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Teacher's Pet

Teacher's Pet

Be careful what you wish for.

20046.11h 14m

Overview

Meet Spot, a clever little dog with big dreams of becoming a real boy. When Spot finds out that a crazy scientist can make his wish come true, he takes a cross-country trek with Leonard, his best friend and master, and their mom. However, Dr. Krank's experiments are a little less than perfect, and it will take Leonard and his pet pals to right this genetic wrong.

Directed by Timothy Bjorklund
Written by Bill Steinkellner, Cherie Steinkellner
Produced by Stephen Swofford
Box OfficeBudget: $10.0MRevenue: $6.5M

Top Cast

Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane

Spot Helperman / Scott Leadready II / Scott Manly-Manning (voice)

Kelsey Grammer

Kelsey Grammer

Dr. Ivan Krank (voice)

Shaun Fleming

Shaun Fleming

Leonard Amadeus Helperman (voice)

Debra Jo Rupp

Debra Jo Rupp

Mrs. Mary Lou Moira Angela Darling Helperman (voice)

David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers

Mr. Jolly (voice)

Jerry Stiller

Jerry Stiller

Pretty Boy (voice)

Paul Reubens

Paul Reubens

Dennis (voice)

Megan Mullally

Megan Mullally

Adele (voice)

Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn

Principal Crosby Strickler (voice)

Rob Paulsen

Rob Paulsen

Ian Wazselewski (voice)

Themes & Keywords

musicalmad scientistsummer vacationbreedingbased on tv seriesdog human team

About Teacher's Pet

Teacher's Pet is a animation, family, music, comedy, drama film released in 2004 exploring themes of musical, mad scientist, summer vacation, breeding, based on tv series, dog human team. Directed by Timothy Bjorklund, it stars Nathan Lane, Kelsey Grammer, Shaun Fleming. Meet Spot, a clever little dog with big dreams of becoming a real boy. When Spot finds out that a crazy scientist can make his wish come true, he takes a cross-country trek with Leonard, his best friend and master, and their mom. However, Dr. Krank's experiments are a little less than perfect, and it will take Leonard and his pet pals to right this genetic wrong.

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