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### **Produced by**

* Brigham Taylor
* Kristin Burr

### **Screenplay by**

* Alex Ross Perry
* Tom McCarthy
* Allison Schroeder

### **Story by**

* Greg Brooker
* Mark Steven Johnson

### **Based on**

Characters from:
* Disney's *Winnie the Pooh*
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### **Starring**

* Ewan McGregor
* Hayley Atwell
* Jim Cummings
* Brad Garrett

### **Music by**

* Geoff Zanelli
* Jon Brion

### **Production company(s)**

* Walt Disney Pictures
* 2DUX²

### **Distributed by**

Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures

### **Release date(s)**

* July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30) (Burbank)
* August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03) (United States)

### **Box office**

$197.7 million

***Christopher Robin*** is a 2018 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Marc Forster and written by Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy, and Allison Schroeder, from a story by Greg Brooker and Mark Steven Johnson. The film is inspired by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's *Winnie-the-Pooh* books and is a live-action/CGI follow-up of the Disney franchise of the same name. The film stars Ewan McGregor as the **title character**, alongside Hayley Atwell as his wife Evelyn, Bronte Carmichael as their daughter Madeline Robin, and Mark Gatiss as his boss with the voices of Jim Cummings, Brad Garrett, Nick Mohammed, Peter Capaldi, Sophie Okonedo, Sara Sheen, and Toby Jones. The story follows an adult Christopher Robin as he loses his sense of imagination, only to be reunited with his old stuffed bear friend, Winnie-the-Pooh.

Plans of a live-action *Winnie the Pooh* adaptation were announced in April 2015, and Forster was confirmed as director in November 2016. McGregor signed on as Christopher Robin in April 2017 and principal photography began in August of that year in the United Kingdom, lasting until November.

*Christopher Robin* had its premiere in Burbank, California on July 30, 2018. Released in the United States on August 3, 2018, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the film grossed over $197 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film in Disney's *Winnie the Pooh* franchise surpassing *The Tigger Movie* released in 2000, and received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised its performances, musical score, and visual effects. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 91st Academy Awards.

## Plot

**Christopher Robin** is leaving for boarding school, so his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood – Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Owl, and Rabbit – throw a goodbye party. Christopher comforts Pooh and tells him that he will never forget him.

Christopher goes to boarding school, where he is reprimanded for drawing pictures of Pooh in class. His experiences at boarding school and the death of his father force him to mature quickly and he forgets all about the Hundred Acre Wood and his friends there. He grows up, meets and marries architect Evelyn, with whom he has a daughter named Madeline. He serves in the British Army during World War II. After the war, he works as Director of Efficiency at Winslow Luggages. He neglects his family due to his demanding job and plans on sending Madeline to boarding school. With the company hitting hard times, Christopher's superior, Giles Winslow Jr., tells him to decrease expenditures by 20%, largely by choosing which employees to lay off, and to present his plan on Monday. This causes Christopher to miss joining his family at their countryside cottage in Sussex for a summer-ending weekend.

When Pooh awakens the next morning and is unable to find his friends, he decides to travel through the door through which Christopher Robin is known to emerge and finds himself in London. He reunites with Christopher, who is shocked to see Pooh, but takes him back to his London home. After a night and morning of chaos, Christopher escorts Pooh back to Sussex on the next train.

After sneaking past Christopher's cottage, the two enter the Hundred Acre Wood. Christopher becomes exasperated by Pooh's absent-mindedness and fear of Heffalumps and Woozles. Pooh, in an attempt to return Christopher’s compass to him, trips into Christopher's briefcase and his papers spill onto the ground. Christopher, enraged, yells at Pooh, declaring he is not a child any more, before they are separated in the fog. He falls into a Heffalump trap, which is flooded by rainfall, soaking him and his belongings.

Christopher discovers Eeyore and Piglet, who lead him to the others, hiding in a log out of fear of a Heffalump (revealed to be the squeaking of a rusty weathercock from Owl's house after the wind made it fall from its tree while they were having tea). Unable to persuade his friends that he is truly Christopher Robin, he pretends to defeat the Heffalump to convince them. Having vanquished the Heffalump, Christopher finally convinces his friends that he is Christopher Robin, and they joyfully greet him. When they reunite with Pooh, Christopher apologizes for getting upset earlier. Christopher tells Pooh how lost he feels, but Pooh reminds him that they have found each other and comforts him with a hug. The next morning, Christopher rushes from the Hundred Acre Wood to make his presentation, after Tigger gives him his briefcase. On the way, he encounters his family, but much to Madeline's disappointment, he leaves for London.

Pooh realizes that Tigger removed Christopher's paperwork when drying his briefcase, so Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore decide to return it. They meet Madeline, who recognizes them from her father's drawings. Madeline joins them, wanting to dissuade her father about boarding school, and they board a train to London. Evelyn follows after discovering a note Madeline left. At his presentation, Christopher discovers that his briefcase contains items from the Wood that Tigger had given him, including Eeyore's tail. Evelyn arrives and Christopher joins her to search for Madeline. Madeline's group stow away in crates, but Tigger, Eeyore and Piglet are accidentally thrown out, and they encounter Christopher and Evelyn in the process. Pooh and Madeline arrive near the Winslow building and reunite with Christopher and the others, but Madeline accidentally trips on the stairs and loses all but one of the papers, upsetting her and Pooh. Christopher assures Madeline of her importance to him and that he will not send her to boarding school.

Using the one paper Madeline saved, Christopher improvises a new plan involving reducing the prices of luggage, selling their luggage to ordinary people to increase demand and giving employees paid leave. Winslow Jr. dismisses the idea, but Winslow Sr. warms to it and agrees to the plan. Winslow Jr. is humiliated as Christopher points out that he contributed nothing to the plan, having been out golfing all weekend.

Christopher, along with Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore and Piglet, finally takes his family into the Hundred Acre Wood to meet the rest of his friends. As everyone relaxes at a picnic, Pooh and Christopher Robin both share a tender moment together.

In a mid-credits scene, the employees of Winslow's are seen having fun at the beach while Richard M. Sherman performs "Busy Doing Nothing" on a piano. Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore are relaxing on beach chairs with Eeyore saying "Thank you for noticing me".

## Cast

### Live-action cast

* Ewan McGregor as **Christopher Robin**:
A businessman working as an efficiency expert at Winslow Luggages who was once an imaginative boy. McGregor said that "[he] was very charmed by the script and the fact that they take Christopher Robin as a man [of his] age and that Winnie the Pooh comes back to him in a difficult time in his life. [McGregor found] it really moving", and said that "[Christopher] recognizes that he would like to be closer to [his daughter]", and said that "there was something of coming together as a father and a daughter" that appealed to him as a father of 4 daughters. McGregor said that "[the actors' performances] wouldn't be nearly as effective, wouldn't feel as real and good, if it wasn't for [the voice cast]", as he has someone he can play opposite to. McGregor stated that "[he] really [likes] playing [Christopher Robin], and [he] really [felt] like [he] wanted to play" the character. Atwell said that McGregor's performance can let people see "the Man, but underneath [the audience] see the boy that he was". Director Marc Foster said that McGregor was "the perfect Christopher Robin", as he felt he "was able to capture [the] spirit that was needed to portray Christopher Robin as an adult person".

* Orton O'Brien as Young Christopher Robin.

* Hayley Atwell as Evelyn Robin:
 Christopher's wife who works as an architect. Foster said that "it was important for [him] to find" in Atwell "a very strong woman" that also is relatable and "can stand up for herself and doesn't play a victim or play into that because ultimately when [Christopher Robin] denies his love to [Evelyn], she's still a woman who believes in him, but also strong enough to stand up for herself". McGregor was happy when he was told that Hayley Atwell was also cast for the film, having previously worked together on *Cassandra's Dream*. Atwell said that the film's story is "a charming one, and a funny one, and ultimately a story about a man coming back to his family" which she felt will appeal audiences.
* Bronte Carmichael as Madeline Robin:
Christopher's daughter. McGregor said that Bronte's performance "is so natural" and "really really good", a sentiment which Atwell shared, stating that she was "sweet", and felt that "[her performance] was really moving to watch" and that she "embodied the character of Madeline with the same feel that the books had with Christoper Robin". Carmichael called the film something "good for adults and for children", with adults finding it "emotional and moving", while the film's humor will make audiences "smile and really enjoy it". She also hoped adult audiences "will reconnect with children and have more family trips, and maybe play a few more games with the kids" after watching the film, and felt it has "a really special message". Foster called Carmichael "one of the very most gifted children actor [he] ever worked with".

* Elsa Minell Solak as 3-year-old Madeline Robin.

* Mark Gatiss as Giles Winslow:
 Christopher's boss at Winslow Luggages.
* Oliver Ford Davies as Old Man Winslow:
 The father of Giles Winslow.
* Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo as Katherine Dane
* Adrian Scarborough as Hal Gallsworthy
* Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Ralph Butterworth
* Ken Nwosu as Paul Hastings
* John Dagleish as Matthew Leadbetter
* Amanda Lawrence as Joan MacMillan
* Katy Carmichael as Christopher Robin's mother (Daphne de Sélincourt)
* Tristan Sturrock as Christopher Robin's father (A. A. Milne)
* Paul Chahidi as Cecil Hungerford
* Matt Berry as a policeman bobby
* Simon Farnaby as a Taxi driver
* Mackenzie Crook as a newspaper seller
* Clara McGregor as a girl in aircraft office

### Voice cast

A honey-loving Brown bear who lives in the Hundred Acre Wood. Atwell said that many of Pooh's lines were taken from A. A. Milne's original books, which she felt it managed to capture "the wisdom of Pooh" whom she said is "a bear of very little brain, but also a bear of very big heart". Kristen Burr felt that "They were so lucky to get Jim [Cummings], as soon as the audience hear[s] him read his lines, a feeling of nostalgia washes over the audience and makes them smile".

A free-spirited, goofy Bengal tiger who lives in the Hundred Acre Wood who loves to bounce around on his tail and running on his feet like a spring.

* Brad Garrett as Eeyore:
A pessimistic Provence donkey in the Hundred Acre Wood who always loses his tail and talks with a deep depressing voice and tone. Garrett previously voiced the character in the 1995 video game *Disney's Animated Storybook: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree*.
* Nick Mohammed as Piglet:
A diminutive American Yorkshire pig in the Hundred Acre Wood who is afraid of everything but has a big heart.
* Peter Capaldi as Rabbit:
A Green Eastern Cottontail who is obsessive-compulsive and a vegetable farmer in the Hundred Acre Wood.
* Sophie Okonedo as Kanga:
A Red Kangaroo in the Hundred Acre Wood who is the mother of Roo.
* J. Pat O'Malley as Colonel Hathi the Indian elephant
* Sara Sheen as Roo:
A Red joey in the Hundred Acre Wood who is the child of Kanga.
* Toby Jones as Owl:
 The wise Great Horned owl of the Hundred Acre Wood.

## Production

### Development

Initially in 2003, Brigham Taylor, inspired by the last chapter of *The House at Pooh Corner*, pitched to Disney an idea about a Winnie the Pooh film focusing on an adult Christopher Robin. However, due to other Pooh projects being in development at the time, the project was not pitched for a film. In 2015, Kristin Burr later convinced Taylor to resurrect the project, which the two then started working on in 2015.

On April 2, 2015, Walt Disney Pictures announced that a live-action adaptation based on the characters from the *Winnie the Pooh* franchise was in development which would take a similar pattern to 2010's *Alice in Wonderland*, 2014's *Maleficent*, and 2015's *Cinderella*. Alex Ross Perry was hired to write the script and Brigham Taylor hired to produce the film, about an adult **Christopher Robin** returning to the Hundred Acre Wood to spend time with Pooh and the gang. On November 18, 2016, it was reported that the studio had hired Marc Forster to direct the film, titled *Christopher Robin,* and the project would have "strong elements of magical realism as it seeks to tell an emotional journey with heartwarming adventure." On March 1, 2017, Tom McCarthy was hired to rewrite the existing screenplay.

### Casting

On April 26, 2017, Ewan McGregor was announced to play the title character while Allison Schroeder was recruited to do additional work on the script. On June 22, 2017, it was revealed that Gemma Arterton had been in negotiations to portray the wife of the title character but, ultimately, she passed on the role. In August 2017, Hayley Atwell and Mark Gatiss were respectively cast as the title character's wife Evelyn, and boss Giles Winslow, Nick Mohammed was cast as Piglet, while Jim Cummings was confirmed to be reprising his role as Winnie the Pooh, and Brad Garrett was revealed to be voicing Eeyore. In January 2018, Peter Capaldi, Sophie Okonedo and Toby Jones were cast as Rabbit, Kanga and Owl, respectively. Chris O'Dowd was originally set to voice Tigger, but his lines were re-dubbed by Cummings, who has played the character partially from 1989 until fully since 2000, after audiences in test screenings reacted negatively towards how O’Dowd voiced the character.

### Filming

Principal photography on the film began in early August 2017, in the United Kingdom, and concluded on November 4, 2017. Much of the filming of the Hundred Acre Wood scenes took place at Ashdown Forest, which was the original inspiration for the setting, as well as Windsor Great Park, at Shepperton Studios and at Dover seafront and the former Dover Marine Station, now the town's cruise terminal which doubled as a London railway station.

### Music

Jóhann Jóhannsson was hired to score the film, shortly before his death on February 9, 2018. The film is dedicated to his memory. Klaus Badelt was announced as taking over composing duties for Jóhannsson, but the score was ultimately written by Jon Brion and Geoff Zanelli, with additional music contributions by Zak McNeil, Bryce Jacobs, Paul Mounsey, and Philip Klein.

At an Academy event, songwriter and Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman revealed that the film would feature the iconic "Winnie the Pooh" theme, and that he was working on three new songs for the film, titled "Goodbye Farewell", "Busy Doing Nothing" and "Christopher Robin", with the first one being performed by the voice cast, and the last two by Sherman. Sherman said that he found "very special to be back at the Hundred Acre Wood" as "Winnie the Pooh became a dear friend of [his] when Walt gave [to the Sherman Brothers] the assignment to write songs for the ﬁrst Winnie the Pooh short ﬁlm", and felt the film has "a wonderful story". Sherman said that he wrote "Busy Doing Nothing" based on the fact that "[Pooh] is always busy. Doing nothing. And he's very proud of the fact he does nothing", and said "it was fun to write". He called the song "Christopher Robin" "a sweet, nostalgic, memory of a love song between Winnie the Pooh and Christopher [Robin]", and said the lyrics "are part of the storyline [of the film]".

"Up, Down and Touch the Ground" and "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers", both written by Richard and his brother Robert B. Sherman and performed by Cummings as Pooh and Tigger, respectively, are also included in the film. The film's soundtrack, featuring Zanelli and Brion's score, and Sherman's new songs, was released on August 3, 2018.

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### Visual effects

Visual effects studios Framestore and Method Studios, are leading the animation for the Hundred Acre Wood characters, with Overall Vfx Supervisor Chris Lawrence and Animation Supervisor Michael Eames leading the teams.

## Release

*Christopher Robin* opened Burbank on July 30, 2018, and was released on August 3, 2018 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film was denied a release in China, as some have speculated it was due to Chinese netizens drawing comparisons between Winnie the Pooh and Chinese leader Xi Jinping since mid-2017. Other industry insiders speculated it was likely due to reasons such as the film's size and the presence of other Hollywood films in the market.

### Home media

*Christopher Robin* was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 6, 2018. The film debuted in second place behind *Incredibles 2* on the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart for the week ending on November 11, 2018. The film became available to stream on Netflix USA and Canada on March 5, 2019.

## Reception

### Box office

*Christopher Robin* grossed $99.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $98.4 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $197.6 million.

In the United States and Canada, *Christopher Robin* was released alongside *The Spy Who Dumped Me*, *The Darkest Minds*, and *Death of a Nation: Can We Save America a Second Time?*. The film made $9.5 million on its first day, including $1.5 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $24.6 million, finishing second at the box office behind holdover *Mission: Impossible – Fallout*. The film fell 47% to $13 million in its second weekend, finishing third behind *The Meg* and *Mission: Impossible – Fallout*. The film finished sixth in its third through fifth weekends, grossing $8.9 million, $6.3 million, and $5.3 million, respectively.

### Critical response

On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 73% based on 270 reviews, with an average rating of 6.24/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "*Christopher Robin* may not equal A. A. Milne's stories – or their animated Disney adaptations – but it should prove sweet enough for audiences seeking a little childhood magic." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 60 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Ben Kenigsberg of *The New York Times* reviewed the film and said: "Once *Christopher Robin* softens its insufferable, needlessly cynical conception of the title character, it offers more or less what a Pooh reboot should: a lot of nostalgia, a bit of humor and tactile computer animation." And David Sims of *The Atlantic* wrote, "It's an odd, melancholic experience that at times recalls Terrence Malick as it does A. A. Milne, but there will certainly be some viewers in its exact wheelhouse." Michael Phillips of the *Chicago Tribune* gave the film a 3 out of 4 stars and said, "Pooh's wisdom and kindness cannot be denied. The same impulses worked for the two *Paddington* movies, God knows. *Christopher Robin* isn't quite in their league, but it's affecting nonetheless." Richard Lawson of *Vanity Fair* gave the film a positive review and heavily praised the voice performance from Cummings, calling it "Oscar-worthy". Overall, he said, "As Winnie the Pooh (and Tigger too), the veteran voice actor gives such sweet, rumpled, affable life to the wistful bear of literary renown that it routinely breaks the heart. Cummings's performance understands something more keenly than the movie around it; he taps into a vein of humor and melancholy that is pitched at an exact frequency, one that will speak to child and adult alike. His Pooh is an agreeable nuisance and an accidental philosopher, delivering nonsensical (and yet entirely sensible) adages in a friendly, deliberate murmur ringed faintly with sadness. I wanted to (gently) yank him from the screen and take him home with me, his fuzzy little paw in mine as we ambled to the subway, the summer sun fading behind us. He's a good bear, this Pooh."

Conversely, Alonso Duralde of *TheWrap* called the film "slow and charmless" and wrote, "What we're left with is a *Hook*-style mid-life crisis movie aimed at kids, designed to shame parents who spend too much time at the office and not enough with their families." Helen O'Hara of *Empire* magazine gave the film a 2 out of 5 stars and said "Everyone's trying hard, but they can't quite live up to the particularly gentle, warm tone of Pooh himself. Unlike the bear of very little brain, this is a film pulled in different directions with entirely too many thoughts in its head".

The performance of Ewan McGregor as Christopher Robin was particularly well received. David Fear of *Rolling Stone* said, "He's an actor who can roll with this movie's punches, whether it requires him to be light on his feet or dragged down by existential despair, exhilarated by childlike play or exasperated by a house-wrecking creature who says things like, 'People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day'."  Adam Forsgren for *East Idaho News* wrote, "First and foremost is McGregor's performance in the title role. The guy sells being the put-upon, overburdened office drone so well that it's a treat to see him begin to rediscover his younger self and let himself play...McGregor is the glue that holds this whole movie together."  Stephanie Zacharek of *Time* magazine stated, "But it's doubtful the movie would work at all if not for McGregor: He turns Christopher's anxiety into a haunting presence, the kind of storm cloud that we can all, now and then, feel hovering above us. Yet McGregor is also an actor capable of expressing unalloyed delight. And when, as Christopher Robin, he finally does, some of that delight rubs off on us too."  Brian Lowry also noted in his review for *CNN*, "Give much of the credit to McGregor in the thankless task of playing opposite his adorably furry co-stars, ably handling the comedy derived from the fact that he doesn't dare let others see them."  Odie Henderson of *Rogerebert.com* gave the film a 2 out of 4 stars and said: "*Christopher Robin* can’t reconcile its darkness and its light. But if these folks want to write an Eeyore movie that stays firmly planted in the Wood, I’ll be first in line to see it." Simran Hans of *The Guardian* gave the film a 2 out of 5 stars, and said: "Christopher’s furry friends don’t appear to be figments of his imagination. If they’re not a metaphor for a misplaced sense of fun (or a midlife crisis), the film’s tone ends up being weirdly adult for a kids’ film."

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## Christopher Robin

### **Developed by**

* Jim Jinkins
* David Campbell

### **Based on**

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### **Voices of**

* Pamela Adlon
* Debi Mae West
* Kath Soucie
* Tara Strong

### **Theme music composer**

* Randy Petersen
* Kevin Quinn
* Tim Heintz

### **Composer**

* Mark Watters
* Dan Sawyer

## Production

### **Executive Producer(s)**

* Jim Jinkins
* David Campbell
* Tony Craig
* Roberts Gannaway

### **Producer(s)**

* Martha Ripp
* Victor Cook
* Ken Boyer
* Rick Schneider-Calabash

### **Production company(s)**

* Jumbo Pictures
* Walt Disney Television Animation

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## Broadcast

### **Original channel**

* ABC (One Saturday Morning) (Season 1)
* Syndication (Disney-Kellogg Alliance) (Season 2)

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*101 Dalmatian Street*

***101 Dalmatians: The Series*** is an American animated television series that aired from September 1, 1997 to March 4, 1998 on the Disney-Kellogg Alliance and ABC. It is produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Jumbo Pictures and is based on the 1961 Disney animated feature of the same name and its 1996 live-action remake. It features the voices of Pamela Adlon, Debi Mae West, Kath Soucie and Tara Strong, and is the first television series based on the *101 Dalmatians* franchise; it was followed by *101 Dalmatian Street* in 2019.

Many staff members previously worked on the *Timon & Pumbaa* television show, *Doug* creator Jim Jinkins and his partner David Campbell both were developers of the series.

## Premise

The show focuses primarily on three particular puppies; Lucky, TV addict leader and unconventional hero, Rolly, his fat cheerful laid-back and always-hungry brother, and Cadpig, their uncanny but loveable sister who is the runt of the family. The three siblings are often joined by Spot, a chicken who wants to be a dog and a member of the Bark Brigade. Early promotional material had listed dictatorial Penny and mischievous Patch as two other puppy cast members, but the highlighted puppies were whittled down to three so Penny was dropped and Patch became extra in the show. Unlike the original film but like the 1996 live-action film, the series is set in the United States in the 1990s, on the Dearly Farm.

Other puppies appearing in the show have included the fearless, three-legged Tripod, the friendly dim-witted Dipstick, the constantly urinating Wizzer, the fashion-conscious diva Two-Tone, and the Sheepdog mix, Mooch, who serves as the farm's bully. Patch also makes occasional appearances, though with a different personality than originally promoted. The show seems to be a blending of both the animated film and the live-action film, so the potential exists for other puppies from the films to appear, especially Freckles, Pepper, Penny, Jewel, and Fidget.

## Characters

### Main

* Lucky (voiced by Pamela Adlon and Debi Mae West) is the most plucky of the puppies and is unique in having his only spots in the shape of a horseshoe on his back. He is the leader of the main pups and is very adventurous and determined to do whatever he thinks is right. However, he is very obsessed with TV, and he's usually the one at fault when the main pups get into trouble.
* Cadpig (voiced by Kath Soucie) is the runt of the litter and the smallest of the puppies but quite possibly the most intelligent, if not deluded somewhat by her abstract state of mind. She is unique in having long floppy ears, a big head, a kind-hearted personality, and she's also quite strong for her size and can have a very strong temper as well.
* Rolly (voiced by Kath Soucie) is the very hungry one. Almost all his decisions are based on food and this, at times, gets him and the pups into trouble. However, he is a cheerful and diligent sibling, especially when it comes to his incredible sense of smell. He's also very timid and is an easy target for bullies due to him being such a foodie.
* Spot (voiced by Tara Strong) is a chicken who wants to become a Dalmatian. She is the most intelligent of the main four and is a voice of reason for the foursome, but is more often than not ignored. She is easily scared and is prone to literally bouncing off the walls. She is, however, a great dancer which has to count for something, according to her and appears to be good at math. She is also able to fly to some extent. In certain episodes, she acts as a private investigator and sports an alter-ego by the name of Pullet Marlowe.
* Roger (voiced by Jeff Bennett) and Anita Dearly (voiced by Kath Soucie, respectively) are owners of the 101 Dalmatians and Dearly Farm.
* Cruella De Vil (voiced by April Winchell and Tress MacNeille in 2 episodes) Now a corporate criminal and most of her plans revolve around getting richer, tormenting the Dalmatians, and plotting to steal the Dearly Farm. Her main catchphrase in the series is "Memo to myself," followed by whatever her current scheme is or sometimes her emotional state, uttered into her personal recording device. This often occurs more than once an episode.
* Horace (voiced by David L. Lander) and Jasper (voiced by Michael McKean) are Cruella's henchmen. They are usually hired to perform her plans, usually failing due to their lack of intelligence.

### Supporting Main

* Nanny (voiced by Charlotte Rae) is Dearlys' caretaker who always helps Roger and Anita around the Dearly Farm, also helps with feeding the Dalmatians from the huge Chow Tower that she operates with a bike.
* Pongo (voiced by Kevin Schon) is the father of the fifteen puppies, adopted father of the eighty-four orphaned pups, and the husband of Perdita. He is Roger's devoted pet.
* Perdita (voiced by Pam Dawber) is the mother of the Dalmatians, and the wife of Pongo. She is mother to the fifteen puppies, and adoptive mother to eighty-four orphaned pups. She is Anita's beloved pet.
* Mooch (voiced by Danny Cooksey) is an adolescent Sheepdog mix who is the bully of the farm. He can be intimidating at times, but deep down he is very sensitive and nice.
* Two-Tone (voiced by Tara Strong) is one of the Dalmatian puppies and Mooch's former girlfriend and second-in-command. She is depicted as half black with white spots, and half white with black spots. She's a tomboy who loves fashion and has a crush on Lucky.
* Dipstick (voiced by Thom Adcox-Hernandez) is a male Dalmatian puppy who is the most dimwitted of Mooch's gang. He's constantly infested with fleas. In some episodes, he is shown to have a soft side.
* Wizzer (voiced by Pamela Adlon in "Purred It Through the Grapevine" and Christine Cavanaugh for the rest of the series) is a male Dalmatian puppy and bladder control issues who is part of Mooch's gang.
* Tripod (voiced by Toran Caudell) is a male Dalmatian puppy who serves as Lucky's friendly rival. He has spotted ears, a green headband and is missing his front left leg.
* Scorch (voiced by Frank Welker) is Cruella's pet ferret who has an appetite for Spot.
* The Colonel (voiced by Jim Cummings) is an Old English Sheepdog and commanding officer of the Bark Brigade.
* Sergeant Tibbs (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a cat and trusted ally to the Colonel.
* Captain (voiced by Frank Welker) is a horse on the Dearly Farm who is usually seen helping Nanny.
* Lieutenant Pug (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is one of the training officers of the Bark Brigade. He is paranoid about a potential feline invasion. He gets very brutal with the main pups and has a habit of insulting them, but he also suffers from narcolepsy.
* Thunderbolt (voiced by Frank Welker) is a German Shepherd and Lucky's favorite superhero.
* Cornelia (voiced by Tress MacNeille) is Spot's overprotective mother who wants her to behave like a chicken.
* Lucy (voiced by Paddi Edwards) is a goose who gets grumpy when the Dalmatians play in her pond at Hiccup Hole.
* Swamp Rat (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a rat salesman who lives in the swamp.
* Steven the Alligator (voiced by Frank Welker) is Swamp Rat's associate who is also fixated on eating Spot.
* Cydne (voiced by Frank Welker) is a snake who lives in the swamp and Swamp Rat's other associate.
* Mayor Ed Pig (voiced by Jim Cummings) is a pig who is also the mayor of the animals on the Dearly Farm.
* Dumpling (voiced by Christine Cavanaugh) is Mayor Ed's daughter who has an unrequited crush on Lucky.
* Princess (voiced by April Winchell in "The High Price of Fame" and "Shake, Rattle and Woof" and Cree Summer for the rest of the series) is a cow who lives on the Dearly Farm.
* Duchess (voiced by Marla Gibbs) is a cow and a companion of Princess.

## Release

### Broadcast

The show debuted in syndication on the Disney-Kellogg Alliance block on September 1, 1997, running episodes five days a week; this was the second season. Two weeks later, the first season aired on ABC's *One Saturday Morning* programing block. That season was originally going to air on ABC on September 6, 1997, but was delayed a week due to the untimely death of Princess Diana.

In total, 65 half-hour episodes with 105 episode segments were produced. The first season contained 12 episodes: 3 full-length episodes, and 9 that contained 2 segments each. Meanwhile, the second season contained 53 episodes: 22 full-length episodes, and 31 that contained 2 segments each. On March 4, 1998, the show aired its last episode with reruns continuing to play in syndication through August 28, 1998.

Reruns continued to play on ABC until 1999. **Script error: No such module "Unsubst".** Reruns of the show also aired on Disney Channel from 1998 to 1999 and Toon Disney from September 1, 1998 to March 9, 2007.

On March 23, 2012, the show returned to television as a launch title for the Disney Junior channel, but, like *Timon & Pumbaa*, only about half of the episodes aired, and most of the ones that did air were edited down (this was most likely due to scenes that were dubbed inappropriate for preschoolers). On September 3, 2013, the series was removed from Disney Junior's lineup.

### Home media

While the series as a whole never made a true home media release either on VHS or DVD, the episode, "A Christmas Cruella", was released on VHS in 1998, which also contained the episode "Coup De Vil" as a bonus episode. This was also released on DVD in the UK.

The 3-part series finale, "Dalmatian Vacation", was also released on VHS and Laserdisc in Japan, which included two songs that were exclusive to this release and not on the TV broadcasts of the trilogy of episodes.

### Streaming

Currently, all of the episodes are available on the iTunes Store and Amazon Prime Video since February 2017 in HD and SD formats, with the exception of "Alive N' Chicken"/"Prima Doggy".

On May 8, 2020, the entire series became available on Disney+ in Australia, and on the US version of Disney+ on June 19, 2020, with all 65 episodes arranged in release date order, listed as one season. In addition, "Alive N' Chicken"/"Prima Doggy" is among the episodes available to stream, a rare instance from Disney+ for a television series that is available to purchase digitally elsewhere, but for a particular episode that was banned, being available to stream on the platform.

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### Season 1 (1997–1998)

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### Season 2 (1997–1998)

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## Notes

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