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Popeye the Sailor Man

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Popeye the Sailor Man has been a favorite animated cartoon character for over seventy five years.

For 75 years, generations have viewed the comedic actions of a unique figure in film history, Popeye the Sailor man. The spinach-eating swab was created for the "Thimble Theatre" comic strip in 1929 by E.C. Segar.

The Fleischer Studios, unlike other cartoon studios during the early 1930's, illustrated the darker, meaner streets of New York City.

"Betty Boop" was born from that era and Max Fleischer who was a great fan of "Thimble Theatre," plucked Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto from the funny papers putting each into one animated film.

On July 14th, 1933, the comic strip trio appeared in one of the Betty Boop entries titled, "Popeye the Sailor."

Betty was used just briefly on screen as the film was designed to see if the sailor, who was a big hit with depression era audiences in newspapers, could translate that popularity to the big screen. Popeye, his cohort, Olive Oyl and nemises Brutus live one.

Popeye passed the test and his own series began three months later. Read more about the history of Popeye...

How to Watch Popeye cartoons

View full length movie clips of the original Popeye comic animation series. Download many of these Popeye movies to your computer or mobile device to watch at any time.

Choose a movie title (to your left). Select either a slower 64k modem speed or the faster and larger screen broadband speed of 256k if you have a DSL or cable modem connection. Each Popeye the Sailor cartoon offers both features. Read more about how to watch cartoons online.

How to download Popeye cartoons

If you have movie editing software, you can even edit yourself into the animations! These Popeye movies are in the public domain, so they can be freely distributed and edited. Download options also include HTTP and FTP. Read more about how to download movies.

Popeye the Sailorman

Some people might spell Popeye the Sailorman as Popeye the Sailerman, Salor, Salour by mistake or Pop Eye.

Popeye cartoons include his favorite pals such as Olive Oyl (sometimes spelt as Olive Oil), Brutus (Bluto), Swea' Pea (also spelled as Sweat Pea) and other comic characters. Read more about the 75th anniversary of Popeye the Sailor Man..