Here are some Betty Boop images for Boopers. I excluded KO-KO the Clown because he represents rape culture. Sorry KO-KO… But Bimbo? No he’s Betty’s equal. This is the more toned down Betty Boop.
According to Paramount, Betty Boop was the Clara Bow of the animated cartoons.
The Hays Code kicked in around this time and forced the Fleischer Studios to stop sexualizing Betty Boop in the cartoons. The Fleischers obviously ignored and secretly pushed their agenda.
This version of Bimbo is said to be Betty’s pet dog instead of her friend or lover.
Problematic “Betty Boop” cartoons are listed below. Some of these cartoons were initially banned on TV, but they were later redistributed to on DVD and Blu-ray after being remastered. For the improper references, The Fleischer Studios have issued many apologies.
Whether new or seasoned viewers, it seems that many of the Betty Boop fans are uninformed of the character’s history or key storyline points.
Readers should be aware that some of the Fleischer Studios gags are extremely obscene. People who watch the Betty Boop cartoons appear to know very little of the depravity or obscene jokes, thus I thought it necessary to bring these to light. Does that imply that we must detest the cartoons? No. Despite being targeted at a young audience, the cartoons were intended for grownups.
It is, however, highly contentious that the “Betty Boop” persona experiences sexualization and harassment. Since she is a fictional character, it is all fictitious.
Cartoons are not accurate representations of reality, actually, they’re merely drawings or images. Most of the puns that Betty does, especially the “garter slips” are not considered sexy today. So I won’t elaborate on all of those, because that gag was frequently used throughout the early series.
Women wore garters, but since a woman’s knee was rarely visible to the public, its beauty was intended primarily for herself, her husband, and possibly to make her closest female friends a little envious if they were aware of her attire.
Betty Boop showing off her garter belt indicates that she is promiscuous.
Wearing revealing clothing can encourage sexual harassment. However a person’s likelihood of experiencing sexual harassment or violence is not increased by their clothing.
Betty Boop is characterized by the Fleischer Studios as a sex-symbol.
Dizzy Dishes
(August 8, 1930)
Betty is an “out of work” cabaret singer and she sings about “Poo-Poo-Pah-Doop” and how she wants to make whoopie. When wanting to make whoopie, which was 1920s slang for party or s-e-x, Betty quickly flashes her crotch to reveal she’s wearing no underwear. Bimbo transforms into male genitalia…
Barnacle Bill
Betty Boop is Nancy Lee in this cartoon, she lives at 88 Dock Street. She’s one of the many sex
Betty’s cat neighbors say that she’s a hoe. You can make out, “THAT WOMAN.”
Th grandfather clock is so disgusted by Betty. That being said, the Fleischers thought this version of Betty was UGLY. They said she’s ugly and fat.
Accordion Joe
(December 12, 1930)
In this cartoon, Betty is a virgin Native American. Betty displays her bloomers as Bimbo courts her. He essentially coerces her into having sex with him. Saying they’ll whoopie in the moonlight and make love with the stars overhead. Betty nods her head “no,” indicating that she is not interested in dating, but Bimbo takes her by the head and gives her a yes shake.
Mysterious Mose
This version of Betty? She lives in a haunted house and keeps losing her night dress. The ghosts in her home tell her to take off her clothes, as they know her. Bimbo in this cartoon is the entity “Mysterious Mose”.
(December 26, 1930)
The Bum Bandit
(April 4, 1931)
Betty who is a bandit pretends to be damsel in distress. She is ordering the engineer to halt the train when it bumps, causing her to display her crotch.
Betty in this version is dangerous. She reveals herself to be Dangerous Nan McGrew, and has become a more forceful and dominant character, forcing her husband Bimbo to have sex with her.
Silly Scandals
(May 23, 1931)
This is Betty’s debut with her finalized design in 1931, only she’s still a dog, a French poodle. While singing “You’re Driving Me Crazy” her dress slips to reveal a frilly bra.
When bowing, her her rear is exposed.
Bimbo’s Express
(August 22, 1931)
Bimbo tells Betty to take her nighty off. This cartoon isn’t that bad. Betty does an early garter slip. Which they thought was sexy back then.
Minding the Baby
(September 9, 1931)
This version of Betty is a child. She wants to play with Bimbo but he can’t because he’s babysitting his baby brother. She keeps a letter in her bosom. Bimbo explains that his mother and father had a fight. He indicates that his mother is cheating on his father with the ice man.
The gag is rather silly. Betty and Bimbo play many games. When Bimbo pushes her down the stair banister, she reveals a rose garter and bloomers as she descends.
Bimbo’s Initiation
(July 24, 1931)
This is a surreal Betty Boop cartoon. Betty is not only a Freemason, she has cloned herself. And she and her clones take on the form of men. They try to get Bimbo to join their sex-cult. So they torture him. They impale a knight or sword into his rear-end.
They have a weird butt-smacking machine that smacks his butt…
Bimbo refuses to join. The REAL Betty Boop appears in her “female form” this time. She asks Bimbo to join again by doing a sexually suggestive dance and smacking her butt, this time he accepts. The cartoon ends with Bimbo in some sort of harem. A lot of butt smacking too…
Mask-A-Raid
(November 7, 1931)
This version of Betty is the “Queen of the Masquerade Ball” and she’s very sexual. She engages in outdated sexual garter flashing once more.
Betty is sexually harassed by both Bimbo and a possible predator. They make her flash her underwear… From what I once read Bimbo could be 16, like Betty. So she’s her equal. But in some cartoons he is 20+ in age. So!? Anyway Betty chooses Bimbo as her lover, and asks him to marry her.
Kitty From Kansas City
(October 31, 1931)
Betty’s parrot pinches her butt, Betty however feels violated.
So Betty Boop knocks out an old man who she thought had touched her. Betty was probably right, in other cartoons this character is known to be that of a deviant and or predator, like a majority of the male characters in the series.
Dizzy Red Riding Hood
(December 12, 1931)
Betty Boop does old-fashioned sexual garter slips, while making sexually suggestive sounds. Betty’s Grandmother’s underwear is pulled over Bimbo’s eyes by the clothes line. In the early Fleischer Studios cartoons featuring Betty Boop, garter belt jokes or gags are common.
Betty walks up to her Grandmother’s bed and sings “Where’d You Get Those Eyes” to Bimbo, who is dressed as a wolf. Bimbo gropes Betty on the bed, particularly her bosom.
Betty Boop’s Bamboo Isle
(September 23, 1932)
Betty appears topless in Betty Boop’s Bamboo Isle, with only a flower lei to cover her bosom.
Swim Or Sink (S.O.S.)
(March 11, 1932)
In Sink or Swim, Betty randomly flashes her underwear while singing.
The pirate captain indicates to Betty that he and his men will have his way with her. Koko the Clown and Bimbo stupidly look on.
A Hunting We Will Go
(April 29, 1932)
Betty allows Bimbo and Koko the grope her, because they promise to get her a fur coat.
Betty quickly changes her tune, and scolds Koko and Bimbo when she finds out that they’ve skinned several wild animals. While she is singing one of the male animals inappropriately touches her, she quickly slaps him.
Boop-Oop-a-Doop
(January 16, 1932)
Billy Boop, the young sibling of Betty Boop, is the target of Bimbo, a peanut dealer. Bimbo decides to attempt selling “penis” instead of peanuts and points to his crotch region. The answer from Billy is “no.”
Billy eventually gives in and accepts Bimbo’s offer. Bimbo says that he has no penis. This joke is quite vulgar, and a lot of people haven’t noticed it.
The ringmaster sexually harasses Betty in the following scenario.
Betty rejects the ringmaster’s advances, and he strangles her as a result.
Betty flees but is dragged into a tent by her underwear. The ringmaster appears to be molesting her, she pleads for help and orders him to take his hands off her.
Koko the Clown eventually saves her. Koko inquires of Betty whether the ringmaster took away her virginity. Betty replies, “No, he couldn’t take my ‘Boop-Oop-a-Doop’ away.”
The Betty Boop Limited
(July 1, 1932)
A male bug pulls on Betty’s garter belt as she sings “Ain’tcha” in the episode The Betty Boop Limited. His wife becomes enraged and strikes him over the head with a rolling pin. This could be considered a form of sexual harassment, because he’s touching Betty’s leg without her consent.
Chess-Nuts
(April 13, 1932)
Betty uses a chant to rally support for Bimbo in Chess-Nuts. Her garment becomes shorter as she chants, and two creatures peer up her skirt.
Betty is essentially the Queen in this episode, so the King sexually harasses her by lassoing her by the dress, which is both exposing and disgusting.
Betty is grabbed by the buttocks by the King and thrown to the ground. Betty explodes in a rage and begins smashing plates. Her dress displays her underwear as she smashes the plates.
Ha! Ha! Ha!
(March 2, 1932)
Instead of being sensible and sophisticated Betty randomly jumps without holding her dress down. In doing so, she ends up flashing her bloomers. Yes, they considered this sexy back then…
She keeps all of her make-up in her bosom…
Betty is a vain Jezebel in this cartoon. She just spends most of her time putting on a ton of make-up. Blush and lipstick. Wearing no bra, she puts her make-up back.
Crazy Town
(March 25, 1932)
Betty doesn’t like being touched by Bimbo. So she removes his hand from her butt…
Betty Boop’s Up’s and Downs
(October 14, 1932)
Betty Boop is evicted from her home due to the rising costs of “The Great Depression” which started in 1929 and ended in 1939. While walking on air, Betty flashes her bloomers.
Popeye the Sailor
(July 14, 1933)
In a Betty Boop cartoon, where Popeye first appeared, there is a scene in which both Popeye and Betty perform a sensual hula dance.
Betty’s bosom is visible as the screen quickly pans through.
In this animation, Olive Oyl assumes the role of Betty and is subjected to sexual harassment from Popeye’s foe Bluto.
Betty Boop’s Big Boss
(June 2, 1933)
In response to a job posting for a female secretary assistant position on the top level, Betty Boop and a sizable number of other applicants respond.
Betty Boop sings the song “You’d Be Surprised” to the boss, quickly flashing her underwear to him while she does so. The boss rejects the other applicants in favor of Betty because he believes they are unattractive.
Not too long after, Betty experiences workplace sexual harassment.
Betty appears to be beaten or being choked. However, by the end, Betty had succumbed to her boss’s sexual advances.
Betty Boop’s Birthday Party
(April 21, 1933)
Betty Boop reveals that she is only 14 years old.
Betty hastily shows her underwear to thank Bimbo for her present.
I had better explain because there are a lot of idiots out there who do not understand the series. Well for one, the series in question doesn’t make sense. Everything is always changing and it is not like a show like say The Simpsons, it doesn’t stick to the same plot.
The Fleischers adaption of the “Popeye” series is very similar, it also makes no sense.
Betty’s legal age is 16 years old. Max Fleischer couldn’t come up with an age range.
She was born in 1915.
Betty is older in some cartoons and younger in others. Some cartoons do not specify her age. She is a teen because she appeals to a younger audience. It is hard to tell if Betty’s age in this episode was chosen on purpose or if there was another reason behind it. Or did the Fleischers covertly support forbidden behavior?
The “Betty Boop” cartoons, however, were intended for an adult audience. Adult jokes and gags were not understood by 1930s children.
Is My Palm Read
(February 17, 1933)
Betty Boop goes to have her palm read, and Bimbo and Koko turn off the lights to see through her clothes.
Bimbo informs Betty that he would tell her the truth about her baby days. He then shows a vision of a naked Baby Boop, which is strange and immoral.
Betty Boop is washed up on the beach, the waves form a hand and hit her buttocks. She tells it to keep its hands to itself.
Betty Boop’s clothing are soaked, so she takes them off. She grows self-conscious and informs the cartoon’s audience that she is wearing only her underwear. To protect her modesty, she fashions a garment made of leaves.
The Old Man of the Mountain
(August 4, 1933)
At the start of the cartoon another filthy old man lusts after Betty when she is being told the story of the old man in the mountain. Betty defies a wise old owl’s caution not to go up the mountain. She has an abnormal yearning to see him.
The old man of the mountain is an older single African-American man who has no desire in getting married or providing for a family is represented by the “old man on the mountain” as a sexual predator. To emphasise the point, he is portrayed as hermit-like and has a noticeable injury. Betty regrets paying him a visit, and he chases her down the hill. He takes her dress off at one point.
He eventually captures Betty and gropes her bosom. The wild animals who save Betty beat him to a pulp.
I Heard
(September 1, 1933)
Betty Boop and Bimbo fall from a great height, and Bimbo ends up cross-dressing in Betty’s outfit, while Betty ends up in her underwear.
Betty expresses her fear to Bimbo, so he takes the initiative. However, he is also terrified. The worst part about this incident is Bimbo using it as an excuse to grasp Betty’s buttocks.
Betty Boop’s Penthouse
(March 10, 1933)
Koko the Clown and Bimbo perversely watch Betty bathe.
While helping Betty dry herself, the towel seemed to enjoy massaging her butt.
Poor Cinderella
(August 3, 1934)
Betty in Poor Cinderella is extremely embarrassed during a miraculous gown transformation moment.
The bodice of Betty’s dress falls down when she is performing the “Poor Cinderella” theme tune.
Betty picks up the dress while creepily pinching her nipples.
During the dancing segment, one of the wicked stepsisters mocks Betty and Prince Charming. The stepsister gets impaled up the buttocks with the Prince’s sword.
Betty Boop’s Trial
(June 15, 1934)
Betty Boop is forced to show her license by policeman Fearless Fred. As a result, she displays him her leg in a sexually suggestive manner. Attached to her garter belt is her driver’s license BB – 1234.
Fred forcibly arrest’s Betty.
After winning her trial, Betty spins around and flashes her underwear to the judge and the jury box.
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
(December 2, 1933)
The Cameo doll of Betty Boop that appears in Parade of the Wooden Soldiers repeatedly displays her underpants for no apparent reason.
While Betty is singing, a perverted prisoner-type toy informs the audience that she has a wonderful those. By the end of the episode Betty’s clothes have ripped to shreds.
Red Hot Mamma
(February 2, 1934)
When Betty walks past the fire, there were naked silhouettes in the original version of Red Hot Mamma. However for the HD version, they seem to have been edited.
Mother Goose Land
(June 23, 1933)
When Mother Goose changes Betty’s outfit in the original Mother Goose Land, Betty briefly appears naked. HD copies have removed this.
Betty Boop’s Life Guard
(July 13, 1934)
Betty’s bathing costume in Betty Boop’s Life Guard is rather baggy and revealing.
There are numerous instances in this cartoon in which the Fleischers focus on Betty’s bust area.
Betty in Blunderland
(April 6, 1934)
While playing the role of Alice in Wonderland, Betty when falling down a giant rabbit hole, Betty accidentally flashes her vintage bloomers.
There’s also a gag in which Betty drinks “Shrink-ola,” a Cola imitation that shrinks you. However, her dress does not shrink when she shrinks, thus it must be shrunk.
Betty can also be seen spying on the Crazy Mad Hatter in another scene, which focuses on Betty’s buttocks.
Betty Boop’s Rise to Fame
(May 18, 1934)
Betty Boop quickly flashes her bust while changing costume.
While changing costumes she continues to flash. In the HD editions, they have removed the nudity.
Betty is pursued by the perverted old man of the mountain while Max Fleischer looks on. While Betty is running in fear, she quickly flashes the old man. Max Fleischer tells Betty to jump into the inkwell to save herself.
A Language All My Own
(July 19, 1934)
Betty encourages her Japanese audience or the audience watching to come to bed and “Boop-Boop-Be-Doop” with her when singing in Japanese.
Pudgy and the Watchman
(August 12, 1938)
Betty Boop once a friend to mice, is now scared of them. So a stereotypical alley cat cons Betty into hiring him.
When Betty comes screaming out of her home, the alley cat quickly looks up her dress.
Welcome to Miami
(September, 1938)
Popeye and Betty Boop appeared in a pornographic film produced by the Fleischer Studios. Supposedly, Betty lures Popeye in a setting reminiscent of a Harem bedroom.
Max Fleischer hosted a “Welcome to Miami” party in September 1938 to welcome animators who had relocated from New York to their new Florida studio. There was a special thank you film for the guests that featured Popeye and Betty Boop and was fully animated with complete backgrounds, voice actors, a music score, and styled Florida flora, according to the animators who attended and were interviewed by Jim Hill Media.
Max Fleischer reputedly had the sole copy of this cartoon locked away in the safe at the Fleischer Studios.
On occasion, Max would show the animation to distinguished male visitors touring the Florida site. The reel is said to have vanished from view after Paramount Pictures officials drove the Fleischer brothers out of their own animation studio in 1942. Today Welcome to Miami is lost to the ages.
The Romance of Betty Boop
(March 20, 1985)
Bill Melendez removed Betty’s garter belt because it was indecent, but he secretly painted Betty Boop naked in several sequences. This animated film served as a pilot for a Betty Boop spin-off series, by Melendez Films, however it was unsuccessful. In other words, the animated reboot of Betty Boop was a failure.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(June 22, 1988)
Betty Boop’s nipples are shown briefly in the original theatrical version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
There’s also a vulgar carrot gag with Bugs Bunny and Betty Boop.
The sequence has not been seen by many people, but I once owned (based on my current understanding) a rare VHS copy, and if you slowed down the scene where Bugs and Betty flee near the end of the movie, he pushes the carrot by Betty’s groin. The scenes do not exist in updated DVD or Blu-ray releases.
In the next scene to follow Bugs and Betty stare at one another, Betty gives him a cold icy stare.
The Disney animators thought it was funny to add this scene for the Bob Hoskin scene. It is apparently homage to the old Max Fleischer cartoons. Worse things happened to “drag queen” Jessica Rabbit in the film. Not only did Jessica flash her bosom, she also flashes her crotch and played patty-cake.
Betty Boop’s Hollywood Mystery
(June 25, 1989)
Also known as The Betty Boop Movie Mystery. Betty Boop returns topless as a tribute to her Betty Boop’sBamboo Isle cartoon. However this time, she is not in blackface.
Sam Slade watches over Betty as she gets ready in her dressing room, behind them is a nude photo of the goddess Venus. Betty also stores cash in her bra, this animated cartoon is more tame in comparison to earlier Betty Boop cartoons.
Betty Boop Dance Card
(June 6, 2014)
Alternatively known as Betty Boop Bop.
In the video game’s opening, Betty Boop appears completely nude.
Undoubtedly, I have missed a great deal of other allusions. However, Betty stands for this in her series, and that is who she is. Nobody is aware of any of this if they haven’t seen a single episode or paid attention.
The only downside of Betty being too risqué is that she could attract the wrong kind of people.
For the time being Betty has managed to avoid cancel culture. The is probably because in recent times the Fleischer Studios and King Features have represented Betty as a sort of pseudo feminist.
Problematic “Betty Boop” cartoons are listed below. Some of these cartoons were initially banned on TV, but they were later redistributed to on DVD and Blu-ray after being remastered. For the improper references, The Fleischer Studios have issued many apologies.
Whether new or seasoned viewers, it seems that many of the Betty Boop fans are uninformed of the character’s history or key storyline points.
Despite the fact that African-American artists were included in several Fleischer Studios cartoons, the original Betty Boop series contains a lot of racial gags and racism. Racism is an important aspect of history that must never be forgotten. Hiding it will just assure that it occurs again. Although it is less prevalent now than it was then, racism still exists. In those days, black people had few rights.
Black History Month today celebrates all Black individuals throughout American history. It also brings awareness to historical racism. It should be noted that some individuals are racist, but not all.
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You
(November 25, 1932)
Louis Armstrong and his band are portrayed as racially stereotyped savages. The Fleischers depicted these African American performers as monkeys or gorillas.
Yes, even Louis Armstrong…
Betty Boop’s Up’s and Downs
(October 14, 1932)
One of the minor characters is shoveling coal. He ends up doing blackface. Betty thinks he’s a Black man, and this makes her uncomfortable. So she squeals “Ooo” and quickly moves away from him. Though Betty Boop enjoys singing with Black performers. She sometimes is depicted as biased. Which can be explained more in the “Out of the Inkwell” cartoon. So it doesn’t matter how many Black singers she sang with.
Betty Boop was created as a white woman, so I assume the gag here, is that Black men are dangerous.
Black people were not perceived well back then in media and real life. So most of the jokes are stereotypical. In Betty’s case, you can appropriate a culture and still be a little racist. So regardless of her singing with Cab Calloway it doesn’t matter. They made Louis Armstrong look like a “GORILLA” so what does that say?
Popeye the Sailor
(July 14, 1933)
Popeye, Bluto, and Olive Oyl participate in a racial carnival game. They target a stereotypical African-American character with the balls rather than a wooden African head.
Popeye and Bluto face off, with Popeye coming out on top. The unfortunate black man suffered severe injuries. Betty Boop and Bimbo dolls are awarded as prizes.
In real life this was a real game. An African-American man would poke his head through a curtain and try to avoid baseballs or eggs hurled at him by players. Despite the evident savagery of smacking someone in the head, it was a well-liked carnival game from the 1880s until the 1960s.
Serious injuries were frequently sustained by the black victims.
The Old Man of the Mountain
(August 4, 1933)
Cab Calloway’s hermit-like character, the old man of the mountain, an African-American character is portrayed as a sexual predator. The notion that all black men are sexual predators is the basis for this racial stereotype. To understand this in more context, read Emmett Till’s biography.
Because they used to lynch black men and boys over fabricated sexual assault claims, this is a racist stereotype. Of course when Cab Calloway saw his first cartoon Minnie the Moocher with Betty Boop, he fell off his chair with laughter and delight.
This is unfortunate because the old man of the mountain is meant to be a parody of Cab Calloway.
Betty Boop’s Penthouse
(March 10, 1933)
Koko the Clown puts on blackface and is disgusted because his face has turned black. His face slips off and it screams the stereotypical phrase MAMMY.
Betty Boop’s Rise to Fame
(May 18, 1934)
Betty does blackface. Unlike the previous cartoon Betty Boop’s Bamboo Isle, in which she appears as a legit Polynesian, in this version Betty uses the ink from the inkwell to change the color of her skin.
Betty Boop’s Bamboo Isle
(September 23, 1932)
Despite the The Royal Somoans being rotoscoped, and one of the dancers “Lotamuru,” “Mari” or “Meri” serving as model for Betty Boop, the Samoans in Betty Boop’s Bamboo Isle, were made to look like monkeys.
A quick note, the Fleischers didn’t appear to understand the distinctions between an African Zulu Native and a Hawaiian South Seas Native. A later Betty Boop episode included a similar incident.
Did I forget to mention that Bimbo does blackface?
Betty Boop’s Trial
(June 15, 1934)
Fearless Fred does blackface and says something in a stereotypical black voice.
No wonder Betty dumped this “Art Jarrett Jr.” reject.
Making Stars
(October 18, 1935)
Betty reveals new baby stars in Making Stars. Betty Boop yells MAMMY while singing about new stars. The Colorful Three, a trio of stereotyped African-American triplets, are introduced by her. The triplets perform a Cab Calloway tune with scat singing.
The Colorful Three’s African-American mother and sibling enter in the audience, and the baby screams for a watermelon. To quiet the infant, the mother stuffs watermelon into the baby’s mouth.
A Chinese baby appears and entertains the crowd as a marksman. The scene is offensive because the Oriental riff is playing, and the boy has a pigtail.
Pigtails on old stereotypes of Chinese stereotypes are reference to the “Pigtail Ordinance” a disgraced Chinese man.
In 1873, the “San Francisco Board of Supervisors” established the “Pigtail Ordinance,” which required San Francisco convicts to shave their hair to within an inch of the scalp for hygiene reasons. This law disproportionately affected male Chinese immigrants, who were ordered to cut off their queues, or waist-length braided pigtails. Queues were a crucial identifying marker for many Chinese immigrants, and they were required for men to be able to return to China during the Qing dynasty. Losing one’s place in line was considered a sign of dishonor.
These scenes were later removed from various TV, VHS and DVD prints. But when the series was remastered, they were restored for modern DVD and Blu-ray releases.
Zula Hula
(December 24, 1937)
Zula Hula, if not the worst, is one of the most offensive and racist Betty Boop cartoons.
As said above, the Fleischers’ didn’t seem to recognize the difference between a Hawaiian South Seas Native and an African Zulu Native, as Native behaviors are identical to Betty Boop’s Bamboo Isle.
A Hula is a Hawaiian dance form invented by Polynesians in the Hawaiian Islands.
The Zulu Tribe of Africans are depicted as monkeys.
Grampy swiftly charms the Natives with music while repairing the plane, the song is pretty catchy.
While singing you can hear one of the Zulu scream out the stereotypical phrase MAMMY. The cartoon is very offensive to say the least.
Out of the Inkwell
(April 22, 1938)
Betty comes to life in Max Fleischer’s workplace, believing that the African-American janitor is lazy. Three outdated stereotypes of African-Americans include lazy, dumb, and industrious.
Betty Boop’s personality is really bad in this cartoon, she’s that of a Karen. It is weird in comparison to the earlier Betty Boop jamming with Cab Calloway and other black stars.
Betty informs him angrily that he must get to work. As a result, she bleaches him white with a spell. After turning him white, he becomes energetic and cleans the Fleischer Studios office.
Rhythm On The Reservation
(July 7, 1939)
Rhythm On The Reservation is terribly racist. Betty wins over a hostile group of Native-Americans in this episode by teaching them how to play musical instruments. Betty refers to the Indian chief as Mr. Red Skin, he flirts with her throughout the episode making his squaw jealous.
Of course in 1930, Grim Natwick’s “Betty” was a Native-American maiden, but that was more or less a one-shot cartoon. Betty being fictitious, her race doesn’t really matter, because she doesn’t really exist.
There are plenty further jokes like these in previous Fleischer cartoons that I may have missed. Numerous Betty Boop animated series have “Yiddish” Jewish parodies. However, that was funny in comparison since Jews made fun of themselves and were employed by the Fleischer Studios.
Problematic “Betty Boop” cartoons are listed below. Some of these cartoons were initially banned on TV, but they were later redistributed to on DVD and Blu-ray after being remastered. For the improper references, The Fleischer Studios have issued many apologies.
Whether new or seasoned viewers, it seems that many of the Betty Boop fans are uninformed of the character’s history or key storyline points.
Dizzy Red Riding Hood
(December 12, 1931)
Betty Boop and Bimbo come across a big gay tree that tells them both that fairies like pansies too.
Betty and Bimbo run away from the gay tree in shock and disgust.
Betty Boop For President
(November 4, 1932)
Betty forcibly turns criminals gay to stop them from terrorizing. Betty did this because she saw gay people as weak men. Around this time the “Pansy Craze” was a popular movement at cabarets and speakeasies in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco from 1930 to 1933.
The Dancing Fool
(April 8, 1932)
Betty welcomes Bimbo and Koko into her dance school.
However she displays a hint of effeminophobia, indicating she thinks his dance moves are too feminine, it’s similar to that of the shimmy. Betty is unhappy with Bimbo for forcefully swinging his hips. For a brief moment, she believes that Bimbo’s dance moves are gay. She later forgets this and has fun.
S.O.S
(March 11, 1932)
Koko, Betty and Bimbo are shipwrecked. After being saved by pirates, Koko picks up Bimbo and smooches him on his head.
The kiss enrages Bimbo.
Any Rags?
(January 2, 1932)
KO-KO the Clown acts gay in his small cameo appearance. Bimbo in this cartoon doesn’t seem to know who he is, and addresses him as the man with the red tie.
All the crowd show disgust, and laugh at Koko. But it is not certain, if Koko is joking or being serious. He’s known to be that of a “flamboyant” character in some episodes.
Koko bargains with Bimbo for a “statue of a nude man” holding the world.
Koko bids $75, and calls Bimbo dearie.
After winning his “nude male” statue, Koko is poked up the butt by a goose.
The crowd also react to Koko’s butt scene.
Betty Boop’s Penthouse
(March 10, 1933)
A gay flower stereotype with a “limp wrist” calls one of Betty’s pansies a pansy. The 1930s definition for pansy was a male homosexual or an effeminate, effete, or weak male.
Bimbo and Koko’s deadly lab experiment (sexual predator type) attempts to harm Betty. She instantly sprays him with her flower spray, and he transforms into a harmless homosexual man who dances like a ballerina.
Many other episodes feature characters like Gus Gorilla or Ko-Ko the Clown making jokes about homosexuality, although they do so in a more light-hearted manner.
Since the characters say “whoops, my dear!” constantly, it is evident.
For years Betty Boop has entertained people worldwide.
She was originated and portrayed by several of the women who voiced Betty Boop in the original series. However many years later the character became a masked character, and then was on and off played by female entertainers.
Yes, that horrid camp feather boa that Betty wears was originated by the 1990s Betty Boop impersonators. Below is a list of prominent Betty Boop impersonators. I have no idea why she wears that. The original Betty was never a diva, she was more sweet and as a vaudeville star was not demanding.
Little Ann Little was the original Betty Boop impersonator for the Fleischer Studios, she even got to officially voice Betty Boop in a few cartoons. Her only downfall is her jealousy and envy and or bullying of Mae Questel (by calling Questel fat) over the role of Betty Boop.
Victoria Marie D’Orazi portrayed Betty Boop in person for the “1980 Democratic National Convention” while she toured Detroit, Atlanta and New York City. She was teamed up with the “Rag Tag Betty Boop Marching Band” and she also ran a kissing booth called Betty Boop’s Kissing Booth. She is also the voice of Betty Boop in the 1980 film Hurray For Betty Boop.
Desirée Goyette portrayed Betty Boop in person at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1984, she also voiced Betty Boop in the 1985 film The Romance of Betty Boop. She appeared as Betty to promote the film, she also took several publicity photos as Betty. She later would voice Googi Goop a parody of Betty Boop, Goyette also voiced a similar character Roxy Fox a fox parody of Minnie Mouse who was also a “Boop-Boop-Be-Doop” girl character in her cartoons with her boyfriend Foxy Fox.
As Googi Goop and Roxy Fox, Goyette recorded “Betty Boop-ish” songs for two Warner cartoons.
In 1987, Mae Questel attended the Academy screening of The Romance of Betty Boop, there Questel whispered to June Foray, and told Foray that Goyette was “not so bad” as the voice of Betty Boop.
Debbi Fuhrman won a Betty Boop contest and was the official licensed Betty Boop impersonator by King Features during the 1990s.
She’s the more bubbly and fun Betty.
Kayla Strada portrayed Betty Boop at Universal Studios Singapore from 2010 to 2013. She auditioned for the the role when she was 17, as she knew she was turning 18.
When I made the video I think I forgot about Strada. I had a warped thinking that all Australians were racist, well that apparently isn’t the case. A majority are, but not all of them. It’s just like Italians, not all of them are that way, just a majority.
She portrayed Betty for a total of three years. Fun fact, I once got a really nasty message from an anonymous user, who was outraged that Strada was being praised for her Betty Boop impersonation at Universal Studios. And the anon, tried to blame me for making a page about Strada and how she was a Betty Boop impersonator. I had to sass said person, because some of these trolls, they don’t do proper research. But I do.
In her hometown Sydney the capital city of the state of New South Wales in Australia, she was praised for her work as Betty Boop, and the article states that she was making her way to Hollywood.
I always knew deep in my heart, that she portrayed Betty Boop, regardless of the hateful anonymous message. I’m not dense, I know that “character impersonators” at Universal Studios don’t just just portray one character role, they portray multiple roles.
Even if some Betty Boop impersonators are horrible people, I still do give them their dues for example Sandy Fox, she’s not a nice person. But I can’t take away the fact that she was Betty Boop too and still is. But I am still going to speak my mind, and say what I have to say. You wouldn’t believe this but I once got cease and desist by two random Betty Boop impersonators, merely for giving them tribute. Of course I ignored them. How is it that people are getting upset for being given attention that they were Betty Boop. I can say what I want, when I want. Nobody is going to stop me. That should not jeopardize a fandom. Be rude to me, I’ll be rude right back.
Angelia M. was a M-G-M theme park and casino Betty Boop hostess and official King Features Blondie Bumstead and Betty Boop impersonator. Today she’s known as “Ang the Entertainer” on TikTok.
Diana Rice was the winner of the 1990s “Boop-A-Like” contest. She became an official Betty Boop impersonator for King Features during the 1990s and 2000s and she worked at the M-G-M casino and hotel, she shared the role with Terri Gandy. Rice was also a Cyndi Lauper impersonator.
Dena Drotar was the most famous Marilyn Monroe at Universal Studios. She won’t admit to it, but apparently she had also portrayed Betty Boop and other characters at Universal Studios Hollywood.
(I’ll be giving my own review. This often upsets people but oh well.)
Fox was one of the first several Betty Boop impersonators starting in 1991. Actually Fox claimed to be the “only” and “original” Universal Studios impersonator. Her statement is a lie. Keep in mind that Sandy Fox is a known narcissist and does not like sharing roles or giving credit where credit is due. She won’t even acknowledge anyone else who voices Betty Boop, so what did we expect?
This ain’t no hate, it is the truth, she really is like that.
What Sandy Fox failed to mention was that she shared the role with Suzanne LaRusch (known as the best Lucille Ball impersonator in the world), who also portrayed the role starting in 1991.
She later became a voice-actress and did voice-over and also “voiced-matched” as Betty Boop. Fox did not voice Betty much as Melissa Fahn was the voice of Betty Boop during the 2000s, however Fahn later retired from the role. During the late 2000s, a voice-double by the name of Cindy Robinson was hired as replacement. Since then King Features have been hiring more voices for Betty Boop, another includes Coco Cohn. Reason being, Betty according to one of the other voice actresses is too big. In time they’ll eventually need new voices for Betty Boop when older voices retire, which eventually does happen in time. So if anyone specializes in a “Betty Boop” voice type, you may in the future become the new official voice of Betty Boop.
The only downside to this is King Features do not hire “people of color” to voice Betty. So if you are a person of color and you see an audition, please do not bother to audition, because it will only end in possible heartbreak for you.
Certain projects on a budget do not feature Sandy Fox because she asks for too much $$$.
And for Betty Boop projects on a budget it is hard to negotiate. For the “Betty Boop Bop” and “Betty Boop Dance Card” and “Betty Boop Beat” games, the video game directors stated that Fox was not hired, because of the money she apparently requested. So according to them they hired two cheaper “Betty Boop” sound-a-like voices Heather Halley for the voice and Camilla Bard for the singing.
The lie she spews is that she was always the voice of Betty Boop. This “Boop-Boop-Be-Doop” blog doesn’t understand why people lie, apparently lying is more entertaining than the truth, and makes people seem bigger than life.
(Funny story. I stole one of of Fox’s photos and she found out and deleted it. I still have it archived old lady sAnDy.)
I know Sandy Fox and how she moves. I’ve seen her throughout the years, she hates sharing the role… Anyone can catch up on her interviews, you’ll see for yourself. In her mind, only SHE is Betty Boop. Nobody else is allowed to be Betty. Worst of all she ain’t even Jewish. I wanted to see more of a Jewish Betty. Like how she originally was? Most of those original voices were Jews. Then again most of these companies are Jewish owned today. Disney? It is now a Jewish company, and probably has been since the family sold out.
She tells a lot of lies, she obviously did Helen Kane imitations as a member of The Coconut Manor Orchestra and was just a character impersonator. Started out as a sort of dancer and originally she worked for Disney, and in her own words she would rather had been the voice of Minnie Mouse than Betty Boop. She preferred working for Disney, and was once asked to “mimic” Mickey Mouse for a cancer patient. However Russi Taylor was the voice of Minnie Mouse, and they did not need a new Minnie Mouse at that time.
Fox was part of Disney’s 1988 TV show Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular, they had her portray Shirley Temple, which is a little weird and creepy. So Disney had Barnette Ricci voice Minnie in the 1988 short that featured Fox. Fox dreamed of voicing Minnie, but never got to. Personally I don’t think she can do Minnie’s voice.
Ricci is considered to be a “Disney Legend” today. She doesn’t like to be credited for her work as Minnie, also she voiced Minnie before Russi Taylor was hired.
Yes! Believe it or not… Fox was a Betty Boop sound-a-like and was considered and pushed for the role when Universal were seeking a Betty Boop. She was not the official voice of Betty Boop since 1991, she was a sound-a-like and in-person Betty. She had no contract to voice Betty in any animated cartoons, only for the theme park. Fun fact, the voice she uses for Betty Boop is fake. Her real voice is deeper and is deep. She deliberately speaks in a baby-voice.
She appeared on many TV shows throughout the 1990s as Betty Boop in person. Not voice, in person. One in which (which Boop-Boop-Be-Doop blog has seen) was the Rosie O’Donnell show, in which Fox pranced around like a maniac holding a feather duster. Very silly…
Suzanne LaRusch also appeared on the show but not as Betty Boop more or less as the “I Love Lucy” character.
As of 2012 Fox started to voice Betty Boop more often, originally she voiced Betty Boop for Universal Studios, and provided the voice for both Olive Oyl and Betty Boop (imitating Mae Questel) for the theme park in Florida, including Pandemonium Cartoon Circus.
And also for bullying Mae Questel. In interviews she often disrespects Mae Questel and bullies her. Worst of all, she doesn’t like to share the role of Betty Boop and does not acknowledge anyone but herself and “Helen Kane” who did not voice Betty Boop, as Betty Boop. Fox is a modern day equivalent to Little Ann Little.
Her nickname is Karen because she resembles Karen from Will & Grace and because she’s a Karen in real life. Fox attempted to “indirectly” bully owner of this blog “Berry Boop” along with her husband and “Grandma Poop Pooly” a has-been character impersonator over a Baby Esther Jones story and just because an article claiming that Mae Questel was a better performer than Fox (by another writer) was recycled by Berry. Crazy times. Berry responded to Fox with Karen jokes, and since then has ensured that people are wary of Fox’s gatekeeping and indirect racism. However people do not care. A majority of Sandy Fox’s fans are Caucasian. They don’t care about racism or racist behavior, they often pretend to care, but in reality do not care about people of color or bullying. So what to do? Give said person a taste of their own medicine by jokingly sassing and mocking.
Can you imagine defending specific individuals to the bone for many years? And having people say how terrible at voice-acting they are, only to later find out they are terrible people in real life? It’s quite a hoot. But all in all a character regardless of who is voicing or portraying is just a character. Sandy Fox is NOT the real Betty Boop, she’s just a character impersonator and it is an imitation, she’s a voice-double a sound-a-like. Betty is still Betty, regardless of who is voicing her. They are paid to just record lines. Not lines they want to record but lines that the directors want to hear. In other words, to voice of portray Betty is just a job.
The Fleischers sold out Betty a long time ago, they are not interested in reviving or re-creating the character. You know? Getting someone new to voice Betty!?
Moral of the story. Do not idolize. You live and learn. No hate against Sandy Fox. But will still have a laugh at her expense. Thank you good day. KAREN!
Cheryl Chase (Cheryl Christine Hudock) who is best known as Angelica Pickles on the show Rugrats is Mae Questel’s successor. Chase is also one of the many voices of Olive Oyl. During the 1990s, she did a Betty Boop and or Helen Kane act that got really great reviews. The reviews was that she should be cast as the official voice of Betty Boop if Betty Boop had ever been rebooted. This never came into fruition, but she lent her voice to Betty Boop on a Fleischer Studios commentary DVD during the 2000s. Not only that, she’s a fan of Betty Boop.
She’s one of the best “Boop-Boop-Be-Doop” singers in the world. She recorded many “Boop” songs for the Crazy Rhythm Orchestra and or the Crazy Rhythm Hot Society Orchestra and was the “BEST” singer they ever had.
Today she’s a voice actress and her inspirations are Mae Questel and June Foray.
Doriana Mendes was a Brazilian Betty Boop impersonator best known for Cabaret La Boop.
Caroline L. is one of the best Betty Boop impersonators at Universal Studios. She’s actually the most prominent Betty featured at the theme park in Universal Studios Orlando. She’s also Marilyn Monroe.
Shellbee better known as “Shellbee in Wonderland” is an entertainer from Palm Beach who tours Orlando, Singapore, Tokyo and Tampa. One of the many characters she portrays is Betty Boop.
Rachel Copeland-Evans from Florida is a professional singer and songwriter. In her early career she worked for Disney and Universal Studios. According to reviews she was known as the most prettiest Betty Boop of all time. She also portrayed Ariel the Little Mermaid for Disney. Today she’s a member of the 1920s Jazz group “The American Sirens” on YouTube.
Melina S. was a former Betty Boop impersonator. She is a professional dancer, and she toured as Betty singing and dancing in the Boop’n Around shows. She’s also Snow White and pretty much anyone.
She worked for Universal Studios from 2014 to 2018. She started out as masked characters Bart Simpson, Spongebob Squarepants, Curious George, Winnie Woodpecker, and Baby Jaguar.
Melina is retired from the role of Betty Boop now.
She spent two years as Betty at Universal Studios in Florida, and even had the opportunity to go over and portray her at Universal Studios in Singapore.
So in total, she portrayed Betty for about three years. She claimed, “Being in a role for that long, you really start to embody that character, even when you’re not on stage. I still find myself posing for pictures like Betty would, or slipping into her voice sometimes, even though I don’t do the role anymore.”
She claims that Betty is fun, sweet, sassy, and confident in who she is. And even though she’s technically a 90-year-old cartoon character, she thinks people can learn a lot from her today about having confidence and just being yourself.
Kyla S. is one of the newer Betty Boop impersonators, she is very well liked at Universal Studios Orlando. She’s a costume designer in real life and lipstick lesbian. She does Betty Boop impressions as “Betty Boopin” under her alias the Betty Boop Impressionist and apparently on TikTok. She’s not too bad.
Read “That Time Betty Boop Was In My PM” for more information on Kyla. I know I’m naughty, I take screenshots of every conversation I have. If anyone ever messages me, I will screenshot as I did when Ginger Pauley went on those racist rants.
She asked me about the Betty Boop musical. She wanted to audition. The truth is I have no link to the auditions, I am aware and wary that David Foster was only looking for Broadway talent. Truth be told, I had to be careful what I leaked. Every time I leak something, David Foster changes something. For example I leaked all the information in 2014, and suddenly all that is now scrapped. See!? That’s what happens when you tell all. You kind of ruin what could have been. But regardless it is what it is.
And even though Kyla S. had some experience in “Boop-Oop-a-Doop” they were not looking for an impersonator. They were looking for real Broadway talent, and it looks like they found it. Hopefully after working for Universal Studios in time Kyla S. is able to obtain some kind of recognition for her role as Betty Boop as did Karen Fox. Even though Kyla was mean to me by not responding to a genuine question, I will still be rooting for her success.
Kyla appeared as Betty at one of those parades. However I assume it was herself announcing “her own sexuality” rather than that of Betty. Betty never was a lesbian in her cartoons, she was and is supposedly straight. By the way this is not to attack the actress, just trying to set the record straight.
Very confusing…
Christina H. toured Singapore as Betty Boop. She’s one of the more sweeter Betty Boop impersonators.
Cindy W. was one of the earlier Betty Boop impersonators. She’s from New South Wales, Australia, she toured as Betty at Universal Studios Singapore and Universal Studios Japan.
There are a lot of Betty Boop impersonators out there. Sometimes being Betty doesn’t lead to a career, and it is sometimes very short-lived. If anyone has portrayed Betty Boop, and you possibly want a chance to be the future voice of Betty Boop. All I can advise you is to get into “voice-over” and when you do, ensure that people are aware that you portrayed Betty Boop in person, and that you have experience there.
And who knows, you could be the NEXT official future voice of Betty Boop. Either that or they are going to hire a trained voice-over artist skilled on the Broadway stage.
In 1991 Bob Mackie staged a spectacular to end all spectaculars at the Hotel Macklowe, the hotel turned into an effective place to hold fashion shows. The fashion was set for the spring “Ready To Wear Collection” of 1992. As many as 700 people could be shoehorned into the theater there, one of two sites for fashion shows at the hotel.
The Mackie production rivaled many Broadway shows both in concept and execution. A costume designer in Hollywood for many years, Mr. Mackie proved that he could also function as a director and producer.
Mackie built his show around eight American women whom he called the remarkable originals of the 20th century with their own particular achievements, styles and charisma.
Lucille Ball, Mary Martin, Martha Graham, Betty Boop, Diana Vreeland, Rita Hayworth, Billie Holiday and Grace Kelly were the women who inspired the clothes as well as the production. Each icon was portrayed by one of the popular 1990s models, who usually played themselves on the runway. With the aid of wigs, hair ornaments and the clothes they wore, the models became their characters.
“Bob gave us the gestures and told us about the women, and then we did our homework,” said Dianne deWitt, who portrayed Grace Kelly.
Jan Strimple, who impersonated Lucille Ball in a curly red wig, said that Mackie is a great director.
Not only were the clothes in the regular collection keyed to the personalities, but at the end, a wedding dress was shown in the style of each of the women. There were a short beaded dress for Betty Boop, a draped white jersey style for Miss Graham, a bouffant 1950’s dress with petticoats for Lucille Ball, and so on.
At one moment, the show seemed so hot that smoke began drifting from backstage. A technician later said there was no fire, he was simply operating a smoke machine to establish the right mood for the Billie Holiday sequence.
Mr. Mackie’s remarkable achievement was that he sustained his various moods through a variety of dresses. His clothes looked contemporary and also suggested the women who inspired them.
So there were full skirts and tiny waistlines for Lucille Ball, neat cotton dresses for Mary Martin, sex-kitten styles all in black and often embroidered with hearts for Betty Boop, seductive black dresses for Billie Holliday, pale taffeta dresses for Grace Kelly. For Mrs. Vreeland, there were a lot of red styles; for Rita Hayworth jeweled white dresses, and for Martha Graham, black cloaks over dramatic jersey or beaded dresses.
Echoes of the 1950’s were strong. Mr. Mackie staged a tour de force. It is true that fashion shows have been getting more theatrical for years. It was unlikely that anything would surpass this one in context or entertainment in the near future.
Indigenous Amazonian and Afro-Brazilian singer Gabriela Amaral dos Santos better known as Gaby Amarantos from Jurunas in Belém in Brazil portrayed Betty Boop for a pre-carnival event. The photos went viral on social media, and she obtained over 23,720 likes.
She captioned her post:
“Black Betty Boop sexy jambú to sing with my friends.”
Betty Boop and Jessica Rabbit. Jessica as usual looks like a Drag Queen. She’s not bad, she’s drawn that way. Badly… Reminds us of the “ImNotBad.com” crazy fandom run by some gay guy.
“What Every Little Girl Should Know” by Betty Boop.
Rose McGowan as Betty Boop.
Cabaret La Boop stage show.
A few Betty Boop girls you should know.
Sandy Fox as usual looking deluded, mindless and mad. That chin and long pointed nose of hers needs some love. Luckily for her, she’s fat now. So technically her face is no longer pointed but round.
Boop-Boop-Be-Doop ♥ 