Seasons

Oil's Well That Ends Well E1

Oil's Well That Ends Well

Aired Jan 1, 1961

Oily Brutus swindles Olive Oyl out of her game show winnings with a worthless oil well. It's up to Popeye to grease the path towards a happy ending.

7 min
Motor Knocks E2

Motor Knocks

Aired Jan 8, 1961

Popeye and Olive stop by Brutus's Garage after running out of gas. But Brutus sabotages Popeye's car and steals away Olive.

7 min
Amusement Park E3

Amusement Park

Aired Jan 15, 1961

Brutus kidnaps swee'pee and sells him to an amusement park freak-show.

7 min
Duel to the Finish E4

Duel to the Finish

Aired Jan 22, 1961

Olive entices Wimpy to her kitchen with the smell of hamburgers in order to make Popeye jealous. The male rivalry leads to an eating contest.

7 min
Gem Jam E5

Gem Jam

Aired Jan 29, 1961

In India, the Sea Hag hypnotizes Olive into stealing the sacred emerald from the crown of a jade idol, which puts a curse on the unwitting thief.

7 min
The Bathing Beasts E6

The Bathing Beasts

Aired Feb 5, 1961

Olive's new car attracts the attention of Popeye and Brutus, an argument breaks out over who will sit in the front seat, to settle things Olive suggests they enter a strong-man contest and the winner sits in the front.

7 min
The Rain Breaker E7

The Rain Breaker

Aired Feb 12, 1961

Popeye meets Thor The God of Thunder and must save a fair maiden trapped high in a castle.

7 min
Messin' Up the Mississippi E8

Messin' Up the Mississippi

Aired Feb 19, 1961

Olive is the captain of a Mississippi showboat with Popeye as the main act. Brutus is the stagehand who is jealous of Popeye's fame. Brutus plots to jinx the show and embarrass Popeye.

7 min
Love Birds E9

Love Birds

Aired Feb 26, 1961

Popeye buys Olive's lovebird a boyfriend. The two lovebirds, named Romeo and Juliet, quarrel and Romeo flies away. Olive demands that Popeye bring him back.

7 min
Sea Serpent E10

Sea Serpent

Aired Mar 5, 1961

Olive is a reporter who's so busy that she doesn't have time to be with Popeye. Her boss then tells her that there are rumored reports of a sea serpent at lochness so he sends her to check it out. Popeye tells her there's no such thing. When she arrives she meets, the man who knows about the Sea Serpent, Brutus. He charges her for every piece of info he gives her. Popeye is incredulous and finds evidence that Brutus is a fake.

7 min
Boardering on Trouble E11

Boardering on Trouble

Aired Mar 12, 1961

Popeye and Brutus are owners of a nightclub and restaurant, a fight breaks out between them when their guest, Miss Oyl, can't decide on spending her night at dinner or watching a show.

7 min
Aladdin's Lamp E12

Aladdin's Lamp

Aired Mar 19, 1961

Popeye chases down the Sea Hag in order to take back the magic lamp she stole from Olive.

7 min
Butler Up E13

Butler Up

Aired Mar 26, 1961

An old school friend of Olive Oyl's turns up for dinner, to impress him Olive asks Popeye to be her butler.

7 min
The Leprechaun E14

The Leprechaun

Aired Apr 2, 1961

The Sea Hag is planning to steal a leprechaun's gold by finding a leprechaun and making him tell her where his gold is. Popeye knowing that she's up to something follows her. When he encounters her, her vulture knocks him out. A leprechaun finds him and helps him. Later the same leprechaun runs into the Sea Hag and she makes him tell her where his gold is. When the other leprechauns learn what he did they banish him. When Popeye runs into him, he tells Popeye what happened Popeye sets to get the gold back.

7 min
County Fair E15

County Fair

Aired Apr 9, 1961

Popeye and Brutus are farmers who enter a county fair contest to see who's the best. But Brutus is cheating.

7 min
Hamburgers Aweigh E16

Hamburgers Aweigh

Aired Apr 16, 1961

Popeye is shipping canned hamburgers. And when Wimpy hears of this, he offers to protect them. Popeye is hesitant to let him. But he agrees but on the condition that he let the Wiffle Bird put a spell on Wimpy making him not like hamburgers. So while they sail, the Sea Hag shows up and plots to make off with the cargo and offers Wimpy part of the hamburgers. But when he refuses she puts a spell on him making him her slave.

7 min
Popeye's Double Trouble E17

Popeye's Double Trouble

Aired Apr 23, 1961

When the Sea Hag overhears Popeye wishes he was lucky she asks her vulture to get out of her pouch a coin which gives whoever has it bad luck and throws it at Popeye hoping he will be cursed. But the vulture gave her her gold luck coin which has three wishes. And when Popeye uses it, she tries to get it back before he uses the other two. Knowing that he's on his way to pick up Olive for a date the Sea Hag gets there before Popeye does and ties her up and makes herself look like Olive and goes with Popeye to a dance and roughs him up hoping to get the coin but doesn't.

7 min
Kiddie Kapers E18

Kiddie Kapers

Aired Apr 30, 1961

Brutus goes to see the Sea Hag in the hopes that she will make him a youth potion to impress Olive. The potion changes his whole appearance and everything goes to plan until Olive finds out who he really is.

7 min
The Mark of Zero E19

The Mark of Zero

Aired May 7, 1961

Popeye tells Olive's niece the story of the Mark of Zero, starring himself as the good guy and Brutus as the villain.

7 min
Myskery Melody E20

Myskery Melody

Aired May 14, 1961

Poopdeck Pappy is suddenly frightened of a mysterious flute melody that wafts through the air. At first Popeye and Olive cannot hear the haunting melody, but Pappy tells them about when he was a young man, and he was attracted to a young woman, a jewel of the sea, who tried to seduce him but turned out to be Wicked Seahag in disguise. Upon discovering her true identity Pappy fled, and Seahag vowed revenge. Now she has discovered a flute melody that can hypnotize Pappy into her trap, and when Popeye and Olive finally do hear the haunting melody, Pappy becomes hypnotized drawn to the dungeon of a distant castle, where Popeye must enlist the aid of Eugene The Jeep is rescue him.

7 min
Scairdy Cat E21

Scairdy Cat

Aired May 21, 1961

Popeye drinks a potion which turns him into a coward, Brutus tries to take his place as Olive Oyl's date and Popeye finally manages to get hold of some spinach which gives him back his bravery.

7 min
Operation Ice-Tickle E22

Operation Ice-Tickle

Aired May 28, 1961

Olive tells Popeye and Brutus she'll go out with the first one who brings her back the North Pole -- which turns out to be an actual pole with red and white stripes.

7 min
The Cure E23

The Cure

Aired Jun 4, 1961

Wimpy realizes he has a problem with hamburgers, Popeye helps him to contact Hamburger Anonymous. Meanwhile the SeaHag realizes her burger bar is missing it's best customer and takes steps to ruin Wimpy's attempts to break his addiction.

7 min
William Won't Tell E24

William Won't Tell

Aired Jun 11, 1961

It's 1813, King Brutus and Maiden Olive Oyl become jealous when Popeye rescues The Queen and fixes her broken carriage.

7 min
Pop Goes the Whistle E25

Pop Goes the Whistle

Aired Jun 18, 1961

Swee' Pea's favorite toy has lost its whistle and Popeye runs all over town trying to find it.

7 min
Autographically Yours E26

Autographically Yours

Aired Jun 25, 1961

Brutus is jealous of Popeyes fame.

7 min
A Poil for Olive Oyl E27

A Poil for Olive Oyl

Aired Jul 2, 1961

Popeye takes Olice out to buy her a birthday present and she chooses a pearl necklace and when Popeye hears how much they are, he sets out to get pearls from the sea. He goes diving and finds the oyster beds where the pearls are. But the Sea Hag is there and she claims that the pearls belong to her.

7 min
My Fair Olive E28

My Fair Olive

Aired Jul 9, 1961

Popeye and Olive are on a date at the local museum and see knights on exhibit. The curator (Brutus) and Ms. Oyl fall for one another. When Brutus butts in and he and Popeye start to fight over Olive, she suggests that they have a jousting tournament to settle their argument.

7 min
Giddy Gold E29

Giddy Gold

Aired Jul 16, 1961

While going through a tunnel of love boat ride, Olive notices a lot decorative jewels and other valuables and wishes they were real. That's when the Wiffle Bird shows and says they can be by just touching his feathers and wishing it. And it happens. So she and Popeye grab buckets of the jewels and makes their way out but the Wiffle Bird shows to tell them that there are three dangerous dangers that anyone who tries to take anything will have to face. While Popeye prefers to leave everything behind Olive says they go on with them.

7 min
Strange Things Are Happening E30

Strange Things Are Happening

Aired Jul 23, 1961

Olive Oyl, Brutus, Wimpy, Swee'Pea, the Sea Hag and Professor Wottasnozzle are going to make a surprise for Popeye. The sailor has a very peculiar day, with all kinds of strange things happening to him. First, the Sea Hag tries to kidnap him, then Wimpy offers to buy him lunch. In addition, Popeye gets examined by a doctor and is told that he has "flablutus of the Diablutus." On top of that, he sees Olive going to the movies with Brutus. He eventually discovers that it's all to get him to a certain address, where he's told that "this is your day."

7 min
The Medicine Man E31

The Medicine Man

Aired Jul 30, 1961

Olive begs Dr. Quack, aka Brutus, to cure Popeye's hiccups. But Dr. Quack wants Popeye's Spinach Health Juice off the market and Olive in his clutches.

7 min
A Mite of Trouble E32

A Mite of Trouble

Aired Aug 6, 1961

The Sea Hag tries to steal Popeyes treasure map treasure map by dressing a dwarf up as Swee'pea.

7 min
Who's Kidding Zoo E33

Who's Kidding Zoo

Aired Aug 13, 1961

Popeye and Brutus apply for the same part-time zoo keeper job.

7 min
Robot Popeye E34

Robot Popeye

Aired Aug 20, 1961

Brutus buys a patented Popeye robot to cause friction between Popeye and Olive.

7 min
Sneaking Peeking E35

Sneaking Peeking

Aired Aug 27, 1961

Swee'pea's birthday is here, with Popeye and Olive Oyl trying to stop Swee'pea from peeking into his birthday presents. Olive tells him a fable; something like Pandora's Box. Will Swee'pea learn?

7 min
Seer-ring is Believer-ring E36

Seer-ring is Believer-ring

Aired Sep 3, 1961

Olive Oyl buys a ring that allows her to see the immediate future; but it really belongs to Evil Eye, a red-bearded foreign hypnotist with supernatural powers.

7 min
The Wiffle Bird's Revenge E37

The Wiffle Bird's Revenge

Aired Sep 10, 1961

The magical Wiffle bird casts a spell over Wimpy that changes him into a werewolf whenever he says the word "hamburger".

7 min
Going Going Gone E38

Going Going Gone

Aired Sep 17, 1961

Wimpy tricks Brutus into buying him some hamburgers, Brutus gets angry and Wimpy decides to use vanishing cream to hide from him.

7 min
Popeye Thumb E39

Popeye Thumb

Aired Sep 24, 1961

After being teased for being too small Popeye tells Swee' Pea his version of the classic "Tom Thumb".

7 min
The Billionaire E40

The Billionaire

Aired Oct 1, 1961

Billionaire Popeye gives a million dollars to each of his friends to see who will spend the money the wisest way. When they squander all their money and ask for more, Popeye decides to give all the rest of his money to the Poor Sailor Fund.

7 min
Model Muddle E41

Model Muddle

Aired Oct 8, 1961

Olive decides that Popeye needs some culture, so she takes him to the art museum. There, he pokes fun at the sculpture and accidentally breaks a piece. Eventually, he develops a taste for modern art and decides to try his hand at acting as a sculptor for Olive Oyl's affection... with disastrous results. Brutus gets sore and tries to sabotage the sailor. He wants to play rough with the paint.

7 min
Which is Witch E42

Which is Witch

Aired Oct 15, 1961

The Sea Hag hatches a plot to kidnap Popeye. She replaces Olive with a robot replica programmed to bring him to her Island.

7 min
Disguise the Limit E43

Disguise the Limit

Aired Oct 22, 1961

Popeye the Detective is called on to find a gorilla that has just escaped from the Zoo. He an Olive devise a plan to re-capture the gorilla which involves Popeye disguising himself as a female gorilla and luring it back into it enclosure.

7 min
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E44

Spoil Sport

Aired Oct 29, 1961

Popeye has got himself a scooter, Olive Snubs him for Brutus and his fast, shiny, new, fast sports car. The ride turns out to be far too fast and dangerous for Olive and it's not long before she is in need of help from Popeye.

7 min
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E45

Have Time Will Travel

Aired Nov 5, 1961

Popeye, who is presumably bored of living in the 1960, decides to build Olive a time machine, luckily the dinosaur populated prehistoric time they visit has plenty of spinach.

7 min
Intellectual Interlude E46

Intellectual Interlude

Aired Nov 12, 1961

Popeye eats some "intellectual spinach" given to him by a professor at an adult education class.

7 min
Partial Post E47

Partial Post

Aired Nov 19, 1961

A spaceship lands on Earth carrying an alien disguised as a mailbox! Popeye is about to go out to mail Olive a birthday card when he hears a radio announcement that a flying saucer has been sighted over the city. Popeye continues with his task to mail the card, but he does not realize that the mailbox he has just posted Olive's card in is really the flying saucer. The extraterrestrial then tries to kidnap Popeye and Olive Oyl!

7 min
Weight for Me E48

Weight for Me

Aired Nov 26, 1961

Popeye and Brutus return from six months at sea to find that Olive has gotten fat. Brutus indulges Olive's lust for food, while Popeye tries to force her to exercise.

7 min
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E49

Canine Caprice

Aired Dec 3, 1961

Popeye buys Olive Oyl a talking dog, the dog, named Roger, tells Popeye that Olive Oyl has been seeing another man.

7 min
Roger E50

Roger

Aired Dec 10, 1961

Roger, the talking dog, discovers a plot to rob a jewelry store but he is unable to get the police to understand him.

7 min
Tooth Be or Not Tooth Be E51

Tooth Be or Not Tooth Be

Aired Dec 17, 1961

Swee'Pea is cutting his first tooth and Poopdeck Pappy is babysitting him for Popeye. Pappy decides to give Swee'Pea a lesson in dental hygiene and tells him a story of what happened to him when he entered a "teeth" contest. Pappy talks about the Sea Hag and her nefarious plans for his teeth.

7 min