22 Facts About Betty Boop

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Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick.

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2.

Betty Boop's originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures.

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3.

Betty Boop's was featured in 90 theatrical cartoons between 1930 and 1939.

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4.

Betty Boop's has been featured in comic strips and mass merchandising.

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5.

Caricature of a Jazz Age flapper, Betty Boop was described in a 1934 court case as "combin[ing] in appearance the childish with the sophisticated—a large round baby face with big eyes and a nose like a button, framed in a somewhat careful coiffure, with a very small body of which perhaps the leading characteristic is the most self-confident little bust imaginable".

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6.

Betty Boop appeared as a supporting character in ten cartoons as a flapper girl with more heart than brains.

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7.

Betty Boop appeared in the first "Color Classic" cartoon Poor Cinderella, her only theatrical color appearance in 1934.

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8.

Betty Boop was the star of the Talkartoons by 1932 and was given her own series that same year, beginning with Stopping the Show.

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9.

Betty Boop films were revived after Paramount sold them for syndication in 1955.

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10.

Betty Boop wore short dresses, high heels, a garter, and her breasts were highlighted with a low, contoured bodice that showed cleavage.

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11.

Betty Boop's was drawn with a head more similar to a baby's than an adult's in proportion to her body.

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12.

In Boop-Oop-a-Doop, Betty is a high-wire performer in a circus.

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13.

Betty Boop's eventually stopped wearing her gold bracelets and hoop earrings, and she became more mature and wiser in personality, compared to her earlier years.

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14.

Betty Boop's has made cameo appearances in television commercials and the 1988 feature film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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15.

In 2010, Betty Boop became the official fantasy cheerleader for the upstart United Football League.

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16.

Betty Boop's was featured in merchandise targeted towards the league's female demographic.

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17.

Ownership of the Betty Boop cartoons has changed hands over the intervening decades due to a series of corporate mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures mainly involving Republic Pictures and the 2006 corporate split of parent company Viacom into two separate companies.

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18.

Rights to the "Betty Boop" character were not sold with the cartoons by Paramount, but were transferred to Harvey Films, Inc in 1958, according to a 2011 US Court verdict.

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19.

Betty Boop appears in the Ink and Paint club scene in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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20.

Betty Boop appeared with model Daria Werbowy in a commercial for Lancome's Hypnose Star Mascara, directed by Joann Sfar.

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21.

In March, 2017, Betty Boop appeared with fashion designer Zac Posen in an animated promotional short produced by King Features Syndicate, Fleischer Studios and Pantone.

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22.

Betty Boop is a central character in the satirical parody webcomic Mr Boop.

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