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I Eats My Spinach, Popeye's third theatrical short from Fleischer Studios, was released on November 17, 1933. This cartoon was produced in association with the National Recovery Administration.
Plot[]
Popeye sings his theme song in full as he walks towards Olive Oyl's home, undisturbed by either brawling men or machinery in his path. He then throws a rock at Olive's apartment window in order to invite her to the rodeo. Olive answers the broken window and comes down to him, dropping into a barrel of water. She accepts his invitation to the rodeo, making Popeye blush. At the stadium, after Olive lets her boyfriend reuse her ticket using her foot, they witness "the Great Bluto"'s agile Fancy Horsemanship demonstration - which even includes him dividing his horse into three smaller ones. The Great Bluto greets Olive, making the latter smitten over him. Popeye makes a horse riding demonstration himself, and the equally fanciful feats amaze the audience. The next event is Steer Wrestling, at which Bluto is not so adept, but Popeye and the animal engage in various pro wrestling moves until the latter surrenders. After this, the next event Is Bull Wrestling, where a fierce bull escapes from its pen and Bluto attempts to rope it only to end up tied. While Popeye uses his matador moves on the animal, Bluto takes the chance to lasso Olive for himself. When Olive gets caught, she regrets being smitten over Bluto and calls Popeye for his help. This devolves into a dame-brute-sailor-bull chase out of the stadium, culminating in a tussle between all but the animal, that ends swiftly after Popeye eats his spinach. Then, the bull charges against him and his girlfriend, but is turned into a whole meat market by a single mighty punch.
Trivia[]
- First cartoon to feature Mae Questel as the voice of Olive Oyl.
- This is one of the more unusual entries for Popeye standards, considering it is also one of his very first shorts, with the antropomorphic population comprised of the typical funny animal range of characters of Fleischer cartoon vintage.
- First cartoon in which Olive is smitten over Bluto.
- First cartoon featuring a bull as an antagonist.
- First cartoon in which Wimpy is depicted as having one of several occupations. In this case, he appears as a rodeo announcer.
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External links[]
- I Eats My Spinach at the Internet Movie Database