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Yip Yip Yippy is a 1939 short produced by Fleischer Studios and the last short made under the Betty Boop series.

Summary
A drugstore cowboy wishes to become a sheriff. But when he comes across a criminal, he was robbed and tied up only to be saved by the horse. So, the two stop the criminal and put him behind bars.

Bad Qualities
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 * 1) False Advertising: Much like Droopy's Blackboard Jumble later on, despite being billed as a Betty Boop cartoon, Betty Boop doesn't appear anywhere in this film. This short was only made to solely fill the theatrical cartoon short schedule and fulfill the contract. You can easily put in Betty Boop and the plot will change into something much better.
 * 2) The main protagonist is pretty bland and one-dimensional, reusing the same character design from "Honest Love and True" (but in a cowboy outfit).
 * 3) Without Betty Boop in the film, the plot is rather generic without enough inventiveness to make it stand out. So, the hero gets robbed by the criminal and the horse is the one to untie him.
 * 4) Abrupt Ending: Although the drugstore cowboy and horse finally caught the criminal and took him to justice, the short just ends there without any explanation of how they got rewarded for capturing the criminal.
 * 5) It basically feels like a plot taken from a Talkartoons short, but with human characters and most of the surrealism toned down. Though this doesn't stop the film from having an occasional surreal gag every now and then.
 * 6) The scenes animated by Roland 'Doc' Crandall feel pretty ugly and old fashioned, even by 1939 standards. By this point, the Fleischers' move to Miami meant they have to ditch their usual rubber hose style as much as possible.
 * 7) The baby's wailing is considered cringeworthy to listen to when the criminal steals the milk bottle from it.
 * 8) Like previous shorts of the Betty Boop series, the ad-libs can be off-putting to a number of viewers who are used to cartoons being pre-synched with lip synchronization  in cartoons from Disney and Warner Bros.
 * 9) This short is obviously "Honest Love and True", but in a western setting and the romantic love triangle element eliminated in favor of a daydreaming drugstore cowboy.
 * 10) Aside from the baby and the old man, none of the other residents of Guzzle Gulch appear in this short. It is also the reason why we don't get to see the drugstore cowboy rewarded for capturing the criminal.
 * 11) The idea of someone pursuing to fulfill their dreams in reality was done better in cartoons, such as the 1937 Merrie Melodies short, "Egghead Rides Again".

Good Qualities
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 * 1) A few gags were creative, such as the criminal turning the baby pigs into footballs and kicking them into the wagon. The criminal shoots the safe and instantly gets cash is also a good one. Given in fact, this short was de-facto directed by Roland 'Doc' Crandall.
 * 2) At least the drugstore cowboy and the horse finally caught the criminal and took him to justice.
 * 3) Some of the animation is pretty good, courtesy of Robert 'Bob' Bemiller and Frank Endres (albeit uncredited).
 * 4) Most of the voices are good from the talents of Pinto Colvig and Jack Mercer.
 * 5) The Stereoptical Process at the beginning of the film looks pretty elaborate for it's time, especially on the outside of Guzzle Gulch.

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Trivia

 * The cartoon is billed as part of the Betty Boop series; and would be the last short of her series, as it would remain forgotten by the public until the advent of television in the mid-1950s. Her actual final appearance in the series was Rhythm on the Reservation.
 * In the U.M.&M. TV print, the "A Betty Boop Cartoon" byline was plastered over with the title card of this short. So, the title card is shown twice.