T.U.F.F. Puppy

T.U.F.F. Puppy
Genre	Comedy Fantasy Action
Format	Animated series
Created by	Butch Hartman
Written by	Butch Hartman Ray DeLaurentis Will Schifrin Kevin Sullivan
Directed by	Butch Hartman Gary Conrad Michelle Bryan Ken Bruce
Voices of	Jerry Trainor Grey DeLisle Daran Norris Jeff Bennett Matthew W. Taylor
Theme music composer	Adam Schlesinger Butch Hartman
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	18 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Butch Hartman
Producer(s)	Deirdre Brenner George Goodchild Dave Thomas
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Billionfold, Inc. Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Distributor	MTV Networks
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Original run	October 2, 2010 – present
Chronology
Related shows	The Fairly OddParents Danny Phantom
External links
Website

T.U.F.F. Puppy is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. It premiered on October 2, 2010 on Nickelodeon after the premiere of Planet Sheen. The series' main character is a dim-witted but determined dog named Dudley Puppy (voiced by iCarly's Jerry Trainor), who works as a secret agent for an organization called T.U.F.F. (Turbo Undercover Fighting Force). His partner is a cat named Kitty Katswell (voiced by Grey DeLisle). Other helpers are The Chief (voiced by Daran Norris) and Keswick (voiced by Jeff Bennett). The series takes place in a fictional city called Petropolis, which is populated by animal characters. T.U.F.F. Puppy is Butch Hartman's third series for Nickelodeon, after The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom.

In early 2011, the series was renewed for a second season scheduled to premiere sometime in 2012. Announced at the 2011 Comic-Con event, the series will also have a third season.^{[citation needed]} The first season will contain 20 episodes and so will second and third seasons.

Plot

The series' main character is a dog named Dudley Puppy (voiced by iCarly's Jerry Trainor), who works as a secret agent for an organization called T.U.F.F. (Turbo Undercover Fighting Force).^[1] His partner is a cat named Kitty Katswell (voiced by Grey DeLisle).^[2] The series takes place in a fictional city called Petropolis, which is populated by animal characters.

Characters

Other T.U.F.F. agents (besides the main characters) made appearances throughout the series; however, most of these agents have no speaking roles yet.

Protagonists

T.U.F.F.

The main characters of T.U.F.F. Puppy. From left to right: Kitty Katswell (voiced by Grey DeLisle), Keswick (voiced by Jeff Bennett), The Chief (voiced by Daran Norris) and Dudley Puppy (voiced by Jerry Trainor).

• Dudley Puppy (voiced by iCarly's Jerry Trainor) - is the title character and the main protagonist of the series. The dimwitted and hyperactive white mixed-breed dog who wears nothing more than a black shirt (a shirt at all) and has a habit of chewing on his butt. Keswick's DNA analyzation shows that Dudley is the "perfect mix of every breed of dog known to man". Since each breed of dog has a special trait, (Bloodhound's sensitive nose, Greyhound's speed, German Shepherd's bravery and a "splash" of Billy Goat which cannot be explained, even by Keswick) Dudley's overall "natural" skills makes him a formidable agent. Dudley is also quite gluttonous and childish which often is displayed by his lack of self control whenever he's hungry. However, despite his eccentric personality; his bravery and natural skills are an asset to T.U.F.F. in times of need. His catchphrase is "Hi gee gee", and he often speaks it whenever he's ready to jet out of the area. In "Thunder Dog", he's shown to be afraid of thunder, but quickly overcomes it with Kitty's help. However, it is also revealed he's afraid of the dentist. It's rumored by most fans that he has a crush on Kitty. In "Snap Dad", it's revealed that Dudley's mother is still dating which has fans wondering where Dudley's father is.

• Kitty Katswell (voiced by Grey DeLisle) - is T.U.F.F.'s number one agent and is Dudley's partner and best friend. She has a crush on Dudley. Skilled in various fighting styles and use of firearms, short tempered, and easily startled, this feline is a force to be reckoned with. Not much is known about her past yet; but a few episodes mention that her birthdays as a child have been horrendous, and she spent eight years in Secret Agent College. Being a cat, she naturally fights with Dudley on various occasions; usually in kiddish slap fights as if they were siblings. However, as the episodes progressed, she warms up more and more to Dudley as he presents his courage, skill, and respect for her and T.U.F.F. and they later become heartfelt friends. She often wears a black spy suit over her white turtle neck, white boots, a white hairband, and white gloves-although she has been seen in other various disguises. In "Forget Me Mutt", it reveals that she has a crush on a Water Delivery Guy.

• Keswick (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - works for the T.U.F.F. headquarters as their primary inventor and scientist although whatever he invents is usually worthless due to the fact that it shoots acid or is too dangerous. Usually, when he speaks, he stutters and is similar to Porky Pig's, Professor Frink's and Jimmy Valmer's. A running gag is that no one knows Keswick's species. So far, it's shown that he has a pouch, gills, webbed feet, looks like a labradoodle, and has the ability to lay eggs. In "The Doomies", it's shown that he's not on good terms with his parents. In "Dog Dish", it's revealed that he has a brother-in-law, Stan, so that confirms he has a sister.

• The Chief (voiced by Daran Norris) - A tough but good-natured flea who runs T.U.F.F. headquarters. In "Internal Affairs", it's revealed that his real name is Herbert Dumbrowski and he used to be T.U.F.F.'s top field agent, he has a bionic foot, and has short term memory loss. He seems to have a hobby of baking.

Other T.U.F.F. agents

• Agent Rodenski (voiced by Butch Hartman) - A T.U.F.F. agent who is the Chameleon, disguised as a mouse. He appears in "Share-A-Lair".

• Agent Nutz - A T.U.F.F. agent who is a squirrel. He mostly says "stop following me".

• Agent Jumbo - A T.U.F.F. agent who is an elephant. She has a tendency to freak out whenever she sees a mouse.

• Agent Goldfish - A T.U.F.F. agent who is a goldfish. She is afraid of toilets, as mentioned by Kitty in "Thunder Dog".

• Tammy - The agency's bunny secretary. She first appears in "Toast of T.U.F.F.".

• Agent Scarecrow - A scarecrow agent who appears in "Mom-A-Geddon" when Dudley believes that his mother is going to make him quit T.U.F.F. He is a parody of the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz.

• - a raccoon

• - a rabbit

• - a bear

• - a brown bear

• - a black dog

Antagonists

D.O.O.M.

• Verminious Snaptrap (voiced by Matthew W. Taylor) - An evil rat and leader of the Diabolical Order of Mayhem (D.O.O.M), Snaptrap serves as the main antagonist of the series. Ironically, despite being a rat, he is allergic to cheese. Like his archnemesis Dudley Puppy, he is hyperactive, immature, and not too bright. He is often easily frustrated when his assistants do something foolish. A running gag is Snaptrap throwing Larry and anyone else into his shark tank. In "Operation: Happy Birthday", it's revealed that he still lives with his mother. Later on, in "Dog Dish", it's revealed that she buys all of Snaptrap's evil gadgets. That same episode shows that he has a blog, and that he uses his gadgets for incredibly stupid plans, such as sneaking into movie theaters, although, on occasion, he has shown to be able to do true evil, such as launching the entire town into the sun. In "Forget Me Mutt", it's shown that he's verbally abused by his mother, and in "Mind Trap", he's shown to go dumpster diving for food. He has also been noticed as one of the funniest villains in Nickelodeon Cartoons in history.

• Larry (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - A shrew that is Snaptrap's dimwitted brother-in-law, Larry's married to Snaptrap's sister, and often infuriates his boss by talking back to him or doing something stupid, which results in him either getting blasted by a laser or thrown into the shark tank.

• Ollie (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - A sensible British opossum, Ollie is Snaptrap's voice of reason, whom he often ignores. A recurring gag in the series is that Ollie is the one who accidentally gives Snaptrap something cheese related, either forgetting about his boss's cheese allergy, or Snaptrap idiotcally forgetting it himself. Another gag involving him is that Ollie is the one who gives Snaptrap the ideas for his evil plans, due to a misunderstanding that Snaptrap has already come up with a plan, only to reveal it's just something he likes to do (i.e. in "Iron Mutt", he thinks that Snaptrap has planned to trap the principal of the local high school and impersonate her due to the large mousetrap and the dress he's wearing, which Snaptrap quickly covers up by saying that WAS his plan).

• Francisco (voiced by Daran Norris) - A crocodile with a stereotypical Chicago accent. He's the only one who seems to take villainy seriously. In "Dog Dish", he kept trying to convince Snaptrap to use the invisibility helmet for more evil deed than sneaking into the movies.

• Bad Dog (voiced by Daran Norris) - A pit bull D.O.O.M agent.

• Leather Teddy (voiced by Eric Bauza) - A leather clad bear D.O.O.M. agent.

• Agent Weaselman (voiced by Butch Hartman) - A weasel who was actually the Chameleon.

The Chameleon

The Chameleon (voiced by Daran Norris) is an evil chameleon in a molecular transformation suit, which allows him to shapeshift into virtually any disguise or inanimate object. In "Doom-mates", his name is pronounced "The Cham-e-leon". He wants to get revenge on Kitty Katswell in Doom-Mates. He talks like Peter Lorre and eats any bug he sees, a trait used against him several times. His relationship with D.O.O.M. seems rather strained, since he tends to work separately from the others and once planned for them and T.U.F.F. to destroy each other. He said he wanted to go to D.O.O.M.'s weekly ice cream socials, but he's never invited. As a running gag, he often tries to wear a pair of special glasses or goggles, only to have his eyes go around or through them. He can sometimes be very random when disguised. (i.e. In "Internal Affairs", he tells the soldiers semper fi and to remember the Alamo.) Oddly, whenever the story has him needing to use a disguise for a long time as a major plot point, his voice is never disguised, despite him being able to disguise it during the short disguises in other episodes. Another oddity is that Dudley can never tell when or what The Chameleon is diguised, despite the dog having the sensitive nose of a bloodhound.

Bird Brain

Bird Brain (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is an evil bird genius who can't fly with his wings. He has an assistant named Zippy who claims he can fly if he just believes he can. He claims to be a Blue-bottomed Booby, and he's the most competent villain. Bird Brain seems to be quite intelligent and capable of his job. Like Snaptrap, he is very easily frustrated with his foolish assistants.

Zippy

Zippy (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is Bird Brain's scatterbrained hummingbird sidekick, who constantly encourages him to fly, despite the fact that his species is incapable of it.

Owl and Bat

Owl and Bat (voiced by Jeff Bennett and Daran Norris) are Bird Brain's more recent henchmen. They are both very incompetent, often infuriating their boss by saying, "Who?" and "Where?", respectively, to which Zippy occasionally adds "Why?" Bat is suggested to be blind, although he occasionally does his job exactly as told, implying that he has some vision and he is apparently slightly smarter than Owl. Bird Brain seesm to like Bat more, cause at one point in "Thunder Dog", Bat did his job exactly as he was told without saying his usual "Where?", surprising Bird Brain while Owl idiotically said his usual "Who?", who Bird Brain threatened with a boulder.

Jack Rabbit

Jack Rabbit (voiced by Daran Norris) is a former elite T.U.F.F. agent and Kitty's former partner who is a parody of James Bond, he had turned evil, attempting to drain secret agents' brains and sell their secrets to villains. Greedy, clever, arrogant, and dishonest, Jack attempted to lure Kitty into a trap so he could steal her information (mostly to get money from Snaptrap), but was defeated by Dudley and Keswick. Judging by a line from Kitty in his only episode, she and Jack were supposedly a couple once. He and Snaptrap are arrested, thanks to Dudley and Keswick.

R.I.T.A.

R.I.T.A. (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a super-intelligent toaster created by Keswick. She starts out good by stopping Snaptrap and the Chameleon, but when Keswick attempts to unplug her since T.U.F.F. is eco-friendly, R.I.T.A. turned evil and attempted to take over the city, only for Dudley to make her to fall to her doom on a cliff and into a lake.

Mad Cow

An angry bovine who is a very bad guy. He tried to escape prison, but he got arrested thanks to Kitty.

Crazy Horse

An equine who is a bad guy and uses chainsaws which is why they call him Crazy Horse (he evens whinnies while using chainsaws). He tried to escape prison but he got arrested thanks to Kitty. He bunks with and shows Snaptrap why his name is Crazy Horse.

Snowflake and Slush

Snowflake and Slush (voiced by Mary Birdsong and Dave Boat) are evil rabbit siblings who dress up as vegetables and cheat in events by eliminating and kidnapping the competition. Snowflake is the mastermind of the two, while Slush posseses little to no intelligence, who in his sister's words is "dumber than a box of hair" (she should know, she used to skate with one, and claims it was smarter than him). Despite his immense stupidity, he is very competent with Snowflake's plan and when it is ruined, he is shown to be just as angry at the failure and desperate to escape as Snowflake is.

Quacky the Duck

Quacky is a duck who played the host of a famous show which is based on Barney and Friends. Dudley, Kitty, Chief, and Keswick all watch Quacky's show, but Dudley is his biggest fan. When his show was cancelled, he wanted to get revenge by blasting the chairman with a nuclear missile with Dudley and Kitty tied to it. He was arrested, thanks to Dudley.

Citizens of Petropolis

Little Chipmunk Girl

She's a little chipmunk girl, with a southern accent appears in "Mall Rat". Every time Kitty would do something bad while trying to stop Snaptrap, she would tug on Dudley's shirt and ask why the mean lady did what she did, with tears in her eyes. Her lines were, "Why did the mean lady blow up our muffins?", "Why does the mean lady hate muffins and sunshine?", and "You're not going to take our yogurt like you took our muffins and sunshine are you mean lady?".

Peg Puppy

Peg Puppy (voiced by Leslie Carrara-Rudolph) is Dudley's over protective mother, she once dated Snaptrap and the Chameleon. In "Snap Dad", she's shown to not have her husband, after Dudley's father married her which means she's either divorced or widowed. In "Mom-A-Geddon", she disapproves of Dudley's occupation, but after seeing him in action, allows him to keep his job. She thinks that Kitty is Dudley's secretary, and never gets her name right. She usually bothers Dudley when he's home.

Phil

Phil is Dudley's friend, never shown, but described with something gross related to a wart or boil.

Roger

Roger is Dudley's friend, only shown once in "Mall Rat" for the punchline of a joke.

Mrs. Katswell

Mrs. Katswell is Kitty's mother, who first appeared in a flashback in "Operation: Happy Birthday". She somewhat resembles and even sounds like her daughter.

Episodes

Main article: List of T.U.F.F. Puppy episodes

The series premiere of T.U.F.F. Puppy drew 3.6 million viewers.^[3]

Production

Butch Hartman said that he created the central character and wanted to make a crime-fighting show based on him. Because his previous animated series Danny Phantom already involved superheroes, and The Fairly OddParents's humoristic, Hartman decided that he would focus on making Dudley a secret agent. He pitched the series to Nickelodeon as "Get Smart with a dog."^[4]

Eric Bauza, who voices Leather Teddy, and Foop on The Fairly OddParents was originally chosen to the voice of Dudley Puppy, but the creators didn't feel that he was right for the character.^[4]

Reception

Voice Cast

• Jerry Trainor as the voice of Dudley Puppy
• Grey DeLisle as the voice of Kitty Katswell, additional voices
• Daran Norris as the voice of The Chief, Francisco, The Chameleon, additional voices
• Jeff Bennett as the voice of Keswick, Larry, Ollie, additional voices
• Matthew W. Taylor as the voice of Verminious Snaptrap
• Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as the voice of Peg Puppy
• Butch Hartman as the voice of Agent Rodentski, Agent Weaselman
• Rob Paulsen as the voice of Bird Brain
• Mary Birdsong as the voice of Snowflake
• Dave Boat as the voice of Slush
• Eric Bauza as the voice of Leather Teddy
• Jennifer Hale as the voice of Dorothy Camel
• Chris Parnell as the voice of The Caped Cod
• Candi Milo as the voice of The Queen
• James Arnold Taylor as the voice of Biff
• Riley Inge as additional voices

Release Dates

• Nickelodeon USA: October 2, 2010
• Nickelodeon Canada: January 7, 2011
• Nickeloedon Netherlands: August 8, 2011
• Nickelodeon Latin America: September 3, 2011
• Nickelodeon Russia: September 5, 2011
• Nickelodeon Italy: September 12, 2011
• Nickelodeon UK & Ireland: September 19, 2011

References

1. ^ "iCarly's Jerry Trainor Stars in Nicktoon T.U.F.F. Puppy 2010". Animation World Network. http://www.awn.com/news/television/icarlys-jerry-trainor-stars-nicktoon-tuff-puppy. Retrieved 18 September 2010. 
2. ^ Reiter, Amy (16 September 2010). "Fall TV preview: Kid-oriented shows There are many new children's series to choose from on Disney, Nickelodeon, PBS and Cartoon Network.". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/16/entertainment/la-et-fall-kid-tv-20100916. Retrieved 18 September 2010. 
3. ^ Gervais, Lisa (21 October 2010). ""Fairly Odd Parents" creator comes home for Macomb Community College speaker series". Macomb Daily. http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2010/10/21/entertainment/srv0000009728630.txt. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Interview with Butch Hartman". Toon Zone. 29 September 2010. http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/35223/toonzone-news-interviews-butch-hartman-on-t.u.f.f.-puppy. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 

External links

• Official website
• T.U.F.F. Puppy at the Internet Movie Database
• T.U.F.F. Puppy at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• T.U.F.F. Puppy at TV.com