Followed by
"The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter" (1972)
"The All-New Popeye Hour" (1978)
Version of
Popeye (1982) (VG)
Popeye (1983) (VG)
Popeye (1984) (VG)
Popeye (1986) (VG)
Spin off
Popeye (1980)
Referenced in
The French Connection (1971)
"Sanford and Son: Fred's Cheating Heart (#3.17)" (1974)
- Fred is watching this program, singing the theme song in Popeye's distinctive gravelly mumble.
French Connection II (1975)
Lin Shi Rong (1979)
- dialogue
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
- Popeye games in toy store
Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986)
Popeye Doyle (1986) (TV)
"Cheers: The Proposal (#5.1)" (1986)
- Sam whistles the theme song.
"Growing Pains: This Is Your Life (#3.10)" (1987)
- title mentioned by character
"Charles in Charge: Poppa, the Sailor Man (#3.8)" (1988)
- title reference
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Crawling Eye (#2.1)" (1989)
- Servo: "I'm Popeye the sailor man/ I've got a guy's head in my hands."
Look Who's Talking Too (1990)
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Love at First Fight (#1.21)" (1991)
- Will mimics the voice, Kayla calls him Popeye
Night on Earth (1991)
- Corky quotes Popeye's "I yam what I yam" line at one point.
"Animaniacs: La La Law/Cat on a Hot Steel Beam (#1.14)" (1993)
- Popeye appears chasing a baby.
"The Simpsons: Deep Space Homer (#5.15)" (1994)
- When experiencing extreme G-forces Homer's head turns into that of Popeye and his voice changes to that too.
"The Simpsons: You Only Move Twice (#8.2)" (1996)
- Scorpio talks about Popeye.
Add-On Alan... with Alan Partridge (1997) (V)
- Alan dresses as a sailor and says "Im Popeye Partridge!" then tries to eat a tin of spinach.
George of the Jungle (1997)
Popeye (1998)
"Mad About You: The Finale (#6.23)" (1998)
- Paul imitates Popeye's laughter.
"El comisario: El butrón (#1.3)" (1999)
- Pope got his nickname "because he looks like Popeye"
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Graduation Day: Part 2 (#3.22)" (1999)
- Referenced in the dialogue: "Well. Looks like someone's been eating his spinach."
"Dark Angel: Flushed (#1.2)" (2000)
- Cindy asks what is in Max's pills, Max says spinach.
"South Park: Towelie (#5.8)" (2001)
- Whenever Towellie gets high, the Popeye theme tune plays, just like when Popeye ate spinach.
Notorious C.H.O. (2002)
"The Office: (#2.4)" (2002)
- People call David "Bluto" after the character from Popeye.
Gorillaz: Phase One - Celebrity Take Down (2002) (V)
- A drawing of Popeye is used during the documentary.
The Fairly OddParents in: Abra Catastrophe! (2003) (TV)
- After Crocker changes his ice cream van to a spinach van he is surrounded by sailors who all say "Ahoy! Spinach!" and are parodies of Popeye, who loved spinach.
CreepTales (2004) (V)
- Popeye mask
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
- Ron Burgandy says "Popeye needs his spinach."
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
- At the Goofy Goober bar; there is a sketch of Popeye
The 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) (TV)
- Talked about
Wah-Wah (2005)
- son's nickname is Popeye
The Heart of the Game (2005)
- coach has Popeye toy in his office
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant (2005)
- dog named Popeye
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005)
- Albert says Nemo is at the Taj with Popeye
The Darwin Awards (2006)
- mentioned in dialogue
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
- Someone does the famous Popeye laugh
Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)
- One character mimicks Popeye's laughter after putting on a sailor hat.
Mercury Man (2006)
- Swee' Pea shirt
State's Evidence (2006)
- "Make you strong like Popeye."
Factory Girl (2006)
- image of Popeye in artwork
Vals Im Bashir (2008)
- some soldiers are seen eating at a burger place called "Wimpy"
"Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy: Backstage with Bob Dylan (#1.19)" (2009)
- Popye argues with Bob Dylan backstage.
Featured in
The 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) (TV)
- Clips are shown
Spoofed in
"Good Eats: A Grind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (#2.8)" (2000)
- Show features a live-action version of the 'Wimpy' character throughout the episode.
"Family Guy: The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire (#4.5)" (2005)
- When Cleveland gets mad he eats spinach and gets muscular like Popeye
"Robot Chicken: The Sack (#1.18)" (2005)
- Wimpy wants to kill himself
"Robot Chicken: Yancy the Yo-Yo Boy (#3.7)" (2007)
- Wimpy learns some hard lessons about paying debts promptly
"Family Guy: McStroke (#6.8)" (2008)
- Wimpy makes a cameo appearance (suffering a stroke, the result of what is said to be eating too many hamburgers)
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