Continuity mistake: Popeye goes to Bluto's ship. He finds his pappy there: he's tied to the chair hanging in the ceiling. Popeye gets excited, and notice that before he hugs his pappy he takes his pipe out of his mouth. When we see Popeye again, the pipe is back to his mouth. Too fast to be real.
Popeye (1980)
Directed by: Robert Altman
Starring: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley
Continuity mistake: At the races, Wimpy has Swee'pea at the line up board, asking which horse to bet on. As Castor walks in, the shot cuts to Wimpy at the board. The number 7 slot is empty, and no attendant is there. As the shots alternate between Wimpy and Castor, there is an attendant behind Wimpy erasing slot 7, starting to write, then gone again after Castor goes by. In the next moment, Wimpy is directly in front of the board asking Swee'pea. After picking Holy Moley, the next wide shot has the attendant back again with a name in slot 7.
Trivia: The voice for the animated Popeye was done by Jack Mercer who provided the voice for the Popeye the Sailor cartoons.
Trivia: Robin Williams had to re-dub most of his dialogue after the producers discovered his muttered Popeye voice was inaudible after filming was complete.
Trivia: Although they play mother and daughter in this film, Roberta Maxwell (born in 1942) is only seven years older than Shelley Duvall (born in 1949).
The Tax Man: One sunflower, embarrassing the Tax Man tax.
Popeye: Another thing I got is a sensk of humiligration. Now, maybe you swabs can pool your intelligensk and sees that I'm axking you for an apologeky.
Geezil: Fooey! The Commadore. Besides Wimpy, I hate him best.
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Answer: One, Bluto is a bully and threatened him, after all his name is Wimpy. Plus he most likely offered to buy him a hamburger, which he would have paid next Tuesday.