Private Pluto (1943)

Pluto is a guard dog on a military base. He's told there are saboteurs, and is assigned to guard a pill-box (gun emplacement). Before long, the "saboteurs" reveal themselves: Chip and Dale,... See full summary »

Director:

Clyde Geronimi

Stars:

Pinto Colvig, Dessie Flynn, James MacDonald

Cast

Credited cast:
Pinto Colvig	...	Pluto (voice)
Dessie Flynn	...	Dale (voice)
James MacDonald	...	Chip (voice)

Storyline

Pluto is a guard dog on a military base. He's told there are saboteurs, and is assigned to guard a pill-box (gun emplacement). Before long, the "saboteurs" reveal themselves: Chip and Dale, making their debut, using the cannon-like gun as their own personal nutcracker.

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Plot Keywords:

dog | military base | nutcracker | cartoon chipmunk | nut | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Short

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 April 1943 (USA)

Also Known As:

Menige Pluto

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

7 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First appearance of the chipmunk duo later known as Chip and Dale. The sped-up dialogue recorded for this film was reused in many of their later appearances.

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Connections

Referenced in Modern Family: Disneyland (2012)

User Reviews

Quite Boring

In this short, Pluto is assigned to guard the army base against potential invaders. This task he accepts with keen enthusiasm. But the invaders turn out to be Chip and Dale (before they became Rescue Rangers) and they play lots of pranks on poor old Pluto.

Basically, they are using the weight of a huge gun barrel to crack nuts. But when Pluto gets angry at this they use it, instead, to crack Pluto's head. Not very nice and the bulk of the 'humor' comes from this. I didn't find myself laughing so much, or at all. Pluto isn't really a strong enough character on his own. He works better when teamed with Mickey.

There's not much invention going on here and the short is rather simple-minded. Not a classic.