"A Mickey Mouse Cartoon"

Release Date November 1, 1940

Running Time 7:44

Synopsis

No dogs are allowed on Pete's train, so Mickey tries to smuggle Pluto aboard with a variety of disguises.

Characters

Mickey Mouse

Pluto

Pete

Credits

Director : Clyde Geronomi

Animation : Ed Love

Backgrounds : Jim Carmichael

Inside Jokes

A tantalizing possibility of an inside joke : the train that Mickey and Pluto are riding on has "GERONOM" painted on the side as its name. Is the last letter supposed to be an "o" for Geronimo? More than likely it is supposed to be an "i" and refers to director Clyde Geronomi.

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Mickey

The Spirit of Mickey

Germany

Donald Macht nie Pause

Micky und Company

Italy

Topolino e Soci

Paperino e la Sua Banda di Paperi

Laserdiscs

United States

The Spirit of Mickey

Japan

I Love Mickey

Mickey and Company

Mickey : Limited Gold Edition

Disney Cartoon Festival 6

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : Mickey Mouse in Living Color : Volume 2

Walt Disney's Funny Factory with Mickey

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #43 : On Vacation

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode 16

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Comments

From Ryan : When I first saw this short on a video that I rented back when I was about eight or nine years old, I absolutely loved it. Disney did a great job with this short. Who could have made a better train conductor than Pete? On one of those "Disney Moments" that the Disney Channel airs, they showed Walt Disney and Billy Bletcher (the voice of Pete) doing the voice overs for this cartoon. This is definitely a classic Mickey short.

From Frank : It is the best. I am glad my daughter loves the Mick (so do I) and his games with Pete (particularly where Pete thanks the conductor as well as Pete's run in with the female invisible passenger who calls for the conductor) are the best and make me want to replay over and over again.

From Baruch Weiss : This was also one of my favorite Mickey cartoons. I enjoyed the scene where Pete (thinking it's Mickey and Pluto) grabs a woman. I also enjoyed the part where the mouse disguises as an Indian and says "How". Steryotype alert! Oh well It wouldn't matter anyhow considering that Disney does not show the old cartoons on TV anymore.

From Dino Cencia : Me and my dad love this part: TICKETS! I give this cartoon a 90 because it has a lot of funny parts like when Pete said: "So, it's you huh?" Mickey: "Yeah, ha ha, it's me I guess". Pete: "All alone without your dog". Mickey: "yeah, ha ha, all alone". Pete: "You know, I used to have a little cat once, and when it was left all alone, it'd cry: MEOW!" Then Pluto barks he thought it was a cat, but it was Pete who did it. Also, funny parts were Pete grabbed a woman (he thought it was Mickey and Pluto) and the woman hits him with her hat. The Tickets! part was really funny too. Mickey Mouse and Pluto rules!

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