


Bimbo was Betty Boop's boyfriend who removed from the Betty Boop cartoons due to bestiality & the hays code. This is untrue, both Bimbo and Pudgy are entirely different characters. Most people think that Pudgy is the reincarnation of Bimbo, who was Betty's canine boyfriend who appeared in the earlier Betty Boop cartoons.Pudgy makes his last appearance in The Scared Crows which was released in 1939.In the cartoon Henry the Funniest Living American, Betty gives Pudgy as a gift to Henry.In Pudgy the Watchman, he yells "scram" to protect his fellow mice. Pudgy has only spoken one formal sentence in the whole of his appearances in Not Now, he states one line after being scratched by his rival the cat.A photograph of his dad appears above his bed in Riding the Rails.To celebrate Chinese New Year, Pudgy was featured in a limited edition collection. Moschino (2018)Ĭhinese New Year 2018 Moschino meets Pudgy, best friend of Betty Boop! Pudgy has a girlfriend called Snooty a rich female dog who appears in two Betty Boop cartoons, which are Little Nobody, The Swing School. Mae Questel might have provided the speaking voice for Pudgy, in the 1938 cartoon Not Now and sometimes panting sounds, etc. The departure of Mae Questel in 1938 indicates that Jack Mercer provided the voice of Pudgy, as the character was continued to be voiced when she retired from the Betty Boop cartoons. Some of her early mimic talent was duck, dog, cat, chicken, own and monkey.

Mae Questel was originally billed as a impersonator. The role of Pudgy is often debated, as both Questel and Mercer were both known to mimic animals. Pudgy: " He pulled a knife on me!" ( Not Now).
