Popeye and Son

Popeye and Son is an American animated comedy series based on the Popeye comic strip created by E.C. Segar and published by King Features Syndicate. Jointly produced by Hanna-Barbera and King Features subsidiary King Features Entertainment, the series aired for one season of thirteen episodes on CBS. It is a follow-up to The All New Popeye Hour. Due to Jack Mercer's death in 1984, Maurice LaMarche voiced Popeye, while much of the cast of The All New Popeye Hour reprised their respective roles, with the exception of Daws Butler. However, Nancy Cartwright, who was trained by Butler, voiced Woody in the series.

Overview
Now married, Popeye and his longtime girlfriend Olive Oyl have a son named Popeye Jr. (or simply "Junior"), who has inherited Popeye's ability to gain superhuman strength from eating spinach; much to his father's disappointment, however, Junior hates the taste of spinach (instead, he prefers hamburgers, like Wimpy), although he eats spinach anyway should any trouble come his way. Popeye's longtime rival Bluto also has a wife, Lizzie, and a son, Tank. Like old times, Popeye and Bluto possess an intense rivalry, something that also happens between their sons.

Voice cast

 * Susan Blu - Shelley (in "The Girl from Down Under")
 * Steve Bulen - Fred Furple (in "Redbeard")
 * Nancy Cartwright - Woody
 * Philip L. Clarke - Snipes (in "Prince of a Fellow")
 * Jeff Cohen - Francis Wimpy
 * Barry Dennen - Captain of the Sea Witch (in "Redbeard")
 * George DiCenzo - Two-Headed Giant (in "Damsel in Distress")
 * Richard Erdman - Professor Watersnozzle (in "Dr. Junior and Mr. Hyde")
 * Ed Gilbert - Skeleton Warrior (in "Ain't Mythbehavin'")
 * Scott Grimes - Lon (in "There Goes the Neighborhood")
 * Rebecca Gilchrist -
 * Zale Kessler - Mr. Snoot, Lon's Father (in "There Goes the Neighborhood")
 * Kaleena Kiff - Dee Dee
 * Maurice LaMarche - Popeye, Poopdeck Pappy, Granny Popeye, Cole Oyl (in "Happy Anniversary"), Captain Blight (in "Happy Anniversary")
 * Allan Lurie - Redbeard (in "Redbeard")
 * David Markus - Tank Bluto
 * Allan Melvin - Bluto, J. Wellington Wimpy
 * Scott Menville - Rex (in "Prince of a Fellow")
 * Don Messick - Eugene the Jeep
 * Howard Morris - Bandini the Genie
 * Josh Rodine - Popeye Jr.
 * Maggie Roswell - Jewelry Store Clerk (in "Junior Gets a Job")
 * Marilyn Schreffler - Olive Oyl, Lizzie Bluto, Puggy, The Sea Hag, Nana Oyl (in "Happy Anniversary")
 * Penina Segall - Polly
 * Carl Steven - Nick (in "Split Decision")
 * Jeffrey Tambor - Berkeley Busby (in "Surf Movie")
 * Rip Taylor - Mayor of Sweethaven (in "Attack of the Sea Hag")
 * B.J. Ward - Rad
 * Jimmy Weldon - Birthday Clown (in "Junior's Birthday Roundup")
 * Frank Welker - Shelley's Father (in "The Girl from Down Under")
 * Patric Zimmerman - Ghost Pirates (in "The Lost Treasure of Pirate's Cove")

Reception
In 2014, including it in an article about twelve 1980s cartoons that supposedly did not deserve remembrance, io9 was largely critical of the series, noting that it did not utilize the conventions established by the theatrical Popeye short films.

Home media
In late 2008, Warner Home Video planned to release four Popeye and Son episodes (8 cartoons) on DVD. (Volume One, released earlier in 2008, contained episodes of the previous Hanna-Barbera Popeye series, The All New Popeye Hour.) As of 2021, the complete series has yet to come out on DVD. In the 1990s, several episodes were released on VHS.