The Ropes
- Studio
- DiC Enterprises, Bohbot Entertainment
- Animation studio
- Pacific Rim Productions, Inc.
- Distributor
- American Broadcasting Company
Synopsis
Trash agrees to take What-a-Mess around town and show him how to fend for himself, Trash style.
Characters
What-A-Mess, Felicia, Trash, Mother, Father, Daughter, Son, Duchess, Frank, Norton, Prez
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Kent Butterworth
Producing
- Producer
- Kent Butterworth
- Executive Producers
- Frank Muir, Andy Heyward, Robby London, Michael Maliani
- Supervising Producers
- Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser
- Associate Producers
- Jennifer Pelphrey, Kurt Weldon
- Executive Producer (Bohbot Entertainment)
- Allen J. Bohbot
Writing
- Story Editors
- Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser
- Creator
- Frank Muir
- Script Coordinator
- Lori Crawford
- Assistant Script Coordinators
- William A. Ruiz, Jordan Kornzweig
Voices
- Voice
- Ryan O'Donohue (What-A-Mess), Jo Ann Harris (Felicia), Joe Nipote (Trash), Miriam Flynn (Mother), Michael Bell (Father), Debi Derryberry (Daughter), Adam Hendershott (Son), Charity James (Duchess), Frank Muir (Frank), Dana Hill (Norton), Jim Cummings (Prez), Charlie Adler, Lori Alan, Jeff Bennett, Earl Boen, Rodger Bumpass, Joey Camen, Tim Curry, Samantha Eggar, Bill Farmer, Dave Fennoy, Linda Gary, Michael Gough, Jonathan Harris, Michael Horse, Tino Insana, Richard Karron, Janice Kawaye, Tom Kenny, Joe Lala, Nancy Linari, Edie McClurg, Zilah Mendoza, Iona Morris, Tahj Mowry, Stuart Pankin, Kevin Michael Richardson, Paul Williams
Music
- Music
- Michael Tavera
- Songs
- Michael Tavera, Bill Martin
Animation
- Animation Directors
- Wayne Schulz, Tony Love, Ed Love, Walt Kubiak
- Animation Supervisor
- Doug Williams
- Animation Timing Director
- Walt Kubiak
Art Department
- Art Director
- Joseph Wright
- Storyboards
- Liz Rathke-Bakunovich, Vincent Waller, Steve Ditko, Istvan Majoros, Jordan Reichek, Owen Fitzgerald, Howard Post, Joe Horne, Chuck Harvey, Karl Fischer, Sean Bishop, Norman Quebedeau, Ken Mitcheroney, Tibor Belay, Caren Scarpulla, Scott Shaw, Joe Morrison, Ricardo Agrines, Kathy Carr, Lane Raichert, Suraiya Daud, Gary Paul Terry, Marc Schirmeister, Kent Butterworth
- Character Designers
- Jimmy Cross, Kurt Conner, Sandy Kopitopoulos, Fred Carrillo, Milton Knight
- Storyboard Supervisor
- Cullen Blaine
- Storyboard Cleanup
- Joe Murray, Cliff Ruby, Fred Carrillo
- Storyboard Slugging
- William Reed, Vincent Davis
- Background Designers
- Ange Phillipson, Bonita Versh
- Prop Designers
- Suraiya Daud, Jang Lee, Kelly McGraw, Sean Bishop, Poe K. Tan
- Color Backgrounds
- Shelley Gillespie, Gilbert Hung, Timothy Barnes, Richard Ziehler Martin
- Color Key
- Caren Scarpulla, Martin Forte, Dene Ann Hemming
- Graphics
- Alexandra S. Ennis
Editing
- Assistant Editors
- Kris Gilpin, Trudy Alexander
- Picture Editors
- Richard Bruce Elliott, Theresa Gilroy-Nielsen
- Digoale Editors
- Cliff Ruby, Greg Bailey
Sound
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Patrick M. Griffith
- Sound Editor
- Debby VanPoucke
- Sound Effects Editor
- Mark Allen
- Supervising Sound Engineer
- Michael J. Cowan
- Recording Assistants
- Cliff Ruby, Bill Martin
- Track Readers
- Thomas W. Anderson, Ron LeBlanc, John Gunn, Cam Drysdale, Gord Browne
Music Department
- Music Supervisor
- Joanne Miller
- Music Editor
- John Mortarotti
- Vocals
- Ashley Hall, Steve Tyrell
- Children Vocals
- Danny Turner, Edmund Payne, Jacqueline Baldwin, David Beresford, Steve Luizzing, Anne Luizzing, Mason Gamble, Tracey Beckwith, Harley Bowsie-Smith, Mara Wilson
Casting
- Casting Directors
- Marsha Goodman, Ginny McSwain
- Voice Directors
- Marsha Goodman, Ginny McSwain
Production Management
- Production Supervisor
- Stacey Gallishaw
- Production Coordinator
- Christy Busirk
- Executive in Charge of Post-Production
- Thierry P. Laurin
- Assistant Executive in Charge of Post-Production
- Kimberly Francis
- Post-Production Coordinator
- Kathleen Mary O'Hara
- Post Production Supervisor
- Tonda S. Lark
- Production Assistants
- Lori Crawford, Cliff Ruby
- Talent Coordinators
- Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser
- Executive in Charge of Production
- Brian A. Miller
Crew
- Lip Model
- Kent Holaday, Rebecca Greenwood
- Translation
- Jung Ran Son, Joseph C. Cho
- Format
- Ted Supa
- Videotape Supervisors
- Tonda S. Lark, Fifun A. Amini
- Main Title Song
- Sandy Howell, Matt McGuire
- Consultants
- Penny Lee, Kevin Donahue, Joseph Wright
- Program Administrative
- Ted Supa
- Administrative Assistant
- Dunta Bell
Production notes
Based on the popular Frank Muir book series, this series follows a scruffy, noble Afghan puppy on his comical adventures through life. Although this messy, sloppy, clumsy, yet extremely lovable puppy always strives to do right, he somehow always ends up making a bigger mess than ever. Join What-A-Mess as he tackles the mysteries of everyday life with a daring, somewhat skewed puppy's point of view.