Bubble Bee (film) Pluto cartoon; released on June 24, 1949. Directed by Charles Nichols. After Pluto pounces on a “ball” which turns out to be a bubble gum machine, Pluto and a bee fight over the gum balls. After the bee stores the gum balls in its hive, Pluto destroys it, then uses the gum bubbles to keep the bee at bay until the bee wins by using the gum against Pluto.