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Original title: Out of Scale

1951
7m

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Donald Duck has a model train and town laid out in his yard. He decides to move a live tree that doesn't match the model scale, not realizing it is home to chipmunks Chip and Dale. They in t... Read allDonald Duck has a model train and town laid out in his yard. He decides to move a live tree that doesn't match the model scale, not realizing it is home to chipmunks Chip and Dale. They in turn move into one of the miniature houses.Donald Duck has a model train and town laid out in his yard. He decides to move a live tree that doesn't match the model scale, not realizing it is home to chipmunks Chip and Dale. They in turn move into one of the miniature houses.

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7.4/10

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Dessie Flynn

Dale
(voice)

James MacDonald

Chip
(voice)

Clarence Nash

Donald Duck
(voice)

Directors
- Jack Hannah
- Jack Kinney
Writers
- Bill Berg
- Nick George
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Trivia
This short was most likely inspired by the model train layouts that several of the animators had. Walt Disney himself had a miniature train that he could ride on, and even laid track around the studio lot for his miniature engine.

Goofs
While eavesdropping on Chip and Dale in a miniature house, Donald doesn't leave the scene but his attire switches from his milkman costume to his engineer's outfit.

Quotes
[Chip and Dale believe their tree has been shrunk or they have gotten larger, but Donald actually replaced it with a scale model tree]
Chip: Going somewhere?
Dale: This is something to write home about!
Chip: You got a hole in your head!
Dale: Oh, you ate again! Don't you ever get enough?
Dale: You're getting quite a waistline!
Chip: Why not?
Donald Duck: What's the big idea?
Chip, Dale: We don't know!
Donald Duck: You're out of scale! Scram!

Connections
Edited into Le monde merveilleux de Disney: Where Do the Stories Come From? (1956)

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Featured review

10/10

Got my brother interested in miniatures...

Not one of my favourite Donald Duck/Chip 'n' Dale cartoons of all time, but it is still a great cartoon and one of their most fascinating. I loved the story, structurally it wasn't hugely surprising, but it completely engaged and interested me and it was paced to Disney's usual crisp standard. This was also the cartoon that got my brother interested in miniatures and inventions, and no wonder seeing as both are shown here in a very intriguing way especially the miniatures. The animation is beautiful with all three characters well-drawn and the backgrounds fluid, and the music is suitably jaunty. The sight gags are amusing and Donald and the chipmunks really shine here, especially Donald. All in all, very fascinating and highly recommendable cartoon. 10/10 Bethany Cox