I Yam What I Yam - Plot

Plot

Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy, who are shipwrecked, land on an island inhabited by unfriendly American Indians. Popeye punches trees to build a log cabin. Wimpy tells Popeye to fetch ducks for dinner. While out, Popeye is intimidated by a American Indians who repeatedly tells him hello before Popeye punches the Indian. Another Indian whacks him with a club, thus Popeye giving the Indian a "twister punch". At the duck pond, Popeye finds more American Indians shooting arrows at the ducks, missing them repeatedly. Popeye bends the remaining three arrows, goes toward the pond, and goes in it while the ducks go under the water. When Popeye walks out, he is seen with the ducks, quacking. To get the ducks, the Indians grab the arrows, which are bent, and shoot them. However, the arrows act like boomerangs, and hit the Indians instead. Meanwhile, back at the cabin, Indians are closing in on the cabin. Olive Oyl blocks them by stretching her legs over the doors, while the Indians try to invade. Olive screams for help. When Indians try to come out of the floorboards, Wimpy is sitting on a chair on the floorboards. The resulting gag depicts when the Indians stretch, Wimpy pours more food into his bowl. When the Indians finally make it in, Wimpy is thrown out. To get even, Wimpy pulls back a cactus, releasing it's thorns. However, Wimpy is met with arrows striking the cactus. Wimpy screams in fear, and runs to Popeye for help. While Popeye walks back to the log cabin, the ducks are seen following Popeye, being attracted to the smoke from Popeye's corncob pipe. Wimpy tells Popeye the situation, and after seeing the ducks, he pulls out a fork and knife, sighing in pleasure. When the ducks see the fork and knife, they flee, with Wimpy chasing them from behind. When Popeye encounter the Indians, he eats spinach. He punches a row of Indians, causing a domino effect. The final gag shows Popeye punching out the Indian chief, causing him to lose his outfit and become another type of Indian, Mahatma Gandhi. The cartoon ends with Popeye singing "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man!".