Editing Pluto (Disney) (section)

{{short description|Disney character}}
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{{Infobox character
| name = Pluto
| franchise = ''[[Mickey Mouse universe|Mickey Mouse & Friends]]''
| image = Pluto (Disney) transparent.png
| first = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[The Chain Gang (1930 film)|The Chain Gang]]'' ({{Start date and age|1930|9|5}}) (unnamed)
* ''[[The Picnic (1930 film)|The Picnic]]'' ({{Start date and age|1930|10|9}}) (as Rover)
* ''[[The Moose Hunt]]'' ({{Start date and age|1931|4|30}}) (as Pluto)
}}
| creator = {{Plainlist|
* [[Walt Disney]]
* [[Norm Ferguson (animator)|Norm Ferguson]]
}}
| designer = {{Plainlist|
* Norm Ferguson
}}
| voice = {{Plainlist|
* Lee Millar (1930–1940)<ref name="CartoonVoices">{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=Keith |title=Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 |date=3 October 2022 |publisher=BearManor Media |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Pinto Colvig]] (1932–1937, 1954–1957)<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
* [[Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)|Jimmy MacDonald]] (1941–1953)<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
* Teddy Barr (1941)<ref name="CartoonVoices" />
* [[Paul Frees]] (1959)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fred Flintstone Meets Jiminy Cricket: A Salute to Alan Reed - |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/fred-flintstone-meets-jiminy-cricket-a-salute-to-alan-reed/ |website=CartoonResearch.com |access-date=11 November 2020 |date=25 August 2020}}</ref>
* [[Bill Farmer]] (1987–present)
}}
| alias = {{Plainlist|
* Rover
* Pluto the Pup
}}
| lbl1 = Developed by
| data1 = {{Plainlist|
* [[Norm Ferguson (animator)|Norm Ferguson]]
* [[Clyde Geronimi]]
* [[Charles August Nichols]]
}}
| species = [[Dog]]
| gender = Male
| family = [[Mickey Mouse]] (owner)
| significant_other = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dinah the Dachshund]]
* [[Fifi the Peke]]
* Tiki ("[[Mickey Mouse Works#ep2|Pluto's Penthouse Sweet]]")
}}
| children = [[Pluto's Quin-puplets|Pluto Junior]] (son)
| relatives = {{Plainlist|
* [[Pluto's Quin-puplets|Four other Quin-puplets]] (children)
* [[Pluto's Kid Brother|K.B.]] (brother)
}}
}}
'''Pluto''' is an American cartoon character created by [[Walt Disney]] and [[Norm Ferguson (animator)|Norm Ferguson]]. He is a yellow-orange color, medium-sized, short-haired [[dog]] with black ears. Unlike most Disney characters, Pluto is not [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] beyond some characteristics such as facial expression.<ref>Farrell, Ken. ''Warman's Disney Collectibles Field Guide: Values and Identification''. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011. p. 308.</ref> He is [[Mickey Mouse]]'s pet. Officially a [[mixed-breed dog]],<ref name="trivia" /> he made his debut as a [[bloodhound]] in the Mickey Mouse cartoon ''[[The Chain Gang (1930 film)|The Chain Gang]]''.<ref>Smith, Dave. ''Disney A to Z: The Updated Official Encyclopedia''. New York: Hyperion, 1998. Print. {{ISBN|0-7868-6391-9}}.</ref> Together with [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Minnie Mouse]], [[Donald Duck]], [[Daisy Duck]], and [[Goofy]], Pluto is one of the "Sensational Six"—the biggest stars in the [[Disney]] universe.<ref>Stewart, James B. ''Disney War''. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. p. 5.</ref> Though all six are non-human animals, Pluto alone is not dressed as a human.<ref>[[Sean Griffin|Griffin, Sean]]. ''[[Tinker Belles and Evil Queens: The Walt Disney Company from the Inside Out]]''. New York: New York UP, 2000. p. 70.</ref>

Pluto debuted in [[animated cartoon]]s and appeared in 24 ''[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' films before receiving his [[Pluto (film series)|own series]] in 1937. All together Pluto appeared in 89 short films between 1930 and 1953. Several of these were nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Academy Award]], including ''[[The Pointer]]'' (1939), ''[[Squatter's Rights (film)|Squatter's Rights]]'' (1946), ''[[Pluto's Blue Note]]'' (1947), and ''[[Mickey and the Seal]]'' (1948). One film starring him, ''[[Lend a Paw]]'' (1941), won the award in 1942. Because Pluto does not speak, his presence relies on physical humor. This made him a pioneering figure in character animation, by expressing personality through animation rather than dialogue.<ref>"[http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Essays/Flypaper%20Sequence/FlypaperSequence.html#originalpost The Flypaper Sequence Mystery]", essay by Michael Barrier</ref>

Like all of Pluto's co-stars, he appears extensively in comics, first in 1931.<ref>[http://coa.inducks.org/character.php?c=PL Pluto] at [[INDUCKS]]</ref> He returned to theatrical animation in 1990 with ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]'' and is in several direct-to-video films. Pluto is in countless television series, video games, and all other ''Mickey Mouse'' media.

In 1998, Disney's copyright on Pluto, set to expire at the end of 2005, was extended by the passage of the [[Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act]]. Disney, along with other studios, lobbied for passage of the act to preserve their copyrights on characters such as Pluto for 20 additional years.<ref>Sprigman, Chris. FindLaw's Writ, March 5, 2002, "[http://www.cbe.csueastbay.edu/~alima/courses/3107/Articles/SprigmanDisneyCopyright.pdf THE MOUSE THAT ATE THE PUBLIC DOMAIN: Disney, The Copyright Term Extension Act, And eldred V. Ashcroft] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030081013/http://www.cbe.csueastbay.edu/~alima/courses/3107/Articles/SprigmanDisneyCopyright.pdf |date=October 30, 2012 }}". Accessed September 19, 2012.</ref> Under current US copyright law, Pluto's earliest appearances will become public domain at the start of 2026. However Pluto, like all Disney characters, will remain [[trademarked]] by Disney, and trademarks do not expire unless the rights holder stops using it.