The BEST episodes of Disney Animated Shorts season 1939

Every episode of Disney Animated Shorts season 1939, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Disney Animated Shorts season 1939!

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.

Last Updated: 6/16/2025Network: Disney+Status: Continuing
Sea Scouts
star
8.43
61 votes

#1 - Sea Scouts

Season 1939 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/30/1939

Commodore Donald teaches the finer points of seamanship to his crew of nephews.

Directors: Dick Lundy
Officer Duck
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7.48
61 votes

#2 - Officer Duck

Season 1939 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/10/1939

Donald plays a police officer, but could he possibly have any tougher job than having to serve Pete with an eviction notice?

Directors: Clyde Geronimi
Donald's Lucky Day
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7.10
31 votes

#3 - Donald's Lucky Day

Season 1939 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/1939

It's Friday the 13th, and Donald has to avoid any number of bad luck omens in order to deliver an ominously ticking package.

Directors: Jack King
Donald's Penguin
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7.00
30 votes

#4 - Donald's Penguin

Season 1939 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/11/1939

Donald receives a strange gift; Tootsie, a baby penguin, who turns out to be more trouble than she is worth.

Directors: Jack King
Writer: Carl Barks
Mickey's Surprise Party
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7.00
30 votes

#5 - Mickey's Surprise Party

Season 1939 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/18/1939

Minnie's biscuits are spoiled when she accidentally gets unpopped popcorn into the dough, and the whole batch explodes. ("It always happened to my mother, too," Mickey helpfully comments.) Luckily, Mickey had biscuits from the store with him all along.

The Pointer
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7.00
30 votes

#6 - The Pointer

Season 1939 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/21/1939

Pluto becomes a hunting dog, learning how to point for Mickey.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi
Donald's Cousin Gus
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6.84
31 votes

#7 - Donald's Cousin Gus

Season 1939 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/19/1939

Donald is visited by his cousin Gus Goose, who proceeds to eat him out of house and home.

Directors: Jack King
Beach Picnic
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6.13
30 votes

#8 - Beach Picnic

Season 1939 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/9/1939

Donald and Pluto's swimming trip to the beach is interrupted by a swarm of hungry ants, among other things.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi
The Hockey Champ
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6.06
31 votes

#9 - The Hockey Champ

Season 1939 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/28/1939

Donald ""the Hockey Champion of Duck Swamp"" plays a game of hockey with his nephews.

Directors: Jack King
The Autograph Hound
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2.00
1 votes

#10 - The Autograph Hound

Season 1939 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/1/1939

While trying to collect autographs at a Hollywood studio, Donald meets a number of movie stars, and runs afoul of a security guard.

Directors: Jack King
Society Dog Show
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0.00
0 votes

#11 - Society Dog Show

Season 1939 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/3/1939

Mickey enters Pluto in a ritzy dog show where they are hopelessly outclassed and have little chance of winning until the building catches on fire and Pluto saves the day.

Directors: Bill Roberts
Writer: Jack Kinney
The Practical Pig
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0.00
0 votes

#12 - The Practical Pig

Season 1939 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/24/1939

Practical Pig builds a lie detector while Fifer Pig and Fiddler Pig go for a swim. As usual, the Big Bad Wolf is not far behind.

Directors: Dick Rickard
Goofy and Wilbur
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0.00
0 votes

#13 - Goofy and Wilbur

Season 1939 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/17/1939

Goofy enlist the help of his friend Wilbur, a grasshopper, in a fishing expedition, but then has second thoughts when he realizes that his friend might actually get eaten by a fish.

Directors: Dick Heumer
The Ugly Duckling
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0.00
0 votes

#14 - The Ugly Duckling

Season 1939 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/7/1939

A remake of an earlier Silly Symphony retells the story of an outcast duckling who turns out to become a beautiful swan.