Betty Boop. Boop-Oop-a-Doop. 4 Cartoon shorts

Betty was born to Fleischer Studios in 1930 as a creepy doglike creature meant as a love interest for Bimbo, an animated dog with his own Talkartoon series. Where she clearly had French Poodle ears and a black puppy nose. She traded the floppy ears for hoop earrings in 1932 for the jazzy “Any Rags” and went on to star in over 100 animated shorts.
Betty’s signature flapper look and squeaky sound were based on Helen Kane, a popular white singer famous for her 1938 smash hit, "I Wanna be Loved by You." The only snag? Helen Kane had swiped her “Boop-Oop-a-Doop” from Baby Esther, an African-American scat singer. Oop-Oop-a-Doopsie.