"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Alternate Titles

"Donald et les fourmis" - France

"Tee fur Zweihundert" - Germany

Release Date December 24, 1948

Synopsis

Donald is picnicking outdoors when he decides to have some fun with a line of ants. Big mistake as the ants decide to take revenge and go after his picnic.

Characters

Donald Duck

Credits

Director : Jack Hannah

Animation

Volus Jones

Judge Whittaker

Bill Justice

Bob Carlson

Story

Nick George

Bill Berg

Layout : Yale Gracey

Background : Thelma Witmer

Music : Oliver Wallace

Awards

Nominated for an Academy Award (Short Subjects - Cartoons)

Cut Scenes

A stereotypical black ant has been edited out of this short.

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions 2 : Donald's Bee Pictures

Cartoon Classics : Second Series : Special Edition : Happy Summer Days

Germany

Winnie Puuh und Donald auf Heißer Fährte

Italy

Paperino e le Api

Troppo Vento per Winnie Puh

Video Parade 4

Laserdiscs

United States

Donald's Bee Pictures

The Goofy World of Sports / Happy Summer Days / Fun on the Job

Japan

Mickey's Jungle Trouble

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : The Chronological Donald, Volume 3 : 1947-1950

United Kingdom

Walt Disney's Laugh Factory with Donald

France

Walt Disney's Rigolons avec Donald

Germany

Walt Disney's Donald's Spassfabrik

Television

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode #18

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode 62

Walt Disney Presents : The Donald Duck Story

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 Michelle I. : Not my absolute favorite Donald cartoon, but an undeniably good one: you've got to love how the ants speak and move the duck's picnic supplies, especially when he stacks up tons of them on the one poor ant. At last, though, they all carry the sleeping duck off.

From Justin : "Tea for Two Hundred" is about Donald on a camping trip. Just as he's about to eat, he notices an army of ants marching by him. He notices one of them carrying a bean or seed, and decides to test the ant's strength by adding more than what he's carrying. The ant collapses with his pride hurt, but goes back to his colony knowing that the duck has some tasty treats for him and his collegues! So they get revenge after what Donald did to that one ant and throw him off a cliff!

This is definitely one of Donald Duck's best cartoons. There's a good story, funny jokes, good voice acting (Clarence Nash did Donald and Pinto Colvig did the ants.), and the best part of all-the ants! I noticed that each ant in that cartoon seems to have its own unique movement while marching and their native tongue is really a lot of fun to listen to.

From Dino Cencia : My favorite part is when the ants threw Donald into the lake and does his angry quacking. lol! And it's funny like when the ants and Donald are football and blocking the other side to get to their home with the food. Also another funny part is when Donald tried to grab his food out of the ants home and the ants pulled off Donald's sailor suit and he's naked! And he puts on a barrel for clothes. I loved this Donald short. I give it 200 out of 200 because of the name of the short. Get it? It's a joke!

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