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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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