''Out on a Limb'' is a 1950

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short featuring

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and

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Plot

Donald, acting as a

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, walks up to a tree. He climbs a

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, cuts a branch and puts

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on it, when an acorn falls on his beak. He looks up and sees Chip and Dale putting

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s in their tree. As a prank, Donald cuts their branch and puts tar on it to cause Dale to stop picking acorns. But things get sticky when Dale passes the tar to Chip. Just then, Chip tries to get off Dale and it worked. Donald then makes a joke with his leaf cutter (resembling a

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) to make the chipmunks think it's a scary

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, frightening them, so they tried to hurt it but to no avail. Donald then makes his cutter an acorn cracker which causes the chipmunks to get mad, so they put a

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on the cutter, smashing Donald into the ground. Chip goes to check where he meets an angry Donald. A chase ensues between them as Donald runs after them, until the chipmunks hide in some leaves. Donald gets his

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, which not only cuts the leaves but also the chipmunks' ears off. Donald eventually ends up getting an electric shock on the

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wires and falls on the leaves. Chip 'n' Dale then put the tar on Donald, causing him to turn himself into a "leaf monster", and the chipmunks laugh in triumph, only to accidentally get their hand glued together when they shake their tar-covered hands, before the short ends.

Voice cast

* Donald Duck:

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* Chip: Jimmy MacDonald * Dale: Dessie Flynn

Home media

The short was released on December 11, 2007, on '' Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three: 1947-1950''.

References

External links

* 1950 short films 1950 animated films 1950s American animated films 1950s English-language films American animated short films Films about ducks Films about rodents Films directed by Jack Hannah RKO Pictures short films RKO Pictures animated short films Chip 'n' Dale films Donald Duck short films {{1950s-Disney-animation-film-stub