1 of Disney’s Oldest Characters Enters a New Era in 2026

I was so excited to hear Pluto is finally in the public domain! But it’s a little complicated. It’s only the very first version of Pluto that’s free to use – the one from those early 1930 shorts, “The Chain Gang” and “The Picnic.” Actually, the dogs in “The Chain Gang” weren’t even originally Pluto! They were just nameless bloodhounds chasing Mickey. But Disney later reused some of that animation and turned those same dogs into Pluto for a few other cartoons, including “The Picnic.”








