List of Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman characters

This is a list of characters that are featured in the television series Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman.

Main characters

• Ruff Ruffman (voiced by Jim Conroy) whose full name is Master Ruffilicious Ruffykins is the host of the show. He does not like cats, or at least thinks that dogs are superior to them in most ways. He has a crush on Charlene. Ruff grouses about his contract to produce a reality TV program, and the stresses of running one. He loves all food, American-Chinese take-out in particular. His physical appearance features "eyebrows that hover mysteriously above his head". Ruff has many relatives and ancestors, all with a physical appearance similar to his own, and he has five brothers and sisters besides Scruff and Roxy. According to the episode Ruff Bounces Back, Ruff is a mutt and is proud of it.
• Blossom, whose full name is Princess Blossom Pepperdoodle Von Yum Yum, is a black cat who never speaks and was Ruff's intern, beginning Season 2. She is usually called "Blossom". As seen in most episodes, she is often seen taking notes on her laptop. She was promoted to supervisor in Season 3. Ruff did not enjoy Blossom's company at first, but in the later seasons forms a close bond with her. Despite all of the hijinks that Ruff puts her through, she continues to be loyal to Ruff and the show, particularly when she decided to 'work' for Harriet Hackensack so she could find out the reason for her misocyny (hatred for dogs). In "Don't like Fencing? Try Fencing!", Blossom is shown watching Design Squad (and also shows that she is a fan of Nate from the show).
• Chet, a brown mouse, is Ruff's intern, first appearing in Season 3 to replace Blossom when she is promoted to supervisor. He also does not speak and he does not seem to have any eyes or limbs (this was mentioned by Ruff in some episodes) and resembles a computer mouse. He is capable of doing feats that one would normally consider impossible, such as completing an obstacle course in seconds and building a jet engine that runs solely on milkshakes. Like Blossom, Ruff did not like Chet at first, but became friends with him eventually.
• Henry is Ruff's boss, never seen but occasionally calling Ruff on the "Henry Hotline" (except for "Yippee Tie Yie Yay, Get along, Little Doggies"). Henry provides Ruff with the show's budget and oversees Ruff's spending. He also sent the intern Blossom, his niece's cat, to learn about producing during Season 2. In Season 3 onward, Henry is mentioned less and less, probably because Blossom is now head of the network as stated in Season 3, episode 1 "The Debut Of Smell-O-Vision" where he promotes Blossom to chief supervisor. Henry's last "appearance" was in the series finale, where he forced Ruff to make a worthy season finale, despite the fate of the world being on the line. It is possible that "Henry" is a reference to Henry Becton, Jr., the former President of WGBH, and currently Vice Chair of the WGBH Board of Trustees.^[1]
• Murray is one of Ruff's cousins. He runs the behind-the-scenes technical work, and is constantly blamed for minor problems regarding the show. Unlike the other animated animals, Murray is portrayed by a real basset hound, and sometimes appears in the kids' challenges. He stopped appearing at the start of Season 4.
• Tank replaced Murray in Season Four. He is a real bulldog who wears a FETCH! shirt and earmuffs. Though it does not seem like it at first, Tank has proven to be a reliable worker; Ruff says that he has Tank because "he's a bruiser" (hard worker), and looks good in a FETCH! shirt". He usually just smiles and pants at the camera, while Ruff replies "Hello? Anyone home in there?".

Supporting characters

• Charlene Poodle is Ruff's unrequited love interest. She is a poodle who is only seen in a heart-shaped picture that Ruff periodically pulls out, as well as a newspaper in Season 4's first episode. According to Season 3 episode 6 "How Not To Impress A Poodle's Mother", she has a mother named Knell with a silent "k" which Ruff mistook for Nell.
• Grandma Ruffman is Ruff's and Scruff's grandmother who speaks with a Jewish accent. She first appeared in Season 1, in "Grandma Ruffman's Recipe for Success" where she wanted Ruff to sell at least 100,000 copies of her cookbook on the show, but needed Ruff to be more humorous in doing so. In Season 3, episode 17, she was accused for helping Scruff escape from prison and ended up in jail. After the finale of Season 3, She became more involved in Ruff's business and disapproved of Ruff's current job. For example in the Season 4 episode "Season Four Is Canceled", after hearing that Ruff had been fired from his job of hosting FETCH!, she persuaded him into looking for a real job to which Ruff replied that hosting his show was a "real job" as well as informing Ruff that his brother Scruff had been selling all of Ruff's belongings online in which she was able to purchase Ruff's supercomputer "The FETCH 3000" back from Scruff letting Ruff also know that his nemesis Spot Spotnik had bought his pants. In Season 4 episode 13, she was revealed to be the mysterious "Gamma Ray Person" who only needed gamma rays to improve her cooking. According to Season 5, episode 2, she once had a game show herself which only had pulled in at least 14 viewers a week. Her last appearance was in the show's final episode where she told Ruff that his parents were spies all along. She also is known to lovingly call the FETCHers of each season names such as "FETCHies" or "FETCHniks" much to Ruff's annoyance.
• Scruff Ruffman is Ruff's identical (but evil) twin brother, distinguished from his brother by a five-o'clock shadow. He steals artwork in the episode Scruff Ruffman At Large!, leading to one of the episode's challenges. He also stole the Grand Prize in Season 2, which was recovered by Blossom, and is an expert trapeze artist. He appears twice in Season 3, first in The Ol' Switcheroo, where he is in Ruff's basement stating that he had been eating Ruff's pickled eggs and that his hockey team was coming to defeat Ruff's hockey team "The Schnauzers", and then in the Season 3 Finale, where he becomes a host along with Ruff. At the end of the episode, Scruff ends up stealing all of Ruff's stuff and selling it on the internet so that he could pay for luge lessons to remove a curse from the Ruffman ancestry. He and Ruff team up to finish the World Luge Championship which—despite ending in last place—made them famous for being the first all-canine luge team (helping lift the 1000 year sled curse on the Ruffmans and helped Harriet Hackensack like dogs once more). Despite that fame, he was soon sent back to Poodle Island Prison, sending a video to Ruff requesting to send him the Helmet of Victory in "How to Really Train your Dog." In Season 5, he only appeared in "This Sculpture isn't yours, it's mime!", which shows he was released from prison, and is staying with Grandma Ruffman.
• Ruffael Ruffmanowitz is Ruff's great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather. He was only seen in photographs, first in a Season 1 episode, The Mystery of the Missing Thing in the Haunted Castle, and in the season 5 episode " 'Eureka' is not a Brand of Dog Food". Was the dog of inventor John Hays Hammond, Jr.. He looks like Ruff, except with hair and a mustache like Albert Einstein's . He invented the FETCH 100, a primitive version of the FETCH 3000, which unfortunately calculated that 3 plus 3 is 24. The FETCH 100 is a possible reference to Colossus, the first "true" computer ever made. He made his first "speaking appearance" in a Season 5 episode, as automated picture frames with apparent recordings in them that are activated through buttons.
• Great Uncle McRuffmantosh is Ruff's great-uncle who has a beard and speaks with an exaggerated Scottish accent. He has appeared in the episodes The Mystery of DogTopia and Catlantis, The DogVinci Code, Arrgh - All Me Eggs Are Cracked!, Season Four is Cancelled, How To Really Train Your Dog. He is usually worried about the FETCHers going on potentially dangerous missions and is a believer in legends, monsters, and curses. In the episodes, he usually finds clues for treasure-related challenges. His outfit is a powder blue T-shirt with a dark blue traditional kilt. His name is a possible pun on the Macintosh computers. At the end of the second episode of Season 4, Uncle McRuffmantosh is on the hunt for the Helmet of Victory. He knows a lot about different legends (ranging from Dogtopia/Catlantis, Blackmuzzle's treasure, and Dogvinci's sketchbook), but ironically has a memory problem (stated in "How to Really Train Your Dog").
• Spot Spotnik is Ruff's rival. He is tan with brown spots, and is mentioned in Send in the Clowns, when the kids build a water balloon launcher to get back at him, in You Lucky Dog when Ruff challenges him to a race, in How to Get Dogs and Doggerel in Better Shape when he tries to win Charlene's love, and in Just Call Him "Spot" when he tricks Ruff into drawing spots on himself with permanent marker. In Season Four is Canceled a picture of Spot, showing him with a much better physical appearance than Ruff. His name is a possible pun on Sputnik. Also in that same episode, Spot sent Ruff a phony fax that told Ruff he was fired. In Ruff Fetches the Fetchers he auditions for the show, but Ruff decides to not hire him. In The Ol Shell Game he sends Ruff a bunch of turtleneck shirts, telling him that turtles have long necks which they're able to roll up like a hose. Ruff, upset, makes up a show called Who's the Smarty Pants and invites Spot to be on it. But Spot sends Ruff an invitation in return, and Ruff sends Jay in his stead.
• Helga von Ruffman is Ruff's cousin, a fashion designer from Germany. She is first shown in the Season 2 episode Take Me Out to the Fashion Show. In that episode, she tells Ruff that if he can get a good enough fashion, she will let him visit her. She, at first, is mad with his choice of clothes, until the end of the episode (when Ruff's outfit is based on the trash he was supposed to throw away). She appears again in "How to really Train Your Dog" in a video, asking Ruff to give her the Helmet of Victory (stating that her birthday was before Grandma Ruffman's and Ruff had to make it up to her). She reappears in Season 5 episode 9, when she sends Ruff her "Helga Collection" of jewelry for safekeeping while she comes to America to sell it. In a podcast, she invites Ruff to be a fashion model, which on the journey, Ruff had to take a plane to Philadelphia to take a submarine and avoid a giant squid. Then Helga put him in his dress called "The Ruff Ruffman Collection" which was based on the garbage. when she puts on the banana peel shoes Ruff slip into the crowd. When coming back to America, the submarine has to avoid sea monsters and man-eating sharks. In a voice mail she tells him to be a cosmetic chemist to make makeup.
• Glen Ruffman (aka Glendalf, Ultra-Glen, Long Glen Silver, and The Green Avenger as heard in a voicemail) is Ruff and Scruff's nephew. He wears dental braces and is obsessed with magic and fantasy, and makes his first appearance in the Season 3 episode Dog of the Rings to sends the FETCHers to Wings Castle portrayed as LARPers (Live Action Role Players). He also briefly appears in the beginning of the Season 3 Finale, changing all of the passwords of the Fetch 3000 so that Scruff can run the show instead of Ruff (however, he says he would not have done it if Scruff had not "promised him the Scepter of Wogganot", which was nothing more than a toilet brush). He briefly appeared again in Season 4's first episode telling his uncle to luge. Due to his braces, it is hard to understand what he's saying (An example being what Ruff heard as "Ring Goblet" was Glen actually saying "Wing Goblet"). In It's a bird? It's a plane? It's...Ruffmanman, Glen adopted a superhero identity after reading comic books and redubbed himself "Ultra-Glen". He also appears in How to Really Train Your Dog, asking Ruff to give him the Helmet of Victory so that he could "no longer be a looger (loser)". In Long Glen Silver and the Pursuit of the Golden Fetchie, he has been playing a pirate-themed video game on the Go Get It! website and calls himself "Long Glen Silver" and makes Ruff dress as his parrot. It is possible that Glen's name is a reference to Glen Berger, the program's head writer.
• Gerry Geranium is Grandma Ruffman's pet parrot who Ruff sometimes parrotsits. He is a master at checkers, with his catchphrase being "Squawk! King me, booby!" However, in the season 4 finale, he explains to Ruff that his parents are alive (Ruff mentioned to Blossom that they vanished when he was a pup). At the end of Season 5 episode 7 "A Whole Flock of Cheese", Ruff tries to train him to be a carrier parrot and deliver a note to his parents which results in Gerry flying back through the door (supposedly made of swiss cheese) and challenging Chet to a game of checkers saying his catchphrase, "Squawk! King me, booby!"
• Rüf Rüfman is Ruff's Swedish rock star/environmentalist cousin. He speaks with a Swedish accent and sometimes uses Swedish phrases or sayings. He is seen in Ruff Rocks the (Environmentally Sustainable) House, when he has a concert booked in South Carolina, but he needs a "green" place to stay, so the Fetchers go build him one, while the others are learning how to play rock. In Birds are Handy he tells Ruff that if he can get recordings of birds, he "can dance with han(d)s", which Ruff misunderstands as "dance with Hans Ektershooping", a Swedish pop star.
• Bluff Ruffman is another one of Ruff's cousins. He talks in gangster lingo and wears sunglasses and a gold necklace. According to Ruff's voicemail, Bluff likes to play Crazy 8s with his friends. He appeared in When Home is a House of Cards in Season 3. He is seen at the end of "How to Really Train Your Dog", stating that he's selling front row tickets for the family to see the finale (despite Helga mentioning that it was on television, so he could not sell tickets). Also, in the season 5 episode Look What the Dog Dug Up!, he sends Ruff a sandwich shaped like him. Ruff finds what he thinks is a real Egyptian sarcophagus, when he buries it, and clues lead the FETCHers to a "tomb", which contains only an advertisement for Bluff's beef jerky. In a podcast, he is answering to Ruff's secret radio show for Grandma Ruffman's birthday. In a voicemail he tells Ruff to be a statistician to help them with card games. In another he tells Ruff to be a landfill designer so he could hide Skinny's lucky playing cards. In another he tells Ruff to be an art conservator so he could help him with art he had stolen.
• Blackmuzzle Ruffman is the most feared canine pirate of the seven seas. He appeared at the end of Arrgh - All Me Eggs Are Cracked! for pledging the show with his own loot. Strangely, he's a ghost but is animated as if he was still alive. He appeared in the middle of Season four is cancelled to attack Ruff's doghouse boat because he was bored and Ruff refused to give him Jerry to replace a frog on his shoulder. He told Ruff that he recently acquired the internet so that he does not have to shout from his ship; in response Ruff told him to visit his website, which he does so, allowing Ruff, Blossom, and Chet to lose him. In a voicemail he tells Ruff to be an oceanographer so he could help him navigate the sea.
• Roxy Ruffman is Ruff's sister. She is mentioned in Feeling Sheepish Ruff? where she has Ruff lambsit her sheep.
• Mrs. Kate Taylor Ruff's owner. She never appears on the show, but can be heard occasionally calling Ruff to dinner, or in Season 5, telling him to fetch.
• Mrs. Harriet Hackensack is the new owner of Ruff's network company which she has recently bought at the start of Season 4. She dislikes Murray for stealing her valuable sled Rosebud.
• Fleape Itcherson A flea who sets up residence in Ruff's ear, and speaks in Ruff's ear with a sultry Latin voice in "Ruff Needs His Herring Checked", giving him advice on wooing Charlene. At first, Ruff thought he was the only one who could hear the voice because of his sensitive dog hearing, but when he could still hear the voice after using a noise-cancellation box, he began to think he was losing his mind. In Wolfing Down Some Barbeque, he advises Ruff to make better barbeque. He appears on a game on the website telling Ruff about a freeze dance party hosted by Chet Ruff shows him a clip of The Legend of Ruffman's Gold".
• Le Purr first surfaced in "Laser/Candid Camera." As Scruff is Ruff's evil twin, Le Purr is Blossom's evil twin (her real name being Duchess Petunia Cupcake Von Yum Yum). The name is pronounced with a slight roll of the "r"s at the end. Le Purr is a master of disguise (as seen in the photo album Blossom keeps in her desk), loves flowers and disco music, and regularly steals flowers that are being delivered and replaces them with CDs of annoying disco music. Her lair is protected by a disco ball which refracts lasers. Petunia wears pink cat's eye glasses while Blossom wears round lenses.
• Gus Ruffman is Ruff's great-great-great-great uncle, a prospector around 1859. Ruff said that he was a pack rat, having stored all of his belongings in his basement. He spoke with a Southern accent. He only appeared in Season 5, when Ruff and the FETCHers sought his hidden treasure, which turned out to be not gold but laundry detergent; he considered the latter to be more valuable than gold because everyone's clothes were always dirty from mining.
• Maximilian Ruffman is Ruff's ancestor. He appeared in Season 5, when Ruff inherited Ruffman Manor from him, but Ruff found out it was haunted. Ruff received an invitation to go to Ruffman Manor, but instead sent out all the kids to spend the night to see if it was truly haunted.
• Wink and Dinah Ruffman are Ruff's "long-lost" parents who gave the FETCHers instructions on how to get off Game Show Island. It is revealed in Season 5's finale that they are spies.
• Tom and Trixie are Ruff's rivals who are the hosts of Go Get It!, a ripoff of FETCH!. They were actually Ruff's parents, who were working undercover. (Note: A cat named Trixie previously appeared at the end of "Mush if by Land, Mush Mush if by Sea.")
• The Canadian Mountie is another of Ruff's cousins. He was mentioned only on one episode of Season 3.
• Professor Fange is Ruff's obedience school teacher. He is seen in two pictures in Ruff Bounces Back. His voice is heard in Ruff's dream at the beginning of the episode giving Ruff a test, the first question of which was "How do you say fetch the stick in Chinese?" The second question was "What are the leash laws in Ecuador?" The last question was "George Washington's dog invented kibble? True or false?" Ruff said he thought Schnauzers were the smartest dogs. He sends Ruff a letter telling him to send his term paper to him but Chet delivers liver causing him to grade Ruff Z- and tell him to send his diploma back.

Animated settings or things

• The FETCH 3000 is Ruff's personal supercomputer, apparently custom-built, that aids him in running the show. It is occasionally subject to breakdowns and malfunctions in the earlier seasons, even with the smallest of problems such as when Brian did very well on a challenge and it broke down due to so many points, but they become less frequent in the later seasons. It can transform into a multitude of applications and machines, shrink into a small cube when not in use, and is semi-sentient, capable of acting on its own.
• Ruff's doghouse, while not a character, should be noted in that its actual size is debatable. The first episode of Season 1 has Ruff say that his doghouse is about 6 feet, but later episodes have Ruff's doghouse the size of a truck at the least, especially in Season 4, when the modified doghouse boat is compared to Blackmuzzle's ship. Also, the house is much bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside, akin to the TARDIS of BBC's Doctor Who.

CDs

• Dancing for Beginners is seen in "Good Dancing & Bad Breath".
• Ruff Sings The Blues is seen in "Ruff's Case of Blues on the Brain".
• Uncle Ruff Sings Folk-Dog Favorites is seen in "Mr. Ruffman goes to Washington".
• Foghorns from around the World And Top 50 tunes from Fred's funeral home are seen on "Do-Se-Dos & Do-Se-Dont's".
• Let's Boogie with Ruff is seen in "Laser/Candid Camera".
• Merengue is seen in "Ruff FETCHes the FETCHers".
• Spooky Haunted House Classics is seen in "Ruffman Manor is Haunted!".
• Shake It! is seen in "'Eureka' is not a Brand of Dog Food".
• Rüf Rüfman sings with the Whales, Boogie Wolf, Herring Down & Herring Out, & Rüf Rüfman sings with the Birdies are seen in "Birds are Handy!".

Books, Magazines, Websites & Miscellaneous

• This Old Fur, The Fur Is Flying, The Meow Meow Shampoo Hour are seen in "Don't Like Fencing? Try Fencing" (Season 4,episode 2).
• Grandma Ruffman's Cookbook, Grandma Ruffman's Jokebook are seen in "Grandma Ruffman's Recipe for Success"(Season 1,episode 14).
• A Poodle's Noodle is seen is "How Not To Impress a Poodle's Mother"(Season 3,episode 6).
• The Dog And Cat Guide To Curing Vacuum Cleaner Phobia is seen in "The Mystery of Dogtopia and Catlantis"(Season 2,episode 5).
• FETCH! The Real Story is seen in "Ruff Ruffman Breaks the Mold"(Season 2,episode 1).
• The Reality Game Show League is seen in "Go Belugas Go!"(Season 5,episode 17).
• Tabby Tabitha And Her Incredible Robot Assistant, Good Mousekeeping, Tabby Tabitha And The Case Of The Fake Help Wanted Ad are seen in "Snoop Dog"(Season 5,episode 18).
• It's Hot is seen in "Ruff FETCHes the FETCHers"(Season 5,episode 1).
• Fashion Dog is seen in "Take Me Out To The Fashion Show"(Season 2,episode 18).
• Celebrity Canine Costume Shindig is seen in "Just Call Him "Spot"(Season 3,episode 3).
• Dolphin English Dictionary is seen in "The Small Fork Is For Dessert (Unless You're A Dolphin)"(Season 2,episode 8).
• Spot Spotnik Explains Turtles is seen in "The Ol' Shell Game"(Season 5,episode 4).
• Green Machines: How To Convert Your Doghouse In An Environmentally Sustainable Vehicle On The Cheap is seen in "Season Four Is Canceled"(Season 4,episode 1).
• Ruff Ruffman's Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds is seen in "Ruff Bounces Back"(Season 4,episode 12).
• Cheese Your House: Replace Your Belongings With Cheese For Health And Happiness, Cheese Out With Chet are seen in "A Whole Flock Of Cheese"(Season 5,episode 7).
• eBeggs (Parody of eBay) is seen in "Season Four Is Canceled"(Season 4,episode 1).
• The Golden Blobby Award is seen in "Doggie Duties"(season 4,episode 8).
• The Go Get It! Website is seen in "Long Glen Silver And The Pursuit Of The Golden Fetchie!"(Season 5,episode 19).
• Treasure Hunting On The High Seas is seen in "Long Glen Silver And The Pursuit Of The Golden Fetchie!"(Season 5,episode 19).

DVDs

• The Irish Center Tenter, Life from West Minister, The Charleton Chihuahua Trilogy, Plan for Cat Benders And The Ten Commands, Star Paws (parody of Star Wars), Scratching with the Stars (Parody of Dancing with the Stars), America's Got Hydrant (parody of America's Got Talent), & Go Get It! with Tom & Trixie

Games On The FETCH! Website

• Link-O-Vision
• Dog Ears
• Dog Ears 2
• Dog Pound
• Dog Pound 2
• Dog Pound 3
• Dish It Out
• Robot Rover
• WHOAHler Coaster
• Geyser Surpriser
• FETCHer 101 (This game also appears on each season's "My Show" page on the website where it exclusively asks the player questions about the contestants from the season of which is featured on the page.)
• CSI: Squeak Sneak
• CSI: Tugboat Thug
• CSI: Hat Snatcher
• Germinator
• Water We Doing?
• FETCH! Face Off
• Disco Fiasco
• Move It Or Luge It
• Go Green
• Smoothie Operator
• Draw That Habitat
• Spyhounds
• Freeze Dance
• Monumental Mini-golf
• Ruff Cut (This game is only accessed by clicking on a special link that appears on the game page entitled "Ruff's Hollywood Adventure".)

Character appearances

This table lists main characters and recurring characters, recording the number of appearances or mentioned or shown in each season. They are listed in order of first appearance.

Podcasts

In addition to the games, the following 21 podcasts can be accessed on the website. They mostly feature Ruff along with Blossom, Chet, Murray or one of his family members trying to help Ruff solve a particular dilemma or help him improve the movement of the show, in which the end result mostly backfires due to Ruff's comical yet dense disposition. For example as seen in the podcast entitled "DJ Ruff Boogie Hour" in which he asks Blossom to go the boogie section of the music store, but instead Blossom winds up purchasing music from the baby section stating that there wasn't a boogie section which causes Ruff to become sleepy and take a nap. In another podcast entitled "Holiday Podcast", Murray helps Ruff cheer up after being fired at the end of Season 3 by rewriting the lyrics to Deck The Halls in a way that talks about the show as well as some of the things Ruff adores. The FETCH! podcasts are also available for free download in the free Podcast app which comes with many devices developed by Apple Inc..

• Ten Four! It's Season 5
• Ruff Talks To NASA (featuring astronaut Stephanie Wilson)
• The What-Should-Ruff-Get-His-Grandma-For-Her-Birthday-Because-Her-Birthday's-Today-And-He-Forgot-To-Get-Her-Something Radio Show
• The Ruff Ruffman Clothing Collection
• Hot Diggity Dog
• Rock 'em, Sock 'em
• Glen's Video Game Review
• Ruff Goes To England
• Ruff's New Job: Moose Finder
• Ruffman Audio Books Presents...
• Holiday Podcast
• Audition Podcast
• Ruff's HOWLoween Podcast
• The Zombie Effect...Starting September 29th
• Ruff Needs YOU!
• Ruff's Big Beautiful Bunch Of Birds Show
• DJ Ruff Boogie Hour
• Look Ma, No Script
• Extreme Podcast!
• Podcast in The Morning
• Podcast With a W

Apps

• Lunch Rush!
• FETCH! Fone (Note this application can be previewed on the FETCH! website on the page entitled "Ruff's Hollywood Adventure".)

Contestants

References

External links

• William Bornkessel's personal website
• Isaac Bean's personal website