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OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT

• 1927
• Outlined by Walt Disney
• Made to be young
• Voiced by a total of 7 people
• Made without the triangle in the eye
• Characteristics: peppy,alert,saucy,venturesome,neat and trim

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• Disney's first major hit
• Started using camera angles to look more real
• "I want the characters to be somebody.I don't want them just to be a drawing" (Disney)

MICKEY MOUSE (1928)

• He was a mouse
• His girlfriend was a mouse
• He was made by Walt Disney
• A simple oval for his eyes in the 1920's

POPEYE THE SAILOR

• 1919
• Voiced by a total of 11 people
• Said to have been based off of Frank "Rocky" Fiegel
• Created by Elzie Crisler Segar
• Formally appeared in 1929 in Thimble Theatre
• Most popular in the 1930's
• Max Fleischer adapted the Thimble Theatre characters into a series of Popeye the Sailor (1933)

Frank "Rocky" Fiegel

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BETTY BOOP (1930)

• Jazz age flapper
• Voiced by a total of 11 people
• Created by Max Fleischer
• Originally a French poodle with human characteristics
• Her floppy poodle ears became hoop earrings, and her black poodle nose became a button- like nose
• Supporting character in 10 cartoon as a flapper girl

HELEN KANE LAWSUIT

• Helen Kane filed a lawsuit against Max Fleischer and Paramount Publix for deliberate caricature (intentional imitation)
• New York Supreme Court Justice Edward J McGoldrick ruled "The plaintiff has failed to sustain either cause of action by proof of sufficient probation force".
• Helen was also a imitation of someone else, which didn't help her case.

NATIONAL LEGION OF DECENCY

• The Production Code of 1934
• Restrictions on the content of the motion picture industry
• Changed from a flapper to a husband less housewife (career focused)
• She wore a fuller skirt/ dress
• Her curls decreased
• She stopped wearing gold bracelets and hoop earrings
• More mature

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BIMBO (1930'S)

• He was a dog
• Betty Boop was originally his girlfriend
• Betty Boop and Bimbo broke up due to the Production Code of Cencership
• Bimbo having a human girlfriend gave the impression of bestiality

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Before Pooch the Pup was redesigned

POOCH THE PUP

• This is what he looked like after he was redesigned
• Created by Walter Lanz
• Would say "heh!" In a squeaky voice when surprised
• He pounds his chest and makes sounds like Tarzan before he saves his girlfriend
• He looked like bimbo after he was redesigned

SIMILARITIES

• In the 1930's there were triangles cut out of the eyes
• They were all in black and white
• The males were often made to be heroes
• Their images were mostly based off of someone else's
• They were often voiced by a lot of people because of deaths

DIFFERENCES

• Characters were made to be animals to b more appealing to children
• Different voices
• Not in color until the late 1930's

TIME LINE

• Popeye was made (1919)
• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927) Mickey Mouse was created (1928)
• Betty Boop was created (1930)
• Pooch the pup was created (1932)
• Bimbo was created (1930's)