Pluto's Fledgling

Despite looking a little dated, "Pluto's Fledgling" is a nice and perfectly enjoyable little classic of animation. The designs and colors (as well as their quality) are old fashioned but pretty good and thousands of times better than the CGI creations. Besides, the animation is great and the story calls the attention.

On this short, Pluto teaches a baby bird how to fly and becomes his protector. It also shows us that, although Pluto is often an impatient and temperamental dog, he has a heart of gold. He can be a hero and he is indeed on this one.

The story starts with a baby bird that is left behind by his mother and brothers, who are already flying and forget about that one. He desperately tries to fly, but he falls in Pluto's water plate. Pluto feels touched by this, rescues him and takes him carefully inside his mouth (and between his tongue) to his place. Then Pluto falls in a funny way until he reaches his dog house.

A bit later, however, the little bird tries to fly again and falls once more, this time on Pluto's nose. In a very quick defensive reaction, Pluto doesn't realize that in the next moment the little bird is in his mouth again. After that is when Pluto realizes that the bird can't fly and feels bad for the tiny creature. But Pluto is a smart and clever dog, so he teaches the little bird how to fly... a mission which is successfully made in the end. Now they are both happy because of their mutual success.