Popeye – I Don’t Scare (1956) Bluto tricks Olive Oyl into believing it’s Friday the 13th, using staged superstitions to sabotage her date with Popeye. Director: Izzy Sparber, Thomas Johnson Screenplay by: Jack Mercer Produced by: Famous Studios Starring: Jackson Beck as Bluto (voice) Jack Mercer as Popeye (voice) Mae Questel as Olive Oyl (voice) Production Company: Famous Studios Distributed by: Paramount Pictures Release Date: November 16, 1956 Runtime: Approximately 6 minutes Country: United States Language: English Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family ------------------------------------------------------------ Synopsis - Popeye and Bluto rush to call Olive Oyl for a date, but Popeye wins the race. - Bluto, jealous, notices Olive is superstitious and secretly changes her calendar to mark Friday the 13th. - Olive panics, refusing to go out, while Popeye dismisses her fears as “stupidstition.” - Bluto intensifies the deception, causing Olive to experience a series of unlucky events, including electrocution and a broken mirror. - Popeye is kicked out, but he discovers Bluto’s trick and uses a horseshoe magnet to trap him under a ladder. - Popeye finishes Bluto off with a punch, sending him crashing into a fortune-telling machine that ironically declares, “Today is your lucky day!” ------------------------------------------------------------ Key Themes & Highlights - Superstition vs. Logic Popeye challenges Olive’s fears while Bluto exploits them. - Classic Popeye vs. Bluto Rivalry Bluto’s deception and Popeye’s clever retaliation drive the plot. - Public Domain Status *I Don’t Scare* is widely available due to its public domain status. - Technicolor Animation One of the later Popeye cartoons, featuring vibrant color animation. ------------------------------------------------------------ Trivia - Popeye does not eat spinach in this cartoon, making it one of the rare shorts where he wins without his signature power-up. - This was the final Popeye cartoon to feature the words “Color by Technicolor.” - Some public domain versions replace the original Paramount logo with the a.a.p. logo. - The cartoon was featured in the video game *The Darkness* (2007). ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags #PopeyeCartoon #IDontScare #ClassicAnimation #BlutoVsPopeye #OliveOyl #PublicDomainCartoon #FamousStudios #TechnicolorAnimation #ParamountPictures #SuperstitionComedy