History Awesome / POPEYE

* In an early Segar Sunday strip, Popeye delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to a nasty hot dog vendor [[KickTheDog who refused to give a dirt poor kid a hot dog on credit]] ([[BullyingADragon and insulted Popeye to his face]]), [[KickTheSonOfABitch tears down his shack in seconds]], and [[PetTheDog gives the kid a bunch of free hotdogs.]]

* Meta example: In 1945-46, Jack Mercer was drafted into the army, meaning he couldn't voice Popeye. Famous Studios cast ''Mae Questel'', the voice of Olive Oyl, in the role. To this day, only one short from that period has been positively identified with Mae voicing Popeye. Her vocal range was '''THAT GOOD'''.

** In that same short, the thieves try to feed Popeye to a shark, but Popeye takes it out with two hits that seals its mouth closed with its own fangs. What really puts this above his usual badassery is that he hadnt even eaten his spinach yet!

* The Bobby London Popeye comics take Popeye's NighInvulnerability UpToEleven in the "Popeye's Apocalypse" story arc, where Popeye survives '''all of existence''' being wiped out by the Supreme Jeep. His only explanation for this is "I eats me spinach." Also doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* Many fans were dismayed by Popeye's eschewing of spinach in this film, but he was undoubtedly badass throughout the course of the story without it. He handily dispatches the Roughhouse toughs in the beginning, defeats the hulking boxing champion Oxblood Oxheart with his famous [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Twisker Punch]], and to the surprise of all, survives the NoHoldsBarredBeatdown administered by an enraged, murderous Bluto, even saying he doesn't blame him at the end.

* Whenever Popeye eats the spinach, awesomeness has ''got'' to come out of it. Bonus points if "Yankee Doodle" or "Stars and Stripes Forever" is playing.