There Goes the Neighborhood

There Goes the Neighborhood
Popeye faints after seeing Lon's real monster family.
Premiere date	December 5, 1987
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Eric Lewald
Director(s)	John Kimball Paul Sommer
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"There Goes the Neighborhood" is the twelfth episode (part one) of Popeye and Son season one. It aired on December 5, 1987 on CBS. It was written by Eric Lewald, and directed by John Kimball and Paul Sommer.

The Popeyes get spooky new neighbors.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Popeye Jr.	Josh Rodine
Eugene the Jeep	Don Messick
Woody	Nancy Cartwright
Dee Dee	Kaleena Kiff
Polly	Penina Segall
Tank Bluto	David Markus
Puggy	Marilyn Schreffler
Rad	B.J. Ward
Mr. Smoot	Unavailable
Lon	Unavailable
Coach	Unavailable
Vincent	Unavailable
Olive Oyl	Marilyn Schreffler
Lon's mother	Unavailable
Lon's grandfather	Unavailable
Bluto	Allan Melvin
J. Wellington Wimpy	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Sweet Haven
      • Popeye residence
      • Lon's residence
      • Sweet Haven School
  • Farafangana (mentioned)
  • Athabasca (mentioned)
  • Coos Bay (mentioned)
  • Balatnoy (mentioned)
  • Transylvania (mentioned)

Objects

• Spinach

Vehicles

• None

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 5, 1987 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• Junior narrates the opening.
• Lon seems to be named after actor Lon Chaney.
• Lon's family is reminiscent of the Munsters.
• Vincent is a parody of Dracula.

Errors

• Wimpy is working with Bluto now.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😥