Lend a Paw is an Academy Award-winning Mickey Mouse cartoon short that was released on October 3, 1941.
Plot[]
Pluto is sniffing around outside when he hears a noise. It's coming from a bag floating on an ice flow in a creek. Pluto rescues it, then loses interest when it turns out to be a kitten. The kitten follows him home and Mickey takes a liking to it, much to Pluto's disgust.
Pluto's devil and angel sides give him conflicting advice. Pluto puts the cat up to mischief, but Bianca the goldfish points her fin at Pluto, because it was his fault for this chaos. Mickey kicks his dog outside and slams the door.
When the kitten plays with a ball, it rolls and bounces right outside and into a well. The kitten follows and falls in, so it's now up to Pluto to either save it or abandon it, but after a push and demand from the angel (and beating the devil), Pluto does his part and saves it
Mickey, meanwhile, had fallen asleep and is awakened by the sound of Pluto calling him for help. After getting the kitten out of harm's way, he lifts up the pulley to rescue a now-frozen Pluto, Mickey then forgives Pluto and brings him back inside to warm him up in a tub of hot water.
After warming up, the Kitten gives Pluto a sweet little lick to thank him, but this time, Pluto does not seem to mind and his angel side reminds him that kindness to animals is a reward that will be cherished in the end.
Cast[]
- Mickey Mouse
- Kitten
- Pluto
- Pluto's Angel
- Pluto's Devil
- Bianca
Voices[]
- Walt Disney - Mickey Mouse
- Pinto Colvig - Pluto
Other Information[]
- This is a color remake of the 1933 Mickey Mouse short Mickey's Pal Pluto. In this one, however, there is only one kitten and Minnie Mouse doesn't appear.
- This short won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short of 1941. To date, it is the only cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse to have won that award.
- Although Figaro from Pinocchio is seen on the short's theatrical release poster (pictured above), Figaro does not appear in this short at all.