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The
Anvil Chorus Girl (1944)
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Popeye and Bluto
compete to be blacksmith (?!) Olive's assistant - and boyfriend, of course.
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Puppet
Love (1944)
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Bluto tries to fool
Olive Oyl with a wooden marionette of Popeye, but Popeye soon makes an
unconscious Bluto into a puppet of his own.
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Pitchin'
Woo At The Zoo (1944)
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Zookeeper Bluto is
standing under a sign that says, "Wolf," when he spies Olive
Oyl. Need I say more? And I agree with Sparky on her
Rough-House Page (see
Links), the crocodile was always one of my favorites, too.
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For
Better Or Nurse (1945)
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It's a race to see
which of the two rivals can injure themselves the worst in order to be
ministered to by nurse Olive Oyl. Popeye finally wins by feeding
Bluto spinach so that the bully will beat him up. But it turns out
that Olive works in an Animal Hospital.
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Rodeo
Romeo (1946)
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Rodeo star Badlands Bluto
is being upstaged by Popeye, so he feeds the sailor loco weed to get him
out of the way. Unfortunately, Bluto then accidentally eats some
himself and thinks Olive is a calf who needs branding.
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I'll
Be Skiing Ya (1947)
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Wolfish skating
instructor Bluto takes over for the bumbling Popeye in order to concentrate
on Olive Oyl's figure...er, I mean, figure skating...no, wait, I was right
the first time.
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Wotta
Knight (1947)
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Olive Oyl is Sleeping
Beauty and the boys joust to see who gets to awaken her.
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Wigwam
Whoopee (1948)
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Pilgrim Popeye wins
the heart of Indian maid Olive, much to the chagrin of the chief, who wanted
her for himself.
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Robin-Hood
Winked (1948)
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Bluto, The
Sheriff Of Nottingham, decides he'd rather have pretty wench Olive Oyl than
her tax money and it's up to Robin Hood Popeye and Little John, his one
merry man, to stop him.
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Tar
With A Star (1949)
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Popeye has no trouble
cleaning up a lawless western town until he meets outlaw Bluto, who buries him
alive on Boot Hill and chases saloon singer Olive.
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How
Green Is My Spinach (1950)
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Bluto poisons the world's
spinach crop, leaving Popeye with no vegetable to turn to to give him
strength. Luckily for The Sailorman, a young fan from our universe
helps him.
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Double-Cross
Country Race (1951)
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Popeye competes with
Count Noah Count (love that name) in a road race across the USA.
(For
a further review of this cartoon, click on the name.)
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Ancient
Fistory (1953)
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Popeye as Cinderella
(?!?!?!?!?). He gets to go to the ball in a coach made from a spinach
can and win the hand of Princess Olive Oyl.
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Toreadorable
(1953)
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Matador Bluto sets his
sights on seniorita Olive Oyl, but Popeye starts showing the big lug up.
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Popeye
The Ace Of Space (1953)
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Alien abduction 1950's
style! The extraterrestrials get more than they bargained for when
they experiment on Popeye.
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Shaving
Muggs (1953)
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Olive Oyl wants to go
out with a clean-shaven man (an in-joke for Fleischer Fans), so scruffy,
just-in-at-port sailors Popeye and Bluto "help" each other get
presentable. Popeye gives Bluto a shave and a haircut that leaves him
looking like Rock Hudson! But Bluto gives Popeye the business.
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Floor
Flusher (1954)
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Olive's pipes spring a
leak. Popeye tries to fix it. Bluto makes it worse.
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Nurse
To Meet Ya (1955)
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Popeye and Bluto try
to get Nurse (read that "Nanny") Olive Oyl's charge, Swee'Pea, to
quit crying.
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A
Haul In One (1956)
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Popeye and Bluto are
moving men who would each like to move in on a relocating Olive Oyl.
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Nearlyweds (1957)
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Bluto tricks Popeye
into humiliating himself on his wedding day. Olive breaks up their
engagement and accepts Bluto's marriage proposal, happily heading to the
Justice Of The Peace, arm-in-arm with him! Popeye finds a way to turn
the tables, though. (For a further review of this cartoon,
click on the name.)
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Spooky
Swabs (1957)
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Popeye and Olive on a
ghost ship filled with, what else, ghosts. Or as Popeye would say,
"Ghosks!"
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