Teacher's Pet: The Movie is a 2004 musical Disney film based off of Teacher's Pet. This is the sixth and final Disney theatrical film to be based on a TV show. It is also the third and final movie based on a One Saturday Morning show. The previous two being Doug's 1st Movie and Recess: School's Out. The film was produced by DisneyToon Studios, and released theatrically on January 16, 2004. Despite being a box office failure, the film did 50/50 with critics. PlotThe movie opens in the living room where Spot is having a dream where he's watching Pinocchio and says that he'd give anything if he could change into a real boy like him. Suddenly, the Blue Fairy jumps out of the TV and decides to grant Spot's wish. After several times of failing, she whacks him with her wand and Pretty Boy wakes him up from his dream. After attending school for a year, Spot still doesn’t think he’s achieved his goal of being a boy and believes that the only way he can is become an actual human boy. Leonard comes passing by and tells him to get up and be ready for the last day of the school year and Spot gets ready since he doesn't want to ruin his perfect attendance record. After a quick dress-up, Spot becomes his alter-ego, Scott Leadready II and he has won the perfect attendance medal and several others. Mrs. Helperman is in tears because Leonard, Scott, and the other 4th graders are going be 5th graders next time she sees them in school. All the students have different plans: Leslie is going to visit her Granny Smith's Granny Smith apple farm, Tyler, Trevor, and Taylor are skating 24/7, and Ian gets to visit his uncle after he's grounded for hacking into Buckingham Palace, and Leonard and Scott want to spend the whole summer hanging out together. Then, Principal Strickler arrives and tells Mrs. Helperman that she has selected a finalist for the Teacher of the Year award and all the students are congratulating her. Strickler also tells her that the school district has asked her to compete in the finals in Florida and Strickler also lends his RV to the Helpermans. Sadly, there is one small rule - "No Dogs Allowed". While Leonard and his mom are loading their luggage into the RV, Spot is sad that he, Mr. Jolly, and Pretty Boy aren't allowed to go on the trip, even though it's for two weeks. While Leonard tries to comfort Spot, Leonard's mom interrupts and takes him into the RV and they drive off. In the house, Spot, Pretty Boy, Jolly and Ms. Boogin the Pet-Sitter are watching soaps. Bored of the soaps, Spot changes the channel and it turns to "The Barry Anger Show." The host, Barry Anger is interviewing Dr. Ivan Krank, a mad scientist who claims that he can turn animals into human beings. Spot sees this as an opportunity to become a real boy and it just so happens that he lives in Florida where Leonard and his mother are headed. Spot decides to go and have the pets cover for him with Ms. Boogins (who is fortunately very near-sighted). On the road, Leonard sees Spot outside the window and tells his mom to stop, so they go to a gas station. While Mrs. Helperman is putting on her makeup, Leonard finds Spot filling up the tank and he tells him he wants to come to Florida with him, even though Strickler said no dogs are allowed in the RV. Quick thinking, Spot dons his Scott Leadready disguise and convinces Mrs. Helperman to take him along for the trip. Mrs. Helperman says she should discuss it with his relatives, so Spot disguises himself as various Leadreadys and says that "Scott" can go with them. The Helpermans get in the RV and head to Florida together. After a week on the road and several stops, Leonard, Mrs. Helperman, and Scott arrive in Florida and Mary has to go to the first round of the Teacher of the Year contest and she leaves the boys on the beach and tells them to meet them at the RV park at 6:00 for dinner. Leonard wants to play fetch, but Spot explains that the real reason he came to Florida and Leonard reluctantly agrees to help him find Dr. Krank despite the warnings he gives Spot. Back at home, Pretty Boy and Mr. Jolly are watching soaps and turn it to "The Barry Anger Show". They have returned the spotlight to Krank because they have an animal control officer report that Krank doesn't turn animals into humans and turns them into mutants. Pretty Boy decides to go to Florida to warn Spot, but Jolly doesn't want to go because he's afraid of the outside, but Pretty Boy encourages him to be brave and they run off to save Spot. To make sure Mrs. Boogin doesn't realize they're gone, they have a stray dog, a crow, and a possum to take their places until they return home. They hop on a train, which goes very fast. Later, they hitch a ride on a plane to North Carolina and get dizzy. Back in Florida, after a long hot walk in Okechobe, the boys find Krank's lab in a swamp. Krank is angered at another failed attempt after trying to turn a frog into a human and orders his minions, Dennis the Mutant Crocodile and Adele the Mutant Mosquito (the mutants that Pretty Boy and Jolly saw earlier on TV) to help him destroy the transformation machine, but Spot stops him and asks him to turn him into a boy. Spot explains to Krank that he keeps failing due to the selection of his subjects. Since he's been experimenting on swamp creatures such as insects, amphibians, and reptiles, what he needs to create a human is a mammal. Krank agrees to turn Spot into a boy and Spot is excited, despite Leonard's protests. Spot is turned into a human, but he's not turned into a boy as expected, he's turned into a full-grown man. Spot wonders why he is a man, until he remembers that he's past his puppyhood and that dogs age faster than humans. Just as Spot and Leonard are about to leave, Krank traps them in a cage to use them for his world vindication tour as proof of his genius. While he leaves to make plans for his world tour, Ian arrives (who is Krank's nephew) and decides to free them in exchange for a slimy old chew toy and they escape. When Krank finds out Ian freed them, he orders Dennis and Adele to find Spot and grounds Ian for the rest of the summer. Once they get back to town, Spot realizes he needs some new clothes when they find a poster of a lost dog, they find her using the Twilight Bark (ala 101 Dalmatians) and earn $500 (due to the dog having a litter). Using their newfound fortune, Spot gets a fancy new suit and rents a car. Meanwhile, Ian calls his parents and tells them about how horrible and scary Krank's house is, but he likes it. Krank then tells Ian to stay of the phone. Dennis and Adele come back, but without Scott and Leonard. Krank angrily tells them to keep searching for them. When Leonard and Spot meet Leonard's mom back at the RV, they forget that Spot is now a human. Spot lies that he's a fellow teacher and tells her that Scott's family came to take him home, in order to explain his new human form. After drinking coffee and going hyper, Leonard throws him out of the motor home to make sure Scott doesn't get himself exposed. Mrs. Helperman grounds Leonard for the rest of the night and invites the human Spot for dinner and he agrees. That night, Mrs. Helperman starts to fall in love with human Spot and things go from bad to worse with Spot and Leonard. Spot tells Leonard that he's plans on becoming his new stepdad in order for them to stay together. Leonard feels strongly uncomfortable with that and the two start a nasty argument. Losing his patience, Leonard tells Spot to get out of his life, to which Spot sadly and reluctantly agrees. When Spot leaves, Leonard begins to regret his words. After hitching a ride with some bikers, Pretty Boy and Jolly end up in Cuba and ask for a ride to Florida and the people send them to Florida via a garbage boat. They spot Leonard’s mom going to the awards ceremony and head over there. Once they arrive, Leonard explains everything that has happened to Spot. Spot is also staying in a discount motel and realizes that human life isn't all it's cracked up to be after all, so he decides to go back to Leonard and make things right. Meanwhile, Leonard sees that he needs to be supportive of Spot and thinks that the only way to get him back is have Krank turn him into a dog, despite Pretty Boy and Jolly's protests. After Leonard leaves, Spot arrives and he, Pretty Boy, and Jolly go to save Leonard. When they get to the lab, Spot and Leonard apologize to each other and a showdown begins when Krank is about to turn Leonard into a dog to use him as bait to lure Spot. When the machine runs out of power, Spot installs the nickel Krank gave him earlier and it turns Krank into a mouse. When the machine is about to explode, Spot stands right in front of the zapper to change back to a dog and it zaps him. After the explosion, Leonard finds that Spot has turned to a pile of blue dust. Heartbroken that Spot is dead, Leonard kicks the machine and it zaps Spot again, changing him back into a dog with Spot declaring that he is proud to be a dog. The two reconcile and head to the ceremony. Later at the awards ceremony, Mrs. Helperman has won the award, while the pets are outside cheering for her. Pretty Boy and Jolly ask Spot how are they going to get home without letting Mrs. Helperman figuring out they came all the way to Florida. That night, Spot dresses up Scott Leadready again and convinces Mrs. Helperman to let him ride home with them. Meanwhile, Pretty Boy and Mr. Jolly are holding onto the RV’s ladder as part of Spot's plan and they all drive home with Pretty Boy vowing to peck Spot very hard as soon as they get home. Cast The cast Note: The cast and the characters they play is listed as they appear in the film's credits
Soundtrack
On January 16, 2004. the movie's soundtrack was released it contains several original songs and the musical numbers.
ReceptionCritical reception was fairly positive, with a 76% "fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes; the consensus states: "Despite its short running time, Teacher's Pet is a witty and irreverent family film." On Metacritic, which uses an average of critics' reviews, the film holds a 74/100 rating, indicating "generally favorable reviews". However, fans thought that the movie was lame and didn’t feel like a cinematic experience, due to its bizarre plot, bad pacing and the short runtime. Some also said that the movie should have been longer or at the very least, straight to video. Box officeOver its 4-day opening weekend, Teacher's Pet took $3,602,245 in 2,027 theaters, a mere $1,777 per theater, making it one of the lowest openings in history. By the end of its run, the film had only made $6,491,969. Gary Baseman blames the film's failure on poor marketing and advertising. Trivia
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