The Regular-Dalmatian-Pup Lucky

**Lucky** is one of the most prominently known of the Dalmatian puppies from Disney's 1961 film *One Hundred and One Dalmatians.* Lucky is named both for the horseshoe pattern of spots on his back, and for being the “runt” of Pongo and Perdita’s litter.

## Background

### Personality

Like all of the puppies, Lucky is playful and sweet. The weakest of the puppies, he is quite meek and shy, tiring easily. He seems to have a slight sibling rivalry with the more insecure and rambunctious Patch, with both of them sharing the spot closest to the TV and occasionally vying for a larger amount of it. The two of them are also somewhat opposites of one another, yet share similar interests (such as TV and idolizing Thunderbolt). While Patch is loud, energetic, rambunctious, and introverted, Lucky is arrogant and extroverted. **Despite being so starkly different from his brother Patch, he seems to be closest to him. It's Lucky, for example, who comforts Patch in Cruella's warehouse when the latter blames himself for their predicament.**

## Biography

### *One Hundred and One Dalmatians*

Lucky is one of Pongo and Perdita's fifteen puppies. He is the puppy who nearly dies soon after his birth in both the animated and live-action films but was revived through the efforts of Roger Radcliffe. (It should be noted that, in the original book, Cadpig was the puppy who almost died.) Afterward, he was one of the weakest puppies and was a rival to the more active Patch. Lucky is usually seen sitting in front of the television and has a tendency to stand in front of it. In general, he is seen to be more of a follower than a leader. **When Perdita and Pongo were leading the 99 puppies back home, Pongo often carried Lucky by the collar. Lucky tired easily, and suffered from the cold. In Dinsford, while the family was hiding in a building, Lucky got in an argument with Patch and ended up being covered in soot. This gave Pongo the idea of hiding from Cruella De Vil by disguising themselves as Labradors, by way of rolling in soot to hide their white fur. Though most of the puppies were able to successfully get to a van headed to London, a pile of snow fell on Lucky, revealing the disguise.** But Pongo grabs him by the neck and enter the truck before being reached by Jasper and Horace. And finally, after a chase by Cruella, Jasper, and Horace, Lucky, his brothers, sisters, and parents manage to return home to Roger and Anita's house.

### *101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure*

Lucky plays a secondary role in the film's 2003 sequel. Like in the original film, he is weak and worrisome in contrast to most of his siblings. He is kidnapped again by Cruella De Vil but rescued by his brother Patch and was amazed by everything that Patch did. Unlike his usual appearances, he has white ears as opposed to black.

## Trivia

* Lucky is the only character in the series to be regularly voiced by two voice actresses: Pamela Adlon (who was also the voice of Ashley Spinelli on *Recess* and the voice of Vidia of the Disney Fairies) for the most part, and Debi Mae West whenever Pamela Aldon was unavailable.
* The film version of Lucky also possesses a horseshoe-shaped spot pattern on his back; however, it is more subtle than his television counterpart and is only obvious in a few scenes.
* Kevin Corcoran was considered to voice Lucky.