Talk:Pluto (Disney)

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Pluto isn't a dog; Pluto is a cartoon character. --65.24.55.241

That's one of the mysteries of the Disney universe: In a word of talking mice, cows, dogs (such as Goofy), ducks, and whatever else, Mickey Mouse still has a dog that acts like a dog. As they say in Sunday school: "Well, it's a mystery."  :) Modemac

Not much of a Mystery as it has been answered in many stories. As was the opinion of Carl Barks the main characters in the stories just happen to look like animals but are human in their behavior, emotions and culture. They represent humanity.But that doesn't mean there are no animals left. There are plenty of regular animals appearing in his stories. The best example would be a panel in the classic storie "Ghost of the Grotto" that has the human-Ducks (Donald Duck and his nephews) appearing in a panel while in the panel's background there is a family of regular animal-ducks. Just Barks's way of contasting the "human" and the "animal" version of the species.

The same rule also applies in the stories of other creators. Even in early stories by Floyd Gottfredson there are clues towards this point of view.For example a recuring gag was Minnie Mouse's fear of regular animal-myce. The Italian stories have explained that the humanized versions of those species have evolved from the regular versions millions of years ago, established a civilisation as early as 1.000.000 years ago and have long lost most of the original animal's traits. For example no member of the Duck family has the ability to fly on its own means since they have hands and not wings. But their webfeet still help them in swimming.

The course of evolution in the Disney Universe may not be very realistic but has its own logic and leaves few mysteries.

 User:Dimadick.

Contents 1 Bluto 2 Concept and creation 3 Naming 4 Origins of name Pluto

[edit] Bluto

I removed this:

Disney Studios successfully forced Paramount Pictures to change the name of Olive Oyl's eager suitor in the Popeye cartoons from Bluto to Brutus on the grounds that he might be confused with Pluto, although the characters are nothing alike.

...a popular, yet untrue rumor. The Bluto/Brutus name change involves a legal mixup over Bluto's ownership between Paramount Pictures and King Features Syndicate. --FuriousFreddy 20:40, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Just as the above removal begs citation, so does the reason for removal. Either would be great contributions to the main article, but not without supporting evidence. Hondo 20:02, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Concept and creation

As I understand it, Norm Ferguson, under Walt Disney's supervison was the main supervising animator of Pluto and was quite responsible for his design and as well as "breathing life" into him. This can be easily referenced in Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston's "The Illusion of Life". I am making a notation of this in the main article unless there is contention to this. User:Hokgwai

[edit] Naming

I removed the reference quoting Disney in a book casually cited as On The Road to Disney, by Walt Disney. I could not locate any citations of the book on WorldCat, Amazon.com, or LexisNexis Academic. If the original author could restore the paragraph with improved citation, that would be appreciated. I substituted a more detailed account of Pluto's naming. Demeny 17:56, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Origins of name Pluto

http://www.space.com/searchforlife/060907_pluto_politics.html

This page suggests that the name Pluto did not come from the Planet Pluto but was instead suggested by an 11 year old girl?

58.107.43.109 (talk) 12:22, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

You are reading it backwards. The article states what I hope would have been obvious ... that the planet was not named after the cartoon dog.Kww (talk) 12:37, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Ok Thanks

Pberrett (talk) 07:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)