OllieSuave-007 This is a touching cartoon featuring Pluto, where he finds his attention from Mickey turned away to care for a newly found kitten left in a bag floating on ice. Pluto wasn't too pleased to see the kitten and his inner angel and devil sides battle it out to offer him the best advice in dealing with the situation.It's a classic little tale of good vs. evil and conscience vs. mischief as we see Pluto wondering what he should do with the kitten, whose adoring personality and kindhearted innocence will tug at your heartstrings. Pluto learning to be on the good side and save the kitten from danger is the highlight of the story and serves as a good moral about helping others. Great cartoon! Grade A

TheLittleSongbird Lend a Paw is a great cartoon. Perhaps not one of my favourites, it definitely could have been longer by two minutes I think. However, it looks beautiful, everything looks fluid and Mickey's intense look was a great piece of character animation but what was special was the use of colour, blue for when Pluto is frozen, green to signify the devil's jealousy and yellow for when the devil is confronted by the angel. The music is lovingly orchestrated and does wonderfully yet again in enhancing the action. There are a few humorous moments, but it is the poignant pathos and strong suspense that made an even bigger impression. Pluto rescuing the kitten was by far the most memorable scene. The story while somewhat obvious has much cuteness and charm with a great, subtly used message and don't be prejudiced. It does use the angel vs. devil scenario but is one of the better and most interesting cases of it. Mickey is likable but plays second fiddle to Pluto, one of those characters who looks and acts like a dog(which he is) but unlike Goofy, Mickey and Donald he doesn't act human which is part of his charm, as well as his ability of being telling in his facial expressions without saying a word. The kitten and the goldfish are very cute and the angel and devil are an amusing contrast with the devil all tough and the angel more shrill. Overall, cute and touching, well worth seeing. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Polaris_DiB I've got to admit I'm not too familiar with Pluto as a character, so I couldn't really get into this short. Pluto is Mickey's voiceless pup who, in this short, has a dark and a light side that feud cartoon-y style. This short was made a while ago, so I wouldn't say it was cliché at the time, but the image has become rather familiar.Pluto is bounding along the winter landscape one day when he finds a kitten that was meant to be drowned in a creek. The kitten immediately latches on to Pluto and follows him home, where Mickey takes him in and starts lavishing affection. Pluto, feeling left out, starts scheming how to put the kitten in his place...I think this short is too short. It goes through too many changes of Pluto's character too quickly and doesn't really provide much besides his feuding conscience to work with. It's definitely made for children (nothing wrong with that) but doesn't seem to really provide much reason for Pluto's actions (why does one side of his conscience win over the other, ultimately?).--PolarisDiB

Robert Reynolds This Oscar winner is a rather sweet, gentle, charming cartoon that, from another studio, probably would not have won the Oscar. While it's a good cartoon, it certainly isn't my choice (of those I've seen, I prefer Rhapsody in Rivets myself). This is the best one that prominently features Pluto and it cetainly does not make you scratch your head and wonder what they were thinking. A good, but by no means great, cartoon. Like most of the shorts (with some lamentable exceptions), this shows periodically on The Ink and Paint Club. Recommended.