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34-447: The Mad Doctor may refer to: The Mad Doctor (1933 film) , a Mickey Mouse film The Mad Doctor (1941 film) , a film starring Basil Rathbone The Mad Doctor (novel) , a 1935 novel by F. J. Thwaites The Mad Doctor (also known as Dr. XXX) is fiction character Disney a human mad scientist who serves as an infrequent antagonist of Mickey's Mouse. Topics referred to by

68-399: A cel from the short featuring Mickey looking down "a staircase of skeletons and included the background scenery" sold at an auction for $ 63,800. In 1992, more artwork from the short was sold at auction for $ 18,700. The Mad Doctor short also served as the basis for, and title of, the second level in the video game, Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse . A depiction of

102-489: A dinghy and sails away. Seeing that the captain has abandoned Prendick, Montgomery takes pity and rescues him. As ships rarely pass the island, Prendick will be housed in an outer room of an enclosed compound. The island belongs to Dr. Moreau. Prendick remembers that he has heard of Moreau, formerly an eminent physiologist in London whose gruesome experiments in vivisection had been publicly exposed, and who fled Great Britain as

136-504: A mad scientist who has kidnapped Mickey's dog, Pluto . Mickey tries to rescue him before the doctor can perform his experiment: putting Pluto's head onto the body of a chicken in order to see if a puppy will hatch from an egg. Mickey battles his way through booby traps and animated skeletons before eventually getting caught and strapped onto a table to get cut open by a buzz-saw, forcing Mickey to suck in his belly, trembling. The scene then fades to Mickey asleep in bed and suddenly woken up by

170-407: A sleeping draught . Prendick awakes the next morning with the previous night's activities fresh in his mind. Seeing that the door to Moreau's operating room has been left unlocked, he walks in to find a humanoid form lying in bandages on the table before he is ejected by a shocked and angry Moreau. He believes that Moreau has been vivisecting humans and that he is the next test subject. He flees into

204-415: A fly, whose buzzing resembles the whirring of the saw. Not yet realizing the events were only a nightmare, Mickey shouts for Pluto, who eagerly jumps onto Mickey's bed with his doghouse and chain still attached to his collar. The short's horror genre overtones made it unusual for a Mickey Mouse cartoon. Some theaters refused to show it, believing it to be too scary for kids. At one time, for this reason, it

238-428: A grotesque bestial native named M'ling who appears to be Montgomery's manservant . The ship is transporting a number of animals which belong to Montgomery, most strangely a puma . As they approach the island which is Montgomery's destination, the captain demands Prendick leave the ship with Montgomery. Montgomery explains that he will not be able to host Prendick on the island. Despite this, the captain leaves Prendick in

272-710: A half-eaten rabbit. Since eating flesh and tasting blood are strong prohibitions, Dr. Moreau calls an assembly of the Beast Folk and identifies the Leopard -Man (the same one that chased Prendick the first time he wandered into the jungle) as the transgressor. Knowing that he will be sent back to Dr. Moreau's compound for more painful sessions of vivisection, the Leopard-Man flees. Eventually, the group corners him in some undergrowth, but Prendick takes pity and shoots him to spare him from further suffering. Prendick also believes that although

306-501: A more advanced race intervenes in the evolution of an animal species to bring the latter to a higher level of intelligence. It has been adapted to film and other media on many occasions. Edward Prendick is an Englishman with a scientific education who survives a shipwreck of his boat, the Lady Vain, in the southern Pacific Ocean. A passing ship called Ipecacuanha takes him aboard and a man named Montgomery revives him. Prendick also meets

340-416: A number of themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, human interference with nature , and the effects of trauma . Wells described it as "an exercise in youthful blasphemy." The Island of Doctor Moreau is a classic work of early science fiction and remains one of Wells's best-known books. The novel is the earliest depiction of the science fiction motif " uplift " in which

374-404: A result of his exposure. The next day, Moreau begins working on the puma, eventually revealed as being experimented into a woman. Prendick gathers that Moreau is performing a painful experiment on the animal and its anguished cries drive Prendick out into the jungle. While he wanders, he comes upon a group of people who seem human but have an unmistakable resemblance to swine . As he walks back to

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408-425: Is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells . It was published on 1 January 1896. The novel is set between 21 January 1887 to 5 January 1888. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat. He is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, a mad scientist who creates human-like hybrid beings from animals via vivisection . The novel deals with

442-419: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Mad Doctor (1933 film) This short is in the public domain , because Disney did not renew the copyright as was required at the time. However, elements of the short, including Pluto and aspects of Mickey's design, remain under copyright until 2027 at the latest. The plot centers on the title character,

476-645: Is extremely painful. They include: At the time of the novel's publication in 1896, there was growing discussion in Europe of the possibility of the degeneration of the human race. Increasing opposition to animal vivisection led to formation of groups like the National Anti-Vivisection Society in 1875, and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection in 1898. The Island of Dr. Moreau reflects

510-463: Is getting closer to perfection, his subjects have a habit of reverting to their animal form and behaviour. Moreau regards the pain he inflicts as insignificant and an unavoidable side effect in the name of his scientific experiments. He also states that pain is an animalistic instinct that one who is truly human cannot have, cutting his thigh with a penknife with no apparent reaction, to further prove his point. One day, Prendick and Montgomery encounter

544-514: Is in the public domain as of 2024. It did not have a proper copyright renewal. However, aspects of the short such as Pluto remain under copyright until 2026. The Mad Doctor character is in the public domain in accordance with his appearance in this short under American copyright law. A photo of the Mad Doctor can be seen on a hospital wall during the Roger Rabbit short Tummy Trouble . In 1988,

578-402: Is no longer comfortable in the presence of humans, all of whom seem to him to be about to revert to an animal state. He leaves London and lives in near-solitude in the countryside, devoting himself to chemistry and astronomy in the studies of which he finds some peace. The Beast Folk are animals which Moreau has experimented upon, giving them human traits via vivisection for which the surgery

612-417: Is written just to give the utmost possible vividness to that conception of men as hewn and confused and tormented beasts. When the reader comes to read the writings upon history in this collection, he will find the same idea of man as a re-shaped animal no longer in flaming caricature, but as a weighed and settled conviction. The novel has been adapted to films and other media on multiple occasions. In addition,

646-404: The "surreal and absurd situations" that the short portrays by having the ending reveal that it was all a dream. The short also features the horror elements similar to the 1896 novel The Island of Doctor Moreau with The Mad Doctor's plan of turning Pluto into a dog/chicken hybrid in a similar way to how the hybrid beings were created in the novel. This cartoon is one of a few Disney shorts that

680-484: The Hyena-Swine in self-defence. Prendick's efforts to build a raft have been unsuccessful. Luckily for him, a lifeboat that carries two corpses drifts onto the beach (perhaps the captain of the ship that picked Prendick up and a sailor). Prendick uses the boat to leave the island and is picked up three days later. When he tells his story, he is thought to be mad. So he feigns amnesia. Upon his return to England, Prendick

714-491: The Leopard-Man was seen breaking several laws, such as drinking water bent down like an animal, chasing men (Prendick), and running on all fours, the Leopard-Man was not solely responsible for the deaths of the rabbits. It was also the Hyena -Swine, the next most dangerous Beast Man on the island. Dr. Moreau is furious that Prendick killed the Leopard-Man but can do nothing about the situation. As time passes, Prendick becomes inured to

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748-624: The Mad Doctor is also used as the cover art for the game, and the Mad Doctor is a boss that Mickey must defeat. He also appears as a major character in Epic Mickey and its sequel ; the cartoon appears as a bonus in the first game. The video game Kingdom Hearts III features a Game & Watch style mini-game based on the short. The short was released on December 2, 2002 on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White . The Island of Doctor Moreau The Island of Doctor Moreau

782-519: The Sayer of the Law die after a scuffle with the Beast Folk. At the same time, the compound burns down because Prendick has knocked over a lamp. With no chance of saving any of the provisions stored in the enclosure, Prendick realizes that Montgomery has also destroyed the only boats on the island during the night. Prendick lives with the Beast Folk on the island for months after the deaths of Moreau and Montgomery. As

816-457: The enclosure, he suddenly realises he is being followed by a figure in the jungle. He panics and flees, and the figure gives chase. As his pursuer bears down on him, Prendick manages to stun him with a stone and observes that the pursuer is a monstrous hybrid of animal and man. When Prendick returns to the enclosure and questions Montgomery, Montgomery refuses to be open with him. After failing to get an explanation, Prendick finally gives in and takes

850-426: The ethical, philosophical, and scientific concerns and controversies raised by these themes and the ideas of Darwinian evolution which were so disrupting to social norms in the late 1800s. In his preface to The Works of H.G. Wells, Volume 2, The Atlantic Edition (1924), Wells explains that The Island of Dr. Moreau was inspired by the trial of Oscar Wilde . "The Island of Doctor Moreau" was written in 1895, and it

884-429: The grotesqueness of the Beast Folk. However one day, the half-finished puma woman rips free of her restraints and escapes from the lab. Dr. Moreau pursues her, but the two end up fighting each other, leading to their mutual deaths. Montgomery breaks down and decides to share his alcohol with the Beast Folk. Prendick resolves to leave the island, but later hears a commotion outside in which Montgomery, his servant M'ling, and

918-431: The jungle where he meets an Ape -Man who takes him to a colony of similarly half-human/half-animal creatures including a Sloth -Man. Their leader is a large grey unspecified creature named the Sayer of the Law who has him recite a strange litany called the Law that involves prohibitions against bestial behaviour and praise for Moreau: Suddenly, Dr. Moreau bursts into the colony looking for Prendick, but Prendick escapes to

952-478: The jungle. He makes for the ocean where he plans to drown himself rather than allow Moreau to experiment on him. Moreau explains that the creatures called the Beast Folk were not formerly men, but rather animals. Prendick returns to the enclosure where Moreau explains that he has been on the island for eleven years and has been striving to make a complete transformation of an animal to a human. He explains that while he

986-553: The novel has influenced many fictional works. The following are some of the works which are related to the character of Dr. Moreau and his story: In the short essay " The Limits of Individual Plasticity " (1895), H.G. Wells expounded upon his firm belief that the events depicted in The Island of Doctor Moreau are entirely possible should such vivisective experiments ever be tested outside the confines of science fiction. Until recently, modern medicine has shown that non-human animals lack

1020-425: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Mad Doctor . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Mad_Doctor&oldid=1245049118 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1054-416: The short is an examination of "the machine age and its discontents" as Mickey encounters the "horror of science technology" when facing The Mad Doctor. The short is also indicative of the evolution of Mickey's character from a more mischievous one to an "innocuous hero, devoid of obvious desire and aggression" as the character selflessly attempts rescuing Pluto. To this end, Mickey is only allowed to engage in

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1088-469: The time goes by, the Beast Folk increasingly revert to their original animal instincts, beginning to hunt the island's rabbits, returning to walking on all fours, and leaving their shared living areas for the wild. They cease to follow Prendick's instructions. Eventually, the Hyena-Swine kills Prendick's faithful Dog-Man companion created from a St. Bernard. With help from the Sloth Creature, Prendick shoots

1122-518: Was banned entirely in the United Kingdom, as well as Nazi Germany . Due to the perceived scariness, the short was never reissued. In February 1933, The Film Daily said: "One of the liveliest animated cartoons to come along, and plenty comical." Further study of the short suggests that it serves as a spoof of Universal's Horror films of the time, in particular Frankenstein and the horror genre more broadly. Other analysis purports that

1156-536: Was begun while "The Wonderful Visit" was still in hand. It is a theological grotesque, and the influence of Swift is very apparent in it. There was a scandalous trial about that time, the graceless and pitiful downfall of a man of genius, and this story was the response of an imaginative mind to the reminder that humanity is but animal rough-hewn to a reasonable shape and in perpetual internal conflict between instinct and injunction. This story embodies this ideal, but apart from this embodiment it has no allegorical quality. It

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