''Moving Day'' is a 1936 American animated

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produced by

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and released by

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. The cartoon, set during the contemporary

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, follows the antics of

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, and

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as they frantically pack their belongings after being

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from their home. The film was directed by

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and includes the voices of

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as Mickey,

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as Donald,

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as Goofy, and

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as Sheriff

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. It was the 85th Mickey Mouse short to be released, and the eighth of that year.

Plot

Mickey and Donald are six months overdue on their rent payments for their home. Sheriff Pete arrives with a "Notice to Dispossess" authorizing him not only to

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them, but to sell off their belongings as

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. He furiously strikes a match on Donald's beak to light his cigar and leaves to put out signs advertising cheap furniture. As Donald and Mickey decide to move before Pete can sell all their belongings, Goofy, employed as an iceman, arrives with a delivery. Mickey and Donald decide to have him help with the relocation. While Mickey struggles with an overloaded suitcase, Goofy tries loading an upright piano onto the truck, but the piano repeatedly rolls out of the truck when he leaves it unattended. Goofy eventually discovers the piano to have a mind of its own. Meanwhile, Donald, in his haste to pack everything he sees, grabs a gas heater attached to a gas line in the wall. Seeing the leaking gas, he plugs it with a toilet plunger, but the pressure in the line shoots the plunger into his tail. Donald eventually removes the plunger, but gets stuck in a fish tank. Just as Donald frees himself, he gets his bill stuck in the leaking gas line. His body fills with gas like a balloon until he shoots off the pipe and flies around the room. Hearing the commotion, Pete storms into the house to lecture the trio. Unaware of the gas leak, he strikes another match on Donald's beak, catapulting the furniture and items into Goofy's truck with the resulting explosion. As they are driving away, Pete, sitting amid the house's wreckage, yells after them from a second story bathtub, but inadvertently turns on the hot water. While Donald laughs at Pete's misfortune, the plunger once again lands on his tail.

Voice cast

Releases

*1936 – original theatrical release *1955 – ''

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'', episode #2.12: "The Goofy Success Story" (TV) *c. 1960 – "Walt Disney Character Films" (8mm) *1972 – ''

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'', episode #8: "Men at Work" (TV) *c. 1983 – ''

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'', episode #21 (TV) *c. 1992 – ''

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'', episode #16 (TV) *1997 – '' The Ink and Paint Club'', episode #26 "Classic Donald" (TV)

Home media

The short was released on December 4, 2001 on '' Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color''. Additional releases include: *1986 – "Mickey Knows Best" (VHS) *2005 – "Classic Cartoon Favorites: Starring Mickey" (DVD)

References

External links

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the Big Cartoon Database The Big Cartoon DataBase (or BCDB for short) is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated feature films, animated television shows, and cartoon shorts. The BCDB project began in 1997 as a list of Disney animated featu ...