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{{short description|1946 Mickey Mouse cartoon}}
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{{Infobox film
| name              = Squatter's Rights
| image             = Squatter's Rights.jpg
| caption           = Theatrical release poster
| director          = [[Jack Hannah]]
| producer          = [[Walt Disney]]
| story             = {{Plainlist|
* Rex Cox
* Harry Reeves}}
| starring          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Pinto Colvig]]
* Walt Disney
* Dessie Flynn
* [[Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)|Jimmy MacDonald]]}}
| music             = [[Oliver Wallace]] 
| animator          = {{Plainlist|
* Bob Carlson
* Rex Cox
* Hugh Fraser
* [[Blaine Gibson (sculptor)|Blaine Gibson]]
* Murray McClellan
* [[Paul Murry]]<ref name="CRKaufman">{{cite web|last=Kaufman|first=J.B.|author-link=J.B. Kaufman|title=The Other Disney Cartoons: "Squatter's Rights" (1946)|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-other-disney-cartoons-squatters-rights-1946/|website=[[Jerry Beck|Cartoon Research]]|access-date=September 26, 2020|date=November 24, 2018|quote=The new Mickey animation in this film is notable in itself: it's almost entirely the work of Paul Murry, who is remembered today for his work on Disney comic books.}}</ref>
* Marvin Woodward<ref name="CRKaufman"/>}}
| layout_artist     = [[Yale Gracey]]
| background_artist = Richard H. Thomas
| studio            = [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]]
| distributor       = [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Pictures]]
| released          = {{Film date|1946|06|07}}<ref name=ultimate>{{cite book|last1=Kaufman|first1=J.B.|last2=Gerstein|first2=David|author-link=J.B. Kaufman|title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History|date=2018|publisher=[[Taschen]]|location=Cologne|isbn=978-3-8365-5284-4}}</ref>
| color_process     = [[Technicolor]]
| runtime           = 7 minutes
| country           = United States
| language          = English
}}
'''''Squatter's Rights''''' is a 1946 [[Animated cartoon|animated]] [[short film]] produced in [[Technicolor]] by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]]. The cartoon is about a confrontation between [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]] and [[Chip 'n' Dale|Chip and Dale]] who have [[Squatting|taken up residence]] in [[Mickey Mouse]]'s hunting shack.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grant |first1=John |title=Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters |date=1998 |publisher=Hyperion |isbn=978-0786863365 |edition=2nd |page=41}}</ref> It was the 119th short in the ''[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' film series to be released, and the only one produced that year.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lenburg|first=Jeff|title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons|date=1999|publisher=Checkmark Books|isbn=0-8160-3831-7|access-date=June 6, 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/108/mode/2up|pages=107–109}}</ref>

The film was directed by [[Jack Hannah]] and features the voices of Dessie Flynn as Chip and Dale, and [[Pinto Colvig]] as Pluto.<ref>In ''Squatter's Rights'' Colvig provides a very rare case of Pluto actually speaking. When Mickey asks "You wanna build a fire, don't ya?" Pluto responds "Yeah!"</ref> Mickey Mouse was voiced by both [[Walt Disney]] and [[Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist)|Jimmy MacDonald]], the latter making his debut as Mickey, and would go on to provide Mickey's voice for over 30 years.<ref>It was not, however, the last time Mickey was voiced by Walt Disney, as he again partly voiced Mickey in ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'' and later in ''[[The Mickey Mouse Club]]''.</ref> It was also Mickey's first post-war appearance.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130117214601/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3837-Squatters_Rights.html ''Squatter's Rights''] at the [[Big Cartoon DataBase]]</ref><ref>[http://www.disneyshorts.org/shorts.aspx?shortID=409 ''Squatter's Rights''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206204424/http://www.disneyshorts.org/shorts.aspx?shortID=409|date=February 6, 2012}} at The Encyclopedia of Animated Disney Shorts</ref> Some scenes featured recycled Mickey Mouse animation from the 1939 short ''[[The Pointer]]'', with new animation for Mickey almost entirely provided by [[Paul Murry]], who is now largely known for his time as a Disney comic book artist.<ref name="CRKaufman"/>

''Squatter's Rights'' was released to theaters on June 7, 1946 by [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Pictures]]. In 1947, it was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] at the [[19th Academy Awards]], but ultimately lost to ''[[The Cat Concerto]]'', an [[MGM]] ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' cartoon, which shared one of 7 Oscars for the ''Tom and Jerry'' series.

==Plot==
The chipmunks [[Chip 'n' Dale]] wake up one winter morning inside the wood stove they have made their home. The stove is located in [[Mickey Mouse]]'s hunting shack which appears to be unoccupied. Soon after, Mickey and Pluto arrive for the hunting season.

Pluto soon discovers that the chipmunks are in the stove, and helps Mickey build a fire to smoke them out. Chip and Dale realize what is happening and manage to blow out Mickey's matches. From a hiding place underneath the stove, the chipmunks take a match and burns Mickey's foot with it. Mickey assumes that Pluto is to blame and scolds him.

After Mickey leaves to get more wood, Pluto chases Chip and Dale around the room, across a table, and onto a mantel above the fireplace. Pluto accidentally gets his nose stuck in the muzzle of Mickey's rifle which is hanging over the fireplace. As Pluto tries to pull his nose free, he finds that the rifle is getting closer to going off in his face. Gradually the table which Pluto is standing on with his hind paws starts to slide back. Pluto falls and therefore causes the rifle to fire, which luckily misses him. He lands on the floor, with the rifle landing on his head and arm, momentarily knocking him unconscious. Chip and Dale then come and pour ketchup on him so that it would look like he is bleeding.

Mickey returns having heard the gunshot, and he's horrified to see Pluto apparently gravely wounded. Pluto wakes up however and at first starts to comfort Mickey, but when he sees the ketchup, he starts to panic thinking it is his blood. Mickey hurriedly carries him off to find help, and Chip and Dale rejoice over regaining ownership of the property.

==Voice actors==
* Mickey Mouse: [[Walt Disney]]
* Pluto: [[Pinto Colvig]]
* Chip and Dale: Dessie Flynn and Jimmy MacDonald

==Production==
Production for ''Squatter's Rights'' began in the spring of 1944, and finished by January 1946 upon the completion of the short film's Technicolor photography.<ref name="CRKaufman"/>

==Releases==
* 1946 - theatrical release
* 1955 - ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Disneyland]]'', episode #2.5: "Adventures of Mickey Mouse" (TV)
* 1975 - "Walt Disney's Cartoon Carousel" (TV)
* c. 1992 - ''[[Mickey's Mouse Tracks]]'', episode #72 (TV)
* 1997 - ''[[The Ink and Paint Club (TV series)|The Ink and Paint Club]]'', episode #1.5: "Chip 'n' Dale" (TV)

==Home media==
The short was released on December 7, 2004 on ''[[Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Four#The Complete Pluto|Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto: 1930-1947]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Complete Pluto Volume 1 DVD Review |url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/pluto1.html |website=DVD Dizzy |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>

Additional releases include:
* 1984 - "Cartoon Classics: More of Disney's Best 1932-1946" (VHS)
* 2010 - [[iTunes]] (digital download)

==See also==
* [[Mickey Mouse (film series)]]

==References==
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{{Mickey Mouse in animation}}
{{Pluto (Disney) in animation}}
{{Chip 'n' Dale in animation}}
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[[Category:1946 films]]
[[Category:1940s Disney animated short films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Jack Hannah]]
[[Category:Films produced by Walt Disney]]
[[Category:Films scored by Oliver Wallace]]
[[Category:Mickey Mouse short films]]
[[Category:Pluto (Disney) short films]]
[[Category:RKO Pictures animated short films]]
[[Category:Films about squatting]]
[[Category:Chip 'n' Dale films]]
[[Category:1946 animated short films]]