Cartoons released in 1941

207 cartoons ← 1940 1942 →

  1. Elmer's Pet Rabbit

    January 4, 1941 No. 9769. MPAA: 6340 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Elmer buys Bugs for 98 cents in a pet shop.

  2. A Helping Paw

    January 7, 1941 No. 4101 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Featuring Dr. Slaphappy, Seeing-Eye Dog, Patient

  3. Western Daze

    January 7, 1941 Theatrical Series Paramount Pictures

  4. Problem Pappy

    January 10, 1941 No. MPAA: # 02729 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    When Popeye checks in on his pappy, who sleeps in a rowboat as a bed, he discovers that he's gone off somewhere. Popeye sets out to find his wayward father, who does all kinds of crazy thin…

  5. Timber

    January 10, 1941 No. 4101.. MPAA#: 06553 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Hobo Donald steals Pete's supper, so Pete puts him to work as a lumberjack to work for his food.

  6. What A Little Sneeze Will Do

    January 10, 1941 No. 4101 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  7. Porky's Snooze Reel

    January 11, 1941 No. 9772. MPAA: 6698 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Newsreel parody with jokes about Elks conventions, the Swiss Navy, dog shows and national defense.

  8. All's Well

    January 17, 1941 No. MPAA: 2857 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Gabby is walking along singing a song when he spots a baby with no diaper. Gabby, of course, butts in, thinking that he can solve the problem. He sets out to stop the baby in the carriage f…

  9. The Streamlined Donkey

    January 17, 1941 No. 4102 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    An exuberant little donkey lives for one thing: the joy of racing at top speed. But his mother, beaten down by a lifetime of servitude, glumly cautions her son to go slow and use care, for…

  10. The Fighting 69 ½th

    January 18, 1941 No. 9773. Blue Ribbon (2nd): 1319… Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    A couple is having a picnic in a peaceful forest. Red ants are on one side and black ants on the other. Both sides declare war over the picnic goodies.

  11. Hairless Hector

    January 24, 1941 No. 4102 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  12. Pluto's Playmate

    January 24, 1941 No. 4102. MPAA: 06391 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    At the beach, Pluto gets into a fight with a baby seal, but the seal soon has to come to Pluto's rescue from an attacking squid.

  13. Mouse Trappers

    January 27, 1941 No. 994 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Andy Panda's dad is bragging about his prowess as a hunter when Mom directs his attention to a severe mouse problem. Andy's father is trying to catch a pesky mouse with his own "scientific"…

  14. Sniffles Bells The Cat

    February 1, 1941 No. 9855. MPAA: 06895 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Opens with a frantic chase as a group of mice, including Sniffles outrun a house cat escaping into their space in the wall. As the other mice remark about their close call, Sniffles makes t…

  15. Mississippi Swing

    February 7, 1941 No. 4103 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  16. Quiet! Pleeze

    February 7, 1941 No. MPAA: # 02728 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Poopdeck Pappy has a hangover and Popeye tries to keep everything quiet.

  17. The Little Theatre

    February 7, 1941 No. 4103 Theatrical Series Screen Gems

    Scrappy's little theater is a one-man operation: he takes the tickets, seats the patrons, leads the band and stars in all of the acts. But when kid brother Oopie sabotages the show, comedy…

  18. The Little Whirlwind

    February 14, 1941 No. 2248. MPAA: 6392 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Minnie wants Mickey to clean up her yard, so she encourages him to help with offers of her fresh, new cake. Mickey cleans the yard, but then a tiny tornado (smaller than him) with a mind of…

  19. Zero The Hound

    February 14, 1941 No. FL4104 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Featuring Zero

  20. The Crackpot Quail

    February 15, 1941 No. 9853. MPAA: 6536 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Looking at a sleek pointer dog on a billboard, goofy Willoughby the Dog dreams of being a great hunting dog. He goes off to hunt quail, but crashes into a tree, which he points out to us ("…

  21. The Haunted Mouse

    February 15, 1941 No. 9774. MPAA: 6141 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    A cat discovers a house complete with a mouse for a meal. Surprise: the mouse is a ghost! The mouse proceeds to turn the tables on the kitty.

  22. Fishing Made Easy

    February 21, 1941 No. 4104 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Featuring Sourpuss

  23. Two For The Zoo

    February 21, 1941 No. 2877 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Gabby and the head zookeeper at the Lilliput Zoo bring in a new kangaroo to the zoo. A delivery man pushes a crate down the street containing a Rubber Necked Kango. Gabby bumps into the cra…

  24. Abdul The Bulbul-Ameer

    February 22, 1941 No. 4101 Theatrical MGM

    The familiar song is adapted into a cartoon short. Abdul The Bulbul-Ameer, a rotund Arab, gets into a brawl with Ivan Skavinski Scavar, a preening Russian Cossack, over an offense to Abdul'…

  25. Fair Today

    February 24, 1941 No. 995 Theatrical Series Universal Studios

    Fairs, rides, attractions and horses at the county fair are all made fun of. Like a world's fair, there are some ultra-modern exhibits. You'll see the Rubber Man, the Fat Lady, the Tattoo M…

  26. The Lady Eve

    February 25, 1941 Theatrical Paramount Pictures

    When you deal a fast shuffle... love is in the cards. Barbara Stanwyck is the conniving cardsharp, Henry Fonda the apparently gullible millionaire scientist who knows more about snakes than…

  27. The Way Of All Pests

    February 28, 1941 No. 4104 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Various members of the insect world join forces to harass a man who unknowingly makes their lives miserable.

  28. The Cat's Tale

    March 1, 1941 No. 9859. MPAA: 6440 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    A frustrated mouse gets tired of being chased, so he confronts the cowardly cat and orders him to stop. He convinces the cat to tell dog Spike to quit chasing him as well. Mayhem ensues whe…

  29. Golden Eggs

    March 7, 1941 No. 4104. MPAA: 06458 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Donald sees that the price of eggs are going up, and figures he can make a killing with his hens. But he ends up having a hard time harvesting eggs from the hen house, so he goes in disguis…

  30. Olive's $weep$take Ticket

    March 7, 1941 No. MPAA: # 02742 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Olive wins a sweepstakes and can't find the ticket. The search is on! She wins Twinkletoes the bird (from Max Fleischer's feature film Gulliver's Travels) at the movie theater.

  31. The Home Guard

    March 7, 1941 No. 4105 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Featuring Gandy Goose, Jenny

  32. Joe Glow, The Firefly

    March 8, 1941 No. 9784. MPAA: 6341 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    A firefly with a miner's lighted helmet explores a camper's tent and the various people-sized items that, from his perspective, are gigantic.

  33. The Prospecting Bear

    March 8, 1941 No. 4102 Theatrical Series MGM

    An early version of Barney Bear goes off prospecting for gold with a little donkey who eventually eats the dynamite and blows everything up.

  34. It Happened To Crusoe

    March 14, 1941 No. 4105 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    A tribe of black African cannibals (with heavy racial stereotyping, such as playing table tennis with their upper lips as the paddles!), send one of their tribesmen, Winchester, out of the…

  35. The Carpenters

    March 14, 1941 No. 4122 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Carpenters Clancy, Mr. Teewilliger and Herman bumblingly struggle to build a house with disastrous results.

  36. Twinkletoes Gets The Bird

    March 14, 1941 No. FL4107 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Featuring Twinkletoes

  37. Tortoise Beats Hare

    March 15, 1941 No. 9937. MPAA: 6620 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Bugs puts up $10 that he can win a race with Cecil Turtle, but he is unaware that Cecil has many lookalike relatives to help him win. When the turtle, accepts Bugs thinks that it's hilariou…

  38. When Knights Were Bold

    March 21, 1941 No. 4106 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

    A musical cartoon about Robin Hood.

  39. A Gentleman's Gentleman

    March 28, 1941 No. 2256 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Mickey sends Pluto downtown to fetch the paper, but Pluto loses the coin he was to do it with. His effort to retrieve the coin with bubble gum only makes things worse.

  40. Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat

    March 28, 1941 No. 999.. MPAA: 07186 Theatrical Series Universal Studios

    Lazytown (population 123½) is a sleepy Southern burg along the banks of the Mississippi that's home to some outrageously stereotyped blacks. Everyone is lazy here- even the fish! The all-bl…

  41. There's Music In Your Hair

    March 28, 1941 No. 4106 Theatrical Series Screen Gems

    A musical gone haywire. An orchestra conductor is frustrated by all the silly musicians in his band, but they still manage to play some interesting, but fractured, music.

  42. Goofy Groceries

    March 29, 1941 No. MPAA: 06744 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    It's wintertime inside an old-fashioned grocery store. When the lights go out, many well-known (at that time) brand names and products found in a grocery store come to life to put on variou…

  43. Porky's Bear Facts

    March 29, 1941 No. 9866. MPAA: 6342 Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    This retelling of the "Ant and the Grasshopper" fable concerns Porky, a conscientious, hard-working farmer, and the lazy bear and dog who live in a nearby homestead. Porky works hard all su…

  44. Hysterical Highspots In American History

    March 31, 1941 No. 996 Theatrical Series Universal Studios

    A comical twist on the history of America.

  45. Dipsy Gypsy

    April 4, 1941 Theatrical Series Paramount Pictures

    Featuring Jasper, Jim Dandy

  46. Flies Ain't Human

    April 4, 1941 No. MPAA: # 02845 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Some pesky flies keep Popeye from sleeping.

  47. The Little Mole

    April 5, 1941 No. 4301.. MPAA: 07109 Theatrical MGM

    A morality play about a little mole. He's given a chance to see by a con man named Professor Primrose Skunk, using pop bottle bottoms for lenses. The mole forgets his mother's admonition to…

  48. The Land Of Fun

    April 8, 1941 No. 4107 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    The Land Of Fun is a parody of the travelogue shorts, which were very popular at the time when this cartoon was made, even down to the "As the sun sets over..., we say farewell to..." endin…

  49. The Baby Seal

    April 10, 1941 No. 4107 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  50. Raggedy Ann And Raggedy Andy

    April 11, 1941 No. MPAA: 02868 Theatrical Fleischer Studios

    A little girl wants to buy the Raggedy Ann doll in a toy shop window and hears the tale of why Raggedy Ann and Andy can only be sold as a pair. A sexy Spanish vamp girl tells Andy, "There i…