a smash hit and Cruella is featured in an issue of "The Institution". A post-credits scene shows Thunderbolt, with his new sidekick Patch, in his TV show, with the other puppies serving as extras.

Roger and Anita Radcliffe, and their canine clan are packing for the big move to Dalmatian Plantation, a home in the country with plenty of room for Pongo, Perdita, and the 99 puppies and far from the clutches of Cruella De Vil. The feistiest puppy, Patch, feels lost in a sea of spots and longs to be a one-of-a-kind wonder dog like his TV hero, Thunderbolt. While watching the *The Thunderbolt Adventure Hour* he hears about a chance to appear on the show while it is bring filmed in London. However, the move will interfere with his opportunity -- until he's accidentally left behind in the commotion. He runs away and heads for the audition to meet his hero. Thunderbolt's "trusty" sidekick, Lil' Lightning, tries to impress the ladies, but they turn him down as they are not interested in sidekicks. After the show, Lil' Lightning tells Thunderbolt the producers want to replace him with a younger dog. In order to save his job, he decides he will go into the real world and perform an act of true heroism to prove himself. A veritable reference book to Thunderbolt's many adventures, Patch provides the perfect guide for him in his attempts at real-life heroics.
Meanwhile, Cruella is back and more obsessed with dalmatians than ever. At first, she is able to calm her frenzy through an affiliation with a spot-fixated German artist named Lars. Meanwhile, Thunderbolt makes several attempts at "heroism", telling Patch he is giving him a "Junior Deputy Test" and will let him be on the show if he can pass. This "test" involves him unwittingly giving instructions on how Thunderbolt, who has no idea how to act without a script, should save the day. Back at his trailer, Lightning's true nature is revealed. Fed up with being second best, he cons the producer, who is both desperate and frantic over Thunderbolt going missing, into recasting him as the hero. Cruella soon discovers that Lars, despite his best efforts, is unable to recreate the look she desires.
In order to inspire him, she begins hunting for the dalmatian puppies, but is angry to find Anita's house empty. However, using a newspaper picture of Patch at the audition, she reads their new address off his ID tag. Meanwhile, he and Thunderbolt bond over their mutual fear of being "just another dog" and Thunderbolt begins teaching him how to bark properly. The Radcliffes finally become aware that he is missing as Cruella posts bail for her former cronies, Jasper and Horace, and sends them to the farm to steal the remaining 98 puppies by locking them in a stolen Kanine Krunchies truck. Lars becomes enamored with them and is inspired to paint, but Cruella announces that he going to make a masterpiece out of puppy fur. HE refuses, but she simply ties him up and goes back to her original plan of making a puppy fur coat.
The imprisoned puppies use the Twilight Bark to send an SOS, which is picked up by Patch and Thunderbolt, and they set out to save Patch's family. Lightning is horrified when he discovers Thunderbolt might actually become a hero and hurries to the warehouse where the puppies are being held. He convinces Thunderbolt not to use Patch's stealth plan, but to openly attack. However Cruella shows up and locks them in a cage. Lightning sneaks in and reveals that Thunderbolt is a fraud. Poor Patch is deeply hurt that Thunderbolt would lie, but soon realizes that their current situation was covered in one of the TV episodes and manages to escape. He releases his family, but Thunderbolt stays in his open cage. Jasper and Horace confess to Cruella the puppies are missing, but Patch tricks them into going downstairs while the dogs escape via the roof and get onto a double decker bus, which they accidentally start.
Cruella follows in hot pursuit as they race through the streets of London, crashing through the filming of the new "Lil' Lightning" show. She finally corners the puppies in an alley. Patch tries to hold off the trio as the others escape, but they are undaunted. Luckily, Thunderbolt arrives (having hitched a lift with Lars) and apologizes to Patch, saying he is not a hero, but he can act like one. He fakes a heart attack, distracting Cruella (and managing to have her knock out Jasper and Horace) while the puppies escape before collapsing. Patch puts the bus into reverse, forcing the four bad guys into the Thames River.
Patch and Thunderbolt survey the scene, both letting out deep, heroic barks. Lightning is arrested, along with Jasper and Horace, while Cruella, who has now driven completely insane, is sent to a mental institute. Pongo and Perdita arrive and tell Patch how proud they are of him. Thunderbolt confesses that he is just an actor, but Patch is "a real, one-of-a-kind wonder dog." A newspaper montage reveals the characters' fates: Lars, using a painting Patch accidentally made by throwing paint at Jasper and Horace, finally receives credit for his "genius"; Jasper and Horace open up a ladies' boutique with the motto: "Fur Bad, Nylon Good"; Roger's new song, "Seeing Spots", becomes a smash hit and Cruella is featured in an issue of "The Institution". A post-credits scene shows Thunderbolt, with his new sidekick Patch, in his TV show, with the animals and puppies and dogs serving as extras.

Roger and Anita Radcliffe and their canine clan are packing for the big move to Dalmatian Plantation, a home in the country with plenty of room for Pongo, Perdita, and the 99 puppies and far from the clutches of Cruella De Vil. The feistiest puppy, Patch, feels lost in a sea of spots and longs to be a one-of-a-kind wonder dog like his TV hero, Thunderbolt. While watching the *The Thunderbolt Adventure Hour* he constantly tries to tell everyone what's going to happen next much to their annoyance, and when he tries to bark like Thunderbolt the puppies laugh at Patch and even call him a "squeaky toy" which saddens him. As they head off to bed, Patch hears about a chance to appear on the show while it is bring filmed in London. However, the move will interfere with his opportunity, late that night while everyone is asleep Patch is awake as is annoyed with everyone's sleep movements. He talks to his sleeping dad and asks if he is one of a kind or just one hundred and one, however Pongo who was sleeping says he is one hundred and one. Patch decides to sleep in the kitchen in the bag of K9 Crunchies However the next morning when he wakes up Patch is accidentally left behind in the commotion and after seeing the truck leave, Patch thinks that they don't miss him. After seeing a K9 Crunchies truck drive by he runs away and heads for the audition to meet his hero. Meanwhile the family arrives at the farm, the puppies run out of the truck so fast that Pongo is not able to count correctly and does not realize that Patch is gone. The puppies love their new home, Roger Anita and Nanny unpack and Roger finds a place for his music. Back in London, Patch makes it to the park and gets to see Thunderbolt and his "trusty" sidekick, Lil' Lightning. While Lightning tries to impress the ladies, they just turn him down as they are not interested in sidekicks. The announcers tells the audience to let their dogs come on stage and show everyone their strong bark. When Patch gets on stage he is in shock and gets stage fright resulting in him making a puppy bark which causes everyone to laugh at him and get pictures taken of him. After the show, Lil' Lightning tells Thunderbolt the producers want to replace him with a younger dog. In order to save his job, he decides he will go into the real world and perform an act of true heroism to prove himself. A veritable reference book to Thunderbolt's many adventures, Patch after seeing through his disguise provides the perfect guide for him in his attempts at real-life heroics.
Meanwhile, Cruella is back and more obsessed with dalmatians than ever however do to her probation agreement, Cruella is banned from visiting her fur shop. At first, she is able to calm her frenzy through an affiliation with a spot-fixated French artist named Lars. Meanwhile, Thunderbolt makes several attempts at "heroism", telling Patch he is giving him a "Junior Deputy Test" and will let him be on the show if he can pass. This "test" involves him unwittingly giving instructions on how Thunderbolt, who has no idea how to act without a script, should save the day. Back at his trailer, Lightning's mean nature is revealed, he is fed up with being second best, so he cons the producer, who is both desperate and frantic over Thunderbolt going missing, into recasting him as the hero. Cruella soon discovers that Lars, despite his best efforts, is unable to recreate the look she desires.
In order to inspire him, she begins hunting for the dalmatian puppies, but is angry to find Anita's house empty and that she didn't give Cruella a forwarding address. However, using a newspaper picture of Patch at the audition, she reads their new address off his ID tag. Meanwhile, he and Thunderbolt bond over their mutual fear of being "just another dog" and Thunderbolt begins teaching him how to bark properly. The Radcliffes finally become aware that he is missing as Cruella posts bail for her former cronies, Jasper and Horace, and sends them to the farm to steal the remaining 98 puppies by locking them in a stolen Kanine Krunchies truck. Lars becomes enamored with them and is inspired to paint, but Cruella announces that he going to make a masterpiece out of puppy fur. He refuses, but she simply ties him up and goes back to her original plan of making a puppy fur coat.
The imprisoned puppies use the Twilight Bark to send an SOS, which is picked up by Patch and Thunderbolt, and they set out to save Patch's family. Lightning is horrified when he discovers Thunderbolt might become a hero and hurries to the warehouse where the puppies are being held. He convinces Thunderbolt not to use Patch's stealth plan but to openly attack. However, Cruella knocks Thunderbolt unconscious with a can of paint, much to Patch's horror. When Patch runs up to Thunderbolt, Cruella spots him, shows him the newspaper photo of him and Thunderbolt, then picks him up as she explains that if it wasn't for him, she never would've found his brothers and sisters and is glad that she now has them all, then gives an evil laugh. Jasper and Horace then lock Thunderbolt and Patch in a cage. Lightning sneaks in and reveals that Thunderbolt is a fraud. Poor Patch begins to cry and is deeply hurt that Thunderbolt would lie, but soon realizes that their current situation was covered in one of the TV episodes and manages to escape. He releases his family, but Thunderbolt stays in his open cage. When Jasper and Horace wake up, they discover the puppies have escaped. They search all over while the puppies hide together on poster board to make themselves look like spot art. When Cruella notices Jasper and Horace seem to be looking for something, she asks them what they're looking for. Jasper says nothing, but Horace ill-contrivedly confesses that they haven't lost the puppies which tells Cruella that they are in fact missing. Patch then tricks them into going downstairs while the dogs escape via the roof window and get onto a double-decker bus, which they accidentally start.
Cruella follows in hot pursuit as they race through the streets of London, crashing through the filming of the new "Lil' Lightning" show. She finally corners the puppies in an alley. Patch tries to hold off the trio as the others escape, but they are undaunted. Luckily, Thunderbolt arrives (having hitched a lift with Lars) and apologizes to Patch, saying he is not a hero, but can act like one. He fakes a heart attack, distracting Cruella (and managing to have her accidentally knock out Jasper and Horace) while the puppies escape before collapsing. Patch puts the bus into reverse, forcing Cruella, Jasper, Horace, and Lil' Lightning into the Thames River.
Patch and Thunderbolt survey the scene, both letting out deep, heroic barks. Lightning is arrested, along with Jasper and Horace (who confess that Cruella forced them to commit their crimes), while Cruella, who has now driven completely insane, is sent to a mental institute. Pongo and Perdita arrive and tell Patch how proud they are of him. Thunderbolt confesses that he is just an actor, but Patch is "a real, one-of-a-kind wonder dog." A newspaper montage reveals the characters' fates: Lars, using a painting Patch accidentally made by throwing paint at Jasper and Horace, finally receives credit for his "genius"; Jasper and Horace open up a ladies' boutique with the motto: "Fur Bad, Nylon Good"; Roger's new song, "Seeing Spots", becomes a smash hit and Cruella is featured in an issue of "The Institution". A post-credits scene shows Thunderbolt, with his new sidekick Patch, in his TV show, with the other puppies serving as extras.

## Voice-Cast

* **Bobby Lockwood** as **Patch**: The main character, a small dalmatian puppy with a large black patch over one of his eyes; hence his name. He feels lonely and left-out oftentimes with his family, thinking that he is just one of the famous 101 dalmatians, and longs for a chance to become separate and leave the shadow of his brothers and sisters. He is a good pup, very adventurous, bold, and strong-minded. He quickly befriends Thunderbolt, the famous TV wonder dog whom he adores.
* **Barry Bostwick** as **Thunderbolt**: As the film opens, it is shown that Thunderbolt is not exactly bright, and very self-centered and rude to his sidekick, Lil' Lightning, which eventually provokes the Corgi to revolt. When Thunderbolt runs away, tricked by Lightning that the director of his famous show plans to kill him off, he runs into Patch, and the two quickly bond, trying to do heroic feats to prove that Thunderbolt is a real hero. As the film progresses, Thunderbolt becomes a father like figure to Patch, and loses his starry-eyed, naive ways to become a strong, brave, and faithful dog. Thunderbolt is a German Shepherd.
* **Jason Alexander** as **Lil' Lightning**: The Welsh Corgi of Thunderbolt's famous show. He is initially Thunderbolt's sidekick. Eventually, he becomes angry at always crawling in Thunderbolt's shadow, and tricks him into running away, then plots to trick the director into rewriting the show slanted towards Lightning. When Thunderbolt and Patch return, endangering Lightning's chance at fame, he reveals himself to be the traitor he is and has the two dogs locked away. In the end, however, he is overpowered and taken away by the pound. He starts off being a neutral character, but later becomes the tertiary antagonist in the film. He is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi.
* **Susanne Blakeslee** as **Cruella De Vil**: The villain of the original film, back once again to kidnap the puppies. Naturally, she serves as the main antagonist.
* **Martin Short** as **Lars**: A stylish, but rather strange, French artist who loves nothing more than painting spots. It is suggested he had some romantic feelings towards Cruella, but when she captures the dalmatian puppies again and plans to break her rules of goodness and make coats out of them, he rebels, only to be tied up.
* **Samuel West** as **Pongo**: Father (and adopted father) of the 99 Dalmatian puppies, he is loving but distracted, something here that forces Patch to feel lonely and just one-hundred and one, instead of standing out.
* **Kath Soucie** as **Perdita**: Mother (and adopted mother) of the 99 Dalmatian puppies, Perdita is a gentle, loving soul who only wants the best for her children (and adopted children) and is horrified to find her children missing once again.
* Eli Russel Linnetz as Rolly: One of Patch's 98 siblings. He becomes Patch's second-in-command during the rescue mission.
* **Tara Strong** as **Two-Tone**: Another of Patch's 98 siblings.
* **Kasha Kropinski** as **Penny**: Another of Patch's 98 siblings.
* **Ben Tibber** as **Lucky:** Another of Patch's 98 siblings. He is somewhat more easily worried by events around him than the other puppies.
* **Jeff Bennett** and **Maurice LaMarche** as **Jasper and Horace**: Cruella's two bumbling henchmen. Naturally, they serve as the secondary antagonists.
* **Jodi Benson** as **Anita Radcliffe**
* **Tim Bentinck** as **Roger Radcliffe**
* **Mary MacLeod** as **Nanny**
* **Michael Lerner** as **Producer**
* **Jim Cummings** as **Dirty Dawson**

Bobby Lockwood as Patch
Barry Bostwick as Thunderbolt
Susanne Blakeslee as Cruella de Vil
Martin Short as Lars
Jodi Benson as Anita
Tim Bentinck as Roger
Jeff Bennett as Jasper
Kath Soucie as Perdita
Ben Tibberas as Lucky
Samuel West as Pongo
Tara Strong as Two-Tone
Mary MacLeod as Nanny
Kasha Kropinski as Penny
Maurice LaMarche as Horace
Michael Lerner as the Producer
Jason Alexander as Lil' Lightning
Jim Cummings as Dirty Dawson

* Bobby Lockwood as Patch, one of the 101 Dalmatian puppies. He has a large black spot over one of his eyes, hence his name. He feels lonely and left-out oftentimes with his family, thinking that he is just one of the famous 101 Dalmatians, and longs for a chance to become separate and leave the shadow of his brothers and sisters. He is adventurous, bold, and strong-minded. He quickly befriends Thunderbolt, the famous television wonder-dog whom he adores, and later meets Lil' Lightning, the famous sidekick of Thunderbolt (only to be betrayed by him later on).
* Barry Bostwick as Thunderbolt, a German Shepherd and the star of *The Thunderbolt Adventure Hour*. As the film opens, it is shown that Thunderbolt is not exactly bright, and very self-centered and rude to his sidekick, Lil' Lightning, which eventually provokes the Corgi to revolt. When Thunderbolt runs away, after being tricked by Lightning in thinking that the director of his famous show plans to kill him off, he runs into Patch, and the two quickly bond, trying to do heroic feats to prove that Thunderbolt is a real hero. As the film progresses, Thunderbolt becomes a fatherlike figure to Patch, and loses his starry-eyed, naive ways to become a strong, brave, and faithful dog.
* Susanne Blakeslee as Cruella de Vil, the villain of the original film, back again to kidnap the puppies. She is now under a restraining order due to her past history of crimes of trying to kidnap and kill the Dalmatian puppies. To help cure her obsession for fur, she meets Lars and has him do a Dalmatian masterpiece for her, but he refuses once she reveals she wants him to use the puppies' coats as canvases. This makes her revolt and go back to her original plan of kidnapping the dogs for a coat. In the end, she is defeated and sent to a psychiatric hospital.
* Jason Alexander as Lil' Lightning, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi and the sidekick of Thunderbolt's famous show. Initially, Thunderbolt considers Lightning his best friend, despite being rude to him and pushing him aside. Eventually, Lightning becomes angry at always crawling in Thunderbolt's shadow and putting up with his arrogance and rejection of him. To retaliate, Lightning tricks Thunderbolt into running away, then plots to manipulate the director into re-writing the show slanted towards Lightning. When Thunderbolt and Patch return, endangering Lightning's chance at fame, he reveals himself to be the traitor he is and has the two dogs locked away. In the end, however, he briefly shows remorse when Thunderbolt fakes his death, but is then taken away to the dog pound by two police dogs.
* Martin Short as Lars, a stylish, but eccentric, French artist who enjoys little more than painting spots. It is suggested he had some romantic feelings towards Cruella, but when she captures the Dalmatian puppies again and plans to break her rules of goodness and make coats out of them, he realizes her true colors and rebels, only to be bound and gagged by Cruella herself. In the end, he is freed by Thunderbolt and sends him to defend Patch from Cruella, Jasper, and Horace.
* Samuel West as Pongo, father of the 15 Dalmatian puppies (and adopted father of the other 84). He is loving but distracted, something here that forces Patch to feel lonely and just one-hundred and one, instead of standing out. In the workprint, Kevin Schon reprises his role as Pongo from the series.
* Kath Soucie as Perdita, mother of the 15 Dalmatian puppies (and adopted mother of the other 84). She is a gentle, loving soul who only wants the best for her children (and adopted children), and is horrified to find her children missing once again. In the workprint, Pam Dawber reprises her role as Perdita from the series.
* Tim Bentinck as Roger Radcliffe, Pongo's original owner and a aspiring songwriter. In the workprint, Jeff Bennett reprises his role as Roger from the series.
* Jodi Benson as Anita Radcliffe, Roger's wife and Perdita's original owner.
* Jeff Bennett and Maurice LaMarche as Jasper and Horace Baddun, Cruella's bumbling henchmen. They are in jail when the film starts, but are bailed out by Cruella, who rehires them to finish the job of killing and skinning the Dalmatian puppies, though they doubt her as they do not want to be made fools of again. She later has them capture the puppies in cages and bring them to Lars so he can use them as canvases for a masterpiece. In the end, Jasper and Horace are arrested again. Surprisingly, however, they part ways with Cruella after this second arrest, opening a shop in London instead of continuing their past occupation as incompetent criminals.
* Mary MacLeod as Nanny, the Radcliffe family's maid, who confronts the Baduns (again) when they attempt to steal the puppies a second time.
* Ben Tibber as Lucky, one of Patch's brothers.
* Eli Russel Linnetz as Rolly, one of Patch's brothers, a chubby food lover.
* Kasha Kropinski as Penny, one of Patch's sisters.
* Michael Lerner as Producer
* Jim Cummings as Dirty Dawson, the villain of *The Thunderbolt Adventure Hour*.
	+ Cummings also voices the Colonel, an Old English Sheepdog and a friend of the Dalmatian family. He is cut from the final cut of the movie, but is seen in the workprint, where he moves into the Dalmatian Plantation and assists in the film's final battle.
* Michael Gough as Sergeant Tibbs, a farm cat and a friend to the Dalmatian family. He is cut from the final cut of the movie, but is seen in the workprint, where he moves into the Dalmatian Plantation and assists in the film's final battle.
* Frank Welker as the Captain, a horse and a friend to the Dalmatian family. He is cut from the final cut of the movie, but is seen in the workprint, where he moves into the Dalmatian Plantation and assists in the film's final battle.
	+ Welker also provides Additional Animals' Vocal Effects and Additional Voices.

## Soundtracks

"I See Spots"

"Dalmatian Plantation"

"The Thunderbolt Adventure Hour"

"Kanine Krunchies"

"Cruella De Vil"

"Try Again" (performed by Will Young)

"You're the One" (performed by LMNT)

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## Trivia/Goofs

* The film was originally scheduled for a Fall 2002 release, but it was postponed. However, the film was produced in 2002 according to the credits.
* The 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo has been customized for the film; dog barks were heard in the background as the music plays.
* This is the second animated production to be digitally colored, following "A Christmas Cruella".
* This is the first part of the franchise in which Lucky is voiced by an actual male (Ben Tibber), as normally he is voiced by a female (Mimi Gibson in the first film, Russi Taylor in the *Animated Storybook*, and Pamela Segall-Adlon and Debi Mae West in the TV series).
* In the original film, Patch's siblings, including Lucky, have white ears. Also in the original film, Patch's right ear is black, but in the sequel, his left ear is black. Additionally, his patch is on the same side of his black ear in the original film, but in the sequel, it's on the opposite side.
* Patch had no trouble barking in the first film; in fact, he barked more than any other pup.
* When Thunderbolt does his bark to let the puppies know he is on his way, his head is pointed up, but when the scene cuts back to show Patch and Thunderbolt, his head and neck are at an angle.
* When Thunderbolt either **(a)** does his bark or **(b)** tells Patch he is a one of a kind wonder dog, his ears always fall forward.
* Whenever Patch barked, he is either laughed at and/or referred to as a "squeaky toy" by Thunderbolt.
* During the "Twilight Bark" scene, the man walking the two Great Danes bears a similar resemblance to one of the band players in the "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" number in *Mary Poppins*.
* This story is somewhat similar to the *101 Dalmatians: The Series* episode "Watch for Falling Idols", where Lucky learns Thunderbolt is just an actor.
* Despite Roger having a different voice artist in this movie, when his song plays in Cruella's car, it is the original singing voice (Bill Lee).
* At the start of the movie, the Dalmatians on the back of the moving van closely resembles the climax of the first film.
* Amongst Lars' spot artwork is the Mona Lisa with a spot on her lip and a Mickey Mouse head.

### Trivia

* The 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo has been customized for the film; dog barks are heard in the background as the music plays.
* This is the last film to be released under the Disney Video Premieres label, which was renamed Disneytoon Studios in June 2003. Earlier in January of that year, Disney MovieToons/Disney Video Premieres was transferred from Walt Disney Television Animation to Walt Disney Feature Animation (now Walt Disney Animation Studios).
	+ This is also the last direct-to-video film from Disney MovieToons not to use the Disney MovieToons logo.
* This is the first part of the franchise in which Lucky is voiced by an actual male (Ben Tibber), as normally he is voiced by a female (Mimi Gibson in the first film, Russi Taylor in the *Animated Storybook*, and Pamela Segall-Adlon and Debi Mae West in the TV series).
* The scene where Cruella angrily kicks her stereo became a popular internet meme on YouTube as of the late 2010s.
* In the original film, Patch's siblings, including Lucky, have black (and white) ears. Also in the original film, Patch's right ear is black, but in the sequel, his left ear is black. Additionally, his patch is on the same side of his black ear in the original film, but in the sequel, it is on the opposite side.
* Patch had no trouble barking in the first film; in fact, he barked more than any other pup (though none of the other puppies appear to have paid much regard to his barking on-screen then).
* When Thunderbolt does his bark to let the puppies know he is on his way, his head is pointed up, but when the scene cuts back to show Patch and Thunderbolt, his head and neck are at an angle.
* When Thunderbolt either **(a)** does his bark or **(b)** tells Patch he is a one of a kind wonder dog, his ears always fall forward.
* Whenever Patch barks, he is either laughed at and/or referred to as a "squeaky toy" by Thunderbolt.
* During the "Twilight Bark" scene, the man walking the two Great Danes bears a similar resemblance to one of the band players in the "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" number in *Mary Poppins*.
* This story is somewhat similar to the *101 Dalmatians: The Series* episode "Watch for Falling Idols", where Lucky learns Thunderbolt is just an actor.
* Despite Roger having a different voice artist in this film, when his song plays in Cruella's car, it is the original singing voice (Bill Lee), likely as a reference to the original movie.
* At the start of the film, the Dalmatians on the back of the moving van closely resembles the climax of the first film.
* Amongst Lars' spot artwork is the Mona Lisa with a spot on her lip and a Mickey Mouse head.
* This is the final film Mary MacLeod worked on before her death in 2016.
* Tara Strong reprises her role as Two-Tone, from *101 Dalmatians: The Series*.

## External links

* Official site
* 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure at the Internet Movie Database

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