Bone Bandit is an animated Pluto short that was released on April 30, 1948.
Synopsis[]
Pluto just wants to dig up one of his bones, but has to deal with an angry gopher to get at it.
Characters[]
- Pluto (voiced by Jimmy MacDonald)
- Gopher (voiced by Jimmy MacDonald)
Releases[]
Television[]
- Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald, episode #75 (1981)
- Donald Duck Presents, episode #22 (1983)
- Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode #34 (1992)
- Donald's Quack Attack, episode #90 (1992)
DVD[]
- Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume 2 (2006)
Streaming[]
Have a Laugh! changes[]
The following scenes were deleted from the short release due to time constraints:
- Pluto waking up from his nap.
- Pluto pacing across the yard to the spot where he had buried his bone.
- Pluto's first encounter with goldenrod that make him sneeze.
- The first appearance of the gopher as it gathers the goldenrod together before going back down into its hole.
- As Pluto paws around in the gopher's hole, he inadvertently ends up tickling it before grabbing onto a bone.
- The gopher rubbing its head after Pluto runs over it as he runs after the bone.
- The gopher pacing back and forth in front of Pluto with the goldenrod before spraying it in the dog's face.
- The face-off between Pluto and the gopher.
- Pluto chasing the gopher across the garden and getting his head stuck in a watermelon.
- The gopher digging out under Pluto and tickling the dog as a distraction so it can run off with the bone.
- The gopher throwing goldenrod in Pluto's face so that he will sneeze and not be able to chase after the gopher.
- The gopher struggling to save its home after Pluto inadvertently steps in its hole.
- Pluto chasing after the gopher underground.
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