Lend a Paw

Lend a Paw is a 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 fingers Pluto as the real culprit, getting him thrown outside.

When the kitten playswith 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 leave 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. 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

 * Pluto
 * Kitten
 * Mickey Mouse
 * Pluto's Angel
 * Pluto's Devil
 * Bianca

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 short of 1941.

Home video releases
VHS
 * The Spirit of Mickey

DVD
 * Oliver and Company: Special Edition
 * Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto
 * Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites: Holiday Celebration with Mickey & Pals
 * The Fox and the Hound: 25th Anniversary Edition
 * ''Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary Edition

Blu-ray
 * Oliver and Company: 25th Anniversary Edition

Gallery
Category:Mickey Mouse shorts Category:Best Short Academy Award winners Category:Pluto shorts Category:Animated shorts Category:1941 shorts