Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (V)

Directors:

Darrell Rooney
Jeannine Roussel (co-director)

Writers:

Bill Motz (screenplay) &
Bob Roth (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

27 February 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family

Plot:

Seeking the freedom to be a wild dog, the son of Lady and the Tramp runs away to join a gang of junkyard dogs.

Plot Keywords:

Second Part | Dog | Dog Cartoon | Runaway Child | Runaway

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Scott Wolf	...	Scamp (speaking) (voice)
Alyssa Milano	...	Angel (voice)
Chazz Palminteri	...	Buster (speaking) (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Tramp / Jock the Scottish Terrier / Trusty / Dogcatcher (voice)
Jodi Benson	...	Lady (segment "Pidge") (voice)
Bill Fagerbakke	...	Mooch (Junkyard Dog) (voice)
Mickey Rooney	...	Sparky (Junkyard Dog) (voice)
Bronson Pinchot	...	Francois (Junkyard Dog) (voice)
Cathy Moriarty	...	Ruby (Junkyard Dog) (voice)
Mary Kay Bergman	...	Si (Siamese Cat) (voice)
Debi Derryberry	...	Annette (voice)
Barbara Goodson	...	Darling (voice)
Nick Jameson	...	Jim Dear (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Aunt Sarah / Am (Siamese Cat) (voice)
Andrew McDonough	...	Junior (voice)

Runtime:

69 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:All | Netherlands:AL | Australia:G | Germany:o.Al. | UK:U | USA:G | Singapore:G

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The wagon atop the pile in the junkyard is the one that crashed and injured Trusty at the end of Lady and the Tramp.

Goofs:

Continuity: While Scamp is chained to the doghouse at the beginning of the movie, the length of the chain changes significantly throughout the scene.

Quotes:

Angel: It's a good look for you, Buster. The garbage adds some class.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse (#31.17)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Bella Notte (This Is the Night)

No Lady nor Tramp: Chav's Troublesome Runaway

If regarded as an independent feature I can't say it's too bad at all but from where I'm standing this sequel and the original "Lady and the Tramp" don't agree with each other! They are two completely different movies with different style, different voice personalities, different narratives and about the only thing that they share with each other is the visuals (e.g. the town-house of Jim Dear, Darling, Lady and Tramp) and none of those have changed.

If you're seeking any kind of continuity years after the release of the original for those memorable songs like "Bella Notte" and "The Siamesse Cats Song" this sequel won't give you any at all! Just about every song has a little pop to it and those good old characters like Jock and Trusty, Jim Dear and Darling and Aunt Sarah and her cats may well be seen but they're seeming to be somehow replaced by new characters, not to mention Peg not appearing at all, whose voices are quite annoying. Even Lady and Tramp don't appear often enough and as for Scamp?! He is so spoilt! And treats his father Tramp with utter disrespect, then runs away with no remorse even after hearing how much he's being missed at home! And they called his shameless getaway an adventure! I'd say Scott Wolf truly brought out the bad boy in Scamp wiping out the typical cute Disney animal which is quite a first.

"Lady and the Tramp 2" isn't too bad but I expect a lot more charm from a sequel to a true classic - Scamp is chavvy, so is his girlfriend Angel and there is a feeble storyline. Still, I think you should try it at least once because, as I say, there are much worse movies around.