101 Dalmatians: The Series

	You loved them in Disney’s classic 1961 animated feature. Thirty-five years later, they stole your heart in the 1996 live-action blockbuster. And now, those lovable puppies are back. "101 Dalmatians: The Series" continues the wacky misadventures of those adorable, spotted canines, bringing a brand-new group of heart-warming comedy adventures to your television screen. The series introduces an assortment of new characters -- puppies, barnyard animals, and villains. "101 Dalmatians," based loosely on the animated feature, picks up where the movie left off. The adventures revolve around the Dearly Farm, which Roger and Anita purchased to make room for the pups adopted at the 1961 motion picture’s conclusion. The series follows the hysterical antics of three main Dalmatian pups.
	Lucky (voiced by Pam Segall) is the unofficial leader of the pack. Charming, smart, and charismatic, he can get his friends to follow him anywhere, which usually means into trouble! Rolly (voiced by Kath Soucie) is Lucky’s best pal and brother, who will stop at nothing when it comes to getting his next meal. Cadpig (also voiced by Kath Soucie) is the youngest of Pongo and Perdy’s 15 pups and the runt of the litter. Her upbeat, cheerful, and positive outlook on life is merely a thin veneer for some underlying hostility. The pups’ unlikely sidekick, Spot (voiced by Tara Charendoff), is a half-grown chicken who wants nothing more than to fit in with the Dalmatian crowd. Cruella de Vil (voiced by April Winchell) is now the evil next-door neighbor who’s perpetually hatching a sneaky, underhanded scheme to try to acquire the Dearlys' land. When she’s not obsessed with taking over her neighbors' property, Cruella’s busy running an eclectic global business empire, which includes her fashion design firm, movie theaters, hair products, nursing homes, toys, and even cemeteries.
	Cruella’s minion and constant companion, Scorch (voiced by Frank Welker), is the only living creature who can control her. In fact, this conniving little ferret may be the only thing Cruella loves almost as much as herself. Using binoculars and other high-tech surveillance equipment, Scorch keeps constant tabs on the puppies, whom he despises. Pongo (voiced by Kevin Schon) tries his best to be a model dad. Fun, brave, and a hands-on problem solver, he’s admired by all his pups, who are aware that he’s a softy and all too easy to take advantage of. Perdy, the pups’ mother (voiced by Pam Dawber), picks up the slack as the level-headed voice of reason for the pair. With a keen ability to see straight through any puppy-eyed manipulation, Perdy keeps her litter in line and has her own way of getting the puppies to do what she wants, without their realizing it.