| Fright to the Finish | |
| Number 206 | |
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| Release date | August 27, 1954 |
| Written by | Jack Mercer |
| Directed by | Al Eugster |
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Fright to the Finish is a 1954 animated American short film and the 206th Popeye cartoon, directed by Seymour Kneitel and Al Eugster for Famous Studios, starring Jack Mercer as Popeye. This short was submitted and screened (but not nominated) for the Academy Award. Its plot is partly based upon Fleischer's Ghosks Is the Bunk (1939)
Plot[]
It is Halloween night, and Olive is reading ghost stories to Popeye and Bluto. Both men want to have alone time with Olive, with Popeye wondering why Bluto has not gone home yet and Bluto wondering what to do to get rid of Popeye. Bluto decides to stage various pranks (a headless man, an animated skeleton, and a sheet-over-balloon ghost) to scare Olive and Popeye. He pins the blame on Popeye, whom Olive kicks out of her house, and then Bluto goes to comfort her.
Popeye gets back at Bluto by going into Olive's bedroom through her window, and using a jar of vanishing cream to make himself invisible. He scares both Olive and Bluto (mainly Bluto) and the latter eventually runs out of Olive's house. Popeye reveals himself and Olive kisses him for saving her, getting red lipstick all over his face. Popeye turns to the audience and says, "Loves them ghosks!", breaking the fourth wall as the screen irises out.
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Trivia[]
- The Olive kissing Popeye animation was reused for a few Popeye the Sailor episodes.
- The original ending music was cut from a.a.p. prints, with the music heard after Popeye laughs taken from Popeye, the Ace of Space.
- In this version, Olive is glad to have Popeye back at her house and greets him with a kiss, instead of lashing out at him after he punched her when he thought she was a ghost, as it happened in Ghosks Is the Bunk.
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External links[]
- Fright to the Finish at the Internet Movie Database