History WesternAnimation / PopeyeTheSailor1960

So they commissioned their own line of original Popeye cartoons with Al Brodax as the executive producer, titled simply ''Popeye The Sailor''. King Features then outsourced all the works to various animation studios.[[note]] in order from most shorts to fewest: Jack Kinney Productions made 101 shorts, Paramount Cartoon Studios (formerly Famous Studio) made 63, Rembrandt Films made 28 (with 6 of them subcontracted to Halas and Batchelor), Larry Harmon Pictures made 18, and Gerald Ray Studios made 10[[/note]] Altogether, a total of 220 shorts, less than six minutes each, were made in just two years across 1960 and 1961. Despite low budgets and widely varying animation quality, it's still very impressive, considering that the theatrical Popeye run had 232 shorts made ''over 24 years'' in comparison. (Or 220 if you exclude all the clip shorts and remakes)

* OffModel: Due to the productions of the show, there are many instances of these.
** For example, Rembrandt's take on the Goons looks very different compared to the source material.

So they commissioned their own line of original Popeye cartoons with Al Brodax as the executive producer, titled simply ''Popeye The Sailor''. King Features then outsourced all the works to various animation studios.[[note]] Paramount Cartoon Studios, (formerly Famous Studio) Jack Kinney Productions, Rembrandt Films, Larry Harmon Pictures, and Gerald Ray Studios[[/note]] Altogether, a total of 220 shorts, less than six minutes each, were made in just two years across 1960 and 1961. Despite low budget and various animation quality, it's still very impressive, considering that the theatrical Popeye run had 232 shorts made ''over 24 years'' in comparison. (Or 220 if you exclude all the clip shorts and remakes)

** Subverted in "Sea Hagracy" While Popeye did said it ain't polite to hit a girl, [[spoiler:he didn't says he can't ''spank'' one!]]

* OneEpisodeFear: Kind of. In "Scairdy Cat" Brutus make a "Fear Gas" that make anyone whiffs it become weak and scared of 'anything' for a short time. He use it on Popeye throughout the shorts to take advantage of him. It lose its effect after Popeye eats his spinach however.

* OneEpisodeFear: Kind of. In "Scairdy Cat" Brutus make a "Fear Gas" that make anyone whiffs it become weak and scared of 'anything' for a short time. He use it on Popeye throughout the shorts to take advantage of him. It lose its effect after Popeye eats his spinach however.

So they commissioned their own line of original Popeye cartoons with Al Brodax as the executive producer, titled simply ''Popeye The Sailor''. King Features then outsourced all the works to various animation studios.[[note]] Paramount Cartoon Studios, (formerly Famous Studio) Jack Kinney Productions, Rembrandt Films and Halas and Batchelor, Larry Harmon Pictures, and Gerald Ray Studios[[/note]] Altogether, a total of 220 shorts, less than six minutes each, were made in just two years across 1960 and 1961. Despite low budget and various animation quality, it's still very impressive, considering that the theatrical Popeye run had 232 shorts made ''over 24 years'' in comparison. (Or 220 if you exclude all the clip shorts and remakes)

* DependingOnTheArtist: Due to the show having six animation studios work on it, and each studio have their own set of animation directors meant the character's looks can be very different from one short to another.

* CrossDresser: Popeye did crossdress as an old woman once in "What's News".

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: "Hits and Missiles" and "Barbecue for Two" seem to the first two shorts produced for the series, (by Paramount and Jack Kinney, respectively) and it shows:

** The spinning star opening was repurposed from the Famous Studios run.
* RecycledSoundtrack: The shorts made by Paramount reused music from their theatrical shorts, composed by Winston Sharples. Including the spinach fanfare music [[note]] Which make their shorts stand out from the rest. As they're are the only studio to consistently used their own fanfare instead of the one composed specifically for the show: Rembrandt Films sometimes used their own, slower-tempo fanfare, while Jack Kinney used Paramount's spinach fanfare ''and'' theatrical opening music as noted in EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.[[/note]] and the theatrical Popeye opening music once in "Hits and Missiles".

* StockFootage: Paramount ''loves'' to utilize this trope. Especially the ending animation of Popeye singing from "Hits and Missiles" was used for most shorts that have Popeye singing at the end. Though sometimes this became RecycledAnimation as he was given a new coat of paint to match how he actually looked in the shorts.

* WouldntHitAGirl: This is still apply to Popeye. (and thus Olive have to step in his place when necessary)
** Inverted in "The Green Dancin' Shoes", We clearly see Popeye fighting and punching Sea Hag on-screen. Though one could argue that it's a fairy tale so it's not ''actually'' Popeye who punch Sea Hag.

* CrossDresser: Popeye did crossdressed as an old woman once in "What's News".

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: "Hit and Missiles" and "Barbecue for Two" seem to the first two shorts produced for the series, (by Paramount and Jack Kinney, respectively) and it shows:

* RecycledSoundtrack: The shorts made by Paramount reused music from their theatrical shorts, composed by Winston Sharples. Including the spinach fanfare music [[note]] Which make their shorts stand out from the rest. As they're are the only studio to consistently used their own fanfare instead of the one composed specifically for the show: Rembrandt Films sometimes used their own, slower-tempo fanfare, while Jack Kinney used Paramount's spinach fanfare ''and'' theatrical opening music as noted in EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.[[/note]] and the theatrical Popeye opening music once in "Hit and Missiles".

* StockFootage: Paramount ''loves'' to utilize this trope. Especially the ending animation of Popeye singing from "Hit and Missiles" was used for most shorts that have Popeye singing at the end. Though sometimes this became RecycledAnimation as he was given a new coat of paint to match how he actually looked in the shorts.

* {{Beatnik}}: Both Brutus and Olive become one in "Coffee House". Popeye wins Beatnik Olive back by eating "cultured" spinach.
* BigBallOfViolence: Seen in "I Bin Sculped", "Popeye's Junior Headache", "the Big Sneeze", "Jeopardy Sheriff", and "Coach Popeye". "Muskels Shmuskels" and "Caveman Capers" feature a version where you can roughly make of what's going on.

*** The episode features a custom-made "The End" card.

So they commissioned their own line of original Popeye cartoons with Al Brodax as the executive producer, titled simply ''Popeye The Sailor''. King Features then outsourced all the works to various animation studios.[[note]] Paramount Cartoon Studios, (formerly Famous Studio) Jack Kinney Productions, Rembrandt Films and Halas and Batchelor, Larry Harmon Pictures, and Gerald Ray Studios[[/note]] Altogether, a total of 220 episodes, less than six minutes each, were made in just two years across 1960 and 1961. Despite low budget and various animation quality, it's still very impressive, considering that the theatrical Popeye run had 232 shorts made ''over 24 years'' in comparison. (Or 220 if you exclude all the clip shorts and remakes)

Unlike later Famous Studio Popeye shorts, which focus on just Popeye, Olive, Bluto and their love triangle stories, these episodes had a wider range of stories, from Popeye doing mundane things like fishing to him going undersea to discover a lost land. Or sometimes it's just plain weird. This series also introduced a number of characters originally appeared in the comics, most notably Sea Hag, Alice the Goon, O.G. Wotasnozzle, and Rough House. Also notably that Bluto was called Brutus for this series, as King Features forgot that the Bluto character actually originated in the comic strip (even if it was only one story arc) and not the theatrical shorts.

* BaseballEpisode: The episode "Battery Up".

* BlackDotPupils: Most characters have this. In Paramount's episodes, Popeye and Olive may have BlackBeadEyes instead when they're far away from the camera. [[note]]Which is actually intentional, as the character sheet made by them specifically note the artist to do so[[/note]]

** In "After the Ball Went Over", Popeye directly call out the writer at the end of the episode.

* CanonForeigner: Olive's niece, Diesel Oyl, is this. She only appears in three episodes throughout the series.[[note]]"Popeye's Junior Headache", "The Mark of Zero", and "Coach Popeye"[[/note]]

* ComicBookAdaptation: Some episodes, like "Me Quest for Poopdeck Pappy" and "Myskery Melody", are actually an adaptation of a comic strip.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Due to the show having six animation studios work on it, and each studio have their own set of animation directors meant the character's looks can be very different from one episode to another.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: "Hit and Missiles" and "Barbecue for Two" seem to the first two episodes produced for the series, (by Paramount and Jack Kinney, respectively) and it shows:

*** The opening credit used Paramount's theatrical Popeye opening music, and only have two credit roles, producer and director. Unlike other Paramount episodes where it exclude the producer role but add credit role for story, scenics, music, and animation.
*** Olive retains her design and clothing from late Famous Studio shorts instead of the mix between it and her classic clothes she had for the rest of the series.

*** All characters have their design based on their comic looks. (With the exception of Brutus, whose design is almost the same as the rest of the series.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Some episodes done by Rembrandt feature characters that are very different design-wise compared to Popeye and Olive.

* RecycledAnimation: Paramount's and Jack Kinney's episodes sometimes have this trope.
* RecycledSoundtrack: The episodes made by Paramount reused music from their theatrical shorts, composed by Winston Sharples. Including the spinach fanfare music [[note]] Which make their episodes stand out from the rest. As they're are the only studio to consistently used their own fanfare instead of the one composed specifically for the show: Rembrandt Films sometimes used their own, slower-tempo fanfare in their episodes, while Jack Kinney used Paramount's spinach fanfare ''and'' theatrical opening music as noted in EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.[[/note]] and the theatrical Popeye opening music once in "Hit and Missiles".
* RunningOnTheSpot: Popeye did this a few times. Episodes done by Rembrandt sometimes have him spinning just one leg before he sprint.
* StockFootage: Paramount ''loves'' to utilize this trope. Especially the ending animation of Popeye singing from "Hit and Missiles" was used for most episodes that have Popeye singing at the end. Though sometimes this became RecycledAnimation as he was given a new coat of paint to match how he actually looked in the episode.

*** The opening credit used Paramount's theatrical Popeye opening music, and only have two credit roles, producer and director. Unlike other Paramount episodes where it exclude the producer role but add credit role for Story, Scenics, Music, and Animation.

*** The opening credit also used Paramount's theatrical opening music, but looped once. It also used their spinach fanfare.
*** It also has a custom credit background instead of a red background they would use for the rest of their episodes.
*** All characters retain their classic looks from the comics.

* DependingOnTheArtist: Due to the show having six animation studios worked on it, and each studio have their own set of animation directors meant the character's looks can be very different from one episode to another.

After the theatrical ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' shorts came to a close in 1957, most of those shorts began airing on television and became popular. Enough for King Features Syndicate, the owner of Popeye, to commission their own line of original Popeye cartoons. Simply titled ''Popeye The Sailor''. they listed Al Brodax as the executive producer for the series. King Features then outsourced all the works to various animation studios.[[note]] Paramount Cartoon Studios, (formerly Famous Studio) Jack Kinney Productions, Rembrandt Films and Halas and Batchelor, Larry Harmon Pictures, and Gerald Ray Studios[[/note]]

Altogether, a total of 220 episodes, less than six minutes each, were made in just two years. (From 1960 to 1961) Despite low budget and various animation quality, it's still very impressive, considering that the theatrical Popeye run had 232 shorts made ''over 24 years'' in comparison. (Or 220 if you exclude all the clip shorts and remakes)

Unlike later Famous Studio Popeye shorts, which focus on just Popeye, Olive, Bluto and their love triangle stories, these episodes had a wider range of stories, from Popeye doing mundane things like fishing to him going undersea to discover a lost land. Or sometimes it's just plain weird. This series also introduced a number of characters originally appeared in the comics, most notably Sea Hag, Alice the Goon, O.G. Wotasnozzle, and Rough House. Also note that Bluto was called Brutus for this series.

Not to be confused with the theatrical Popeye shorts under the same name.

After the theatrical ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' shorts came to a close in 1957, most of those shorts began airing on television and became popular. Enough for King Features Syndicate, the owner of Popeye, to commission their own line of original Popeye cartoons. Simply titled ''Popeye The Sailor''. they listed Al Brodax as the executive producer for the series. King Features then outsourced all the works to various animation studios.[[note]] Paramount Cartoon Studios, (formally Famous Studio) Jack Kinney Productions, Rembrandt Films and Halas and Batchelor, Larry Harmon Pictures, and Gerald Ray Studios[[/note]]

* RecycledSoundtrack: The episodes made by Paramount reused music composed by Winston Sharples for their theatrical shorts. Including the spinach fanfare music [[note]] Which make their episodes stand out from the rest. As they're are the only studio to consistently used their own fanfare instead of the one composed specifically for the show: Rembrandt Films sometimes used their own, slower-tempo fanfare in their episodes, while Jack Kinney used Paramount's spinach fanfare ''and'' theatrical opening music as noted in EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.[[/note]] and the theatrical Popeye opening music once in "Hit and Missiles".

* BigBallOfViolence
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In "After the Ball Went Over", Popeye directly call out the writer at the end of the episode.
* CanonForeigner: Olive's niece, Diesel Oyl, is this. She only appears in three episodes throughout the series.[[note]]Popeye's Junior Headache, The Mark of Zero, and Coach Popeye[[/note]]

* RunningOnTheSpot: Popeye did this a few times. Episodes done by Rembrandt usually have him spinning just one leg before he sprint.
* StockFootage: Paramount ''loves'' to utilize this trope. Especially the ending animation of Popeye singing from "Hit and Missiles" was used for most episodes that have Popeye singing at the end. Though sometimes this became RecycledAnimation as he was given a new coat of paint to match how he actually looked in the episode.

After the theatrical ''{{ComicStrip/Popeye}}'' shorts came to a close in 1957. Most of those shorts began airing on television and became popular. Enough for King Features Syndicate, the owner of Popeye, to commission their own line of original Popeye cartoons. Simply titled ''Popeye The Sailor''. Al Brodax was listed as the executive producer for the series. King Features then outsourced all the works to various animation studios.[[note]] Paramount Cartoon Studios, (formally Famous Studio) Jack Kinney Productions, Rembrandt Films and Halas and Batchelor, Larry Harmon Pictures, and Gerald Ray Studios[[/note]]

Unlike later Famous Studio Popeye shorts which focus on just Popeye, Olive, Bluto and their love triangle stories. These episodes had a wider range of story from Popeye doing mundane things like fishing to him going undersea to disover a lost land. Or sometimes it's just plain weird. This series also introduced a number of characters originally appear in the comics, most notably Sea Hag, Alice the Goon, O. G. Wotasnozzle, and Rough House. Also note that Bluto was called Brutus for this series.

* CanonForeigner: Olive's niece, Deezil Oyl is this. She only appears in three episodes throughout the series.[[note]]Popeye's Junior Headache, The Mark of Zero, and Coach Popeye[[/note]]

* ComicBookAdaptation: Some episodes like "Me Quest for Poopdeck Pappy" and "Myskery Melody" are actually an adaptation of a comic strips.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: "Hit and Missiles" and "Barbecue for Two" seem to the first two episodes produced for the series, (by Paramount and Jack Kinney respectively) and it shows:
** Hit and Missiles

*** Olive retain her design and clothing from late Famous Studio shorts instead of the mix between it and her classic clothes she have for the rest of the series.
*** Wimpy also have grey clothing and hat. Instead of back suit with brown pants and hat.
** Barbecue for Two
*** The opening credit also used Paramount's theatrical opening music, but looped once. And their spinach fanfare music.
*** it also have a custom credit background instead of a red background they would used for the rest of their episodes.

* LimitedAnimation: As expected from an animation series made for TV in 1960.
* LimitedWardrobe: Most of the time all the characters wears the same clothes, with a few exceptions.

** "Paper Pasting Pandemonium" have Popeye and Brutus pasting room wallpapers for Olive. On one occasion, Brutus accidently pick up a newspaper that's full of Popeye comics instead.
-->'''Brutus:''' Hey, this paper is funny!
-->'''Popeye:''' Because it's the funny paper!
** in "Fleas a Crowd", Popeye is performing his fleas actors show in ''Thimble Theatre''.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Some episodes done by Rembrandt features characters that are very different design-wise compared to Popeye and Olive.
* OffModel: Due to the productions of the show, there are many of these.

* RecycledAnimation: Paramount and Jack Kinney's episodes sometimes have this trope.

* MythologyGag: "Paper Pasting Pandemonium" have Popeye and Brutus pasting room wallpapers for Olive. On one occasion, Brutus accidently pick up a newspaper that's full of Popeye comics instead.

* LimitedAnimation: As expected from an animation series made for TV in 1960.
* LimitedWardrobe: Most of the time all the characters wears the same clothes, with a few exceptions.

[[caption-width-right:350:The opening title]]