Fillmore!
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| Fillmore! | |
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 Title card of show. |
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| Format | Children's series |
| Created by | Scott Gimple |
| Starring | Orlando Brown Tara Strong Horatio Sanz Lauren Tom Danny Tamberelli Kyle Sullivan Wendie Malick Jeff Probst |
| Narrated by | Don Lafontaine (after commercials) |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 26 (Episode List) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes approximately |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | September 14, 2002 – January 23, 2004 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Fillmore! is an American animated television series which was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The show was created by Scott Gimple.
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[edit] Premise
Cornelius Fillmore (voiced by Orlando Brown) is a reformed juvenile delinquent and the show is based around him and his partner Ingrid Third (voiced by Tara Strong). As part of the Safety Patrol at X Middle School, Fillmore and Third solve crimes. X's safety patrol is much more actively involved in student behavior than a typical school's safety patrol. The role students play in solving crimes makes the safety patrol similar to a children's CSI. The series usually presents child-friendly versions of common crimes, such as stolen scooters instead of cars, smuggling tartar sauce instead of drug smuggling, and holding illegal frog races instead of illegal street races.
[edit] The school
X Middle School is much larger than an ordinary American middle school. Among the school's many departments, clubs and rooms are:
- Safety patrol headquarters with a holding room, interrogation room and Glee Club Annex
- Metal and glass blowing shop
- Dark room
- Swimming pool
- Storage room for broken furniture and ripped posters
- Cafetorium
- Library
- Greenhouse
- Croquet fields
- Sandwich club
- Docks
- Paddle Boat club
- A/V Room
- Handball courts
- Unicycle club
- Tetherball courts
- Badminton courts
- Bocce fields
- Apple orchard
[edit] Production
The show was created by Scott Gimple and premiered on the ABC Kids block on ABC on September 14, 2002.
The theme music for the show was written and performed by filk band Ookla the Mok and appears on their album Super Secret as the intro to the song "Das Über Tüber, or the Mystery of Mr. P." The announcer of the series is longtime voiceover actor Don Lafontaine.
The last new episode aired on January 23, 2004, but the series continued to air on the American television lineup ABC Kids and the Canadian Family Channel. The show has also aired on Toon Disney and internationally on multiple versions of Disney Channel. It has aired on the Arabic version of Disney Channel and is currently airing on MBC 3 as part of its morning Disney On 3 slot. It currently airs on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom on weekdays at 9:35pm GMT.
[edit] Characters
- Cornelius Fillmore
Voiced by Orlando Brown, is in the seventh grade at X Middle School, where he is a member of the Safety Patrol. Fillmore was a juvenile delinquent, doing crimes such as stealing other peoples' lunch money. Fillmore's life changed when Safety Patrol member Wayne Liggit gave him a choice: Spend the rest of middle school in detention or help him solve another case. Fillmore was recruited into the Safety Patrol as a result of his helping out. It's revealed he's an only child, has a pet dog and is really good at mini golf.
- Ingrid Third
Voiced by Tara Strong, is Fillmore's second partner in the Safety Patrol. Before she arrives at X Middle school it was revealed she was sent to a reform school in Nepal for an incident involving a stinkbomb and a piñata. Third, another former delinquent and a certified genius (She becomes the smartest kid in X middle school) due to her photgraphic memory, arrives at X Middle School and partners with Fillmore after he helped her clear her name in "Ingrid Third, Public Enemy #1". Her father is a professor and she has an older sister. Her mother is never mentioned.
- Vallejo
Voiced by Horatio Sanz, is the junior commissioner of the Safety Patrol and Fillmore's immediate superior. Vallejo's first name is "Dutch". Vallejo has had some rough experiences in the Safety Patrol as an officer, such as losing his friend Malika when she joined the Red Robins, and unintentionally betraying his partner Frank, a profiler, after a case went wrong.
- Karen Tehama
Voiced by Lauren Tom, is the crime scene investigator on the Safety Patrol who has a keen interest in forensics. Although she appears in almost every episode, she is more of a background character.
- Joseph Anza
Voiced by Danny Tamberelli, partnered with Karen Tehama and known for his bodyguarding training. Although he appears in almost every episode, he (like Tehama) is more of a background character.
- Danny O'Farrell
Voiced by Kyle Sullivan, is the crime scene photographer for the Safety Patrol. He has a tendency to get on other people's nerves and has some weird thoughts and ideas such as trying to photograph his own buttock. O'Farrell serves as the primary source of comic relief on the show.
- Dawn S. Folsom
Voiced by Wendie Malick, the principal of X Middle School. Tough on the outside with looks that can stop any student in its tracks, she runs her school with a strong presence - but she does it for pride and honor. She does have a kind heart on the inside and does much for her students and staff, sometimes anonymously.
- Raycliff
Voiced by Jeff Probst, the school's vice-principal and Folsom's right-hand man. He doesn't really say much, but can be counted on to spout out school facts, figures and catchy metaphors at the drop of a hat. It's possible that he attended school with Folsom, according to an old school album. It's revealed he had sea-sickness in one episode.
[edit] Episodes
| Season | Ep # | First Airdate | Last Airdate |
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| Season 1 | 13 | September 14, 2002 | May 17, 2003 |
| Season 2 | 13 | September 20, 2003 | January 23, 2004 |
[edit] Trivia
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- Most of the executive producers for Fillmore! worked on American Dragon: Jake Long. Fillmore! creator Scott Gimple wrote the episode "Halloween Bash", in which Ingrid Third can be seen at Jake's Halloween party. Also, the voice of Principal Folsom (Wendie Malick), voiced Jake's aunt in American Dragon. Additionally, Jake's school is Millard Fillmore Middle School.
- In an episode of Fillmore! you can see Kim Possible from Kim Possible and Spinelli from Recess.
- A common running gag in the show is that Principal Folsom, frustrated with the perceived failings of the Safety Patrol (usually regarding a particular case), will threaten to turn the Safety Patrol headquarters into something for her personal use. In "This Saviour, A Snitch", Vallejo states that Principal Folsom is threatening to turn the headquarters into a mineral spa. In another episode, Vallejo says Folsom is about to turn the headquarters into her own personal meat locker, Raycliff, measuring tape in hand, says, "Don't think she's joking!"
