He Couldn't Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away!

Boop-Oop-a-Doop (1932) is Betty Boop's fifteenth cartoon appearance (includes in her Talkartoons filmography which consist of her earlier appearances). Known as the first and one of the most famous sex symbols on the animated screen, Boop-Oop-a-Doop along with Chess-Nuts (1932) were reflected attempts to compromise Betty Boop's virginity. Boop-Oop-a-Doop is considered one of the earliest portrayals of sexual harassment on the screen.

Boop-Oop-a-Doop portray Betty as a highwire performer in a circus. She makes the villainous Ringmaster (her boss in circus) lusts as he watches her from below. The Ringmaster follows her as she returns to her tent and sensually massages her legs, surrounds her and threatens her job if she doesn't submit.

Koko the clown hears the struggle from inside the tent and save Betty, struggling with the Ringmaster who loads him into a cannon and firing it. But Koko - hiding inside the cannon - strikes the Ringmaster's head with a mallet. When Koko expresses concern about Betty's welfare, she answers in song, "No, he couldn't take my boop-oop-a-doop away!"

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