Bimbo's Initiation

Bimbo's Initiation

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Bimbo's Initiation
series = Talkartoon


caption =
director = Dave Fleischer
story_artist =
animator = Grim Natwick (uncredited)
voice_actor = Mae Questel
musician = Sammy Timberg
producer = Max Fleischer
studio = Fleischer Studios
distributor = Paramount Publix Corporation
release_date = July 24, 1931
color_process = Black-and-white
runtime = 6 mins
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0021664

"Bimbo's Initiation" is a 1931 Fleischer Studios Talkartoon animated short film starring Bimbo and featuring Betty Boop. It was the final Betty Boop cartoon to be animated by the character's co-creator, Grim Natwick.

ynopsis

Bimbo is walking down the street when he suddenly disappears down an open manhole. He lands in an underground clubhouse of a secret society. The leader asks Bimbo "Wanna be a member?", but he replies "No!" Bimbo is then sent through a series of dangerous events. He is repeatedly asked by the leader "Wanna be a member?" but keeps refusing. Bimbo is brought through a series of mysterious doors that lead him into yet another sub-basement. Out of the basement door pops a dog-eared version of Betty Boop (who Bimbo describes as "a pippin!"). Bimbo flees through various death traps (his heart literally in his mouth) before landing in front of the mysterious order's leader again. Bimbo still refuses to become a member until the leader removes "his" costume--to reveal herself as Betty Boop (still with dog ears). Bimbo changes his tune and decides he DOES want to be a member. The rest of the society members remove their costumes, showing that they are all Betty Boop clones, and Bimbo joins the Boops in a happy dance.

Analysis and recognitions

The surreal, nightmarish atmosphere of "Bimbo's Initiation" has made it one of the most renowned Fleischer Studios shorts. Leonard Maltin described it as "the 'darkest' of all" [Maltin, Leonard. "Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons" (New York: Plume Books, 1980), 98.] the Fleischers' cartoons. In 1994 it was voted #37 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation industry.

The cartoonist Jim Woodring identified "Bimbo's Initiation" as "one of the things that laid the foundation for my life's philosophy." [Groth, Gary. "Jim Woodring Interview". "The Comics Journal" #164 (December 1993), p. 83.]

References

External links

* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4363-Bimbos_Initiation.html Bimbo's Initiation at the Big Cartoon Database]


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