Pluto (Disney)

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Image:Plutodog.gifPluto (also known as Pluto the Pup) is a fictional character made famous in a series of Disney short cartoons. Pluto has most frequently appeared as Mickey Mouse's pet dog, although he has also been Donald Duck's pet, and occasionally as the pet of Goofy (who, notably, is himself a dog). He also had an independent starring role in a number of Disney shorts in the 1940s and '50s. Pluto is unusual for a Disney character in that he is not anthropomorphized beyond showing an unusually broad range of facial expressions; he is actually represented with the characteristics of his species. The only words he ever spoke were "Kiss me".

Pluto first appeared in the 1930 Mickey Mouse cartoon The Chain Gang as a bloodhound on the trail of escaped prisoner Mickey Mouse. The bloodhound character was adapted into Minnie Mouse's dog Rover. The Disney later changed his name to Pluto and his owner to Mickey Mouse, making him Mickey's best pal.

Pluto is considered one of the first Disney characters to break out of the "rubber hose" and "circle formula" style the studio had relied on; the dog's design gave him the appearance of actually being round instead of flat. In addition, Pluto is one of the first cartoon characters that is actually shown to have thought processes through the use of character animation. The dog's thought processes are showcased in a landmark scene from 1934's Playful Pluto, in which Pluto becomes stuck to a piece of fly paper, and attempts to figure out ot a way to get himself unstuck.

In Pluto's own cartoons, his friends included Fifi the Peke, Dinah the Dachshund, and Ronnie the St. Bernard Puppy. His enemies included Butch the Bulldog, Figaro the Kitten, Chip 'n Dale, Buzz the Bee, and other characters.

Pluto was named after the planet Pluto which was discovered in 1930, the same year that the character was launched.

In Disney's 1942 animated short Pluto Junior, Pluto has a son who is simply referred to as "Pluto Junior." In the 1946 animated short Pluto's Kid Brother, Pluto has a younger brother named K.B.

Pluto has also appeared in the television series Mickey Mouse Works and Disney's House of Mouse. Curiously though Pluto was the only standard Disney character not included when the whole gang was reunited for the 1984 featurette Mickey's Christmas Carol.

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