Lend a Paw

Lend a Paw is a Mickey Mouse Cartoon released on October 3, 1941.

Plot
Pluto is sniffing around outside when he hears a noise. It's coming from a bag floating on an ice floe in a creek. Pluto rescues it, then loses interest when it turns out to be a kitten. The kitten follows him home, and Mickey takes a liking to it, to Pluto's disgust. Pluto's devil and angel sides give him conflicting advice. Pluto puts the cat up to mischief, but Bianca the goldfish fingers Pluto as the real culprit, getting him thrown outside. Meanwhile, the kitten is playing with a ball, but it rolls and bounces right outside and into a well, the kitten follows and falls in, it's now up to Pluto to either save it or leave it, but after a push and demand from the angel (and beating the devil), Pluto does his part and saves it

Mickey meanwhile, had fallen asleep and is awaken by the sound of Pluto calling him, after getting the kitten out of harm, he lifts up the pulley to rescue Pluto who's now frozen, Mickey has now forgiven his pal and brings him back inside to warm him up in a tub of hot water, after warming up, the Kitten gives Pluto a sweet little lick to thank him, Pluto does not seem to mind and his angel side reminds him that kindness to animals is a reward that will be cherished until the end.

Voice Cast

 * Pinto Colvig as Pluto


 * Walt Disney as Mickey Mouse

Cast

 * Pluto
 * Kitten
 * Mickey Mouse
 * Pluto's Angel
 * Pluto's Devil
 * Bianca the goldfish

Other Information

 * This is a color remake of the 1933 Mickey Mouse short Mickey's Pal Pluto. In this one, however, there's only one kitten and Minnie Mouse doesn't appear.
 * This short won the Academy Awards for best short of 1941.
 * This short was on the special edition DVDs of Oliver and Company and The Fox and the Hound.
 * This was the third short on the VHS, The Spirit of Mickey.