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Bimbo's Initiation

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*, 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

This short provides examples of:

Animation Bump: Several scenes in this short have moving backgrounds.
By the Lights of Their Eyes
Catch Phrase: "Wanna be a member? Wanna be a member?"
Deranged Animation
Dem Bones: The skeleton that pops up in one of the doors pictured above—who happens to be talking to a friend.
"Hello May! I've got a bone to pick with you!"
Early Installment Weirdness: Betty Boop's Art Evolution wasn't quite completed yet.
Gainax Ending: The organization turns out to be a bunch of Betty Boop lookalikes. It makes even less sense in context.
Interspecies Romance: Between Bimbo and Betty — or perhaps not, as 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 more famous mouse who was just becoming popular at the time...
The Man in the Mirror Talks Back: One of the doors pictured above contains a mirror. Bimbo's reflection tells him to pick another door.
Random Events Plot
Rubber Hose Limbs: Which look especially strange on Betty Boop.
Shout Out: Those doors or doors very like them show up in Forbidden Zone.
- The scene where the door gobbles Bimbo and he narrowly escapes from having his head chopped off was copied in the The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog episode "Robotnikland".
Unfortunate Name: Of the linguistic drift variety. Back in the 1930s, "Bimbo" was slang for "tough guy."