# Weird references in vintage cartoons

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-references-in-vintage-cartoons/939944/5 "2021-04-14T04:14:45Z")

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I asked the same question in 2008.  
There are at least two other cartoons using the same joke, including a Bugs Bunny, and another Tom And Jerry.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoo8Ed2CBw4)

> [@Origin of quote - don't you believe it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-quote-dont-you-believe-it/471162):
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> Does anyone know the origin of this quote, the words “d-o-n-'t y-o-u b-e-l-i-e-v-e i-t” in a deep booming voice. Used in a few cartoons: [Mouse Trouble](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RGIQGHBazg)(1944) [Big Top Bunny](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRk_h7JHdHo) (1951) [The Missing Mouse](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqjxA9v3nmU) (1953) I get the impression that it’s a reference to some movie or radio show that would be familiar to audiences in the forties and fifties. Anyone know what it is?

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