Betty Boop's Animal Friends
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In the Rudy Vallée Melodies in order to entertain her friends, Betty Boop asks them if they can play the piano. Rudy Vallée comes to live-action life from a sheet of music, he helps Betty Boop entertain her party guests.
Quotes
- Bunny: "I can play the piano."
- Lounge Lizards: "I'm sorry we're busy!"
- Bunny: "I only play by ear."
- Aloysius: "I can't sing!"
- Miss Pumpernickel: "Hehe... not me!"
- Tiny: "I gotta pool!"
- Percival: "Not me dearie."
Betty Boop's Animal Friends
Bunny
One of Betty Boop's pals, Bunny is the only other character in the series with a larger part that may be seen playing the piano. Bunny's outfit resembles that of Bimbo the Dog.
Lounge Lizards
The lounge lizards are a couple who attend Betty's party. Betty refers to them as "lounge lizards," a term intended to describe a flirty person, yet they're genuinely lazing around and dozing.
Aloysius
Not to be confused with Aloysius, the infant brother of Betty Boop, who was eventually referred to as Billy Boop.
Miss Pumpernickel
Miss Pumpernickel, who also says she won't sing for Betty, exudes a shyness.
Tiny
Tiny also makes an appearance in the 1933 animated Fleischer Studios cartoon Betty Boop's May Party.
Percival
Percival a homosexual character Percival informs Betty that he will not be singing. Then an anonymous character gives him a punch to the face.
Trivia
- Except for Tiny, who makes an appearance in Betty Boop's May Party, every character that Betty called in the animation was given a name and had a brief speaking part. However, the most of the characters are absent from the remaining episodes of the early Betty Boop series.
- Numerous other animal companions, like Victor Lion, emerge, although they are all unnamed.
- Three of Betty's closest animal companions, Billy Boop, Koko the Clown, and Bimbo, are not present at her house party.