Pluto's Judgement Day is a color Mickey Mouse short released in 1935. In spite of it being billed as a Mickey Mouse cartoon, though, Mickey himself barely appears in the short.
When Mickey catches Pluto chasing a kitten, he berates his dog for his actions, warning him that he will have much to answer for on his judgement day. Pluto falls asleep by the fire and dreams that he is put on trial in Hell by a judge and jury of vindictive cats.
He is found guilty of several crimes against cats, which involve the cats being scared or dying, which is surprisingly dark for a Disney cartoon. As he is about to be burned to death, he awakens with a newfound appreciation for the kitten after Mickey tells them to "kiss and make up".
An infamous and disturbing scene that was removed from most TV airings, but for some reason kept in home video versions, showed a trio of female kittens singing about Pluto drowning their Uncle Tom and bringing in his grave (at which all nine of his lost souls emerge and dance) as evidence. This was due to racism. Also, the three black kittens resemble black face girls, and Uncle Tom is an obvious reference to the Song of the South's main character, Uncle Remus, or perhaps to the titular character from the famous anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
The gates leading to Hell resemble the Cave of Wonders.
The short was spoofed in The Simpsons episode "How Munched is That Birdie in the Window?" as the Itchy and Scratchy short "Dogday Hellody of 1933".
This marks the first appearance of a newly-redesigned Mickey Mouse, who now has a pear-shaped body to appear more flexible.
One of the picket signs the demon cats hold up reads: "Sic semper tyrannus", which is usually translated from Latin as: "Thus always to tyrants" (not "Death to tyrants" as often claimed). Ironically, these words are often believed to be what Brutus said before stabbing Caesar and also what John Wilkes Booth (whose intention was to emulate Brutus) said before shooting Lincoln in the back of the head.
