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You're A Sap, Mr. Jap (1942)
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Popeye versus
stereotypical Japanese in this World War II piece of propaganda which even features
Popeye flushing them down the toilet.
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Alona On The Sarong Seas (1942)
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Popeye and Bluto fall
for virgin, nature "goddess" Olive who is pledged to the Great
Volcano on a tropical island.
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A Hull Of A Mess (1942)
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Popeye
and Bluto are ship builders competing for a defense contract.
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Scrap The Japs (1942)
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Popeye versus a
Japanese plane and aircraft carrier. The Japanese turn into rats in a
cage at the end of the cartoon in a bit of unfunny, heavy-handed, wartime propangada.
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Spinach For Britain (1943)
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More World War II
escapades as Popeye tries to deliver the green stuff to England and a sub
tries to stop him.
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A Jolly Good Furlough (1943)
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Popeye finds that time
off with his nephews is anything but restful as he keeps being victimized
by their home defense plans.
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Her Honor The Mare (1943)
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Historically
significant as being the first Popeye short in color. Popeye's
nephews try to hide their new pet, a horse, from the sailor.
(Hitler is in the
window.)
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Spinach-Packing Popeye (1944)
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Essentially just a
"clip" cartoon made up mainly of footage from the Fleischer two-reelers, as Popeye dreams he's trying to convince Olive
that he hasn't lost his punch. I prefer seeing the originals in their
entirety.
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She-Sick Sailors (1944)
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Bluto disguises
himself as Superman to win Olive, the comic book fan (see, I knew she and I
had something in common!).
Some funny bits,
such as the way Bluto stops a train, but a very disturbing scene in which
Bluto machine-guns Popeye.
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Mess Production (1945)
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Historically
significant as the debut of the re-vamped Olive Oyl in a classic
scene.
Other than that,
though, the cartoon has Popeye and Bluto routinely competing for Olive on
the job in a factory.
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House Tricks (1946)
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Olive lets Popeye and
Bluto build her house. Note to Ms. Oyl: Sure, a contractor would have
cost more money, but remember, you get what you pay for!
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Service With A Guile (1946)
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Service station owner
Olive Oyl lets Popeye and Bluto help her fix a V.I.P.'s
car. Another note to Ms. Oyl: Your business is only as good as the
people you hire!
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Peep In The Deep (1946)
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Popeye and Bluto go
deep-sea diving in order to locate treasure and, once again, Olive's thing
for Frank Sinatra figures into the cartoon's last gag.
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Spinach Vs. Hamburgers (1948)
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Popeye tries to
convince his nephews to eat at his spinach restaurant rather than Wimpy's
hamburger joint. (Wimpy owns a diner? Doesn't he eat up all his
profits?) Just another "clip" cartoon.
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Popeye's Premiere (1949)
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Popeye and Olive watch
a shortened version of Fleischer's "Aladdin And His Wonderful
Lamp." I prefer the original, thanks anyway. But
Popeye and Olive look cute in their limo.
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Hot Air Aces (1949)
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Popeye and Bluto race aircraft.
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Popeye Makes A Movie (1950)
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Re-cycled footage from
Fleischer's "Popeye Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves." Again,
give me the original.
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Baby Wants Spinach (1950)
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Swee'Pea keeps getting
in danger as he crawls through a zoo.
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Riot In Rhythm (1950)
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Essentially a remake
of the far superior, "Me Musical Nephews."
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Thrill Of Fair (1951)
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Swee'Pea crawls around
a fair this time.
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Let's Stalk Spinach (1951)
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Popeye as Jack In The
Beanstalk
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Punch And Judo (1951)
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Orphans help Popeye
win a prize fight by using the magic of television.
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Lunch With A Punch (1952)
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Popeye relates a story
of when he, Bluto, and Olive Oyl were in elementary school.
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Swimmer Take All (1952)
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Popeye and Bluto race
across the English Channel.
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Friend Or Phony (1952)
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Another
"clip" cartoon. Bluto convinces Popeye to throw away his
spinach. What a sap!
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Popalong Popeye
(1952)
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Popeye tells the story
of when he was a dude out west and used spinach (what else?) to gain respect.
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Child Sockology (1953)
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Swee'Pea crawls around
a construction site. This time Popeye competes with Bluto to see who
saves him.
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Fireman's Brawl (1953)
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Firemen Popeye and
Bluto try to save Olive and her house. Teamwork, though, has never been
their forte.
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Popeye's Twentieth Anniversary (1954)
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Another
"clip" cartoon.
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Greek Mirthology (1954)
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It's Popeye who is
Hercules this time, a hero who gets his strength from garlic before he
discovers that spinach is even better.
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Fright To The Finish (1954)
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Bluto haunts
Olive's house on Halloween and frames Popeye.
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Penny Antics (1955)
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Yet another
"clip" show.
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Car-azy Drivers (1955)
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Popeye tries to teach
Olive how to drive. (Sometimes you can just see disasters waiting to
happen, can't you?)
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Out To Punch (1956)
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Bluto finds ways to
slow Popeye down and sap his strength before a scheduled prize fight.
Of course, one can of spinach makes Bluto's schemes irrelevant.
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Assault And Flattery (1956)
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Bluto uses the courts
to get at Popeye, proving that he was a man ahead of his time. The
brute sues Popeye for injuries. Other than that, it's just another
"clip" cartoon.
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I Don't Scare (1956)
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A superstitious Olive
Oyl is tricked by Bluto into thinking that Popeye is bad luck.
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The Crystal Brawl (1957)
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A disguised Popeye's
crystal ball shows Olive clips from other cartoons to prove to her that she
should break a date with Bluto.
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