The BEST episodes of Popeye the Sailor season 1936
Every episode of Popeye the Sailor season 1936, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Popeye the Sailor season 1936!
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 - Little Swee'Pea
Season 1936 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/25/1936
Too busy too go with Popeye to the zoo, she instead gets him to take Swee’Pea. While there, Swee’Pea sneaks off and faces danger as he enters various animal pens and cages, forcing Popeye to come to the rescue.
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#2 - Brotherly Love
Season 1936 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/6/1936
After listening to Olive Oyl sing about “brotherly love” over the radio, Popeye is inspired to go out and share some love with the strangers he meets. But when he tries to intervene in large street brawl, he finds himself preaching to deaf ears.
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#3 - 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.
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#4 - A Clean Shaven Man
Season 1936 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/7/1936
Olive Oyl's singing about wanting a clean shaven man prompts Popeye and Bluto to rush off to Wimpy’s barber shop to correct their disheveled appearances. With Wimpy out of the shop, the pair agree to “fix each other up”.
#5 - Bridge Ahoy!
Season 1936 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/1/1936
After objecting to Bluto’s abusive behavior and high rates for his river ferry service, Popeye vows to build a toll-free bridge. With the help of Wimpy and Olive Oyl, the construction is making progress until Bluto comes along to disrupt their work.
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#6 - What-- No Spinach?
Season 1936 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/7/1936
While working in Bluto’s restaurant, Wimpy is thwarted in his attempts to sneak a sampling of Popeye’s order of roast duck. Desperate for a snack, he resorts to sabotaging Popeye’s meal. Popeye refuses to pay, leading to a confrontation with Bluto.
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#7 - I Wanna Be a Life Guard
Season 1936 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/26/1936
Popeye and Bluto apply for a job as a lifeguard at the swimming pool. To decide who gets the job, Wimpy asks them to demonstrate their skills. The duo comply and show off for Olive Oyl and the other ladies present, trading blows in the process.
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#8 - The Spinach Roadster
Season 1936 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/26/1936
Rejecting Bluto’s offer to take her out in his much sportier car, Olive Oyl goes for a ride with Popeye in his jalopy. Bluto speeds ahead of the couple and attempts to sabotage their drive, but finds himself outwitted each time.
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#9 - I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski
Season 1936 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/3/1936
Popeye and Bluto arrive at Olive Oyl’s cabin with offers to take her mountain climbing. Enraged that she opted to go with Popeye over him, Bluto follows the couple on their excursion, sabotaging it at every opportunity.
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#10 - Never Kick a Woman
Season 1936 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/28/1936
Olive Oyl is pushed by Popeye into taking a class for self defense. When the instructor starts to flirt with Popeye, her jealousy compels her to take a greater interest in the training, but finds herself being mocked by her new rival.
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#11 - I'm in the Army Now
Season 1936 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/25/1936
When Olive Oyl expresses admiration for military men, Popeye and Bluto rush into a recruitment center to sign up. Told there’s only room for one, they try to prove who is the better candidate by showing off their feats in clips from their prior movies
#12 - Hold the Wire
Season 1936 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/23/1936
Olive Oyl rejects Popeye's call for a date, saying he’s not romantic enough. He tries to convince her differently by reciting poetry. Bluto overhears their conversation and decides to tap the line, interjecting ruder comments while posing as Popeye.
#13 - Let's Get Movin'
Season 1936 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/24/1936
Olive Oyl rejects Popeye’s offer to help her move, believing he’s not strong enough for the task. Bluto, the moving man she hired, shows up and Olive fawns over him. Offended, Popeye accepts Bluto’s challenge to prove he’s equally strong and capable.
#14 - Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky
Season 1936 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/1936
While on her way to Popeye’s gym for women, Olive Oyl spurns Bluto's offer to join him for a night on the town. Stinging from the rejection, Bluto sneaks into the gym disguised as a woman, intending to make Popeye look weak compared to “herself”.