Hospitaliky

Hospitaliky is Popeye's 46th theatrical cartoon, released by Fleischer Studios in 1937.

Plot

Nurse Olive strolls down the street, with Popeye and Bluto in tow. When she enters her hospital, first Bluto then Popeye pretend to be sick in order to be allowed in with her. Olive almost takes the latter inside, but his rival intervenes. They argue until Nurse Olive insists they would have to be "very sick, or hurt real bad" to enter.

Both race their separate ways. Bluto tries to be squashed by a falling safe while Popeye walks into heavy traffic, but they both fail to sustain injury.

Several other attempts are foiled: firemen catch Popeye with their life net after he jumps from a plane; stretcher-bearers pick up Bluto's motorcycle wreckage instead of him after he drives into a wall; the sailor gets interested by a sign on a fence that says "KEEP OUT - dangerous BULL!" and enters the pasture to take the 'horns by the bull', with the beast failing its charge miserably as it explodes itself on contact with the sailor's head; and Bluto makes his car crash down a cliff only to be saved by a branch, twice.

They finally face off after Bluto displaces Popeye from his spot over railroad tracks, with their ensuing struggle saving them both from the train, at which point Popeye brings out his spinach, only to feed it to his rival and be variously injured by his suddenly overpowered foe. The triumphant Popeye ends up wrapped in bandages and tended to by Olive as Bluto spies in envy.

For Better or Nurse

For Better or Nurse is a color remake of 1937's Hospitaliky, released by Famous Studios in 1945 as the 135th Popeye cartoon.

Plot

Popeye and Bluto, here U. S. Navy sailors working at the dock, become distracted -- and enchanted -- by the lovely Nurse Olive passing by. They follow her to the hospital where she works, but she shows them out, as they are not allowed in.

Both sailors go to great lengths to try and injure themselves so they can enjoy the beautiful nurse's ministrations, yet their various attempts, such as braving a steamroller or jumping off a skyscraper, fail due to unforeseen circumstances. Popeye boards a small plane and saws its wings off in order to crash, however, the wrecked airplane is picked up by the ambulance instead of him. As Bluto lies down upon railroad tracks, Popeye meets up with him and their struggle ends with them punching each other out of the train's way. At this point Popeye gets the idea to force-feed Bluto his spinach, which further empowers the larger sailor.

The sudden burst of strength causes Bluto to uncontrollably attack his overjoyed rival, pummeling him until he is ready to be covered in bandages and carried off by Nurse Olive... to be thrown into a garbage can outside the hospital which, as Olive angrily points out to him and the eavesdropping Bluto, is a "Cat and Dog Hospital". This causes both of the gents to snap and behave like a dog and a cat. The cartoon ends uncharacteristically with both rivals losing and being taken away to "Happy Valley Screwball Institute".

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External links

• Hospitaliky at the Internet Movie Database
• For Better or Nurse at the Internet Movie Database