History Trivia / TeachersPet

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: "The Turkey Who Came To Dinner" is also the name of the ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats'' Thanskgiving episode...which has a very similar premise.

* SimilarilyNamedWorks: "The Turkey Who Came To Dinner" is also the name of the ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats'' Thanskgiving episode...which has a very similar premise.

* TalkingToHimself:
** Taylor, Tyler and Trevor are all voiced by Creator/PamelaAdlon.
** Chelsey and Kelsey are both voiced by Creator/CreeSummer.
** All the kittens in "A Few Good Boys" were voiced by Creator/KathSoucie.

* GenreKiller: Its failure made it the last Disney TV series to be adapted into a theatrical movie, and besides the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' film being theatrically released in Spain, it's likely to remain that way.[[note]]Disney ''was'' planning to release a proper theatrical ''Phineas and Ferb'' film at one point and the studio originally aimed to release ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'' theatrically before it was announced during the middle of pre-production that the film would be streaming exclusively on Creator/DisneyPlus, so perhaps not all hope is lost.[[/note]]

* GenreKiller: Its failure made it the last Disney TV series to be adapted into a theatrical movie, and besides the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' film being theatrically released in Spain, it's likely to remain that way[[note]]Disney ''was'' planning to release a proper theatrical ''Phineas and Ferb'' film at one point and the studio originally aimed to release ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'' theatrically before landing on Disney+ in the middle of pre-production, so perhaps not all hope is lost.[[/note]]

* ReleaseDateChange: The Season Two premiere was originally slated to air on [[https://www.facebook.com/DisneysTeachersPet/photos/a.462789757205408/1618499688301070 September 15, 2001]] before airing the following week. The reason for this was because of the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11 attacks]], which had all 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.

* 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.

* InMemoriam: The film is dedicated to Hubcaps, the creator's dog, who died during production.

* ActorAllusion: Creator:KelseyGrammer voiced [[WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain another mad scientist in a 1995 animated short film produced by Disney]]

* GenreKiller: Its failure made it the last Disney TV series to be adapted into a theatrical movie, and besides the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' film 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 ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'' theatrically before landing on Disney+ in the middle of pre-production, so perhaps not all hope is lost.[[/note]]

** Portuguese: ''O Cãozinho Esperto'' (''The Smart Doggy'')
** Portuguese: ''Este Cão é um Craque'' (''This Dog is an Ace'')

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: Leonard and Leslie's voice actors, Shaun Fleming and MAe Whitman, were twelve and eleven respectively when recording began in 1999. Minor characters are also occasionally voiced by real kids on the show, like Emma.

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: Leonard's voice actor Shaun Fleming was twelve when recording began in 1999.

* 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 Creator/MaeWhitman was eleven when recording began and probably in sixth grade).

* CelebrityVoiceActor: One of the show's biggest draws was Creator/NathanLane voicing Spot/Scott and, to a lesser extent, Creator/JerryStiller 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.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: One of the show's biggest draws was Creator/NathanLane staring as Spot/Scott Leadready II and, to a lesser extent, Creator/JerryStiller 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.

* GenreKiller: Its failure made it the last Disney TV series to be adapted into a theatrical movie, and besides the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' film 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]]

** 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.]]

* TheOriginalDarrin: Creator/NathanLane did returns to voice Spot/Scott after Kevin Schon took over the role for the last few episodes.