Wonder Dog
Pluto is smitten with Dinah, who won’t give him the time of day; instead, she moons over Prince, the Wonder Dog (as seen on a circus poster). Pluto envisions himself performing Prince’s tricks. A nearby trash-filled yard has what Pluto needs to fulfill his fantasy, and discover just how hard some of the tricks are. It also has Butch, who is amused by all this, but soon goes after Pluto. In escaping Butch, Pluto manages to successfully do most of Prince’s stunts, and his lover sees him.
Pluto pretending to be a circus performer to impress Dinah, which gives the animators an excuse for a whole sequence of tricks he cannot actually do. The insecurity-driven Pluto shorts are the ones with the most recognisable emotional content — he is not chasing anything, he simply wants to be admired.