''Pluto'' is a series of American

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s produced by

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. The series started in 1937 with ''

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'' and ended in 1951 with ''

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''. The series stars the titular character

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, introduced in the '' Mickey Mouse'' film series as

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's pet dog.

Production

The short films where produced by

, and distributed by

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(later the shorts being distributed by

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in re-releases). Like other Disney animated shorts in the

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, the shorts begin with a starburst with a close-up of the star character's face (in this case Pluto), followed by the title "''A Walt Disney Pluto''". Most of the shorts were directed by Charles Nichols.

List of films

The following is a list of ''Pluto'' films. This list does not include shorts from other series in which Pluto appears, such as those from the '' Mickey Mouse'' series, the ''

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'' series, or other

short films that are not part of the ''Pluto'' series, nor shorts of Pluto made as part of the episodes of the television series ''

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''.

1937

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1951

Home media

The films have been released in various forms of

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, with selected films released on VHS, laserdisc, and

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. Starting in 2010, some of the cartoons were made available on the iTunes Store as digital downloads. The only complete re-release of the entire series has been in the "

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" DVD sets in two two-disc sets: " The Complete Pluto" (2004) and " The Complete Pluto, Volume Two" (2006).

References

External links

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