Popeye and Son | |
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![]() Show's title card featuring Popeye, Junior, and Olive | |
Genre | Comedy |
Based on | Popeye , by E. C. Segar |
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Directed by |
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Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
Opening theme | "Like Pop, Like Son" |
Ending theme | "Pop-a-Wheelie" |
Composer | Hoyt Curtin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 (26 segments) |
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Producer | Charles Grosvenor |
Editor | Gil Iverson |
Running time | 22 minutes (11 minutes per segment) |
Production companies | Hanna-Barbera Productions King Features Entertainment |
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Network | CBS |
Release | September 19 – December 12, 1987 |
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Popeye and Son is an American animated comedy series based on the Popeye comic strip created by E.C. Segar and published by King Features Syndicate. Jointly produced by Hanna-Barbera and King Features subsidiary King Features Entertainment, the series aired for one season of thirteen episodes on CBS. [1] It is a follow-up to The All New Popeye Hour . Due to Jack Mercer's death in 1984, Maurice LaMarche voiced Popeye, while much of the cast of The All New Popeye Hour reprised their respective roles, with the exception of Daws Butler. However, Nancy Cartwright, who was trained by Butler, voiced Woody in the series.
Now married, Popeye and his longtime girlfriend Olive Oyl have a son named Popeye Jr. (or simply "Junior"), [2] who has inherited Popeye's ability to gain superhuman strength from eating spinach; much to his father's disappointment, however, Junior hates the taste of spinach (instead, he prefers hamburgers, like Wimpy), although he eats spinach anyway should any trouble come his way. [3] Popeye's longtime rival Bluto also has a wife, Lizzie, and a son, Tank. Like old times, Popeye and Bluto possess an intense rivalry, something that also happens between their sons.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | |
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1 | "Attack of the Sea Hag" "Happy Anniversary" | John Kimball and Paul Sommer | John Loy | Charles Grosvenor | September 19, 1987 | |
Tank takes a driftwood mermaid Junior found on the beach, claiming it as his own for Bluto's boat party with the Mayor. However Junior must go off and save the day when the mermaid belongs to Popeye's old foe: The Sea Hag. Popeye and Olive get into a fight on the night of their anniversary. While trying to get the two back together, Junior learns how the two finally got married. | ||||||
2 | "The Sea Monster" "Poopdeck Pappy and the Family Tree" | John Kimball and Don Lusk | Cliff Roberts Eric Lewald | Chris Otsuki and Scott Jeralds | September 26, 1987 | |
Polly finds and befriends a sea monster, one Bluto wants to capture and sell. Pappy goes to Junior's school to tell his class about a past adventure. | ||||||
3 | "Bluto's Wave Pool" "Here Today, Goon Tomorrow" | John Kimball | Anthony Adams Story by : Bruce Falk Teleplay by : John Loy | Chris Otsuki | October 3, 1987 | |
Bluto opens up a wave pool and makes a mess at the beach to bring in more customers. Popeye and Junior have to travel to Goon Island to rescue Woody. | ||||||
4 | "Don't Give Up the Picnic" "The Lost Treasure of Pirate's Cove" | John Kimball and Don Lusk | John Loy Eric Lewald | Larry Latham and Mitch Schauer | October 10, 1987 | |
Wimpy and his nephew challenge Bluto to the picnic games. After finding a treasure map, Junior and Dee Dee want to find the treasure, but Polly and Woody are scared of potential ghosts. | ||||||
5 | "Junior's Genie" "Mighty Olive at the Bat" | Paul Sommer and Don Lusk | Story by : Kelly Ward and Mark Cassutt Teleplay by : Eric Lewald Eric Lewald | Larry Latham | October 17, 1987 | |
Junior finds a genie's bottle on the beach, but gets carried away with his wishes. When Popeye injures his arm during baseball practice, Olive decides to fill in for an upcoming game. | ||||||
6 | "Junior Gets a Job" "Surf Movie" | Art Davis and Bob Goe | John Loy Charles M. Howell, IV | Chris Otsuki and Scott Jeralds | October 24, 1987 | |
Junior works at Bluto's car shop to earn enough money to buy a birthday present for Olive. Popeye and Bluto both want their sons to star in a Hollywood movie being shot on Sweet Haven. | ||||||
7 | "Junior's Birthday Roundup" "Redbeard" | Art Davis and Bob Goe | Kelly Ward Eric Lewald | Jesse Cosio and Charles Grosvenor | October 31, 1987 | |
Junior and Tank tell their sides of several incidents at Junior's birthday party. Popeye's friend, Redbeard, comes to visit. | ||||||
8 | "The Girl from Down Under" "Olive's Dinosaur Dilemma" | Connie Dufau and Art Davis | Anthony Adams Bryce Malek | Scott Geralds and Kurt Anderson | November 7, 1987 | |
The kids befriend Shelley, a new girl on Sweet Haven who claims to be from Down Under. Olive ends up on an island populated by dinosaurs. | ||||||
9 | "Dr. Junior and Mr. Hyde" "Popeye's Surfin' Adventure" | Connie Dufau and Art Davis | Eric Lewald John Loy | Charles Grosvenor and Chris Otsuki | November 14, 1987 | |
After helping a scientist with an experiment, Junior and Woody keep seeing monsters around Sweet Haven. With Junior being more interested in surfing than sailing, Popeye tries to prove how easy surfing is. | ||||||
10 | "Split Decision" "The Case of the Burger Burglar" | Connie Dufau and Carl Urbano | Pamela Hickey and Dennys McCoy Bryce Malek | Kurt Anderson and Alex Lovy | November 21, 1987 | |
When Polly gets onto the school basketball team, she starts to neglect her friends. Wimpy's burger joint is robbed and it's up to Junior and Francis to find the thief. | ||||||
11 | "Orchid You Not" "Ain't Mythbehavin'" | Paul Sommer and Art Davis | Scott Shaw Ken Koonce and David Weimers | Scott Jeralds, Bob Onorato, Alfred Gimeno and Alex Lovy | November 28, 1987 | |
Eugene goes around stealing orchids from everyone. Popeye tells Junior the story of how he found the Golden Fleece. | ||||||
12 | "There Goes the Neighborhood" "Prince of a Fellow" | Paul Sommer and Don Lusk | Eric Lewald Kelly Ward | Scott Geralds and Kurt Anderson | December 5, 1987 | |
A new family move into a haunted house on Sweet Haven. Junior swaps places with a visiting prince who looks just like him. | ||||||
13 | "Olive's Day Off" "Damsel in Distress" | John Kimball and Paul Sommer | Bryce Malek Eric Lewald and John Loy | Chris Otsuki and Kurt Anderson | December 12, 1987 | |
Olive takes a break after feeling overworked around the house, leaving Popeye and Junior to do all the work. Popeye and Bluto are entered into a competition to decide which one is stronger. |
In 2014, including it in an article about twelve 1980s cartoons that supposedly did not deserve remembrance, io9 was largely critical of the series, noting that it did not utilize the conventions established by the theatrical Popeye short films. [4]
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