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2[[caption-width-right:350:Hot enough for ya?]]
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4->''Hell's bells ringing in my ear''
5->''It's certainly hot''
6->''Now isn't that swell''
7->''Now somebody's got''
8->''A hold of those bells''
9->''They start to ring''
10->''They start to sing''
11->''And somebody yells''
12->''It must be Hell's bells!''
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14A Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer cartoon starring WesternAnimation/BettyBoop released on February 2, 1934.
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16During a grueling winter in her freezing cold house, Betty falls asleep by the fireplace and dreams about being somewhere warmer and that somewhere turns out to be hell itself.
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19!!Tropes Used In This Short:
20* AllJustADream: Heavily implied that Betty dreamed up the whole thing.
21* BreathWeapon: A long and coiled up dragon breathes fire like it's a fire hose. Also the Devil King can breath fire.
22* ComedicSpanking: When a living flame won't stop following Betty, she spanks it, somehow without burning her hand.
23* EverythingTalks: In Betty's house there are gags involving a clock, a thermometer and a painting briefly coming alive.
24* EvilLivingFlames: Multiple appear throughout the short, one won't stop following Betty so she spanks it like a child until it leaves.
25* {{Fanservice}}: See SexySilhouette.
26* FireAndBrimstoneHell: The central setting of the cartoon, with emphasis on the fire.
27* ForDoomTheBellTolls: In hell, Betty rings a giant pair of bells that starts the musical number, "Hell's Bells" which continue ringing throughout the song.
28* GirlyRun: Betty does this when first walking through hell, though it's more of a fast walk.
29* {{Hellgate}}: Betty's fireplace becomes this, complete with demonic faces surrounding it.
30* AHellOfATime: Hell certainly is presented as lively.
31* InstantRoast: The fireplace heat turns a pair of chickens into roasted chickens.
32* KillItWithIce: Betty ends up freezing a group of devils and their king as well as hell itself.
33* LivingDrawing: When the heat of the fireplace reaches a painting of an Eskimo in front of an igloo, the igloo melts and the Eskimo takes off his fur coat for relief.
34* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Hell is full of devil looking demons, with their king being the biggest.
35* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The firemen devil use a long dragon creature and [[BreathWeapon use it's breath]] like a firehose to set a house on fire.
36* PajamaCladHero: Betty spends the short walking through hell in her night gown, which actually covers more then her usual LittleBlackDress.
37* ReadingsBlewUpTheScale: The heat of Betty's fireplaces causes a thermometer's readings to go from Hot, Hotter, Too Hot and finally to Colossal where it rapidly perspires mercury and starts to fan itself.
38* RumpRoast: Some fire travels up some devil's tails and to their butts, to which they jump in pain.
39* {{Satan}}: The biggest devil wearing a crown seems to be this.
40* SexySilhouette: While walking past some flames, Betty's figure can be seen through her night gown.
41* StandardSnippet: When Betty's chickens start cooking, a fast pace version of "Shortnin' Bread" can be heard.
42* StealthPun / VisualPun:
43** Some devils dressed as firemen appear, only their purpose seems to be to start fires.

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