Every time kindness to animals is adressed I'm happy, and that's why I like this short. I just think that it could have been stronger if they had put in two more minutes or so just to add more scenarios to increase the pathos driven message. It delivers what is is supposed to with the devil and angel method which works very well with how they fight each other. It is amusing while also showing how Pluto handles situations when he feels threatened and making him a multidimensional character and relatable. He is a good even though he can be a jerk sometimes. I love him.

I've got to admit I'm not too familiar with Pluto as a character, so I couldn't really get into this short. Pluto is Mickey's voiceless pup who, in this short, has a dark and a light side that feud cartoon-y style. This short was made a while ago, so I wouldn't say it was cliché at the time, but the image has become rather familiar.Pluto is bounding along the winter landscape one day when he finds a kitten that was meant to be drowned in a creek. The kitten immediately latches on to Pluto and follows him home, where Mickey takes him in and starts lavishing affection. Pluto, feeling left out, starts scheming how to put the kitten in his place...I think this short is too short. It goes through too many changes of Pluto's character too quickly and doesn't really provide much besides his feuding conscience to work with. It's definitely made for children (nothing wrong with that) but doesn't seem to really provide much reason for Pluto's actions (why does one side of his conscience win over the other, ultimately?).--PolarisDiB

A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon.Pluto must LEND A PAW to save the life of a drowning kitten - but is disgusted when Mickey welcomes the tiny feline into their home.There's much to enjoy in this Oscar-winning little film, with pathos, suspense & good humor all wrapped-up into one tidy package. The use of the Angel-Pluto & Devil-Pluto to express the Pup's thoughts is an amusing conceit. This was the second of only two appearances in a Disney cartoon made by Bianca the Goldfish, the other being MICKEY'S PARROT (1938).Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by pictures & drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew comic figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a storm of naysayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that childlike simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.

This Oscar winner is a rather sweet, gentle, charming cartoon that, from another studio, probably would not have won the Oscar. While it's a good cartoon, it certainly isn't my choice (of those I've seen, I prefer Rhapsody in Rivets myself). This is the best one that prominently features Pluto and it cetainly does not make you scratch your head and wonder what they were thinking. A good, but by no means great, cartoon. Like most of the shorts (with some lamentable exceptions), this shows periodically on The Ink and Paint Club. Recommended.