Pet Project is the second episode of Teacher's Pet from Season 1. It was directed Timothy Björklund and written by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner.
Plot[]
Spot tries to pass off Mr. Jolly as his pet cat and Leonard writes about Pretty Boy when the kids have to write and recite an essay on their pets in class. Leonard and Spot get competitive when they learn whoever has the best story will be published in a pet magazine. While the boys are preparing, Pretty Boy and Jolly have a little mishap with the other pets.
Cast[]
Voice actor | Role(s) |
---|---|
Nathan Lane | Spot Helperman/Scott Leadready II |
Shaun Fleming | Leonard Helperman, Fourth grader |
Debra Jo Rupp | Mary Lou Helperman |
Jerry Stiller | Pretty Boy |
David Ogden Stiers | Mr. Jolly, Dog #1 |
Pat Musick | Mary Beth |
Rob Paulsen | Ian Wazselewski, Dog #2 |
David Sabella | Pretty Boy's singing voice |
Pam Segall | Tyler, Taylor and Trevor, Teddy Naven |
Lauren Tom | Younghee Mandel-Baum |
Mae Whitman | Leslie Dunkling |
Credits[]
The credits for this episode can be found here.
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode takes place a week after the first episode's plot.
- Mary Lou's example essay entailed Spot begging for a cookie for over 5 minutes, using his tail for leverage.
- The reports were required to be the following: three pages long, written in Cursive and ink, usage of college lined paper, counting punctuation, and the children had to use at minimum 15 vocabulary words.
- The other dogs seem to have a dislike towards Spot since he masquerades as a boy, which is also shown in other episodes.
- Pretty Boy's mother is deceased, as he refers to her as "sainted."
- The cat food Mr. Jolly eats is called Kat Füd.
- The kids own the following pets:
- Moral: Don't let competition get the better of you, because winning isn’t everything.
Cultural references[]
- Spot refers to the other dogs as "mutts on the block," referring to New Kids on the Block.
- Mr. Jolly's fake name (Schrödinger) is a pun on the Schrödinger's cat theory devised by Erwin Schrödinger in 1935.
- The name of Leslie's pet is a nod to the 1949 song "Peter Cottontail."
- Pretty Boy derisively refers to Slimer as Jaws, referencing the 1975 film.
- When trying to gain confidence, Mr. Jolly calls himself "king of the beasts." This is a nickname often given to lions.