The WORST episodes of Popeye the Sailor

#1 - Seein' Red, White 'n' Blue

Season 1943 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/1943

After receiving a draft notice, Bluto arrives at the office of the draft board feigning illness in the hopes of dodging his service. Popeye, who is manning the office, calls Bluto’s bluff, leading Bluto to run off to try and injure himself.

#2 - Moving Aweigh

Season 1944 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/22/1944

It's moving day for Olive, with Popeye and Shorty arriving with a truck to lend a hand. Their arrival earns the ire of a policeman as their clumsiness leads to numerous accidents and general chaos.

#3 - Puppet Love

Season 1944 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/11/1944

Bluto makes a life-like marionette that looks just like Popeye as part of a ploy to sour Olive's affections for him. The ruse is working when Popeye finally catches on and turns the tables on Bluto.

#4 - Let's Stalk Spinach

Season 1951 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1951

#5 - How Green is My Spinach

Season 1950 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/27/1950

To finally defeat Popeye, Bluto sets out to destroy the spinach crop.

#6 - Pilgrim Popeye

Season 1951 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/13/1951

#7 - Double-Cross-Country Race

Season 1951 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/15/1951

#8 - Alpine for You

Season 1951 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/18/1951

#9 - Thrill of Fair

Season 1951 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/20/1951

#10 - Vacation with Play

Season 1951 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/19/1951

#11 - Gym Jam

Season 1950 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/17/1950

#12 - The Fly's Last Flight

Season 1949 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/23/1949

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.

#13 - Barking Dogs Don't Fite

Season 1949 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1949

Having to walk Olive's dainty French Poodle, Frenchy, both human and dog are bullied by Bluto and his vicious bulldog.

#14 - Silly Hillbilly

Season 1949 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/9/1949

Popeye's traveling department store comes to hillbilly country.

#15 - Tar With a Star

Season 1949 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/12/1949

Popeye becomes a sheriff of a lawless Western town.

#16 - 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.

#17 - 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.

#18 - 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.

#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 - 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.

#21 - 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.

#22 - 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.

#23 - Wigwam Whoopee

Season 1948 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/17/1948

Popeye follows along behind the Mayflower in his own rowboat.

#24 - The Island Fling

Season 1946 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/27/1946

Bluto is Robinson Crusoe; Popeye and Olive approach his island on a raft.

#25 - Pop-Pie a la Mode

Season 1945 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/26/1945

Popeye has been long adrift in the ocean on a raft when he finally spots land. Once ashore, he finds an inn where he seeks a room and a meal to recover from his ordeal. What Popeye doesn't realize is that the manager is a cannibal who intends to "serve" Popeye up as a meal instead.