Evolution of POPEYE THE SAILOR - 90 Years Explained | CARTOON EVOLUTION

CARTOON EVOLUTION #7

To celebrate his 90th Anniversary, I take a look at the history and evolution of POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN, the rough ‘n’ tough seaman with a heart of gold and Spinach-fuelled powers - arguably, the first ever superhero.

Created by E.C. Segar, Popeye was, essentially, a happy accident – an intended one-off character who gained unanticipated popularity in comics, leading to an insurmountable success in cartoon shorts, rivalling even the likes of Mickey Mouse. Initially produced by the Fleischer Studio and Paramount Pictures between the 1930s and 1950s, Popeye cartoons would later cross into the television era under the likes of Hanna-Barbera and Gene Deitch. Unfortunately, Popeye found himself victim of the modern times, with various reboots and reimaginings – each more watered down than the last – struggling to uphold his popularity through the decades.

I take a look at how Popeye has evolved from script to screen, discussing the most important changes in his design and personality and in the stylistic and narrative structures of his productions prevalent across a near-century of media.

Here's my look at Popeye the Sailor through the years!

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CLASSIC POPEYE SHORTS:
Popeye the Sailor Meets Betty Boop
Yam What I Yam
Blow Me Down!
Wild Elephinks
Strong to the Finish
The Two-Alarm Fire
The Dance Contest
Adventures of Popeye
Beware of Barnacle Bill
We Aim to Please
King of the Mardi Gras
Shiver Me Timbers
The Hyp-Nut-Tist
The Spinach Roadster
What -- No Spinach?
Can You Take It
Shoein’ Hosses
Vim, Vigor and Vitality
Cops Is Always Right
The House Builder-Upperer
Goonland
Dizzy Divers
I Wanna Be a Lifeguard
A Clean Shaven Man
Brotherly Love
Seasin’s Greetinks
Axe Me Another
Be Kind to Animals
For Better or Worser
Can You Take It
Let’s You and Him Fight
Meets Sinbad the Sailor
Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves
Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp
The Mighty Navy
Fleets of Strength
Blunder Below
Olive Oyl and Water Don’t Mix
Baby Wants a Bottle Ship
You’re a Sap Mr. Jap
Scraps the Japs
Alona on the Sarong Seas
Cartoons Ain’t Human
Her Honor the Mare
Puppet Love
All’s Fair at the Fair
The Royal Flour-Flusher
House Tricks
The Anvil Chorus Girl
Klondike Casanova
The Fistic Mystic
and the Pirates
Safari So Good
She-Sick Sailors
Shape Ahoy
The Island Fling
Jitterbug Jive
Shaving Muggs
A Haul In one
Hillbilling and Cooing
Mister and Mistletoe
Cookin’ With Gags
The Ace of Space
Nearlyweds
The Crystal Brawl
With Little Swee’Pea

OTHER POPEYE MEDIA:
Popeye the Sailor (1960 - 1962)
The Man Who Hated Laughter
All-New Popeye Hour / Popeye and Olive Comedy Show
Valentine Special: Sweethearts at See
1980 Live action, Robin Williams
Popeye and Son
The Popeye Show
Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
Sony Animation Test
Popeye’s Island Adventures

OTHER MEDIA:
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit - Carnival Capers
Bosko - The Doughboy
Silly Symphony - Flowers and Trees / King Neptune / Goddess of Spring
Mickey Mouse - Mickey’s Gala
Flip the Frog - Fiddlesticks / Milkman
Farmer Alf Falfa - Bedtime Story
Out of the Inkwell
Talkartoons - Bimbo’s Initiation / Dizzy Dishes / Bimbo’s Initiation
Betty Boop - Stopping the Show / The Betty Boop Limited / Snow White / Boop-Oop-A-Doop / Betty Boop’s Bizzy Bee
Porky Pig - Porky’s Garden / Porky’s Hero Agency
Merry Melodies - The Major Lied Til Dawn
Gulliver’s Travels
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
Superman
Donald Duck - Fall In Fall Out /How to Have an Accident at Work
Daffy Duck - Daffy the Commando
Bugs Bunny / Daffy - The Abominable Snow Rabbit
Stone Age Cartoon - Granite Hotel
Animated Antic - Triple Trouble
Gabby - Alls Well
Casper the Friendly Ghost - Not Ghoulty
Modern Madcap - The Robot Ringer

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