The All-New Popeye Hour: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The All-New Popeye Hour Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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Queen of the Load
Sep 10, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye, Olive and Bluto are all truckers out on the road cross-country in their own little convoy (with CB radios and everything). Popeye and Olive Oyl are partners driving the sam
Love on the Rocks
Sep 17, 1979 · 60 min
Olive doesn't think that Popeye is romantic enough, so Popeye decides to build a monument dedicated to the both of them: he carves their pictures on a mountain. The ever-troublemak
Popeye the Lone Legionnaire
Sep 17, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye is the last legionnaire manning the last outpost in the Sahara. Bluto is a desert pirate bent on taking the fort from Popeye. Olive Oyl is, of course, the damsel in distress
Roller Rink-a-Dink
Sep 17, 1979 · 60 min
Olive goes roller skating and takes Popeye along with her. While Popeye is trying to skate, Bluto tries to move in and take Olive away from Popeye.
Old McPopeye Had a Farm
Sep 24, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye's Uncle Angus McPopeye has asked for his help because Farmer Bluto is stealing everything from his farm.
Chips Off The Old Ice Block
Oct 1, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye and Bluto get into an argument over who will teach Swee'Pea to skate. Bluto makes Swee'Pea try a barrel-jumping trick, and Popeye must save him from going over the edge of a
Polly Wants Some Spinach
Oct 1, 1979 · 60 min
While Olive is spring cleaning one day, her parrot Polly accidentally escapes. Olive immediately calls for Popeye to help her. Of course, he's followed by Bluto, who also wants to
Popeye's High School Daze
Oct 1, 1979 · 60 min
Olive and Popeye are looking at some pictures from their yearbook. Popeye starts to reminisce about some episodes between Bluto and himself, only to realize that Olive has fallen a
Mule-itary Detail
Oct 8, 1979 · 60 min
Driving in the country, Popeye and Olive find a stray army mule.
Building Blockheads
Oct 15, 1979 · 60 min
Construction workers Popeye and Olive are building what they hope will be the world's tallest building.
Olive's Bugged House Blues
Oct 15, 1979 · 60 min
Olive has a brand new home, so Popeye and Bluto bring housewarming presents.
Boo-Who
Oct 15, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye and Olive are exploring a deserted island when a storm comes up at night.
The Game
Oct 22, 1979 · 60 min
After a short stint at sea, Popeye and Olive get blown ashore by a storm.
Popeye The Robot
Oct 22, 1979 · 60 min
It's National Popeye Day, but Bluto plans to ruin the day by letting loose a robot Popeye!
Wotsa Matterhorn
Oct 29, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye and Bluto enter a race to see who will be the first to climb the Matterhorn and blow the legendary "Matterhorn Flueglehorn."
Pedal-Powered-Popeye
Oct 29, 1979 · 60 min
Olive has entered the Cross-Country Bike Race and invites Popeye to join in, which he does. However, Bluto also has plans to enter.
Popeye's Aqua Circus
Nov 5, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye and Olive are putting on an "aqua-circus" featuring trained seals and dolphins and other sea creatures. However, Bluto is jealous and wants to take over.
Take It or Lump It
Nov 12, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye and Olive are contestants on the popular game show "Take It Or Lump It." Bluto disposes of the MC and takes his place.
Popeye's Poodle Problem
Nov 12, 1979 · 60 min
Olive has just acquired a new French poodle called Frenchy. She asks Popeye to take him to the dog show for her.
Westward Ho! Ho!
Nov 12, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye tells his nephews a wild and fanciful story about how he dug the Grand Canyon single-handedly.
Bad Day at the Bakery
Nov 19, 1979 · 60 min
Olive opens up a bakery on a street filled with potholes. Popeye and Bluto volunteer to help out, but they don't get much done because of their fighting.
Popeye the Painter
Nov 26, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye and Bluto are hired to do some building painting by a toy company who tells them that whoever finishes their designated job first wins a big contract.
Bully Dozer
Nov 26, 1979 · 60 min
Olive portrays a beautiful princess who lies fast asleep because of a witch's curse.
Swee'Pea Plagues A Parade
Dec 3, 1979 · 60 min
Swee'Pea is entered in a parade as a "strong man." However, he causes havoc and worry for Popeye and Olive when he wanders off to chase a balloon.
Paddle Wheel Popeye
Dec 10, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye and Bluto are in a boat race to New Orleans on the Mississippi River.
Merry Madness at the Mardi Gras
Dec 17, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye and Olive try to decide what costumes to wear for the Mardi Gras.
Popeye of Sherwood Forest
Dec 24, 1979 · 60 min
Bluto is the evil Sheriff of Rottenham who collects heavy taxes from the poor peasants of Sherwood Forest.
Bad Company
Dec 24, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye's nephews, Pipeye, Pupeye and Poopeye, decide to go to the Annual Sailors' Picnic with "Uncle Bluto" instead of Uncle Popeye and Auntie Olive.
Top Kick in Boot Camp
Dec 24, 1979 · 60 min
Private Olive Oyl enters boot camp, and the Captain assigns Sergeant Bluto and Corporal Popeye to conduct her physical training courses.
Peask & Quiet
Dec 31, 1979 · 60 min
Popeye's mischievous nephews are getting on his nerves, so Olive suggests that he take Eugene the Jeep with him to the mountains and stay at her uncle's little cabin for some peace
A Goon Gone Gooney
Jan 7, 1980 · 60 min
Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto are out for a sail when they are caught in a giant tidal wave and wash up on Goon Island.
Spa-ing Partners
Jan 7, 1980 · 60 min
Olive has opened a health spa, and both Popeye and Bluto are applying for the job of exercise instructor.
Abject Flying Object
Jan 7, 1980 · 60 min
Popeye and Olive befriend a little alien who's landed his spaceship in Olive's back yard. Bluto arrives on the scene and tries to capture the little spaceman so that he can take hi
Ships That Pass in the Fright
Jan 14, 1980 · 60 min
Once again, Popeye and Olive find themselves shipwrecked on a deserted island. When Bluto shows up to save them, trouble begins for Popeye.
Popeye's Self Defense
Jan 21, 1980 · 60 min
At Olive's insistence, Popeye decides to take an exercise class at a new gym so that he can be strong without spinach, only to discover that Bluto just happens to be the instructor
Popeye's Perilous Pursuit of a Pearl
Jan 21, 1980 · 60 min
Popeye and Olive are on an expedition in search of the Black Pearl of Wacky Wahoo. The Sea Hag also wants the Black Pearl because of its magical powers.
Olive Goes Dallas
Jan 21, 1980 · 60 min
While attending a Dallas football game, Olive finds out about a contest to become a member of the Dallas Cheerleaders.
Pappy Falls in Love
Jan 28, 1980 · 60 min
While aboard a cruise ship, Pappy tries his best to woo a "young" lady with whom he has fallen in love.
Popeye of the Jungle
Feb 4, 1980 · 60 min
Popeye tells Swee'Pea a bedtime story about his heroic great-great-uncle, Popeye of the Jungle.
Alpine For You
Feb 4, 1980 · 60 min
Popeye, Olive and Bluto live in the Alps. Olive even tries to yodel, much to Popeye and Bluto's chagrin.
Tour Each His Own
Feb 4, 1980 · 60 min
Popeye and Bluto are each in the "tour guide business" and not doing very well.
The Umpire Strikes Back
Feb 11, 1980 · 60 min
At the bottom of the ninth, the home team (consisting of Popeye, Olive and Swee'Pea) is down 49-0 against Bluto's team.
Free Hauling Brawl
Feb 11, 1980 · 60 min
The Eight Ball Trucking Company has a job open for a driver - and it goes to the winner of a cross-country truck race between Popeye and Bluto.
W.O.I.L.
Feb 18, 1980 · 60 min
Olive and Popeye are running radio station W.O.I.L. (Olive is the DJ and Popeye is the helicopter traffic reporter), and Bluto is running their rival station.
Tough Sledding
Feb 18, 1980 · 60 min
Granny Oyl's winter ski resort is in trouble, and she may have to go out of business, while rival Bluto's resort is doing very well.
Unidentified Fighting Object
Feb 18, 1980
Popeye and Olive are having a backyard cookout. Popeye's nephews are playing basketball, and their ball goes over the fence into Bluto's yard.
I Wouldn't Take That Mare To The Fair On A Dare
Feb 25, 1980 · 60 min
Popeye and the gang are at a county fair. Olive and Bluto have their horses entered in the "strong horse" contest, with Wimpy as judge. Swee'Pea wants to enter his horse, an old ma
The Great Speckled Whale
Mar 3, 1980 · 60 min
Sailing on the "S.S. Popeye," Popeye and Olive are out to photograph "The Great Speckled Whale."
Popierre the Musketeer
Mar 10, 1980
While Popierre the Musketeer collects weapons because of a new law, Olivella, the Queen's handmaid, comes along with a jeweled crown to be given to the King.