The Plausible Impossible can be defined as events that occur in animation that are impossible but are made to seem plausible. Disney used multiple videos to demonstrate the Plausible Impossible, one of these involved Donald Duck and his cousin, Gus Goose. When Gus first arrives he interrupts Donald right before he his delicious dinner, to help demonstrate the plausible impossible Gus ate all of the food in extremely unorthodox methods. At one point he makes a giant sandwich and swallows it in one gulp, this appears plausible because of how long Gus' neck is however, throwing a sandwich into the air and then swallowing the entire thing as it falls back to the Earth is quite impossible.
Another moment during this video that effectively shows the plausible impossible is when Gus is sucking up peas from a plate with a straw. At his point Donald is upset that Gus is eating all of his food so he attempts to save one last pea by sucking in air. At one point the pea becomes suspended in air while the two fight over the pea. This moment seems plausible because essentially sucking in air would move an object of that size, but what makes this impossible is no one would be able to lift a pea into the air by simply sucking in air.
At one point in the video Donald attempts to kick Gus out of his house by wheeling him out, this plan backfires when Donald ends up getting thrown out and runs into his mailbox. When Donald runs into the mailbox, it goes flying into the air and falls back down right onto Donald's head. Then the mailbox becomes stuck on Donald's head while he stares angrily out the front end. This is made to seem plausible because the force that Donald hit the mailbox with seems enough to get it stuck on his head, but it is clearly impossible because shoving your head through a mailbox would hurt an extreme amount and wouldn't come off with a simple tug.
Another moment when the plausible impossible is demonstrated is when Donald devises a plan to get rid of his cousin for good. Donald gives Gus a barking sausage, the sausage makes Gus do dog like actions when prompted by Donald. Donald tells Gus to lay down, roll over, and to fetch a bone. This seems plausible because Gus acts like a dog, however this is obviously impossible because eating a sausage will not cause you to act like a dog.
One of the last instances of the plausible impossible in the video was when Gus makes his way back into the house when he decides that it is lunch time. Donald hears a giant crash and runs to his kitchen, where he finds a Gus shaped hole in his door. This seems plausible because it has been shown that Gus is extremely enthusiastic about eating food, and his eagerness would make it entirely possible to break through a door. However, breaking through a door to make the shape of your body is completely impossible, if he were to break through the door it would have just shattered and would not have retained the shape of his body.
One of the last instances of the plausible impossible in the video was when Gus makes his way back into the house when he decides that it is lunch time. Donald hears a giant crash and runs to his kitchen, where he finds a Gus shaped hole in his door. This seems plausible because it has been shown that Gus is extremely enthusiastic about eating food, and his eagerness would make it entirely possible to break through a door. However, breaking through a door to make the shape of your body is completely impossible, if he were to break through the door it would have just shattered and would not have retained the shape of his body.
