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This cartoon marks the screen debut of Popeye's "adoptid infink" Swee'Pea, whose actual parentage is of course neither explained nor dwelled upon. Suffice to say that when Popeye shows up to escort Olive Oyl on a trip to the zoo, she begs off, claiming to be too busy. However, Olive suggests that Popeye take Swee'pea to the zoo--with careful instructions not to frighten the little darling. As it turns out, Swee'pea is completely unfazed by his dangerously close encounters with an elephant, an alligator, a hippo and a rampaging leopard. . .while poor Popeye gets the worst of it, and then some. The Fleischer studios' trademarked "stereoscopic" process is given an excellent workout in this episode, with some truly eye-popping 3-D background designs.