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{{Infobox film
| name           = Private Pluto
| image          = Private_Pluto-shortfilm_poster.png
| caption        = Short film poster
| director       = [[Clyde Geronimi]]
| producer       = [[Walt Disney]]
| story          = 
| starring       = [[Pinto Colvig]]<br />Norma Swank<br />Dessie Flynn
| music          = [[Oliver Wallace]]
| animator       = [[Al Bertino]]<br />[[Les Clark]]<br />Phil Duncan<br />[[John Lounsbery]]<br />[[Charles August Nichols|Charles A. Nichols]]
| layout_artist  = Bruce Bushman<br />Charles Philippi
| background_artist = 
| studio         = [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]]
| distributor    = [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1943|4|2}}
| color_process  = [[Technicolor]]
| runtime        = 7 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
}}

'''''Private Pluto''''' is a 1943 [[propaganda]] comedy cartoon produced by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]]. In this cartoon, [[Pluto (dog)|Pluto]] is in the army and he gets antagonized by two chipmunks, later known as [[Chip 'n' Dale]], in their first official appearance.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/65/mode/2up |page=65}}</ref> While the chipmunks became regular antagonists of [[Donald Duck]], they did continue to pester Pluto in ''[[Squatter's Rights]]'' (1946) and one last time in ''[[Pluto's Christmas Tree]]'' (1952).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grant |first1=John |title=Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters |date=1998 |publisher=Hyperion |isbn=0-7868-6336-6 |edition=2nd |page=41}}</ref>

This story and characters previously appeared in the October 1942 issue of ''[[Walt Disney's Comics and Stories]]''. This was a 4-page text story with illustrations.<ref>Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, volume 3, number 1, pages 55-58</ref>

==Plot==
This short showcases [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]] as a [[military working dog]] during [[World War II]] when he is a guard dog on a U.S military base. He is told there are saboteurs, and is assigned to guard a pill-box (gun emplacement). First, Pluto tries to follow marching orders, contorting himself into quite a mess. Then, he engages in hijinks with [[Chip 'n' Dale|two chipmunks]] who are using a cannon to store and crack their nuts, and a war of wits naturally ensues.

==Voice cast==
* Pluto: [[Pinto Colvig]]
* Chip: Norma Swank<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Mindy |date=2022-04-21 |title=Farewell to the Woman Behind Walt Disney's "Chip" |url=https://www.mindyjohnsoncreative.com/single-post/farewell-to-the-woman-behind-walt-disneys-chip |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=Mindy Johnson Creative |language=en}}</ref>
* Dale: Dessie Flynn

==Home media==
The short was released on May 18, 2004, on ''[[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Three#Walt Disney on the Front Lines|Walt Disney Treasures: Walt Disney on the Front Lines]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Walt Disney on the Front Lines DVD Review |url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/onthefrontlines.html |website=DVD Dizzy |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref> and on December 7 of the same year, on ''[[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Four#The Complete Pluto|Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto: 1930–1947]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Complete Pluto Volume 1 DVD Review |url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/pluto1.html |website=DVD Dizzy |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|36278}}
* [http://www.ultimatedisney.com/pluto1b.html Ultimate Disney review]

{{Pluto (Disney) in animation}}
{{Disney World War II propaganda films}}
{{Clyde Geronimi}}
{{Chip 'n' Dale in animation}}

[[Category:American comedy short films]]
[[Category:1940s Disney animated short films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Oliver Wallace]]
[[Category:Films directed by Clyde Geronimi]]
[[Category:Films produced by Walt Disney]]
[[Category:Pluto (Disney) short films]]
[[Category:RKO Pictures animated short films]]
[[Category:World War II films made in wartime]]
[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
[[Category:American animated short films]]
[[Category:RKO Pictures short films]]
[[Category:Chip 'n' Dale films]]
[[Category:English-language short films]]
[[Category:1943 animated short films]]


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