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Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
A celebration of art by legendary animator Max Fleischer. Features: KoKo's Kozy Korner (1928), Somewhere in Dreamland (1936), Any Rags? (1932), Small Fry (1939), Dinah (1933), The Old Man of the Mountain (1933), and Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936).Year:
2024
3-D Rarities
Selections include Kelley's Plasticon Pictures, the earliest extant 3-D demonstration film from 1922 with incredible footage of Washington and New York City; New Dimensions, the first domestic full color 3-D film originally shown at the World’s Fair in 1940; Thrills for You, a promotional film for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Stardust in Your Eyes, a hilarious standup routine by Slick Slavin; trailer for The Maze, with fantastic production design by William Cameron Menzies; Doom Town, a controversial anti-atomic testing film mysteriously pulled from release; puppet cartoon The Adventures of Sam Space, presented in widescreen; I’ll Sell My Shirt, a burlesque comedy unseen in 3-D for over 60 years; Boo Moon, an excellent example of color stereoscopic animation…and more!Year:
2015
Popeye
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.Year:
1980
Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter
Popeye, Olive Oyl and all other King Features comic strip characters are invited on a cruise hosted by Professor Grimsby, a man who hates laughterYear:
1972
Goodie's Good Deed
In his first outing at trying to do his first good deed as a Boy Scout, Goodie is tormented by the evil gremlins at every turn. The other gremlins hate Goodie because he won't let them have fun going bad things. When he stops two gremlins from starting a fight with two friendly neighbors, the evil sprites tie Goodie up and continue to make trouble with the neighbors. Getting some assistance from an unlikely source, Goodie foils the gremlins' scheme, and the two neighbors became pals once again.Year:
1964
The Timid Knight
Casper visits King Arthur's castle and scares the knights out of their armor. He tries to help a cowardly knight get courage, thus assisting him in saving the princess from an evil dragon.Year:
1964
City Snicker
Casper meets his cousin, Spooky and befriends him. That night, Spooky gets frightened by strange noises and Casper wants to protect Spooky.Year:
1963
Tell Me a Badtime Story
Goodie the Gremlin is on trial for ruining the bad deeds of the other Gremlins. The Gremlin judge orders the nonconformist to sabotage a rocket flight to the moon. Goodie foils the plot and the rocket heads for the moon on schedule.Year:
1963
Funderful Suburbia
A humorous look at the future of suburbia.Year:
1962
Popcorn and Politics
Specs is a little boy who dreams of being president of the United States and turning America into one gigantic amusement park for everyone. But when he considers the speeches and the work of balancing the budget, he forgets the idea, and he's happy just to be president of the little boys' ball club.Year:
1962
Bopin' Hood
A trumpet-playing cat and his jazz band invade Ye Olde Squaresville, a kingdom that has outlawed all but the squarest music.Year:
1961
The Lion's Busy
Sir Reginald Tweedledum IV has to kill an animal to uphold the family tradition.Year:
1961
Northern Mites
Two mischievous penguins fool around with some Antarctic supplies.Year:
1961
Weight for Me
After six months at sea, Popeye and Brutus see that Olive has become overweight after eating too much out of feeling lonely. Popeye wants to help her get thinner while Brutus says she is fine like that. The sailor's attempts to make her exercise are thwarted by his rival each time, ending with both Olive and Popeye trapped in the exercise machines the latter had bought. But eating spinach turns the tables and allows Popeye to trim down his beloved's pounds by using his forearms as a reducing machine. Brutus then decides to follow their example.Year:
1961
Operation Ice-Tickle
Olive tells Popeye and Brutus she'll go out with the first one who brings her back the North Pole -- which turns out to be an actual pole with red and white stripes.Year:
1961
Galaxia
A Russian matchmaker tries to find a wife for a space alien who has landed in the neighborhood.Year:
1960
Seeing Double
Popeye is jailed for committing a bank robbery which he insists he didn't commit. He must prove he didn't do it. In a seemingly unrelated subplot, two thugs build a Popeye robot to do their bidding.Year:
1960
Spinach Greetings
The evil Sea Hag interrupts Popeye's family Christmas.Year:
1960
Popeye's Travels
Popeye's journey in this short is based upon the Lilliputian adventure from the classic novel Gulliver's Travels.Year:
1960
Popeye in the Grand Steeple Chase
Popeye at the horse race track.Year:
1960
Barbecue for Two
Popeye wants to have a barbecue for two -- namely him and Olive. But Brutus, Wimpy and Swee' Pea all try to muscle in.Year:
1960
Tiger Burger
Popeye and Wimpy are in India where the natives are terrified of a man-eating tiger.Year:
1960
Planet Mouseola
A mouse fools Scat the cat into thinking that he's from another planet.Year:
1960
Plumbers Pipe Dream
Popeye's bungling attempts to fix Olive's faucet lead to an escalating series of disasters that culminate in flooding all of New York City.Year:
1960
Hits and Missiles
Popeye, Olive and Wimpy take an unintended trip to the moon, which is inhabited by cheese-people and tyrannized by the Big Cheese.Year:
1960
Counter Attack
Scat the Cat is chasing a mouse through a novelty store.Year:
1960
Peck Your Own Home
A woodpecker keeps a man from sleeping at night in his own home.Year:
1960
Trouble Date
Creepers tries to get Jeepers to get the courage to ask for a date with a bathing beauty that Jeepers knew as a "puppy." Jeepers helps Creepers look for his old girlfriend.Year:
1960
Fiddle-Faddle
Professor Schmaltz sets out to prove his theory about music's soothing abilities throughout Africa.Year:
1960
The Boss Is Always Right
Wise guy Jeepers tries to "help" pal Creepers get a raise from his boss.Year:
1960
Jeep Tale
Popeye tells Swee'Pea the story of how Eugene the Jeep got his special powers. He tells a fairy tale about a mama jeep and her four children- three good girls and a mischievous boy named Jeepers. One day, they go to eat spinach in the good farmer's garden. Jeepers goes into the bad farmer's garden and eats weeds. The farmer catches Jeepers and locks him up, but mama rescues him that night. The next day, the bad farmer tries to chop down the jeep tree, but mama jeep foils him completely. Afterward, the good farmer invites them over for more spinach.Year:
1960
Popeye's Service Station
Popeye is now the manager of a service station, he provides a good service with free extras. Brutus comes along only wanting the free extras, including free access to another customer, Olive Oyl.Year:
1960
Popeye's Pizza Palace
Popeye runs a pizza restaurant. Wimpy wants to pay him Tuesday for some hamburger pizzas, but Popeye says "No money, no pizzas! Cash on the line!" Wimpy would pay Brutus Tuesday if he gave him money for pizzas, but Popeye yells "No money, no pizzas!" Brutus tells Popeye to fix Wimpy some pizzas. Popeye makes a pizza making machine, and asks Brutus what kind of pizzas he wants. Brutus wants a tamale pizza, but Popeye says he never serves tamale pizzas. Brutus then rolls Popeye into some pizza dough, but Popeye eats some spinach pizza and turns Brutus into a pizza-bread man, then kicks him out. Popeye sees Wimpy eating pizza, and has him pay for it.Year:
1960
Matinee Idol Popeye
Brutus is an egotistical French director making a film about Antony and Cleopatra, starring Popeye and Olive Oyl. But Popeye may not survive the production.Year:
1960
Mike The Masquerader
Mike the masquerader disguises himself as a kid in order to rob a bank.Year:
1960
Popeye and the Giant
Popeye is walking across the street, while Wimpy is practicing his hamburger-mooching talk. Brutus notices him and puts growth pills on a hamburger. Wimpy then eats it, and it causes him to grow very big. Brutus takes the towering moocher to the circus, but they refuse to hire him. Wimpy seeks help from the Sea Hag, who puts him in a baby carriage. Popeye sees his friend's large size and tries to shrink him down by feeding him spinach, but it only makes him grow bigger. He gives Wimpy a hamburger, which turns him back to normal. Wimpy thanks Popeye and promises to pay him Tuesday for today's hamburger.Year:
1960
Talking Horse Sense
A man schemes to get rich with a talking horse.Year:
1959
Spooking of Ghosts
A ghost is hired by a real-estate agent on the behalf of a Scots-client to haunt the tight-wad's mansion while he is away so he won't have to pay for a caretaker. A weary hobo, who doesn't believe in ghost, tries to move in the invitingly-empty domicile...and rues the day.Year:
1959
Fit to Be Toyed
Jonathan P. Grisley, the president of a toy company, is sent to a psychiatrist to find out why he plays with toys. He goes back to childhood and thinks that he's got "toy phobia".Year:
1959
Felineous Assault
Katnip teaches his little nephew Kitnip how to catch a mouse. Kitnip goes into Herman's mousehole and gets stuck under a pipe. Herman rescues Kitnip. Instead of being a supposed enemy, Kitnip becomes Herman's friend instead!Year:
1959
Venus and The Master Cyclinder
The Professor sends Poindexter to help the Master Cylinder on Venus. Felix rockets to the planet to save him.Year:
1959
Owly to Bed
A sleep-walking baby owl finds its way in Herman's house, and the friendly mouse makes friends with it. But the owl arouses Katnip, who takes out after it, but Herman always manages to rescue the little owl. The owl finally makes a nest for its self out of Katnip's fur which Herman has stripped off.Year:
1959
Right Off the Bat
A baseball team in desperate need for a star player drafts a horse.Year:
1958
Stork Raving Mad
A far-fetched tale about a baby who doesn't want to be delivered and a stork who goes a little goofy in the process. The stork has a rush delivery, but the baby isn't ready to settle down yet.Year:
1958
Travelaffs
A compilation of spot gags about tourists from earlier cartoons.Year:
1958
Chew Chew Baby
A cannibal wreaks havoc in Cincinnati.Year:
1958
From Mad to Worse
The mice are having a great time playing on a train in a department store's toy department until night watchman Katnip comes along.Year:
1957
Spooky Swabs
Popeye and Olive board a run-down ship, which turns out to be haunted.Year:
1957
Hooky Spooky
On their way to Night School, Casper the Friendly Ghost and his pal, Spooky Ghost, pass a zoo, and Spooky has a good time scaring the animals until Casper, posing as the ghost of the scared denizens of the zoo, scares Spooky.Year:
1957
Spree Lunch
Popeye opens a diner; Bluto pulls one up right across the street. Wimpy comes along, and they compete for his business. The competition escalates, until finally they are throwing things at each other; Wimpy stands between them and snags a complete meal from the stream of objects passing overhead. Another spinach-free Popeye.Year:
1957
Patriotic Popeye
Two of Popeye's nephews get caught playing with fireworks on the Fourth of July. Popeye takes them away, and they spend the rest of the picture trying to get them back (mostly by getting Popeye away from them).Year:
1957
The Crystal Brawl
Bluto muscles out Popeye to take Olive to the fair. Popeye rushes ahead and poses as a fortune teller, luring Olive in. He shows Olive her future (actually, her past) in the crystal ball.Year:
1957
Cat In The Act
Unaware that Katnip is the night watchman, Herman takes his three nephews to Paramount Pictures Studios on a sightseeing trip. They sneak in and find fake alligators and a fake King Kong, but a real live Katnip. Herman promises to make Katnip a movie star if he will let them go.Year:
1957
Nearlyweds
Popeye and Bluto both plan to marry Olive Oyl, but Popeye proposes first. When Olive says, "Yes!" to Popeye, Bluto sets out to make Popeye look bad, break up the wedding, and win Olive over.Year:
1957
Pest Pupil
1957 Baby Huey is a big duck enrolled in kindergarten. Despite being big and clumsy, he attempts to fit in, causing havoc and getting expelled by the teacher. His mother then hires a private tutor, who is also tortured by Baby Huey's good intentioned efforts. The tutor winds up in the ocean but Huey saves his life from sharks and gets his diploma as a reward.Year:
1957
Spooking About Africa
Casper is in an African jungle. He frightens a zebra at a watering hole. Wheezy the elephant has a terrible sneezing problem; he sneezes all the feathers off a peacock and a group of monkeys out of their perches. Casper decides to help, and in the process dislodges the feather that was making the elephant sneeze. But then a fire breaks out, and the elephant is unable to sneeze on command.Year:
1957
Lion in the Roar
In the African jungle, King Louis, is telling his son, the future King Louie, that someday he will inherit the throne of the King of the Jungle, and he must act accordingly. But young Louie's posturing and combined with his weak roar and small stature fails to impress the denizens of the jungle, and they all laugh at him. A huge gorilla appears and they quit laughing and scurry away while the gorilla attacks Louie's father. Will Louie save the day?Year:
1956
A Haul in One
Popeye and Bluto are, believe it or not, pals and partners in a moving company. (Maybe it's because Popeye isn't squinting here.) Anyhow, Olive has made the mistake of hiring them. She hasn't finished packing yet, so the boys, smitten as soon as she answers the door, compete to help her. Once packed, they compete to move more impressive piles of her belongings. Popeye easily wins these contests, even though Bluto locks him in the van at one point. At the end, Bluto socks Popeye into the piano, then into a table; though he hardly seems to need it, Popeye still eats his spinach, then thrashes Bluto.Year:
1956
I Don't Scare
Bluto sabotages Popeye's date with the superstitious Olive Oyl on Friday the 13th.Year:
1956
Fright from Wrong
The Ghostly Trio give Casper the Friendly Ghost a pill to make him as mean as they are.Year:
1956
Sir Irving and Jeames
About a rich dog and his poor servant.Year:
1956
Parlez Vous Woo
Olive is so captived by "The International", a radio personality with a French accent, that she'd rather stay home than go out on a date with Popeye. Bluto, overhearing this, comes to the door as the character.Year:
1956
Line of Screammage
Even dead kids can be a bad influence. Take what happens to Billy for example. Casper the "friendly" ghost takes the slightly awkward little boy under his wing, and before long the two of them are cheating in a local football game.Year:
1956
Insect to Injury
Popeye has just finished his house when a band of termites attacks.Year:
1956
Assault and Flattery
In Judge Wimpy's courtroom, Bluto accuses Popeye of assault and battery; he claims to have been attacked by him on several occasions, without provocation. Popeye then tells his side.Year:
1956
Penguin for Your Thoughts
After startling a stork who drops his package, Casper the Friendly Ghost delivers a baby penguin to its parents at the South Pole.Year:
1956
Out to Punch
Popeye's training for his boxing match with Bluto by jumping rope with a massive chain. Bluto, who's lazy about everything except sabotage, decides he needs to stop Popeye.Year:
1956
Swab the Duck
Baby Huey sees some little ducks playing pirate and wants to join in, but when he jumps on their raft, he sends them flying into the hungry fox's frying pan. Huey accidentally frees them when he jumps onto the fox in his enthusiasm to join them. The fox decides he'd rather pursue the gigantic Huey than the tiny ducklings, and when he overhears Huey wishing he could play pirate, the fox dresses as a pirate aboard a convenient nearby replica pirate ship.Year:
1956
Dutch Treat
Casper, the always friendly and friend-seeking ghost, is in Holland where little Hans is a willing playmate as he does his chores.Year:
1956
Popeye for President
Popeye and Bluto are running for President. It's election day, the vote is tied, and Olive Oyl is the only remaining voter. However, she won't vote, and the election outcome be decided, until her chores are done. Popeye and Bluto compete to complete them.Year:
1956
Hill-billing and Cooing
Popeye and Olive are driving through hillbilly country; a very large woman hillbilly is in search of a man, and grabs Popeye. And when Popeye's spinach falls, it's up to Olive to save the day.Year:
1956
A Job for a Gob
Olive's ranch needs a helper, and the boys just happen to be passing by. Bluto's convinced he's better, but Popeye wins at all of Olive's tests: riding a bronco and branding. As Popeye wins the job, Bluto starts a stampede and a fire simultaneously. With some spinach help, Popeye gets Bluto out of the way, douses the fire, and saves Olive from the stampede.Year:
1955
Mousieur Herman
Herman and Katnip in an art school.Year:
1955
Red White and Boo
Through the use of a Time Machine, Casper the Friendly Ghost gets transported back in time, In the stone-age, Casper frightens cave-men and women. Robert Fulton's steamboat makes a successful first trip when Casper's ghostly form frightens it into action. Casper assists Paul Revere on his famous ride when Revere's horse, frightened by Casper, ceases to balk and breaks into a gallop. George Washington, crossing the Delaware River, is sped up by Casper's appearance, and Casper becomes a hero by besting the British Redcoats.Year:
1955
Rabbit Punch
It's the night of the Big Fight between Tommy Tortoise and Michael "Moe" Hare. Tommy takes a beating at first and "Moe" knocks him through the "screen" onto the the animator's table, where Tommy learns what strategy and weapons "Moe" will be using in the fight. Since his shell is good protection, Tommy produces two more shells and "Moe" is soon confused by having to play the old shell game. The hare then stuffs horseshoe into his gloves, but the tortoise reacts by pushing a magnet for the rabbit's throat. The rabbit is soon punching himself.Year:
1955
Mister and Mistletoe
It's Christmas Eve. Popeye's nephews are staying over with Olive, and Popeye is there helping decorate. Bluto disguises himself as Santa and horns in on Olive.Year:
1955
Poop Goes the Weasel
A Paramount Noveltoon (production number P14-6) which finds Waxey the Weasel invading a chicken-coop where a chicken named Wishbone has just been hatched. Waxey the Weasel takes off after Wishbone but the chick manages to outwit the weasel. Wishbone pleads that he is innocent and helpless as he leads Waxey into the clutches of a sinister, weasel-hating guard dog.Year:
1955
Gift of Gag
Popeye's nephews try to sneak a birthday present for their Uncle Popeye into his house.Year:
1955
Beaus Will Be Beaus
Popeye and Bluto both show up to take Olive to the beach. Olive agrees, but only on the condition they promise to stop fighting...Year:
1955
Git Along Lil' Duckie
The over-sized Baby Huey wants to join the little ducks in their cowboy game but they don't want him. A fox comes along and the ducklings flee and leave Huey to fight the enemy. The fox uses an exploding-cigar, a shotgun and dynamite against him but Huey is too tough and the fox winds up being the pursued.Year:
1955
Penny Antics
A virtual remake of Customers Wanted, with Popeye and Bluto running competing penny arcades showing customer Wimpy clips from past shorts, though in this case, rather than each arcade owner showing clips from the same story, they show different stories.Year:
1955
Cookin' with Gags
Popeye, the proprietor of a gymnasium for women, has Olive Oyl as one of his pupils. Rival Bluto disguises himself as a coy flapper and joins the class. Believing Bluto to be a woman, Popeye is very annoyed when Bluto tries to show him up.Year:
1955
Gopher Spinach
Popeye is planting his spinach bed. Just as he finishes, the plants start disappearing. He discovers a gopher filching the baby plants and starts battling it.Year:
1954
Private Eye Popeye
Private Eye Popeye gets a call from Olive Oyl to guard a precious gem. But no sooner does he get the gem than the butler takes it.Year:
1954
Fright to the Finish
At Halloween, Olive Oyl is reading ghost stories to Popeye and Bluto. Popeye scoffs. Bluto decides to take advantage of this by pretending to go home, then staging various pranks.Year:
1954
Greek Mirthology
Popeye is trying to get his nephews to eat their spinach, so he tells them about how Hercules (Popeye) defeated a bully (Bluto).Year:
1954
Bride and Gloom
Popeye is marrying Olive tomorrow; he's ecstatic. She has a dream of the future, including twin sons who prove to be a real handful. When Popeye comes by the next morning, he gets a frosty reception.Year:
1954
Candy Cabaret
Set in a nightclub in Sugarland---not the one in Texas---the bon-bons, lollipops, taffy and other sweet-and-sticky citizens perform in a musical show. The grand finale features the Sugar Lump Orchestra playing "Ain't She Sweet" while the bouncing-ball leads the theatre audience in a sing-along.Year:
1954
Taxi-Turvy
Popeye and Bluto are taxi drivers; they are, of course, competing for fares - and Olive, in particular.Year:
1954
Popeye's 20th Anniversary
Popeye is being honored for his 20 years of films, in a dinner hosted by 'Bob Hope' (several other celebrities are present, like Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, 'Jerry Lewis' and 'Dean Martin').Year:
1954
Zero the Hero
Zero the Dog, already a failure as a bloodhound or a retriever, is just as bad as a watchdog, and is frightened when a burglar appears. Casper the Friendly Ghost, unknown to Zero, comes to his aid and frightens the burglar away. Zero thinks he did it on his own, and gains back all of his lost self-respect.Year:
1954
Crazytown
The story of a town where everything is topsy-turvy.Year:
1954
The Seapreme Court
Little Audrey, while fishing, falls to the bottom of the sea, where she encounters all types of sea-life and then is arrested by the local fish-constable. She is tried by a jury of sardines who find her guilty, and she is sentenced to the 'eelectric chair." She makes an escape attempt, and wakes up to find it has all been a dream. She has a nibble on her fishing line and reels in a small fish, which she quickly returns to the water.Year:
1954
Floor Flusher
Popeye and Bluto stop by to see Olive and fix her leaky faucet. Popeye does it better, and Bluto gets jealous, so he starts rerouting Olive's plumbing and causing all sorts of leaks.Year:
1954
Boo Moon
Casper the Friendly Ghost comes to the aid of King Luna and his people after being attacked by invading Tree Men. On the 3D Bluray 3-D Rarities Volume 1, this appears as an extra in 3D.Year:
1954
Popeye, the Ace of Space
Popeye is abducted by Martians who conduct a series of hideous experiments on him, but thanks to his copious spinach supply (4 cans), all the experiments fail.Year:
1953
Firemen's Brawl
Popeye and Bluto are manning a fire station when the alarm comes in: it's Olive's house.Year:
1953
Baby Wants a Battle
Popeye and Bluto fight over taking Olive out; she decides they'll all stay home together. While looking over a family album, Popeye tells the story of a day-long fight he and Bluto had as infants.Year:
1953
Invention Convention
Singalong about wacky inventions.Year:
1953
Toreadorable
Popeye and Olive are at a bullfight selling snacks. When toreador Bluto throws the bull, Olive falls for him.Year:
1953
Popeye's Mirthday
Olive is preparing a birthday party for Popeye. He arrives too soon, and she assigns his nephews (only three in this picture) to keep him out until she's ready. They do this in their usual creative ways.Year:
1953
Herman the Catoonist
When the cartoonist takes a coffee break and leaves the office for a spell, Katnip and "Hoiman" break the 4th-dimesion wall (and several dozen real walls)with their escapades and conflicts and ideas exchanges. Katnip, per usual, gets the short end as Herman leaves him stuck in the ink bottle.Year:
1953
Philharmaniacs
Singalong about an all-animal orchestra, spoofing the musicians and various instruments of the orchestra.Year:
1953
Child Sockology
Olive invites the boys over for dinner. They play briefly with Swee'pea, but when the inevitable fight starts, they ignore him and he wanders off to a construction site. The boys alternate between fighting each other and rescuing the tot, with Bluto concentrating on fighting and Popeye on saving.Year:
1953
Frightday the 13th
There's good boos tonight: Frightday the 13th. All the ghosts plan on going out to scare someone... except for Casper the Friendly Ghost, who goes out and makes friends with Lucky the black cat.Year:
1953
Ancient Fistory
It's the middle ages (sort of); Popeye is working in Bluto's Beanery. Bluto is going to the ball where Princess Olive will choose her mate. Popeye's fairy godpappy appears and it's a reverse Cinderella story, with a car created from a can of spinach.Year:
1953
Big Bad Sindbad
Popeye is taking his nephews to the museum, and proves to them that he is the greatest sailor in the world by telling them of a time he bested Sindbad the Sailor when Sindbad tried to abduct Olive Oyl.Year:
1952
Forest Fantasy
Singalong with spot gags about forest animals.Year:
1952
Shuteye Popeye
Popeye's snoring is keeping his resident mouse awake. The mouse fights back.Year:
1952
Popalong Popeye
Popeye is hosting three of his western-obsessed nephews on his ranch. To get them to eat their spinach, he tells about how he arrived at the ranch and was humiliated by foreman Bluto until, of course, he ate his spinach.Year:
1952
Clown on the Farm
Baby Huey, the man-sized duckling, wants to play circus with the regular-size ducks, and they trick him into a barrel which almost goes over a cliff. It doesn't but it puts him into the hands of a hungry fox, who tries all manner of tricks to make Baby Huey palatable. They all fail and Baby Huey winds up as the circus ringmaster, putting the defeated fox through all kinds of tricks.Year:
1952
Tots of Fun
Popeye is building a house while his nephews practice their music. The kids come out to help, but only cause trouble, so Popeye sends them back to practice. He finishes his house, goes in, and it collapses. The boys decide they can help Popeye and practice at the same time, so they build a skyscraper luxury apartment building to the tune of the ever-popular Poet and Peasant Overture.Year:
1952
Gag And Baggage
Singalong with spot gags about the history of the railroad.Year:
1952
Dizzy Dinosaurs
The cavemen go to the Paramountain Theater.Year:
1952
Friend or Phony
To convince Popeye to throw away his spinach, Bluto fakes his death, after showing clips of "spinach moments" from a couple earlier shows.Year:
1952
Law and Audrey
Audrey plays baseball with Pal, but she hurts and angers a police man several times, that he chases her, but Audrey rescues him from drowning in a pond.Year:
1952
Swimmer Take All
Popeye and Bluto are in a swimming race across the English Channel. As usual, Bluto has a million ways to cheat, and Popeye overcomes all of them to win. Some of the bits: Popeye's suit is connected to a fish hook; the fish unravels it and Popeye knits it back together. Bluto is on a raft and blows sneezing powder at Popeye. Bluto attaches a magnet to Popeye which attracts a mine (which ends up blowing Popeye much closer to the line). Bluto dumps a load of cement on Popeye.Year:
1952
Fun At The Fair
Singalong with spot gags about an animal fair.Year:
1952
Ghost of the Town
In this pun-title cartoon (from Toast of the Town) Casper, the friendly ghost, is banished from Ghost Town/Heaven/Territory, because he refuses to frighten living people.Year:
1952
Lunch with a Punch
Popeye and Olive take his nephews on a picnic. They don't want to eat their spinach, so Popeye tells them about his school days, when Bluto repeatedly got Popeye in trouble and eventually stole Olive away until Popeye had his spinach and saved her from an oncoming train. After his story, Bluto grabs Popeye and the nephews eat their spinach and save him.Year:
1952
Off We Glow
Singalong with spot gags about various insects.Year:
1952
The Deep Boo Sea
Little Billy wants to play pirates with two older friends. However, the big kids won't let him play. He meets up with Casper, and the two build a raft together and sail out to to sea to search for pirate treasure... and find it.Year:
1952
Popeye's Pappy
Popeye meets up with his mom, who thinks that his long-lost Poopdeck Pappy is stranded on a tropical island.Year:
1952
Snooze Reel
Screen Song with spot gags about newsreels (including Paramount's own newsreel division).Year:
1952
Casper Takes a Bow-Wow
Casper, the Friendly Ghost, who does not like scaring people, is hauled up before the Ghost Tribunal and is quickly convicted of Friendship-in-the-First Degree and is booted out of the local ghost community.Year:
1951
Punch and Judo
Popeye drops a TV off at the orphanage; the program that comes on is a boxing match he's supposed to be in, so he dashes off. The fight is against the champ, who is huge. Popeye gets pummelled in the first round, but his fighting spirit materializes and advises him to outwit his opponent. In the second round, he does so. The champ then uses a light socket to "burn out" Popeye so he can't outthink him, and (as with the rest of this pun-filled match) "knocks him cold", turning him into a block of ice. The orphans feed Popeye his spinach right through the TV set, and he comes back to knock the champ through the screen.Year:
1951
Vegetable Vaudeville
A singalong with spot gags about vegetables.Year:
1951
Let's Stalk Spinach
Popeye's nephews don't want to eat their spinach, so Popeye tells them about his youth, before he liked spinach. In a Jack and the beanstalk scenario, he climbs a spinach-stalk and encounters a greedy giant. He ultimately vanquishes the giant with help from spinach that he accidentally eats from a giant can, and the nephews chow down on their sandwiches.Year:
1951
Casper Comes to Clown
Casper befriends a bear cub with a natural talent for juggling. Soon the cub is in the circus, but a gorilla proves to be much scarier than any ghost.Year:
1951
Boo Scout
Casper the Friendly Ghost befriends a Boy Scout.Year:
1951
Pilgrim Popeye
Popeye's been feeding a turkey in his backyard; it's Thanksgiving day, and his (3) nephews are all set to turn the turkey into the main course. But Popeye can't bring himself to do the deed, so he tells them a story about the time he was a pilgrim and a turkey saved his life. Popeye is hunting the turkey, which keeps outsmarting him; he finally corners the bird, which gives him a sob story about being too scrawny to eat. Popeye gives him some spinach, but before the bird can eat it, Popeye is captured by Indians. They tie him to a stake. The turkey, watching, remembers the spinach, which turns the turkey into an eagle. He swoops down, carries off the first batch of Indians and throws them into a mountain; he turns another batch into a totem pole. Popeye finishes his story and sees the boys missing; dinner time! They prepare to serve the turkey his big plate of spinach.Year:
1951
To Boo or Not to Boo
Mild-and-meek Casper, the Friendly Ghost, is depressed and glum because people will have nothing to do with him despite the fact that he has read "How To Win Friends, and Influence People".Year:
1951
Alpine for You
Popeye is climbing the Alps, and Olive is being hauled up behind him on a rope, taking pictures. Mountain guide Bluto spots them through binoculars, and goes crazy over Olive. He immediately intercepts them and tries to convince them they need a professional guide. Popeye resists, so Bluto uses a number of tricks: cutting the rope, burning a bridge they are crossing, using a magnet to break Popeye's climbing pick. Olive finally has had enough, and goes off with Bluto, who promptly gets her alone in a dark cave. Her screams bring Popeye, whose battle with Bluto carves a Mount Rushmore replica in a mountain-top. Bluto knocks Popeye into a snowbank, where a Saint Bernard dog revives him with spinach (after consulting a handy Popeye comic book). Popeye bashes Bluto into a mountain, forming a Paramount logo.Year:
1951
Miners Forty Niners
Singalong about the discovery of gold in California.Year:
1951
Thrill of Fair
Popeye, Olive, and Swee'pea take their pig, Smedley, to the fair to enter it in the livestock show. While Popeye is distracted, Swee'pea crawls off following his balloon and narrowly avoids all sorts of peril (that Popeye, close behind, manages to get caught by).Year:
1951
Drippy Mississippi
Singalong with spot gags about the Mississippi River as it runs from Minneapolis/St. Paul through Davenport and St. Louis down to New Orleans.Year:
1951
Tweet Music
Singalong with spot gags about birds.Year:
1951
Vacation with Play
Popeye and Olive are on vacation at Lake Narrowhead. Olive wants to take part in athletic activities, while Popeye just wants to rest (particularly since he had to substitute for one wheel of their sad excuse of a car). Olive goes off for athletic instruction while Popeye sleeps until he sees that the instructor is Bluto, and he's taking a personal interest in Olive.Year:
1951
The Farmer and the Belle
Olive Oyl's Farm is desparately in need of a farmhand. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the boys are driving by. They compete for the job. Chores: Getting water from a well, picking apples, shoeing a horse, gathering eggs. Popeye feeds a hen a little spinach, and she produces a mountain of eggs, which eventually end up all over Bluto. Bluto drops an anvil on Popeye, then goes after Olive against her wishes, chasing her into a succession of haystacks (where he finds a needle!). The chicken feeds Popeye his spinach, and he triumphs, sending Bluto into the pigpen (where the pigs won't have anything to do with him).Year:
1950
Riot in Rhythm
Popeye's nephews practice their music, swinging out at the end. He puts them to bed with a perfunctory story; they say their prayers, finishing by blessing "all the nice people that come to see their pictures." But they're not ready to sleep, so they sneak down to their instruments. Popeye confiscates the instruments (even the piano) so he can get some sleep. The tots quickly realize that common objects in their bedroom can be used as musical instruments and they start swinging out on everything in sight. Popeye can't catch them in the act; they are always asleep when he looks in, even through the window or floorboards. He pulls his bed outside the iris-out, but they follow and he runs down the aisle of the theatre.Year:
1950
The Voice of the Turkey
A Paramount Noveltoon (production number P10-1) that has a farmer fattening up a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, but when he starts to sharpen his axe, the turkey gets wise and manages to escape with the aid of a ghostly disguise.Year:
1950
Quick on the Vigor
Popeye takes Olive to the carnival; while he's busy winning candy at the "ring the bell" stand, strongman Bluto muscles in on her. There follows the inevitable contest, invevitably rigged.Year:
1950
Boos in the Nite
It's Halloween Eve and the Ghost are all preparing for their night out of scares, which turns into a sing-a-long of "Pack Up Your Troubles".Year:
1950
Saved by the Bell
Herman the mouse installs a bell on a cat to help his mice friends.Year:
1950
Popeye Makes a Movie
Popeye and Olive prepare to make a movie while his nephews watch. The movie is a significant portion of Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves, which makes up over 80% of this release (beginning with Popeye, Olive, and Wimpy suffering in the desert), and despite admonitions, the nephews get involved a couple times, most notably tossing Popeye his can of spinach.Year:
1950
Gobs of Fun
The captain of a ship's crew, a mouse, goes to the bar to pick up his men. After forcing the initially reluctant sailors onboard, they set sail and hit the (literal) high seas. Spots gags abound such as a cook dumping the garbage overboard into a clam's mouth, the clam getting his revenge by climbing onboard and spraying the garbage back at the cook, and a running gag involving a bear who is splashed by his bucket of water each time he throws it overboard. Finally, we are invited to sing along to the old sea tune, "Strike Up the Band".Year:
1950
Jitterbug Jive
Olive has invited the boys over, but finds Popeye old-fashioned compared to the zoot-suited Bluto. Popeye wants to dance a waltz, pull taffy, play pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey and croquet, and bob for apples, but Olive turns up her nose at all these as Bluto sabotages them. Finally, Bluto pours quick-drying cement in the apple water and drives off with Olive. Popeye, encased in cement, rolls downhill into a vegetable shop, right next to a bin of spinach. Good thing, because Bluto's getting fresh in a very old-fashioned way. A zoot-suited Popeye stops him, and gets the girl.Year:
1950
Beach Peach
Popeye and Olive are having a day at the beach; the lifeguard (not drawn as Bluto, though he sounds and acts like him) sees Olive and puts the moves on.Year:
1950
Gym Jam
Popeye runs a gym; his only customer on ladies day is Olive. Bluto, seeing Olive go in, dresses in drag to get admittance. Popeye comes on to him; all the while, Bluto is beating up Popeye and pretending they are accidents, until his wig comes off.Year:
1950
Quack-a Doodle-Doo
His Mama is the only one who love Baby Huey, an overgrown clumsy ugly duckling. The other Mamas and their broods shun him like the plague and make his little life miserable. But when a ferocious fox attacks the barnyard, Huey comes to the rescue of one and all. Huey is a hero basking in his new-found popularity.Year:
1950
How Green Is My Spinach
To finally defeat Popeye, Bluto sets out to destroy the spinach crop.Year:
1950
The Fly's Last Flight
Popeye is settling in for a nap in his hammock, but every sound in the city is disturbing him until he moves indoors. Even there, he's plagued by houseflies. He chases them outdoors, except for one. That one ends up in a spinach can and gives Popeye a real fight.Year:
1949
Strolling Thru the Park
This Screen Song audience-participation short (Paramount production number X9-1)is an all-animated short with cartoon caricatures of many Hollywood personalities, and some weird, unpredictable animals prior to the bouncing ball's entrance to lead a sing-along of "Strolling Through the Park."Year:
1949
Barking Dogs Don't Fite
Olive asks Popeye to walk her dainty new poodle Reggie, to his intense embarrassment. Bluto comes by with his bulldog, Killer, who tries to kill Reggie. The resourceful little pooch avoids Killer for a while, but is eventually caught, and when Popeye tries to help, Bluto takes him out of commission as well, until they both eat their spinach just before Bluto is ready to run them both over with a steam-roller.Year:
1949
Silly Hillbilly
Popeye's traveling department store comes to hillbilly country. He gets upset as Bluto, mistaking a radiator for an accordion, cuckoo clocks for a shooting gallery, and a girdle for a hammock, does violence to his store. But Olive arrives, looking for a makeover, and that distracts Popeye a while. Bluto sees the "new" Olive and gets jealous, and the feud is on.Year:
1949
Tar with a Star
Gunfights are diminishing the population (1864- for the time being) in the tough Western town of Cactus Corners.Year:
1949
A Balmy Swami
Popeye and Olive are taking in a variety show. Popeye enjoys the juggling seal very much, but he's followed by magician/hypnotist Bluto. Bluto spots Olive in her luxury box and immediate makes plans. First, he humiliates Popeye with a series of magic tricks. Next, he hypnotizes Olive, but while she's walking toward Bluto in a trance, Popeye points her the other way and goes after Bluto himself. Meanwhile, Olive has walked out the stage door and onto a construction site, and the boys race to save her. Popeye's efforts are hampered by Bluto's magic, like the instant brick wall he builds. Bluto awakens her, and she attacks him and then panics. Popeye throws her a hook to save her; it does, but it crashes through a window, bringing a piano (!) out with it. The piano crashes on the building, and Olive is catapulted by the strings to a distant platform. Another race to save her. As Popeye is trapped in a plummeting elevator, he breaks out the spinach.Year:
1949
Hot Air Aces
Despite the title, the vehicles here are airplanes, not balloons. Bluto and Popeye are racing around the world; Bluto's got a sort of rocket plane, and Popeye's got a sad old prop model that has to be hand-started. He gets off to a bad start, as Bluto spins the prop, getting Popeye tangled up in it. This knocks him out; Olive puts him into his plane and gives him a push, and Popeye wakes up in the nick of time. Bluto stops off at the Eiffel Tower to woo a maiden; Popeye, with help from a lightning bolt, passes him. Bluto catches up again, and removes Popeye's engine. The plane crashes into the ocean, but fortunately, there's a case of spinach and a giant magnet nearby, so Popeye rebuilds the plane, using spinach cans to replace the missing pistons, and wins the race, as his spinach exhaust fries Bluto's plane.Year:
1949
Lumberjack and Jill
Popeye and Bluto are lumberjacks who compete for the affections of their new cook, Olive Oyl.Year:
1949
A-Haunting We Will Go
Casper the Friendly Ghost, sad that he can make no friends since everyone he meets is afraid of him, hatches an abandoned egg and becomes the emerging little duck's best friend and protector.Year:
1949
Popeye's Premiere
Popeye and Olive are at the premiere of Popeye's new movie. He gets a little too wrapped up in the movie, interacting with it at various points, and even handing the screen version of himself a can of spinach. The movie itself is the story of Aladdin, minus the songs and about half the footage of the short it's cut from.Year:
1949
Symphony in Spinach
Singer Olive Oyl needs an accompanist, and both Popeye and Bluto apply for the job.Year:
1948
Robin Hood-Winked
Popeye is Robin Hood; he's got a sidekick, Little John. Bluto is the tax collector, and Olive is the owner/barmaid at the local pub. Bluto comes to the pub to collect taxes and falls for Olive.Year:
1948
Snow Place Like Home
Popeye and Olive are relaxing in the water off Miami when a hurricane hits. It carries them to the North Pole. Fortunately, a penguin comes by advertising Pierre's Trading Post; unfortunately, Pierre has eyes for Olive.Year:
1948
Spinach vs Hamburgers
Popeye's nephews would rather have hamburgers than spinach, so Popeye recounts some of his past exploits where spinach saved the day.Year:
1948
A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
Popeye and Olive are riding a camel in Arabia. They stop to fill the camel with water and freshen up a bit; Olive muses aloud that she'd like to kiss a sheik. A sheik, looking a lot like Bluto, happens to overhear this and sets up a kissing booth. He carries her away to his luxurious tent. Popeye finally finishes up and notices Olive is gone; he chases after her, but his camel suffers a blowout. Meanwhile, the sheik has been wooing Olive. Popeye arrives, and after briefly sharing the hookah with the sheik, tries to leave with Olive. The sheik will have none of it; he wraps Popeye like a mummy and fires him with a cannon into the sphinx. Fortuitously, there's a can of spinach inside, and Popeye saves the day.Year:
1948
Popeye Meets Hercules
The first Olympics, starring Hercules (looking, but not quite sounding, like a really pumped-up Bluto), who challenges anyone to do the same feats as him. Popeye takes that challenge, of course. First, they battle animals, with Bluto pulling the skins off two wild elephants and Popeye turning three lions into a nesting set. The discus throw doesn't go well, with Herc's disc swooping Popeye into Herc's hand. The javelin is even worse for Popeye, with Herc throwing him all the way to the moon. This gives him a chance to go after Olive in typical Bluto fashion; her cries of help reach Popeye, who prays to the Greek goddess Spinachia, who delivers a can of spinach to him.Year:
1948
There's Good Boos To-Night
Casper makes friends with a fox cub. But the new friendship is threatened when a fox hunter and his two hounds come on the scene.Year:
1948
Pre-Hysterical Man
Popeye and Olive are atop the highest peak in Yellowstone Park; Olive falls off into a deep hole, where a caveman and dinosaur are still living. Olive almost ends up in the dinosaur, but the caveman (longing for a woman) saves her. Olive falls for him, but Popeye, noticing Olive's absence, comes down and saves her from the caveman. They fight it out; the caveman stuffs Popeye into a not-quite-empty spinach can and feeds him to the dinosaur, but of course, Popeye breaks out and wins the day.Year:
1948
Wigwam Whoopee
Popeye follows along behind the Mayflower in his own rowboat. He washes up on Plymouth Rock.Year:
1948
Olive Oyl for President
Tired of political rhetoric, Olive lays out her platform.Year:
1948
Base Brawl
At the zoo, the animals have all gone to play baseball. Animals fill the stands as they watch the antics that can only come about from exotic animals who play baseball.Year:
1948
All's Fair at the Fair
Bluto, the daring hot air balloon rider, catches the eye of Olive at a carnival, much to Popeye's chagrin. Bluto manages to make Popeye look bad several times, eventually winning a ring at the ball toss and taking her up in his balloon. Of course, he tries to get fresh with her, and Popeye comes to the rescue with the help of some fireworks. The hot air balloon gets a bit too hot, putting Olive in even more danger.Year:
1947
Santa's Surprise
Seven children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve and decide to surprise him with some help around the house while he sleeps.Year:
1947
Safari So Good
Popeye and Olive are on an African safari, he with a rifle, she with a camera. Olive happens across a Tarzan-like man (Bluto), and she and he are immediately smitten with one another. Popeye catches wind of this and isn't about to stand for the jungle hunk muscling in on his girl. Let the fighting and one-upmanship begin.Year:
1947
Wotta Knight
Popeye and Bluto are knights, jousting for the honor of Sleeping Beauty (Olive, with long blonde hair). Of course, Bluto plays dirty, squirting grease on the field in front of Popeye's horse, and using an extra-long lance. But Popeye wins anyhow, and climbs SB's tower with Bluto right behind him. They fight over her, playing tug-of-war with her pigtails.Year:
1947
Naughty But Mice
Herman, the city-slicker mouse (looking like a cross between James Cagney and Lee Tracy) visits his barn-mice cousins in the country.Year:
1947
The Royal Four-Flusher
Popeye and Olive are feeding squirrels in the park when the rich and elegant Count Marvo (Bluto), the magician (and practical joker), rides up on his horse and steals Olive away, while tricking Popeye with an exploding cigar and other gimmicks.Year:
1947
Popeye and the Pirates
Popeye is taking Olive on a boat ride when she spots a pirate ship. They are soon captured, and Popeye has to rescue Olive from the (initially charming) pirate captain. He tries tricks, like dressing in drag, but until the spinach, no luck. Fortunately, a passing swordfish reading a Popeye comic book recognizes him and feeds him the spinach on the comic cover.Year:
1947
Madhattan Island
A humorous tour of Manhattan concludes with 3 bouncing-ball songs.Year:
1947
I'll Be Skiing Ya
Popeye and Olive are on a winter vacation in Lake Plastered, NY. Popeye is teaching Olive to ice skate (but not doing a very good job); she catches the eye of skating instructor Bluto. But when Bluto takes her up a ski lift and puts the moves on, she calls for Popeye to save her, and soon, everyone is skiing down that hill.Year:
1947
Spree for All
Snuffy Smith, a returning war veteran, wants peace and quiet. He settles in the mountains, only to have his peace shattered by two violently feuding families.Year:
1946
Rocket to Mars
Popeye and Olive are touring a museum when they accidentally launch a rocketship to Mars. Olive escapes, but Popeye gets to Mars, where he is attacked (by a group led by Bluto) that was preparing to invade Earth. Fortunately, Popeye has a can of spinach handy, so he can save the Earth (turning most of the Martian war apparatus into amusement park rides).Year:
1946
The Friendly Ghost
Casper struggles to find friends who won't run away scared when they meet him.Year:
1945
Mess Production
Olive Oyl, a regular Rosie the Riveter, receives a blow to the head from a swinging grappling hook, sending her into a sleepwalking state. Popeye and Bluto, two rival factory workers, fight each other for privilege of saving her life.Year:
1945
Tops in the Big Top
Bluto is the ringmaster; Popeye is the star attraction. Bluto covets Popeye's assistant Olive. Popeye sticks his head in a lion's mouth, but Bluto has put a steak on Popeye's head. When he gets out of that, he does his high wire act: carrying a piano, and Olive, blindfolded. Bluto sabotages this with a banana peel and tosses Popeye to the monkey cage, while he has his way with Olive - until Popeye eats his spinach.Year:
1945
Pop-Pie a la Mode
Popeye, adrift at sea on a raft, eventually comes to an island which, it turns out, is inhabited by cannibals.Year:
1945
She-Sick Sailors
Bluto disguises himself as Superman in order to impress the comic book hero's biggest fan, Olive Oyl. A jealous Popeye becomes a real superhero by eating his spinach.Year:
1944
Moving Aweigh
Popeye and Shorty help Olive move. Unfortunately, they start by running into a police car, and keep running afoul of the officer.Year:
1944
Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo
Popeye takes Olive to the zoo, where she's spotted by zookeeper Bluto, who tries various stunts to impress her and/or get rid of Popeye.Year:
1944
It's Nifty to Be Thrifty
In an attempt to prevent his daughter from spending her money needlessly on sweets, Mr. Moppet tells Lulu the story of The Grasshopper and The Ant. Seeing how the grasshopper wasted his money, and could count on no help from the ant, Lulu promises her father that he won't waste her money any more. But the temptation of the local candy store grows too strong, and Lulu buys all of the sweets that she can get hold of in order to "save up for the winter."Year:
1944
Puppet Love
Bluto builds a Popeye puppet and manipulates it to treat Olive rudely. Then he comes in and takes Olive away. When Popeye discovers the ruse, knocks Bluto out and ties puppet strings to him.Year:
1944
Spinach Packin' Popeye
Popeye donates blood, then dashes off to a boxing match with Bluto. He loses. Olive, who heard this on the radio, rejects him as no longer strong enough for her, and is preparing to join the army (where Bluto apparently is). Popeye stops her at the door, and insists on showing her sequences from two earlier two-reelers to prove his strength, but she's unimpressed. Fortunately, this was all a dream; he awakens in the blood bank, and dashes over to see Olive, who reaffirms her love.Year:
1944
The Anvil Chorus Girl
Popeye and Bluto pass by Olive's blacksmith shop and are smitten. Olive needs help, and of course both of the boys offer, and demonstrate their prowess at blacksmithing.Year:
1944
W'ere on our way to Rio
Actually, Popeye and Bluto are already there. They visit a nightclub, where the featured singer/dancer is, of course, Olive Oyl.Year:
1944
Eggs Don't Bounce
Lulu fears getting into trouble after accidentally breaking the eggs she was told to get on her way home.Year:
1944
The Marry-Go-Round
Popeye wants to propose to Olive, but can't work up the nerve. His fellow sailor, Shorty, helps him.Year:
1943
Her Honor, the Mare
Popeye's nephews happen by just as the glue factory is rejecting a sorry looking horse and decide to take it home. They want to treat it as a house pet, despite the obvious problems; Popeye says no. They try to hide it, including painting a Hitler face on its rear and calling it a painter, but keep making mistakes like feeding it horseradish (great reaction shots). Finally, they hide the horse in the closet; Popeye comes out and says that they'll have to keep it now. We see why when she's sitting at the table with her four new foals.Year:
1943
Cartoons Ain't Human
Popeye sits down to make a cartoon. He shows the results to Olive and his nephews: it's a damsel-in-distress scenario, starring him and Olive, with live music and sound effects by Popeye.Year:
1943
Wood-Peckin'
Popeye needs a new mast, so he starts to cut down a tall tree - but a woodpecker living in that tree has other ideas.Year:
1943
Secret Agent
A double agent trying to deliver information to Washington, D.C. is chased by Nazi operatives.Year:
1943
Happy Birthdaze
It's Popeye's birthday, and Olive Oyl invites him over and bakes him a cake. Popeye invites depressed shipmate Shorty to join them.Year:
1943
The Hungry Goat
A goat is starving because scrap metal drives have snapped up all the cans. He finds his way onto a battleship - a giant tin can! The first sailor he sees is Popeye, who he is more than happy to turn into a goat himself.Year:
1943
Ration Fer the Duration
Popeye's planting a victory garden while his nephews are collecting worms for fishing. He berates them for wasting time, and tells them the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, which inspires them to plant beans. Popeye falls asleep, and dreams up a giant beanstalk. His nephews talk him into climbing to the top. Inside the giant's castle, Popee hides in the cuckoo clock and spots the giant hoarding sugar instead of gold; his hen lays tires, and his storehouses are full of other goods that were rationed in World War II. Popeye tries to walk out with a stack of tires, but the giant stops him, ultimately swatting him with a fly swatter and making him into a sandwich; the giant sprinkles Popeye with pepper, delaying the inevitable spinach briefly. Popeye defeats the giant, and gets him to sneeze all his tires into a carpet.Year:
1943
A Jolly Good Furlough
Popeye is doing a great job of sinking Japanese ships (complete with toilet-flush sound effect). A carrier pigeon brings him notice that he's been granted a month furlough, which he plans to spend with Olive and his nephews. But on arrival, he's run over by Olive, who immediately leaves him alone with his nephews, who are practicing home defense.Year:
1943
Jungle Drums
Superman discovers a secret Nazi base in the jungle.Year:
1943
Too Weak to Work
Bluto thinks he needs a complete rest (and a pretty nurse), at Havarest Hospital. Popeye, however, soon teaches him that honest toil is best as he puts him through a workout in the rest hospital.Year:
1943
Seein' Red, White 'n' Blue
Popeye induces Bluto to join the Army. Bluto is a bit reluctant at first, but the might of Popeye's fists convinces Bluto that Uncle Sam needs fighting men.Year:
1943
Spinach Fer Britain
Popeye delivers his precious and needed cargo of spinach to Britain, despite the efforts of a Nazi submarine to sink his ship.Year:
1943
Me Musical Nephews
Popeye's nephews have been practicing their music and are getting good, but it's bedtime. After Popeye puts them to bed, they discover that many of the things in their bedroom can also be used to make music. And they are also blessed with an uncanny ability to appear to sleep every time Popeye comes to check on them.Year:
1942
Destruction Inc.
Superman has to thwart wartime saboteurs tampering with things at the Metropolis Munitions Plant...who have captured Lois Lane and loaded her into a torpedo!Year:
1942
Scrap the Japs
Sailor Popeye, faced with many menial tasks, fastens a couple of mops to the prop of his plane, substitutes water for bullets in his machine gun and goes about cleaning the deck of the ship.Year:
1942
Eleventh Hour
Using Clark Kent as a cover, Superman travels to Japan as a saboteur during the war.Year:
1942
Showdown
Superman's reputation is tarnished when a crook begins committing crimes in a Superman costume.Year:
1942
A Hull of a Mess
Popeye and Bluto own adjacent shipyards. They are given the plans for a battleship; whichever finishes first gets the contract for the fleet. Bluto does his patriotic duty by refraining from his usual sabotage; his own incompetence provides much of the entertainment, until the end, when Popeye finishes first. Bluto, invited to help launch the ship, provides a bottle of champagne filled with nitroglycerine. Popeye's ship is destroyed, but after his spinach, he manages to turn out a ship every 5 seconds or so, launching an entire fleet for the war effort.Year:
1942
Japoteurs
Superman vs. Japanese spies hijacking a new super-bomber.Year:
1942
Alona on the Sarong Seas
Popeye and Bluto are on leave in the South Seas when Princess Alona (Olive) comes surfing by in her Sarong, a bird perched on her knee. The boys are smitten, and chase after her. The bird warns our boys that any harm to the princess will result in death from the local volcano.Year:
1942
Terror on the Midway
When things go wrong at the circus, it's up to Superman to stop the escaped animals.Year:
1942
You're a Sap, Mr. Jap
Spinach turns Popeye into a one-man US Navy during a World War II battle against the Allies' adversaries.Year:
1942
Baby Wants a Bottleship
Olive is going shopping and drops Swee'pea off for Popeye to watch. Popeye carves a sailboat for him, but the tyke spots Popeye's battleship, and the puny toy boat will no longer do. He climbs aboard, and there's the expected mayhem. Notable sequences include a stint on the ship's cannon's control board, with Popeye caught on the barrel, then in the gears; also, at the end, Swee'Pea hitches a ride atop a torpedo just as Olive is returning and Popeye's out cold.Year:
1942
Many Tanks
Bluto's in the Army; he tries to sneak off base, but can't. Popeye passes by, Bluto invites him in, then swaps uniforms. Popeye ends up in a tank drill.Year:
1942
Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix
Popeye and Bluto agree that women are too much trouble, so they agree to swear off them, which lasts about five seconds, until Olive comes on board ship for a tour. The boys vie for her attention.Year:
1942
Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Poop-eye an' Peep-eye
Popeye's 4 newphews try to sneak out instead of eating their spinach, so Popeye demonstrates some of the benefits: playing piano, dancing, shadow boxing but each is met with "but we don't like spinach." Finally, Popeye spanks them, and they start eating their spinach. After which, they play the piano until it breaks then use boards from the wreckage to spank Popeye.Year:
1942
The Raven
A vacuum cleaner selling raven pesters the inhabitant of a castle.Year:
1942
Fleets of Stren'th
When enemy planes attack the battleship he's serving on, Popeye fights back.Year:
1942
Blunder Below
Popeye's on a battleship, on which he's banished to the boiler room. A Japanese sub comes along. Can Popeye save his ship from the enemy?Year:
1942
Kickin' the Conga Round
Shore leave in South America; Bluto muscles in on Popeye's girl, Olivia Oyla. Popeye muscles him out, but when they get to the conga club, he doesn't care to dance, so Bluto wins again.Year:
1942
The Vacationers' Paradise
An animated travelogue instructs vacationing Northerners on proper tourism etiquette when visiting Miami Beach.Year:
1942
Nix on Hypnotricks
A hypnotist, frustrated by not having anyone to practice on, cold-calls Olive and hypnotizes her over the phone into coming to his office. Popeye rushes after her.Year:
1941
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
The happy tranquility of Bugville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.Year:
1941
The Mighty Navy
Popeye joins the US Navy and routs the enemy in a one-man battle, but not before he causes his commanding officer plenty of aggravation.Year:
1941
Dumbo
Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, the pint-sized pachyderm learns to surmount all obstacles.Year:
1941
Superman
After The Daily Planet receives a letter from a mad scientist threatening to wreak destruction with his Electrothanasia Ray, Lois Lane heads out in the hopes of getting more information for a news story.Year:
1941
I'll Never Crow Again
Olive's garden is being raided by some very persistent crows; she calls Popeye for help, and it takes him the rest of the cartoon to hit on the solution.Year:
1941
Vitamin Hay
It's time for lunch, and Spunky (the baby donkey) is expected to feed on healthy (and awful-tasting) Vitamin Hay. He resists, and wanders out of the barn to look for more interesting things to eat.Year:
1941
It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day
Gabby goes camping with the Mayor.Year:
1941
Pest Pilot
Popeye runs a small airport, and Pappy wants to be a pilot.Year:
1941
Gabby Goes Fishing
Gabby teaches a young boy how to fish, even though the boy was doing much better without him.Year:
1941
Child Psykolojiky
Popeye and Poopdeck Pappy are trying to play poker, but Swee'Pea's crying keeps interrupting them. Pappy wants to smack the tot, but Popeye persuades him to try psychology instead. Popeye tells the story of how "George Washlincoln" chopped down the cherry tree. Inspired, Swee'Pea chops a hole in the floor, then tells the truth. Popeye rushes out to buy him a reward, leaving Pappy in charge, but Pappy believes in a rather dangerous style of parenting, introducing him to William Tell (from both ends of the gun). Pappy lies about it to Popeye.Year:
1941
Olive's Boithday Presink
Popeye wants to get Olive a fur coat, but after a run-in with dishonest furrier Geezil decides the best way is to go hunting for a bear himself.Year:
1941
Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle
Rip Van Winkle is being thrown out for nonpayment of rent (for twenty years). Popeye happens by and carts the sleeper home, but soon discovers that Rip has a sleepwalking problem that gets both of them into some trouble with some dwarves.Year:
1941
Swing Cleaning
Gabby is a servant in a castle and is required to do a little housework.Year:
1941
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy
A toyshop owner tells a little girl the story behind the two dolls she's fallen in love with.Year:
1941
Flies Ain't Human
Popeye is trying to take a nap, but he's plagued by house flies that keep landing on him. He gets rid of most of them, but one in particular seems bent on making Popeye's life miserable, particularly after Popeye makes the mistake of flicking it into a can of spinach.Year:
1941
Olive's $weep$take Ticket
Olive gets a phone call that she has won first prize in a sweepstake. After a frantic search, she locates her ticket, only to have it blow out the window. Help, Popeye!Year:
1941
Quiet! Pleeze
Poopdeck Pappy has a hangover. He asks Popeye to help him by keeping the noise down. Among the disturbances he deals with: a crying baby across the way, a horse-drawn milk truck, a factory whistle, a radio, a traffic accident, a construction site, and a blasting site.Year:
1941
Problem Pappy
Popeye's Pappy takes a flagpole sitting job atop a tall building without telling Popeye. Popeye goes to rescue him, but he doesn't want to go until an electrical storm hits.Year:
1941
Popeye Presents Eugene, the Jeep
Olive sends Popeye a puppy, Eugene the Jeep, for his birthday, but despite Popeye's best efforts to make it sleep outside, it keeps finding its way back into the house. A rare spinach-free Popeye.Year:
1940
Poopdeck Pappy
Popeye's elderly father, Pappy, wants to go out at night. Popeye wants him to sleep.Year:
1940
Sneak, Snoop and Snitch
Spies Sneak, Snoop and Snitch try to sneak up on the king while he is sleeping in order to steal some riches.Year:
1940
My Pop, My Pop
Popeye's 99-year-old father won't admit he's too old to help Popeye build a ship. Popeye tells him to build one side while he builds the other; Pappy's side is a mess. He falls asleep helping hoist the mast. While Pappy sleeps, Popeye rebuilds his side and finishes the above-decks, with a little help from spinach, of course.Year:
1940
Popeye Meets William Tell
William Tell shoots an arrow, barely missing Popeye, then tells Popeye that he has just lost his son in an unfortunate arrow incident. Tell then defies the High Governor and is ordered to shoot an apple off his son's head; Popeye stands in for his son.Year:
1940
Puttin on the Act
Olive rushes over to show Popeye the headline: Vaudeville is coming back. They agree to rehearse their old act. After a brief song-and-dance intro, the act begins: Popeye demonstrating his strength while Olive displays her flexibility and balance; impersonations of Jimmy Durante, Stan Laurel and Groucho Marx; and the last act, more feats of strength and agility.Year:
1940
You Can't Shoe a Horse Fly
Hunky and Spunky are settling in for a nap, but a horse fly sees them and sees dinner. After battling the fly for a while, the youngster enlists dad's help. But the fly is merely stunned, and rallies a new attack, this time with friends. Father eventually kills the lot of them.Year:
1940
Wimmin Hadn't Oughta Drive
Popeye has a new car; Olive wants a driving lesson. Things don't go well.Year:
1940
The Fulla Bluff Man
A persistent door-to-door salesman tries to sell his wares in a gated community that doesn't allow peddlers. He makes a killing selling clubs to a bunch of battling street brawlers.Year:
1940
Doing Impossikible Stunts
Mystery Pictures is looking for a stunt man. Swee'pea tags along with Popeye, but he sends the tot home. Popeye shows clips of his stunts to the director, who is impressed; when he goes to put on the last reel, Swee'pea, who snuck back in, hands him Lost and Foundry (1937), which features Swee'pea saving the day. The director signs Swee'pea.Year:
1940
Snubbed by a Snob
A young horse says hi to little donkey Spunky. But the horse's mother pulls him away, saying we don't associate with that kind. Spunky makes a few more overtures, and eventually they set off on a chase, running across a bull from time to time. The horse stops to eat a lot of apples and drink far too much water; this leaves him too bloated to move much at all. The two continue to anger the bull, which gives chase; Spunky saves the colt, and they all live in harmony.Year:
1940
Fightin Pals
Dr. Bluto sails off to Darkest Africa for exploration. Popeye, who stayed behind, hears a radio report that Bluto is lost and sets sail - on a raft - in search of him.Year:
1940
Nurse-Mates
The boys show up simultaneously to take Olive to the movies. She needs to visit the hairdresser first, and tells the boys to take care of Swee'Pea: bath, dress him, and nap. Of course, with these two, nothing is simple.Year:
1940
Wimmin is a Myskery
When Popeye tells Olive Oyl that he will propose to her the next morning, she has a dream that their four boys will run roughshod over their house.Year:
1940
Onion Pacific
The race is on for the state railroad franchise: It's the Onion Pacific - Popeye - against the Sudden Pacific - Bluto. There's a kiss from Olive for the winner!Year:
1940
A Kick in Time
Spunky is kidnapped and sold at an auction to a cruel Italian peddler. It's up to Hunky to save him.Year:
1940
Me Feelins is Hurt
Olive sends a farewell letter to Popeye: She's over sailors; it's cowboys for her; she's gone out west, to Bar None Ranch. Popeye immediately travels there to find her - and discovers Bluto runs the place.Year:
1940
Stealin Aint Honest
Olive has a map that shows the location of her secret gold mine, but while she's showing it to Popeye, claim jumper Bluto photographs it and gets there first.Year:
1940
Ants in the Plants
A classic about an anteater who makes life rough for a colony of ants. In the ant community, the queen spreads warnings of their greatest enemy, the Anteater. "He's a menace, he's a brute, he will scoop you with his snoot." Their motto is "make him yell uncle," which they do when the anteater invades them.Year:
1940
Females Is Fickle
Olive Oyl brings her new pet goldfish onto Popeye's ship, but the fish jumps out of its bowl and into the sea. Olive pressures Popeye to go after it.Year:
1940
Shakespearian Spinach
Popeye has replaced Bluto in the Spinach Theatre's production of Romeo and Juliet (Olive, of course), much to Bluto's surprise and dismay. Bluto does what he can to sabotage the production, like cranking up the snow and wind machines, and eventually coming onstage, even though Olive wants no part of him.Year:
1940
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefiscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol.Year:
1939
Never Sock a Baby
Popeye spanks Swee'Pea and sends him to bed without supper. He wrestles with his conscience over this, while Swee'Pea packs a bundle and runs away from home.Year:
1939
The Fresh Vegetable Mystery
Crime strikes the vegetable world when Mrs. Mama Carrot awakens and finds her children have been carrot-napped. She summons the Irish-Potato Police and they are soon on the trail of the culprit. But the various suspects they round up, and grill, aren't the criminals. They finally track down the guilty parties, who turn out to be a gang of mice in disguise. Thrown into a third-degree mousetrap, the mice soon confess. Bleeding Heart Warning: This cartoon contains racial stereotypes (an Irish potato), and cruelty to vegetables...and mice.Year:
1939
It's the Natural Thing to Do
Popeye's fan club sends a telegram asking them to tone down the violence and act civilized. So everyone dresses up and acts formal - for a while, at least.Year:
1939
Hello How Am I
Olive invites Popeye over for a hamburger dinner. His roommate Wimpy hears this and disguises himself as Popeye in order to be who enjoys the feast.Year:
1939
Ghosks Is the Bunk
Olive reads a ghost story to Popeye and Bluto. Bluto leaves and rigs a haunted house and lures them to it. But they quickly discover him and, even better, a can of invisible paint.Year:
1939
Wotta Nitemare
Popeye is having a dream. In it, Bluto interupts his and Olive's flirtations with one another and keeps having the upper hand.Year:
1939
Leave Well Enough Alone
Popeye, feeling sorry for the puppies in the window of Olive Oyl's pet shop, buys all the animals (mostly dogs) and sets them free. A parrot declines to go, singing the title song to explain why it likes it just fine in the shop. Meanwhile, the freed dogs are not faring well.Year:
1939
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Olive Oyl's screenplay for an Aladdin movie comes to life and Popeye battles for control of a genie in this, the last of the three Popeye color films.Year:
1939
My Friend the Monkey
A hurdy-gurdy man goes by Betty Boop's house; she wants to buy his monkey, which causes plenty of trouble for Pudgy the Pup.Year:
1939
Customers Wanted
Popeye and Bluto are running competing penny arcades, trying to bring in customer Wimpy. Of course, he would gladly pay Tuesday for a penny today. And of course, their competing arcades show clips featuring each of them, with well over half of this short thus recycled.Year:
1939
Cops Is Always Right
Popeye is heading over to see Olive when he hits a traffic island where a cop is directing traffic; when he gets there, he manages to get more tickets for blowing his horn and parking illegally. The cop rings the bell, and Popeye manages to wreck Olive's apartment by dropping what he's doing, each time he writes a ticket.Year:
1938
On with the New
Overworked as cook and dishwasher at a busy diner, Betty Boop calls it quits and accepts a job as nursery attendant at Bundle From Heaven Nursery.Year:
1938
A Date to Skate
Popeye takes Olive roller skating in a rink. She's never skated before, so he has to teach her, and she's not a quick learner. Before long Olive ends up outside the rink, rolling wildly out of control.Year:
1938
Goonland
Popeye sails to Goon Island in search of his Pappy. He finds the place populated by the imposing, but ugly, goons, and a "no humans" sign. His imprisoned pappy at first ignores him, but when Popeye is caught by the goons and carried off, his can of spinach lands near Pappy and it works just as well on him as it does on Popeye.Year:
1938
Mutiny Ain't Nice
Popeye is leaving on his sailing ship, much to Olive's chagrin. She ends up accidentally stowing away in a trunk. Popeye discovers her, but she can't stay, because the crew will think she's a jinx. She tries to hide, but this only scares the crew more, because they think the ship's haunted. When she is revealed, the crew comes after her to throw her off, and then turns on captain Popeye.Year:
1938
All's Fair at the Fair
A couple goes to the World's Fair.Year:
1938
Bulldozing the Bull
Popeye visits the bullfight only because of lovely Senorita Olive. He finds himself accidentally in the toreador box, even though he doesn't want to fight because it's cruelty to animals. Popeye rides the bull like a bronco, then gets tossed around a bit. The bull plants Popeye in the ground and attacks; the crowd turns on Popeye. Olive comes down to help and the bull chases her. The crowd throws vegetables at Popeye, including (fortunately) spinach.Year:
1938
Pudgy the Watchman
Betty Boop hires a feline professional "Mouse Eradicator" to take over from Pudgy the Pup who makes friends with mice.Year:
1938
The Jeep
Popeye brings his magical dog, The Jeep, over to see Olive and Swee'pea, just as the tyke has escaped from his crib. The Jeep leads Popeye on a merry chase looking for Swee'pea.Year:
1938
Hunky and Spunky
A short film about a mother and her son, she teaches him life skills later on the son gets niked by a man so the young donkey can be his work slave and his mother saves him. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the UCLA Film and Television Archive in 2013.Year:
1938
Plumbing Is a 'Pipe'
Olive has a small leak in a pipe; she makes the mistake of calling Wimpy to fix it, and the even bigger mistake of asking Popeye to help her do something until Wimpy can arrive. Meanwhile, Wimpy keeps realizing he's forgotten his tools, his gloves, etc. and going back. Popeye finally eats his spinach and manages some fixes to the system.Year:
1938
I Yam Love Sick
Olive is reading a romance novel and munching on a gift box of candy from Bluto when Popeye drops by. She's too absorbed to notice him, so he feigns illness. The doctors are at a loss for a cure.Year:
1938
Hold It!
When the lights of the city go dim, all of the kitties are let outdoors to prowl. Holding a meeting, they come up with a plan to rid themselves of a neighboring dog. The cats proceed to torment him, chase him with a water hose, and try feeding him.Year:
1938
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh is looking for a squaw. Meanwhile, Popeye and Olive are wrestling with their recalcitrant mule and Olive accidentally lands in the Indian camp. Popeye catches up to her. There's an unfair fight, and Popeye is about to be burned at the stake. He drops his spinach, but it cooks and pops into his mouth.Year:
1938
The House Builder-Upper
When Olive Oyl's house burns down, firefighters Popeye and Wimpy decide to build her a new house.Year:
1938
The Tears of an Onion
It's harvesting season, so all the fruits and vegetables come out to play.Year:
1938
Be Up to Date
Betty Boop's Traveling Department Store comes to Hillbillyville; the mountain folks find old uses for the new gadgets.Year:
1938
Learn Polikeness
Olive takes Popeye to Professor Bluteau to learn some manners.Year:
1938
Riding the Rails
Betty Boop goes to work on the subway (Trample 'Em R.R. Co.); Pudgy the Pup follows her and gets more ride than he bargained for.Year:
1938
Let's Celebrake
Popeye and Bluto pick up Olive to celebrate New Year's Eve with them. Popeye brings along her granny out of sympathy.Year:
1938
Zula Hula
Disabled in a thunderstorm, Betty Boop and Grampy's plane lands on a tropic island where Grampy soon re-invents the comforts of home... until hostile, racially-stereotyped natives intrude.Year:
1937
Fowl Play
Popeye gives Olive a parrot that he's trained. Bluto sets the bird free and then tries to kill it.Year:
1937
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.Year:
1937
The Foxy Hunter
Junior and Pudgy slip away from Betty Boop's care to go hunting with a pop-gun.Year:
1937
Protek the Weakerist
Olive asks Popeye to walk her dog Fluffy, but Popeye is embarrassed because Fluffy is as weak looking as the name implies. Sure enough, when Bluto and his bulldog come by, the dogs (and their owners) get in a fight.Year:
1937
The New Deal Show
Betty Boop emcees a show of pet-aid gadgets. Object: a "new deal for pets." Some ideas copied from Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933).Year:
1937
The Football Toucher Downer
Swee-Pea is reluctant to eat his spinach, so Popeye tells him about the football game when he was young (against Bluto, with Olive cheering and Wimpy keeping score) and also reluctant to eat his spinach.Year:
1937
Service with a Smile
Betty Boop is desk clerk at the Hi-De-Ho-Tel ("Food Served with Every Meal") where the guests have many legitimate complaints. Fortunately, Grampy's inventions fix everything.Year:
1937
I Likes Babies and Infinks
Swee'pea is crying, so Olive calls on Popeye to cheer the baby up. Popeye and Bluto compete by doing various silly antics.Year:
1937
I Never Changes My Altitude
Popeye is sitting outside Olive's lunchroom at the airport, distraught. She's closed the business to fly away with an aviator (Bluto, of course). But it's hardly what she expected; he has her painting his plane, while it's flying; when she says she's rather go back to Popeye, he tries to throw her off the plane. Popeye sees this, and takes off in a plane, just in time to help her out. The boys get into a dogfight, and Bluto manages to demolish Popeye's plane.Year:
1937
Lost and Foundry
Popeye, an employee at Useless Machine Works, is on his lunch break when Olive stops by and Swee'Pea crawls into the factory. He narrowly misses several horrible fates while Popeye tries to save him and gets into much worse trouble.Year:
1937
Morning, Noon and Night Club
'Popito' and 'Olivita' are a dance team, performing at Wimpy's Cafe. Bluto is jealous, and heckles and otherwise disrupts the act.Year:
1937
The Impractical Joker
Betty Boop's baking is interrupted by her obnoxious practical joking cousin Irving. Can Grampy out-joke the joker?Year:
1937
The Twisker Pitcher
Baseball: Bluto's Bears vs. Popeye's Pirates, and both Bluto and Popeye have girlfriends cheering them on.Year:
1937
Pudgy Picks a Fight
Betty Boop is so delighted with her new fox fur that Pudgy the Pup grows jealous, then thinks he's killed it...Year:
1937
Chicken a la King
A rooster sultan is bored by his harems. A duck strongly resembling Mae West entices him. Her lover arrives, and they do battle; the lovers leave, and the sultan, humiliated, turns to his harem, who beat him up.Year:
1937
Hospitaliky
To get at nurse Olive, Popeye and Bluto fake various illnesses. Olive sees through this and tells them they need to be either very sick or hurt real bad, so they try to get hurt, but both have a sudden run of what would normally be very good luck. Out of desperation, Popeye feeds Bluto the spinach when they start fighting.Year:
1937
My Artistical Temperature
Popeye and Bluto share an art studio; Popeye is a sculptor, and Bluto paints. Olive drops in for a likeness, and the boys compete. When they start to fight, Olive starts to leave, but Popeye convinces her to stay when he eats his spinach and vanquishes Bluto.Year:
1937
The Hot Air Salesman
A door to door salesman visits Betty Boop's home with a long line of useless household gadgets.Year:
1937
Organ Grinder's Swing
Popeye and Olive are grooving to the sounds of Wimpy the organ grinder, but their neighbor Bluto wants him to move on. Popeye and Bluto settle their disagreement in their usual fashion.Year:
1937
Bunny Mooning
Jack and Jill Rabbit get hitched in this classic Fleischer Studios cartoon (made a year before Bugs Bunny hit the scene).Year:
1937
The Paneless Window Washer
Bluto dirties all of an office building's windows himself, to drum up business for his window cleaning service. When he gets to Olive's stenographer office, about ten floors up, she says no: Popeye's going to wash her windows. And the battle with Popeye is on.Year:
1937
I'm in the Army Now
Olive tells Popeye and Bluto that she loves a man in a uniform, so they try to sign up at the recruiting station - that can only take one of them.Year:
1936
Christmas Comes But Once a Year
At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received used defective toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.Year:
1936
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
Two sailors Sindbad and Popeye decide to test themselves in order to prove their supremacy. Popeye is then presented with a series of daunting tasks by Sindbad.Year:
1936
The Spinach Roadster
Popeye drives up to take Olive for a ride, but Bluto in his much fancier car does what he can to spoil their jaunt.Year:
1936
Be Human
Betty Boop is incensed at her farmer neighbor's cruelty to his animals. Grampy knows how to teach him a lesson.Year:
1936
Hold the Wire
Popeye is wooing Olive on the phone when Bluto comes over. He overhears, taps into the line, and impersonates Popeye. They proceed to have a high-wire fight on the telephone lines outside Olive's house.Year:
1936
Play Safe
A young boy obsessed with trains sneaks out to play with the real trains that run just a few feet from the fence around his house. When he falls off of one and is knocked unconscious, he has a dream.Year:
1936
Little Swee'pea
Popeye takes Swee'pea to the zoo and spends most of his time rescuing the tot from the various animals.Year:
1936
Never Kick a Woman
Popeye teaches Olive the art of self-defense, which comes in handy when a woman boxer flirts with him.Year:
1936
Happy You and Merry Me
A stray kitten wanders into Betty Boop's house, gets sick on candy, and is cured with catnip by Betty and Pudgy the pup.Year:
1936
Little Boy Blue
The Big Bad Wolf stalks Little Bo Peep and steals one of her sheep. She enlists Little Boy Blue and a dancing scarecrow to assist her and her mischievous black sheep in rescuing it. Singing, dancing, hilarity and impalement ensue.Year:
1936
Let's Get Movin'
Olive is moving out of her apartment; she's hired Bluto to move her things, but Popeye comes over to visit and won't be shown up.Year:
1936
You're Not Built That Way
Pudgy the pup tries to emulate a tough bulldog, but Betty Boop sings him the error of his ways.Year:
1936
I Wanna Be a Life Guard
Popeye applies for a lifeguard job when he sees Olive in the pool, but Bluto also wants the job (and Olive). The manager, Wimpy, asks them to demonstrate their skills in a contest. Popeye does well, until Bluto demonstrates lifesaving and first aid on him.Year:
1936
The Cobweb Hotel
A spider runs a hotel for flies where he keeps his guests captive. A pair of fly newlyweds arrive and check in. Fortunately, the husband is "flyweight champion". After a pitched battle featuring arrows (fountain pen nibs) and a machine-gun (aspirins shot from a perfume atomizer), the spider winds up in a bottle of library paste.Year:
1936
What -- No Spinach?
Wimpy is working for Bluto in his diner and trying to filch all the food he can eat. Popeye comes in and orders roast duck, but Wimpy grabs the drumsticks, then coats it with pepper sauce. Popeye walks out in anger and Bluto comes after him. Wimpy takes advantage of the resulting battle to load up on hamburgers.Year:
1936
Bridge Ahoy!
Popeye and Olive are taking a ferry run by Bluto. When they find out the fare, they decide, with Wimpy, to build a bridge. Bluto does what he can to sabotage this plan - until spinach time, of course.Year:
1936
We Did It
While Betty Boop is away, the kittens get into mischief. Will Pudgy the pup take the blame as usual?Year:
1936
I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski
Popeye takes Olive mountain climbing. Bluto sets various traps for them along the way.Year:
1936
Brotherly Love
Olive preaches the need for brotherly love on the radio. Popeye, hearing this, does a number of good deeds: helping two workmen raise a safe, straightening a wrecked car, and helping two boys sneak into a baseball game. But when he tries to break up a fight, it's more than he can handle alone. Olive and her followers come along and try to help, but it's too much for them, too. Of course, once Popeye has his spinach...Year:
1936
A Clean Shaven Man
That's what Olive wants. To even the score, the boys visit Wimpy's barber shop. Wimpy is out, so they shave each other; you'd think Popeye would know better than to let Bluto at him with a razor.Year:
1936
Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky
Popeye is running a women's gymnasium next door to Bluto's cabaret. Seeing Popeye's greater success with women, Bluto dresses in drag and challenges Popeye to various feats of strength.Year:
1936
The Spinach Overture
Popeye's ensemble is rehearsing the opening of the Poet and Peasant Overture (with interpolations of the Popeye theme and "I've Been Working on the Railroad"). Maestro Bluto drops in from next door to conduct and play violin and show Popeye up. Popeye plays horribly until he unlocks the previously unexplored artistic benefits of spinach.Year:
1935
Adventures of Popeye
In live action, a big kid is attacking a little kid for his "Adventures of Popeye" comic book, so Popeye gives the little kid pointers, in the form of clips from four of his earlier pictures.Year:
1935
King of the Mardi Gras
A Mardi Gras celebration, looking pretty much like any carnival. Bluto is a strongman, claiming to be King of the Mardi Gras, and drawing a large crowd. Popeye, nearby, claims only, "I yam what I yam," and has no crowd, but still draws Bluto's wrath.Year:
1935
Judge for a Day
Betty Boop, annoyed by 'public pests' like backslappers, gum parkers, and mud splashers, imagines what she'd do to them if she were a judge.Year:
1935
Dancing on the Moon
Honeymooning couples of various animal species take a rocket ship excursion to the moon. Spectacular lunar scenery.Year:
1935
No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
Betty Boop and Freddie appear on stage in a melodrama, wherein Betty sings the title song to the villain.Year:
1935
Mary's Little Lamb
An animated version of the children's story.Year:
1935
Poor Cinderella
In the only Betty Boop color cartoon, Cinderella (Betty) goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother. Later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.Year:
1934
Betty Boop's Trial
A traffic cop tries to make time with Betty; she speeds to get away, is arrested, and undergoes a musical trial.Year:
1934
I Like Mountain Music
After hours, individuals on various magazine covers in a drugstore come to life and sing, speak, or perform. Caricature celebrity depictions include George Arliss, Eddie Cantor, Sonja Henie, Benito Mussolini, Ignacy Paderewski, Edward G. Robinson, Will Rogers, and Ed Wynn. A robbery sequence features bad guys breaking into the cash register and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the case. King Kong also makes an appearance. A Merrie Melody cartoon.Year:
1933
Betty Boop's Penthouse
While Bimbo and Koko admire Betty, their experiment becomes a monster.Year:
1933
Three's a Crowd
An old man is reading a book by the fire. The clock strikes 8, and he heads off to bed. From his book, Alice in Wonderland, out crawls Alice, who turns the radio to the title tune. This wakes up Rip Van Winkle; Alice then rouses the Three Musketeers, who sing a bit. Next tune: Nero fiddles, Rome burns, and Cleopatra sizzles in a slinky dance. Uncle Tom sings a spiritual as Mr. Hyde sneaks up and abducts Alice. Tarzan to the rescue, along with several other characters who mount a spirited attack using such office supplies as pen points, matches, and a fountain pen. They box him up and carry him off.Year:
1932
