Mighty Olive at the Bat

"Mighty Olive at the Bat" is the fifth episode (part two) of Popeye and Son season one. It aired on October 17, 1987 on CBS. It was written by Eric Lewald, and directed by John Kimball and Paul Sommer.

Despite knowing nothing about baseball, Olive trains hard to support her son in the local father-son baseball competition, when Popeye injures himself.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Popeye
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice La Marche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Popeye Jr.
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Josh Rodine
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Woody
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Nancy Cartwright
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Woody's father
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Olive Popeye
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bluto
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Allan Melvin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tank Bluto
 * style="background-color:#clear"| David Markus
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rad
 * style="background-color:#clear"| B.J. Ward
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Puggy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rad's father
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Puggy's father
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Eugene the Jeep
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lizzie Bluto
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| J. Wellington Wimpy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Allan Melvin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Arnold
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Puggy's father
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Eugene the Jeep
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lizzie Bluto
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| J. Wellington Wimpy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Allan Melvin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Arnold
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| J. Wellington Wimpy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Allan Melvin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Arnold
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * All-Stars
 * Maulers

Locations

 * Sweet Haven
 * Baseball field
 * Popeye residence
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Spinach

Vehicles

 * Bluto's car

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Behind the scenes

 * Perhaps because Junior was completely willing to have the spinach, he doesn't show any hatred of it afterward.