The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor is a black and white Mickey Mouse animated short. It was released in 1933.

Story
On a dark and stormy night, a cloaked figure kidnaps Pluto from his doghouse. Hearing his pet's cries, Mickey jumps out of bed to rescue him. His search leads him to a creepy castle full of sinister skeletons. Meanwhile, the cloaked figure reveals that he is a mad scientist who wants to see what the result of fusing Pluto and a chicken together would be. Mickey finally finds where his dog is being held, but ends up strapped to a gurney himself with a buzz saw about to cut him in half. In the end, it turns out to have been just a dream and Mickey is happily "reunited" with his beloved pet.

Characters

 * Mickey Mouse
 * Pluto
 * The Mad Doctor
 * Skeletons

Trivia

 * An early title for the film was The Mysterious Castle and served as the inspiration for the Mickey Mouse comic storyline Blaggard Castle.
 * This film was banned in Great Britain at one time for being too scary for children.
 * The Mad Doctor makes a cameo appearance in a picture frame during the hospital scene in the Roger Rabbit short, Tummy Trouble.
 * This was one of the shorts that were used as a level in the SNES/Sega Genesis game Mickey Mania.
 * The Mad Doctor himself is a major antagonist in Epic Mickey, with the cartoon itself serving as one of the game's transitional levels as well as an unlockable extra. The Mad Doctor returned in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.