July 3, 1942 – The Pluto Short Film The Sleepwalker is Released to Theaters
On July 3, 1942, the Pluto short film The Sleepwalker was released to theaters. It was directed by Clyde Geronimi.
Pluto is sleeping in his doghouse, with a large bone sitting in his food bowl. From a hole in the fence nearby, a female dachshund observes the bone, drooling. She wanders in and tries to take it from the sleeping Pluto, and as he wakes, he growls and chases after the hungry female. He returns home after chasing her away, and she begins to cry. Once again, Pluto falls asleep, but begins to sleepwalk, taking the bone over to the dachshund. She is surprised to see him, but happy to receive the bone. Later, when Pluto wakes up (with no recollection of giving away his bone), he finds it missing, and angrily goes to retrieve it, breaking her food bowl in the process.
Pluto has several angry confrontations with the dachshund, unaware that he is the one giving her the bone
As he walks away, he falls asleep and sleepwalks back to her, dropping off the bone again. She happily begins to dig a hole for the bone, but when Pluto wakes up again, she quickly digs it back out and hands it back. In a fit of rage, Pluto destroys her doghouse, and in the destruction, finds that the hungry dachshund has a litter. The puppies play with Pluto, and he realizes with guilt what he has done, particularly when it starts to rain. He offers them his doghouse and his collection of bones, which they accept happily. The dachshund gives Pluto a large kiss for his kindness, and he curls up under some newspapers to keep dry, happy about his good deed.
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