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Morris, the Midget Moose

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Morris, the Midget Moose is a Disney animated short film that was released in 1950, based on the book by Frank Owen.

Synopsis[]

Morris is a small moose with tremendous antlers who is ostracized from the group until he meets his match, an oversized moose with small antlers.

Plot[]

This cartoon is a two-heads-is-better-than-one parable. The bootle beetle tells two younger beetles, who are fighting to reach a piece of fruit that is out of their reach, the story of Morris, a four-year-old moose, who has not grown beyond the stages of a child and is the laughing stock among the other moose. Morris is a small moose with large antlers, and meets up one day with Balsam, a large moose with embarrassingly small antlers. Morris and Balsam become good friends. Thunderclap, the strongest bull moose, is constantly challenging and defending his title as head moose. The two defeat Thunderclap with Morris standing on Balsam's back. The combined strength of Morris and Balsam becomes too much for Thunderclap. In the end the sum of the two was greater than the parts and the beetles learn the lesson by standing on each other's shoulders to reach the far hanging fruit.[1]

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Trivia[]

  • The music heard during the opening credits was re-used for the intro theme of Hooked Bear. Later on, it was used as the theme song for the VHS collection Walt Disney Cartoon Classics.
  • The scene where the Moose's fight each other was recycled from Moose Hunters.
  • The original ending title in this is red instead of blue.

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  1. ↑ "November 24". disneydetail (24 November 2012).
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