Minnie Takes Care of Pluto is a Minnie Mouse cartoon from Mickey Mouse Works. Despite this short being labeled as a Minnie Mouse short, it focuses on Pluto instead of Minnie.
Plot[]
Mickey drops Pluto off at Minnie's house unexpectedly. When an irritated Minnie tells Pluto to stay out of her way, Pluto's devil conscience convinces and manipulates him into believing that Minnie is out to do him in, while Pluto's angel conscience convinces Pluto otherwise that Minnie loves him and doesn't mean what she said and instead advices him to be patient with Minnie, leaving the dog conflicted on which conscience to side with.
Characters[]
Censorship and Controversy[]
- This short was pulled from ABC and never shown again in the U.S., due to complaints about the short's frightening moments. It could, however, still be seen outside the U.S, usually on international feeds of Disney Channel and its sister channel Toon Disney (later Disney Cinemagic and then Disney XD). For the very same reason, this short, along with "Pluto Gets the Paper: Vending Machine" are the only two MouseWorks shorts not shown on House of Mouse, and is very likely the main reason why Mickey Mouse Works haven't gotten a release on Disney+ yet as of 2024. The frightening moments include:
- An imagine spot where "Poison Berry Jelly" is put on Pluto's dog bowl and Minnie laughs evilly as Pluto's remains are on the bowl.
- A second imagine spot where Minnie buries Pluto alive.
- A third imagine spot where Minnie tries to kill Pluto with a mace.
- A nightmare where instead of remaining in Heaven, Pluto ends up in Hell.
Trivia[]
- This is the second short where Pluto is sent to Hell, the first being Pluto's Judgement Day. However, unlike in Judgement Day, the "demons" are all portrayed as Doberman Pinschers instead of black cats and the Satan equivalent is now Pluto's Devil instead of the Cat Judge.
- This is one of the only two MouseWorks shorts that was never shown on House of Mouse, the other being "Pluto Gets the Paper: Vending Machine".
- This is the only episode in the series where Mickey is voiced by Quinton Flynn instead of Wayne Allwine, likely due to the latter being unavailable for the role.
Gallery[]
Minnie, telling Pluto to stay out of her way, while she is cleaning.
