The object of Pluto’s affection has long been a cute canine named Fifi, who appeared in five cartoons beginning in 1933. In Pluto’s Quin-Puplets, which was released on this day in 1937, he got the girl. The Pluto cartoon short begins with some new signage on the pup’s doghouse, now reading “Mr. & Mrs. Pluto and family.” The “family” part refers to the couple’s adorable quintuplet puppies. Watching over five rambunctious little tykes by himself while Fifi is away proves to be a bit too much for the new dad, and he ends up accidentally getting drunk while the youngsters get mixed up in paint. This is all quite upsetting to Fifi when she returns, and she kicks them out to sleep in a barrel so they are only figuratively “in the doghouse.”
