El Viaje en Tren

A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon.

MR. MOUSE TAKES A TRIP by train from Burbank to Pomona - a distance of about twenty-five miles as the elephant flies - but Pluto's presence on board causes a major confrontation with the conductor.

This very enjoyable little film is a tip of the straw hat to the classic screwball comedies of the 1930's, with their wild antics often set on board trains. Superior animation and quick pacing keep the action moving right along. Pete is perfect as the villainous conductor. Can there be any doubt that the unseen female he twice upsets in the lower berth is none other than Clarabelle Cow?

Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.

I have seen this Disney cartoon on Disney Channel and also on the Mickey Mouse DVD cartoon. However, when I watched it on Disney Plus. I noticed an outdated Native American stereotype moment when Mickey Mouse who sneaks Pluto his dog on a train. Only to be discovered by Pete the conductor who chases Mickey mouse and Pluto on a train. At one point Mickey Mouse dresses, up like a Native American Sioux Chief stereotype and talked like a Native American chief stereotype.

Mickey Mouse did escape and jumped off the train to Burbank California with Pluto.

How did this outdated Mickey Mouse cartoon get approved on Disney Plus and not have a label warning? There are label warnings for Disney films like Peter Pan but not Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip 1940 or Pinocchio 1940 which features Native American stereotype moments.

Hopefully the Disney Plus company will start putting out a label warning for Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip. I understand that classic Walt Disney cartoons features Native American stereotypes like Goofy Californy 'er Bust or Donald Duck Put Put Troubles, or films like Pinocchio 1940, Peter Pan 1953. Since Walt Disney and his team of animators seemed obsessed with Native American stereotypes back in his day when he was alive.

It was interesting watching Mickey Mouse and Pluto escape the train conductor but the Native American stereotype moment on Disney Plus is now insensitive for the current American audience and I feel mixed on the Native American chief stereotype moment since I'm partially Native American from the Mohican tribe. Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip needs a label warning disclaimer right away on Disney Plus.

I have always loved Disney and Mickey Mouse, so Mr Mouse Takes a Trip seemed like an ideal cartoon to watch. And it is a lovely and very enjoyable cartoon. There is nothing extraordinary about the story, I knew how it was going to end for example, but it is still interesting and briskly paced. The animation is wonderful, looking at how sumptuous the colours and how fluid the background art are you can really tell a lot of work and care went into this. The music has a lot of energy, while the cartoon amuses too with Pete getting the best laughs. Mickey is as likable, Pluto is as cute and Pete is as rapacious as ever. Walt Disney and especially Billy Bletcher voice Mickey and Pete impeccably.

All in all, a very enjoyable Mickey Mouse-Pluto-Pete cartoon. 8/10 Bethany Cox

This is a funny Mickey Mouse cartoon on the run, literally, where he takes a train from Burbank to Pomona. The conductor, Pete, won't let him Pluto on as no pets are allowed, so Mickey hides him in his suitcase. What results is a journey of hiding from Pete and, later, a hilarious cat and mouse game.

It's funny stuff from start to finish, with poor Mickey being terrified of Pete to Pluto trying to disguise himself in human's clothes to escape the burly and intimidating conductor. I remembered this cartoon fondly from my childhood; the thought of Pluto having his suitcase full of dog bones was pretty neat.

It's a neat one featuring Mickey and Pluto - adults and kids will enjoy!

Grade A