What was going on with Pluto?

[SzczerbiakManiac]

http://wellwtf.com/pluto-loses-his-mind/

Was he just having fun with the kid and the lady overreacted?
Did the "little darling" provoke the CM?

[Ghoulish Delight]

You know, I usually assume in these cases that the kid did something to provoke the CM (like the latest Tigger one where it was clear the the kid was doing something that deserved a shove), but 1) while provocation might justify a shove, or even a slap-of-the-hand to get yourself out of immediate contact with a brat, I'm finding a hard time coming up with any reason that chasing a kid around Town Square as Pluto would be justified and 2) the prat-fall Pluto takes when the lady who stops him barely taps him on the shoulder doesn't do much to engender my sympathy for this masked CM.

[Stan4dSteph]

Weird.

Did you watch this one? Funny! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5IE8PPI2Ko

[Gemini Cricket]

Weird.

Did you watch this one? Funny! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5IE8PPI2Ko
That was pretty awesome. Almost as good as the Disney orgy one in DLP!
:D

[Gn2Dlnd]

2) the prat-fall Pluto takes when the lady who stops him barely taps him on the shoulder doesn't do much to engender my sympathy for this masked CM.

I don't think this was a pratfall. Look again, she actually pushes him off the curb. She grabs him pretty hard at about 20 seconds, stopping him short. At 14 seconds, he turns to his right, his left foot is out over the curb, and she shoves his shoulder, causing him to lose his balance and fall. At 12 seconds you can clearly hear a male voice saying, "What are you fvcking doing?" I have no idea if it's the CM playing Pluto, or someone else in the vicinity of the camera.

If I had been playing Pluto, it would have been me.

[JWBear]

Where were his handlers?

[innerSpaceman]

The CMs who play Pluto and Goofy are usually the rowdiest of the character crew. (There were a Pluto and Goofy team who routinely used to roughhouse with guests under the Hungry Bear ... until one of them went into the Rivers of America ... and was never not seen behind the rubber head again.)



Personally, I don't find anything unwholesome about Pluto chasing the kid around Town Square. It looks like fun. We don't see whatever "incident" sparked the chase ... so I've no reason to assume Pluto was hunting the kid down to harm him.

The lady who pushed Pluto off the curb may have assumed Pluto was out to bite the kid, but I put far less faith in the wisdom of guests than I do in the wisdom of character CMs.

[ozron]

I agree. I've seen characters chase kids for fun.

Apparently this lady hadn't.

[RStar]

It looks to me like when the lady shoved Pluto that he tripped off the curb. I'm a little surprised that she grabbed him like that, perhaps she was telling him that he was scaring the child in case he couldn't tell behind the head.

I don't think he intended any harm, but running through a crowded Main Street seems inapropriate to me. It looks like he even bumped a few guests along the way.

[innerSpaceman]

Well, he's a dog. And I LOVE it when the characters actually interact with the population of Disneyland ... yes, even - OMG - brushing up against a few guests ... rather than being handled and minded and kept in a tiny photo/autographing spot.

Bah on that.

And hip hip hooray for frisky, running, chasing Pluto the Dog!

[RStar]

Oh, I couldn't agree more. As long as they do it in an appropriate and safe manner. The problem with this film is that it starts late in the game. What was happening before the clip starts? It's like this could be taken out of context completely, perhaps intentionally.

And I do love when the characters wander. I remember one time Captain Hook was on is way back off stage at Main Street when he took my young son's hat and held it up just past the point where he could reach it. He slowly walked to the gate (where the parade exsits on Main street) with my son jumping as high as he could to get his hat. It was halarious! And I got a picture of it too! That type of interaction could have never happened at a picture spot.

[Betty]

We had a cute but quick encounter with hook as we were in a main street vehicle. As we drove by Hook my husband shouted "HOOK!". He "looked up" and shook his fist at us - just as you'd expect Captain Hook to do.

[figment1986]

Its hard to tell if their was something that happened, or innocent but most people tend to say it was innocent, but I'm amazed at how fast Pluto was running around. Wonder what happened afterward...

[Cadaverous Pallor]

He's been mad ever since he lost his planet status.