Seeing Double

A wicked chief and his henchmen get Popeye into trouble with the law by manufacturing a mechanical man that looks like Popeye to do their dirty work and cause havoc. The mechanical monster commits a bank robbery. Of course, the real Popeye gets tossed in jail. How will the robotic doppelganger fare against the Man of Spinach himself? The day is saved when Popeye spots his double and smashes it to pieces. Police witness the battle and give Popeye a $2,000 reward, with which he buys Olive the mink coat that she'd yearned for at the opening of the story.

Popeye, Olive Oyl, Crooks

Not to be confused with "Popeye Robot Popeye", another King Features cartoon short featuring a robot double of Popeye. Also not to be confused with "Double Trouble", where the Sea Hag magically takes on Olive's appearance in order to take her place in a dance contest.

King Features had no cartoon studios, so Popeye storyboards were produced in its offices, while animation was divided between Paramount/Famous Studios, Larry Harmon Productions, Total TV Productions, Gene Deitch/Rembrandt Studios, Halas and Batchelor and Jack Kinney Productions.

Of those stations which bought the King Features Popeye cartoons in 1960, 90% renewed their contracts in 1965.

Note the change in the villain's name… from Bluto to Brutus.