''Fat Dog Mendoza'' is a children's animated series produced by Sunbow Entertainment,

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and TMO-Loonland loosely based on a Dark Horse one-off comic book of the same name. It is the first

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co-production and originally premiered on

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on February 28, 2000.

Premise

The show centers a smart-mouthed dog who is incredibly obese, so much to the point that he is ball-shaped with small, stubby legs. Other characters include Little Costumed Buddy, Piranha Mae, and Onion Boy. The group try to fight crime in the fictional neighbourhood "Neighbourhood X" and they try to find for justice but often fail humorously.

Main characters

* Fat Dog Mendoza (Voiced by

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) – The main protagonist. He is a massively obese dog who is smart, and willing to solve problems with Buddy. * Little Costumed Buddy (voiced by

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) – Fat Dog's best friend who is a young boy. He loves pretending to be a hero but would wish to be a real one someday. In one instance when Fat Dog teaches him how to bowl, he accidentally calls him "Little Costumed Danny") * Piranha Mae (voiced by

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) – Buddy's best friend. * Cruddy McFearson (voiced by

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) – The bully to Buddy. * Onion Boy (voiced by

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) – A friend and classmate of Buddy. * Doctor Rectangle (voiced by

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) – Buddy's Dad. * Polly-Esther (voiced by

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and

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, respectively) – Buddy's Teacher and Neighbour who is double-faced. Despite having a single body, her two heads are separate in personality and opinions.

Voice cast

as Fat Dog Mendoza *

as Little Costumed Buddy/Gigantic Robot/Union Leader/Spanish Senorita/A recorded operator/Old Woman Operator/ *

as Piranha Mae/a Woman in line/On-Screen Date *

as Cruddy McFearson/Pimple faced worker/Ham Sandwich/Shephard *

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as Mom Rectangle *

as Doc Rectangle/Jimmy *

as Onion Boy/Agreeable Lad/The Elder/Architect/Turkey/Ranch Hand/Waiter/Eskimo/a Monkey/Tortilla Baby/Veterarian Doc/Yogi/Toad *

as Esther *

as Polly * Phil Hayes as Hamperman/Right Sock Puppet/Paco/The Musgrovite/The Elder/Recorded Promo Voice *

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as Old Grandpappy Buddy * Paul Dobson as Brett/Brett Sock Puppet/a Brethren/Sal Big Fish/Super Salesman *

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as Laura Sock Puppet/Brenda/Marry/A female reporter/Robot Baby/An Alien * Dale Wilson as Power Plus Man/Recorded Message voice/Gladiator Foreman/The Swoosh/Pops/a Man/The Toad *

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as Brutus/a Painter/Interpreter X/ * Don Brown as Ceasar/a Narrator/Henchman *

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as the Golden Volcano God *

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as Bus Driver/Golphing Buddy/Handyman/Old Man/Pee Wee "Chili" Bottoms/Matthews/Lab Guy * David Kaye as a Spokesperson/Matt/Big Al/A Pterodactyl/An Announcer/P.A./Stan "The Hand" Tubbs *

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as Texas Harry/Mike/Monkey/Old Monkey/Precious/Swarmy Reporter/Pilot/An Ambulance Medic/Mr. Omnipotent/a Man/Ham Man/Young Nerd *

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as Boss/Gus * Brent Miller as a Man *

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as Nelson * Chantal Strand as Uncas *

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as Curator/A Triceratops/Car Thief/a Clerk/An Alien/ * Colin Murdock as a T-Rex * John Payne as Aviminus/Buck Mulligan *

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as Cruddy McPhearson (in one episode) *

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as Professor Quadraped *

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as Mavis * Jay Brazeau as Old Man X *

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as Mrs. Big Feet *

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as Skinny Boyle Esquire *

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as Mr. Johnson * Jim Byrnes as Dan Fantastic *

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as Teen Robot Guy * Michael Dobson as a Host *

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as Dave the Dung Beetle/Carl Nussbalm/Patron Arnie/ *

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as Thelma Fine *

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as Drama Girl/an Operator/Tough Chick/a Woman *

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as Lady Liberty * Fran Dowie as The Balloonist * Don McKay as Steamed Man * Collin Murdoch as Secret Government Man *

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as Gothic Girl/Cissy Poole

Development

Development for the series began in March 1994, when Sunbow explored producing a show based on the one-shot comic. For many years, it remained on Sunbow's development slate as the studio classified it as a "Raw" property due to it only existing as a one-shot comic. In December 1997, production for the series started with the completion of the preliminary bible for the series to convert the adult nature of the comic into a kids property, and to retain the qualities of the characters. Sunbow began to ship the show off to other companies as a co-production deal, who were mainly impressed with the Little Costume Buddy character. In March 1998, Sunbow began to find a European partner for the series, which they found

as broadcaster and TMO-Loonland as co-producer. The former noticing the show could appeal to the European audience, and the latter being that their unique animation style would work for a series like Fat Dog Mendoza. By September, both companies signed in September 1998, with TMO-Loonland's signing allowing the series to fulfill European content requirements. The funding for the series was split for 50% by Sunbow, 35% by TMO-Loonland, and 10%–15% by Cartoon Network Europe. It also allowed Cartoon Network Europe to fulfill their two-production deal with Sunbow, with fellow show ''

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'' filling the other half. By 1999, the production was confirmed for an Early-2000 delivery from Cartoon Network Europe, who would hold first-run rights to the series.

List of episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Television airing

The series originally premiered on

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in February 2000, and remained on the channel until 2005 (mainly being repeated late-at-night). Channel 5 later acquired free-TV rights and began airing the show in 2001 as part of their ''The Core'' teen block, and later transitioned to ''Milkshake FM''. The show also aired on several other Cartoon Network feeds, including Cartoon Network MENA. Over the next few years, the show was pre-sold by TV-Loonland to other broadcasters and companies, like Nox Music in Russia, Retelsat in Spain, and ZigZag in Poland. In Australia, the series aired on

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. The show also re-ran on

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in a small number of countries. The series never aired in the

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Home Media

In 2000, home video distributor Maverick announced they had acquired the British home video rights to Sony Wonder's catalogue in the United Kingdom. The company released single VHS volume of the series in October 2000, containing the first three episodes in production order: "Other Side of the Moon", "Forgotten Fat Dog", and "Power Play".

References

External links

Fat Dog Mendoza at retrojunk.com
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