The surreal, nightmarish atmosphere of Bimbos Initiation has made it one of the most renowned Fleischer Studios shorts. Leonard Maltin described it as the darkest of all the Fleischers cartoons. \r
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In 1994 it was voted #37 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation industry. It was the final Betty Boop cartoon to be animated by the characters co-creator, Grim Natwick.\r
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in Bimbos Initiation, Bimbo falls into a manhole and is surrounded by strange, hooded creatures chanting, Want to be a member? The last creature turns out to be Betty, with dog ears. In her earliest incarnation, Betty was a dog (attempting to create a counter figure for the famous Disney mouse). Soon her floppy ears became hoop earrings and a femme fatale was born.