Toby Tortoise Returns
- August 22, 1936 (1936-08-22)
Toby Tortoise Returns is an animated Technicolor cartoon in Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies series, directed by Wilfred Jackson.[2] It is a sequel to the 1935 short The Tortoise and the Hare, and premiered on August 22, 1936.[3]
This time the plot revolves around a boxing match. The short features characters from other Silly Symphonies, including Elmer Elephant and Tillie Tiger from Elmer Elephant, Fifer Pig, Fiddler Pig, Practical Pig and the Big Bad Wolf from Three Little Pigs, and Jenny Wren and the cuckoo from Who Killed Cock Robin?.[3] It was released in VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD formats in various countries.[3]
Plot
Max Hare is boxing Toby Tortoise and beating him severely in round one. Between each round, Jenny Wren from "Who Killed Cock Robin?" tells Toby that she likes a man who takes his time, which seems to reinvigorate him. In round two, Max declares what the final blow should be, but Toby pulls into his shell to avoid Max's fists. Feeling robbed, Max demands that Toby should come out and face him, but Toby says that he feels safer inside his shell. Max tries to make Toby come out by dumping a bucket of water into his shell, but then Toby pops out wearing a diving helmet and squirts water in Max's face. At the end of his patience, Max fills Toby's shell with fireworks to draw him out. However, this backfires Toby as he unintentionally begins shooting fireworks in Max's direction. One firework sends Max flying out of the arena with the paramedics who are waiting to take Toby to the hospital. When the fireworks stop, Toby is declared the winner.
Voice cast
- Ned Norton as Max Hare
- Eddie Holden as Toby Tortoise
- Martha Wentworth as Jenny Wren
- Adriana Caselotti as Bunny girl[4]
- Leone Ledoux as Bunny girl
- Marcellite Garner as Bunny girl[2]
Home media
The short was released on December 4, 2001, on Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies - The Historic Musical Animated Classics.[5][2]
References
- ^ "Animator Breakdown for Disney's "Toby Tortoise Returns" (1936) |".
- ^ a b c Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J. B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (2nd ed.). Glendale, CA: Disney Editions. pp. 178–179. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
- ^ a b c "Toby Tortoise Returns". disneyshorts.org. Archived from the original on August 10, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
- ^ Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2
- ^ "Silly Symphonies: The Historic Musical Animated Classics DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
External links
- Toby Tortoise Returns at IMDb
- Toby Tortoise Returns at AllMovie
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