Ferdinand the Bull (1938)

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Ferdinand only wants to stop and smell the flowers.

This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via pained howls and wild stomping. This lands him in the bull-fighting arena amidst characters based on Walt's animators with a matador reportedly modeled after Walt himself.

• Released: 1938-11-23
• Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family
• Runtime: 8m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.7/10 from 226 votes

Directed by Dick Rickard.

Top cast

• Milt Kahl as Ferdinand (voice)
• Don Wilson as Narrator (voice)
• Walt Disney as Ferdinand's Mother (voice)

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Where to watch Ferdinand the Bull

• United States: stream on Disney Plus
• United Kingdom: stream on Disney Plus
• Canada: stream on Disney Plus
• Australia: stream on Disney Plus

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