Plot

Mickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete.

Mickey is piloting a steamboat when Captain Pete comes to the bridge and throws him off. They stop to pick up cargo. Minnie just misses the boat and Mickey uses the crane to grab her. She drops her sheet music of "Turkey in the Straw" and a goat eats it. With help from Mickey, she cranks the goat's tail, and it plays the tune. Mickey accompanies on percussion and by torturing various animals, until Pete comes down and puts a stop to it, putting Mickey to work peeling potatoes. While this is the first sound Mickey Mouse, there's no dialog.—Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>

The first Mickey Mouse cartoon released, and the first cartoon with synchronized sound. As a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat, Mickey, to Minnie's delight, plays "Turkey in the Straw" utilizing an animal menagerie as his instruments. The tyrannical Captain Pete is not amused, and Mickey ends up peeling potatoes in the galley.—Anonymous

A steamboat is chugging down a stream and Mickey Mouse is at the wheel. Mickey starts whistling a tune and then pulls a rope, making the whistles hum. Two of them do, but one needs encouragement by the others. Captain Pete then pulls Mickey away from the wheel and tells him to go downstairs. Mickey blows Pete a raspberry and Pete goes to kick him, but ends up kicking himself. Now downstairs, Mickey slips on a bar of soap and into a bucket. Mickey dries himself off and the parrot starts laughing at him. Mickey throws the bucket of water over the parrot. Pete hears the commotion and gets out something, putting it in his mouth and spitting it back out again. Eventually, Pete spits it all over himself and he gets angry. The next shot is of all the animals waiting at the Po Dunk Landing, including a bull with the word "FOB" around it neck. The boat arrives and Mickey ties it up, but it wont go up, so Mickey grabs a fork from a haystack and shove it into the bulls stomach, to make it heavier and it goes up. Minnie runs for the boat, carrying a ukulele and a case, but the boat leaves before she gets there. Minnie continues chasing after the boat and finally grabs Mickeys attention. Mickey uses a hook to get Minnie on board and she drops the ukulele and sheet music and a goat eats the paper that has "Turkey in the Straw" written on it. Minnie then notices the goat has eaten all the sheet music and is about to eat the ukulele. Mickey fights it, but the ukulele finally goes down. Mickey then opens up the mouth and Minnie cranks the tail, until a bunch of musical notes start coming out of the goats mouth, playing a tune. Mickey creates some instruments and starts playing along. Mickey then uses the animals on board as instruments. Pete finally catches him and throws Mickey in the "potato bin" and he starts chopping potatoes in half with a knife and the parrot starts laughing again. It ends with Mickey throwing a potato at the parrot and it lands in the ocean with a splash.