Donald's Dynamite: Fishing/Purple Pluto/Von Drake's House of Genius: Money Increaser/Sandwich Makers/Pluto's Arrow Error

Love animation to bits. It was a big part of my life as a child, especially Disney, Looney Tunes, Hanna Barbera and Tom and Jerry, and still love it as a young adult, whether it's film, television or cartoons. Actually appreciate it even more now, having more knowledge of the different animation styles and directors and what work went into them.

Am most familiar with the 'Mickey Mouse Works' cartoons from them featuring on 'House of Mouse', a show still held a fondness for by me. With the colours and sound effects, that 'Mickey Mouse Works' makes a real effort to retain the spirit of the old/classic/golden age Disney cartoons is to be lauded. The characters' original personalities are admirably stuck true to as well, particularly Goofy and Donald, while also expanding those for a few, Mickey being more interesting here than before. The hyperactive energy present here is one of few things that is different.

"Donald's Dynamite" as a series is formulaic and the cartoons are a bit too short, but they are amusing and have enough freshness in the different scenarios and the execution of the gags to stop things from being repetitive. Do enjoy 'Fishing' for those reasons.

'Purple Pluto' has a lot of charm and energy and it was interesting and rootable to see the ways Minnie tries to correct her mistake. Can't help feeling sorry for Pluto, but the ending was a nice touch.

'Money Increaser', part of Ludwig Von Drake's "House of Genius" series, is a perfect match for Von Drake's delightful eccentricity, like the rest of the series. As to be expected, it is funny and there are inventive details.

'Sandwich Makers' is a perfect example of what makes me love the cartoons with Mickey, Donald and Goofy together. The distinct personalities, how they gel and clash with each other, the sparkling interaction and the very funny gags (Goofy has the funniest material here) are all here.

'Pluto's Arrow Error' is very cute and charming and the conflict with Butch has energy, tension and amusement that stops things from being too sugary sweet.

While not surprising in outcome, the stories are lively and engaging, kept afloat by the character interaction, characters and the atmosphere. The writing is clever and very funny, even with the deliberately corny moment and pun which made me grin rather than groan.

Really enjoy the spontaneous flow of the episode and Donald's spotlight stealing/accident with the brick wall is very funny indeed.

Furthermore, the animation is very colourful, smooth in movement and with some meticulous detail. The music is suitably groovy, jaunty and cleverly used.

Voice acting is very good with some of the best voice actors in the business involved. Wayne Allwine, Bill Farmer and Tony Anselmo are more than worthy successors to Walt Disney/James MacDonald, Pinto Colvig and Clarence "Ducky" Nash. Corey Burton brings so much personality to Von Drake.

To conclude, very enjoyable. 8/10 Bethany Cox