I.R Joey
03-11-2006, 04:31 PM
Thanks to our dorms handy digital recoreder, and access to Toon Disney I've now been able to watch every episode of this really great (and really underappreciated) show. Here are some bits of trivia I've noticed.
-At some point in every single episode there is long, drawn out chase scene in which the safety patrol persues a suspect. These often involve incredibly silly props getting in the way.
-Someone on the show is an anime/manga fan. At one point in a certain episode the cheerleading squad captain says that the teams pyramid is "as strong as a Geodude using its harden attack." In that same episode it is revealed that one of the suspects writes a comic strip with a very "manga like" name. Also, Ingrid apparently has some cute anime charecter on her bed sheets, and is fluent in Japanesse.
-Filmore constantly has flashbacks to the days before he was on the force. Infact many of his cases tie into his life as a delinquient. However, we rarely (if ever) see Ingrid or the other safety patrolers have flashbacks.
The only other one I can think of is Vallejo in two episodes. Red Robins don't fly and The shreds fell like snowflakes.
-I hope he doesn't mind me sharing this(if so I'll edit it), but the artist in the episode "Master stroke of malevolance" is modled after series director Chris Roman (our very own Kzanth), who also studied painting in college.
-The episode field trip of the just features two charecters played by Orlando Brown and Raven-Symone. Mr. Brown (Filmore) and Miss Symone (Alexandria) would later go on to star in the hit the Disney channel show "That's so Raven" This is interesting because I believe this episode was made before "That's so Raven premeired" (I could be wrong).
-Principle Folsom is constantly threatining to tear down safety patrol headquarters and turn the space into something else. She's like the mayor who's always threatning the police chief to get the job done.
-And finally, and perhaps the key to the shows working so well is the way the charecters are written. One of the best things about the show that I've come to realize is that very often Filmore and Ingrid aren't the focus. In other words they're not the people with the problems that need solving, the suspects are. They've got these really interesting charecter flaws and motivations going on even without the safety patrol around. Infact, often times I've found that Filmore and Ingrid are just there to put the pieces together for those of us who are watching. I think there many actions/superhero shows that could learn alot from that. Instead of always making it the hero with the issues that need resolving, sometimes its best to make an episode a charecter study of the villan, using the hero as a foil to disrupt things.
Shame this show didn't have more episodes. In my mind it deserved just as much attention from Disney as Kim Possible, The Proud family, and it's succesor American Dragon. I could only imagine how really cool a Filmore t.v special like "So the Drama" or "The Proud Family movie" would have been.
-At some point in every single episode there is long, drawn out chase scene in which the safety patrol persues a suspect. These often involve incredibly silly props getting in the way.
-Someone on the show is an anime/manga fan. At one point in a certain episode the cheerleading squad captain says that the teams pyramid is "as strong as a Geodude using its harden attack." In that same episode it is revealed that one of the suspects writes a comic strip with a very "manga like" name. Also, Ingrid apparently has some cute anime charecter on her bed sheets, and is fluent in Japanesse.
-Filmore constantly has flashbacks to the days before he was on the force. Infact many of his cases tie into his life as a delinquient. However, we rarely (if ever) see Ingrid or the other safety patrolers have flashbacks.
The only other one I can think of is Vallejo in two episodes. Red Robins don't fly and The shreds fell like snowflakes.
-I hope he doesn't mind me sharing this(if so I'll edit it), but the artist in the episode "Master stroke of malevolance" is modled after series director Chris Roman (our very own Kzanth), who also studied painting in college.
-The episode field trip of the just features two charecters played by Orlando Brown and Raven-Symone. Mr. Brown (Filmore) and Miss Symone (Alexandria) would later go on to star in the hit the Disney channel show "That's so Raven" This is interesting because I believe this episode was made before "That's so Raven premeired" (I could be wrong).
-Principle Folsom is constantly threatining to tear down safety patrol headquarters and turn the space into something else. She's like the mayor who's always threatning the police chief to get the job done.
-And finally, and perhaps the key to the shows working so well is the way the charecters are written. One of the best things about the show that I've come to realize is that very often Filmore and Ingrid aren't the focus. In other words they're not the people with the problems that need solving, the suspects are. They've got these really interesting charecter flaws and motivations going on even without the safety patrol around. Infact, often times I've found that Filmore and Ingrid are just there to put the pieces together for those of us who are watching. I think there many actions/superhero shows that could learn alot from that. Instead of always making it the hero with the issues that need resolving, sometimes its best to make an episode a charecter study of the villan, using the hero as a foil to disrupt things.
Shame this show didn't have more episodes. In my mind it deserved just as much attention from Disney as Kim Possible, The Proud family, and it's succesor American Dragon. I could only imagine how really cool a Filmore t.v special like "So the Drama" or "The Proud Family movie" would have been.