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The Mad Doctor
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A 1933 Mickey Mouse short that, while not known for being particularly innovative, is quite popular among Classic Disney fans for its sheer dark, macabre tone.The plot of the short is centered on Mickey, as Pluto is kidnapped by the titular mad doctor (named Dr. XXX) to be used in a chimera-esque experiment involving cutting off Pluto's head and splicing it onto the body of a chicken. Naturally, Mickey treks off to save him, all while trying to make his way through the doctor's elaborate castle.As with the earlier Disney shorts The Skeleton Dance and The Haunted House, this short's macabre tone was its own undoing; many theaters refused to show it (and was even completely banned in England), even though Mickey was at the height of his popularity at that point. However, the short has managed to become much more popular in recent years for the same reasons it was initially shunned.This short was the inspiration for the later Mickey Mouse short Runaway Brain, and was remade as an entire level in the video game Mickey Mania. Epic Mickey also features the Mad Doctor prominently as a key villain (called "The Mad Doctor"), a side-scrolling Nostalgia Level themed to the short, and even the original short itself as an unlockable bonus. It also loosely inspired the storyline "Blaggard Castle" in the 1930s Mickey Mouse newspaper comic strip by Floyd Gottfredson. | |
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Crosses the Line Twice | |
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Part of one drawing on the board is the sequence of a dog, then a division sign, then a saw. Get it? A dog divided by a saw? | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: The Skeleton Dance aside, which was more silly than scary, this cartoon was the first notable Disney cartoon to delve into a dark storyline which played more for Black Comedy if anything | |
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Evil Sounds Deep | |
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Evil Sounds Deep: Again, The Doc. | |
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Artistic License – Biology | |
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Artistic License – Biology: Dr. XXX wants to combine "a chicken's gizzard with the wishbone of a pup". Wishbones (more accurately called furculas) are a trait exclusive to birds and some non-avian dinosaurs, so a dog would not have one. A chicken would, though. Possibly justified partly due to the doctor's insanity and partly due to it all being a dream. Also, the doctor wanting to know what hatches from the dog-headed chickens egg. If the animal really would survive the surgery, its genitals would still be from the chicken, therefore it could only lay normal chicken eggs. | |
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Say My Name | |
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Say My Name: "PLUTO!!!" | |
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Visual Pun | |
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Two more that also double as Visual Puns occur during Dr. XXX's monologue to Pluto, who is strapped under an X-Ray allowing view of his heart and ribcage. Halfway through, Pluto's heart begins to race and jumps up into his throat (so he has his heart in his throat). Then at the conclusion of the monologue, his heart falls all the way down to his pelvis (or his heart sank). | |
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Villain Song | |
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Villain Song: Sort of. Doctor XXX's monologue. | |
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Stealth Pun | |
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Stealth Pun: Part of one drawing on the board is the sequence of a dog, then a division sign, then a saw. Get it? A dog divided by a saw? Two more that also double as Visual Puns occur during Dr. XXX's monologue to Pluto, who is strapped under an X-Ray allowing view of his heart and ribcage. Halfway through, Pluto's heart begins to race and jumps up into his throat (so he has his heart in his throat). Then at the conclusion of the monologue, his heart falls all the way down to his pelvis (or his heart sank). | |
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Big Shadow, Little Creature | |
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Big Shadow, Little Creature: Right after the long shot of Mickey in the corridors, he winds up between the shadows of two towering wolf-like creatures staring down on him. He turns around, only to see two metal figures not even his height in front of a fire. Even Mickey himself laughs at this, at least until a coal ember burns him. | |
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Door Judo | |
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Door Judo: Mickey falling victim to this is what sets up the climax. | |
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For Science! | |
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For Science!: XXX wants to graft Pluto's head to a chicken just to see what comes out of the eggs afterward. | |
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Public Domain Animation | |
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Public Domain Animation: This is one of the very few Disney works that have slipped into the Public Domain, likely due to it's horror elements, the fact it was banned in England, as well as most theaters refusing to show it, giving Disney very little reason to renew the copyright. Public Domain Character: This in turn makes Dr. XXX one of the very few public domain Disney characters. | |
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Bald of Evil | |
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Bald of Evil/Beard of Evil: Dr. XXX | |
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Ramming Always Works | |
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Ramming Always Works: Except when the door can make use of Door Judo all by itself. | |
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Mad Scientist | |
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Mad Scientist: Dr. XXX. He is an Evil Genius who performs horrible experiments on animals For Science!. | |
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Mad Doctor: Subverted. Despite the title, XXX uses no medical technology at all. While he does have the title of "doctor", he fits the Mad Scientist trope much better. | |
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Public Domain Character: This in turn makes Dr. XXX one of the very few public domain Disney characters. | |
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Matryoshka Object: When Mickey hears Pluto howling near the end, he encounters a door version of this; he opens five doors that are all on the same hinges before reaching the locked sixth, which he resolves to ramming. It doesn't go how he expected. | |
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Lean and Mean | |
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Lean and Mean: The doctor is very tall and thin. | |
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Evil Laugh | |
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Evil Laugh: The Doc does one of these. | |
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Knight of Cerebus | |
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Knight of Cerebus: Dr. XXX for the cartoon and the Disney franchise in general, as a darker villain wouldn't show up until Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. | |
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Four-Fingered Hands | |
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Four-Fingered Hands: Aside from Mickey, Dr. XXX also has these despite being human. | |
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Obviously Evil | |
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Obviously Evil: XXX is a skeleton thin man with Evil Eyebrows, a Beard of Evil, and a villain mustache. | |
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Animation Bump | |
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Animation Bump: The part where Mickey is walking through a three-dimensional hallway, as well as falling down two flights of stairs. Scenes like that were notoriously difficult to animate on account of perspective. The scene originally came from one of the Silly Symphonies, called Egyptian Melodies, with Mickey being animated over a spider. | |
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Large Ham | |
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Large Ham: Dr. XXX when he explains his Evil Plan. | |
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What Happened to the Mouse? | |
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What Happened to the Mouse?: Dr. XXX cutting Pluto's shadow in half is the last shot we see of the poor dog inside the castle. Justified due to the whole thing being a dream. But one can only imagine Mickey assuming the worst. | |
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Evil Eyebrows | |
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Evil Eyebrows: The doctor has thick, large eyebrows. | |
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Evil Genius | |
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Evil Genius: Dr. XXX. He is a mad scientist who wants to attach Pluto's head to a chicken's body. | |
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Saw Blades of Death | |
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Saw Blades of Death: A saw blade instrument is present above the operating table, for purposes of cutting up anyone under it. | |
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Living Shadow | |
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Living Shadow: While Pluto is being hung by a hook, the Mad Doctor takes a pair of scissors and cuts Pluto's shadow in half. Disturbingly, the shadow then just hangs there lifelessly as Pluto continues to squirm and howl for help... | |
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Sadist | |
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Sadist: XXX clearly takes joy in his horrible experiments. | |
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Strapped to an Operating Table | |
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Strapped to an Operating Table: Mickey himself at the climax, as a giant buzzsaw lowers to slice him in half. | |
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Dem Bones | |
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Dem Bones: Dr. XXX's castle is loaded with living skeletons. | |
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Xylophones for Walking Bones | |
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Xylophones for Walking Bones: Xylophone music is used in some of the skeleton scenes. It's mainly used to play quick notes indicating the skeletons' movements. | |
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Bad People Abuse Animals | |
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Bad People Abuse Animals: Dr. XXX wants to attach Pluto's head to a chicken's body. | |
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Morally Ambiguous Doctorate | |
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Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: XXX doesn't seem to practice any medicine, as he acts more like a Mad Scientist than a Mad Doctor. | |
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Writers Cannot Do Math | |
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Writers Cannot Do Math: One of the drawings on the mad doctor's chalkboard, refers to the 32nd root of minus divided by zero. Of course, the character who wrote it was completely insane. | |
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Stock Scream | |
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Stock Scream: Mickey's yells in this short are easily mistakable for the famous Goofy Holler. (They are slightly different, but seem to be early versions of it). | |
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All Just a Dream | |
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All Just a Dream: Of the "nightmare" variety, no less. | |
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Have a Gay Old Time | |
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Have a Gay Old Time: The cartoon predates the first use of the X classification rating for pornographic films by about 35 years. As a result, Dr. XXX's name tends to get changed to The Mad Doctor in modern appearances like Epic Mickey. | |
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