Private Eye Popeye gets a call from Olive Oyl to guard a precious gem. But no sooner does he get the gem than the butler takes it (and Olive). The rest of the cartoon is spent chasing the crook to Paris, the Swiss Alps, and North Africa; Popeye always gets there first, but fails to make the arrest until he lucks into s…

Popeye is abducted by Martians who conduct a series of hideous experiments on him, but thanks to his copious spinach supply (4 cans), all the experiments fail.

Popeye is hosting three of his western-obsessed nephews on his ranch. To get them to eat their spinach, he tells about how he arrived at the ranch and was humiliated by foreman Bluto until, of course, he ate his spinach.

Popeye is driving across country against Count Noah Count. He's hopelessly outmatched; the Count has a very powerful car, and Popeye's is barely running. And to top it off, the Count doesn't play fair.

Singer Olive Oyl needs an accompanist, and both Popeye and Bluto apply for the job.

Popeye's nephews would rather have hamburgers than spinach, so Popeye recounts some of his past exploits where spinach saved the day.

After recalling several "spinach moments", Bluto realizes that if there's no spinach, Popeye won't be able to beat him, so he creates a potion to eradicate spinach and sprays all the fields. Out of desperation, Popeye tries several other vegetables, to no avail.

A lighthearted tour of Florida's attractions is followed by a sing-along about the state capital, Tallahassee.