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Toby Tortoise Returns (1936)

Toby Tortoise Returns poster
Directed by
Wilfred Jackson
Genre
boxing film, animated cartoon
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 83 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Toby the Tortoise faces off against his speedy rival in a boxing match. Other animal characters from earlier Disney shorts come to watch the fight.

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What happens

Toby Tortoise Returns is an animated Technicolor short film in Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies series, directed by Wilfred Jackson. It is a sequel to the 1935 short The Tortoise and the Hare, and premiered on August 22, 1936. 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?. It was released in VHS, LaserDisc, and DVD formats in various countries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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