Toby Tortoise Returns

Toby Tortoise Returns
Directed by	Wilfred Jackson
Produced by	Walt Disney
Written by	William Cottrell Joe Grant Ward Kimball Bob Kuwahara
Starring	Eddie Holden Ned Norton Martha Wentworth Marcellite Garner Alyce Ardell Leone Ledoux
Studio(s)	Walt Disney Productions
Distributor	United Artists
Released	August 22, 1936
Language	English
Preceded by	Three Little Wolves
Followed by	Three Blind Mouseketeers

Toby Tortoise Returns is a Silly Symphony cartoon starring Max Hare and Toby Tortoise, and the sequel to The Tortoise and the Hare.

Synopsis

A return bout between Max Hare and Toby Tortoise, this time mismatched in the boxing ring. After dominating the slow-moving Toby in the first round, Max finds himself unable to get a punch past Toby's powerful shell and resorts to dirty tricks which inevitably backfire.

Characters

• Toby Tortoise (voiced by Eddie Holden)
• Max Hare (voiced by Ned Norton)
• The Three Little Pigs (cameo)
• Elmer Elephant (cameo)
• Tillie Tiger (cameo)
• Jenny Wren (voiced by Martha Wentworth)
• Practical Pig (cameo)
• Donald Duck (cameo)
• Bunny Girls (voiced by Marcellite Garner, Alyce Ardell, and Leone Ledoux)
• Big Bad Wolf (cameo)
• Dirty Bill (cameo)
• Goofy (cameo)
• Horace Horsecollar (cameo)
• Cuckoo Bird (caricature of Harpo Marx)
• Dog referee

Releases

Television

• The Mickey Mouse Club, October 12, 1956
• The Mouse Factory, #2.15: "Sports"
• Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #16
• The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.49: "More Storybook Silly Symphonies"

Home video

VHS

• Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Silly Symphonies!
• Walt Disney's Fables: Volume 4

Laserdisc

• Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Silly Symphones! / Starring Silly Symphones: Animals Two by Two

DVD

• Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies
• Walt Disney's Fables: Volume 4

Streaming

• Disney+, November 12, 2019

Trivia

• As evidenced by the model sheets, this short was initially going to be titled The Return of Toby Tortoise.

Gallery

The voluptuous Jenny Wren. (Notice Goofy, Donald and Horace in the crowd to Jenny's right and the Big Bad Wolf and Dirty Bill to her left.)

Practical Pig as the bell ringer.

v - e - d

1929 The Skeleton Dance • El Terrible Toreador • Springtime • Hell's Bells • The Merry Dwarfs 1930 Summer • Autumn • Cannibal Capers • Frolicking Fish • Arctic Antics • Midnight in a Toy Shop • Night • Monkey Melodies • Winter • Playful Pan 1931 Birds of a Feather • Mother Goose Melodies • The China Plate • The Busy Beavers • The Cat's Out • Egyptian Melodies • The Clock Store • The Spider and the Fly • The Fox Hunt • The Ugly Duckling 1932 The Bird Store • The Bears and Bees • Just Dogs • Flowers and Trees • King Neptune • Bugs in Love • Babes in the Woods • Santa's Workshop 1933 Birds in the Spring • Father Noah's Ark • The Three Little Pigs • Old King Cole • Lullaby Land • The Pied Piper • The Night Before Christmas 1934 The China Shop • The Grasshopper and the Ants • Funny Little Bunnies • The Big Bad Wolf • The Wise Little Hen • The Flying Mouse • Peculiar Penguins • The Goddess of Spring 1935 The Tortoise and the Hare • The Golden Touch • The Robber Kitten • Water Babies • The Cookie Carnival • Who Killed Cock Robin? • Music Land • Three Orphan Kittens • Cock o' the Walk • Broken Toys 1936 Elmer Elephant • Three Little Wolves • Toby Tortoise Returns • Three Blind Mouseketeers • The Country Cousin • Mother Pluto • More Kittens 1937 Woodland Café • Little Hiawatha • The Old Mill 1938 The Moth and the Flame • Wynken, Blynken and Nod • Farmyard Symphony • Merbabies • Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 1939 The Practical Pig • The Ugly Duckling