Bone Trouble

Bone Trouble is a 1940 animated short produced by Walt Disney, and directed by Jack Kinney.[1] It stars Pluto and Butch the Bulldog, in the latter's first appearance.[2]

Not to be confused with Bonetrousle.

Bone Trouble
Promotional poster
Directed byJack Kinney
Story byCarl Barks
Produced byWalt Disney
StarringLee Millar
Clarence Nash
Music byFrank Churchill
Paul J. Smith
Animation byJohn Lounsbery
Rueben Timmins
Norm Ferguson
Jack Gayek
Art Fitzpatrick
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • June 28, 1940 (1940-06-28)
Running time
8:44 minutes
CountryUnited States

Plot

The short begins with Pluto waking up in his dog house. Pluto is hungry, but the birds have eaten his dish. He hears snoring over the nextdoor fence. Butch the Bulldog, who is sleeping nearby, has a bone which Pluto attempts to steal without awakening him. Pluto has to sneak past trees and tires to reach to the bone. After a couple of attempts, he successfully steals it. Before Pluto can enjoy the bone, an angry Butch shows up, having awoken some time before. A surprised Pluto takes the bone and Butch chases him.

Butch chases Pluto through town and into a deserted carnival. The chase continues when they passed by posters of a fat man and a belly dancer. They go through the Tunnel of Love ride where Pluto reverses the chase. Butch loses sight of Pluto when Pluto goes into a hall of mirrors. The mirrors cause Pluto to transform into various animals. Pluto has fun with the mirrors until he sees Butch again. Pluto takes advantage of one set of mirrors to successfully scare Butch off. He winks at his reflections and goes off with the bone.

Production

The story was written by Carl Barks, who was soon to become a prolific and popular Disney comics artist and writer. This story partly inspired Barks' first Disney comics story, Pluto Saves the Ship, in 1942.[3]

Cast

Releases
  • 1940 – theatrical release

Home media

The short was released on December 7, 2004, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto: 1930–1947.[4] It will be released to Disney+ between September 5 and 8, 2023.[5]

Additional releases include:

References
  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 120–121. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  2. "Bone Trouble (1940) – Pluto Theatrical Cartoon Series". The Big Cartoon DataBase. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  3. Andrae, Thomas (2006). Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book: Unmasking the Myth of Modernity. University Press of Mississippi. p. 292. ISBN 978-1-57806-858-6.
  4. "The Complete Pluto Volume 1 DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  5. The D23 Team (June 19, 2023). "Disney+ to Debut 28 Restored Classic Walt Disney Animation Studios Shorts". D23. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
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