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Teacher's Pet is an American animated series that aired from September 9, 2000 to May 10, 2002 on Disney's One Saturday Morning block. It was created by Gary Baseman and the Steinkellers. The series was produced by Disney Television Animation and distributed by Buena Vista Television.

Plot
The series is about a dog named Spot, who dresses up as a boy named Scott Leadready II for school to see his owner, Leonard Helperman. Meanwhile, Leonard's mother, Mary, is the school teacher, which results in Leonard being bullied and humiliated at school. Later, after Leonard discovers that Scott Leadready II is really Spot, they both get competitive towards each other, while learning a valuable lesson in the end.

Why It's Gonna Be a Boy

 * 1) Mentioning how we're about to begin Spot's adventures as Scott Leadready II, it has quite an original and interesting plot where a dog named Spot gets dressed up as a boy for school, while Leonard, who is Spot's owner, is bullied because of how his mother is the teacher, and later discovering that Scott Leadready II is actually Spot. It also has lots of new ideas with the two characters, and the series has tons of moments with Leonard's other pets, Pretty Boy and Mr. Jolly.




 * 1) The characters here are mostly likable and characteristic, such as Spot, Leonard, Mr. Jolly, Ian (depending on your view), Leslie, Mary, Tyler, Trevor, Taylor.
 * 2) Totally amazing and beautiful animation and art style that will absolutely give you Cranium vibes (helping by the fact that this show and Cranium are both made by Gary Baseman). The background art is also great too, with all of the canvas themes to it. The animation gets even better in the movie, despite both the show and the movie being animated by Toon City Animation.
 * 3) A huge chunk of the series is filled with episodes that are great and memorable, with a lot of episodes having an interesting conflict that could endanger Scott's identity, yet still isn't blown, and each episode has a good moral in the end, examples include:
 * 4) *"Muttamorphosis" (a great way to start the whole show)
 * 5) *"Pet Project"
 * 6) *"Movin' on Pup"
 * 7) *"Escaping Dog Trick"
 * 8) *"Being Mrs. Leadready"
 * 9) *"Let Sleeping-Over Dogs Lie"
 * 10) *"Costume Pity Party"
 * 11) *"Scott's Honor"
 * 12) *"Fifi"
 * 13) *"Bad to the Bone"
 * 14) *"You Can't Bite City Hall"
 * 15) *"A Dog for All Seasons"
 * 16) *"Tallulahpalooza"
 * 17) *"Rule of Paw" (an okay way to end season 1)
 * 18) *"Never Take Candy from a Kindergartner" (a good way to start season 2)
 * 19) *"A Few Good Boys"
 * 20) *"Bad Fur Day"
 * 21) *"Don't Count Your Chickies Before They Hatch"
 * 22) *"The Grass Seed is Always Greener"
 * 23) *"No Substitutions, Please"
 * 24) *"Party Animal"
 * 25) *"Mr. Jolly: Man... or Mouser?"
 * 26) *"What's Sweat Got to Do with It?"
 * 27) *"Dogfight"
 * 28) *"Science Not Fair"
 * 29) *"Team Scott"
 * 30) *"Take Me Out of the Ball Game"
 * 31) *"Inspector Leadready II"
 * 32) *"The Turkey That Came to Dinner"
 * 33) *"The Blight Before Christmas"
 * 34) *"The Nose Knows"
 * 35) As said above, the show teaches some great and helpful morals, just like three other TV shows. Examples include (but are not limited to):
 * 36) *Always be a true friend (Muttamorphosis)
 * 37) *Winning isn't everything (Pet Project)
 * 38) *Always enjoy the present and don't be in a rush to grow up (Movin' on Pup)
 * 39) *Treat others the way you want to be treated (Escaping Dog Trick)
 * 40) *Sometimes, it is okay to ask for help (Scott's Honor)
 * 41) *It's okay if you can't do everything (Scott's Honor)
 * 42) *You don't have to be a bad boy, especially because of mistakes you made (Bad to the Bone)
 * 43) *Believe in yourself (Saving Mr. Jolly)
 * 44) *Don't be so strict to the point of acting like a dictator (Rule of Paw)
 * 45) *Don't judge people based on how they look (Bad Fur Day)
 * 46) *Violence is never the answer (Dogfight)
 * 47) *Working in a team is often better than working alone (Team Scott)
 * 48) It has such a great and catchy theme song, which can be seen right here. The theme song gets even better in the 2004 movie.
 * 49) There are some funny moments every now and then, such as the moment where Leonard screams after discovering that Scott Leadready II is really spot, as well as the expressions of the faces, where the characters' eyes will pop out whenever they're scared of something.
 * 50) The series actually gives tons of screen time with Pretty Boy and Mr. Jolly, as it shows what they're doing at home while Spot and Leonard are at school.
 * 51) Speaking of the art style, the character designs are very colorful, with every character having a different skin color, such as white (literally, not just the real skin color), yellow, green, blue, and more, similar to another great Disney show and one Nickelodeon cartoon that would eventually become a Disney series.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Sometimes Pretty Boy and Principal Strickler can be unlikable.
 * 2) The voice for Mr. Jolly is very mediocre, with his screaming being the worst offender.
 * 3) Sadly, this show isn't free from weird episodes, such as, "A Lick is Still a Kiss"
 * 4) Some episode titles grammatically don't make too much sense, such as "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Green"

Reception
The show generally received mixed, but mostly positive reviews from audiences. The show currently has a 6.3/10 on IMDb, though it has a 67% on Google. It is currently one of Disney's most underrated shows by far, along with Brandy & Mr. Whiskers and Space Chickens in Space, as it is still not well remembered by the cartoon community to this day, despite having its own movie and already being available on Disney+. Even cartoon reviewer, Vailskibum94, did note this show as one of the most forgotten cartoons in one of his videos. However, because of the show's arrival on Disney+, it is possibly starting to gain a cult following, though the show still has a long way to go and is still being ignored by the cartoon community.

Trivia

 * Despite the show being largely forgotten and obscure, the show managed to be on Disney+, similar to "The Replacements" and unlike equally forgotten shows, such as "Brandy & Mr. Whiskers" and "Dave the Barbarian".
 * The series was made by the same person who made the Cranium board game (Gary Baseman).
 * The series would eventually get a 2004 movie of the same name.
 * The series was originally on Terrible Shows & Episodes Wiki before getting deleted in November 23, 2021, due to being a biased and plagiarized page, as well as the series itself actually being more good than bad.

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