|
|
|
|
The Top Ten Reasons In addition to what I've said in the Handsome Samson page, here's further proof that Bluto's elevator doesn't go all the way up to the top floor. |
|
Page last
updated 10-07-2008. |
|
1. He leaves Olive Oyl at the altar!!! In Nearly Weds, he runs away in the middle of taking his vows because a Justice Of The Peace, who looks suspiciously like Popeye, scares him by making him promise all kinds of things that were never part of any marriage ceremony before. To make things worse, Bluto should have expected Popeye to retaliate somehow after what Bluto did to him earlier in the cartoon. |
Bluto could have been honeymooning with a willing Olive Oyll! Instead, he heads for the hills! What an idiot!!! |
|
|
2. Pierre throws Olive Oyl
over for Popeye who's disguised as a woman (Popeye And The Pirates).
And a very ugly, Popeye-looking woman to boot!!! |
|
3. In Parlez-Vous Woo, Bluto just stands there watching while Popeye chows down on spinach. Bluto is even holding the spinach can above Popeye's head suspended by a sword. Yet, when the green stuff starts dropping out of the hole in the can and Popeye positions himself under it, |
Bluto never throws the can and sword away or
even moves a muscle. |
|
|
4. Evidently, as shown
in Cookin' With Gags, Bluto can
easily take Popeye's spinach away from him without him even knowing it.
So why doesn't Bluto do this more often? |
|
5. At the end of A
Job For A Gob, Bluto, having lost both the girl and the job, begins
torching Olive Oyl's ranch. Why? For what purpose? Does he think
Olive's suddenly going to feel favorable toward him because he's burning down
her spread? Granted that he's always been vengeful and ornery, but |
|
|
6. In A Wolf In Sheik's Clothing, the sheik
has Olive alone with no Popeye in sight. She's gleefully plunked down a
huge stack of money at his kissing booth. She's puckered up and
waiting. He puckers up and moves towards her. He gives her a big
kiss right on - HER FOREHEAD??? What an idiot! (He does redeem
himself somewhat when he gets her in his palatial tent and leans her back in
his arms for a kiss on the lips, but by then, of course, Popeye has caught up
to them and interrupts.) |
Likewise in A Balmy
Swami, Bluto the hypnotist has Olive all alone. There's no possible
way they can be interrupted. Bluto wants to bring Olive out of her sleepwalking
trance and so he announces that he shall "awaken the miss with a
kiss." He then plants one right on - HER CHEEK??? What an
idiot! Why do these guys keep
missing Olive's lips? Actually, I know the reason. In some
cartoons, a kiss on the lips symbolizes winning Olive, or the start of a long
term relationship, or even sex itself. So, of course, no one but Popeye
can ever get one. |
|
7. Bluto lets Popeye know that he's the one responsible for our hero's troubles in Fright To The Finish and I Don't Scare. I guess Bluto just can't resist bragging. But then, of course, Popeye gets his revenge. Uh, duh, Bluto, what did you think would happen? What an idiot!!! |
|
|
|
8. Bluto and his dad pick a fight with Poopdeck Pappy and son in Baby Wants A Bottle... |
|
...and Bluto and his dog pick one with Popeye and Frenchy in Barking Dogs Don't Fite. For no other reason than that they are mean and feel like bullying someone around. Aside from the fact that this isn't proper motivation to do anything,... |
...don't they
know what happens to those who choose to fight Popeye, his family and
pals? |
|
9. Bluto is alone with an amorous Olive Oyl rowing on the river (Cookin' With Gags). But instead of whispering sweet nothings to her or singing to her, he talks about what a sap Popeye was for falling for the April Fool gags. Yeah, that's always what I used to do when I was out on a date with a girl who was feeling romantic - talk about other guys - NOT!!! |
And then, Bluto believes a sea serpent is chasing
them. But hadn't he, in effect, thrown down the tricking gauntlet in
front of Popeye? |
|
|
10. Bluto competes with
Popeye for Wimpy's patronage in both Penny Antics and Spree Lunch.
Let me repeat that in case you missed the irony. Bluto competes for
WIMPY'S PATRONAGE!!!! Since when did Wimpy ever pay for anything?
|
|
Honorable (Or
Should That Be Dishonorable) Mention:
|
|
BOOKMARK ME!!! |
|
My home page with links to my Buffy, Popeye, TV/Movies, Beliefs, and other pages. |
|
|
Return to top of this page. |
|
|
All the aspects of Bluto I could think of are discussed on various Bluto pages. Go here for a complete listing. |
|
|
As the title says, lots about Olive Oyl. You can choose from a number of titles to link to many other of my pages about this lovely lady. |
|
|
My Popeye Page. Lots of links to my pages about the King Of Spinach. |
|
This page was created using Corel Word Perfect Suite 8 and Netscape Navigator Composer. All characters and images are legal properties of their respective companies and are used here without permission for entertainment, review, and informational purposes only. All other material is copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 by Steve R. Bierly. |