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===Main characters===
===Main characters===
[[File:Ruffman.jpg|thumb|upright|Ruff Ruffman]]
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* '''Ruff Ruffman''' (voiced by [[Jim Conroy]]) is the host of the show. He doesn't like [[cats]], or at least thinks that dogs are superior to them in most ways. He has a [[Unrequited love|crush]] on Charlene. Ruff grouses about his [[contract]] to produce a reality TV program, and the stresses of running one. He loves all food, [[American Chinese cuisine|American-Chinese]] take-out in particular. His physical appearance features "eyebrows that [[hover]] mysteriously above his head". Ruff has many relatives and ancestors, all with a similar physical appearance to him, and he has five other brothers and sisters besides Scruff and Roxy. According to the episode ''Ruff Bounces Back'', Ruff is a [[mutt]] and is proud of it. At the end of season 4, Ruff mentions about his mom and dad, stating that they had vanished when he was a pup, but Jerry the parrot explains that they're still alive, implying that that will be the storyline for season 5.
* '''Ruff Ruffman''' (voiced by [[Jim Conroy]]) is the host of the show. He doesn't like [[cats]], or at least thinks that dogs are superior to them in most ways. He has a [[Unrequited love|crush]] on Charlene. Ruff grouses about his [[contract]] to produce a reality TV program, and the stresses of running one. He loves all food, [[American Chinese cuisine|American-Chinese]] take-out in particular. His physical appearance features "eyebrows that [[hover]] mysteriously above his head". Ruff has many relatives and ancestors, all with a similar physical appearance to him, and he has five other brothers and sisters besides Scruff and Roxy. According to the episode ''Ruff Bounces Back'', Ruff is a [[mutt]] and is proud of it. At the end of season 4, Ruff mentions about his mom and dad, stating that they had vanished when he was a pup, but Jerry the parrot explains that they're still alive, implying that that will be the storyline for season 5.
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[[File:Blossom Fetch.jpg|thumb|right|Blossom]]
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* '''Blossom''', whose full name is Princess Blossom Pepperdoodle Von Yum Yum is a [[cat]] and was Ruff's intern for Season 2. She is usually simply called "[[Blossom]]". Quite serious, she is usually seen taking notes on her [[laptop]]. She has never spoken, but only makes strange squeaking sounds to get Ruff's attention. She was promoted to [[supervisor]] in Season 3. Ruff didn't enjoy Blossom's company at first, but eventually forms a close bond with her. Despite all of the hijinks that Ruff puts her through, she continues to be loyal to Ruff and the show, particularly when she decided to 'work' for Harriet Hackensack so she could find out the reason for her misocyny (hatred for dogs). In "Don't like Fencing? Try Fencing!", Blossom is shown watching ''[[Design Squad]]'' (and also shows that she is a fan of [[Nathan Ball|Nate]] from the show).
* '''Blossom''', whose full name is Princess Blossom Pepperdoodle Von Yum Yum is a [[cat]] and was Ruff's intern for Season 2. She is usually simply called "[[Blossom]]". Quite serious, she is usually seen taking notes on her [[laptop]]. She has never spoken, but only makes strange squeaking sounds to get Ruff's attention. She was promoted to [[supervisor]] in Season 3. Ruff didn't enjoy Blossom's company at first, but eventually forms a close bond with her. Despite all of the hijinks that Ruff puts her through, she continues to be loyal to Ruff and the show, particularly when she decided to 'work' for Harriet Hackensack so she could find out the reason for her misocyny (hatred for dogs). In "Don't like Fencing? Try Fencing!", Blossom is shown watching ''[[Design Squad]]'' (and also shows that she is a fan of [[Nathan Ball|Nate]] from the show).
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[[File:Grandma ruff.jpg|thumb|right|Grandma Ruffman]]
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* '''Grandma Ruffman''', also voiced by Conroy, is Ruff Ruffman's stubborn grandmother who appeared in eleven episodes so far: ''Grandma Ruffman's Recipe for Success'', ''The Small Fork Is For Dessert (Unless You're a Dolphin)'', ''Tape Loops and Loop-the-Loops'', ''There's Food Safety and Then There's Food Safety'', ''Socket to Me'', ''The People vs. Grandma Ruffman'', the ''FETCH! with Scruff Ruffman Finale'', ''Season Four is Cancelled'', ''Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? It's... Ruffmanman!'', ''Ruff Needs His Herring Checked'', ''Gearing Up for Getting Ruff's Goat'', and ''How to Really Train Your Dog''. Like Ruff, she is also pretentious, and animated in [[Macromedia Flash]]. As a writer, she attempted to market her products on her grandson's show, and as a grandmother, she constantly fusses about insignificant things, such as Ruff's manners and other FETCHers staying behind in the studio. However, she cares for Ruff, going as far as to retrieve the stolen Fetch 3000 Scruff stole in the premiere of Season 4.
* '''Grandma Ruffman''', also voiced by Conroy, is Ruff Ruffman's stubborn grandmother who appeared in eleven episodes so far: ''Grandma Ruffman's Recipe for Success'', ''The Small Fork Is For Dessert (Unless You're a Dolphin)'', ''Tape Loops and Loop-the-Loops'', ''There's Food Safety and Then There's Food Safety'', ''Socket to Me'', ''The People vs. Grandma Ruffman'', the ''FETCH! with Scruff Ruffman Finale'', ''Season Four is Cancelled'', ''Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? It's... Ruffmanman!'', ''Ruff Needs His Herring Checked'', ''Gearing Up for Getting Ruff's Goat'', and ''How to Really Train Your Dog''. Like Ruff, she is also pretentious, and animated in [[Macromedia Flash]]. As a writer, she attempted to market her products on her grandson's show, and as a grandmother, she constantly fusses about insignificant things, such as Ruff's manners and other FETCHers staying behind in the studio. However, she cares for Ruff, going as far as to retrieve the stolen Fetch 3000 Scruff stole in the premiere of Season 4.
* '''Henry''' is Ruff's boss. He is only mentioned when Ruff receives phone calls on the "Henry Hotline". Henry provides Ruff with the show's [[budget]] and oversees Ruff's spending. He also sent the [[intern]] Blossom, his niece's cat, to learn about producing for Season 2. In Season 3 onward, Henry is mentioned less and less, probably because Blossom is now head of the network. It is possible that "Henry" is a reference to Henry Becton, Jr., the former President of [[WGBH-TV|WGBH]], and currently Vice Chair of the WGBH Board of Trustees.<ref>[http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/about/management/becton.html WGBH.org]</ref>
* '''Henry''' is Ruff's boss. He is only mentioned when Ruff receives phone calls on the "Henry Hotline". Henry provides Ruff with the show's [[budget]] and oversees Ruff's spending. He also sent the [[intern]] Blossom, his niece's cat, to learn about producing for Season 2. In Season 3 onward, Henry is mentioned less and less, probably because Blossom is now head of the network. It is possible that "Henry" is a reference to Henry Becton, Jr., the former President of [[WGBH-TV|WGBH]], and currently Vice Chair of the WGBH Board of Trustees.<ref>[http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/about/management/becton.html WGBH.org]</ref>
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==Contestants==
==Contestants==
===Season 1===
===Season 1===
[[File:Fetchcast.jpg|thumb|upright|Season 1 cast]]
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*Noah Ellis - He is full of surprises. He can do stunts on dirt bikes; and he wants to be a forest ranger.
*Noah Ellis - He is full of surprises. He can do stunts on dirt bikes; and he wants to be a forest ranger.
*Taylor Garrson - Taylor appeared previously on [[ZOOM]]. She has a sense of humor, an interest in predicting the future, and a knack for getting caught up in some outrageous situations.
*Taylor Garrson - Taylor appeared previously on [[ZOOM]]. She has a sense of humor, an interest in predicting the future, and a knack for getting caught up in some outrageous situations.
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===Season 2===
===Season 2===
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*Madison Bader ("Madi") - Her talents are dog-walking, and she also thinks she has "mad dance skills.
*Madison Bader ("Madi") - Her talents are dog-walking, and she also thinks she has "mad dance skills.
*William Erickson ("Willie") - He loves the water especially while doing all types of water sports. He loves taking things apart to see how they work. He won for season 2.
*William Erickson ("Willie") - He loves the water especially while doing all types of water sports. He loves taking things apart to see how they work. He won for season 2.
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===Season 3===
===Season 3===
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*Demetrius John ("DJ") - His teachers call him Demetrius, but his peers call him DJ. DJ loves rap music, and he and his entire family enjoys singing. He can also bend his thumb so it touches the back of his hand. He won for season 3.
*Demetrius John ("DJ") - His teachers call him Demetrius, but his peers call him DJ. DJ loves rap music, and he and his entire family enjoys singing. He can also bend his thumb so it touches the back of his hand. He won for season 3.
*Harsha Amaravadi - Harsha loves to argue and thinks she'd make a pretty good defense lawyer. She likes to tap things when she gets nervous.
*Harsha Amaravadi - Harsha loves to argue and thinks she'd make a pretty good defense lawyer. She likes to tap things when she gets nervous.
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===Season 4===
===Season 4===
[[File:Local13a.jpg|thumb|right|Season 4 cast]]
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*Isaac Bean - He wants to be an emergency room doctor when he grows up so he can fix people. He is currently in the middle of writing a book called "Cliff Mountain." His Favorite subjects are Spanish, Math, and Science. He can speak Spanish, German, and sign language. He loves to design web sites.
*Isaac Bean - He wants to be an emergency room doctor when he grows up so he can fix people. He is currently in the middle of writing a book called "Cliff Mountain." His Favorite subjects are Spanish, Math, and Science. He can speak Spanish, German, and sign language. He loves to design web sites.
*Talia Patapoutian - Her talents include acting, singing, writing stories, solving math problems, and making up different hairstyles. Talia thinks she'd make a good entrepreneur and wants to make a perfume that will be able to determine your mood, and then make you happy again if you're sad.
*Talia Patapoutian - Her talents include acting, singing, writing stories, solving math problems, and making up different hairstyles. Talia thinks she'd make a good entrepreneur and wants to make a perfume that will be able to determine your mood, and then make you happy again if you're sad.

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Show Main Title (kids are not included)
GenreChild's Game show
Created byKate Taylor
Developed byWGBH
Written byGlen Berger
Jim Conroy
Directed byClifford Saito
Adam Dalley
Joe Truesdell
Peter Lyons
Wayne Simpson
Dean Raymond Robert V. Lange
Chris Whitbeck
StarringJim Conroy
Noah Ellis
Taylor Garrson
Khalil Mathews
Brian McGoff
Julia Garcia
Anna Sheridan
Madison Bader ("Madi")
William Erickson ("Willie")
Bridget O'Sullivan[1]
Rosario Michales
Michael O'Donnell ("Mike")
Nina Wadekar
Demetrius John ("DJ")
Harsha Amaravadi
Jay Brosnan
Samuel Blumenfeld ("Sam")
Noel
Samantha Schmitt ("Sammy")
Isaac Bean
Talia Patapoutian
Sterling Singletary
Liza Giangrande
Brian Conry
Bethany Owens
Voices ofJim Conroy
Theme music composerTerry Tompkins, Rocco Gagliese, Steve D'Angelo for Eggplant LLC
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes80 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerKate Taylor
ProducersPaul Serafini
Marcy Gunther
Eric Handler
Production locationsBoston, Massachusetts
EditorsArnie Harchik
Jessica Rueter Andrews
Lisa Wolf
Kathyrn Farrelly
Alan Grazioso
Jennifer Lorenz
Joe Headrick
Arnie Harchik
John Warren
Mark Geffen
Maureen Barillaro
Karen Silverstein
Camera setupMark C. Helton
Dan Lang
Stephen McCarthy
Multi-camera (For Studio Segaments)
Running time30 minutes
Production companyWGBH-TV
Original release
NetworkPBS Kids
ReleaseMay 29, 2006 (2006-05-29) –
present

FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman is a children's television series on PBS during the PBS Kids GO! block of educational programming. It is a game show/reality show parody that is hosted by an animated anthropomorphic dog who dispenses challenges to the show's real-life contestants. Premiering on May 29, 2006, the show has since completed four seasons, with a fifth season coming in 2010 and a 6th season in 2011. In June 2008, the series received its first Emmy for Best Original Song for its theme.

Production

Fetch is produced at WGBH Studios in Boston. The challenges are filmed mostly in Boston and various other parts of the USA, depending on the challenges. Seasons are filmed about a year before they air. Season four began this show in High Definition (HD) in 2009. Production for season 5 is in post production at this time. Ruff's lines are the only lines that are scripted out, though depending on the situation he will sometimes ad-lib an answer to a question from a FETCHer. Auditions for season 6 of FETCH took place on January 9 & 10, 2010 and filming will start mid 2010.[2] The studio segments are shot with Jim Conroy talking into a camera with the contestants.[3] The animated parts are done by Global Mechanic.

Cast and crew

With the exception of Blossom and Chet, who don't speak, all character voices are provided by Jim Conroy. The contestants are not professional actors. They range in age from 10 to 14 (season 1 to 5) and 9 to 13 (Season 6 to Current).

Synopsis

FETCH! is a reality-based game show where young contestants take on various challenges to gain points. During these challenges, the contestants must complete a variety of tasks assigned to them ahead of time (and on the fly) by Ruff and surrogates, depending on the situation. There is also an educational component, as contestants often must learn something (i.e. Astronomy, Carpentry, Food Science, Biology, etc) in order to complete the task.

Not all contestants leave the studio each episode to complete tasks. As determined usually by the Fetch 3000, the contestants who remain behind in the studio participate in the "Half-Time Quiz Show", in which Ruff asks them questions based on the activities of the contestants out on challenges (see below). Once the contestants complete the activities in the field to the best of their abilities, they return to the studio and Ruff tallies their points. A prize is awarded to the contestant with the most points. At the end of the season, a final point tally is conducted, with the winner of the tally being declared winner of that season and wins the "Grand Prize".

Prizes are not always desirable, and sometimes the prize holder winds up with a "booby prize"; for example, in Good Dancing and Bad Teeth, Anna and Brian had to dance a waltz in the studio. During the first season the contestant had the choice of keeping the prize, or giving it to a fellow contestant. From Season 2 onward, there are two unknown prizes from which the winner chooses one. Usually, the chosen prize is "mailed" to the mailbox in Studio G, although occasionally large prizes are hidden elsewhere on the set. In one season two episode Rosario gave his prize to Nina., and in a season 4 episode, Sterling returned his prize to the mailbox.

Points

Out on challenges, contestants have the potential to earn up to 100 points. The contestants in the studio have a chance to win a maximum of 50 points in the Half-Time Quiz Show in which they have to answer 10 questions about events during the challenges. Each question is worth 5 points. They have a total of 60 seconds (for Season 1 and 2 it was 90 seconds but it usually varies by wide amounts of time) to answer all the questions. They can pass on the question and return to it if time permits. Usually, there is also a Fetch Fairness Guarantee, which states that every contestant will have had an equal number of challenges (usually 13) and quiz shows (usually 6) before the final episode. Additionally, there are between 5 and 10 "Bone-us" points (sometimes 15 or 20 points) available for one or two (sometimes even four)stand-out contestants. On rare occasions, such as an episode with a colonial theme, there is the possibility to earn more than 100 points (outside of any bonuses). In Season 4, contestants are able to have 1/2 points (i.e. 215 1/2 points)

Characters

Episodes

As of April 10, 2010, 80 episodes have aired over 4 seasons.

Season Episodes Season premiere Season finale Year filmed Winner Season DVD
1 20 May 29, 2006 June 29, 2006 2005 Anna TBA
2 20 May 28, 2007 June 28, 2007 2006 Mike TBA
3 20 September 29, 2008 October 30, 2008 2007 Jay TBA
4 20 September 14, 2009 October 15, 2009[4] 2008 Liza TBA
5 20 October 4, 2010[5] 2010 2009 TBA TBA

New episodes

New episodes air Mondays through Thursdays, but specific air times vary for each individual PBS station. Monday's episode is usually repeated on Friday, unless another program has been scheduled for Friday. In some markets, the show airs on weekends.

Auditions

To try out for FETCH!, potential contestants are required to be between the ages of 9 and 13 and be able to live in the greater Boston area over the summer, during school vacations, and a few weekends during the school year. FETCHers must be able to be filmed without missing school. Auditions usually take place in early January in Boston. Maura Tighe Casting handles this process. Auditions are finished for the 2010 shooting season and will be announced again when the next season is revealed.

Funding

In seasons 1-3, Ruff would announce the funding through the FETCH 3000. In season 4 and onward, he would do it on a projector.

References

  1. ^ Pamela H. Sacks (May 22, 2007). "Dogged pursuit - Grafton girl's persistence pays off with role on WGBH's "Fetch!"". telegram.com. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  2. ^ http://www.mauratighe.com/fetch2010/fetch_casting.html
  3. ^ http://www.newenglandfilm.com/magazine/2009/10/ruff
  4. ^ "Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman: Ruff Pigs Out and Has a Whale of a Time". Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman TV show episode list. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
  5. ^ http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2009/07/disney-animal-kingdom-fetch-pbs-reality-show-ruff-ruffman.html
  6. ^ fetch website

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This is a list of characters that are featured in the television series FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman.

Animated characters

In (Season 1-3) Windup cats join Ruff in the opening. At the end Ruff says wait stop somebody wanna tell me why we got cats singing.

In (Season 4-present) Blossom and Chet (in an airplane) joined Ruff in the opening. At the end, Chet crashes his airplane, which prompts Ruff to say a phrase that differs from episode to episode (e.g. "Now I bet Arthur doesn't have to deal with stuff like this"), (e.g. "Blossom, do you want to remind me why I hired Chet?"), and (e.g. Blossom, do you think my insurance will pay for that?").

Main characters

thumb|upright|Ruff Ruffman

  • Ruff Ruffman (voiced by Jim Conroy) is the host of the show. He doesn't like cats, or at least thinks that dogs are superior to them in most ways. He has a crush on Charlene. Ruff grouses about his contract to produce a reality TV program, and the stresses of running one. He loves all food, American-Chinese take-out in particular. His physical appearance features "eyebrows that hover mysteriously above his head". Ruff has many relatives and ancestors, all with a similar physical appearance to him, and he has five other brothers and sisters besides Scruff and Roxy. According to the episode Ruff Bounces Back, Ruff is a mutt and is proud of it. At the end of season 4, Ruff mentions about his mom and dad, stating that they had vanished when he was a pup, but Jerry the parrot explains that they're still alive, implying that that will be the storyline for season 5.

thumb|right|Blossom

  • Blossom, whose full name is Princess Blossom Pepperdoodle Von Yum Yum is a cat and was Ruff's intern for Season 2. She is usually simply called "Blossom". Quite serious, she is usually seen taking notes on her laptop. She has never spoken, but only makes strange squeaking sounds to get Ruff's attention. She was promoted to supervisor in Season 3. Ruff didn't enjoy Blossom's company at first, but eventually forms a close bond with her. Despite all of the hijinks that Ruff puts her through, she continues to be loyal to Ruff and the show, particularly when she decided to 'work' for Harriet Hackensack so she could find out the reason for her misocyny (hatred for dogs). In "Don't like Fencing? Try Fencing!", Blossom is shown watching Design Squad (and also shows that she is a fan of Nate from the show).

thumb|right|Grandma Ruffman

  • Grandma Ruffman, also voiced by Conroy, is Ruff Ruffman's stubborn grandmother who appeared in eleven episodes so far: Grandma Ruffman's Recipe for Success, The Small Fork Is For Dessert (Unless You're a Dolphin), Tape Loops and Loop-the-Loops, There's Food Safety and Then There's Food Safety, Socket to Me, The People vs. Grandma Ruffman, the FETCH! with Scruff Ruffman Finale, Season Four is Cancelled, Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? It's... Ruffmanman!, Ruff Needs His Herring Checked, Gearing Up for Getting Ruff's Goat, and How to Really Train Your Dog. Like Ruff, she is also pretentious, and animated in Macromedia Flash. As a writer, she attempted to market her products on her grandson's show, and as a grandmother, she constantly fusses about insignificant things, such as Ruff's manners and other FETCHers staying behind in the studio. However, she cares for Ruff, going as far as to retrieve the stolen Fetch 3000 Scruff stole in the premiere of Season 4.
  • Henry is Ruff's boss. He is only mentioned when Ruff receives phone calls on the "Henry Hotline". Henry provides Ruff with the show's budget and oversees Ruff's spending. He also sent the intern Blossom, his niece's cat, to learn about producing for Season 2. In Season 3 onward, Henry is mentioned less and less, probably because Blossom is now head of the network. It is possible that "Henry" is a reference to Henry Becton, Jr., the former President of WGBH, and currently Vice Chair of the WGBH Board of Trustees.[1]
  • Murray is one of Ruff's cousins. He runs the behind-the-scenes technical work, and is constantly blamed for minor problems regarding the show. Unlike the other animated animals, Murray is portrayed by a real basset hound, and sometimes appears in the kids' challenges. Like Ruff, he seems to enjoy being fussed over by the FETCHers. On the first episode of Season 4, Murray quits because he stole a valuable sled from Mrs. Hackensack and replaced himself with Tank.
  • Chet, a mouse, is Ruff's new intern. He first appears in When Home is a House of Cards in Season 3 while Ruff is looking for a new intern after Blossom gets promoted. He also doesn't speak and he doesn't seem to have any eyes or limbs either (this was mentioned by Ruff in some episodes) and his general body appearance resembles a computer mouse. He is capable of doing feats that one would normally consider impossible, such as completing an obstacle course in seconds and building a jet engine that runs solely on milkshakes. Like Blossom, Ruff didn't like Chet at first, but was friends with him eventually. Chet's major flaw is taking things the wrong way, some of them indirectly causing challenges for the FETCHers (one example is when Ruff said to "Blow it up", when he was talking about an image for the projector, Chet thought he meant to literally blow it up. Another example is when Ruff asked Chet to "give [him] the keys. Great," he literally throws the key to the grate. Another example is when Ruff tells Chet to "Burn it," referring to trashing his wet kibble, Chet puts it in a building on fire)
  • Tank is Ruff's new technical worker, replacing Murray after he quits. He is a real bulldog who wears a FETCH! shirt and sometimes radio earmuffs. Though it doesn't seem like it at first, Tank has proven to be a reliable worker; Ruff says that he has Tank because "he's a bruiser (hard worker), and looks good in a FETCH! shirt". A running gag is whenever Ruff calls on Tank, he usually just smiles and pants at the camera, while Ruff replies "Hello? Anyone home in there?".

Supporting characters

  • Charlene is Ruff's unrequited love interest. She is a poodle who is only seen in a heart-shaped picture that Ruff periodically pulls out, as well as a newspaper in Season 4's first episode.
  • Scruff Ruffman is Ruff's identical (but evil) twin brother. He steals artwork in the episode Scruff Ruffman At Large!, leading to one of the episode's challenges. He also stole the Grand Prize in Season 2, which was recovered by Blossom, and is an expert trapeze artist. He appears twice in Season 3, first in The Ol' Switcheroo, where he is in Ruff's basement, and then in the Finale, where he becomes a host along with Ruff. At the end of the episode, Scruff ends up stealing all of Ruff's stuff and selling it on the internet so that he could pay for luge lessons to remove a curse from the Ruffman ancestry. Season 4's first episode also showed a possible reason for Scruff's criminal antics: to "win glory for the Ruffmans" his way. It is also revealed in that same episode that he cares for his brother, seeing that he had kept photos of him and Ruff taped amongst the prison cell walls. Also, he and Ruff both team up to finish the World Luge Championship which—despite both ending in last place—made them famous for being the first all canine luge team (helping lift the 1000 year sled curse on the Ruffmans and helped Harriet Hackensack like dogs once more). Despite that fame, he was soon sent back to Poodle Island Prison, sending a video to Ruff requesting to send him the Helmet of Victory in "How to Really Train your Dog."
  • Ruffael Ruffmanowitz is Ruff's great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather. He was only seen in photographs in a Season 1 episode, The Mystery of the Missing Thing in the Haunted Castle, and is said to be the dog of inventor John Hays Hammond, Jr.. He looks like Ruff, except with hair and a mustache like Albert Einstein's . He also invented the FETCH 100, a primitive version of the FETCH 3000, which unfortunately calculated that 3 plus 3 is 24. The FETCH 100 is a possible reference to Colossus, the first "true" computer ever made.
  • Great Uncle McRuffmantosh is Ruff's great uncle who has a beard and speaks with an exaggerated Scottish accent. He has appeared in the episodes The Mystery of DogTopia and Catlantis, The DogVinci Code, Arrgh - All Me Eggs Are Cracked!, and Season Four is Cancelled. He is usually worried about the FETCHers going on potentially dangerous missions and is a believer in legends, monsters, and curses. In the episodes, he usually finds clues for treasure related challenges. His name is a possible pun on the Macintosh computers. At the end of the second episode of Season 4 Uncle McRuffmantosh is on the hunt for the Helmet of Victory. He knows a lot about different legends (ranging from Dogtopia/Catlantis, Blackmuzzle's treasure, and Dogvinci's sketchbook), but ironically has a memory problem (stated in "How to Train Your Dog").
  • Spot Spotnik is Ruff's rival. He is tan colored with brown spots in appearance and is mentioned in Send in the Clowns, when the kids build a water balloon launcher to get back at him, in You Lucky Dog when Ruff challenges him to a race, in How to Get Dogs and Doggerel in Better Shape when he tries to win Charlene's love, and in Just Call Him "Spot" when he tricks Ruff into drawing spots on himself with permanent marker. Season 4's first episode showed a picture of Spot, showing him with a much better physical appearance than Ruff. His name is a possible pun on Sputnik. Also in that same episode, Spot sent Ruff a phony fax that told Ruff he was fired so he can wear Ruff's pants and be Charlene's date at the Poodle Ball. However, Ruff's pants had a self-destruct system which left Spot completely humiliated and in front of Charlene to boot, giving Ruff a measure of revenge from Spot's dirty tricks.
  • Helga is Ruff's cousin, a fashion designer from Europe. She is shown in the Season 2 episode Take Me Out to the Fashion Show. In that episode, she tells Ruff that if he can get a good enough fashion, she'll let him visit her. She, at first, is mad with his choice of clothes, until the end of the episode (when Ruff's outfit is based on the trash he was supposed to throw away). She appears again in "How to Train Your Dog" in a video, asking Ruff to give her the Helmet of Victory (stating that her birthday was before Grandma Ruffman's and Ruff had to make it up to her)
  • Glen (aka Glendalf) is Ruff and Scruff's nephew. He wears dental braces and is obsessed with magic and fantasy, and makes his first appearance in the Season 3 episode Dog of the Rings to sends the FETCHers to Wing's Castle portrayed as LARPers. He also briefly appears in the beginning of the Season 3 Finale, changing all of the passwords of the Fetch 3000 so that Scruff can run the show instead of Ruff (however, he says he wouldn't have done it if Scruff hadn't "promised him the Scepter of Wogganot", which was nothing more than a toilet brush). He also briefly appeared again in Season 4's first episode telling his uncle to luge. Due to his braces, it is hard to understand what he's saying (An example being what Ruff heard as "Ring Goblet" was Glen actually saying "Wing Goblet"). In Episode #413, Glen adopted a superhero identity after reading comic books and redubbed himself "Ultra-Glen". He also appears in Episode #419, asking Ruff to give him the Helmet of Victory so that he could 'no longer be a looger (loser)" .It is possible that Glen's name is a reference to Glen Berger, the program's head writer.
  • Jerry Geranium is Grandma Ruffman's pet parrot who Ruff sometimes parrotsits. He is a master at checkers, with his catchphrase being "Squawk! King me, booby!" He also often mocks Ruff of his situations. However, in the season 4 finale, he explains to Ruff that his parents are alive (Ruff mentioned to Blossom that they vanished when he was a pup).
  • Rüf Rüfman is Ruff's Swedish rock star/environmentalist cousin. He speaks with a Swedish accent and sometimes uses Swedish phrases or sayings. He is seen in Episode #407, when he has a concert booked in South Carolina, but he needs a "green" place to stay, so the Fetchers go build him one, while the others are learning how to play rock.
  • Bluff is another of Ruff's cousins. He talks in gangster lingo and wears sunglasses and a gold necklace. According to Ruff's Voicemail, Bluff likes to play Crazy 8's with his friends. His only appearance so far is in When Home is a House of Cards in Season 3. He is seen at the end of "How to Really Train Your Dog", stating that he's selling front row tickets for the family to see the finale (despite Helga mentioning that it was on Television, so he couldn't sell tickets).
  • Blackmuzzle is the most feared dog pirate of the seven seas. He appeared at the end of Arrgh - All Me Eggs Are Cracked! for pledging the show with his own loot. Strangely, he's a ghost but is animated as if he was still alive. He appeared in the middle of Season 4's first episode to attack Ruff's doghouse boat because he was bored and Ruff refused to give him Jerry. He told Ruff that he recently acquired the internet so that he doesn't have to be shoutin' from his ship; in response Ruff told him to visit his website, which he does so, allowing Ruff, Blossom, and Chet to lose him.
  • Roxy Ruffman is Ruff's sister. She is mentioned in Feeling Sheepish Ruff? where she has Ruff babysit her sheep.
  • Ms. Taylor is Ruff's owner. She never appears on the show, but can be heard occasionally calling Ruff to dinner.
  • Mrs. Harriet Hackensack is the new owner of Ruff's network company which she has recently bought at the start of Season 4. She dislikes Murray for stealing her valuable sled Rosebud.
  • Fleape is a mysterious voice who talked in Ruff's ear with a sultry Latin voice in "Ruff Needs His Herring Checked", giving him advice on wooing Charlene. At first, Ruff thought that maybe he was the only one who could hear the voice because of his sensitive dog hearing, but when he could still hear the voice after using a noise-cancellation box, he began to think he was losing his mind. The voice actually turned out to be a flea who had taken up residence in Ruff's ear.
  • Le Purr first surfaced in "Laser/Candid Camera." As Scruff is Ruff's evil twin, Le Purr is Blossom's evil twin (her real name being Duchess Petunia Cupcake Von Yum Yum). The name is pronounced with a slight roll of the "r"s at the end. Le Purr is a master of disguise (as seen in the photo album Blossom keeps in her desk), loves flowers and disco music, and regularly steals flowers that are being delivered and replaces them with CDs of annoying disco music. Her lair is protected by a disco ball which refracts lasers. The difference between identifying Blossom and Petunia is by their glasses (Petunia wears pink cat's eye glasses while Blossom wears round lenses)

Animated settings or things

  • The FETCH 3000 is Ruff's personal supercomputer that aids him in running the show. It is occasionally subject to breakdowns and malfunctions in the earlier seasons, but they become less frequent in the later seasons. It can transform into a multitude of machines, shrink into a small cube when not in use, and is semi-sentient, capable of acting on its own.
  • Ruff's doghouse, while not a character, should be noted in that its actual size is debatable. The first episode of Season 1 has Ruff say that his doghouse is about 6 feet, but later episodes have Ruff's doghouse the size of a truck at the least, especially in Season 4, when the modified doghouse boat is compared to Blackmuzzle's ship.

Contestants

Season 1

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  • Noah Ellis - He is full of surprises. He can do stunts on dirt bikes; and he wants to be a forest ranger.
  • Taylor Garrson - Taylor appeared previously on ZOOM. She has a sense of humor, an interest in predicting the future, and a knack for getting caught up in some outrageous situations.
  • Khalil Mathews - Khalil is the youngest FETCHer. He enjoys exotic foods and admires Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey. Still, Khalil definitely knows how to have fun.
  • Brian McGoff - He is addicted to sports almost as much as he's as hot chocolate. Brian is passionate about lots of things: rock music, ice hockey, water balloon fights, and his dad's pancakes. He's less enthusiastic about dental visits and math tests.
  • Julia Garcia - She is one of the tallest of FETCHer of them all. She can play hockey and likes to dance.
  • Anna Sheridan - She is the oldest FETCHer. Anna brings maturity and some amazing advanced math skills to the group. She can also speak Spanish. Also, she a real animal lover. She won for season 1.

Season 2

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  • Madison Bader ("Madi") - Her talents are dog-walking, and she also thinks she has "mad dance skills.
  • William Erickson ("Willie") - He loves the water especially while doing all types of water sports. He loves taking things apart to see how they work. He won for season 2.
  • Bridget O'Sullivan - she's an expert hula-hooper, skateboarder, rollerblader, and swimmer, but she's never tried a unicycle. Bridget is an athlete and, more importantly, is good at impressions.
  • Rosario Michales - His nickname is Rizo, because people in his school used to think his name was Rizorio. Rosario loves to sing like Frank Sinatra.
  • Michael O'Donnell ("Mike") - Mike loves playing football, and likes being on defense a little bit more than being on offense. Mike also thinks it would be embarrassing if he went to school and forgot his pants.
  • Nina Wadekar - She describes herself as an athlete, kind of, and also says she can do a handstand, kind of. She wants to be a lawyer because she's good in an argument, and she loves to play the violin. Nina considers herself an "amazing" cook, and brownies are her specialty.

Season 3

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  • Demetrius John ("DJ") - His teachers call him Demetrius, but his peers call him DJ. DJ loves rap music, and he and his entire family enjoys singing. He can also bend his thumb so it touches the back of his hand. He won for season 3.
  • Harsha Amaravadi - Harsha loves to argue and thinks she'd make a pretty good defense lawyer. She likes to tap things when she gets nervous.
  • Jay Brosnan - He is an awesome lacrosse player, and loves to play the bass guitar with his older brother. If he were a superhero, his name would be Psyshock.
  • Samuel Blumenfeld ("Sam") - He likes Playing drums, hip-hop dancing, and basketball. Sam loves to produce and edit wacky movies with his friends and post them online.
  • Noel Um - She likes being a cheerleader, writing stories, and lip-synching to the radio. Noël also enjoys stretching, but when people see her stretch they sometimes think it's grotesque. She hopes to one day hold the world record for being the most flexible person in the world.
  • Samantha Boucher ("Sammy") - She likes Cheerleading, volleyball, dancing, acting, and singing. People call her Sammy the Spiller because she spills everything in sight.

Season 4

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  • Isaac Bean - He wants to be an emergency room doctor when he grows up so he can fix people. He is currently in the middle of writing a book called "Cliff Mountain." His Favorite subjects are Spanish, Math, and Science. He can speak Spanish, German, and sign language. He loves to design web sites.
  • Talia Patapoutian - Her talents include acting, singing, writing stories, solving math problems, and making up different hairstyles. Talia thinks she'd make a good entrepreneur and wants to make a perfume that will be able to determine your mood, and then make you happy again if you're sad.
  • Sterling Singletary - he is one flexible kid! Sterling can put his legs behind his head, raise his eyebrows individually, and fold his tongue in the front and both sides. His favorite subjects are Gym and Reading.
  • Liza Giangrande - Her hobbies include playing basketball and soccer, acting, singing, and watching old musicals. Her Favorite subjects are Social Studies and Science. She won for season 4.
  • Brian Conry - He likes playing video games, foursquare, and "any kind of hockey. If he were a superhero, his name would be "Super Brian."
  • Bethany Owens - She can speak some Spanish and is fluent in Pig Latin. Her other talents include hula hooping, rollerblading, and baiting a fish with a live worm. She also loves singing. She would like to be a doctor when she grows up. Her nickname is Bitty because she is short.

Season 5

Season 6

References