Minnie gives Figaro a bath and ties a ribbon around his neck. Figaro feels like a sissy, and when he mixes it up with some alley cats, they mock him, and the leader attacks. But Figaro is so afraid that his shaking topples a series of trash cans onto the aggressor. The rest of the cats didn't see this happen, and think Figaro defeated their leader. Of course, now he's all dirty, and he needs another bath.
Sound
Clarence Nash's iconic cat screeches and nervous trembles.
Practical Effects
Zero CGI—just raw artist spite and ink.
Director
Charles August Nichols
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Figaro originated in Pinocchio (1940) but got his own spin-off shorts because audiences adored his dramatic suffering.
This short captures peak 1940s Disney 'everything bounces' physics—animation rules that would influence Tom and Jerry and beyond.
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