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The cartoon[]
The Fleischer/Famous Shorts[]
- And the Fandom Rejoiced: Regarding the KFS shorts, the presence of more Thimble Theatre characters may offset the poor animation and timing.
- Foe Yay: The infamous Minute Maid television ad. Poor Olive.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: Near the end of "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp", the Big Bad gets turned into a fish by the lamp and shouts, "Help! I'm a Fish!"
- Seasonal Rot: By the mid-1940s, the Famous Studios Popeye shorts became increasingly formulaic and stale, and the timing and animation took a hit in quality.
- Ugly Cute: Popeye as an infant, of which we get a glimpse in Goonland.
- Values Dissonance: The short "I Yam What I Yam" portrays Native Americans in a very racist light. Popeye and Bluto are also frequently quite sexist in their treatment of Olive Oyl, who usually doesn't seem to mind.
- Willfully Weak: One theory suggests that Popeye doesn't even need spinach to use his full power, and only acts like he needs it to mess with people.
Popeye the Sailor (1960 TV series)[]
The All New Popeye Hour[]
Popeye and Son[]
- Spiritual Adaptation: The show is bascially the TV Series version of "Wimmin Is a Myskery"/"Bride and Gloom", but Popeye and Olive's marriage is much more stable.
Popeye's Island Adventures[]
The movie[]
- Cult Classic - After being forgotten for a time, partly for the entertainment value. It was quite popular on release, though.
- Ear Worm: "I Am What I Yam", anyone? Hint: It's basically Popeye meets Rap. Yeah.
- A lot of the songs are like this. "Everything is food, food, food..."
- More Popular Spinoff - The Sweethaven set used in the film later became a popular Maltese tourist attraction called Popeye Village, which is still in business today.
- Narm Charm - Popeye's singing and dancing probably couldn't be pulled off by anyone but Robin Williams without inducing frightening amounts of Narm.
- Special Effects Failure - The octopus.
- Uncanny Valley: Needless to say, Popeye's tumor arms do NOT transition well into live action.
The arcade game[]
- No Problem With Licensed Games: One of the few to boast the direct involvement of Shigeru Miyamoto.