The Mad Doctor
Film information
Directed by	Dave Hand
Distributed by	Walt Disney Productions
Release Date(s)	January 21, 1933
Language	English

The Mad Doctor is a black and white Mickey Mouse animated short. It was released in 1933.

Story

On a dark and stormy night, a cloaked figure kidnaps Pluto from his doghouse. Hearing his pet's cries, Mickey jumps out of bed to rescue him. His search leads him to a creepy castle full of sinister skeletons. Meanwhile, the cloaked figure reveals that he is a mad scientist who wants to see what the result of fusing Pluto and a chicken together would be. Mickey finally finds where his dog is being held, but ends up strapped to a gurney himself with a buzz saw about to cut him in half. In the end, it turns out to have been just a dream and Mickey is happily "reunited" with his beloved pet.

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Characters

• Mickey Mouse
• Pluto
• The Mad Doctor

Trivia

• An early title for the film was The Mysterious Castle and served as the inspiration for the Mickey Mouse comic storyline Blaggard Castle.
• This film was banned in Great Britain at one time for being too scary for children.
• The Mad Doctor makes a cameo appearance in a picture frame during the hospital scene in the Roger Rabbit short, Tummy Trouble.
• This was one of the shorts that were used as levels in the SNES/Sega Genesis game Mickey Mania.
• The Mad Doctor is a major antagonist in Epic Mickey, with the cartoon itself serving as one of the game's transition levels as well as an unlockable extra. The Mad Doctor returned in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.