List of Betty Boop films and appearances

Betty Boop is the American adult animated cartoon filmography film series. The following is a list of films and other media in which Betty Boop has appeared. She was featured in 126 theatrical cartoons between 1930 and 1939.
Starting in 2013, Olive Films released the non-public domain cartoons on Blu-ray and DVD in four "Essential Collection" volumes, although they were restored from the original television internegatives that carried the altered opening and closing credits. Volume 1 was released on August 20, 2013, and Volume 2 on September 24, 2013. Volume 3 was released on April 29, 2014, and Volume 4 on September 30, 2014.
In May 2022, animator and archivist Steve Stanchfield released a Blu-Ray collection titled "The Other Betty Boop Cartoons, Volume 1" through his label Thunderbean Animation, which features public domain cartoons that were not on the Olive Films sets. It includes the long-lost, recently discovered cartoon Honest Love and True. The original incarnation of Betty Boop that debuted in 1930 went into the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2026.

Appearances in ''Talkartoons'', ''Screen Songs'' and ''Color Classics'' series

Note: see the Talkartoons, Screen Songs and Color Classics filmographies for additional respective entries in all three series.

1930

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First appearance
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1931

Brief cameo
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Betty is named "Dangerous Nan McGrew"
First time Betty Boop is seen in her slender physique
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First time Betty is named, although only as "Betty"
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Placed at #37 in the book The 50 Greatest Cartoons
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First time Betty's full name appears on the titles, stylized as "Betty-Boop"
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Named "Kitty"
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First time Betty Boop is depicted as a human as opposed to a dog- with dog ears replaced by earrings.
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Betty Boop appears briefly topless in a bathtub.
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Final time Betty Boop is depicted as a dog.
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1932

Surviving master negative has original opening title card intact
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First use of the song "Sweet Betty" which would become the theme song for the Betty Boop series.
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A Bimbo cartoon, seemingly held over from earlier in production- Bimbo appears in a primitive design.
Bimbo's girlfriend is largely a generic one-off, but is drawn to resemble Betty in a few close-ups that were likely inserted later.
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Named #20 in the book The 50 Greatest Cartoons
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Final entry in the Talkartoons series.
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Brief Cameo
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Betty Boop appears as a mermaid.
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1933

Final appearance in the Screen Songs series.
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