Pluto and the Armadillo

Pluto and the Armadillo

Directed by Clyde Geronimi

Produced by Walt Disney Productions

19437 min6.1 / 10

A lighthearted animated short about Pluto's confusion and eventual friendship with an armadillo, built entirely on visual gags and gentle charm.

Mickey and Pluto make a short stopover on a South American flight. Mickey throws Pluto's ball into the jungle, and he chases it but it looks exactly the same as an armadillo that's rolled up into a ball. This, of course, greatly confuses Pluto for a while. But he eventually makes friends with the armadillo. He chases the critter into a cave right behind his ball, and rips the ball apart thinking it's the armadillo, which makes him very sad until the armadillo shows up again.

Questions people ask

  • Is Pluto and the Armadillo scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.

  • Is Pluto and the Armadillo easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 98% of films.

  • Does Pluto and the Armadillo end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is Pluto and the Armadillo sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is Pluto and the Armadillo violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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19/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity5

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise34

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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