One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians is the seventeenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. It was produced by Walt Disney, and originally released to theatres on January 25, 1961 by Buena Vista Distribution. It is based on the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith. It also appeared in 1961 as a Walt Disney comic book based on the animated film.

Characters

• Pongo: The protagonist and the father of the dalmatian puppies
• Perdita: Pongo's mate and the mother of the dalmatian puppies
• Roger: Pongo's owner, a struggling songwriter
• Anita: Perdita's owner and Roger's wife
• Cruella de Vil: An eccentric rich woman who has the puppies kidnapped, so that she can turn them into a fur coat
• Jasper and Horace Badun: Cruella's henchmen, who carry out the kidnapping
• Nanny: Roger and Anita's maid
• Patch and Lucky: Two of the 99 dalmatian puppies
• Roly: Another puppy, always hungry
• The Colonel and Sargeant Tibbs: A dog and cat who help mastermind a rescue mission to save the puppies from Cruella