Cartoons you need to watch

The list in release order, from the earliest shorts onward. Showing 461–480 of 698.

May 1954

No Parking Hare

01 May 1954

No Parking Hare builds a compact situation around a familiar Warner personality. The plot may involve hunting, disguise, hunger, music, or rivalry, but the real subject is how quickly the character's flaw takes over the film.

Jun 1954

Jul 1954

The Oily Bird

30 Jul 1954

The Oily Bird belongs to the Famous Studios era, where Popeye, Casper, Little Audrey, and other characters carried older theatrical habits into the 1950s. The short usually starts with a clear gag premise and follows it cleanly.

Aug 1954

Greek Mirthology

13 Aug 1954 00:07:00

Popeye's nephews refuse to eat their spinach, so their uncle tells them how the family came by the habit. In ancient Greece his ancestor Hercules, who looks exactly like Popeye, draws his strength from garlic, one sniff of which lets him lift mountains and win every bout at the games.

Baby Butch

14 Aug 1954 00:07:00

Baby Butch turns pursuit or rivalry into precision mechanics. MGM's animation gives bodies weight, makes impacts musical, and lets domestic spaces become arenas of elegant destruction.

Fright to the Finish

27 Aug 1954 00:06:00

On Halloween night Olive Oyl reads ghost stories aloud to Popeye and Bluto, each of whom wants the other to go home. Bluto pretends to leave and sets about scaring Olive and Popeye with staged horrors: a headless man at the door, a skeleton that walks by itself, a bedsheet ghost on a balloon.

Nov 1954

Dec 1954

No Ifs, Ands or Butts

17 Dec 1954 00:06:00

No Ifs, Ands or Butts belongs to the Famous Studios era, where Popeye, Casper, Little Audrey, and other characters carried older theatrical habits into the 1950s. The short usually starts with a clear gag premise and follows it cleanly.

Touché, Pussy Cat!

18 Dec 1954 00:07:00

Touché, Pussy Cat! builds a compact situation around a familiar Warner personality. The plot may involve hunting, disguise, hunger, music, or rivalry, but the real subject is how quickly the character's flaw takes over the film.

Animal Farm

29 Dec 1954 01:12:00

Animal Farm adapts Orwell's farm allegory into an animated political drama. The animals' revolution, betrayal, and new oppression are staged with directness rather than musical softness.

Jan 1955

Cookin' with Gags

14 Jan 1955 00:06:00

It is April Fools' Day, and Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto go on a picnic. Bluto has come prepared with practical jokes and plays them on Popeye one after another: a snapping cigar, an exploding sandwich, a rubber frankfurter, a trick chair, each followed by a bellow of "April Fool!" and Olive's…

Pests for Guests

29 Jan 1955

Pests for Guests belongs to the Famous Studios era, where Popeye, Casper, Little Audrey, and other characters carried older theatrical habits into the 1950s. The short usually starts with a clear gag premise and follows it cleanly.

Mar 1955

Man in Space

09 Mar 1955

Man in Space is a mid-century animated short built around a direct comic or graphic idea. It reflects a theatrical market in transition, where older formulas still worked but television and changing budgets were closing in.

Git Along Lil' Duckie

25 Mar 1955

Git Along Lil' Duckie builds a compact situation around a familiar Warner personality. The plot may involve hunting, disguise, hunger, music, or rivalry, but the real subject is how quickly the character's flaw takes over the film.

Apr 1955

A Bicep Built for Two

08 Apr 1955 00:07:00

A Bicep Built for Two belongs to the Famous Studios era, where Popeye, Casper, Little Audrey, and other characters carried older theatrical habits into the 1950s. The short usually starts with a clear gag premise and follows it cleanly.

The Legend of Rockabye Point

11 Apr 1955 00:07:00

The Legend of Rockabye Point uses Walter Lantz studio energy: loud personalities, quick chases, and a taste for irritation that escalates into full cartoon warfare. The premise is direct, but the appeal is momentum.

The Hole Idea

16 Apr 1955

The Hole Idea uses Walter Lantz studio energy: loud personalities, quick chases, and a taste for irritation that escalates into full cartoon warfare. The premise is direct, but the appeal is momentum.

Jun 1955

Sh-h-h-h-h-h

06 Jun 1955 00:06:00

Sh-h-h-h-h-h uses Walter Lantz studio energy: loud personalities, quick chases, and a taste for irritation that escalates into full cartoon warfare. The premise is direct, but the appeal is momentum.