History Trivia / TeachersPet

* TheOriginalDarrin: Spot/Scott Leadready II was voiced by Nathan Lane for the majority of the series, but throughout various episodes in the second half of season two, Kevin Schon was the one to voice the character since Lane was working on Broadway in ''Theatre/TheProducers'' (Schon also previously filled in for Lane as Timon in the [[WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa animated spin-off]]). However, Nathan did return to voice Spot/Scott for the FinaleMovie.

* ReleaseDateChange[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: The movie was going to be released on September 5, 2003. For unknown reasons, it was moved to February 2004, and then got moved up to January 16, 2004.

* ActorAllusion: This wasn't Wallace Shawn's first time [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie voicing a school principal,]] [[WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle nor would it be the last time.]] Bonus points for the fact that these are ''all Disney works.''
* CelebrityVoiceActor: One of the show's biggest draws was Creator/NathanLane staring as Spot/Scott Leadready II and, to a lesser extent, Jerry Stiller as Pretty Boy. While celebrities in animated features had become the norm by that point, staring in an animated TV series has '''always''' been a huge rarity.

* DawsonCasting: Played straight with all the kids on the show except Leonard and Leslie (well, played ''somewhat'' straight with them too actually, since they are both about nine or ten and in fourth grade. Shaun Fleming was twelve and Mae Whitman was eleven when recording began and probably in sixth grade).
* DuelingShows: Almost. A ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' short, ''Stewy the Dog Boy'' was planned to become a spin-off (Which was about a dog wanting to go to school, so he disguises himself as a human), but when Nickelodeon found out about the show, the spin-off was cancelled. Funny enough, Gary Baseman, the creator, did a short for ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''The Louie and Louie Show'' during it's first season.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Throughout the years, the only official release was the VHS/DVD for the theatrical movie, which included the first episode as a bonus feature. To make matters worse, the only torrents available seem to be a couple of Russian-dubbed episodes. At one point, the entire second season was available in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120629024845/http://www.cosmoleech.com/news/spot_to_oneiro_enos_skyloy_2h_sezon_ola_ta_epeisodia_teacher_s_pet_complete_season_2_dvb_t_clgrtv_metaglwttismena_sta_ellhnika/2012-06-24-26615 Greek]] before the [[https://ezaccess.at.ua/news/spot_to_oneiro_enos_skyloy_2h_sezon_ola_ta_epeisodia_teacher_s_pet_complete_season_2_dvb_t_clgrtv_metaglwttismena_sta_ellhnika/2012-06-24-6847 links]] were taken down. Only [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yptn7 one episode]] was saved before this happened.

** '''January-July 2017:''' The second season aired in English [[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ms&u=http://www.mptv360.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/TV3-January-Schedule-2017-as-of-22-December-2016.xlsx&prev=search once a week]] on the Malaysian channel [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/779668195517561/ TV3]]. In Mid June, [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/860758880741825/ "The Flipper"]] and [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/864674897016890/ "The Blight Before Christmas"]] aired, and the recordings were made available online, completing the series.
** Cut to '''November 12th, 2019''', where the entire series was added to Creator/DisneyPlus in its original widescreen format as opposed to the "Pan and Scan" copies that aired nearly two decades ago.

** Spot/Scott is a bit of an interesting case. While Nathan Lane was able to play his role for the entirety of the first season and half of the second, whenever Spot/Scott would sing in season 2, Kevin Schon would take over instead, likely due to scheduling issues on Lane's part (see TheOtherDarrin below).

* ReleaseDateChange: The Season Two premiere was originally slated to air on [[https://www.facebook.com/DisneysTeachersPet/photos/a.462789757205408/1618499688301070 September 15th, 2001]] before airing the following week. The reason for this was because of the 9/11 attacks, which had all of the four major networks broadcasting uninterrupted news coverage (Teacher's Pet aired on ABC). This resulted in many shows being delayed by a week or two.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show had great ratings and reviews, however Disney cancelled it in 2002 because of the Creator/OneSaturdayMorning block getting the boot for ABC Kids (only ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', which was '''the''' most popular show on the block, survived the block switch, and it was in reruns). It doesn't help that during its' second season, ABC damned it to a 7:00 AM time-slot, when (Most of the time) the target audience would still be asleep.
** It did get a theatrical movie, though. Which unfortunately bombed in the box office due to poor promotion on Disney's part.

** Taylor, Tyler, and Trevor are all voiced by Pamela Adlon.

** According to an interview with Gary Baseman, Mary Lou was originally intended to be more of a hot mom, and was going to be more buxom and wear tighter pants. [[ExecutiveMeddling Disney said no]].
** An early drawing of the characters have surfaced, showing that Leonard's dad ''was'' going to be in the show (which includes an early Mary Lou design), [[https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/teachers-pet/images/e/e4/Image.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20130825001845 but never appeared]].

!!Movie
* AcclaimedFlop: TheMovie received glowing reviews, but Disney's InvisibleAdvertising kept it from making a profit.
* BoxOfficeBomb: A complete lack of marketing, as well as a decidedly un-Disney appearance (at least according to the filmmakers), resulted in poor sales for TheMovie. Disney didn't even advertise the home video release. Some would even say that the film should have been direct to video.
* GenreKiller: TheMovie's failure made it the last Disney TV series to be adapted into a theatrical movie, and besides the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' movie being theatrically released in Spain, it's likely to remain that way[[note]]However, it should be noted that Disney was planning to release a proper theatrical ''Phineas and Ferb'' film at one point and the studio originally aimed to release the live-action/CGI ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' film theatrically before landing on Disney+ in the middle of pre-production, so perhaps not all hope is lost.[[/note]]
* InMemoriam: The movie is dedicated to Hubcaps, the creator's dog, who died during production.
* ReleaseDateChange: The movie was going to be released on September 5, 2003. For unknown reasons, it was moved to February 2004, and then got moved up to January 16, 2004.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The movie was slated for a September 2003 release, though Disney pushed it back to January 2004.

* ActorAllusion: This wasn't Wallace Shawn's first time [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie voicing a school principal,]] [[WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle nor would it be the last time.]]

* CrossDressingVoices: Averted with Leonard; Shaun Fleming was twelve when recording began in 1999.

* BoxOfficeBomb: A complete lack of marketing, as well as a decidedly un-Disney appearance (at least according to the filmmakers), resulted in poor sales for TheMovie. Disney didn't even advertise the home video release.

* GenreKiller: TheMovie's failure made it the last Disney TV series to be adapted into a theatrical movie, and besides the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' movie being theatrically released in Spain, it's likely to remain that way[[note]]However, it should be noted that Disney was planning to release a proper theatrical ''Phineas and Ferb'' film at one point and the studio originally aimed to release the live-action/CGI ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' film theatrically before landing on Disney+ during early development, so perhaps not all hope is lost.[[/note]]

* GenreKiller: TheMovie's failure made it the last Disney TV series to be adapted into a theatrical movie, and besides the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' movie being theatrically released in Spain, it's likely to remain that way.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: One of the show's biggest draws was Creator/NathanLane staring as Spot/Scott Leadready II and, to a lesser extent, Jerry Stiller as Pretty Boy. While celebrities in animated features had become the norm by that point, staring in an animated TV series was (and still is) a rarity.

* ReleaseDateChange: The Season Two premiere was originally slated to air on [[https://www.facebook.com/DisneysTeachersPet/photos/a.462789757205408/1618499688301070 September 15th, 2001]] before airing the following week. The reason for this was because of the 9/11 attacks, which had all four networks broadcasting uninterrupted news coverage (Teacher's Pet aired on ABC). This resulted in many shows being delayed by a week or two.

** '''2008-13:''' While a good handful of VHS recordings were uploaded in late 2008 (and later on in early 2013 by another uploader), Disney took every episode from Website/YouTube back in June 2013 due to copyright infringement. Later that year, many episodes that were on [=YouTube=] were re-uploaded to a [[https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Disneys-Teachers-Pet/237014486449604 Facebook Fan page]] and later onto [[http://www.dailymotion.com/disneys-teachers-pet#video=x1eskjh Dailymotion]] in March 2014.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Throughout the years, the only official release was the VHS/DVD for the theatrical movie, which included the first episode as a bonus feature. To make matters worse, the only torrents available seem to be a couple of Russian-dubbed episodes. At one point, the entire second season was available in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120629024845/http://www.cosmoleech.com/news/spot_to_oneiro_enos_skyloy_2h_sezon_ola_ta_epeisodia_teacher_s_pet_complete_season_2_dvb_t_clgrtv_metaglwttismena_sta_ellhnika/2012-06-24-26615 Greek]] before the [[https://ezaccess.at.ua/news/spot_to_oneiro_enos_skyloy_2h_sezon_ola_ta_epeisodia_teacher_s_pet_complete_season_2_dvb_t_clgrtv_metaglwttismena_sta_ellhnika/2012-06-24-6847 links]] were taken down. Only [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yptn7 one episode]] was downloaded before this happened.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Throughout the years, the only official release was the VHS/DVD for the theatrical movie, which included the first episode as a bonus feature. To make matters worse, the only torrents available seem to be a couple of Russian-dubbed episodes.

* ReleaseDateChange: The Season Two premiere was originally slated to air on [[https://www.facebook.com/DisneysTeachersPet/photos/a.462789757205408/1618499688301070/?type=3&eid=ARA2d1PeVFRLR-BAXrEt3aASndUVm-i3TwYcIMr-cU2Ovug72qw79_fo6qbCGJ1RLBAhiYW1N7qgUHac&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDGgynjCKD3CClB0ejElbmA8PUpMngta-txnuLsc0oks_KYvJJsWHd15Vf1UlIxD84i4qEXWADpA7ezfbshWk9ECKvh2Kd5uehhvHE0NoKNrsYpGNDAVTcbRhfbjLjL-6gGZ_JXdR4GRdwge52LE31oHpppnGm97QzuETUVYbaZ_AHThBfphBD74hHIyn80gzdViFAdPTs0oQ755PHj39PeN3z-y436uU35ychxtiMmnyNTKfjLsJgi2ZPXiie9Yomy5jrVSOp9j4NOWzHovuHqnFAuq4EVd0v4SAkTeDGMhW1ii4_M_r2xzdN22kzokoNnofqMiG3Pci2MnD1MiPPdew&__tn__=EEHH-R September 15th, 2001]] before airing the following week. The reason for this was because of the 9/11 attacks, which had all four networks broadcasting uninterrupted news coverage (Teacher's Pet aired on ABC). This resulted in many shows being delayed by a week or two.

* TheOtherDarrin: Spot/Scott Leadready II was voiced by Nathan Lane for the majority of the series, but throughout various episodes in the second half of season two, Kevin Schon was the one to voice the character since Lane was working on Broadway in ''Theatre/TheProducers'' (Schon also previously filled in for Lane as Timon in the [[WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa animated spin-off]]). However, Nathan did return to voice Spot/Scott for TheMovie.

* ActorAllusion: This wasn't Wallace Shawn's first time [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie voicing a school principal,]] [[Disney/ChickenLittle nor would it be the last time.]]

* ActorAllusion: This wasn't Wallace Shawn's first time [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie voicing a school principal]].

** Spot/Scott is a bit of an interesting case. While Nathan Lane was able to play his role for the entirety of the first season and half of the second, whenever Spot/Scott would sing in season 2, Kevin Schon would take over instead, likely due to scheduling issues on Lane's part (see below).

* GenreKiller: TheMovie's failure made it the last Disney TV series to be adapted into a theatrical movie, and besides the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' movie being theatrically released in Spain, it's likely to remain that way.
* InMemoriam: The movie is dedicated to Hubcaps, the creator's dog, who died during production.

** (2008-13): While a good handful of VHS recordings were uploaded in late 2008 (and later on in early 2013 by another uploader), Disney took every episode from Website/YouTube back in June 2013 due to copyright infringement. Later that year, many episodes that were on [=YouTube=] were re-uploaded to a [[https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Disneys-Teachers-Pet/237014486449604 Facebook Fan page]] and later onto [[http://www.dailymotion.com/disneys-teachers-pet#video=x1eskjh Dailymotion]] in March 2014.
** At one point, Netflix had asked Disney for the rights to it, but nothing ever came out of it.
** As of January 2017, 37 out of 39 episodes have been found in English (Although some recordings suffer from low quality due to poor recordings), and while the other two missing episodes have been uploaded in Russian or Tagalog, it's still one of the rarest Disney shows to be found, given how poor many of the VHS-rips are (Let Sleeping-Over Dogs Lie, Costume Pity Party, etc)
** (January-July 2017): The second season aired in English [[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ms&u=http://www.mptv360.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/TV3-January-Schedule-2017-as-of-22-December-2016.xlsx&prev=search once a week]] on the Malaysian channel [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/779668195517561/ TV3]]. In Mid June, [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/860758880741825/ "The Flipper"]] and [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/864674897016890/ "The Blight Before Christmas"]] aired, and the recordings were made available online, completing the series.
** Cut to November 12th, 2019, where the entire series was added to Disney Plus in its original widescreen format as opposed to the "Pan and Scan" copies that aired nearly two decades ago.
* TheOtherDarrin: Spot/Scott Leadready II was voiced by Nathan Lane for the majority of the series, but throughout various episodes in the second half of season two, Kevin Schon was the one to voice the character since Lane was working on Broadway in ''Theatre/TheProducers'' (Schon also previously filled in for Lane as Timon in the animated spin-off). However, Nathan returned to voice Spot/Scott for TheMovie.

** An early drawing of the characters have surfaced, showing that Leonard's dad ''was'' going to be in the show
(which includes an early Mary Lou design), [[https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/teachers-pet/images/e/e4/Image.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20130825001845 but never appeared]].

** (January-July 2017):The second season aired in English [[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ms&u=http://www.mptv360.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/TV3-January-Schedule-2017-as-of-22-December-2016.xlsx&prev=search once a week]] on the Malaysian channel [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/779668195517561/ TV3]]. In Mid June, [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/860758880741825/ "The Flipper"]] and [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/864674897016890/ "The Blight Before Christmas"]] aired, and the recordings are available online, finally completing the series.
** Cut to November 12th, 2019, where the entire series was added to Disney Plus in its original widescreen format as opposed to the "Pan and Scan" copies that were aired nearly two decades ago.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The only official release was the theatrical movie, which included the first episode on the DVD as a bonus feature. To make matters worse, there are barely any torrents available, and those only seem to be the Russian-dubbed episodes. While a good handful of VHS recordings were uploaded in late 2008 (and later on in early 2013 by another uploader), Disney took every episode from Website/YouTube back in June 2013 due to copyright infringement. Later that year, many episodes that were on [=YouTube=] were re-uploaded to a [[https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Disneys-Teachers-Pet/237014486449604 Fan-made Facebook page]] and later onto [[http://www.dailymotion.com/disneys-teachers-pet#video=x1eskjh Dailymotion]] in March 2014. Netflix has asked Disney for the rights to it and are currently waiting a response. 37 of the 39 episodes have been found in English as of January 2017 (Although some recordings suffer from low quality due to poor recording), and while the other two missing episodes have been uploaded in Russian or Tagalog, it's still one of the rarest Disney shows to be found, given how poor many of the VHS-rips are (Let Sleeping-Over Dogs Lie, Costume Pity Party, etc). The second season recently aired in English [[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ms&u=http://www.mptv360.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/TV3-January-Schedule-2017-as-of-22-December-2016.xlsx&prev=search once a week]] on the Malaysian channel [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/779668195517561/ TV3]] between January-July 2017. In Mid June, [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/860758880741825/ "The Flipper"]] and [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/864674897016890/ "The Blight Before Christmas"]] aired, and the recordings are available online, finally completing the entire series.

** An early drawing of the characters have surfaced, showing that Leonard's dad ''was'' going to be in the show, [[https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/teachers-pet/images/e/e4/Image.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20130825001845 but never appeared]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The only official release was the theatrical movie, which included the first episode on the DVD as a bonus feature. To make matters worse, there are barely any torrents available, and those only seem to be the Russian-dubbed episodes. While a good handful of VHS recordings were uploaded in late 2008 (and later on in early 2013 by another uploader), Disney took every episode from YouTube back in June 2013 due to copyright infringement. Later that year, many episodes that were on YouTube were re-uploaded to a [[https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Disneys-Teachers-Pet/237014486449604 Fan-made Facebook page]] and later onto [[http://www.dailymotion.com/disneys-teachers-pet#video=x1eskjh Dailymotion]] in March 2014. Netflix has asked Disney for the rights to it and are currently waiting a response. 37 of the 39 episodes have been found in English as of January 2017 (Although some recordings suffer from low quality due to poor recording), and while the other two missing episodes have been uploaded in Russian or Tagalog, it's still one of the rarest Disney shows to be found, given how poor many of the VHS-rips are (Let Sleeping-Over Dogs Lie, Costume Pity Party, etc). The second season recently aired in English [[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ms&u=http://www.mptv360.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/TV3-January-Schedule-2017-as-of-22-December-2016.xlsx&prev=search once a week]] on the Malaysian channel [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/779668195517561/ TV3]] between January-July 2017. In Mid June, [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/860758880741825/ "The Flipper"]] and [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/864674897016890/ "The Blight Before Christmas"]] aired, and the recordings are available online, finally completing the entire series.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: One of the show's biggest draws was Nathan Lane staring as Spot/Scott Leadready II and, to a lesser extent, Jerry Stiller as Pretty Boy. While celebrities in animated features had become the norm by that point, staring in an animated TV series was (and still is) a rarity.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The movie was slated for a September 2003 release, though Disney pushed it back to January 2004.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The only official release was the theatrical movie, which included the first episode on the DVD as a bonus feature. To make matters worse, there are barely any torrents available, and those only seem to be the Russian-dubbed episodes. While a good handful of VHS recordings were uploaded in late 2008 (and later on in early 2013 by another uploader), Disney took every episode from YouTube back in June 2013 due to copyright infringement. Later that year, many episodes that were on YouTube were re-uploaded to a [[https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Disneys-Teachers-Pet/237014486449604 Fan-made Facebook page]] and later onto [[http://www.dailymotion.com/disneys-teachers-pet#video=x1eskjh Dailymotion]] in March 2014. Netflix has asked Disney for the rights to it and are currently waiting a response. 37 of the 39 episodes have been found in English as of January 2017 (Although some recordings suffer from low quality due to poor recording), and while the other two missing episodes have been uploaded in Russian or Tagalog, it's still one of the rarest Disney shows to be found, given how poor many of the VHS-rips are (Let Sleeping-Over Dogs Lie, Costume Pity Party, etc). The second season recently aired in English [[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ms&u=http://www.mptv360.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/TV3-January-Schedule-2017-as-of-22-December-2016.xlsx&prev=search once a week]] on the Malaysian channel [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/779668195517561/ TV3]] between January-July 2017. In Mid June, Creator/TV3 aired [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/860758880741825/ "The Flipper"]] and [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/864674897016890/ "The Blight Before Christmas"]], and the recordings are available online, finally completing the entire series.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The only official release was the theatrical movie (Released on VHS and DVD on June 15, 2004) which included the first episode as a bonus on the DVD. To make matters worse, there are barely any torrents available, and those only seem to be the Russian-dubbed episodes. While a good handful of VHS recordings were uploaded in late 2008 (and later on in early 2013 by another uploader), Disney took every episode from YouTube back in June 2013 due to copyright infringement. Later that year, many episodes that were on YouTube were re-uploaded to a [[https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Disneys-Teachers-Pet/237014486449604 Fan-made Facebook page]] and later onto [[http://www.dailymotion.com/disneys-teachers-pet#video=x1eskjh Dailymotion]] in March 2014. Netflix has asked Disney for the rights to it and are currently waiting a response. 37 of the 39 episodes have been found in English as of January 2017 (Although some recordings suffer from low quality due to poor recording), and while the other two missing episodes have been uploaded in Russian or Tagalog, it's still one of the rarest Disney shows to be found, given how poor many of the VHS-rips are (Let Sleeping-Over Dogs Lie, Costume Pity Party, etc). The second season recently aired in English [[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ms&u=http://www.mptv360.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/TV3-January-Schedule-2017-as-of-22-December-2016.xlsx&prev=search once a week]] on the Malaysian channel [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/779668195517561/ TV3]] between January-July 2017. In Mid June, Creator/TV3 aired [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/860758880741825/ "The Flipper"]] and [[https://www.facebook.com/237014486449604/videos/864674897016890/ "The Blight Before Christmas"]], and the recordings are available online, finally completing the entire series.