Western Animation / Betty Boop for President

"Betty Boop for President" is a Betty Boop cartoon by Max and Dave Fleischer released on November 4, 1932.

Betty Boop runs for president of the United States.

Not to be confused with the 1980 movie that spliced together recolored clips of Betty Boop shorts also called "Betty Boop For President" as well as "Hurray for Betty Boop".

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Tropes Used In This Short:

• Ambiguously Human: Mr. Nobody looks like a stick figure, but without a head drawn on.
• Cheating with the Milkman: Mr. Nobody mentions in his speech a scenario where someone's wife runs off with a milkman.
  Should you come home early dawn,
  See a new milkman is on:
  Who cares if your wife is gone?... Mr. Nobody!
• Changing Clothes Is a Free Action: While impersonating Al Smith while wearing a matching suit, Betty obscures herself by stretching the brim of her hat and in the span of a second, transforms back into her normal appearance with her normal black dress. Even her hat shifts from a bowler back to a top hat.
• Dogs Love Fire Hydrants: Under Betty's administration, dogs would get a gated wall around fire hydrants so they can get some privacy.
• Driving Up a Wall: Under Betty's administration, rather then you go to the trolleys, trolleys would come to you by driving up the side of the building and to your window. How it does this is never explained.
• Election Day Episode: The whole premise is Betty Boop running for U.S. President.
• Everything Talks: A water pitcher near Mr. Nobody gets thirsty, pours it’s own contents into a cup and drinks it.
• Fantastic Fireworks: When Betty wins the election, fireworks go off in the night sky, including some that form the image her head.
• Flowers of Femininity: One of Betty's plans for becoming president is to decorate the White House with a giant garland of flowers, as well as large bows.
• Hat of Authority: Betty's wears a top hat throughout the short, though she still wears her Little Black Dress with it.
• Narrative Shapeshifting: Betty transforms into the likeness of President Herbert Hoover and New York governor Al Smith during her speech. Even her voice dramatically changes.
• Reformed Criminal: A criminal being lead to an electric chair looked like he was on Death Row, but the chair instead releases a bunch of mechanical arms that gives him a makeover, changing him from a criminal meathead, into a clean and reformed (if not sissy looking) man.
• Rube Goldberg Device: A sleeping weatherman has such a device that starts with rainwater entering through a pipe and ends with a glove punching him awake.
• Shaking the Rump: Betty does this during her Congress speech.
• Siblings Wanted: One confusing lyric of Betty's speech/song was:
  Now, if you have a sister
  And want a brother too
  Tell Ma and Pa to vote for me
  I'll see what I can do
• Wallet Moths: While singing "Some are poor you know" Betty turns pockets on the side of her dress inside-out for visualization. This is about the only time her Little Black Dress is shown to have pockets.
• Wily Walrus: One is shown marching in the parade and repeatedly banging a drum that releases fish into his mouth.