Springtime for Pluto (1944)
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- Approved
- 7min
- Animation, Comedy
- 23 Jun 1944 (USA)
- Short
Seduced by a satyr, Pluto celebrates spring. He goes around enjoying the scents, then imitating various animals. But when he imitates the butterfly (that transformed from a caterpillar before our eyes), he gets in trouble. The butterfly...
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Cast
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| John Dehner | ... |
Spirit Narrator (uncredited)
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James MacDonald | ... |
Pluto (uncredited)
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Thurl Ravenscroft | ... |
Singing Caterpillar (uncredited) (singingVoice)
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Directed by
| Charles Nichols | ||
| Clyde Geronimi | ... | (uncredited) (earlier cartoon clips) |
Written by
| Nick George | ... | (story) & |
| Eric Gurney | ... | (story) |
Produced by
| Walt Disney | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Oliver Wallace | ||
Sound Department
| George Lowerre | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Lenard Kester | ... | background artist |
| George Nicholas | ... | animator |
| Charles Philippi | ... | layout artist |
| Sandy Strother | ... | animator |
| Norman Tate | ... | animator |
| Marvin Woodward | ... | animator |
| Hal King | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| John Lounsbery | ... | additional animator (uncredited) / animator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
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- RKO Radio Pictures (1944) (United States) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1944) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS) (on "Pluto Superstar")
- Audio Visual Enterprises (1985) (Greece) (VHS)
- Walt Disney Home Video (1987) (United States) (VHS)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Seduced by a satyr, Pluto celebrates spring. He goes around enjoying the scents, then imitating various animals. But when he imitates the butterfly (that transformed from a caterpillar before our eyes), he gets in trouble. The butterfly had done a little dance with a water droplet; Pluto picks a beehive as his "ball". The bees, of course, attack, and Pluto escapes by diving into some bushes of poison ivy. Then the "gentle" rains of spring come, along with the hail ("hail, hail the rains"), making a mess of Pluto's house.
Written by Jon Reeves |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | First Disney cartoon with a full set of on-screen credits. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into The Coyote's Lament (1961). See more » |
| Quotes |
Singing Caterpillar:
[while climbing Pluto's tail, and spinning himself into a cocoon]
# Oh, little underslung friend so furry, / Wriggling by without a worry, / Hurry, hurry, hurry, lest thou be late, / To thy prearranged fate. / Oh, spin, spin, spin without questioning, / Spin thy cloak for evolutioning, / Hang, hang in suspended animation, / 'Til comes the call for alteration. # See more » |