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American Cartoons
The Cuphead Show!
Bimbo makes a cameo appearance in the 2022 animated series The Cuphead Show! in the episode Carn-Evil. He is one of the many to have his soul stolen. His soul is later set free by Mugman and Cuphead. Bimbo has also been given a brand new costume color palette. His original palette usually matches Disney's mascot Mickey Mouse, but for his appearance in Cuphead the animated series Bimbo has been given a green shirt, yellow gloves and brown shoes.
Unicorn: Warriors Eternal
Emma Fairfax in Unicorn: Warriors Eternal by Genndy Tartakovsky has a Betty Boop-like head. Fairfax serves as a vessel for Melinda, who is reincarnated into her body. Tartakovsky is no stranger to using Betty Boop as an inspiration. His character Agent Honeydew in Dexter's Laboratory a parody of Marvel's "Black Widow" somewhat resembles Boop. Honeydew has a Josephine Baker-esque hairstyle, and it should be noted that Tartakovsky's new character Melinda also dresses similar to his previous character Honeydew.
Krazy Kat
In the 1930 "Krazy Kat" cartoon titled The Kat's Meow, Krazy and his girlfriend Kitty Kat sing "The Kat's Meow". It is a "Poo-Poo-Pah-Doop" song. The theme song was written by Jimmy Bronis, with music by Winkler studios musical director Joe DeNat. It was released on the 14th of January in 1930.
Steven Universe
In Rebecca Sugar's animated series Steven Universe for Cartoon Network, the Fleischer Studios, especially Grim Natwick and Ub Iwerks (a studio Natwick also used to animate for) were the inspiration behind the character Spinel. Sarah Stiles who had previously imitated Betty Boop and Olive Oyl for the musical album homage to the Fleischer Studios titled Fleischerei was given the role of Spinel. Stiles stated that she wanted her voice to be a "love letter" to the old Fleischer Studios cartoons. Stiles stated that the voice of Spinel is a sort of "Betty Boop imitation" but at the same time, was a mixture between Betty Boop, a Brooklyn accent and her 6-year-old niece Madeline.
Barnacle Bill
Minnie the Mermaid a minor character that appears in the 1930 animated short Barnacle Bill. She reappeared in an official Fleischer Studios 1932 artwork alongside Betty Boop. She was revamped to look more like Betty Boop. Minnie is based on the song "Minnie the Mermaid" and her singing voice was provided by Margie Hines, the original voice of Betty Boop.
The Ren & Stimpy Show
A canine Betty Boop without curls in comparison to her appearance in Barnacle Bill appears in a 2003 episode of The Ren & Stimpy Show. Bimbo, Ringmaster, Old Man of the Mountain, Gus Gorilla, Brownie Bear, Kasper Kangaroo, Kitty Kitten and several of Betty's animal friends can also be seen in the background. In a 2004 interview with Animation World, John talks about his admiration for Grim Natwick and he thought that Grim's version of Betty was the cutest. He said in Dizzy Dishes, Betty is hideous. But he states that Betty is more cuter in Mysterious Mose. Cheryl Chase who was best known for her Helen Kane impersonations and Betty Boop characterization was a frequent cast member on the series and played numerous characters on the Ren & Stimpy show. Chase stated in a 2020 interview that she was shocked about John K.'s "2018" allegations and controversy. Originally Chase was John K.'s secretary and casting coordinator for Spümcø Graphics. She said that it was very stressful at John's animation studio Spümcø, but very fun at the same time. Chase just loved being around an animation studio. It's very vibrant and casual and creative and juicy. Rugrats premiered on the same day as The Ren & Stimpy Show. In 2009, John Kricfalusi expressed how he wanted to reboot Betty Boop in an adult animation, with concepts and story ideas. Ideas such as "Betty Boop the Moon Maid," "The Littlest Mermaid," and "Feeding the Animals" in each of these concepts Betty seems to be indirectly her former self. However new Betty Boop is no longer a canine and never will be, nor does King Features Syndicate or the Fleischer Studios promote Betty in such a sexual manner. Today Betty Boop is mainly a product or merchandising and is often used to sell products. Was once a risqué character, but has been toned down over the years and is now tame in comparison to the original cartoons. In 2022, John K. drew a sketch of a topless French poodle Betty Boop, and Bimbo the Dog with "Spontaneity" as the title. He later auctioned and sold the drawing.
The Three Bears
In the 1936 concept art for the scrapped Silly Symphony cartoon by Disney called The Three Bears and or Goldie Locks and Three Bears. Child star Shirley Temple was supposedly going to be given the lead role of the character Goldie Locks. In the concept Goldie is a caricature of Temple but her face shape resembles Betty Boop's.
Toby the Pup
In the 1931 animated Toby the Pup animated cartoon Circus Time, a strongman's tattoo comes to life and quickly scat sings "Poop-Poop-a-Doop-a-Doop-Boop-Boop-a-Doop!", which was a popular phrase in the late 20s and early 30s.
Pucca
In a 2008 episode of Pucca, antagonist Ling Ling's counterpart appears as Ling Ling Boop.
The Powerpuff Girls
In Season 2 of The Powerpuff Girls reboot Mini Golf Madness which aired in 2017, a parody of Betty Boop dubbed Owlie Boop. Wooly's Ragtime Mini Golf park is based of the 1930s cartoon character Owlie Boop. Buttercup plays a perfect round of mini-golf and wants to keep her winning ball, but is told that she has to return it. She keeps the ball causing the robot mascot to go on a rampage through Townsville. Owlie Boop is voiced by Marie Danielle a Betty Boop character impersonator from Universal Studios. The character sings and dances like Betty Boop, only instead of using the "Boop-Oop-a-Doop" phrase she hoots. During the cartoon the character is often referred to as looking like Ms. Bellum, a character who slightly resembles Jessica Rabbit. Owlie rampages through Townsville destroying everything in her path. The girls think that Owlie wants the golf ball returned to them, when in fact it was a Wooly's golf pencil that Blossom had accidentally stolen that Owlie wanted returned.
Family Guy
Betty Boop is referenced in a deleted scene of Family Guy in season 12. Stewie Griffin is being burped upon by Brian Griffin. Stewie tells him that if he does it right he will poop and burp at the same time which is called a Boop and that is how Betty Boop got her name. Betty is then shown doing her "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" routine, where she goes on to burp and soil herself, shocking a member of the audience. Her voice is provided by Alex Borstein.
Terrytoons
In the 1931 Paul Terry animated cartoon By the Sea a flapper mouse girl sings a "Boop-Oop-a-Doop" song to her boyfriend (a cat) explaining how much she loves him, little does he know that she is cheating on him behind his back. The character sings a happy version of the song at the beginning of the cartoon and a sad version at the end. The cartoon features Margie Hines the original voice of Betty Boop. Hines would later go on to voice numerous characters who sang in the Betty Boop style in various Van Beuren Studios Aesop's Fables and Tom and Jerry animated cartoon shorts.
Lyrics:
Boop-Oop-a-Doop!
That means that I love you!
Boop-Oop-a-Doop!
Does great big man love me?
Boop-Oop-a-Doop!
Boop-Oop-a-Doop!
That means that I love just you!
Boop-Oop-a-Doop!
That means that I love you!
Boop-Oop-a-Doop!
Does great big man love me?
Boop-Oop-a-Doop!
Boop-Oop-a-Doop!
That means that I love you!
Walter Lantz Studios
Pooch the Pup and his girlfriend Poodles were sometimes paired up together, and had a Betty Boop and Bimbo-like appeal. Pooch the Pesky Pup was created by Walter Lantz in 1931, a few months after the Fleischer Studios' animated film short Silly Scandals. Near to the end of the animated shorts, Pooch looked identical to Bimbo.
Alvin and the Chipmunks
In the 1986 Alvin and the Chipmunks season 4, episode 37 Help Wanted: Mommy Miss Miller becomes foster mother to the Chipettes. The Chipettes are not thrilled with having a foster mother, let alone a crazy one. Once they move in, Miss Miller begins to treat them like babies. The next day at school, the girls and Miss Miller simultaneously believe the arrangement will not work out. When Brittany is reminded about the school's upcoming talent show, Miss Miller teaches the girls a "Boop-Oop-a-Doop" routine ("I Wanna Be Loved By You") that she claims made her a star. The social worker arrives once more, but the girls convince her that Miss Miller is a worthy guardian. At the talent show, the Chipmunks win second and the Chipettes win first.
Christmas In Tattertown
A member of the "Boom Boom a Hotcha" from the 1931 cartoon Bimbo's Initiation, who are really one of the many Betty Boop Clones that make a cameo appearance in Ralph Bakshi's 1988 television special.
Jungle Jitters
In the Willie Whopper 1934 episode Jungle Jitters, Willie is shipwrecked and comes across a dark-haired version of Mary (Willie's girlfriend), who resembles Betty Boop. The character was inspired by Betty's appearance in Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle.
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
The famous "Boop-Oop-a-Doop" style is featured as the ending theme tune in Hells Heels, which was released in 1930. The Oswald cartoons from 1927-1932 ended with a "Boop-Oop-a-Doop" theme tune.
Tom & Jerry Kids
In the 1990 Tom & Jerry Kids Red's character has been transformed into a new character called Miss Vavoom. In this cartoon she speaks in a baby Brooklyn voice, and in some episodes resembles Disney's Who Framed Roger Rabbit's Jessica Rabbit. Her catchphrase "Boom-Boom-Vavoom" is a reference to Betty Boop's "Boop-Oop-a-Doop" catchphrase.
Miss Vavoom:
"Vavoom's the name Boom-Boom-Vavoom!"
Over the Garden Wall
Betty Boop is referenced twice in Over the Garden Wall. The Tavern Innkeeper acts and speaks in a manner similar to Betty. >In the same cartoon, the highwayman's dance is a reference to the rotoscoped Cab Calloway segments used in the Betty Boop cartoons. The Tavern Innkeeper performs "The Beast Song", which is very similar to the early Betty Boop cartoon Mysterious Mose.
Sita Sings the Blues
In Sita Sings the Blues, throughout the film Sita sings musical interludes with the vocal of Annette Hanshaw, who was known to do tongue-in-cheek Helen Kane impressions as aliases Dot Dare or Patsy Young in 1928-1929. The film's creator, Nina Paley, used Hanshaw's original jazz-influenced singing style recordings for her production. In the film, Sita is drawn to look like Betty Boop during the interludes.
Dangerous Dan McFoo
In Dangerous Dan McFoo, (1939) Dan's love interest, who is known as "Sue", gives off a Betty Boop-ish appeal. Her love interest Dan she is also a anthropomorphic dog, who resembles Katherine Hepburn. The cartoon gives off a similar story line to that of Dan McGrew (Nan Mcgrew is his supposed sister, who appeared in The Bum Bandit as played by Betty Boop herself as an anthropomorphic French poodle).Tex Avery would direct a similar cartoon for MGM called The Shooting Of Dan McGoo starring Droopy.
Buddy (Looney Tunes )
In the early Looney Tunes Buddy shorts, Buddy's flapper girlfriend Cookie slightly resembled Betty Boop. Cookie is the Caucasian counterpart to Bosko's girlfriend Honey. Cookie, like Betty also spoke and sang in baby-talk. Cookie debuted in 1933 in "Buddy's Day Out" and was voiced by "Betty Boop Impersonator" Shirley Reid and later by Bernice Hansen. Cookie is Buddy's girlfriend. She has shoulder-length black hair, and usually wears a skirt. However in color, much like Betty Boop, Cookie is also a redhead.[1] Cookie has a baby brother called Elmer.
Katnip College (Merrie Melodies )
In the 1938 animated cartoon Katnip College, a college where cats learn to swing, "Boop-Oop-a-Doop" is referenced. A cat who is not confident steps in front of the class who has not done his homework on the new popular swing music. He steps out of his seat and attempts to scat sing, and continues on with "Vo-Do-De-Oh-Do", the Charleston, razzamatazz and "Boop-Oop-a-Doop", referencing Betty Boop and or Helen Kane. The professor at the front of the class is not impressed with the cat's effort and breaks the fourth wall asking the audience, "Boy, is that corny?" Referencing them as old and outdated.
The Fairly OddParents
In The Fairly OddParents episode The Good Old Days, Timmy wishes to be in an old black-and-white cartoon. Among many other 1930s cartoon characters, a Betty Boop look-alike can be seen walking down the street.
Herman & Katnip
Louise the Mouse (also known as Louise the Girl Mouse) from Herman & Katnip. She appears in the cartoon short Of Mice and Magic. Louise's design and mannerisms were basically the same as Betty Boop's but adjusted to have bits of a cartoon mouse. Her voice was also provided by Mae Questel, who did the voice for Betty Boop. Louise made a small appearance in Surf & Sound with no speaking dialogue.
Popeye the Sailor
In the episode You Gotta Be A Football Hero, Popeye, who is voiced by William Billy Costello, wins the football game. Popeye is shown being carried off with the ball that says Olive Oyl (Popeye's girlfriend). He then goes on to reference Betty Boop by saying "Boopa-Doopa-Doopa-Doo-Boo-Poopa-Doo!" This was Costello's final appearance as Popeye or could refer to the fact that he was the original voice of Gus Gorilla in the Betty Boop series and Freddie Frog in the Betty Boop Fables radio show. Betty Boop's baby brother Billy Boop makes an appearance in the 1934 cartoon titled Sock-a-Bye, Baby. The 1948 cartoon titled Olive Oyl for President was a rework of the 1932 short Betty Boop for President. Both cartoons featured Mae Questel in the lead role.
The Simpsons
Betty Boop is referenced in one of The Simpsons episodes alongside G.I Joe. Dr Hibbert and his wife Bernice can be seen taking photographs as the characters through photo boards. Betty Boop also makes an appearance in one of The Simpsons comic strips as a cat: Betty is having trouble starting up her car so she goes to Scratchy's service station to get her car fixed. Betty Boop also appears on Lisa Simpson's wall for Women's Cartoon History from 1930-2011. Mrs. Grundy, Daria Morgendorffer, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup and Louise Belcher also appear. Itchy and Scratchy succeeded in getting her car running again. In the end, Itchy ties Scratchy to a gas pump, blows up the service station and drives off into the distance in the Betty Boop cat's car, with her beside him in the passenger seat. In a 2016 episode of the Simpsons, the old people at the Springfield Retirement Home are given pills that make them hallucinate. Marge Simpson forces the nurse to stop giving them the pills. The nurse hides the pills in the library, after which Grampa Simpson finds and swallows them all. He starts to see a hallucination of his wife Mona. He then states that something is not right. Grampa snaps his fingers and his wife transforms into Betty Boop. Once she does, Grampa is satisfied. In 2023, Nancy Cartwright the voice of Bart Simpson did a little impersonation tribute to Mae Questel.[2]
Daria
Betty Boop is referenced twice in the animated TV show Daria. Joey, Jeffy, and Jamie make the comment "A Thousand Times Yes!!" when speaking to Daria. This is a reference to an old Betty Boop bit, No! No! A Thousand Times No!!. In one of the ending credit sequences Brittany Taylor resembles Betty Boop. In the series Taylor speaks in a high-pitched voice similar to Betty Boop and squeaks, however in earlier episodes the character had a more deeper toned voice and did not squeak.
Deadpool
He recites "Boop-Boop-Be-Doop". His sexy pose which features hearts is also a direct reference to Betty Boop's risqué nature.
Disney's The Moth & the Flame
The moth from Disney's 1938 cartoon The Moth and the Flame was partly inspired by Betty Boop.
Disney's Snow White
Grim Natwick, who was most famous for drawing Betty Boop, was a lead animator for Disney's Snow White. Walt Disney was directly inspired to make the film due to the success of the Betty Boop short[3] version of the fairy tale. Said short was released in 1933, a year prior to Disney's adaption coming into development and production. Both heroines share similar visual qualities, significantly the cropped black hairstyle as well as the highly overt high pitch sweet tone to their voices. Most noticeably, the characteristics, mannerisms and the way they both represent exaggerated 1930s idealised women. Proof prior to this appears within Grim Natwick's concept art. Snow White's voice was provided by Adriana Caselotti. Caselotti used an imitation of Betty Boop's voice to create Snow White's.
Disney's A Symposium on Popular Songs
A character called Betty Boopie Doop appears in Disney's 1962 feature and performs a song titled "Charleston Charlie". This makes direct reference to the singing style exemplified by Helen Kane in her flapper era iconic song "He's So Unusual", which was co-written by the Sherman Brothers' Tin Pan Alley song-writing father, Al Sherman, in 1929. The subject of both songs is a male college student whom the singer desires. "Charleston Charlie" begins with the Betty Boop-esque lyric "Poop-Poop-Pe-Doop". While performing, the character does Boop-ish like mannerisms, from rolling her eyes to pouting her lips.
Funny Face (Flip the Frog)
In the Ub Iwerks Flip the Frog cartoon titled Funny Face, Flip's girlfriend "Fifi" resembles Betty Boop, mainly because Grim Natwick helped work on that episode. Flip the Frog can also be heard Booping in the opening credits. In the remastered version of the cartoon, all her curls were cut off and her face was slightly edited.
Futurama
Amy Wong parodies Betty Boop in the episode Reincarnation. When she gets bumped into by the rest of the crew, she quotes, "Watch it you stumble bums, You're Boopin my Betty!"Several Betty Boop cartoons are featured as the opening titles of Futurama. Including, Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions, The Impractical Joker, Betty Boop and Grampy, Dizzy Red Riding Hood.
Animaniacs
Googi Goop, another parody of Betty Boop, appears in the Animaniacs episode "The Girl with the Googy Goop". Googi is in traditional black and white, although her nose is red like the Warners'. She appears in a parody of "Little Red Riding Hood" to go to Grandma's house. Googi Goop's voice is provided by onetime Betty Desirée Goyette, who did Betty Boop's voice in The Romance of Betty Boop. In the Slappy Squirrel episode "Hurray For Slappy", after Beanie the Bison gets blown up with dynamite (causing his skin to be burned black), Slappy turns to him and says, "You remind me of a very young Betty Boop."
Muppet Babies
Baby Piggy appears as Betty Boop during the song "We Love Cartoons" from the Muppet Babies episode "The Great Muppet Cartoon Show".
Elmo's World
The Elmo's World character Bubbles Martin's hair and eyes are a nod to Betty Boop.
Merrie Melodies
In Smile, Darn Ya, Smile (1931) Foxy and Roxy are seen singing "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!" When Foxy starts to sing on the train, Roxy begins to Boop-Oop-a-Doop. In Lady Play Your Mandolin, Roxy begins to sing "An the Angels play for me I belong to you! Boop-a-Doop-Poop! Ooh!". Just as Bokso and Honey, Foxy and Roxy were copycat characters of Disney's Mickey and Minnie. In the 87th episode of Tiny Toons, they make an appearance; Desirée Goyette who best known as an onetime voice of Betty Boop, provides the voice for Roxy.
Tiny Toon Adventures
In the Tiny Toons episode The Fields of Honey. Honey is a character from the original Bosko cartoon shorts by Warner Brothers is re-discovered by Babs Bunny. The character is known as Honey, who was Bosko's girlfriend. Honey does an impression of Betty Boop, along with other celebrities of the 1930s, such as Marlene Dietrich in her old footage, and then quotes Betty's main catchphrase: "Boop-Boop-Be-Doop". Honey was re-designed and resembled Dot Warner from Animaniacs, a few years before the character existed. The characters Bosko and Honey were originally African American Stereotypes.
Toot Braunstein
Toot Braunstein is a spoof of Betty Boop, she appears in the animated series Drawn Together. Toot is a feisty black-and-white former sex symbol who had her glory days in the 1920s. One of the central premises for Toot's character is that she comes from a world where her looks and body type were considered the female ideal, but in the world of today, she is regarded as overweight and outdated.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
In the episode "Dungeons and Discords", a ponified version of Betty Boop can be seen dancing at a jazz club for a brief second. The pony version wears a similar red dress, has a curly hairstyle and wears Betty's heart-shaped garter on her front left leg.
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
In the episode 54 of the Westernized American cartoon Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, there is a quick reference to the 1931 animated Talkartoon episode Bimbo's Initiation.
Bosko
In the 1931 animated Looney Tunes cartoon Bosko from the North, Bosko an African-American character can be seen "Boop-Boop-a-Dooping", and his girlfriend scat-sings while dancing on top of a table. He can also be seen scat singing with his girlfriend Honey in the 1933 cartoon Bosko in Person. Bosko and Honey, were animated characters similar to Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, only instead of being anthropomorphic animals, they were "stereotypical" Black people. Bosko's girlfriend Honey, is very similar to Minnie Mouse, only in "some" cartoons she speaks more Southern and speaks using Ebonics. Buddy and Cookie (created by the same studio) were the Caucasian counterparts to Bosko and Honey. A majority of Warner Brothers' characters were inspired by Disney and Fleischer. Cookie was inspired by Honey (Minnie Mouse), and Betty Boop. He makes a small cameo in The Girl with the Googily Goop a Betty Boop parody cartoon.