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[[File:bimbosinitation_5772.png|frame|All doors lead to HELL!]]
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{{quote|''We are the members of Do-It-Or-Die!''<br />
{{quote|''We are the members of Do-It-Or-Die!''
''Dee-I, Dee-I, Dee-I!''<br />
''Dee-I, Dee-I, Dee-I!''
''Watch us make Bimbo, as easy as pie!''<br />
''Watch us make Bimbo, as easy as pie!''
''Dee-I, Dee-I, Dee-I!''<br />
''Dee-I, Dee-I, Dee-I!''
''We are, tough you bet!''<br />
''We are, tough you bet!''
''Filled with college pep!''<br />
''Filled with college pep!''
''Bring him on, we cry!''<br />
''Bring him on, we cry!''
''Dee-I, Dee-I, Dee-I!''<br />
''Dee-I, Dee-I, Dee-I!''
''B! I! M! B! O! BIMBO!''|The opening song.}}
''B! I! M! B! O! BIMBO!''
|The opening song.}}


Voted No. 37 on [[The 50 Greatest Cartoons]] list, '''''Bimbo's Initiation''''' is a [[The Golden Age of Animation|1931]] [[Fleischer Studios]] short in the [[Talkartoons]] series, centered on the cartoon dog Bimbo (with a few appearances of {{spoiler|[[Betty Boop]]}}), who happens to be a victim of an underground cult called Do-It-or-Die<ref> presumably a parody of Illuminati cults</ref>, who for whatever reason want him to "be a member", forcing him to go through a series of life-threatening situations. Hilarity naturally ensues.
Voted No. 37 on [[The 50 Greatest Cartoons]] list, '''''Bimbo's Initiation''''' is a [[The Golden Age of Animation|1931]] [[Fleischer Studios]] short in the [[Talkartoons]] series, centered on the cartoon dog Bimbo (with a few appearances of {{spoiler|[[Betty Boop]]}}), who happens to be a victim of an underground cult called Do-It-or-Die<ref> presumably a parody of Illuminati cults</ref>, who for whatever reason want him to "be a member", forcing him to go through a series of life-threatening situations. Hilarity naturally ensues.
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This short is in the [[Public Domain Animation|public domain]] and can be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFrBG4xyaF8&feature=related viewed here].
This short is in the [[Public Domain Animation|public domain]] and can be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFrBG4xyaF8&feature=related viewed here].
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This short provides examples of:
* [[Animation Bump]]: Several scenes in this short have moving backgrounds.
* [[Animation Bump]]: Several scenes in this short have moving backgrounds.
* [[By the Lights of Their Eyes]]
* [[By the Lights of Their Eyes]]
* [[Deranged Animation]]
* [[Deranged Animation]]
* [[Dem Bones]]: The skeleton that pops up in one of the doors pictured above--who happens to be talking to a friend.
* [[Dem Bones]]: The skeleton that pops up in one of the doors pictured above--who happens to be talking to a friend.
{{quote| ''"Hello May! I've got a ''[[A Worldwide Punomenon|bone]]'' to pick with you!''"}}
{{quote|''"Hello May! I've got a ''[[A Worldwide Punomenon|bone]]'' to pick with you!''"}}
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: {{spoiler|[[Betty Boop]]}}'s [[Art Evolution]] wasn't quite completed yet.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: {{spoiler|[[Betty Boop]]}}'s [[Art Evolution]] wasn't quite completed yet.
* [[Gainax Ending]]: {{spoiler|The organization turns out to be a bunch of Betty Boop lookalikes. It makes even less sense in context.}}
* [[Gainax Ending]]: {{spoiler|The organization turns out to be a bunch of Betty Boop lookalikes. It makes even less sense in context.}}
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Well, if there was a radar to dodge in the first place during the early 1930s. The crap in question is a burning rope, which was a recurring gag in the early Fleischer cartoons. Some have speculated that it's a visual metaphor for burning weed. Which wouldn't be too hard to assume, considering this is the ''[[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs|Fleischers]]'' we're talking about here.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Well, if there was a radar to dodge in the first place during the early 1930s. The crap in question is a burning rope, which was a recurring gag in the early Fleischer cartoons. Some have speculated that it's a visual metaphor for burning weed. Which wouldn't be too hard to assume, considering this is the ''[[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|Fleischers]]'' we're talking about here.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Between Bimbo and {{spoiler|Betty}} -- or perhaps not, as {{spoiler|Betty}} still has puppy dog ears at this point, and ''may'' be intended to be a dog.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Between Bimbo and {{spoiler|Betty}} -- or perhaps not, as {{spoiler|Betty}} still has puppy dog ears at this point, and ''may'' be intended to be a dog.
* [[Lawyer Friendly Cameo]]: The mouse that puts a lock over the manhole that Bimbo falls into looks suspiciously like a [[Mickey Mouse|more famous mouse who was just becoming popular at the time...]]
* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: The mouse that puts a lock over the manhole that Bimbo falls into looks suspiciously like a [[Mickey Mouse|more famous mouse who was just becoming popular at the time...]]
* [[Random Events Plot]]
* [[Random Events Plot]]
* [[Rubber Hose Limbs]]: Which look especially strange on {{spoiler|Betty Boop}}.
* [[Rubber Hose Limbs]]: Which look especially strange on {{spoiler|Betty Boop}}.
* [[Shout Out]]: Those doors or doors very like them show up in ''[[Forbidden Zone]]''.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Those doors or doors very like them show up in ''[[Forbidden Zone]]''.
* [[Unfortunate Name]]: Of the linguistic drift variety. Back in the 1930s, "Bimbo" was slang for "tough guy."
* [[Unfortunate Name]]: Of the linguistic drift variety. Back in the 1930s, "Bimbo" was slang for "tough guy."


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Latest revision as of 14:12, 13 July 2021

All doors lead to HELL!

We are the members of Do-It-Or-Die!
Dee-I, Dee-I, Dee-I!
Watch us make Bimbo, as easy as pie!
Dee-I, Dee-I, Dee-I!
We are, tough you bet!
Filled with college pep!
Bring him on, we cry!
Dee-I, Dee-I, Dee-I!
B! I! M! B! O! BIMBO!

—The opening song.

Voted No. 37 on The 50 Greatest Cartoons list, Bimbo's Initiation is a 1931 Fleischer Studios short in the Talkartoons series, centered on the cartoon dog Bimbo (with a few appearances of Betty Boop), who happens to be a victim of an underground cult called Do-It-or-Die[1], who for whatever reason want him to "be a member", forcing him to go through a series of life-threatening situations. Hilarity naturally ensues.

This short is in the public domain and can be viewed here.

Tropes used in Bimbo's Initiation include:

"Hello May! I've got a bone to pick with you!"

  1. ↑ presumably a parody of Illuminati cults
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