Originally Posted By maniac_disney I was reading Cartoon Brew who link to this video (on YouTube). "Pluto is attacked by a Disneyland tourist. Pluto returned with another park employee who talked with the woman, and Pluto left the scene. Everything appeared to be settled peacefully." <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvlzkdxad-A" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =uvlzkdxad-A</a> Shame!!!
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Okay this leads to hilarious other Pluto and Chip 'n Dale dancing videos, which is cool, but back to the subject at hand. Pluto looked ticked. That kid must've done something pretty heinous. And then, what that lady did...and people just stood there and let it happen?!?! Where was Pluto's escort? From the looks of it, I would've given that lady a one way ticket to the front door. (I'm taking Pluto's side until we hear the real story)
Originally Posted By berol I thought Pluto and the kid were having a fun game of chase me. The woman barely pushed him. I can't tell if the whole thing was in fun or not.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It looked like the chase was fun (although I don't think I've ever seen a character move that fast), and then the lady just sort of pushed him. Then, since the costumes block vision and are hard to move in anyway, he just sort of slipped off the curb. It looked like he was playing, since when he got stopped, it was like he was asking her where the kid went. Judging from the sound, it sounds like she was yelling at him, and then he turned away (since that isn't the best situation for a non-speaking character to be in) and she wanted to get his attention back. I don't know if she meant to make him fall, but she certainly did. I really like how Pluto did a good job of getting up and showing that he didn't touch either the lady or the kid, and check to see if other people saw it, before getting the heck out of there.
Originally Posted By Pirate Shiva It really looks as if it was all in fun, the little guy didn't seem to be too upset and the way that Pluto originally gestured with his hands and looked around as if to say, "Where did he go?" implies this. The lady also does not appear to have pushed Pluto, it looks like more of a timing issue where she touched him when he was off balance. There certainly was not much force behind it.
Originally Posted By Pirate Shiva FerretAfros, it looks like we were both thinking and posting similar thoughts at the same time. I kept watching the video over and over on an .flv viewer or I would have hit Submit first ; )
Originally Posted By maniac_disney I don´t know if it was all fun. Pluto’s asking other guests “Did you see what he did?!†came to my attention. I was more surprised with the people videotaping the scene.
Originally Posted By Pirate Shiva I don't know if the video shows enough to make a valid assumption one way or the other. I have to agree with FerretAfros that I don't think I have ever seen a character move quite that fast but I also downloaded the video and was viewing it with a viewer that allowed me to view it in a larger window and almost frame by frame. When the woman stops Goofy, the young man continues on a circular path that shows him walking slowly and nonchalantly back towards the same lady. He doesn't appear to be clingy or scared. About that time another, younger woman shows up in the bottom left of the screen with a slightly younger child dressed just about the same. If this is the running boy's mother, she doesn't look very upset either. To me, the fact that Goofy stayed in character right up until he fell says more than what is not showing. I also think Pluto is asking, "Did you see what SHE did?" not he.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd It looked to me that Pluto was just having fun with the little kid, but the lady seemed to be trying to have words with Pluto. I don't think Pluto was at all happy after the encounter with the lady due to his body gesturing. It looked like he was trying to seperate from the situation and was gesturing like he was upset. I wonder how often there are confrontations between guests and the characters.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris It's a kinda sad indictment on our society that all you can see at the end of the video is hordes of people holding up camera phones, trying to get footage of it. God, people make me weep for the future.
Originally Posted By kari12177 I would say the kid did something, otherwise why would Pluto do the-did you see that? sign. That was good that Pluto walked away though, shows he wasn't in the wrong.
Originally Posted By figment1986 He might have been trying to catch the child... because it ran away?, but the lady was saying "bad dog" and then pushed him a little causing him to fall down, I think the whole "you see that" sign was so he could verify that others saw it before he left to get away before anything else could happen. The video appears to be from a while ago since the light polls have gold on them.
Originally Posted By berol I thought he was pointing cuz the woman pointed at him and he kept doing it. If she was saying 'bad dog', that makes me think she was playing along. I couldn't understand a word from anyone.
Originally Posted By Mr F Characters are at DL are not allowed to run at all because it is a safety hazard. Pluto could have fallen (Which he did) and could have injured himself or anyone else. That video could have gotten him in a lot of trouble. That lady looks like she was just trying to stop him from chasing her kid, although she could have been less rude about it. Rude guest are a common thing at Disneyland.
Originally Posted By wildestdreams #1 - Pluto was obviously mad at the kid..did anyone else notice his big foot trying to step on the kid while he was chasing him? He came real close too..that could have injured that child. #2 - It wouldn't surprise me that the kid did do something to Pluto to make him upset. And, of course, the parents probably weren't looking or they fail to discipline thier children (like most parents nowadays). #3 - The lady that stopped him was visibly upset at him for chasing that kid..but she shouldn't have pushed him (very slightly), but enough to cause him to lose his balance off the curb. This just shows a lack of respect for someone (especially when your in a hot costume and you can't see very well.) The guy/girl in the Pluto costume should learn by now that when you work with the public, your going to get rude people and mean kids...if he can't handle this, he's in the wrong line of work. He should have just walked offstage and demanded a CM to assist him as soon as he felt like the situation was going to far..but never should have chased him around like that. I agree with Mr. F, that is definitely a safety hazard.
Originally Posted By dresswhites this happened a whilte ago, why is it making the rounds now? you can tell it was a while ago because the lamposts are painted gold and have the gold 50th hanging baskets.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer >>did anyone else notice his big foot trying to step on the kid while he was chasing him?<< I think you're making an assumption. I've watched this 20+ times and while I agree with some of your observations and am not sure why Pluto made that little hop, he was not as close to the boy as what the angle of the video suggests. We can guess all we want but, the truth is, it's still a guess.
Originally Posted By berol About all I can say for sure is neither of them shoulda been running that fast. The first time I saw it, I was waiting for one of them to trip on the curb and go flying.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer berol, I agree. I have never seen a costumed character run that fast. The little boy by himself was bad enough but to be in a crowd of people,inside a big bulky costume with limited agility and visibility is just unsafe. What's really strange is that after the woman causes Pluto to fall she starts taking video of him walking away.
Originally Posted By tiki tiki tiki tiki All of these are assumptions because there is no way we can know exactly what exactly was the deal without seeing what happened before the chase. It looks to me as if the boy did something really rotten for Pluto to be chasing after him at that speed, but it still doesn´t justify Pluto´s actions. A character should never be running around in that manner. Who knows! One thing for sure is that Pluto was ticked off.
