Springtime For Pluto

Springtime For Pluto

June 23, 1944 Theatrical Series Pluto

Studio
Walt Disney Studios
Distributor
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Synopsis

Pluto gets spring fever! But too much fever can be a bad thing as nature begins to intrude on his pastoral romp.

Characters

Pluto, The Spirit of Spring

Credits

Directing

Director
Charles Nichols

Producing

Producer
Walt Disney

Writing

Writer
Nick George, Eric Gurney

Music

Music
Oliver Wallace

Crew

Layouts
Charles Philippi
Backgrounds
Lenard Kester

Production notes

According to Dave Mackey, this is the first Disney short to carry a full slate of screen credits.

Pictures

Reviews

Captivating transformation

BuggyMarch 19, 2012

Ah the childhood memories! When I saw this as a kid, I was enthralled by the scene where the caterpillar sings, spins and wraps himself tightly in his cocoon, pops out within a few seconds as a beautiful butterfly woman and dances for Pluto. Since the caterpillar sings in such a deep voice, which heavily implies that he is male, as a kid, I was incredibly surprised that he turned into such a perfect, beautiful woman in such a short amount of time. I also didn't understand the cryptic song until I heard it again as an adult. I wonder if being stretched to near breaking point by the baby quail and Pluto, or having his cocoon shaken so vigourously might have messed up his gender during the transformation? I only wish the caterpillar/butterfly character had appeared more often in other shots as well...

Springtime For Pluto

bd3April 2, 2004

This is my personal favorite disney short, i saw it many times on one of those "Disney Cartoon Classics Videos and the title was "Here's Pluto"this was back in the 80's when i was a young lad and i rented it so many times that i bet i wore out the tape,also in the caterpillar scene the caterpillar spins a coccoon on Pluto's tale and not on Pluto's Muzzel.