The Adventures of Spot ( TV Series 1987 )





 

Plot



Spot the Dog is a series of children's books by Eric Hill, which were later made into a popular children's animation series, known as Spot, for BBC television by David McKee's King Rollo Films.

 

First published in 1980, Where's Spot was inspired by the reaction of Eric's two-year-old son to an advert in which lifting the flap revealed a funny picture and to a bedtime story made up to go along with it. It became tremendously successful and a series of further books featuring the character was commissioned.

Later, an animated version was produced, along with translations into more than 60 languages. The character has also starred in interactive CD-ROMs, as well as appearing in-person at events throughout the world.



 

Characters



Spot: The star of the series. A yellow puppy with a brown spot on each side of his body and a brown tip on his tail, Spot is full of wonder and mischief, as well as helpfulness. Given his small, rounded ears, short tail, short, stout legs, and plump body, Spot is a beagle puppy.

 

Family

Sally: Spot's mother. She, too, is yellow and has a brown spot on her back that goes around the back of her body, as well as two brown spots on each side of her body and a brown tip on her tail. Much of the first story, Where's Spot, involves her going around the house looking for Spot.
Sam: Spot's father, who is a very large and massive dog. He is also yellow, but has no spots on his body whatsoever, and he does not have a brown tip on his tail. He works at a farm.

Susie: Spot's little sister. Like the rest of the family, she is yellow, and has a brown spot that goes around her back of her body, but does not have a brown tip on her tail. Susie has yet to make an appearance on the TV series.

Grandpa: Spot's Grandpa and Sally's father. He is yellow as well. He has fuzzy fur, but no spots on his body. He does not have a brown tip on his tail. He's nearsighted, and in his day was the chief fireman.

Grandma: Spot's Grandma and Sally's mother. She, like everyone else in the family, is yellow and like Grandpa, has fuzzy fur. She has two brown spots on her back that go around the back of her body, as well as smaller brown spots on each side of her body (there were 6 spots on her body in "Spot and his Grandparents Go to the Carnival", but somehow it was reduced to 5 in "Spot's Musical Adventures: Spot helps Grandma"). She does not have a brown tip on her tail. She is usually seen wearing glasses.

Friends in the neighbourhood:
Helen: A blue hippopotamus. She is the biggest sized and the heaviest in the group. Her mother is a tuba player for the town band. Her color is dark blue and she has sags under her eyes in the first season of the TV series, but turned light blue and the sags under her eyes are gone as of Season 2 of the TV show (this is possibly to make her less intimidating).

Steve: A brown monkey with a tan face. As befits his species, he is playful and full of surprises. Like many of the characters, his color turns brighter in Season 2.

Tom: A green crocodile. He started out dark green in color in the first season. He also sports rather sharp-looking incisors and a red coloring inside his mouth on the first season. By the second season of the television series, he loses the sharp incisors, red color, and the white eye sacs and turns to a lighter shade of green leaving him looking younger and less intimidating. He loves going fishing. Tom loves the Snare Drum, considered to be his Favorite instrument. His dad is the Mayor of the Town.

Clare: A green turtle. Like Tom, her shade of green turns brighter in Season 2 compared to Season 1.

Sidney: A yellowish-green snake. Unusually, he is a good snake in contrast to most snakes in fiction. Like the others, his color turns brighter in the second season.

Miss Bear: Spot's school teacher. True to her name, she is a brown bear who plays the piano. Like the others, her color turns brighter in the second season.

Betsy: A bear.

Tina: An elephant.

Cybil: An orange cat. Was very rude towards Spot in "Spot's Lost Bone" and scared Spot in "Spot's First Walk". Only appears in Season 1.

Ginger: Another cat, very polite.

Billy: A bear who loves to eat. Appears in Season 1.

Mr. Kangaroo: A kangaroo that speaks with what sounds like a New Zealand accent. Spot's neighbor. Only appears in Season 1.

Percy & Polly: A pair of penguins seen in "Spot's Birthday Party".

Leo: A lion seen in season 1.





 

Episode Guide

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Spot's Surprise Parcel
Spot's Lost Bone
Spot's First Walk
Spot in the Woods
Spot's Birthday Party
Where's Spot?
Sweet Dreams, Spot
Spot Goes to School
Spot Goes To The Circus
Spot Follows His Nose
Spot Goes Splash
Spot's Windy Day
Spot Goes on Holiday