Difference between revisions of "Mighty Olive at the Bat"

Mighty Olive at the Bat
	; Junior and Popeye hold up the entire team for Olive's victory.
Premiere date	October 17, 1987
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Eric Lewald
Director(s)	John Kimball; Paul Sommer
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"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.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Popeye	Maurice La Marche
Popeye Jr.	Josh Rodine
Woody	Nancy Cartwright
Woody's father	Unavailable
Olive Oyl	Marilyn Schreffler
Bluto	Allan Melvin
Tank Bluto	David Markus
Rad	B.J. Ward
Puggy	Marilyn Schreffler
Rad's father	N/A
Puggy's father	N/A
Eugene the Jeep	Don Messick
Lizzie Bluto	Marilyn Schreffler
J. Wellington Wimpy	Allan Melvin
Arnold	N/A

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Sweet Haven
    - Baseball field
    - Popeye residence
The Moon

Objects

Spinach

Vehicles

Bluto's car

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Behind the scenes

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

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

Not available. 😥

References

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+|caption= [[Popeye Jr.|Junior]] and [[Popeye]] hold up the entire team for [[Olive Popeye|Olive]]'s victory.
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-|premiere= October 17, 1987
+|premiere= [[October 17]], [[1987]]
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 |next= Junior Gets a Job
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-'''"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]].
+'''"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.
 ==Detailed summary==
 ==Memorable quotes==
 ==Characters==
-In order of appearance:
+{{CastTop}}
+|-
-''Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics''
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Popeye]]
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Maurice LaMarche|Maurice La Marche]]
-* [[Popeye]] ([[Maurice LaMarche|Maurice La Marche]])
+|-
-* [[Popeye Junior]] ([[Josh Rodine]])
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Popeye Jr.]]
-* [[Woody]] ([[Nancy Cartwright]])
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Josh Rodine]]
-* Woody's father
+|-
-* [[Olive Oyl|Olive Popeye]] ([[Marilyn Schreffler]])
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Woody (Popeye and Son)|Woody]]
-* [[Bluto]] ([[Allan Melvin]])
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Nancy Cartwright]]
-* [[Tank Bluto]] ([[David Markus]])
+|-
-* [[Rad]] ([[B.J. Ward]])
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[List of unnamed Popeye characters|Woody's father]]
-* [[Puggy]] (Marilyn Schreffler)
+| style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
-* Rad's father
+|-
-* [[Eugene the Jeep]] ([[Don Messick]])
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Olive Oyl]]
-* [[Lizzie Bluto]] (Marilyn Schreffler)
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Marilyn Schreffler]]
-* [[J. Wellington Wimpy]] (Allan Melvin)
+|-
+| 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"| [[List of unnamed Popeye characters|Rad's father]]
+| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[List of unnamed Popeye characters|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 (Mighty Olive at the Bat)|Arnold]]
+| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+{{CastBottom}}
 ==Organizations==
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 ==Locations==
-* [[Sweet Haven]]
+* [[Earth]]
-** Baseball field
+** [[United States]]
-** Popeye residence
+*** [[Sweet Haven]]
+**** Baseball field
+**** [[Popeye residence]]
 * [[Moon|The Moon]]
 ==Objects==
-*
+* Spinach
 ==Vehicles==
@@ Line 58: / Line 88: @@
 ==Production==
 ===Development===
 ===Filming===
 ==Music==
-The music was composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]].
+The score was composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]].
 ==Release==
 ==Behind the scenes==
-*
+* Perhaps because Junior was completely willing to have the spinach, he doesn't show any hatred of it afterward.
 ==Errors==
@@ Line 74: / Line 100: @@
 ==Critical reception==
 ==In other languages==
 {| class="wikitable"
@@ Line 87: / Line 112: @@
 ==Home availability==
-*
+* Not available. 😥
 ==References==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Episodes]]
+[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
 [[Category:Popeye and Son episodes]]
 [[Category:Popeye episodes]]