Popeye and the Giant (Popeye the Sailor (1960's))

Popeye and the Giant is a 1960's Popeye cartoon, produced at Jack Kinney's animation studio, with animation directed by Hugh Fraser, and released by King Features. In this cartoon, after eating some growth pills, Wimpy turns into a giant and Popeye has to do something to shrink Wimpy down to normal size before Brutus and the Sea Hag attempt to get rid of the giant Wimpy. This cartoon was considered by many to be one of the worst Popeye cartoons overall due to the following reasons.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) Misleading title: The short doesn't revolve around Popeye meeting a giant, but instead the short revolves around Wimpy turning into a giant after eating growth pills.
 * 2) Speaking of which, Popeye barely plays a big role on this cartoon until the very end.
 * 3) The whole plot involving Wimpy turning into a giant is just stupid and ridiculous.
 * 4) There is one questionable scene where we see Popeye walking down the street then the scene randomly cuts to Wimpy saying "I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today!" then cutting back to Popeye walking again for some reason.
 * 5) Like many other Jack Kinney-produced cartoons, the animation can range from good (A good example being the Format Films-directed cartoons.) to really sloppy (especially on the ones directed by Hugh Fraser), but here, is at it's absolute worst, which explains the use of the scene of Brutus laughing on the window, via stock footage originated from another Jack Kinney-produced Popeye cartoon, "Ballet de Spinach", as well as the aforementioned questionable scene.
 * 6) Like many other Hugh Fraser-directed cartoons in the series, the lip syncing is awful and never syncs up to what the characters are saying, especially Brutus.
 * 7) Use of stock footage, like the scene where Brutus makes hamburgers for Wimpy and the ending Wimpy says his signature catchphrase which was already used in the beginning.
 * 8) The Sea Hag makes an appearance on this cartoon for no particular reason other than to help Brutus get rid of the giant Wimpy.
 * 9) On one scene in another questionable scene, we see Brutus watching Wimpy sleeping, then after we see Wimpy sleeping, Brutus is seen (aforementioned) laughing from outside the house from a window, talk about laziness! But hey, that's Hugh Fraser for you!
 * 10) Questionable Logic: When Popeye feeds the giant Wimpy spinach, he grows bigger for some reason, but when he feeds giant Wimpy a hamburger, he somehow shrinks back to normal size.

The Only Redeeming Quality

 * 1) The voice acting is alright thanks to the likes of Jack Mercer, Mae Questel and Jackson Beck, but that’s not saying much.