Fillmore!

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Fillmore!
Cornelius Fillmore and Ingrid Third
Genre	Children's series
Creator(s)	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	25 (Episode List)
Production
Running time	22 minutes approximately
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 14, 2002 – January 23, 2004
Links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Fillmore! is a Disney animated television series, created by Scott Gimple. Loosely based on popular police dramas of the 1970s, such as The Mod Squad,^{[citation needed]} Fillmore! is centered on reformed juvenile delinquent Cornelius Fillmore and his partner Ingrid Third. As part of the Safety Patrol at X Middle School, Fillmore and Third solve crimes. Fillmore! is aimed at young teenagers but attempts to appeal to viewers of all ages.^{[citation needed]} The series usually presents child-friendly versions of common crimes, such as stolen scooters instead of cars and smuggling tartar sauce.

Disney canceled Fillmore! in 2003,^{[citation needed]} but the series continued to air on the American cable television channel ABC Kids and the Canadian Family Channel.^{[citations needed]} Several episodes of the second season remained unaired in the United States until Toon Disney broadcast the series.^{[citation needed]} The Disney Channel in the United Kingdom showed the series in its entirety.^{[citation needed]}

The theme music 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.

Fillmore! is the last known television series that was produced by Walt Disney Television, without the association of Disney Channel.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Main Characters 2 Minor Characters 3 Episodes 4 Trivia 5 References to Fillmore! in American Dragon: Jake Long 6 External links

[edit] Main Characters

All of the main characters are named after real streets in San Francisco.

• Cornelius Fillmore - Fillmore is in seventh grade at X Middle School, where he is a member of the Safety Patrol. A former juvenile delinquent, 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 is voiced by Orlando Brown.

• Ingrid Third - Third is Fillmore's second partner in the Safety Patrol. Third, another former delinquent and a certified genius, arrives at X Middle School and partners with Fillmore in the first episode, "Ingrid Third, Public Enemy #1". Third has a photographic memory. Third is voiced by Tara Strong. He also makes a cameo in one episode of American Dragon.

• Vallejo - Vallejo is the junior commissioner of the Safety Patrol and Fillmore's immediate superior. His character is based on the stressed-out captain typically seen in the genre the cartoon depicts.^{[citation needed]} Vallejo's first name is never revealed; it has been spoken on several occasions, but something in the scene obscures the sound. Vallejo is voiced by Horatio Sanz.

• Karen Tehama - Tehama is the crime scene investigator on the Safety Patrol who has a keen interest in forensics. Tehama is voiced by Lauren Tom.

• Joseph Anza - Anza is partnered with Karen Tehama and is voiced by Danny Tamberelli.

• Danny O'Farrell - O'Farrell is the crime scene photographer for the Safety Patrol. He has a tendency to get on other people's nerves. O'Farrell is voiced by Kyle Sullivan.

• Wayne Liggit - Liggit is Fillmore's first partner. Liggit originally caught Fillmore and persuaded him to turn his life around. Liggit's family moved to Tennessee shortly before the series takes place, although the character does appear in two episodes: "Ingrid Third: Public Enemy #1" and "South of Friendship, North of Honor". Liggit is voiced by Lukas Behnken.

• Principal Dawn Folsom - Folsom is the image-conscious X Middle School principal. She is voiced by Wendie Malick.

• Vice Principal Donald Raycliff - Raycliff is the vice principal of X Middle School. He is voiced by Jeff Probst.

[edit] Minor Characters

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Fillmore! episodes

Season	Ep #	First Airdate	Last Airdate
Season 1	13	September 14, 2002	May 17, 2003
Season 2	12	September 20, 2003	January 23, 2004

[edit] Trivia

• The episode "To Mar A Stall", in which the officers track a graffiti vandal, is based on the Thomas Harris novel The Silence of the Lambs.^{[citation needed]}
• In an episode,^{[episode needed]} Vice-Principal Raycliff, who is played by Survivor host Jeff Probst, refers to a school pass as an "immunity idol", an object from that series.
• The episode "Two Wheels, Full Throttle, No Brakes" is based on the film Gone in Sixty Seconds.^{[citation needed]}
• The episode "Code Name: Electric Haircut" includes cameo appearances by a "matured" Ashley Spinelli from Recess, as well as Kim Possible.^{[citations needed]}

[edit] References to Fillmore! in American Dragon: Jake Long

Most of the executive producers for Filmore! 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. Additionally, Jake's school is Millard Fillmore Middle School.

[edit] External links

• Fillmore! at TV.com