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Favorite Pluto Cartoons #1

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7.1

Window Cleaners (1940)

Director: Jack King
Starring (voices): Lee Millar and Clarence Nash

Donald is washing windows on a high-rise; Pluto is his assistant, hauling the rope for the platform and refilling buckets but mostly sleeping. And when things are finally going well, Donald makes the mistake of tormenting a bee.

kathy's rating:

7.8

6.8

The Worm Turns (1937)

Director: Ben Sharpsteen
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash and Billy Bletcher

Mad scientist Mickey has just brewed up a bravery potion. To test it out, he squirts it on a fly that's been trapped by a spider, then a mouse being harassed by a cat, next the cat when Pluto goes after it and finally Pluto when dog-catcher Pegleg Pete goes after him. Each of the underdogs turns against his tormentor.

kathy's rating:

6.2

7.1

Mother Pluto (1936)

Director: David Hand
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig and Florence Gill

A hen has taken up residence in Pluto's doghouse and laid her eggs there. She steps out for a while. Pluto comes home and the eggs all hatch. The chicks mistake Pluto for their mother and won't let go.

Then a grasshopper comes along and all the chicks chase after it. Pluto tries to sneak off but the chick that swallowed the 'hopper comes hopping along and bumps into Pluto. Pluto feels sorry for it and is soon over-run by chicks again. He helps them scratch up a worm.

The hen returns and argues with Pluto over the babies. She brings the rooster into the argument. While they fight, the babies run into the doghouse. Pluto wins and settles in, sad to see the chicks go, without realizing they're hiding in the straw all around him. When they emerge, he's happy.

kathy's rating:

7.8

6.8

The Eyes Have It (1945)

Director: Jack Hannah
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig and Clarence Nash

Donald receives a mail order hypnosis kit complete with hypnotic goggles and decides to test it on Pluto. Using the goggles, he convinces Pluto that he is, in turn, a mouse, a turtle and a chicken.

Each "transformation" Pluto undergoes Donald finds extremely funny so he keeps at it until he notices chicken Pluto getting into a fight with a rooster. Donald helps Pluto win the fight by making him think he's a lion but, unfortunately, the goggles break and Donald is chased around by "lion" Pluto until he regains his senses after a fall.

kathy's rating:

6.7

6.5

Pluto's Party (1952)

Director: Milt Schaffer
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig and James MacDonald

It's Pluto's birthday party but Mickey's dozen or so nephews seem to be having all the fun. Their present is a wagon so Pluto can pull them; the "Pin the Tail on Pluto" game doesn't go quite right and everything seems to prevent Pluto from having his birthday cake. But Mickey has planned ahead.

kathy's rating:

7.6

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940)

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voices): Lee Millar, Walt Disney and Billy Bletcher

Mickey is heading out on a Californian vacation from Burbank to Pomona, taking the train. Pete, the train's conductor, won't let him on with Pluto. So Mickey hides Pluto in his suitcase and tries to keep him hidden throughout the entire journey, without much luck. But Pete wins when Pluto is caught on a mail hook. Or does he?

kathy's rating:

7.6

7.2

Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)

Director: David Hand
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash and Billy Bletcher

Pluto chases a kitten through a muddy pool in the woods. The chase continues into Mickey's property and the kitten dives through an open window and right into Mickey's lap. Mickey scolds Pluto for being a bully and goes off to wash the kitten. Pluto falls asleep in front of the fire and dreams of a hell ruled by cats where he is put on trial for all his crimes against cats and, of course, found guilty.

kathy's rating:

6.9

6.8

Donald's Dog Laundry (1940)

Director: Jack King
Starring (voices): Lee Millar and Clarence Nash

Donald Duck builds an automated dog washer while an unsuspecting Pluto naps nearby. When Donald finishes and announces his plan to use Pluto as his test subject, a battle of wills ensues, with Donald using a rubber bone and a cat puppet in an attempt to lure Pluto into the suds.

kathy's rating:

7.6

6.9

Society Dog Show (1939)

Director: Bill Roberts
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig and Walt Disney

Pluto's in a dog show competing against lots of snooty, high society dogs. While Mickey's chasing after a dropped can, Pluto is making eyes at the female dog next door.

Pluto's turn for judging comes and, when the judge makes fun of him, Pluto gets mad and goes after the judge, which gets them thrown out. A fire breaks out and the dog Pluto was romancing is trapped inside. It's up to Pluto to rescue her.

kathy's rating:

6.1

6.5

Beach Picnic

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voices): Lee Millar and Clarence Nash

Donald Duck is at the beach and tries to ride a rubber horse. He notices Pluto sleeping at the shore and decides to have some fun with him by sending the rubber horse over to Pluto which completely mesmerizes him. Meanwhile, a tribe of ants abduct Donald's picnic lunch. Donald lays out fly paper to stop the ants. Pluto follows one of the ants and, of course, he and later Donald become enmeshed in the fly paper.

kathy's rating:

7.6

7.3

Donald and Pluto

Director: Ben Sharpsteen
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig and Clarence Nash

Plumber Donald is using a large magnet in his work. When he drops it, it causes trouble for Pluto, especially after Pluto swallows it. Things begin clinging to him, especially his metal dog dish.

kathy's rating:

8.5

6.7

Pluto's Heart Throb (1950)

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto falls for Dinah the dachshund; so does Butch. She strings both along, until Pluto very sweetly gives her a bone. But Butch won't let her go and keeps horning in, much to her annoyance.

kathy's rating:

7.8

6.7

The Army Mascot (1942)

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto sees the great chow the mascots at the army base are getting and decides he wants some of that. He sneaks in and disguises himself as Gunther Goat but the "food" is just a bunch of empty tin cans. Gunther runs him off.

Later, Gunther chews on some tobacco so Pluto does the same, which impresses the GIs, but Gunther butts him and makes him swallow it, making Pluto turn all kinds of colors.

While Pluto is passed out, Gunther prepares to butt him into the ammo dump but Pluto collapses while the goat is taking his run-up and Gunther himself gets blown sky high, clearing the way for a new mascot.

kathy's rating:

6.8

6.9

Pluto's Fledgling

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

A little bird tries to fly too soon and lands in Pluto's water dish. Pluto saves it and returns it to the nest but soon the bird tries again. This time Pluto decides to give flying lessons, first pulling the bird like a kite then launching it with an improvised slingshot.

kathy's rating:

7.6

6.8

The Sleepwalker

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto has a tussle over a bone with a female dachsaund named Dinah unaware that he is actually giving her the bone whenever he walks in his sleep and presents it to her. However, each time he awakens, he angrily demands it back until he discovers Dinah's puppies at which point he feels bad and offers up his entire collection of bones to Dinah's family as well as his doghouse.

kathy's rating:

7.5

6.8

The Purloined Pup (1946)

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Police dog Pluto is tracking down Butch, the dog who abducted rich puppy Ronnie for a 10,000 bone ransom. Pluto releases Ronnie but is then hunted by Butch.

kathy's rating:

7.6

6.9

Rescue Dog (1947)

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

The high mountains are a dangerous place for humans so valiant rescue dogs mount the guard, keeping their casks of brandy at the ready.

So does Pluto; too proud to play a single paw-move with a jolly Polar seal-pup, who simply sees the wooden thing as a fun toy, but the bumbling beast soon discovers the perils of the ice-scape extend to canines who snootily stick their snout too high to see where they tread: Pluto stumbles into the ice, gets caught under it and passes out.

The slick seal bravely dives in after him to pull his unwilling playmate out, already covered in a huge ice-block, and puts the cask to miraculously effective use on its carrier.

kathy's rating:

7.5

Pluto at the Zoo (1942)

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto walks past the zoo and sees the huge bone the sleeping lion has but getting it out is easier said than done. He gets it out of the lion's cage but then has to face the kangaroo and its playful joey. Next is the gorilla, then the crocodiles.

kathy's rating:

7.4

6.6

A Gentleman's Gentleman

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voices): Lee Millar and Walt Disney

Mickey Mouse lies in bed like a lord, getting served breakfast by man's (and mouse's) best friend Pluto as gentleman's gentleman. Next duty is to fetch the paper but also pay for it with a coin for the vending machine and those round things have a nasty habit of escaping a dog's teeth and bouncing over the pavement till they end up in the gutter.

After enough attempts to fish and spend the penny, Pluto has a newspaper to carry the same way. The wind has a nasty way to get a better grip on page after page than the dog so, by the time he delivers the daily dose of printed news, it's an embarrassingly muddy mess.

kathy's rating:

7.2

6.4

Pluto's Quin-Puplets

Director: Ben Sharpsteen
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto wants to chase the sausage man but Fifi convinces him to look after their five rambunctious puppies instead. The puppies end up in the basement where they tangle with a compressed air tank, paint, a jug of hooch and other hazards. Fifi returns and finds a drunk Pluto, paint on everyone, and gets very angry.

kathy's rating:

7.1

6.2

Bone Bandit

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto awakes to find no bone in his dish. It's off to the buried stash but Pluto discovers that a gopher has been using the bones to support his tunnels and doesn't want to part with them. The gopher takes advantage of a pollen-laden week, to which Pluto is allergic, to separate dog and bone repeatedly.

kathy's rating:

7.4

Dog Watch

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

As a ship's crew is on shore leave, seadog Pluto is left to stand watch. He sees a threatening shape but it turns out to be a cache of bones. He grabs one and settles in contentedly.

A wiley wharf rat sneaks on board and Pluto springs into action. The rat toys with him until it finds the officers' mess. He bribes Pluto with cookies and starts making him a sandwich until he hears an officer approaching. The rat hides and Pluto gets thrown in the brig while the rat sneaks off with his sandwich. But Pluto gets even.

kathy's rating:

6.3

Canine Casanova

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig and Billy Bletcher

Pluto spots Dinah the dachshund and is smitten but she ignores him. He uses a giant bone to steal a kiss, and hides behind a mirror, but still no luck. Then Dinah is nabbed by the dogcatcher and Pluto goes in to free her. Their thrilling escape finally gets Pluto another kiss.

kathy's rating:

6.3

Sheep Dog (1949)

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto has a job in the Wild West as sheep dog. Guarding his flock proves a busy job when the coyote Bent-tail and his inexperienced son Bent-tail junior, who proves more of a bother then a help for dad, are determined to do what comes naturally to their species, hunting themselves a healthy diet of juicy meat, such as mutton, even if it takes some modern methods to get past their distant canine cousin.

kathy's rating:

7.8

7.6

Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952)

Director: Jack Hannah
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig, Ruth Clifford, Dessie Flynn and James MacDonald

Pluto comes bounding outside to help Mickey get a Christmas tree. Chip 'n Dale see him and make fun of him, but the tree they take refuge in is the one Mickey chops down. They like the decorations, especially the candy canes and Mickey's bowl of mixed nuts. But Pluto spots them and goes after them long before Mickey spots them. Minnie, Donald and Goofy drop by to sing carols.

kathy's rating:

7.8

6.3

Pantry Pirate

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voices): Lee Millar and Lillian Randolph

Pluto is tied up in the backyard and has been ordered by the maid to stay outside while she prepares a roast. When Pluto smells the scent of the roast, he makes a beeline for the kitchen.

Unfortunately, staying undiscovered proves difficult for Pluto once he gets inside, particularly after he inhales a bucket of soapy water and starts sneezing. Bubbles fill the kitchen and cups are broken, at which point the maid comes downstairs. Luckily, Pluto returns to his doghouse leaving the impression that he never left.

kathy's rating:

6.8

Pluto's Blue Note (1947)

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig, Billy Bletcher and John Woodbury

Pluto wants to sing along with the birds, a bee and a cricket but he is tone deaf. No one, not even the radio, will sing along with him. But success comes when he finds that his tail makes an excellent phonograph needle, allowing him to lip-synch to a crooner's love song.

kathy's rating:

7.4

6.4

Mail Dog (1947)

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

The weather forces a mail plane to turn back. It drops the mail at Outpost #5 in Alaska, staffed by Pluto, who is to carry it to the next airport.

His mission is briefly thwarted by a totem pole but his real enemy is a rabbit who covets the blanket on Pluto's sled. They chase each other down some treacherous winding slopes before they end up at the landing strip, where the two of them crash into a snow bank and send the mail pouch right into the pilot's hand.

kathy's rating:

7.3

7.2

Bone Trouble (1940)

Director: Jack Kinney
Starring (voice): Lee Millar

Pluto's dish is empty so he goes after the bone in the dish of Butch the bulldog, who is sleeping next door. Can he make it home with the bone before Butch wakes up? No. Soon they are chasing each other through a deserted carnival into a hall of mirrors. Pluto takes advantage of one set of mirrors to scare Butch off.

kathy's rating:

8.3

6.3

In Dutch

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto is a milkdog in Holland, leaving canisters of milk on the townfolk's doorsteps. While going about his job, he falls head over heels in love with Dinah the dachshund. In his enthusiasm, he accidentally rings the dike alarm bell causing the town to think the dike is leaking. When the fraud is exposed, Pluto and Dinah are kicked out of the town.

Upon leaving, they both notice the dike actually has sprung a leak. While Dinah plugs the leak, Pluto must return to the town and find a way to get the residents to follow him to the dike leak.

kathy's rating:

8.1

6.9

Squatter's Rights (1946)

Director: Jack Hannah
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig, Ruth Clifford, Dessie Flynn and James MacDonald

Chipmunks Chip 'n Dale have made a cozy little home for themselves in the wood-burning stove of an empty cabin. They sleep in a matchbox, wash up in an empty acorn shell filled with water and look at their reflections on the back of a spoon, which serves as their bathroom mirror. They even have a staircase made from a pocket comb.

Invading their space are Mickey Mouse and his dog Pluto, who are all set for a swell vacation. They don't reckon on the two squatters. Pluto immediately discovers the presence of these two pests but Mickey never finds out. All he knows is that when he tries to light the stove, the matches go out; he doesn't know the chipmunks are blowing them out. Soon, Mickey is outside chopping wood, while Pluto is alone with the chipmunks. Pluto wants blood but he'll end up with a bottle of ketchup.

kathy's rating:

7.8

6.5

Canine Patrol

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto is patrolling a beach for the Coast Guard when a baby turtle hatches. The turtle keeps trying to sneak into the restricted zone to swim and Pluto keeps trying to stop him. But when Pluto stumbles into some quicksand, he suddenly needs help from his foe.

kathy's rating:

6.9

The Simple Things (1953)

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig and James MacDonald

Mickey and Pluto go fishing at the beach. Pluto has a run-in with a clam, who eventually lodges in Pluto's mouth; Mickey thinks the clam is Pluto's tongue and can't understand why Pluto keeps begging for more food. After they get rid of the clam, Mickey's attempts to use his minnows as bait are thwarted by a hungry seagull; he brings his friends and they chase our heroes away.

kathy's rating:

7.5

7.2

Mickey and the Seal (1948)

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig and James MacDonald

Mickey visits the zoo, where he makes friends with a baby seal by feeding it a couple of fish from his picnic basket. The seal stows away and goes home with Mickey where, for a while, only Pluto sees it.

But it climbs into Mickey's bath and he eventually figures it out and returns the tot. The young seal tells his elders of the wonders of Mickey's bath and scrub-brush and Mickey returns home to find a welcoming committee.

kathy's rating:

6.7

6.6

Pluto Junior

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

While Pluto naps, his son gets into scrapes with various other animals and other hazards. Pluto eventually wakes up and comes to his rescue.

kathy's rating:

6.6

Cold Turkey (1951)

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto and the cat, goaded by a TV commercial for turkey, raid the fridge and find a turkey inside. The cat gets there first and re-heats the turkey, first on the furnace duct, and then, trying to hide from Pluto, inside the tube-type TV - but he over-does it a bit.

kathy's rating:

$Pluto\'s Housewarming$

7.2

6.6

Pluto\'s Housewarming

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto has just finished moving his bones into a spiffy new doghouse when a turtle comes along and starts moving them out. While Pluto is dealing with the turtle, Butch takes up residence. Butch chases Pluto back to his grungy old doghouse and now it's his turn to deal with the tenacious little turtle. The turtle wins and he and Pluto become friends.

kathy's rating:

7.6

6.5

T-Bone for Two

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto finds a bone but also finds Butch the bulldog, who claims it for himself. Idea: Pluto paces off a distance, buried treasure style, and digs a large bone-shaped hole. Butch falls for it and, while he's digging deeper, Pluto almost makes off with the bone. Butch catches on just in time and chases Pluto, who ducks into a junkyard. The bone gets sucked into in a squeeze-bulb horn, which Pluto does battle with.

kathy's rating:

6.5

Cold Storage (1951)

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

An egret, frozen by the winter weather, moves into Pluto's doghouse. Pluto, cold and tired, takes a while to realize his doghouse is moving around without him. Even when he does realize though, he has a hard time dislodging the interloper.

kathy's rating:

6.6

Bubble Bee (1949)

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto is playing with a ball in the park when he mistakes a bubble gum machine for it. He tries briefly to get a gumball from the machine when a bee flies into the machine and carries a gumball off to his hive.

Pluto goes after the hive and knocks it down. It's full of gumballs which Pluto eagerly scoops up and begins chewing. The bee returns and is understandably upset. He tracks down Pluto but Pluto manages to defend himself with gum bubbles for quite a while. The bee manages to wrap the gum from one bubble around Pluto's legs, hobbling him.

Finally, the bee flies into Pluto's mouth. Pluto blows a giant bubble around the bee and, when it explodes, they both fly into the air and land in a flower patch. The bee finally manages to sting Pluto.

kathy's rating:

6.2

Pluto's Kid Brother

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto's kid brother, K.B., keeps getting into trouble. When Butch the bulldog passes by, K.B. latches onto him. Butch gets K.B. to crawl into a meat market through a small slot. Pluto comes along, they tussle and set off the burglar alarm. This brings the dogcatcher who grabs Butch.

kathy's rating:

7.3

Lend a Paw (1941)

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig and Walt Disney

It's winter and Pluto is sniffing around outside when he hears a noise. It's coming from a bag floating on an ice floe in a creek. Pluto rescues it then loses interest when it turns out to be a kitten. But the kitten follows him home, and Mickey takes a liking to it, to Pluto's disgust.

Pluto's devil and angel sides give him conflicting advice. Pluto puts the cat up to mischief but Bianca the goldfish fingers Pluto as the real culprit, getting him thrown outside. The kitten falls into a well and the angel beats up the devil, convincing Pluto to save the kitten.

kathy's rating:

7.5

6.4

Canine Caddy (1941)

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig and Walt Disney

Mickey's going golfing and Pluto is his caddy. Besides the usual caddy duties, Pluto runs to the ball and points to it. But when the ball lands in a gopher hole, Pluto's got another task: chase the gopher. They eventually chase each other through a number of holes in a knoll where Mickey is trying to putt out, causing the knoll to collapse.

kathy's rating:

6.7

6.5

First Aiders

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig, Ruth Clifford and Clarence Nash

Minnie's learning first aid; she asks Pluto and Figaro the kitten for help. Pluto keeps throwing Figaro into buckets and otherwise getting him into trouble. Then, when Minnie has Pluto all trussed up in splints, Figaro taunts him.

kathy's rating:

7.6

6.4

Pluto's Purchase

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig and James MacDonald

Mickey sends Pluto to the butcher store. Butch sees this and contrives to take Pluto's sausage, ultimately using some of his fleas to distract Pluto long enough. Pluto manages to retrieve the prize and get it safely home, only to discover it's a birthday present for Butch.

kathy's rating:

6.7

6.8

Private Pluto (1943)

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig, Dessie Flynn and James MacDonald

Pluto is in the army, working as a guard dog on a military base. He's told there are saboteurs and is assigned to guard a pill-box (gun emplacement). Before long, the "saboteurs" reveal themselves: Chip 'n' Dale using the cannon-like gun as their own personal nutcracker.

kathy's rating:

6.3

Pluto's Surprise Package (1949)

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voice): Pinto Colvig

Pluto tries to bring in the mail, which gets more difficult when a package sprouts legs and tries to go swimming. Between the wandering turtle and the wind blowing the other mail around, Pluto's got quite a task ahead. And it's not made easier when both the letters and the turtle go off a large cliff.

kathy's rating:

6.9

Cat Nap Pluto (1948)

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig and Clarence Nash

Pluto comes home after a long night and has to fight Figaro the kitten for the right to take a nap.

kathy's rating:

7.6

6.4

Pluto and the Armadillo

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney and Fred Shields

Mickey and Pluto are on a South American flight which makes a short stopover in Brazil. Mickey throws Pluto's ball into the jungle and he chases after it. The ball hits an armadillo which reacts by curling up into a ball that looks exactly the same Pluto's ball. When Pluot arrives at the scene, he finds two identical-looking baseballs. After some initial confusion, he eventually makes friends with the armadillo.

While playing chase, he is angry when the armadillo laughs at him. The armadillo hides in a cave and Pluto rips the ball apart thinking it's the armadillo. Pluto cries because he thinks he's killed his new friend.
This makes the armadillo sad too so he emerges from the cave and he and Pluto are happily reunited. Mickey calls out to Pluto that their plane is about to leave. While back on board the plane, Mickey is surprised to see that Pluto's "ball" is actually an armadillo.

kathy's rating:

7.5

6.6

Pluto's Sweater

Director: Charles A. Nichols
Starring (voices): Pinto Colvig, Ruth Clifford and Clarence Nash

Minnie has just finished knitting a bright pink sweater for Pluto, to his horror and kitten Figaro's amusement. He's thrown outside and has to hide from his canine buddies.

After getting tangled up in the sweater, Pluto goes in a lake and the sweater barely covers his head. Minnie is reading the book "The Hooded Monster" when Pluto pops up and scares her, then she's crushed that the sweater has shrunk - until Pluto points out it's now the perfect size for Figaro.

kathy's rating: