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Lonesome Ghosts

Year
1937
Studio
Walt Disney Productions

About this animated short

Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are ghost exterminators hired by pranking ghosts.

Plot summary

On a snowy night, a quartet of ghosts named Jasper, Boo, Moss and Grubb are alone inside a haunted house, complaining about how there is no one remaining inside the house to scare. Moss finds an advertisement in a newspaper for the Ajax Ghost Exterminators whose members consist of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. The ghosts decide to hire them in order to prank them. At their work building, the ghost exterminators are sleeping until their telephone rings. They get the ghosts’ call with Grubb impersonating a woman while claiming that the house is haunted.

When they arrive at the house, Mickey knocks on the front door but no one answers. He knocks on it again, causing it to fall down. He announces their arrival but they discover that there is no one inside. While they tiptoe into the house, the door lifts up and throws them inside before putting itself back in place, causing their stuff to fly everywhere, including a mousetrap which falls shut on Goofy's nose. After hearing the ghosts’ laughter, Mickey decides that he, Donald and Goofy should split up in order to surround them.

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Details

Holiday
Halloween
Archive type
Animated Short
Franchise
Disney
Studio
Walt Disney Productions

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