The BEST episodes of Popeye the Sailor season 1952
Every episode of Popeye the Sailor season 1952, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Popeye the Sailor season 1952!
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 - Popalong Popeye
Season 1952 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/29/1952
The story begins at Popeye’s ranch, where he is trying to get his nephews to eat their spinach. When they refuse, Popeye tells them a tale of his early days in the West, how he arrived to work on a ranch and was humiliated by the foreman (Bluto). As part of the story, there’s a boxing match between Popeye and Bully Boy, a humanoid bull used by Bluto to embarrass Popeye. Popeye is defeated, trapped, but eventually uses his spinach (even through water barrels) to transform into “Pop‑A‑Long Popeye,” overcoming Bully Boy and Bluto. At the end, the nephews free a wild horse and in order to save their uncle, they finally eat their spinach.
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#2 - Shuteye Popeye
Season 1952 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/3/1952
Popeye's snoring disturbs a mouse.
#3 - Big Bad Sindbad
Season 1952 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/12/1952
Popeye tells his nephews the story of how he met Sindbad the Sailor and knocked the tar out him.
#4 - Friend or Phony
Season 1952 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/30/1952
Bluto faking serious injury—he sends Popeye a telegram claiming he’s dying from the last beating. Popeye, believing Bluto, throws away his spinach. Then Bluto's trickery escalates: he smashes Popeye’s bed, beats him, but ultimately Popeye’s spinach returns and he turns the tables on Bluto.
#5 - Tots of Fun
Season 1952 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/15/1952
Popeye is building a house while his nephews practice music. The nephews try to help him but end up causing trouble, so Popeye sends them back to practice. After Popeye finishes the house and goes inside, it collapses. The nephews then decide they’ll help build and practice music at the same time — they build a skyscraper luxury apartment in musical style (to the tune of the "Poet and Peasant Overture") while practicing.
#6 - Popeye's Pappy
Season 1952 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/1952
In the short, Popeye’s mother tells him of Pappy’s long‑ago disappearance. Popeye eventually sails to the island where Pappy resides as “King Pappy.” He tries multiple tactics (even using a disguise) to bring his father home, but Pappy resists. When the tribe’s warriors threaten both, Popeye and Pappy share spinach to fend them off, and the two ultimately leave together by boat.
#7 - Lunch with a Punch
Season 1952 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/14/1952
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.
#8 - Swimmer Take All
Season 1952 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/16/1952
Popeye and Bluto compete in a swimming race across the English Channel, for the “Piccadilly Golden Cup.” Bluto tries numerous cheating schemes to get ahead: sabotaging Popeye’s dive board, unraveling his knit swimsuit using a hooked fish, using sneezing powder, attaching a magnet that attracts a mine, and dropping cement on him. Olive Oyl is present as Popeye’s coach and cheering section, helping him at times (e.g. sawing him free when stuck). Despite the cheating and obstacles, Popeye ultimately triumphs and wins the race.