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The Best Episodes of Popeye the Sailor Season 1

Every episode of Popeye the Sailor Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Popeye the Sailor Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Popeye the Sailor Season 1

Follows the adventures of the famed spinach-eating sailor man. Popeye is one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time. This spunky but loveable spinach-eating...
  1. 7.4/10(65 votes)

    #1 - Abdominal Snowman

    S1:E11

    Popeye hears talk of abominable snowman sightings and so decides to take it upon himself to investigate.

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  2. 7.4/10(69 votes)

    #2 - Seeing Double

    S1:E24

    Popeye is jailed for committing a bank robbery which he insists he didn't commit. He must prove he didn't do it. In a seemingly unrelated subplot, two thugs build a Popeye robot to do their bidding.

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    Director:Gene Deitch
    Writer:N/A
  3. 7.2/10(64 votes)

    #3 - Interrupted Lullaby

    S1:E21

    Brutus sinks to a new low in both greed and criminal activity by trying to abduct little Swee'pee from his family.

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    Director:Gene Deitch
    Writer:N/A
  4. 7.2/10(60 votes)

    #4 - The Lost City of Bubble-Lon

    S1:E27

    The Professor, Popeye and their assistant Brutus are searching for the lost city of "Bubble-On". Popeye is suspicious, he thinks Brutus is more interested in taking the cities treasure than documenting scientific discoveries.

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    Director:Gene Deitch
    Writer:N/A
  5. 7.2/10(59 votes)

    #5 - There's No Space Like Home

    S1:E28

    Brutus beats up an alien he sees walking down the street, thinking its Popeye on the way to Olive Oyl's fancy dress party. The alien retaliates by trying to blow up the earth, Popeye and Brutus team up to stop him.

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    Director:Gene Deitch
    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.2/10(56 votes)

    #6 - Where There's a Will

    S1:E31

    Popeye is called by a lawyer who tells him that he and Brutus are the beneficiaries of someone they know. And that he'll be reading the will at noon. And if one of them is not there at noon they will forfeit the inheritance. So Brutus tries to keep Popeye from getting there at noon.

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    Director:Bob Bemiller
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.2/10(58 votes)

    #7 - Beaver or Not

    S1:E46

    Popeye visits the local stream for a relaxing swim but is surprised to find a couple of dam-building beavers. A battle begins and eventually Popeye admits defeat and goes for a swim in the beaver's reservoir.

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    Director:Gene Deitch
    Writer:N/A
  9. 7.2/10(52 votes)

    #8 - Skinned Divers

    S1:E49

    Popeye and Brutus are diving for buried treasure, Brutus however has more than sunken treasure in his eyes, he spies the lovely mermaid Olive Oyl.

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    Director:Jack Kinney
  10. 7.1/10(74 votes)

    #9 - Caveman Capers

    S1:E7

    Popeye tells Olive the story of how his ancestor Prehesterical Popeye discovered the magical powers of spinach and stopped Prehesterical Brutus.

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  11. 7.1/10(67 votes)

    #10 - Irate Pirate

    S1:E13

    Popeye and Olive are out testing Popeyes new boat on a relaxing boat ride. When out in the ocean they meet Jolly Roger the pirate. Unfortunately Roger takes a fancy to Olive. The pirate kidnaps her and sets school of sharks after Popeye.

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  12. 7.1/10(60 votes)

    #11 - Sheepish Sheep-Herder

    S1:E18

    Popeye volunteers to stand guard to protect Poopdeck Pappy's ranch, a rustler tries to get rid of Popeye but is driven mad by his ability to reappear right after he's been lassoed, tied up and even thrown off a cliff.

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  13. 7.1/10(63 votes)

    #12 - Track Meet Cheat

    S1:E19

    Olive sees Brutus showing his athletic prowess at a track meet, Popeye gets jealous, runs on to the field and starts competing himself.

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  14. 7.1/10(60 votes)

    #13 - Potent Lotion

    S1:E29

    Someone has sent Popeye a present, he opens it to find shaving lotion, thinking it's something Olive Oyl has bought for him he puts it on. From that moment everyone hates him.

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    Director:Gene Deitch
    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.1/10(55 votes)

    #14 - Popeye's Service Station

    S1:E50

    Popeye is now the manager of a service station, he provides a good service with free extras. Brutus comes along only wanting the free extras, including free access to another customer, Olive Oyl.

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    Director:Jack Kinney
  16. 7.0/10(81 votes)

    #15 - Hoppy Jalopy

    S1:E4

    Popeye in his junk-pile jalopy competes with Brutus in his slick race car to win a cross-country race. Brutus employs a series of dirty tricks to keep ahead, while keeping Olive Oyl trapped in his trunk.

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  17. 7.0/10(70 votes)

    #16 - College Of Hard Knocks

    S1:E10

    Olive the college student is infatuated with Professor Brutus and contemptuous of Popeye's lack of education, leading Popeye to enroll in college himself.

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  18. 7.0/10(65 votes)

    #17 - Foola-Foola Bird

    S1:E14

    Popeye and Olive are searching the jungle for the rare Foola-Foola bird. Following close behind is Brutus, also hunting the bird as there is a reward of a million dollar for finding it.

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  19. 7.0/10(63 votes)

    #18 - Uranium on the Cranium

    S1:E15

    Popeye and Olive set-sail to a desert island with a map citing the location of Uranium, unknown to them Brutus is already there, He plans on dressing like a gorilla and scaring them away.

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  20. 7.0/10(63 votes)

    #19 - Astro-Nut

    S1:E30

    Popeye is undergoing a series of government tests, one of which involves using spinach to travel in a rocket at the speed of light. Meanwhile at home Brutus moves in on Olive.

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    Director:Gene Deitch
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.0/10(55 votes)

    #20 - Jeopardy Sheriff

    S1:E39

    Poopdeck Pappy entertains Swee' Pea by telling him about his adventures in the old west. Popeye thinks he's lying and Pappy tries to prove it's true, which leads to Popeye rescuing him a lot.

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    Director:Tom McDonald
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  22. 7.0/10(58 votes)

    #21 - Goon with the Wind

    S1:E41

    Olive is captured and taken to Goonland to marry the Goonking, Popeye is caged and his can of spinach is taken from him. The situation is looking grim all round.

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    Director:Gene Deitch
    Writer:N/A
  23. 7.0/10(58 votes)

    #22 - Battery Up

    S1:E47

    It's a big Baseball game between Popeye's team and Brutus's team, with Wimpy as the umpire what could possibly go wrong. Olive is rooting for Popeye, at least she is at first.

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    Director:Jack Kinney
  24. 7.0/10(52 votes)

    #23 - Deserted Desert

    S1:E48

    Popeye Journeys to the Lost deserted desert in a quest to find The Lost Dutchman's Mine and its rumored contents, golden nuggets. Brutus is of course also in the desert waiting to steal the goldmines treasure.

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    Director:Jack Kinney
  25. 6.9/10(74 votes)

    #24 - From Way Out

    S1:E23

    A giant space magnet connected to the top of an astronomer's observatory pulls stuff from outer space to earth. One day it also pulls leather jacket wearing space greasers from Mars.

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    Director:Gene Deitch
    Writer:N/A
  26. 6.9/10(67 votes)

    #25 - Swee'pea Soup

    S1:E25

    The citizens are revolting, they want a new king, someone sweet like Swee'pea! Professor Wotasnozzle suggests making a soup out of Swee'pea is the best way to become just like him.

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    Director:Gene Deitch
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Abdominal Snowman" is the best rated episode of "Popeye the Sailor" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 65 votes. Directed by Paul Fennell and written by Charles Shows, it aired on 9/4/1960. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Seeing Double".