Popeye the Sailor filmography (Fleischer Studios)

''Popeye the Sailor'' series

1933">1933 in film">1933

• First screen appearances of Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Bluto
• A Betty Boop cartoon
• Some TV versions are edited so as to remove scenes depicting racial stereotypes of African Americans
• Bill Costello was the voice of Popeye.
• First entry in Popeye the Sailor series
• First screen appearance of J. Wellington Wimpy
• Rarely airs on television due to the American Indian stereotypes.
• First cartoon with Mae Questel as the voice of Olive Oyl
• Only Popeye cartoon to bear the National Recovery Administration logo

  1934">1934 in film">1934

• First and only cartoon in which William Costello uses his normal voice during a scene.
• Final appearance of the Out of the Inkwell end title design.
• Cameo appearance by Nana Oyl
• The first female studio animator, Lillian Friedman, animated several scenes in this film.
• First cartoon in which Popeye and Bluto compete for work
• Final appearance of the "Max Fleischer presents" byline
• First appearance of the "Adolph Zukor presents a Max Fleischer cartoon" byline

  1935">1935 in film">1935

• First use of the "anchor" end title design.
• Floyd Buckley voices Popeye.
• Last cartoon with William Pennell as Bluto until 1940
• First cartoon with Gus Wickie as Bluto
• First Popeye cartoon with stereoptical process.
• Bonnie Poe voices Olive Oyl
• William Costello's last performance as the voice of Popeye
• First cartoon with Jack Mercer as the voice of Popeye
• Stereoptical process
• Compilation film, scenes from I Eats My Spinach, Wild Elephinks, Axe Me Another, and Popeye the Sailor
• Partial live-action
• Cameo appearance by Castor Oyl
• Disputed over whether William Costello or Jack Mercer voiced Popeye.

  1936">1936 in film">1936

• Cameo appearance by George W. Geezil
• Disputed as to whether William Costello or Jack Mercer voiced Popeye.
• Stereoptical process
• Stereoptical process
• First cartoon where Popeye swallows more than one can of spinach
• Stereoptical process
• Stereoptical process
• First and only Fleischer cartoon in which Olive Oyl eats Popeye's spinach in order to overcome her adversary
• First screen appearance of Swee'Pea
• Stereoptical process
• In the public domain in the United States
• Earliest public domain Popeye cartoon.
• A two-reel Popeye Color Special
• Stereoptical process
• Popeye's first color appearance
• In the public domain in the United States
• Final cartoon where Popeye sings his full theme song whenever he first appears.
• Only cartoon nominated for an Academy Award for Short Subjects.
• Compilation film, scenes from Blow Me Down, Choose Your "Weppins", Shoein' Hosses, and King of the Mardi Gras
• In the public domain in the United States

  1937">1937 in film">1937

• In the public domain in the United States
• The DVD restoration of this cartoon incorrectly copies credits from The Paneless Window Washer, hence the incorrect certificate number, including Willard Bowsky and Orestes Calpini being wrongly credited for the animation.
• Stereoptical process
• Some TV versions are edited so as to remove the scene where Popeye turns Bluto's sun picture into a black-faced minstrel.
• Popeye feeds Bluto spinach in order to get beaten up and put in the hospital with Olive
• Bluto eats Popeye's spinach in order to best him at baseball
• First time that Swee'Pea eats spinach to save the day
• Stereoptical process
• In the public domain in the United States
• Although Popeye tries to, nobody eats any spinach in this cartoon.
• Stereoptical process
• The TV print distributed by Associated Artists Productions atypically had original titles.
• A two-reel Popeye Color Special
• Stereoptical process
• Shows Popeye serving in the U.S. Coast Guard
• In the public domain in the United States

  1938">1938 in film">1938

• Stereoptical process
• Final cartoon with Gus Wickie as the voice of Bluto
• Final cartoon to feature the voice of Gus Wickie
• First time Margie Hines voices Olive Oyl
• First screen appearance of Eugene the Jeep
• Margie Hines voices Olive Oyl
• First screen appearance of Poopdeck Pappy
• First and only film appearance of the Goons
• Breaks the fourth wall
• Final Fleischer cartoon with Mae Questel as the voice of Olive Oyl. Margie Hines takes over the role for all remaining Fleischer Popeye cartoons.
• Final Fleischer Popeye cartoon produced in New York City, New York
• Breaks the fourth wall
• In the public domain in the United States
• Final appearance of the "Adolph Zukor presents" byline
• First Fleischer Popeye cartoon produced in Miami, Florida
• A new version of the "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" song opens the film

  1939">1939 in film">1939

• Compilation film, scenes from Let's Get Movin' and The Twisker Pitcher
• First cartoon with Pinto Colvig as the voice of Bluto
• In the public domain in the United States
• First appearance of the "Paramount presents" byline
• A two-reel Popeye Color Special
• In the public domain in the United States
• No "ship-door" opening segment
• No "ship-door" opening segment
• No "ship-door" opening segment
• No "ship-door" opening segment
• Based on Bing Crosby song from the Paramount musical Double or Nothing
• First appearance of the redesigned "ship-door" opening segment
• Final on-screen credit for E.C. Segar
• Popeye does not eat spinach, as he finds his can empty.

  1940">1940 in film">1940

• First Popeye cartoon with story credit, given here to George Manuell
• Tedd Pierce voices Bluto
• Title is a reference to both the Union Pacific Railroad and the 1939 Paramount feature.
• Final film appearance of J. Wellington Wimpy until 1950's Popeye Makes a Movie from Famous Studios
• Early appearance by Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Poop-eye and Peep-eye in a dream sequence
• Rare occasion where Popeye does not eat spinach
• Last cartoon with Pinto Colvig as the voice of Bluto
• Compilation film, includes scenes from I Never Changes My Altitude, I Wanna Be a Life Guard, Bridge Ahoy!, and Lost and Foundry
• Final film appearance of Eugene the Jeep
• Final cartoon to feature the voice of Pinto Colvig

  1941">1941 in film">1941

• Footage re-used from 1934's Sock-a-Bye, Baby
• Cameo appearance by George W. Geezil
• Although Olive's name is in the title and she's mentioned, she does not appear in this cartoon.
• Final appearance of the "ship-door" opening segment
• First appearance of the opening segment with Popeye's head and pipe
• First World War II-themed cartoon
• First appearance of Popeye in white U.S. Navy uniform
• 100th Popeye cartoon.

  1942">1942 in film">1942

• In addition to Bluto's redesign to appear more plump, as well as dressed in a naval outfit, William Pennell voices Bluto
• Some TV versions are edited for racial stereotyping of Japanese people
• Popeye goes to war in this cartoon.
• First canonical appearance of Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Poop-eye and Peep-eye
• Final Fleischer cartoon with Popeye in his comic strip uniform
• Tedd Pierce voices Bluto, as well as in Many Tanks
• Final Popeye cartoon by Fleischer Studios

  Other appearances

Official DVD releases

• ', released on July 31, 2007, includes the cartoons from 1933 through mid-1938
• ', released on June 17, 2008, includes the cartoons from mid-1938 through 1940.
• , released on November 4, 2008, includes the remaining Fleischer cartoons from 1941 and 1942, along with the black-and-white Famous Studios cartoons released in 1942 and 1943