Figaro and Cleo

Figaro and Cleo is a Figaro cartoon, released in October 15, 1943.

Synopsis
Figaro tries various methods of trying to get Cleo, the fish, for his supper. Strangely enough, in this short both Figaro and Cleo are owned by an elderly woman named Aunt Delilah.

Plot
A song helps to set up the plot, which is that Figaro wants to eat Cleo, but refuses to do so because it would be wrong. Simple enough, but then Figaro proceeds to try and eat Cleo throughout the rest of the short.

Figaro’s actions are completely counter to the song, even if he does seem somewhat reluctant about the role he’s adopted. Even then, after originally declining to eat Cleo, Figaro spends the next few minutes attacking the maid’s broom and then batting around a ball of yarn.

After Figaro’s yarn debacle, he gets into repeated attacks on Cleo, none of which are successful or well planned. The climax of the short comes when Figaro dives head first into the fishbowl, nearly drowns and subsequently decides to change his ways.

Characters

 * Figaro
 * Cleo

Home video releases
DVD
 * Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume 2