Toby Tortoise Returns (1936)
- 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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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Porky & Daffy (1938)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.