"A Pluto Cartoon"

Release Date May 22, 1942

Synopsis

Pluto longs to be an Army mascot (especially after he sees how well they are fed) so he hatches a plan to take the place of the real mascot.

Characters

Pluto

Gunther Goat

Credits

Director : Clyde Geronomi

Story

Carl Barks

Jack Hannah

Videos

United States

Canine Commando

Germany

Plutos Tollkühne Abenteuer

Pluto Held Wider Willen

Plutos Größte Hits

Italy

Cartoons Disney 2

Le Avventure di Pluto

France

Les Aventures de Pluto

Laserdiscs

Japan

Minnie's Greatest Hits / Pluto's Greatest Hits

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : On the Front Lines

Disney Treasures : The Complete Pluto Volume 1

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #56 : Wartime Disney

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 Jerry Edwards : Pluto yearns to be an army mascot because of the good food they get. He attempts to outwit a goat mascot to earn the job, but is continually bested by the goat. But Pluto gets lucky when the goat misses butting Pluto and instead butts an ammo shed instead. The explosion blows the goat sky high, with his horns sticking into the front of a Yankee Clipper flying overhead. At the end, Pluto enjoys a hearty roast in his new job as a mascot.

The funniest part of the cartoon for me is at the beginning of the cartoon, when Pluto sees other dog mascots getting a nice roast and a huge steak as food. When he notes that the goat mascot is asleep and disguises himself to get the goat's food, Pluto is showered by a pile of tin cans instead of meat.

I enjoy this cartoon some, but not one of my favorites.

From Ryan : Here's a wartime cartoon with Pluto in it. I liked the part where Pluto sees the goat chewing tobacco. He then takes the whole stick and chews it. The goat butts him and Pluto swallows the tobacco. This causes him to get sick, and his body turns into all sorts of colors and designs (e.g. yellow and green checker). This is a great cartoon that I enjoy watching quite a bit whenever I get time.

From Baruch Weiss : Pluto yearns to be an army mascot because of the good food they get, and he outwits a goat mascot to earn the job. I know how he felt; when I first started high school I liked it because of the good food that was served at lunch.

From Severin : Probably my favorite Pluto cartoon. And that's saying something! This just has one of my favorite chase scenes at the beginning with Pluto and the goat. In my opinion, the Pluto cartoons weren't all that bad, and this one is no exception. 8/10

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