


That could be because Betty Boop was really a product of the Roaring '20s. However, Betty Boop still resembled a woman, which was unique at a time when the majority of animated characters were based on animals. As such, she was made to sort of look like a canine with floppy ears and jowls. In a sense, figuring out who exactly is the real Betty Boop is a more complicated task than these early lighthearted animated shorts would suggest.īetty Boop was originally meant to be a love interest for the popular Fleischer Studios animated dog Bimbo. In fact, Betty Boop's identity has been connected to a few different women in show business in the 1920s. Fleischer Studios drew upon real-life inspiration when it created the character of Betty Boop in 1930. There's no doubt that Betty Boop has become an icon in her own right over the years, but she wasn't necessarily the originator of the qualities that made her famous.
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That's probably thanks in part to the sheer licensing power of the character, appearing on everything today, from clothing to car mats to cell phone cases to my personal favorite, a book titled " How to be a Betty: The Ultimate Guide to Unleashing Your Inner Boop!" The character has also occasionally popped up onscreen in recent years, making a cameo in 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit and having a new animated feature in development with Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment and Animal Logic.

9, 1930 as part of Fleischer Studios' Talkartoons series. Betty Boop is still recognizable 85 years after her debut in the Dizzy Dishes cartoon that premiered on Aug. That curly black hair, those big green eyes, that little red dress.
