Line #67 WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTrampIIScampsAdventure


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3	A sequel to Creator/{{Disney}}'s 1955 classic ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', and the first DirectToVideo sequel for one of Creator/WaltDisney's animated movies. The story finds Lady and Tramp being the proud parents of a litter of pups, which includes three well-behaved girls and one rambunctious boy puppy named Scamp (voiced by Creator/ScottWolf). In search of adventure and a "real" dog life, Scamp strays far from home and meets the cute Angel (voiced by Creator/AlyssaMilano), Buster (voiced by Creator/ChazzPalminteri), and Buster's gang of Junkyard Dogs. Although he found the adventure he was looking for, Scamp finds his thoughts returning to home and the loved ones he left behind.
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5	!!Tropes this Disney sequel provides examples of:
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7	* ActorAllusion: Mooch isn't very bright, much like [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants a certain starfish]] also voiced by Bill Fagerbakke.
8	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Averted with Angel, who admits to Scamp [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan she likes him because he's NOT a Bad Boy]].
9	* AloneAmongFamilies: During "Always There", the stray dog Angel, who wishes she had a family, is seen walking down a neighborhood by herself and observing some dogs who live happily with their owners.
10	* AnachronisticAnimal: A stray Dobermann (or mix, as Buster is a bit stocky for a Dobermann) in TheEdwardianEra, especially in America, is unusual considering it was a new breed dating back only a few years.
11	* AscendedExtra: Scamp, Lady and Tramp's son whom they gave birth to at the end of the original film, is the main focus here and receives top billing.
12	* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: During the Junkyard Society Rag song, there's this line: "No distemper shots from the vet!"/"Show your temper"/"Mean as you can get!" Distemper has absolutely nothing to do with an animal's temperament - it's a serious upper respiratory disease that can also progress into a neurological form. Left untreated, a dog can die from it. Possibly justified in that the dogs themselves might not know this.
13	* AttackTheTail: Scamp helps out Tramp in their fight against Reggie by biting Reggie's tail.
14	* AwardBaitSong: "I Didn’t Know That I Could Feel This Way" and "Always There (Family)".
15	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Scamp wishes he could be a "wild dog", but after [[spoiler:presumably losing Angel, caught by The Dogcatcher, and abandoned by Buster, he comes to regret this]].
16	-->'''Scamp''': I got everything I ever wanted...and it ''stinks.''
17	* BetrayalByInaction: [[spoiler:Buster reveals his true nature to Scamp when he sees the puppy about to be taken in by the dog catcher and does nothing to help him, but simply walks away with a smirk.]]
18	* BigBadEnsemble: [[EvilFormerFriend Buster]], [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed The]] [[DiabolicalDogcatcher Dogcatcher]], and [[BewareOfViciousDog Reggie]].
19	* BookEnds: The movie starts and ends with Scamp getting a bath, much to his chagrin. The movie also opens with a pan down from the sky, and it ends as the view pans [[PanUpToTheSkyEnding up to the sky]] again.
20	* BrokenPedestal: Scamp loses all faith in Buster when he betrays him to get caught.
21	* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Angel's sad reaction after Scamp gets reunited with his family. Scamp stops her.]]
22	* ButtBiter: Angel does this to the dogcatcher after [[spoiler:Scamp and his father fight off Reggie.]]
23	* ButtMonkey: Most of the dogcatcher's attempts to deal with the Junkyard Dogs leave him battered and humiliated.
24	* CallingTheOldManOut: Scamp eventually calls Tramp out on his hypocrisy and for never telling him about his life as a street dog.
25	-->'''Scamp:''' You make the rules, dad, but you didn't have to follow them when you were my age! Is that why you never told me you were a street dog?
26	* CanonImmigrant: {{ComicStrip/Scamp}}'s name, elements of personality, and spin-off protagonist role had been long delved into through comic strips and books. Mostly subverted otherwise. The other offspring do not inherit their names or characters (or in one case even gender) from the comics for example.
27	* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The entire conflict is kicked off by Junior throwing a ball out the window, Scamp chasing it and bringing it back, Junior immediately throwing it ''again'' into the next room, and Scamp unintentionally making a mess as he goes after it. As punishment, he's chained outside and shamed by the entire family, save Lady.
28	* ChekhovsGun:
29	** During an argument with his father, Scamp insists that [[DramaticIrony Tramp was never like him]], then scratches his ear in the exact same way Tramp just has. Later, Buster sees the two of them scratch their ears in that same way and decides they must be related.
30	** While evading the dogcatcher, Scamp accidentally takes a lady's wig. He shakes it off, and the camera holds on it slowly falling down a drain. Later, Tramp thinks he found Scamp in the water, but it turns out to be the wig.
31	** Reggie escapes from the alley and is eventually caught by the dogcatcher. After Scamp is taken to the pound, he gets put in the same cell as Reggie.
32	* ContinuityNod: The dogcatcher cart that Trusty caused to crash in the first movie is seen at the junkyard, and Angel refers to the family's neighbourhood as "snob hill", just as Tramp did in the original.
33	* CoversAlwaysLie: One of the pictures on the back cover depicts Scamp and Angel about to do a SpaghettiKiss. They don't, they just messily devour the spaghetti.
34	* CurseCutShort:
35	-->'''Danielle''': [Chuckles again] I bet he gets a slipper right across his great, big, fat.... ''[looks up at Lady who has an stern look. Danielle nervously laughs, pretending to care about Scamp]'' We really do miss him, Mom. ''[nervously smiles]''
36	* DeadpanSnarker: Angel. She's sarcastic, witty and sassy.
37	* DemotedToExtra:
38	** Lady has a marginally smaller role in the sequel, due to Scamp's huge focus.
39	** Si and Am don't have any lines in this movie and simply giggle and hiss, as a result of the Chinese stereotypes they embodied in the first film no longer being considered appropriate.
40	* DiabolicalDogcatcher : Scamp soon learns the hard way that being a junkyard dog isn't what it's cracked up to be when he gets caught by the dog catcher.
41	* DiegeticSwitch:
42	** The opening song "Welcome Home" is sung by an offscreen chorus, briefly switching to Lady, Tramp and their daughters singing in the bridge, then it ends with the citizens singing together.
43	** "A World Without Fences" begins with Scamp singing, but for the verses, it switches to his internal thoughts.
44	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Happens to Scamp who gets flung into a wall by Reggie at the pound. He doesn't respond when Tramp sniffles or nudges him, and he finally wakes up when Tramp licks him.]]
45	* DistantDuet: "Always There" is a distant quartet between Scamp, Angel, Tramp and Lady.
46	* DodgyToupee: While looking for Scamp, his parents, Jock, and Trusty mistake a wig for him.
47	* DontWakeTheSleeper: For one of his tests, Scamp tries to sneak a can away from the sleeping Reggie in an ally. He was close until he trips and knocks over some barrels, which wakes up Reggie and sets off a mad dog chase.
48	* DramaticIrony: Scamp believes his father Tramp has ''always'' been a proper, well-behaved house dog, when the audience knows that once upon a time, the latter used to be a stray dog who lived on the streets eating restaurant food and chasing chickens.
49	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After being adopted and abandoned by five families throughout her life, Angel finally finds her forever home with Scamp's family]].
50	* EverybodyLives: No one dies in the sequel. Not even [[BigBad Buster]].
51	* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: After Scamp renounces Buster's junkyard dog philosophy to return to his real home, he catapults a boot towards Buster. Buster dodges and taunts Scamp that he missed, but the boot broke an unstable wood post behind him, which caused an avalanche of junk to bury him.
52	* FallingInLoveMontage: Between Scamp and Angel during "I Didn't Know That I Could Feel This Way".
53	* {{Flanderization}}:
54	** The kindly dogcatcher and pound workers of the first movie are nowhere to be seen; in their place is a [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Barney Fife]] caricature. Though he's still just doing his job, his assholish qualities are played up here, particularly when [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty he taunts Scamp after capturing him]].
55	-->'''The Dogcatcher''': No collar? It's a one-way trip to the pound for you!
56	** The stray dog community as a whole. In the first movie, they're a rough but good-hearted group of dogs that only survive by having one another's backs; here, we're informed that they only look out for themselves and charity has been beaten out of them.
57	* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[RunningGag The first time Angel tells Buster she's not "his girl"]], she adds, "I don't belong to anyone." We later learn her backstory, namely that she had five previous owners before joining the Junkyard Dogs, adding a new meaning to his sour delivery of the aforementioned line.
58	* FurryConfusion: Reggie. He doesn't talk like any of the other dogs.
59	* GenerationXerox: Scamp wants to be a "wild dog" who can come and go as he pleases, just like his father was.
60	* HappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler: Except for Buster, all of the Junkyard Dogs get adopted, Angel too in Scamp's family.]]
61	* HatesBaths: Scamp does not like bathtime that much, so when he's forced to be bathed by Jim Dear early on, he isn't that happy about it, and is pleased when he gets dirty again while playing fetch with Junior. He gets another bath at the end of the movie to his annoyance.
62	* HateSink: Otis only appears in a few minutes in the film, and there absolutely nothing likable about the guy. [[spoiler:When Scamp gets in the pound, Otis mocks as he is thrown in the same cell as Reggie, and then he laughs when it looks Scamp was killed by Reggie after he and Tramp fought him, in front of Tramp]].
63	* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:After being caught by The Dogcatcher, Scamp sees Buster and barks at him for help, thinking that the older dog would help. He soon realizes that Buster isn't coming.]]
64	* {{Hypocrite}}:
65	** For most of the film, Buster holds the philosophy "Buster's trouble is Buster's trouble," scoffing at the idea of helping others, and encouraging the rest of the Junkyard Dogs to feel the same way. [[spoiler:After he gets trapped under a pile of garbage, he starts begging the others for help, saying "Buster's trouble is ''everybody's'' trouble!"]]
66	** Tramp ventures into this, considering it's only been a year since he was sleeping in barrels and attempting to sell Lady on a life of freedom and excitement beyond the hills. His example, [[JustifiedTrope however]], is much more sympathetic given that he doesn't want a life of uncertainty and homelessness for his children.
67	* IAmSong: The Junkyard Dogs sing "Junkyard Society Rag" as they show Scamp their way of life.
68	* IJustWantToBeFree: This is Scamp's character motivation, as he dislikes the rules of the house and wants to be a wild dog. His song ''A World Without Fences'' exemplifies this.
69	* {{Irony}}: According to Angel, a reason she's been abandoned by so many families is because one had a baby on the way. [[spoiler: In the end, Junior happiness at meeting her is part of what gets her adopted.]]
70	* InsigniaRipOffRitual: Buster viciously removes Scamp's collar from his neck to signify he's no longer a housedog and he's officially one of the gang.
71	* IWantSong: "A World Without Fences".
72	* IWasNamedMyName: Angel gets "her name" at the end of the film by Scamps family.
73	* JabbaTableManners: We think Scamp and Angel are going to reenact the famous SpaghettiKiss scene from the original movie, and Scamp even rolls the meatball with his nose...but instead they end up messily eating the spaghetti.
74	* {{Jerkass}}:
75	** As noted above, the dogcatcher.
76	** Buster turns out to be this as well.
77	** Otis, a stray Chinese crested in the pound, is this: [[spoiler: he taunts Scamp after he is thrown into the same cell as Reggie, and cracks a joke [[DudeNotFunny at Tramp's expense]] when it looks like Scamp was killed by the vicious stray.]]
78	* KickTheDog: A literal example. Buster makes it his business to snidely mock Angel wanting to be a house dog when she doesn't deny it.
79	* LooseLips: Out of impulse and wanting to stop the Junkyard Dogs' teasing, Scamp accidentally reveals [[spoiler:that Angel wants to be a house dog.]]
80	* LovingAShadow: Scamp's song "A World Without Fences" has him fantasize about going on all sorts of adventures with Buster, who is portrayed as a benevolent mentor and leader to Scamp. However, [[CharacterDevelopment Scamp eventually comes to realize]] how nasty Buster truly is.
81	%%* ManChild: The Dogcatcher shows shades of this.
82	* MotorMouth: Otis talks in such a fast manner that the viewer doesn't know what is being said.
83	* MusicalWorldHypotheses: The songs "I Didn't Know That I Could Feel This Way" and "Always There" are sung in the characters' internal thoughts as All In Their Head, while "Welcome Home" and "A World Without Fences" each feature [[DiegeticSwitch Diegetic Switches]] from Alternate Universe to All In Their Head and vice versa. Only "Junkyard Society Rag" is completely Alternate Universe.
84	* MutualEnvy: This page gives the quote for the trope. [[TheRunaway Scamp]] wishes he had the street smarts and free lifestyle of Angel, whereas Angel never really wanted to be a stray dog, and wishes she had a family like Scamp.
85	--> '''Scamp:''' I'd give anything to have what you have!\
86	'''Angel:''' And ''I'd'' give anything to have what ''you'' have.
87	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Scamp's reaction to [[spoiler: revealing Angel's secret and being betrayed by Buster, who he thought would help him]].
88	* NamedInTheSequel: Lady and Tramp's children whom they give birth to at the end of the original film. The three daughters are named Annette, Collette and Danielle, while the son is named Scamp and is given the main focus.
89	* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Being called a house dog by Buster is what finally drives Scamp to pass his final test by stealing a chicken from his family at the Independence Day picnic.
90	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The dogcatcher, voiced by Jeff Bennett, resembles Creator/DonKnotts's Barney Fife from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''.
91	* NoNameGiven: What's the name of the new dogcatcher?
92	* TheNoseKnows: Double subverted. At first when Trusty ''thinks'' he smells Scamp in the river, it's actually a wig. A few seconds later, Scamp reveals to have been in the river but a little farther from his folks and uncles.
93	* OdeToFamily: The film has "Always There", a song about how your family is always there for you, sung by characters who desperately miss their family.
94	* OfficialCouple: Angel and Scamp.
95	* OlderThanTheyLook: Although she looks to be around the same age as Scamp (who's not even a year old), Angel is old enough to have been through five families and linger a while with each one. This is sadly plausible even for a young dog, [[TruthInTelevision as anyone who's worked in animal rescues knows]], but she specifically mentions new babies being one of the reasons she's been given up.
96	* PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The movie ends this way, [[BookEnds in a reverse of how it began.]]
97	* ParentsAsPeople: Tramp and Lady are loving parents, but not without their flaws. Tramp is rigid and stern when it comes to the rules of the house and unwilling to simply tell Scamp that he was a street dog and that his wild, free, very fun life was tempered with the expectation that it would be a short one. Lady urges Tramp to be more understanding and honest with Scamp, but stops shy of communicating with him in any way.
98	* PayEvilUntoEvil:
99	** [[spoiler: Buster is trapped under a pile of junk, brought upon by Scamp who was repaying him for abandoning him to the dogcatcher's mercy because "[[ItsAllAboutMe Buster's Troubles is Buster's Troubles]]".]]
100	** On a lesser scale, [[spoiler: Otis has been nothing but a teeny tiny [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] to both Scamp and Tramp, laughing at the former's misfortune of being stuck with Reggie, and mocking the latter when it looks like his son is dead. While [[DownplayedTrope not blatant]], Otis gets his when Scamp and Tramp leave him to stay at the pound for the rest of his days. Bear in mind that Chinese-crested dogs aren't the prettiest dogs, so without a chance of adoption, his days ae numbered.]]
101	* APetIntoTheWild: Deconstructed. Scamp is the archetypical "animal bored with his life as a pet" who desires to run off into the wild. He does... and not too soon goes back home after realizing that being a street dog isn't nearly as fun as he imagined.
102	* PoorCommunicationKills: As far as Scamp knows, his father was a house dog all his life, and Tramp opts against correcting him (and presumably leaving out the parts where he had corned beef dinners and a new girlfriend every other week.) If his father had come clean about his past as a stray, perhaps Scamp would've known that Tramp, for all the fun he had, also fully expected to die young.
103	** At no point does Lady communicate with her son in literally any way.
104	* PuppyDogEyes: A literal example, as they are dogs. [[spoiler: This is what Jock, Trusty, Scamp's sisters, Lady, Tramp, Scamp, and Angel do to convince Jim Dear to adopt Angel. Needless to say, it worked.]]
105	* RacingTheTrain: Scamp and Angel end up being chased by a train during a late-night talk.
106	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Junkyard Dogs. [[spoiler: Except for Buster, they probably still hang out with each other after being adopted.]]
107	* RetiredBadass: Tramp. Even after he's settled down into a cozy life as a house pet, the Junkyard Dogs remember him and his courageous acts.
108	* TheReveal: Scamp eventually learns that his father had been a famous stray dog, much to his shock, and was able to call his father out for not telling him about his life as a street dog.
109	* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler: Buster lets Scamp get taken away by the dogcatcher, just to spite his father.]]
110	* SanitySlippage: Buster briefly falls into this during his rant about Tramp becoming a housedog. In the final sentence, he actually sprays some spit, and his eyes have contracted into dots.
111	* SharedFamilyQuirks: Scamp and Tramp have the same style of scratching behind their ears, [[spoiler: something Buster uses to figure out that Scamp and Tramp are related.]]
112	* SpaghettiKiss: Subverted for RuleOfFunny. Scamp and Angel wind up at the same restaurant Scamp's parents visited, dine on an identical bowl of spaghetti, and even do the meatball push...and then proceed to devour the bowl in a very realistic, doggy manner. Played straight in a promotional image, however.
113	* SpinOffspring: Lady and Tramp's son, Scamp, is TheProtagonist.
114	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler: Buster officially allows Scamp to join the Junkyard dogs, removes Scamp's collar, then allows Scamp to be caught by the dogcatcher. Without his collar, Scamp gets thrown in the pound with no way for his family to know about it and get him out. Thankfully, Angel sees Scamp in the dogcatcher's wagon and rushes off to warn his parents.]]
115	* TitleCharacter: The sequel has Scamp's name in it along with his parents.
116	* TokenRomance: The romance between Scamp and Angel doesn't contribute to the main plot to any significant degree.
117	* ToughLove: What Jim Dear and Tramp believe is best for Scamp.
118	* TriumphantReprise: The movie ends with a reprise of "Welcome Home" as Scamp annoyingly has a bath, [[spoiler: Angel is adopted, and the Junkyard Dogs each have owners of their own.]]
119	* VillainDecay: While they weren't portrayed as evil, the dogcatchers in the first movie were still shown to be a serious threat to any street dog they came across. Here, the only dogcatcher we see onscreen is a bumbling fool doubling as a huge ButtMonkey.
120	* VocalDissonance: Scamp is a young-looking puppy who sounds more like a 15- or 16-year-old. His sisters sound noticeably more appropriate than him. Angel also has a deep voice for her looks.
121	* WasTooHardOnHim: Tramp laments this while out looking for Scamp.
122	* WhatTheHellHero: Angel calls out Scamp for ''willingly'' running away from a home where people love him.
123	--> '''Angel:''' You have a home and a family that loves you. You're not like the rest of us, Scamp.
124	* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Downplayed. The opening song mentions that the movie takes place in New England.

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