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PHOTO CREDIT: Above photo by John Rickman Photography, San Jose, California. |
Cartoons Featuring
"Middle Eastern" Themes
Table of Contents
With "Middle Eastern Dance" Scenes
Title |
Year |
Star Character |
To Buy |
Comments |
| Aladdin & His Wonderful Lamp | 1934 |
No big names | Very simple 10-second "dance" scene. Produced by Ub Iwerks. | |
| Ali Baba Bunny | 1947 |
Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck |    |
Bugs pretends to be a genie and does a few seconds of head slides and hip slides. View the mini-review or vote in the opinion poll. |
| Arabiantics | 1928 |
Felix the Cat | Dance scene lasts about 1 minute. Starts with moves resembling the hokey pokey, ends with shimmies. | |
| Chicken a la King | 1937 |
No big names | |
A harem of hens dances for a rooster sultan. It's not exactly belly dance. View the mini-review or vote in the opinion poll. |
| Egyptian Daze (sometimes titled Mummy O' Mine) | 1926 |
Mutt & Jeff | Dancing lasts only 18 seconds, but contains some shimmies and hip circles | |
| Good Time for a Dime | 1941 |
Daisy & Donald Duck | Daisy Duck performs a brief dance of the seven veils in a penny arcade | |
| Goofy Goat Antics | 1933 |
No big names | An accordion briefly "belly dances". Click here to watch a brief clip from the cartoon. | |
| Gypped in Egypt | 1930 |
Waffles the Cat & Don Dog | A skeleton belly dances with its rib bones as if they were finger cymbals. | |
| Homer's Night Out | 1990 |
The Simpsons | A photo of Homer Simpson dancing with a belly dancer ignites a scandal | |
| Insultin' the Sultan | 1934 |
Willie the Whopper | There are three "belly dance" scenes, each no more than 4-5 seconds in length. By Ub Iwerks studio. | |
| King Tut's Tomb | 1950 |
Heckle & Jeckle | Dance scene is 39 seconds, mostly Pharaonic in style with a few head slides | |
| Lil Ol' Bosko in Bagdad | 1938 |
Lil Ol' Bosko | The 25-second dance scene sort of resembles belly dancing, if you use your imagination. | |
| Mr. Piper & the Story of Ali Baba | 1960 |
No big names | Dance scene, only 10 seconds long, resembles how modern-day belly dancers do veil work. | |
| Sultan's Birthday | 1944 | Mighty Mouse | A sexy female mouse does a belly dance that lasts about 1 1/2 minutes to entertain the Sultan on his birthday. |
Middle Eastern Themes, But No Dance
Title |
Year |
Star Character |
To Buy |
Comments |
| A-Lad-In His Lamp | 1948 |
Bugs Bunny | A genie takes Bugs to Bagdad | |
| Aladdin's Lamp | 1947 | Mighty Mouse | An evil cat abducts Aladdin's daughter. View the opinion poll, a mini-review, and a brief clip from the cartoon. | |
| Ali Baba | 1936 |
No big names | By Ub Iwerks studio. Ali Baba and his son find the treasure cave of the Forty Thieves | |
| Ali Baba Bound | 1940 | Porky Pig | Porky Pig in the French Foreign Legion. Click here to watch a brief clip from the cartoon. | |
| Big Bad Sindbad | 1952 |
Popeye, Bluto | Popeye tells his nephews about his battle with Sindbad (Bluto) | |
| Genie With the Light Pink Fur | 1966 | Pink Panther | A genie persuades the Pink Panther to become the genie of a lamp | |
| Hassan Chop | 1982 |
Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck | A shortened version of Ali Baba Bunny, with the head slides and hip slides removed | |
| Mickey In Arabia | 1932 | Mickey & Minnie Mouse | Mickey & Minnie Mouse go sight-seeing in Arabia | |
| Pink of Arabee | 1976 |
Pink Panther | The Pink Panther encounters a snake charmer | |
| Pink of Bagdad | 1978 | Pink Panther | Remake of Pink of Arabee | |
| Popeye Meets Aladdin | 1939 |
Popeye, Olive Oyl | Popeye retrieves a lamp with a genie from a cave and becomes rich. | |
| Popeye Meets Ali Baba's 40 Thieves | 1937 |
Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto | The Forty Thieves raid an oasis where Popeye and Olive Oyl are refreshing themselves, and kidnap Olive Oyl | |
| Porky in Egypt | 1938 | Porky Pig | Porky and his camel get lost in the desert and his camel goes mad | |
| Sahara Hare | 1955 |
Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck | Bugs Bunny takes refuge in a fort when pursued by Yosemite Sam. | |
| Sultan Pepper | 1934 |
Little King | Series of sight gags loosely strung together with almost no plot |