Bimbo's Initiation (Fleischer Studios cartoon, 1931)
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Published 2006-06-08
Released in 1931, it's technically a Betty Boop cartoon (Betty shows up at the end, with the dog ears she sometimes sported in her early appearances). "Bimbo's Initiation" was voted #37 on "The 50 Greatest Cartoons of All Time" in 1994.
All Comments (21)
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Amazingly brilliant. 1931, no computers, hand drawn and very imaginative. I love it.
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Betty Boop used to be a French Poodle when they first introduce her. Then in 1932 she became a human.
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that was a rather fascinating short
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5:45 Witness the Invention of 'twerking'. Bimbo Boop ftw
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Try watching this at nigth time in the dark.. with headphones and no one else in the room
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Cracked's right, that was pretty dark, but by far the most horrifying out of all that was that skeleton's pun.
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This is the most fucked up shit I've ever seen.
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Do you guys see the occult implications here?!
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Dat Ass Slapping
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I didn't know horror movies were animated at the time!
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As weird as this cartoon is, it's beautifully animated This is a pure work of art 👌👌
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I love 'Bimbo's Initiation'. It's got every gag in the book and a swell soundtrack to boot.
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frat houses in a nutshell XD
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I love Bimbo, he's so funny. This one was really great!
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I've been studying this style of animation and I'm going to use it to develop my own art style based on 1930s animation. I hope to start an art business with it!
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So awesomely wierd! I love the perspective effects. Even better, I love how the song over the opening credits suggest a jolly romp where Bimbo and his Frat brothers have a party - then mere seconds in we get creepy little Morlocks, sharp scary things, and dog-eared Betty Boop. The Fleishers might have had some issues they needed to work out here. Poor Bimbo!
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This cartoon was actually the first time I ever heard the Tiger Rag, starts at 4:22 and builds up to a pretty hot finish. A lot of these old cartoons had really great jazz orchestras on the soundtracks.
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Bimbo's voice is my favorite part "Oh she- come on oh-"...like I literally can't
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What a great cartoon. Surreal, nicely animation, and just plain fun! Wish they kept Bimbo. Thanks a lot 1934 Production Code! 3:(
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Brrr..... I got the chills. Well, at least a modern day live action version of this would be one heck of a horror film. Getting tired of just hearing titles like Saw or Final Destination.
