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* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: Betty's mirrored reflection tells TailfinWalking: The nameless fish has zero problems [[TerrestrialSeaLife walking on land]] on her "not to blow it" before she performs at the party.tail fin.
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* PantyShot: When Betty first appears in the diner, her skirt gets snagged in-between some dishes she's carrying showing her panties, but she quickly unsnags it.
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* PantyShot: When Betty first appears in the diner, her skirt gets snagged in-between some dishes she's carrying showing her panties, bloomers, but she quickly unsnags it.
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* SentientVehicle: Most cars shown in the special has a face and is capable of talking.
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While Betty Boop (Creator/MelissaFahn), Bimbo the musical dog and Koko the Clown search for stardom in Los Angeles, they end up getting caught in a ploy to prevent a diamond from being stolen.
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A WesternAnimation/BettyBoop TV special made by BIG Pictures and King Features Entertainment that aired on June 25, 1989. The special tries to emulate both the classic Fleischer art style as well as the overall cartoony feel from her original shorts.
While Betty Boop, Bimbo the musical dog and Koko the Clown search for stardom in Los Angeles, they end up getting caught in a ploy to prevent a diamond from being stolen.
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!!Tropes Used In This Special:
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Instead of being black furred, Bimbo the dog has blue fur.
* BananaPeel: Dan slips on a banana on a plate that was sitting on the counter.
* BarSlide: Dan slides down the diner's counter which leads to him being [[TarAndFeathers honey and feathered]].
* BiggerOnTheInside: The prop one is shown to be a small trailer but is noticeably bigger on the inside.
* BlindedByTheLight: Betty manages to escape from Sam Slade and Miss Green by holding the diamond in a beam of sunlight creating a blinding flash.
* CarMeetsHouse: The cop car drives through Lola [=DaVille's=] mansion, creating a hole, but it does this while exiting the house from the inside.
* CirclingBirdies: Sam Slade get knocked out by the chandelier with circling stars and planets around his head (a bird tweeting sound effect can still be heard).
* ContinuityCameo
** The long legged ghost that Koko turned into in WesternAnimation/SnowWhite1933 can be seen at the masquerade party.
** WesternAnimation/TheOldManOfTheMountain is shown during the intro.
** The telegram man towards the end is Wiffle Piffle, a character who appeared in a late Betty Boop short, "Whoops! I'm a Cowboy".
** The baby shown in the ending scene in the diner is from multiple early shorts under multiple names including Billy Boop and Aloysius.
* EverythingTalks: Keeping with the spirit of Betty's original shorts, pretty much every object comes to life, far too many to list.
* {{Expy}}: Sam Slade is clearly modeled after Sam Spade.
* FallingChandelierOfDoom: Sam Slade allegedly gets knocked out by one.
* FloatingInABubble: Betty sits on a giant bubble which propels her in the air.
* FrameUp: Betty gets framed for stealing Lola [=DaVille's=] diamond.
* GreasySpoon: "Diner Dan's", where Betty, Bimbo and Koko work at the beginning and end of the special.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Koko pulls a car out of his hat, although it was a gelatinous liquid at first before forming into a car.
* HardboiledDetective: Sam Slade.
* KillerGorilla: Not a killer but Dan the Gorilla is pretty foul tempered, at least until the end.
* KingKongClimb: Sam Slade does this in a fake city.
-->'''Sam Slade:''' No one makes a monkey out of Sam Slade!
* LightsOffSomebodyDies: A non murder variation with someone shooting down the lights at the party and using the darkness to steal Lola [=DaVille's=] diamond and plant the gun in Betty's hand.
* MeaningfulName: A film director named Maxwell Movieola.
* MistakenForExhibit: The prop room worker was mistaken for a mask at first, which is easy to do since he was sitting in a room filled with hanging masks with his head sticking out of a hole in the wall.
* MythologyGag:
** Giant Inkwells can be seen near Koko in the prop room, looking directly from the WesternAnimation/OutOfTheInkwell series.
** Betty wears her hula wear from WesternAnimation/BettyBoopsBambooIsle and WesternAnimation/PopeyeTheSailor.
* NotAMask: The trio mistake Lt. Snuffer for the masked man and Bimbo and Koko try to pull his non-existing mask off by the nose and ears.
* PantyShot: When Betty first appears in the diner, her skirt gets snagged in-between some dishes she's carrying showing her panties, but she quickly unsnags it.
* PerpSweating: The police shine a light on Betty and tell her to sing, [[LiteralMinded so she does.]]
* RoadTripAcrossTheStreet: A gag shows different guests coming out of limos when entering the party, but a zoom out shows that it's single limo being driven in a perfect circle.
* RubeGoldbergDevice: Bimbo and Koko create one in the diner's kitchen to wash dishes and transport food.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Betty wears a violet version of her iconic dress.
** Miss Green wears similar looking green dress.
* SexySilhouette: When the lights at the party go out, the light of the window shows Betty's silhouette through her dress.
* SingingTelegram: Betty receives one from Dan begging for Betty, Bimbo and Koko to return working at his diner.
* TheSpeechless: Even though Koko has talked plenty of times in the original cartoons, in this special Koko is a silent character.
* SplitScreenPhoneCall: One of these is shown during Betty and Sam Slade's phone call.
* SourceMusic: A piano plays dramatic music while Miss Green tries to steal the diamond from Betty.
* StockVisualMetaphors: Sam Slade is sleeping while dreaming about a log being sawed ("sawing logs" being slang for sleeping).
* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: Betty's mirrored reflection tells her "not to blow it" before she performs at the party.
* TarAndFeathers: Dan gets honeyed and feathered.
* TerrestrialSeaLife: The nameless fish has zero problems walking on land on her tail fin.
* TuttiFruttiHat: Betty wears a bowl of fruit on her head while wearing a Carmen Miranda-esque outfit.
* UndercoverCopReveal: A guest at the party turns out to be Lt. Snuffer of the police; his fellow policeman were also disguised at the party as well as a cop car hidden as a table for holding a punch bowl.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: While using a payphone, Betty retrieves a change purse from the front of her dress.
* WingdingEyes: Koko's eyes turn into hearts when he first sees Lola [=DaVille=].
A WesternAnimation/BettyBoop TV special made by BIG Pictures and King Features Entertainment that aired on June 25, 1989. The special tries to emulate both the classic Fleischer art style as well as the overall cartoony feel from her original shorts.
While Betty Boop, Bimbo the musical dog and Koko the Clown search for stardom in Los Angeles, they end up getting caught in a ploy to prevent a diamond from being stolen.
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!!Tropes Used In This Special:
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Instead of being black furred, Bimbo the dog has blue fur.
* BananaPeel: Dan slips on a banana on a plate that was sitting on the counter.
* BarSlide: Dan slides down the diner's counter which leads to him being [[TarAndFeathers honey and feathered]].
* BiggerOnTheInside: The prop one is shown to be a small trailer but is noticeably bigger on the inside.
* BlindedByTheLight: Betty manages to escape from Sam Slade and Miss Green by holding the diamond in a beam of sunlight creating a blinding flash.
* CarMeetsHouse: The cop car drives through Lola [=DaVille's=] mansion, creating a hole, but it does this while exiting the house from the inside.
* CirclingBirdies: Sam Slade get knocked out by the chandelier with circling stars and planets around his head (a bird tweeting sound effect can still be heard).
* ContinuityCameo
** The long legged ghost that Koko turned into in WesternAnimation/SnowWhite1933 can be seen at the masquerade party.
** WesternAnimation/TheOldManOfTheMountain is shown during the intro.
** The telegram man towards the end is Wiffle Piffle, a character who appeared in a late Betty Boop short, "Whoops! I'm a Cowboy".
** The baby shown in the ending scene in the diner is from multiple early shorts under multiple names including Billy Boop and Aloysius.
* EverythingTalks: Keeping with the spirit of Betty's original shorts, pretty much every object comes to life, far too many to list.
* {{Expy}}: Sam Slade is clearly modeled after Sam Spade.
* FallingChandelierOfDoom: Sam Slade allegedly gets knocked out by one.
* FloatingInABubble: Betty sits on a giant bubble which propels her in the air.
* FrameUp: Betty gets framed for stealing Lola [=DaVille's=] diamond.
* GreasySpoon: "Diner Dan's", where Betty, Bimbo and Koko work at the beginning and end of the special.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Koko pulls a car out of his hat, although it was a gelatinous liquid at first before forming into a car.
* HardboiledDetective: Sam Slade.
* KillerGorilla: Not a killer but Dan the Gorilla is pretty foul tempered, at least until the end.
* KingKongClimb: Sam Slade does this in a fake city.
-->'''Sam Slade:''' No one makes a monkey out of Sam Slade!
* LightsOffSomebodyDies: A non murder variation with someone shooting down the lights at the party and using the darkness to steal Lola [=DaVille's=] diamond and plant the gun in Betty's hand.
* MeaningfulName: A film director named Maxwell Movieola.
* MistakenForExhibit: The prop room worker was mistaken for a mask at first, which is easy to do since he was sitting in a room filled with hanging masks with his head sticking out of a hole in the wall.
* MythologyGag:
** Giant Inkwells can be seen near Koko in the prop room, looking directly from the WesternAnimation/OutOfTheInkwell series.
** Betty wears her hula wear from WesternAnimation/BettyBoopsBambooIsle and WesternAnimation/PopeyeTheSailor.
* NotAMask: The trio mistake Lt. Snuffer for the masked man and Bimbo and Koko try to pull his non-existing mask off by the nose and ears.
* PantyShot: When Betty first appears in the diner, her skirt gets snagged in-between some dishes she's carrying showing her panties, but she quickly unsnags it.
* PerpSweating: The police shine a light on Betty and tell her to sing, [[LiteralMinded so she does.]]
* RoadTripAcrossTheStreet: A gag shows different guests coming out of limos when entering the party, but a zoom out shows that it's single limo being driven in a perfect circle.
* RubeGoldbergDevice: Bimbo and Koko create one in the diner's kitchen to wash dishes and transport food.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Betty wears a violet version of her iconic dress.
** Miss Green wears similar looking green dress.
* SexySilhouette: When the lights at the party go out, the light of the window shows Betty's silhouette through her dress.
* SingingTelegram: Betty receives one from Dan begging for Betty, Bimbo and Koko to return working at his diner.
* TheSpeechless: Even though Koko has talked plenty of times in the original cartoons, in this special Koko is a silent character.
* SplitScreenPhoneCall: One of these is shown during Betty and Sam Slade's phone call.
* SourceMusic: A piano plays dramatic music while Miss Green tries to steal the diamond from Betty.
* StockVisualMetaphors: Sam Slade is sleeping while dreaming about a log being sawed ("sawing logs" being slang for sleeping).
* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: Betty's mirrored reflection tells her "not to blow it" before she performs at the party.
* TarAndFeathers: Dan gets honeyed and feathered.
* TerrestrialSeaLife: The nameless fish has zero problems walking on land on her tail fin.
* TuttiFruttiHat: Betty wears a bowl of fruit on her head while wearing a Carmen Miranda-esque outfit.
* UndercoverCopReveal: A guest at the party turns out to be Lt. Snuffer of the police; his fellow policeman were also disguised at the party as well as a cop car hidden as a table for holding a punch bowl.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: While using a payphone, Betty retrieves a change purse from the front of her dress.
* WingdingEyes: Koko's eyes turn into hearts when he first sees Lola [=DaVille=].
