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Line 13: \|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. This short is in the [[Public Domain Animation\|public domain]] and can be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFrBG4xyaF8&feature=related viewed here]. Line 21: * [[By the Lights of Their Eyes]] * [[Deranged Animation]] * [[Dem Bones]]: The skeleton that pops up in one of the doors pictured ~~above--who~~above—who happens to be talking to a friend. {{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. * [[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. * [[Interspecies Romance]]: Between Bimbo and {{spoiler\|Betty}} ~~-- or~~—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...]] * [[Random Events Plot]] Line 35: {{50 Greatest Cartoons}} {{reflist}} [[Category:~~{{PAGENAME}}~~Bimbo's Initiation]] [[Category:Animated Films]] [[Category:The 50 Greatest Cartoons]]

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