T.U.F.F. Puppy

T.U.F.F. Puppy is an American animated action children's television series created by Butch Hartman. It premiered on October 2, 2010, along with Planet Sheen, which premiered a half hour earlier. T.U.F.F. Puppy is Hartman's third animated show for Nickelodeon, after The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom and also before Bunsen Is a Beast. The show was cancelled after 3 seasons and aired its final episode on April 4, 2015.

T.U.F.F. Puppy
Genre	Comedy Superhero Action Science fantasy Slapstick Surreal humor Adventure Spy-fi
Created by	Butch Hartman
Voices of	Jerry Trainor Grey DeLisle Daran Norris Jeff Bennett Maddie Taylor
Theme music composer	Adam Schlesinger Butch Hartman
Composer	Guy Moon
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	60 (115 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Butch Hartman
Producers	Deirdre Brenner Dave Thomas (S1-2) Ray DeLaurentis (S2-3) Randy Saba (S2-3)
Running time	11 minutes (regular) 23 minutes (specials)
Production companies	Billionfold Inc. Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon (Seasons 1-2) Nicktoons (Seasons 2-3)
Release	October 2, 2010 (2010-10-02) – April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04)

Plot

The show is about a dog named Dudley Puppy, who works as a spy for T.U.F.F. HQ.^[1] His partner is Kitty Katswell, a cat.^[2] Other helpers are The Chief and Keswick. This takes place in the fictional city of Petropolis (distinct from the Brazilian city of Petrópolis, which is named after Pedro II of Brazil), which is populated by anthropomorphic animals. As a member of T.U.F.F. HQ, Dudley helps Kitty protect Petropolis from villains, such as Verminious Snaptrap, The Chameleon, Bird Brain, Larry, Ollie, Francisco, Zippy, Owl, Bad Dog, and Skunk.

Episodes

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

Season	Segments	Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired	Network
1	50	26[3]		October 2, 2010 (2010-10-02)	May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)	Nickelodeon
2	17	26	9	May 27, 2012 (2012-05-27)	August 9, 2013 (2013-08-09)
	33		17	October 20, 2013 (2013-10-20)	May 17, 2014 (2014-05-17)	Nicktoons
3	15	8		July 26, 2014 (2014-07-26)	April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04)[4]

Characters

Main

T.U.F.F.

The Turbo Undercover Fighting Force (T.U.F.F.) headquarters (HQ) is an organization that protects Petropolis from crime.

• Dudley Puppy (voiced by Jerry Trainor in T.U.F.F. Puppy/Jack DeSena in Nicktoons MLB) is a white dog with a black t-shirt who's the heart of T.U.F.F. HQ.
• Kitty Katswell (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a cat who's one of T.U.F.F. HQ's agents. She's Dudley Puppy's partner, and best friend. Her hair's black with a white headband.
• Chief Herbert Dumbrouski (voiced by Daran Norris) is a tough and strict but good-natured flea who's the leader of T.U.F.F. HQ.
• Keswick (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a prairie dog as the scientist of T.U.F.F. HQ.

Also in T.U.F.F. are various personnel that appear as background characters whether as agents, office workers, and/or scientists. Some of the minor members of T.U.F.F. that have been identified or mentioned include:

• Agent Groundhog (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a T.U.F.F. Agent who first made a cameo in "Hot Dog". He resides under an office printer and is the one who tells about the end of winter.
• Agent Jumbo (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is an elephant T.U.F.F. Agent who has a fear of mice which would result in her jumping up when she sees them and accidentally crushing anyone.
• Agent Moby (voiced by Maddie Taylor) is a big whale T.U.F.F. Agent who might appear in the special episode "A Doomed Christmas". Like Agent Jumbo, Agent Moby also has a tendency to accidentally crush The Chief.
• Agent Nutz (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a squirrel T.U.F.F. Agent who would always freak out about something completely random and blast it with his laser.
• Tammy (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a rabbit that works as a secretary at T.U.F.F. HQ.

Main villains

• Verminious Snaptrap (voiced by Maddie Taylor) is an evil rat who is leader of the Diabolical Order of Mayhem.
• The Chameleon (voiced by Daran Norris) is an evil green chameleon who might wear a molecular transformation suit which.
• Bird Brain (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is an evil blue-bottomed booby bird genius who can't fly naturally.

Snaptrap's Henchmen or D.O.O.M.

• Larry (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a shrew and Snaptrap's brother-in-law.
• Ollie (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a sensible and smart British possum who is one of Snaptrap's main henchmen.
• Francisco (voiced by Daran Norris) is a green alligator with red and yellow eyes who is another one of Snaptrap's main henchmen.
• Bad Dog (voiced by Daran Norris) is a pit bull who is one of Snaptrap's henchmen. He stops appearing after the first season.
• Leather Teddy (voiced by Eric Bauza) is a leather clad blue bear and one of Snaptrap's henchmen. He wears an eyepatch. He stops appearing after the first season.
• The Mole (voiced by Maddie Taylor) is a literal mole who is a spy for Snaptrap. He stops appearing after the first season.

Bird Brain's Henchmen

• Zippy (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is Bird Brain's scatterbrained hummingbird sidekick/partner.
• Owl (voiced by Jeff Bennett).
• Bat (voiced by Daran Norris impersonating Bela Lugosi).
• Duck (voiced by Jeff Bennett).
• Ewe (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a female sheep.

Recurring and one-off characters

Other villains

• R.I.T.A. (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is a super-intelligent toaster created by Keswick.
• Snowflake (voiced by Mary Birdsong) and Slush (voiced by Dave Boat) are evil rabbit siblings.
• Dr. Rabies (voiced by Jerry Trainor) and Madame Catastrophe (voiced by Grey DeLisle) are two villains who resemble Dudley Puppy and Kitty Katswell with eyepatches and goatees.
• Crazy Horse (voiced by Daran Norris) is a horse who uses chainsaws.
• Jack Rabbit (voiced by Daran Norris) is Kitty's former T.U.F.F. partner.
• The Caped Cod (voiced by Chris Parnell and later by Mick Wingert) is a crazy cod who thinks he is the ruler of the seven seas.
• The Stink Bug (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) is Petropolis' worst smelling villain.
• Lunch Lady Bug (voiced by Candi Milo) is a ladybug who worked as a lunch lady at Petropolis High School and makes disgusting food that only Dudley likes.
• Quacky the Duck (voiced by Maddie Taylor) was originally a kid show host seen in "Kid Stuff".
• The Sharing Moose (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a moose that is the buff and violent best friend of Quacky the Duck.
• Katty Katswell (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is Kitty's evil twin sister.

F.L.O.P.P. – Short for Fiendish League of Potential Perpetrators, F.L.O.P.P. is a criminal organization that would often do minor criminal activities.

• Meerkat (voiced by Daran Norris) is a meerkat with a black cowboy hat who is the eccentric leader of F.L.O.P.P.
• Wanna-Bee (voiced by Jerry Trainor) is a bee who is a member of F.L.O.P.P.
• Escape Goat (voiced by Maddie Taylor) is an escape artist goat who is a member of F.L.O.P.P.

Citizens of Petropolis

• Peg Puppy (voiced by Leslie Carrara-Rudolph) is Dudley's overprotective mother.
• Mrs. Katswell (voiced by Grey DeLisle) is Kitty and Katty's mother.
• Wolf Spitzer (voiced by Daran Norris) is a gray wolf who is Petropolis local news reporter for KPET News.
• Eric (voiced by Daran Norris) is a buff cat who delivers the water to T.U.F.F.
• Bob Barky (voiced by Daran Norris) is a dog game show host who hosts various game shows in Petropolis..
• Phil (voiced by Maddie Taylor) is a bulldog who is Dudley's friend.
• Mr. Wong (voiced by Maddie Taylor) is a duck who is the owner of "Wong's Chinese Buffet".

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, Hartman decided that he would focus on making Dudley a secret agent. He pitched the series to Nickelodeon as "Get Smart with a dog."^[5]

Eric Bauza, (who voices Foop in The Fairly OddParents and Leather Teddy in T.U.F.F. Puppy), was originally chosen to be the voice of Dudley Puppy, but the creators didn't feel that he was right for the character and Jerry Trainor was chosen instead.^[5]

The original title of the show was Stud Puppy.^[6]

Home media

T.U.F.F. Puppy home video releases

Season		Episodes	Years active	Release dates
				United States
	1	26	2010–12	iCarly: Season 2, Volume 3: April 5, 2011 Episodes: "Purr-fect Partners" / "Doom-mates" SpongeBob SquarePants: Heroes of Bikini Bottom: June 14, 2011 Episodes: "Mall Rat" / "Operation: Happy Birthday" SpongeBob SquarePants: Frozen Face-Off: January 10, 2012 Episodes: "Snappy Campers" / "Lucky Duck" It's a Nicktoons Christmas!: October 30, 2012 Episodes: "A Doomed Christmas" Note: This disc was exclusively included with copies of the It's a SpongeBob Christmas! DVD sold at Target. The Complete First Season: June 23, 2014[7] Episodes: Entire season included
	2	26	2012–14	The Complete Second Season: January 8, 2015[8] Episodes: Entire season included

Note: The episode "A Doomed Christmas" along with Christmas episodes of The Fairly OddParents and Fanboy & Chum Chum were supposed to be on the It's a SpongeBob Christmas! DVD, but they were dropped from the actual release.^[9] However, the Target exclusive of It's A SpongeBob Christmas! included the Christmas episodes of those shows on a bonus disc. It's currently unknown if Nickelodeon will ever announce a Season 3 DVD release.

Reception

Critical

Following the show's premiere, the series received mixed to positive reviews.^{[citation needed]}

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series 2 out of 5 stars; criticizing the “iffy messages” the show sends to kids and the frequent use of name calling, but adding, “Kitty's attractive appearance and overly emotional response to Dudley's successes are memorable.”^[10]

Ratings

The series premiere of T.U.F.F. Puppy drew 3.6 million viewers.^[11]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2011	38th Annie Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production	Fred Gonzales	Won	[12]
		Outstanding Achievement in Character Design in a Television Production	Ernie Gilbert	Won
			Gordon Hammond	Nominated
	38th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation	Kaz Aizawa	Won	[13]
2012	39th Annie Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Character Design in a Television Production	Gordon Hammond and Mike Dougherty	Nominated	[14]
		Outstanding Achievement in Directing in a Television Production	Ken Bruce	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement in Storyboarding in a Television Production	Dave Thomas and Fred Gonzales	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement in Writing in a Television Production	Ray DeLaurentis, William Schifrin, and Kevin Sullivan for episode "Thunder Dog"	Nominated
	39th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation	Ernie Gilbert	Won	[15]
		Outstanding Music Direction and Composition	Guy Moon	Nominated
2013	40th Annie Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production	Gordon Hammond for episode "Dudley Do-Wrong"	Nominated	[16]
		Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production	Guy Moon for episode "Mission: Really Big Mission"	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement in Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production	Jeff Bennett as "Keswick" for episode "Pup Daddy"	Nominated
	40th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program	Jerry Trainor as "Dudley Puppy"	Nominated	[17]

Notes

References

1. "iCarly's Jerry Trainor Stars in Nicktoons T.U.F.F. Puppy 2010". Animation World Network. 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. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
3. "T.U.F.F. Puppy: Season 1: Jerry Trainor, Grey DeLisle, Daran Norris, Michelle Bryan, Ken Bruce, Butch Hartman, Ray De Laurentis, William Schifrin, Kevin Sullivan: Movies & TV". Amazon. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
4. "T.U.F.F. Puppy Schedule – TV Listings". LocateTV.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
5. "Interview with Butch Hartman". Toon Zone. 29 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
6. Butch Hartman [@realhartman] (4 November 2017). "The original title of TUFF PUPPY was..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
7. "T.U.F.F. Puppy: The Complete First Season". Amazon. 23 June 2014.
8. "T.U.F.F. Puppy: The Complete Second Season". Amazon. 8 January 2015.
9. Lambert, David (August 6, 2012). "SpongeBob SquarePants - 'It's a SpongeBob Christmas! this Fall, on DVD...AND on Blu-ray Disc!!". TV Shows on DVD. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
10. Ashby, Emily (2 October 2010). "T.U.F.F. Puppy review". Common Sense Media.
11. Gervais, Lisa (October 21, 2010). ""Fairly Odd Parents" creator comes home for Macomb Community College speaker series". Macomb Daily. Retrieved December 8, 2010.^{[dead link]}
12. "38th Annual Annie Awards Legacy Past Nominees & Winners". annieawards.org. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
13. "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES THE 38TH ANNUAL DAYTIME ENTERTAINMENT EMMY® AWARD NOMINATIONS, WAYNE BRADY TO HOST THE LIVE TELECAST". Emmy Online. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
14. "39th Annual Annie Awards Legacy Past Nominees & Winners". annieawards.org. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
15. "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES THE 39TH ANNUAL DAYTIME ENTERTAINMENT EMMY® AWARD NOMINATIONS". Emmy Online. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
16. "40th Annual Annie Awards Legacy Past Nominees & Winners". annieawards.org. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
17. "40TH ANNUAL DAYTIME ENTERTAINMENT EMMY® AWARDS NOMINATIONS". Emmy Online. Retrieved October 18, 2020.

External links

• T.U.F.F. Puppy at IMDb