Flip the Frog
Ub Iwerks first animated series after he and Walt Disney had a falling out in 1930. Pat Powers backed Iwerks in creating his own studio, and the shorts were distributed by MGM. The first Flip cartoon- Fiddlesticks- was notable for being the first sound cartoon to be produced in two-color Technicolor. The series ran to nearly forty entries before running out of steam in 1933, and was succeeded by Willie Whopper.
Cartoons
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Fiddlesticks
Flip performs a concert for his animal friends.
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Flying Fists
Flip engages in a boxing match with a mouse.
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The Village Barber
As the village barber, Flip tries to cut the hair and beard of a tough lion character. The film ends with Flip, the Lion and some other animals singing a barbershop quartet. You haven't liv…
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Little Orphan Willie
When a mother mouse refuses to accept another baby mouse in her family, the Stork leaves the orphan with Flip The Frog. The baby turns out to be a brat who creates a lot of trouble for our…
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The Cuckoo Murder Case
A cuckoo bird, who lives in an old clock in a creepy old haunted mansion, is mysteriously shot and "killed" by an unknown assailant. One stormy night, the clock face dials for Flip the dete…
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Puddle Pranks
Flip takes his froglike girlfriend for a swim in the lake. They are not aware of the problems that the Blue Heron will cause them.
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The Soup Song
Flip is a waiter in a fancy nightclub run by a not-too-understanding owner. Flip tries to serve the customers, but louses up the service and gets fired in the process.
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The Village Smitty
This time, Flip is the village blacksmith. His beautiful, catlike girlfriend pulls in on a horse and cart when the horse loses his shoe. Fun cartoon with the use of a pig by Flip as a bello…
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Laughing Gas
Featuring Flip the Frog
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Ragtime Romeo
Flip serenades his catlike girlfriend and the members of the neighborhood with some swing music on his piano. But his concert disrupts the slumber of a mean old lady cow. She calls the poli…
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The New Car
Flip the Frog buys a used car (it's new to him) and goes for an outing with his girlfriend. He encounters traffic problems and cops. Watch as the car gets drunk.
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Movie Mad
Flip is excited over a book, "How to be a Movie Actor," so he crashes the gate of a Hollywood film studio. He soon has the bulldog studio guard at the gate throwing him out over and over ag…
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The Village Specialist
Flip the plumber makes a "two-holer" seat for his outhouse, which turns out to be his office/phone booth. He's called to an emergency at the house of an excited lady. Flip seems overmatched…
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Jail Birds
Flip is a jail warden who has to deal with an escaped convict. Working with his horse, who seems almost as intelligent as he is, it has some amazing moments. Look in the background for two…
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Africa Squeaks
Flip arrives in Africa, first fighting off ferocious animals, and then dealing with cannibals who want to make him into a meal.
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Spooks
During a nighttime thunderstorm, Flip and his horse head for shelter. An old shed disappears in a strong gust. They trudge up a hill, where they stumble into a mansion haunted by crazy skel…
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The Milkman
A rooster crows. A still sleepy Flip the Frog, the owner of a dairy farm, wakes up one morning and goes to milk his cow. He accidentally wanders into the bull's pen. Flip quickly learns his…
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Fire! FIRE!
Flip is a fireman, he and his crew must save the damsel in distress from a burning building.
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What A Life
During a light snowfall Flip and the Urchin are street musicians playing to an assortment of bystanders. Flip plays concertina, the Urchin plays cello. Flip also tap-dances and the both sin…
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Puppy Love
Flip is out walking his dog when he notices a cute female dog being harassed by a mouse. Flip's dog rushes to her rescue. Unfortunately, a dogcatcher has his eyes on Flip's dog, as well. Wh…
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School Days
Flip heads off for a day of school and followed by his dog. Flips ties the dog to a steamroller to prevent it from coming into the classroom. When Flip arrives, it is time for the singing l…
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Bully
After being abused by a tough street punk, Flip challenges the bully to a boxing match.
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The Office Boy
Flip sneaks his way into an office boy job at Screwy Nut and Bolt Co. (O. Nertz, Pres.). He spends the rest of the time flirting with the shapely secretary, dancing, and chasing a mouse. Se…
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Room Runners
Flip wants to leave the Grand Slam Hotel, but the manager won't let him leave until she gets paid for his overdue hotel bill.
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Stormy Seas
Features some scary scenes, including a malevolent Father Neptune. A cut or two above most Flip cartoons!
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Circus
Opens with a montage of views of circus performances then cuts to Flip the hot dog vendor.. His hot dogs obey his commands as if they are pets. As a crows watches a side show act a pickpock…
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The Goal Rush
Flip tries to prove himself in the big football game. There are plenty of fun gags and antics, along with some politically incorrect characters.
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Phoney Express
Flip is a stagecoach driver. A villain, politically incorrect-looking bandit Bronx Cheerio (for whom there's a $10,000 reward, dead or alive), holds up the stagecoach and takes the female p…
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The Music Lesson
Opens with Flip's piano teacher dragging him to the keyboard and demanding he play. He does one chorus and she decided to leave but not before warning Flip to practice for one hour. He begi…
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Nurse Maid
Flip is trying to sell newspapers, but everything is against him, and he can't make a dime. Then a lady asks him to watch her baby while she shops. She gives him a quarter, which the kid pr…
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Funny Face
Flip the Frog is miffed when he sees his date (a Betty Boop lookalike) stepping out with another. He thinks that he's been rejected because of his looks, so he has a facelift- and that's wh…
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Cuckoo The Magician
Flip's girlfriend- human in this cartoon- is captured by an evil Hindu street fakir called Cuckoo The Magician and is being held prisoner in the Sultan's palace. Flip slips into the Palace…
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Flip's Lunch Room
Flip's lunchroom is being robbed by a deadbeat customer on its opening day. Flip foils the crook and earns a big cash reward.
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Techno-Cracked
Wanting to be part of the Technocracy movement, Flip and builds a bizarre mechanical man to automate his household chores and make his life easier. Yeah, right! The robot turns against him…
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Bulloney
After being caught with the bullfighter's girlfriend, Flip must face the nasty matador and the even meaner bull. One gang leads spontaneously to the next one. The bullfight starts like a wr…
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Chinaman's Chance
Flip looks for escaped criminal Chow Mein in a Chinese laundry.
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Pale-Face
Flip's lunchtime picnic with his sweetheart (a human one) is interrupted by an Indian attack. The buffoonish "Injuns" drive them to a log cabin with their arrows, and there's a grand shooto…
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Soda Squirt
Flip opens his own drug store, complete with a soda fountain, in Hollywood. On the opening night, all of Hollywood's biggest stars come out to enjoy Flip's new treat. There's a spotlight an…
