"A Pluto Cartoon"

Release Date January 24, 1941

Synopsis

Pluto fights with a baby seal during a visit to the beach, but the seal soon has to come to his rescue from an attacking squid.

Characters

Pluto

Credits

Director : Norm Ferguson

Animation

Basil Davidovich

Grant Simmons

Cut Scenes

A scene where Pluto has his head held underwater was cut at one time. It has since been reinstated for some showings.

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions 2 : From Pluto With Love

France

Les Nouvelles Aventures de Pluto

Germany

Pluto Ein Schlappohr Hetzt die Meute

Pluto auf der Jagd

Italy

Da Pluto con Amore

Le Nuove Avventure di Pluto

Video Parade 7

Laserdiscs

United States

From Pluto with Love

Japan

More Tales of Pluto

DVD

Disney Treasures : The Complete Pluto Volume 1

Television

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode 6

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

Comments

From Nikki : Can't say this is my favorite Pluto short. Poor Pluto's fun is interupted by a seal who is in at least one other short, the seal just won't leave Pluto alone. All Pluto wanted to do was play with ball alone but the seal won't let him and Pluto dosn't consider sharing. When he saved from the squid (and the seal gets all the water out of Pluto's system) Pluto accepts the seal as a friend and goes out into the sun set. Its a very nice friendship short.

From Ryan : I found this short to be quite boring. Pluto is at the beach playing with his ball when a baby seal come up and wants to play. Pluto, however, is not interested in the seal and continues to play with his ball. There was one scene of suspense: that where Pluto has his head dunked underwater by an octupus. Other than that, the cartoon focuses on Pluto and the seal.

From Baruch Weiss : There was a nice music score at the begining and end of this cartoon, but on the surface it is another predictable one. Pluto encounters another small animal who he does not like at first, but eventually befriends after saving his life. In this case, a babay seal saves him from a squid. The short also reminds me of a Little Audrey cartoon titled "Surf Board".

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