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| Scruff | |
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 Scruff (taken from a screenshot of "A Circus Dog") |
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| Also known as | Rovelló |
| Genre | Children's animation |
| Created by | Josep Vallverdú |
| Directed by | Antoni D'Ocon |
| Voices of | Audíoprojetas-Galletly, Barcelona |
| Opening theme | "Hi, I'm Scruff" |
| Ending theme | "Happiness is a smile away" |
| Composer(s) | Theo Jaskolowskí, Guy Wenger |
| Country of origin |  Catalonia  Spain |
| Language(s) | Catalan, Spanish and English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 30 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Editor(s) | Xavier Blanch (La Galera) |
| Location(s) | Studío La Galera, Barcelona |
| Cinematography | Davíd Alcarría, Victor Maldonado |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Televisió de Catalunya, RTVE, Tiny Pop |
| Picture format | 4:3 PAL |
| First shown in | 2002 |
| Original airing | 2002 |
Scruff is a 2002 television series by D'ocon entertainment. It features the story of a puppy, Scruff, who is adopted by a farmworker named Peter. The show was directed by Antoni D'Ocon.
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Plot
A family of tourists lose their puppy. After a long night lost in the forest, the puppy is found by Peter, a young country worker who adopts him and takes him to his aunt and uncle's farmhouse. The adoptive country folks are totally baffled as to what kind of breed he is, although slowly but surely they discover his skills, which include acrobatics and the ability of sniffing out all kinds of forest fruits albeit in a happy go lucky sometimes haphazard way.
Named 'Scruff' he lives amidst livestock, poultry and a couple of other dogs called Sanda and Tricks, who will all be his new family. Each episode features a new adventure for Scruff. He will learn about the farm through the farm animals and pets, about the forest with the wild animals, and in the village he will meet human beings.
Characters
- Scruff - A young pup with boundless curiosity. His inquisitive nature sometimes gets him into a lot of trouble.
- Strummer - A flea who lives on Scruff, and often provides him with advice. He plays the guitar, and once lived on a circus dog.
- Peter - Scruff's owner, he shares a lot of personality points with his pet. He dreams of being in a circus.
- Uncle Ron and Aunt Lil - Peter's aunt and uncle, the owners of Tolosa Farm. They are a standard, almost stereotypical, farm couple.
- Sanda - The most mature dog on the farm, she serves as the watchdog/tracker for the owners. She has a kind heart, but Scruff sometimes pushes her to her limits.
- Tricks - Sanda's son, and Scruff's best friend.
- Miaow - Uncle Ron and Aunt Lil's pet cat. He has little love for the dogs on the farm, especially Scruff.
- White Socks - A fox who lives in the forest near the farm. Although selfish and unscrupulous, he does have a soft spot for Scruff, helping him on many occasions.
- Haunty Hound - The 300-year-old ghost of a hound dog, he haunts the farmhouse cellar. Only Scruff, Strummer, and later, White Socks, are aware of his existence.
- Holly - Peter's girlfriend, a kindly and down-to-earth person. She is sometimes irritated by Peter's impulsive behaviour, but deep down, loves him very much.
- Princess - Holly's pet dog. Originally shown as haughty and stuck-up, she later falls in love with Scruff.
- Mr. Canute - Holly's father. A rich man, he deeply disapproves of the working-class Peter's relationship with his daughter.
- Buttons - A mushroom vendor, who tries to make money through any means, legal or illegal.
- Truffles - Buttons' mushroom-sniffing dog. He doesn't agree with his master's more unscrupulous activities, but stays with him out of loyalty. He later has a romantic relationship with Sanda.
- One-Man Circus - A crooked clown. He is obsessed with kidnapping Scruff, who is a rare breed of dog, and making him into the star attraction of his circus.
- The Rats - A gang of rodents who prowl around the farm area, making trouble for anyone who runs into them.
DVD release
A set of six DVDs was released between 2005-2007 by Digiview Entertainment. These DVDs didn't have captions. The six Scruff movies weren't released on DVD.
TV movies
Six made for television movies were made. They were Scruff: A Christmas Tale, Scruff In Halloween, Scruff in a midsummer night's dream, Scruff: Cinderella's Carnival, and Scruff: Christmas Without Claus (Christmas Without Dad Noel).
External links
D'Ocon entertainment website, Selectable in English, Spanish or Catalan
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