"A Pluto Cartoon"

Release Date June 23, 1944

Running Time 7:11

Synopsis

Pluto gets spring fever! But too much fever can be a bad thing as nature begins to intrude on his pastoral romp.

Characters

Pluto

Pan

Credits

Director : Charles Nichols

Animation

George Nicholas

Norman Tate

Marvin Woodward

Sandy Strother

Story

Nick George

Eric Gurney

Layout : Charles Philippi

Background : Lenard Kester

Music : Oliver Wallace

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Second Series : Volume 5 : Here's Pluto

France

Les Aventures de Pluto

Germany

Heir ist Pluto

Italy

Le Avventure di Pluto

Laserdiscs

United States

Here's Mickey / Here's Pluto

DVD

Disney Treasures : The Complete Pluto Volume 1

Television

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode 17

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 : This is one of those Disney cartoons that I have not seen in a long time. I liked it when I first saw it and probably would now. One part I liked was the caterpillar scene where he spins a coccoon on Pluto's muzzle. He then turns into an attractive female butterfly.

From Baruch Weiss : I just like this cartoon. My favorite part is where the caterpillar makes a coccoon on Pluto's muzzel and after the song (where I don't understand one single word) he comes out and turns into a female butterfly. But what really won me over was the music done by Oliver Wallace and believe you me he does a very good job. I hope one day I see this short again.

From Candy : I've always liked this cartoon because of the female butterfly that dances for Pluto. She was drawn as a sexy Latino dancer. The music that she dances to has a Latin beat, and she was drawn with Hispanic features. I think that the Disney artists drew her that way because they wanted to depict her as a sexy, exotic creature that would fascinate Pluto, who was depicted in this as an all-American male. They might have been thinking of the way real dogs are mezmorized by watching butterflies float through the air. When she comes out of the cocoon, she gives him a knowing look, and he turns away and blushes, as if she's some kind of seductress. Then she flies on his nose and does a little dance, swinging her hips. She's very curvacious and is waring a short dress. This was an example of a Disney cartoon that had sexual elements, though it was done in a cute, Disney-like way.

From Michelle I. : I love this joyful cartoon, though it wasn't one of my favorites when I was younger. I now have a huge appreciation for it. Everyone seems to like the bit with the caterpillar turning into a sexy butterfly, and indeed that is a highlight of the short. Overall though, I really like the entire thing and all the small details, from the narrator's great voiceover to the little mushroom that pops up under Pluto's chin. As usual, the ending is clever and humorous.

From Trae Robinson : Here's a little known fact: This is the first Disney cartoon with credits. I think the narrator caught Pluto's cold at the end cause I heard him sneeze.

From Matthew Cooper : Although I don't normally watch Pluto cartoons (I myself am a Donald Duck fan,) I have seen this one but after seeing it at a young age, I nearly forgot it. Whoever is reading this right now, don't you think it's a bit bizzare that after the male caterpillar comes out of his coccoon, he's a female butterfly

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