"A Minnie Mouse Cartoon"

Release Date October 11, 1946

Synopsis

Ever try to give a cat a bath? Minnie did, but Figaro didn't appreciate it!

Characters

Minnie Mouse

Figaro

Credits

Director : Charles Nichols

Animation

Marvin Woodward

Murray McClellan

George Nicholas

Brad Case

Story : Eric Gurney

Music : Oliver Wallace

Layout : Karl Karpe

Background : Merle Cox

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Minnie

Germany

Figaro and Cleo

Die Popcornschlacht

France

Disney Parade 1

Italy

Minni

Laserdiscs

Japan

Minnie's Greatest Hits / Pluto's Greatest Hits

Mickey and the Gang

Disney Cartoon Festival 1

The Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons

Minnie : Limited Gold Edition

DVD

United States

Cartoon Classics Favorites : Best Pals: Mickey and Minnie

Disney Treasures : The Complete Pluto : Volume 2

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #6 : "All Figaro All the Time"

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode #23

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #21

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 absolutely one of my favorite Disney shorts. I enjoy Figaro's bratty personality. After he is given a bath, Minnie ties a bow around his neck and sprays him with perfume. Figaro bats the bow around until it comes off his neck. He then goes outside and is confronted by a group of alley cats. I enjoy the scene where the tough alley cat tries to claw Figaro, but a pile of garbage cans fall all over him knocking him unconcious. The other alley cats think Figaro beat him up and back away from him when he hisses. I enjoy the part at the end when Minnie finds Figaro and says "Now you'll have to have another bath." Figaro is depicted as a skunk.

From Thad Komorowski : I always had some sort of fascination with Figaro, he seemed to be Disney's only 'nice' cat. I love Figaro's reactions of realizing he looks like a sissy, and the ending is cute too.

From Baruch Weiss : In this short Minnie gives Figaro a bath (cats usually give themselves a bath so what was the point?) and then dresses him up in a bow. He then goes outside and gets made fun of by a group of alley cats. This cartoon was ok, but I'm not going to call it one of my favorites. In fact, any kid whos been bullied in school or at home can really relate to this short!

From Dino Cencia : My favorite part was the ending Minnie saw Figaro and she picked him up and said: "Figaro, where on earth have you been? You're all dirty." And then Figaro imagined himself as a skunk. Then last Minnie said: "Now you've got to have another bath." Minnie Mouse is awesome and sweet in this short. This short was really good and I enjoyed it. I give it a 600.

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