History Awesome / POPEYE

* Dudes, Popeye punches the octopus so hard, it flies into the air so high it probably starved to death before it came back down.

* In the pilot short, Popeye halts an oncoming train by ''punching it''. It's a moment so iconic that the film series would go on to repeatedly homage it - shot for shot - again and again in later shorts, even once using it to directly compare Popeye to ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' in ''"She-Sick Sailors."''

* In the pilot short, Popeye halts an oncoming train by ''punching it''. It's a moment so iconic that the film series would go on to repeatedly homage it - shot for shot - again and again in later shorts, even once using it to directly compare Popeye to ''[[Franchise/Superman]]'' in ''"She-Sick Sailors."''

* In the pilot short, Popeye halts an oncoming train by ''punching it''. It's a moment so iconic that the film series would go on to repeatedly homage it - shot for shot - again and again in later shorts, even once using it to directly compare Popeye to ''[[{{Superman}} Superman]]'' in ''"She-Sick Sailors."''

* Popeye's fist firing out of the water to sock Bluto, [[spoiler:after Bluto forcefeeds him raw canned spinach]].

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''If anyone dares to risk my "Fisk" It's "Boff" an' it's " Wham" un'erstan'?'']]

** Wimpy, despite being a well-known conman with selfish tendencies, gets a minor one when he tries to convince a patron at the restaurant, that he’s trying to con into paying for a hamburger, to ignore the tax-collector’s demands. Granted, the tax-payer got payback by taking his hamburger, but it’s still pretty nice to see Wimpy, in his own way, stand up for the underclass.

* 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 CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* Popeye shoving the much-hated tax collector into the ocean is both this and a CrowningMomentOfFunny. The ''entire town'' comes out to cheer Popeye on for doing it!

* 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.

* Bluto was a walking engine of destructive awesome in this flick. He's established as TheDreaded early on, as townspeople, including his prospective bride Olive's family, speak of him in hushed whispers. His first actual appearance shows him initiating a curfew by basically screaming at the whole town to shut off their damn lights and go to bed (which they swiftly do). During Popeye's barroom brawl at Roughhouse's restaurant, while everyone else is running for cover, Bluto merely sits at his private table, calmly finishing his meal completely unfazed and barely interested. And the wedding reception. He terrifies all the guests with his mere menacing presence, and they all fall over themselves kissing his ass with flattery and support during his "She loves me. she loves me not" routine. Then Bluto loses it and friggin' DEMOLISHES the Oyls' home with his bare hands. Bonus points for the special attention he gives Ham Gravy (Olive's ex), literally squishing him and stuffing him into a chair upside down. THEN Popeye and Olive arrive, with an unexplained BABY in tow. The CurbStompBattle of all CurbStompBattle ensues, involving Bluto sending Popeye flying twice (at one point Popeye's doing cartwheels!), and pounding the sailor into the ground at the end like a tent peg. And the final battle. Bluto's handling Popeye easily, and only loses when he snatches the VillainBall in the form of a can of spinach tossed by Poopdeck Pappy, and force feeds it to Popeye in a last act of cruelty, setting up his own eventual downfall.

* During the Rough House Brawl, Mort throws a punch at Popeye. Popeye catches it in flight, and then proceeds to beat the man's face with ''his own knuckles''. Holy crap.

* "What- No Spinach?" is one for Wimpy, as it's one of the very few times he resembles his comic-counterpart. A waiter at Bluto's Restaurant, Wimpy is unable to mooch meals while under Bluto's watchful eyes. When Popeye comes in for a meal, Wimpy secretly applies some Red Pepper Sauce to create a FireBreathingDinner, causing Popeye to try to walk out. Seeing a customer leave without paying prompts Bluto to shake the sailor down for the bill, starting a fight. The ensuing brawl allows Wimpy to get to Bluto's food safe unhindered, and he leaves the remains of the diner with a BalloonBelly, wreathed in edibles, and munching on the burger Bluto confiscated from him earlier.
-->'''Wimpy:''' ''I adore you, hamburger mine!

** 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 HADN'T EATEN HIS SPINACH YET!

* In the pilot short, Popeye halts an oncoming train by ''punching it''. It's a moment so iconic that the film series would go on to repeatedly homage it - shot for shot - again and again in later shorts.

* In the pilot short, Popeye halts an oncoming train by ''punching it''. It's a moment so iconic that each of the various film short series homaged it - shot for shot - again and again.

* In the pilot short, Popeye halts an oncoming train by ''punching it''.

* Popeye's fist firing out of the water to sock Bluto.

* Popeye shoving the much-hated tax collector into the ocean is both this and a CrowningMomentOfFunny. The ''entire town'' comes out to cheer Popeye on for doing it!

* The Bobby London Popeye comics take Popeye's NighInvulernability 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 CrowningMomentOfFunny.

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

* In "Seeing Red, White, and Blue"... POPEYE AND BLUTO ACTUALLY FOUGHT JAPANESE SPIES TOGETHER! Who'd a thought that Bluto may be a big bearded bully, but he's an AMERICAN big bearded bully?

-->'''Vendor:''' "[[ShutUpKirk I will not!]] This is no charity institution. [[GetLost Now beat it]], ya funny lookin gink, before I push your face."