The Sea Monster (Popeye and Son)

This article is about the Popeye and Son episode. For the Moby Dick short, see The Sea Monster (Moby Dick).

The Sea Monster
Network	CBS
Premiere date	September 26, 1987
Starring	Penina Segall Josh Rodine Maurice La Marche Marilyn Schreffler Allan Melvin Don Messick David Markus Nancy Cartwright Kaleena Kiff
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Cliff Roberts
Director(s)	John Kimball Paul Sommer
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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"The Sea Monster" is the first part of the second episode of Popeye and Son season one, and the third episode overall. It aired on September 26, 1987 on CBS. It was written by Cliff Roberts, directed by John Kimball and Paul Sommer, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Polly befriends a rare sea monster, which Bluto wants to capture and sell.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Woody	Nancy Cartwright
Polly	Penina Segall
Popeye Junior	Josh Rodine
Dee Dee	Kaleena Kiff
Sea monster	Unavailable
Clam	Unavailable
Lizzie Bluto	Marilyn Schreffler
Bluto	Allan Melvin
Tank Bluto	David Markus
Popeye	Maurice La Marche
J. Wellington Wimpy	Allan Melvin
Olive Oyl	Marilyn Schreffler
Ship captain	N/A
Sea monster's mate	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Sweet Haven
      • Beach
        • Wimpy's
      • Popeye residence

Objects

• Spinach

Vehicles

• Leviathan

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 26, 1987 on CBS
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

Behind the scenes

• Junior narrates the opening.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • 1987: Channel 5 Video releases Popeye and Son: A New Generation: Attack of the Sea Hag on VHS.
  • 2003: Hollywood DVD releases Popeye and Son on DVD.
  • 2003: Hollywood DVD releases Cool McCool & Popeye and Son: Double Film DVD Pack! DVD.
  • 2003: Hollywood DVD releases The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers & Krazy Kat & Popeye and Son & All-New Popeye and Friends DVD.