The BEST episodes of Disney Animated Shorts
Every episode of Disney Animated Shorts ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Disney Animated Shorts!
Airing from 1921 onwards Features all of the animated short films produced by Walt Disney and Walt Disney Animation Studios, from 1921 to the present. This includes films produced at the Laugh-O-Gram Studio which Disney founded in 1921 as well as the animation studio now owned by The Walt Disney Company, called the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio (1923), The Walt Disney Studio (1926), Walt Disney Productions (1929), Walt Disney Feature Animation (1986), and Walt Disney Animation Studios (2007), and includes all of the cartoons of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Humphrey the Bear and the Disney produced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts.
#1 - The Fox Hunt
Season 1938 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/29/1938
Mickey's only spotted in cameo (along with Horace, Clarabelle, and Clara Cluck) as Donald and Goofy get most of this fox-hunting film to themselves.
#2 - Donald's Ostrich
Season 1937 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1937
Donald is the announcer of the Wahoo train station dealing with a troublesome piece of cargo : an ostrich.
#3 - Paperman
Season 2012 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/4/2012
An urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.
#4 - The Prince and the Pauper
Season 1990 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/16/1990
The classic Twain story loosely retold, as pauper Mickey takes the place of a royal double, but falls prey to Regent Pete's power-grabbing plans.
#5 - How to Be a Sailor
Season 1944 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/28/1944
A history of sailing through the ages; from a prehistoric Goofy using a log, through the Age of Sail ("iron men, wooden ships") and on to modern times.
#6 - Education for Death
Season 1943 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/5/1943
A rather depressing story as Little Hans, a young German youth, is indoctrinated into the Nazi way of life, with tragic results.
#7 - The Worm Turns
Season 1937 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/1937
Chemist Mickey concocts a super strength potion that turns a fly into a fighter and a mouse into a super-mouse.
#8 - How to Be a Detective
Season 1952 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/12/1952
Goofy is hired to solve a mystery of a missing "Al." He searches the city for clues, but constantly runs into a city sheriff (who is portrayed by Pete) who tells him to let the police handle it. A car chase occurs and the drivers ram into a haystack. It turns out that Al is actually the city sheriff who is supposed to get married to the woman who hires Goofy to find him.
#9 - Winter
Season 1930 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/30/1930
Final "4 Seasons" short. Synopsis: Various animals frolic in the new fallen snow, skating on an icy lake to tunes which include "Jingle Bells" and "The Skater's Waltz."
#10 - The Picnic
Season 1930 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/23/1930
Mickey and Minnie go picnicking but make the mistake of bringing Pluto along. The hound chases rabbits and damages Mickey's car; meanwhile, animals ransack the picnic lunch and Mickey sings "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree."
#11 - Frolicking Fish
Season 1930 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/8/1930
Title tells all here, until the festivities are interrupted by a "scary" octopus.
#12 - Night
Season 1930 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/28/1930
The appearance of a full moon over the old mill pond inspires much comic "bad singing" amongst the flora and fauna living there.
#13 - Cannibal Capers
Season 1930 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/13/1930
A group of cannibals gather together for a tribal dance. That is, until their dance is interrupted by a ferocious lion!
#14 - The Banker's Daughter
Season 1927 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/28/1927
Oswald is fired from his job as a limousine driver for flirting with the boss' daughter. But when the boss' bank is robbed by Pete, it's Oswald to the rescue!
#15 - The Mechanical Cow
Season 1927 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/3/1927
Oswald sets up a milk stand with a robot cow, who gives milk like a gas pump.
#16 - Fall Out, Fall In
Season 1943 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/23/1943
Donald experiences one of the joys of army life; the extended march with an overnight respite in an uncooperative pup tent.
#17 - Alice Loses Out
Season 1925 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/15/1925
Alice manages a hotel where Julius does all the work, including janitor, barber, and manicurist.
#18 - Old MacDonald Duck
Season 1941 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/12/1941
Farmer Donald goes through his farmer day until a fly causes him to lose control while milking a cow.
#19 - The Vanishing Private
Season 1942 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/25/1942
Donald is put on camoulflage duty, painting a large cannon when he comes across an experimental invisible paint. He finds that it works especially well on himself when he is trying to hide from Pete.
#20 - Sky Trooper
Season 1942 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/6/1942
Donald dreams of flying so much that Pete finally gives him the chance. What he doesn't realize is that flying also includes jumping out of the plane as a paratrooper.
#21 - The Old Army Game
Season 1943 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/5/1943
The old shell game gets a new face as Donald stays off-base past ""Taps"" and has to try to sneak back in with out alerting Pete.
#22 - The Clock Watcher
Season 1945 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/26/1945
Donald takes a job as a gift wrapper in a department store.
#23 - Donald's Crime
Season 1945 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/29/1945
Donald breaks into his nephew's piggy bank to afford a date with Daisy, then afterwards must face up to his guilt.
#24 - Honey Harvester
Season 1949 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/5/1949
Donald's greenhouse is an ideal source of pollen for Spike the Bee.
#25 - Goldie Locks and the Three Bears
Season 1922 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1922
Laugh-O-Gram cartoon based on the classic story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.