August 14, 1942 – The Pluto Short Film T-Bone for Two is Released to Theaters
On August 14, 1942, the Pluto short film T-Bone for Two was released to theaters. This is the third appearance of Pluto’s nemesis Butch the Bulldog. It was directed by Clyde Geronimi.
Pluto is sniffing around someone’s garden when he comes across a bone laying out in the open. He hungrily reaches for it, when he is scared away by Butch the Bulldog, who starts chomping on the bone. Pluto then decides to play a prank on Butch, digging up a massive bone-shaped hole. Butch leaves his bone for Pluto’s “find,” leaving Pluto free to grab Butch’s unattended bone. As Pluto sneaks away, Butch finally realizes that he’s been tricked, and races out of the hole to attack the thieving dog. They race around town until they end up in the junkyard, where Pluto hides in a column of tires. He is almost home-free, when he accidentally sits on a horn, setting it off. As it inflates, it sucks the bone inside, leaving Pluto unable to reach it. Although Pluto is able to release it, it ends up in Butch’s clutches, although it is once again sucked inside the horn. Pluto finally does free it, only to find that Butch has taken it. As Pluto hears his nemesis chewing on the bone, he gets an idea to use the horn to pull the bone back, then shoves Butch’s face into it, inflating the poor dog until he flies away. Pluto happily skips away with the bone.
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