''Boop-Oop-a-Doop'' is an animated short film created by Fleischer Studios on January 16, 1932, as part of the

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series.

Plot

The film begins with a giant Betty Boop flag which flies over the big top. Betty works as a lion tamer and a

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. Another of the other circus attractions is

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. While performing on the highwire the villainous ringmaster lusts for Betty as he watches her from below, singing "

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," a song previously performed by

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. As Betty returns to her tent, the ringmaster follows her inside and sensually massages her legs, surrounds her and threatens her job if she does not submit. Betty begs the ringmaster to cease his advances, as she sings "

Don't Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away "Don't Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away" is a song, written by Sammy Timberg. It was first recorded for the short film '' Musical Justice'', with a vocal by Mae Questel. It was then used in the 1932 Betty Boop Talkartoons cartoon '' Boop-Oop-a-Doop' ...

". Koko the Clown is outside, practicing his juggling, and hears the struggle. He leaps in to save Betty's virtue, struggling with the ringmaster who loads him into a cannon, firing it, and, thinking that he has sent the hero away, laughing with self-satisfaction. But Koko is hiding inside the cannon, and strikes the ringmaster out cold with a mallet, returning with "the last laugh". When Koko expresses concern about Betty's welfare, she answers in song, "No, he couldn't take my boop-oop-a-doop away!" The film ends with Koko sweetly kissing Betty on the cheek.

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at Bcdb * 1932 films Betty Boop cartoons 1930s American animated films American black-and-white films Paramount Pictures short films Fleischer Studios short films Short films directed by Dave Fleischer Circus films 1930s English-language films {{BettyBoop-animation-film-stub

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