Donald and Pluto

Donald and Pluto
Directed by	Ben Sharpsteen
Produced by	Walt Disney
Written by	Jack Kinney Roy Williams
Starring	Clarence Nash Lee Millar
Music by	Frank Churchill Paul Smith
Studio(s)	Walt Disney Productions
Distributor	United Artists
Released	September 12, 1936
Language	English
Preceded by	The Wise Little Hen
Followed by	Don Donald

Donald and Pluto is a 1936 cartoon in which Donald Duck and Pluto co-star together. Although released officially under the Mickey Mouse heading, it is considered the pilot cartoon for the Donald Duck series.

Characters

• Donald Duck (voiced by Clarence Nash)
• Pluto (voiced by Lee Millar)

Plot

Donald is a plumber fixing pipes in the basement of a house, while Pluto happens to also be there trying to enjoy a juicy bone lunch. Before long, Pluto accidentally swallows one of Donald's tools - a magnet which leads to him attracting several metal objects.

Trivia

• This short showcases several modifications in Donald's design, which include a slimmer body, shorter neck, rounder feet, and a shorter beak, which would become his standard look.
• Despite the short being labeled as a Mickey Mouse cartoon, this is the only Mickey Mouse short where Mickey doesn't appear at all.
• Although no house owner is ever revealed, it can be assumed that perhaps the pair are at Mickey's home.
• This is also the first short where Pluto appears without Mickey Mouse outside of two Silly Symphonies as well as the first time since his debut in The Wise Little Hen that Donald Duck appears in a cartoon without Mickey Mouse.
• The running gag of Pluto licking Donald at the end is reused in "Beach Picnic".
• The original 1936 theatrical release title card of the short originally contained silhouettes of Donald Duck and Pluto on a light grey background. This title card, however, isn't carried over in the theatrical reissues, as the reissues instead use red burlap background title cards.
  • Since the original title card is presumed to be lost, the short is instead restored with the burlap reissue title cards on The Chronological Donald DVD release.

Releases

Television

• The Walt Disney Christmas Show
• Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #68
• The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.26: "Classic Donald"

Home video

• Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Donald Duck's First 50 Years (VHS)
• Pluto's Greatest Hits (VHS)
• Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald (DVD)

Gallery

Burlap reissue title card

Donald in this cartoon

Title card from the 1997 compilation VHS Pluto's Greatest Hits

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1930s The Wise Little Hen • Donald and Pluto • Don Donald • Modern Inventions • Donald's Ostrich • Self Control • Donald's Better Self • Donald's Nephews • Good Scouts • Donald's Golf Game • Mother Goose Goes Hollywood • Donald's Lucky Day • The Hockey Champ • Donald's Cousin Gus • Beach Picnic • Sea Scouts • Donald's Penguin • The Autograph Hound • Officer Duck • The Fox Hunt (co-starring Goofy) • Polar Trappers (co-starring Goofy) 1940s The Riveter • Donald's Dog Laundry • Mr. Duck Steps Out • Put-Put Troubles • Donald's Vacation • The Volunteer Worker • Window Cleaners • The Fire Chief • Timber • Golden Eggs • A Good Time for a Dime • Early to Bed • Truant Officer Donald • Old MacDonald Duck • Donald's Camera • Chef Donald • Donald's Decision • The Village Smithy • The New Spirit • Donald's Snow Fight • Donald Gets Drafted • Donald's Garden • Donald's Gold Mine • The Vanishing Private • Sky Trooper • Bellboy Donald • Der Fuehrer's Face • The Spirit of '43 • Donald's Tire Trouble • Lake Titicaca • Aquarela do Brazil • The Flying Jalopy • Fall Out-Fall In • The Old Army Game • Home Defense • Trombone Trouble • Donald Duck and the Gorilla • Contrary Condor • Commando Duck • The Plastics Inventor • Donald's Off Day • The Clock Watcher • The Eyes Have It • Donald's Crime • Duck Pimples • Cured Duck • Old Sequoia • Donald's Double Trouble • Wet Paint • Dumbell of the Yukon • Lighthouse Keeping • Straight Shooters • Sleepy Time Donald • Clown of the Jungle • Donald's Dilemma • Bootle Beetle • Wide Open Spaces • Chip an' Dale • Drip Dippy Donald • Daddy Duck • Donald's Dream Voice • Blame It on the Samba • The Trial of Donald Duck • Inferior Decorator • Soup's On • Three for Breakfast • Tea for Two Hundred • Donald's Happy Birthday • Sea Salts • Winter Storage • Honey Harvester • All in a Nutshell • The Greener Yard • Slide, Donald, Slide • Toy Tinkers • Billposters (co-starring Goofy) • No Sail (co-starring Goofy) • Frank Duck Brings 'em Back Alive (co-starring Goofy) • Crazy with the Heat (co-starring Goofy) 1950s Lion Around • Crazy Over Daisy • Trailer Horn • Hook, Lion and Sinker • Bee at the Beach • Out on a Limb • Dude Duck • Corn Chips • Test Pilot Donald • Lucky Number • Out of Scale • Bee on Guard • Donald Applecore • Let's Stick Together • Uncle Donald's Ants • Trick or Treat • Don's Fountain of Youth • The New Neighbor • Rugged Bear • Working for Peanuts • Canvas Back Duck • Spare the Rod • Donald's Diary • Dragon Around • Grin and Bear It • The Flying Squirrel • Grand Canyonscope • No Hunting • Bearly Asleep • Beezy Bear • Up a Tree • Chips Ahoy 1960s-Present The Litterbug • D.I.Y. Duck Educational Shorts How to Have an Accident in the Home • How to Have an Accident at Work • Donald in Mathmagic Land • Donald and the Wheel • Steel and America • Donald's Fire Survival Plan • Family Planning Songs Donald Duck See Also DuckTales (1987 series) • Donald's Quack Attack • Quack Pack • Pomp and Circumstance • DuckTales (2017 series)