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The Triplets of Belleville



In the 2003 French animated film The Triplets of Belleville by Sylvain Chomet, the vintage opening sequence is homage to Max Fleischer, Warner Brothers, Tex Avery and Walt Disney cartoons. The trio Les Triplettes De Belleville are music-hall singers from the 1930s. They sing the "Belleville Rendez-vous" song, which includes scat-singing similar to the "Boop-Boop-Be-Doop" routine. Instead they use scat rhythm such as "Doop-De-Doo," "Voo-Doo-Ka-Ka-Va-La-Da-Voo," parodies of stars such as Charles Trenet, Django Reinhardt, Fred Astaire from the 1930s make numerous appearances, most notably Josephine Baker. The song was performed "in character" in the film by Béatrice Bonifassi.

Wednesday (2022)



Wednesday Addams[1] portrayed by Jenna Ortega in Tim Burton's spin-off of The Addams Family titled Wednsesday has some unusual dance moves. Her choreography seems to be inspired by the "Monster Mash," a song that was a graveyard smash. But one of her dance moves seems to be Betty Boop's, including the hand gestures from the 1932 cartoon The Betty Boop Limited.

Beauty and the Geek (2007)



Hollie Winnard a former Universal Studios "Betty Boop Impersonator" is dubbed a "Professional Betty Boop" and appears as a contestant in Season 4 of Beauty and the Geek, in her audition she does her "Boop-Oop-a-Doop" routine and is applauded by the geeks and wins the audition round.

A Dance For Two (1988)



A red headed Betty Boop appears in the 1988 French animation A Dance For Two.

Bob Mackie



The 1991 Bob Mackie fashion show which was set for a spring of 1992 release features Betty Boop fashions.[2]

Chloe Bailey as Betty Boop



For Halloween 2021, the multi-talented Chloe Bailey who goes by the name Chlöe stunned people on social media with her Betty Boop costume. Her post went viral on social media.

BET Awards 2021



For Black Entertainment Television 2021 awards show Taraji P. Henson gave tribute to Black women and hosted the show as Betty Boop, Diana Ross and Tina Turner. As a child Taraji was teased by her cousins, who thought she looked like Betty Boop. This upset her and made her cry, until one day she found out that Betty Boop was sexy.

Curb Your Enthusiam



In Curb Your Enthusiam S10E05 aired 16 February 2020, Larry David and Leon Black discuss the "Poop-Poop-a-Doop" phrase and how "cute" and "attractive" women use it. Also known as "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" and "Boop-Oop-a-Doop" alternatively. A mistake is that it was actually popular in the late 20s and early 30s, not the 40s. By the 40s it had died out and was considered corny.

Star Search



After winning a talent competition with her rendition of "Broadway Baby" the then child star Ashley Johnson took her act to Star Search. During her live performance of "Broadway Baby" in 1989 she ad-libbed "Boop-Oop-a-Doop" and "Boop-Boop-Be-Doop" into her song. Ashley later became an actress, and then voice-over artist. She is best known for her character portrayals as Gretchen Grundler on Recess, Terra on Teen Titans and Gwen Tennyson on Ben 10.

Little Rascals



In a the 1930 Little Rascals episode School's Out, Miss Crabtree as portrayed by June Marlowe asks her students a question, only to be given answers she deems foolish. Mary Ann Jackson answers her question with a Boop Oop a Doop, which enrages the teacher. The series is also known as Our Gang and Hal Roach's Rascals.

Game Theory


Betty Boop is referenced in a Bendy and the Ink Machine game theory video by The Game Theorists. The video exposes the Walt Disney Company and gives the Fleischer Studios the proper credit as the inventor of the rotoscope. The video has been seen by 4,384,363. The Betty Boop Clones are also referenced towards the end of the video where Betty Boop created a bunch of clones to worship herself. The video explains that Walt Disney was a master of marketing and took credit for things that weren't his idea to begin with and using the media to sell his story to listeners who didn't know any better and that the true mastermind was Max Fleischer and his brother Dave Fleischer.

TMZ


In a TMZ video, they had the segment "Name That Jackson!", where they played audio of one of the members of the Jackson family. TMZ went on to say that they were not sure if the audio they played was a guy or a girl, because all of the Jacksons sound like Betty Boop when it comes down to it.

The Late Late Show With James Corden


On The Late Late Show with James Corden, Kristen Schaal and James Corden re-voice old cartoons, including a scene from 1932's Boop-Oop-a-Doop.

Cartoon Characters You Didn't Know Were Actually Real


Betty Boop is referenced in a list covering 10 cartoons based on real people. 

The Girls Next Door



A Betty Boop statue appeared in Hugh Hefner's bedroom in the series The Girls Next Door (also known as The Girls of the Playboy Mansion), a TV show which originally aired on E! from 2005 to 2010. The show itself was later followed by four spin-offs: Kendra, Kendra on Top, Bridget's Sexiest Beaches and Holly's World.  The Betty statue can be seen in any episodes filmed in the bedroom area.

My Brother and Me



Betty Boop appears on a pyjama top as worn by Melanie Parker (Aisling Sistrunk) in the 1994-1995 Nickelodeon TV show My Brother and Me.

Splatoon 2



There is a seahorse parody of Betty Boop that appears on a jacket in Splatoon 2. Splatoon is a third-person shooter video game series developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U and Nintendo Switch.

The Dagger of Amon Ra



In the MS-DOS game The Dagger of Amon Ra (also known as Laura Bow II), a "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" song is featured at the Speakeasy Club. In the song the lyrics are; "Boop-e-doo, swahoo I could boop-e-doo, ooh!". The song was performed by writer Jane Jensen.

Cuphead



The indie platform video game Cuphead by Chad and Jared Moldenhauer (Studio MDHR) was drawn in the style of a 1930s cartoon. The Mermaid Boss (Surf Mama) featured in the game resembles Betty Boop. She is the boss of the first world, Timber Valley, fought in High Seas Hijinx, an airplane level that takes place over the sea. The character was also inspired by Ariel the Little Mermaid and the Moth from Disney's Moth and Flame, a character that was also inspired by Betty Boop. Another character who appears in the game Hilda Berg is a boss located northeast in Inkwell Isle One, in the boss level Threatenin' Zeppelin. She is a human-zeppelin hybrid that is fought while players fly in planes. Her hair slightly resembles Betty Boop's, when she is hit her hairstyle fully morphs into Betty Boop's hairstyle.

Bendy & the Ink Machine



Alice Angel a character created by TheMeatly Games LTD who appears in the indie game Bendy and the Ink Machine was inspired by Betty Boop.

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu



Betty Boop was portrayed by J-pop artist Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ) for a Halloween Coca-Cola event in Japan. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, "I thought very hard about what I should be... I searched to see if there were any Japanese girls dressed up as Betty-chan and I didn't find any." The fact that Betty Boop is an American character also helped many people living overseas celebrate Halloween.

Twilight Zone: the Movie (1983)



The Talkartoon animated short Bimbo's Initiation is displayed on a television set. Main protagonist Helen calls out to a girl in a wheelchair who is watching the cartoon but gets no response. The antagonist of the segment, Anthony, appears and explains that his sister Sara had been in an accident. Helen is unable able to see that the girl has no mouth.

Nao Fuja da Raia



Betty Boop portrayed by Doriana Mendez and Jessica Rabbit portrayed by Claudia Raia appear in the Brazilian musical TV show titled Nao Fuja da Raia released in 1996 translated as No Escape from Raia in which they perform "Too Darn Hot" on stage. During the musical number, it is shown that there is a rivalry between the two characters.

Crazy Mary



Wayland Parrott Flowers, Jr was an American puppeteer best known for the act he created with his puppet Madame.  Flowers' other puppets included Crazy Mary, an escapee from Bellevue mental hospital who speaks in a Brooklyn accent (portrayed by Flowers). In the 1984 show Wayland Flowers and Madame in Manhattan, Mary sings Betty Boop's signature song "Don't Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away".

Will and Grace



In Will and Grace Season 7, Episode 22 (titled "Queer to Eternity"), Betty Boop is referenced by Karen Walker, who is played by Megan Mullally. In the series, the character was sometimes referred to as "Betty Boop Goes Boom".

Refresco Lulu



Refresco Lulu is a drink which is popular in Mexico. Originally, "Lulu" was the unlicensed image of Betty Boop, but had to be modified for legal reasons. Lulu still resembles Betty, only with a different hairstyle. In earlier character concept, Lulu also wore a crown.

Lana Del Rey ("Betty Boop Boop")



"Betty Boop Boop" is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey, which was recorded in 2009 and was leaked in 2014. The producer of the song is unknown and the song is not registered on any major service. The song references Betty Boop's scat lyrics "Boop" and the song's title is Betty's name, only with an extra "Boop": "Betty Boop Boop".

Hardcore Pawn



In Hardcore Pawn Season 5, episode 22, bills need to be paid and a man negotiates his perfect woman (a statue of Betty Boop) to Les and Ashley.

Donny & Marie



In 1976, the Donny & Marie show did a Betty Boop skit titled Having a Party, Marie Osmond performs "I Wanna Be Loved By You" as Betty Boop.

Just Shoot Me!



In the Just Shoot Me! episode "Halloween? Halloween!" Betty Boop is referenced.

Charmed



Betty Boop is referenced in the Charmed (2001) episode Hell Hath No Fury Rose McGowan would later go on to portray a parody of Betty Boop in Boop with Rose McGowan.

The Goodbye Girl



Elliot Garfield, a character portrayed by Richard Dreyfuss, can be seen quoting newspaper reviews of his off-Broadway premiere. 

Juiced and Jazzed



Juiced and Jazzed is an animation that was created by Justin Weber. The main character, Lulu, was inspired by flappers of the 1920s and Betty Boop.

Sonic the Hedgehog



Madonna is a scrapped character from the first Sonic the Hedgehog video game. Her outfit seems to be patterned after Betty Boop's and she can be seen doing one of Betty's main poses in the concept art. However, Madonna is based on the real-life singer Madonna Louise Ciccone, and might be a reference to the latter singer's appearance in Who's That Girl. In the film's opening sequence Madonna Ciccone appeared in an animated segment similar to the classic Betty Boop cartoons Nikki Finn.

Hula Hoops



In 1987 the KP manufacturers of potato snacks Hula Hoops made a commercial which featured a knock-off flapper that referenced Betty Boop called The Hula Cutie. In the original Betty Boop cartoon series, Betty would appear alongside Cab Calloway. The commercials produced by Hula Hoops take elements from Minnie the Moocher, Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle and I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You; they also reference Tex Avery's wolf with a knock-off character which is called The Bandicoot. The Hula Cutie sings like Betty Boop, but instead of "Boop" she says "Hoop" in song. Cab Calloway says that she do a "Loop-a-Da-Loop" (Boop-Boop-a-Doop) and introduces her as the Hula Cutie with the Southern sound.

Cybersix



Betty can briefly be seen in the Cybersix.

Van Beuren Studios



Several Betty Boop-like characters, including Countess Cat, are voiced by Margie Hines in cartoons produced by Van Beuren Studios. "Some Of These Days," "Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella," "Moonlight Bay," "Sing, It's Good For You" (sung by Betty Boop in the 1935 animation Judge for a Day by Mae Questel), "You've Got Me In The Palm Of Your Hand," and "Doin' The New Low Down" were among the nursery rhyme tunes used in the cartoons. Hines also covers "I Must Have That Man," a "Blackbirds" song most associated with Florence Mills and Nina Mae McKinney.

Community


In the series Community, Annie puts on a private performance in order to convince Jeff to join her in a pageant. She performs "Teach Me How To Understand Christmas" She closes out the performance in a similar way, with Betty Boop's signature catchphrase with a twist: "Boopy Doopy Doop Boop Sex!".

Madea's Witness Protection


Betty Boop is referenced by Doris Roberts as Barbara Needleman and Tyler Perry as Joe Simmons in Madea's Witness Protection.

Blondie



Blondie originally focused on the adventures of Blondie Boopadoop a carefree flapper girl who spent her days in dance halls. The name "Boopadoop" derives from the flapper catchphrase popularized by Helen Kane in the 1928 song "I Wanna Be Loved by You" (with its tag line, "Boop-Boop-a-Doop") and which was referenced for the flapper cartoon character Betty Boop, who first appeared in 1930 and was seen in her own King Features comic strip, drawn by Bud Counihan from 1934 to 1937. According to King Features, Blondie is one of Betty Boop's best friends, the other being Olive Oyl. In her first appearance in the comic, Blondie is introduced to Dagwood's father. She tells the latter that she feels so "Boo-Boop-a-Doop" when she meets her boyfriend's father. Blondie appears on stage with Betty Boop in the Pandemonium Cartoon Circus from 1999 to 2000.

Frenkel Brothers



The Frenkel Brothers Mish-Mish cartoons were popular in Egypt in the 1930s. The brothers were so taken with American cartoons that they traced animation and took ideas from them. In one newspaper article, they were asked to create an Egyptian Betty Boop, the resulting knock-off character was then featured in a 1939 cartoon.

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