Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

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Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

DVD cover for Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Directed by Darrell Rooney
Jeannine Roussel
Produced by Jeannine Roussel
David W. King
Written by Bill Motz
Bob Roth
Starring Scott Wolf
Roger Bart
Alyssa Milano
Susan Egan
Jeff Bennett
Jodi Benson
Jess Harnell
Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s) February 27, 2001
Running time 70 min
Language English
Preceded by Lady and the Tramp (1955)
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Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure is a direct-to-video animated film, produced in 2001 and released on February 27, 2001 by The Walt Disney Company as a sequel to their 1955 feature film Lady and the Tramp. The story centres around Lady and Tramp's puppy Scamp and his desire to become a "wild dog". The film was produced at Walt Disney Animation Australia which has now closed.[1]

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[edit] Production

Numerous elements of the film were borrowed from Lady and the Tramp. One notable reference includes Angel referring to Scamp's neighborhood as "Snob Hill", a phrase used by Tramp to describe the same place in the first film. Joanna Romersa, an animation timing director for this film, was a Disney Trainee for the production of the original Lady and the Tramp, invited by Jeannine and Darrell to work on this film.[2]

[edit] Plot

Occurring before and during Independence Day, the story revolves around the mischievous young puppy Scamp, who feels constrained by the rules of living in a house.


After causing a mess while chasing after a ball in the house, Scamp is placed outside and chained to a dog house. His parents, Lady and Tramp, are distraught that their son can't settle down and live in a home. Tramp goes to talk to his son and finds Scamp howling at the moon. The two have a conversation but Scamp stays firm about his desire to be a "wild dog." and Tramp leaves annoyed. While chained up outside, Scamp sees a pack of stray dogs harassing a dog catcher and becomes intrigued. Scamp manages to break free from the chain and runs off to find the pack. He finds a young member of the pack, Angel, and the two go to the junkyard where the pack, calling themselves the Junkyard Dogs.


Scamp attempts to join the Junkyard Dogs right away, but the leader, Buster, gives Scamp a "test" to prove his courage. The test involves stealing a tin can from a large, savage dog named Reggie. Scamp nearly manages to get it but is instead chased by Reggie. He and Angel manage to evade Reggie and see him caught by the dog catcher. Buster appears to be impressed.

The Junkyard Dogs head to a park where Sparky, one of the Junkyard Dogs, tells a colourful (albeit unlikely, highly exaggerated) story about Tramp and how he disappeared (apparently he jumped off a log to avoid dog catchers), a stray dog that the Junkyard Dogs once looked up to. Buster snaps that he didn't die heroically, he ran off with Lady to become a house pet. Scamp can't believe that his father used to be a Junkyard Dog.

Later that night, Scamp goes wandering on the railroad tracks(beginning at the same train yard where we're first introduced to Tramp in the first film) and Angel joins him. A train suddenly starts after them and the two are soon forced to jump off a bridge into a river to escape it. The two make it to shore. Throughout the night, the two dogs realize that their friendship has blossomed into love. After a romantic stroll they wind up on the street where Scamp lives where they encounter Scamp's family searching for him. When Scamp avoids them, Angel is annoyed that he would choose living on the streets over a loving family, as she herself had once been a pet.

At an Independence Day picnic, Buster clues in that Scamp is Tramp's son, so he tells Scamp to steal a chicken from Scamp's family's picnic. Scamp, determined to prove that he is a Junkyard Dog, steals the chicken but is chased by Tramp. Tramp confronts his son in an alley and asks him to come home, but Scamp chooses to stay with Buster. Buster is pleased to see Tramp upset. Buster officially declares Scamp a Junkyard Dog by removing Scamp's collar.

Buster - still wishing revenge on Tramp - sets up a trap so that Scamp, lacking a collar, is picked up by the dog catcher. Alone and afraid in the back of the dog catcher's van, Scamp realizes that he misses his family. Angel sees him in the back of the van and goes to tell his family. Meanwhile, Scamp is placed in a cage with Reggie. Tramp, arriving just in time, manages to fight off Reggie and rescue his son. Scamp makes one final trip back to the junkyard to reclaim his collar. He tells Buster off and gets him caught under a pile of garbage. The other junkyard dogs decide not to help him and go find their own families. Scamp is reunited with his family in the end.

[edit] Characters

Many of the original characters make a return, including Tony and Joe from the Italian restaurant.

[edit] Music

The score was composed by Danny Troob. The songs were written by Melissa Manchester and Norman Gimbel.

[edit] Songs

  • "Welcome Home" - performed by the chorus, Jeff Bennett, Jodi Benson, Kath Soucie, Jim Cummings, Michael Gaugh, and Debi Derryberry. This song is the opening song for the film. It sets up the theme for the entire film - independence. The sequence ends with a Broadway-style performance of various people out in a street singing and waving. This song clearly places the town somewhere in New England.
Scamp dreams of being a "wild dog" during the song World Without Fences
Scamp dreams of being a "wild dog" during the song World Without Fences
  • "World Without Fences" - performed by Roger Bart. It illustrates Scamp's desire to become a "wild dog" free from boundaries and responsibilities. Scamp is chained in the backyard. He runs around, imagining that he is not chained and is instead running through the countryside with the Junkyard Dogs.
  • "Junkyard Society Rag" - performed by Jess Harnell, Cathy Moriarty, Bill Fagerbakke, Bronson Pinchot, and Mickey Rooney. Buster sings about the junkyard in which the Junkyard Dogs make their home and about the life of the Junkyard Dogs, with the other Junkyard Dogs also offering their opinions. The sequence features the dogs traveling through the junkyard and interacting with their surroundings.
  • "I Didn't Know That I Could Feel This Way" - performed by Roger Bart and Susan Egan. The love song of the film, showing the blossoming romance between Scamp and Angel. It features the dogs walking through the same park that Lady and Tramp walked through in the first film. At the end a scene similar to the spaghetti scene from Lady and the Tramp occurs, but with Scamp and Angel wolfing down the pasta instead.
  • "Always There" - performed by Roger Bart, Susan Egan, Jeff Bennett and Jodi Benson. Scamp realizes the importance of family and how much he misses his home. Lady and Tramp's grief over Scamp's disappearance and Angel's want for a family is highlighted.
  • "Belle Notte (This is the Night)" - duet performed by Joy Enriquez and Carlos Ponce. An updated pop music arrangement of the song played during the credits. Original 1955 song by Sonny Burke and Peggy Lee; arrangement by Robbie Buchanan.[3]

[edit] Home video

This movie was first released on VHS & DVD in the United States on February 27, 2001.[4]

Disney re-released the film in the United States on DVD after the DVD re-release of the first film on June 20, 2006.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Disney cans Australian animation operation ABC News Online, Wednesday July 27, 2005
  2. ^ Lady and the Tramp II Scamp's Adventure: DVD, Backstage Disney , 'Joanna Romersa worked on both films'
  3. ^ Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Review - Video Games and DVD Reviews - Movies, TV Series, Gaming
  4. ^ Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (V) - Release dates
  5. ^ Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure - Special Edition DVD Press Release

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