Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
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Directed by	Darrell Rooney Jeannine Roussel
Produced by	Jeannine Roussel David W. King
Written by	Bill Motz Bob Roth
Starring	Scott Wolf Roger Bart Alyssa Milano Susan Egan Jeff Bennett Jodi Benson Jess Harnell
Music by	Danny Troob
Studio	DisneyToon Studios
Distributed by	Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release date(s)	February 27, 2001 (2001-02-27)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure is a 2001 American direct-to-video animated film produced by DisneyToon Studios and released on February 27, 2001. The film is the sequel to the Disney animated film Lady and the Tramp (1955). The story centers around Lady and Tramp's anthropomorphic puppy, Scamp, and his desire to become a "wild dog". The film was produced at Walt Disney Animation Australia which has now closed. Disney re-released the film in the United States on DVD after the DVD re-release of the first film on June 20, 2006. The Special Edition DVD went back to the Disney Vault on January 31, 2007.

According to the Lady and the Tramp Digital Book promoting the Diamond Edition of Lady and the Tramp, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure will be released on a DVD/Blu-ray combo the summer of 2012.

Plot

In 1911, just two days before the Fourth of July, Lady and Tramp have three daughters and a son named Scamp who misbehaves. After chewing Jim Dear's favorite hat and causing a huge mess while chasing after a ball in the house, Scamp is placed outside and chained to a dog house. His parents, Tramp the mutt and Lady the American Cocker Spaniel, are distraught that their son can not settle down and live in a home. Tramp goes to talk to his son and finds Scamp howling at the moon. The two have a conversation, but Scamp stays firm about his desire to be a "wild dog", causing a heated argument and Tramp leaves annoyed and irritated after giving Scamp a harsh scolding. While being angered and chained up outside, Scamp sees a pack of stray dogs harassing a dog catcher and becomes intrigued. Scamp manages to break free from the chain and runs off to find the pack. He finds a young member of the pack, Angel, and the two go to the junkyard with the pack of dogs, named the Junkyard Dogs.

Scamp attempts to join the Junkyard Dogs right away, but the leader, Buster, gives Scamp a "test" to prove his courage. The test involves stealing a tin can from a large, savage dog named Reggie. Scamp nearly manages to but is instead chased by Reggie. He and Angel manage to evade Reggie and see him caught by the dog catcher. Buster appears to be impressed but tells Scamp that he needs to have another test.

The Junkyard Dogs head to a park where Sparky, one of the Junkyard Dogs, tells a colorful yet highly exaggerated story about Tramp and how he disappeared (apparently he jumped off a log to avoid two dozen dog catchers), a stray dog that the Junkyard Dogs once looked up to. Buster angrily snaps that he did not die heroically; he ran off with Lady to become a house pet. Buster then sees that Scamp scratches the same way Tramp did and threatens Scamp that if he was related to Tramp he would kill him. Scamp can not believe that his father used to be a Junkyard Dog.

After Scamp falls into a river with Angel after narrowly escaping from a train, the two dogs realize that their friendship has blossomed into love. After a romantic stroll they wind up on the street where Scamp lives where they encounter Scamp's family searching for him. When Scamp evades them, Angel is annoyed that he would choose living on the streets over a loving family, as she herself had once been a pet to five families.

At an Independence Day picnic, Busters clues in that Scamp is Tramp's son, so he tells Scamp to steal a chicken from Scamp's family's picnic. Scamp, determined to prove that he is a Junkyard Dog, steals the chicken but is chased by Tramp. Tramp confronts his son in an alley and asks him to come home, but Buster arrives and an argument ensues with Scamp telling Tramp that he chooses to stay with Buster. Buster is pleased, and Tramp, saddened, tells Scamp whenever he's had enough, he can come home. Buster officially declares Scamp a Junkyard Dog by removing Scamp's collar.

While celebrating that he's a Junkyard Dog, Angel scolds Scamp for what he said to Tramp and reminds him that his family loves him. After Buster asks Scamp that he wants to be a house dog, an annoyed Scamp snaps and accidentally says that Angel whats to be a house dog. Buster kicks Angel out of the Junkyard Dogs and she leaves, upset with Scamp. Buster, still wishing revenge on Tramp, sets up a trap so that Scamp (who is looking for Angel), lacking a collar, gets caught by the dog catcher. Alone and afraid in the back of the dog catcher's van, Scamp realizes that he misses his family and wishes he was home. Angel sees him in the back of the van and goes to tell his family. Meanwhile, Scamp is placed in a cage with Reggie. Tramp, arriving just in time, manages to fight off Reggie and rescue his son. Before they head home, Scamp apologizes to his father for running away and Tramp apologizes for being too harsh with him. They head to the junkyard, where Scamp retrieves his collar. Scamp then traps Buster under piles of junk, but the gang members don't help and instead abandon him, so they can go to find families. The dogs return home, and there is a happy reunion. The family decides to adopt Angel, who is delighted. Scamp and Angel get baths as the film ends.

Production

Joanna Romersa, an animation timing director for this film, was a Disney Trainee for the production of the original Lady and the Tramp, invited by Jeannine and Darrell to work on this film.

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes rating for this film is currently 44% without a consensus. Audience reception was much better than the critical reception.^{[citation needed]}

Characters

Many of the original characters make a return, including Tony and Joe from Tony's.

• Scamp or "Whirlwind" by the way Tramp calls him, voiced by Scott Wolf (speaking voice) and Roger Bart (singing voice), is the young protagonist of the film and bears a moderate resemblance to his father, Tramp, and resemblance of his mother, Lady. He starts out as a stubborn, selfish puppy, but has a total change of heart for his family after seeing that Buster lied to him, and because of the fact that he suddenly realized he wasn't safe out there. He is part American Cocker Spaniel (from his mother) and part Standard Schnauzer (from his father).But he looks more like his father, Tramp.
• Angel, voiced by Alyssa Milano (speaking voice) and Susan Egan (singing voice), is a Junkyard Dog who was once a pet and Scamp's mate. At the end of the film, she is adopted by Jim Dear and Darling. She too bores a nickname for Scamp due to his inexperiences with the streets she calls him "tenderfoot" which is another reason why she crushes Scamp. She has a kind, yet spunky personality.
• Lady, voiced by Jodi Benson, is the mother of Annette, Scamp, Collette, and Danielle and Tramp's mate. Due to her now being a mother of four, most of her naivety from the first film has been replaced with a sense of responsibility. She is more concerned for Scamp than Tramp is.
• Tramp, voiced by Jeff Bennett, is the father of Annette, Scamp, Collette and Danielle. He is a Standard Schnauzer. They meant by calling him a mutt for not remembering what he is. He has become accustomed to house during his time as a pet. He is portrayed as a firm, yet still concerned father, and also has an important role in this film. Nevertheless, he still has a few 'street smarts' to fall back on.
• Annette, Danielle and Collette, voiced by Kath Soucie and Debi Derryberry respectively, are Scamp's sisters and greatly resemble Lady, their mother. They are a little on the prissy side, and think of only themselves and show no respect for Scamp until the middle of the movie when they actually start to miss him. Danielle is white collared, Collette is red collared, and Annette is blue collared. Their actual names are not mentioned in the film, save for the credits. While they are at odds with Scamp at times they do love him due to the fact that he's their brother.
• James "Jim Dear" Brown and Jane "Darling" Brown, voiced by Nick Jameson and Barbara Goodson respectively, are the owners of Lady, Tramp, Annette, Scamp, Collette, and Danielle.
• James Brown Jr. "Junior", voiced by Andrew McDonough, is Jim Dear and Darling's son and the owner of Lady, Tramp, Annette, Scamp, Collette, and Danielle.
• Aunt Sarah, voiced by Tress MacNeille, is the aunt of Junior and the owner of Si and Am.
• Si and Am, voiced by Mary Kay Bergman and Tress MacNeille respectively, are Siamese cats. They have a much more minor appearance in this film that the first.
• Jock and Trusty, voiced by Jeff Bennett, are neighbors of Lady and Tramp. When Scamp disappears, they join the search to find him.
• The Dogcatcher, voiced by Jeff Bennett in a style reminiscent of Don Knotts's portrayal of Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, chases after the Junkyard Dogs, determined to capture them.
• Tony, voiced by Jim Cummings, is the waiter of Tony's.
• Joe, voiced by Michael Gough, is Tony's assistant. Both him and Tony have only minor appearances in this film.
• Reggie, voiced by Frank Welker, is an extremely vicious and very large bulldog. He chases Scamp in a street, but gets caught by the dog catcher who unexpectedly sends him to a tomato stand. Later, He is chained when he attempts to kill Scamp, but is defeated by Tramp. Interestingly, Reggie can be noticed because of his short tail and his right lower canine, which is almost chopped off.

• Junkyard Dogs
  • Buster, voiced by Chazz Palminteri (speaking voice) and Jess Harnell (singing voice), is a Rottweiler/Doberman Pinscher mix and the leader of the Junkyard Dogs. He used to be the protegé of Tramp and was angered that he left to become a house pet with Lady. He is the main antagonist of the film.
  • Ruby, voiced by Cathy Moriarty, is an Afghan Hound and greatly resembles Sylvie from the 1995 animated film Balto
  • Scratchy is a mongrel dog plagued by fleas.
  • Sparky, voiced by Mickey Rooney, is an Irish Wolfhound. He used to know Tramp, and tells a colorful but untrue tale of how Tramp came to leave the Junkyard Dogs.
  • Francois, voiced by Bronson Pinchot, is a Boston Terrier with a French accent.
  • Mooch, voiced by Bill Fagerbakke, is an Old English Sheepdog. He is fairly dim-witted but enthusiastic.

Music

The score was composed by Danny Troob. The songs were written by Melissa Manchester and Norman Gimbel.

Songs

• "Welcome Home" - performed by the chorus, Jeff Bennett, Jodi Benson, Kath Soucie, Jim Cummings, Michael Gough, and Debi Derryberry. This song is the opening song for the film. It sets up the theme for the entire film: independence. The sequence ends with a Broadway-style performance of various people out in a street singing and waving Scamp is the only one who does not have a singing role.

• "World Without Fences" - performed by Roger Bart. It illustrates Scamp's desire to become a "wild dog" free from boundaries and responsibilities. Scamp is chained in the backyard. He runs around, pretending that he is not chained and is instead running through the countryside with the Junkyard Dogs.

• "Junkyard Society Rag" - performed by Jess Harnell, Cathy Moriarty, Bill Fagerbakke, Bronson Pinchot, and Mickey Rooney. Buster sings about the junkyard in which the Junkyard Dogs make their home and about the life of the Junkyard Dogs, with the other Junkyard Dogs also offering their opinions. The sequence features the dogs traveling through the junkyard and interacting with their surroundings.

• "I Didn't Know That I Could Feel This Way" - performed by Roger Bart and Susan Egan. The love song of the film, showing the blossoming romance between Scamp and Angel. It features the dogs walking through the same park that Lady and Tramp walked through in the first film. At the end, a scene similar to the spaghetti scene from Lady and the Tramp occurs, but with Scamp and Angel scarfing down the pasta instead.

• "Always There" - performed by Roger Bart, Susan Egan, Jeff Bennett and Jodi Benson. Scamp realizes the importance of family and how much he misses his family. Lady and Tramp's grief over Scamp's decision and Angel's longing for a family is highlighted due to her peeking through windows and watching kids hug their dogs, which is why she is motivated to want a family.

• "Belle Notte (This is the Night)" - duet performed by Joy Enriquez and Carlos Ponce. An updated pop music arrangement of the song played during the credits. Original 1955 song by Sonny Burke and Peggy Lee; arrangement by Robbie Buchanan.

Releases

The film was first released on February 27, 2001 on videocassette and DVD. It was also released on June 20, 2006 on a Special Edition DVD, and will be released again as another Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD combo pack in Summer 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure at the Internet Movie Database