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How Guys Initially Lost Their Chances With Olive Oyl

Here's what not to do when courting.

There usually comes a point in each cartoon where Olive clearly begins to side with Popeye, or when something happens to shake up his romantic rivals' best laid plans. 

I have come up with categories to put these moments in and have listed the appropriate films under each category. 

Remember, I'm dealing with what happened to first turn Olive's heart back to our hero. 

So, for example, even though in A Wolf In Sheik's Clothing, Olive is upset by what the sheik does to Popeye, she had  been willing to walk away with the sailor earlier in the cartoon when he outclassed the Arabian. 

It is the earlier occurrence I'm concerned with here.


 

What happened to FIRST turn Olive's heart back to Popeye?

Cause #1. Popeye Played A Trick
 
Puppet Love Popeye And The Pirates Fright To The Finish
Cookin' With Gags Beaus Will Be Beaus I Don't Scare
Nearly Weds The Crystal Brawl

Cause #2.  Accident/Force Of Nature/Disaster/Outside Interference/Misunderstanding
 
Pitchin' Woo At The Zoo For Better Or Nurse Mess Production
Lumberjack And Jill A Balmy Swami

Cause #3.  Matched, Or Outdone, Or Outclassed By Popeye In Olive's Eyes
 
We're On Our Way To Rio Anvil Chorus Girl Rodeo Romeo
The Fistic Mystic Wotta Knight Safari So Good
Wigwam Whoopee Pre-Hysterical Man Popeye Meets Hercules
A Wolf In Sheik's Clothing Robin-Hood Winked Silly Hillbilly
Farmer And The Belle A Job For A Gob Ancient Fistory
Toreadorable Nurse To Meet Ya A Haul In One

Cause #4.  Getting Too Violent With Popeye In Front Of Olive
 

She-Sick Sailors The Fistic Mystic The Island Fling
Snow Place Like Home Beach Peach Mister And Mistletoe
Jitterbug Jive

Cause #5.  Outclassed By Another Guy Besides Popeye
 
Shape Ahoy Shaving Muggs

Cause #6.  Trying To Get Too Physical, Or Coming On Too Strong, With Olive Oyl Too Soon
 
Klondike Casanova  Abusement Park  The Royal Four-Flusher
All's Fair At The Fair Symphony In Spinach  Quick On The Vigor
Vacation With Play  Alpine For You 

Cause #7.  His Deception/Dirty Trick Uncovered By, Or In Front Of, Olive
 
I'll Be Skiing You Lunch With A Punch Parlez-Vous Woo

Cause #8.  He Did Shoddy Work
 
House Tricks Service With A Guile Floor Flusher
Fireman's Brawl

 
 

LESSONS IN LIFE AND LOVE

As Johnny Rivers sang in the classic golden-oldie, "A pretty face can hide an evil mind."  Attractive, rich, sophisticated, and talented members of the opposite sex don't necessarily have the morals to match their other attributes, or what it takes to build a lasting relationship.  Be careful who you give your heart to.  When Olive finds out what many of the guys she's been interested in are really like, she's horrified.  There are many users and abusers out there who only want to satisfy themselves - at your expense, if need be.

Intervention from Popeye or an outside source was all that prevented Olive from ending up with the wrong guy in some cartoons.  Have there been times in your life when friends, family, circumstances, or even God intervened and saved you from disastrous relationships or decisions?  Thank God for the interruption!  And I'm so glad that God continually shows me that He outclasses all the other "gods" which try to tempt me away from him.


 
 
 
 
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