Why Popeye Loves Spinach? Secret Revealed

Popeye the Sailor Man - that gruff, pipe-smoking, spinach-loving cartoon hero has been entertaining audiences for nearly a century. With his bulging forearms and a mean uppercut, Popeye never backed down from a fight, especially when his beloved Olive Oyl was in trouble.
But there was always one thing that gave Popeye his incredible strength - a can of spinach. Whenever Popeye needed to save the day, he'd pop open a can, slurp down the green stuff, and BAM! His muscles would bulge and he'd be ready to take on any foe.
So why spinach? What was it about this leafy green vegetable that made it Popeye's go-to power food? The answer lies in a simple mathematical error made nearly 150 years ago.
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  • @fawziekefli2273
    @fawziekefli22732 ай бұрын

    If Popeye could sqeeze open a can of spinach - or a can of anything, for that matter - I'd say he's pretty strong anyways.

  • @overlord-6644

    @overlord-6644

    Ай бұрын

    I’d say he could bench at least 5 pounds

  • @thelocalfbiagent8073

    @thelocalfbiagent8073

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@overlord-6644im pretty sure he can do 6 pounds, correct me if im wrong tho

  • @masterofDisGuy

    @masterofDisGuy

    Ай бұрын

    He already can defy laws of physics even before he chugs onto his veggie powerups.

  • @AbrahamCortina-tz9lx

    @AbrahamCortina-tz9lx

    17 күн бұрын

    That's nasty for eating raw spinach in a can 🤢

  • @runawaycat4594
    @runawaycat4594Ай бұрын

    Popeye was a good role model for children, then along came his evil counter-part, the cookie monster

  • @TheInkPitOx

    @TheInkPitOx

    Ай бұрын

    Isn't he on a diet?

  • @sergeychistov8162
    @sergeychistov8162Ай бұрын

    No way you have only 700 subs and 2k views on this video. You did a good job, and I like it!

  • @lizardmandx
    @lizardmandxАй бұрын

    Thanks for putting the info in the beginning of the video

  • @darquehuntre4
    @darquehuntre4Ай бұрын

    as a kid that was the only way i would eat spinach. i had to watch popeye do it first

  • @masterofDisGuy
    @masterofDisGuyАй бұрын

    Popeye is quite an interesting character and one if not the most influential fictional character in media. He's a precursor to Mario. Aside from their similarities in taking food items as power-ups, the original Donkey Kong arcade was supposed to be a Popeye game. I love Popeye for the entirety of my life. Still, I wouldn't eat a spinach or any veggies right out of the can. Only Popeye can grow stronger from doing that.

  • @TheInkPitOx
    @TheInkPitOxАй бұрын

    Popeye should be updated to eat a bag of spinach instead of the terrible canned stuff.

  • @davidwesley2525
    @davidwesley2525Ай бұрын

    Fun Fact Popeye the Sailor Made His Animation Debut in a Betty Boop Cartoon. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @popeyethepirate2902

    @popeyethepirate2902

    Ай бұрын

    Incorrect.

  • @montecorbit8280
    @montecorbit8280Ай бұрын

    There's a much simpler reason....and it is actually the truth. The actual man that Popeye was based on told the children lots of stories about his heroic deeds and his strength....since he broke up brawls in bars he was probably a good fighter too. When he told the children to eat their spinach so they could grow as strong as he was, they believed him!! Maybe he told them that because he heard about how much iron spinach possibly had in it, but we don't know that. Simple reason is The Man that Popeye was based on told the kids to eat spinach....

  • @DarkOmegaMK2
    @DarkOmegaMK222 күн бұрын

    I;m just gonna throw this out there: "Popeye the Sailorman is the original Giga Chad"

  • @georgecataloni4720
    @georgecataloni47205 күн бұрын

    I once bought a can of spinach to eat it directly from the can, like Popeye. I ate half, then lost my peripheral vision because of vitamin A toxicity. I got better, but it was scary at the time.

  • @IloveHamberger
    @IloveHamberger16 күн бұрын

    Who cropped the old cartoons to be in 16:9?

  • @SunSheepOfLight
    @SunSheepOfLight26 күн бұрын

    Spinach is good for you.

  • @pirateraider1708
    @pirateraider1708Ай бұрын

    Of all the troubles a missed period has caused, I'd consider this to be the least. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @robscott8296
    @robscott8296Ай бұрын

    Popeye is one of two things that got me intrusted in the navy and there involvement in ww2, which birthed my love for history, also I’m a picky eater but popeye got me brave enough to try a peice, but before that when I was in a private high school ( for kids with autism) I had a favorite teacher assistant named Mr. Marco, and I would bring my Dixie cup hat (the hat the sailors wore) (also I’m not in the navy, nor am I trying to do stolen valor, I respect our military men and women who served and are currently serving, also I only had the hat) and after school when going home I would take it out of my locker and lay it beside me. Well after Mr. Marco seeing this repeatedly he gave me the nickname popeye the sailor man, he even gave me two popeye the sailor ties, and I still wear and use that nickname with pride) (also I didn’t always bring the hat to school and this was before I got a U.S. navy ball cap and wore that.

  • @SmokeyMcb
    @SmokeyMcbАй бұрын

    Popeye The Sailor is considered a geek on the planet Melmac due to Popeye The Sailor eating his Spinach. Enjoy: Something's Wrong with Me | ALF | FULL Episode: S2 Ep8 kzread.info/dash/bejne/i61t1NOSYpazl5M.html

  • @papaminty367
    @papaminty367Ай бұрын

    Tired of shit AI content being spammed on this platform

  • @PurpleBroadcast
    @PurpleBroadcastАй бұрын

    Not the ai content nahh

  • @dragonbeast9318

    @dragonbeast9318

    Ай бұрын

    I don’t think the voice is AI

  • @expepem189xl3
    @expepem189xl3Ай бұрын

    Damn at least old AI content creators, like Chess SImp, actually make voices have feeling in them. So this is just slop.