Scruffy II: The Dogs Return

Scruffy 2: Return of the Tuesday Dogs is a sequel to the 1980 animated film Scruffy. Based on the novels by Jack Stoneley. Presented by Ruby-Spears Productions Inc. It begins as The Return of the Tuesday Dogs, which is a sequel to the novel Scruffy: The Tuesday Dog. The dogs who survived in the first movie return. All except for Caesar. Although Duchess was killed, she appeared in flashbacks, visions and dreams.

Plot
In this story, which takes place three months after the first one left off, we see that Scruffy has delivered a litter of puppies and is now living in a comfortable home with a loving family. When her puppies are given away to new owners, she falls into a state of depression. Seeing this, her new owners contact the career military officer owner of Butch, the bull terrier...Scruffy's mate from her days as a stray and sire of her pups...and arrange a meeting for the pair to spend the day together. That meeting turns into a months-long adventure for the canine couple leading them back to their old home in the junkyard and a reunion with their former pack-mates, Sam the timid German shepherd, Hamlet the geriatric boxer, Collie the rough collie, and Solo the battle scarred cairn terrier. Like the first novel and film, quite a few canine adventures take place, however Scruffy and Butch, who were the center of the story in the first book and movie, have much more reduced roles in this story...serving as a base point for the storylines of the other four dogs. Solo the cairn pretty much steals the show and can be considered the main character, with Sam and Hamlet's adventures being played out prominently as well. Solo, despite his angry nature, becomes a character to which the reader can feel compassion for...a good case of rooting for the underdog. Sam...so much a coward in the first book...shows he does possess courage...sort of the Cowardly Lion of this story...and actually proves to be a true hero. Collie...wants to do karate...and be as strong as a fighter. And Hamlet...he's just a big lovable goofy old dog!

Voices

 * Nancy McKeon as Scruffy the English Springer Spaniel
 * June Foray as Duchess, Scruffy's mother
 * Hans Conried as Solo the Scottish Terrier
 * Alan Young as Narrator/Sam the Irish Terrier
 * Michael Bell as Butch the Bull Terrier mix/Randy the Boxer
 * Linda Gary as Collie the Rough Collie