The BEST episodes of Popeye the Sailor
Every episode of Popeye the Sailor ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Popeye the Sailor!
Follows the adventures of the famed spinach-eating sailor man. Popeye started out as a character in the daily comic strip "Thimble Theatre" in 1929. In the early 30s, Max and Dave Fleischer made him the star of his own cartoon. Bluto, Popeye's rival, will do anything it takes to get Olive Oyl, Popeye's girlfriend. Popeye is always willing to get her out of trouble.
#1 - Spree Lunch
Season 1957 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/21/1957
Popeye opens a diner. Bluto opens a diner across the street and they compete for Wimpy's business.
#2 - Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
Season 1936 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/27/1936
When Popeye sails near his isle, Sindbad the Sailor sends a roc to kidnap Olive Oyl off the ship and wreck it. Once Popeye makes his way to shore with Wimpy, he goes on to confront Sindbad while Wimpy ventures off hoping to make a meal out of a duck.
#3 - You're a Sap, Mr. Jap
Season 1942 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/7/1942
While out on patrol, Popeye encounters a pair of Japanese fishermen. Expecting a battle, Popeye starts to confront the two, but stops when they offer a peace gesture. He is warmed by the offer and accepts it, but finds they are just toying with him.
#4 - Snow Place Like Home
Season 1948 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/3/1948
Popeye and Olive are relaxing in the water off Miami when a hurricane hits.
#5 - Abusement Park
Season 1947 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/25/1947
Popeye and Bluto battle over Olive in an amusement park/carnival.
#6 - Spinach vs Hamburgers
Season 1948 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/27/1948
Popeye's nephews would rather have hamburgers than spinach, so Popeye recounts some of his past exploits where spinach saved the day.
#7 - A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
Season 1948 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/30/1948
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.
#8 - Popeye Meets Hercules
Season 1948 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/18/1948
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.
#9 - Pre-Hysterical Man
Season 1948 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/26/1948
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.
#10 - Wigwam Whoopee
Season 1948 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/17/1948
Popeye follows along behind the Mayflower in his own rowboat.
#11 - Olive Oyl for President
Season 1948 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/30/1948
Tired of political rhetoric, Olive lays out her platform.
#12 - All's Fair at the Fair
Season 1947 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/19/1947
Bluto, the daring hot air balloon rider, catches the eye of Olive at a carnival.
#13 - Safari So Good
Season 1947 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1947
Popeye and Olive are on a safari, he with a gun and she with a camera.
#14 - Wotta Knight
Season 1947 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1947
Popeye and Bluto are knights, jousting for the honor of Sleeping Beauty (Olive, with long blonde hair).
#15 - The Royal Four-Flusher
Season 1947 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/12/1947
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.
#16 - Popeye and the Pirates
Season 1947 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/12/1947
Popeye is taking Olive on a boat ride when she spots a pirate ship.
#17 - I'll Be Skiing Ya
Season 1947 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/13/1947
Popeye and Olive are on a winter vacation in Lake Plastered, NY. Popeye is teaching Olive to ice skate.
#18 - Jitterbug Jive
Season 1950 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/23/1950
The story unfolds with Olive Oyl preparing for a party at her home. She speaks in syncopated rhyme, and her movements align with the swing music playing in the background. Popeye arrives, bringing "parlor games for a real old-fashioned party," but Olive finds him old-fashioned compared to the zoot-suited Bluto. Bluto sabotages Popeye's attempts, and eventually pours quick-drying cement into the apple water, trapping Popeye. Popeye rolls downhill into a vegetable shop, finds spinach, and transforms into a hip, zoot-suited character. He rescues Olive, dances with her, and defeats Bluto, who ends up encased in a water bubble.
#19 - Robin Hood-Winked
Season 1948 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1948
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.
#20 - Symphony in Spinach
Season 1948 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/31/1948
Singer Olive Oyl needs an accompanist, and both Popeye and Bluto apply for the job.
#21 - Popeye's Premiere
Season 1949 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/25/1949
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 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939), the short it's cut from.
#22 - Lumberjack and Jill
Season 1949 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/27/1949
Popeye and Bluto are lumberjacks who compete for the affections of their new cook, Olive Oyl.
#23 - Hot Air Aces
Season 1949 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/24/1949
Popeye and Bluto are airplane pilots racing around the world. Bluto has a rocket-type plane and Popeye has a sad old prop model that has to be hand-started.
#24 - A Balmy Swami
Season 1949 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/22/1949
Popeye and Olive are taking in a variety show. Popeye enjoys the juggling seal very much, but he's followed by magician/hypnotist Bluto.
#25 - Tar with a Star
Season 1949 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/12/1949
Popeye becomes a sheriff of a lawless Western town.