The BEST episodes of Popeye the Sailor (1960)
Every episode of Popeye the Sailor (1960) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Popeye the Sailor (1960)!
The continuing animated adventures of Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Swee'pea and Popeye.
#1 - Dead-Eye Popeye
Season 1960 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/2/1960
Sheriff Popeye captures villain Brutus McBride and throws the scum into jail. Brutus' gang of thugs starts a big shoot-out in an attempt to free their leader.
#2 - From Way Out
Season 1960 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/10/1960
Popeye, Olive, and the Professor deal with a Martian delinquent.
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#3 - Baby Phase
Season 1960 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/18/1960
After punishing Swee'Pea for juggling, Popeye dreams that the boy ran away to join the circus.
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#4 - Popeye's Pep-Up Emporium
Season 1960 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/24/1960
Popeye is owner and instructor of a gym (a la Vic Tanny). The setup includes a TV commercial with Olive, Wimpy and later Brutus as clients.
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#5 - Weather Watchers
Season 1960 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/8/1960
Brutus and Popeye are rival weather forecasters and Olive runs their station.
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#6 - Plumbers Pipe Dream
Season 1960 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/2/1960
Olive's leaky faucet is driving her crazy, but calling a plumber doesn't occur to her until Swee'pea suggests it. Unfortunately, she calls Popeye the plumber. His bungling attempts to fix her faucet lead to an escalating series of disasters that culminate in flooding all of New York City.
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#7 - Jeep Tale
Season 1960 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1960
Popeye tells Swee'Pea the story of how Eugene the Jeep got his special powers.
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#8 - Golden-Type Fleece
Season 1960 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/14/1960
Popeye tells Swee'Pea the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece. In this version, Popeye plays Jason, Wimpy is the King, the Sea Hag plays the Queen, and Brutus plays Jupiter, Neptune and the Centaur.
#9 - Hoppy Jalopy
Season 1960 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/2/1960
Popeye races to save Olive from Brutus, who places death traps around the track.
#10 - Hits and Missiles
Season 1960 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1960
Popeye, Olive and Wimpy take an unintended trip to the moon, which is inhabited by cheese-people and tyrannized by the Big Cheese.
#11 - Mueller's Mad Monster
Season 1960 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/2/1960
Popeye and Olive tangle with a mad scientist's monster.
#12 - Caveman Capers
Season 1960 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/3/1960
Popeye remembers his prehistoric ancestor's discovery of spinach.
#13 - The Billionaire
Season 1960 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/17/1960
Take-off on the television series The Millionaire.
#14 - Coffee House
Season 1960 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/23/1960
Hip episode with a square Popeye who goes to the title location and tries to recapture Olive's affection from beatnik Brutus.
#15 - Popeye's Pet Store
Season 1960 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/25/1960
As pet store owner, Popeye's aim is to have satisfied customers. (All Popeye characters are his customers, except Brutus). Brutus snatches pets from customers and rejoices that they are now dissatisfied customers. Popeye dons a dog costume to investigate the trouble, outwits and outfights Brutus, and returns the pets to the customers.
#16 - Popeye and the Phantom
Season 1960 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/29/1960
Ghosts outwit Popeye but there's a plot twist.
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#17 - Popeye and the Spinach Stalk
Season 1960 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/9/1960
A parody of Jack and the Beanstalk.
#18 - After the Ball Went Over
Season 1960 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/20/1960
Popeye and Brutus play ping pong, and the prize is a kiss from Olive.
#19 - Blinkin Beacon
Season 1960 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/13/1960
The Sea Hag has kidnapped Swee'Pea and sent her vultures after Popeye.
#20 - Azteck Wreck
Season 1960 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/13/1960
Olive, Popeye and Eugene are at the Aztec ruins in Mexico. They discover that the Jeep can read the carvings, which gets them started on a quest for Aztec treasure. Brutus, their Mexican guide, seizes the Jeep to find the treasure for himself.
#21 - Ski-Jump Chump
Season 1960 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/4/1960
In an ice cold winter, Popeye upsets a large hibernating bear while trying to impress Olive with his moves on the ski-jumps.
#22 - Irate Pirate
Season 1960 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/5/1960
Popeye and Olive are out testing Popeye's new boat on a relaxing boat ride. While out in the ocean, they meet Jolly Roger the pirate. Unfortunately, Roger takes a liking to Olive. The pirate kidnaps her and sends a school of sharks after Popeye.
#23 - Popeye and the Dragon
Season 1960 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/26/1960
Olive is carried off by a dragon in a Middle Ages-Time Machine gimmick . . . Sir Popeye buys a suit of armor and goes to her rescue. He wins a zany battle with a dragon.
#24 - Popeye's Car Wash
Season 1960 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/21/1960
Popeye opens a car wash.
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#25 - Mississippi Sissy
Season 1960 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/28/1960
On a Mississippi riverboat, the villainous Jean Baptiste le Brute chases Olive, demanding a mysterious letter. Olive gives it to Popeye so that the brutish le Brute can't get it.
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