Popeye takes on the Japanese Navy single-handedly.Popeye takes on the Japanese Navy single-handedly.Popeye takes on the Japanese Navy single-handedly.
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Jack Mercer
- Popeye
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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- Dan Gordon
- Dave Fleischer(earlier cartoon clips) (uncredited)
- James Tyer(uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film was removed from circulation first by Paramount, and now by Time-Warner due to the negative (though historically important) portrayal of the Japanese. As with most of the wartime propaganda cartoons owned by Time-Warner (with the exception of Herr Meets Hare (1945), Russian Rhapsody (1944), Blitz Wolf (1942) and one or two others), this one is not likely to see a public airing anytime soon.
- ConnectionsFeatured in ToonHeads: A ToonHeads Special: The Wartime Cartoons (2001)
- SoundtracksYou're a Sap, Mister Jap
Words and Music by James Cavanaugh, John Redmond and Nat Simon
Performed by Jack Mercer and chorus at the beginning
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Not very good
This Popeye animated short, made after Pearl Harbor, shows us how he alone destroys a complete Japanese ship. First they offer peace but while Popeye is signing the peace contract they start attacking him. After they have hurt him a little he takes his famous spinach and shows the Japanese how to fight.
For me the only funny thing was Jack Mercer as the voice of Popeye. When he talks he always makes me smile, but when that is the only good thing in a short it is not enough. In black and white the animation is not bad, although sometimes things look a little messy. For war propaganda is probably pretty good, but for an entertaining short today it doesn't work.
For me the only funny thing was Jack Mercer as the voice of Popeye. When he talks he always makes me smile, but when that is the only good thing in a short it is not enough. In black and white the animation is not bad, although sometimes things look a little messy. For war propaganda is probably pretty good, but for an entertaining short today it doesn't work.
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- rbverhoef
- Apr 17, 2004
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- Runtime7 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was You're a Sap, Mr. Jap (1942) officially released in Canada in English?
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