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After all the pets get out of the pet shop, Popeye spots a parrot which has not left his perch, so he goes to the perch and tells the parrot that he is free to leave.  The parrot then breaks into song and points out why he is better off having the safety of a roof over his head and steady meals than taking his chances in the outside world, advising Popeye that he should have left well enough alone regarding the pets that he set free from the pet shop.  Popeye soon realizes the error of his earlier action when he sees some of the dogs he freed rooting through garbage in an alley; those dogs, along with all of the other dogs Popeye freed, are quickly caught by a dog catcher and deposited into a waiting truck to take to the dog pound.

After all the pets get out of the pet shop, Popeye spots a parrot which has not left his perch, so he goes to the perch and tells the parrot that he is free to leave.  The parrot then breaks into song and points out why he is better off having the safety of a roof over his head and steady meals than taking his chances in the outside world, advising Popeye that he should have left well enough alone regarding the pets that he set free from the pet shop.  Popeye soon realizes the error of his earlier action when he sees some of the dogs he freed rooting through garbage in an alley; those dogs, along with all of the other dogs Popeye freed, are quickly caught by a dog catcher and deposited into a waiting truck to take to the dog pound.

As Popeye chases after the dog catcher's truck, three more dogs are kicked out of a nearby meat market, but one of the dogs pulls out a bone it had grabbed from the market before they were caught.  The dogs start gnawing on the bone when the dog catcher comes along and snags them as well, then catches more of the stray dogs before arriving at the dog pound.  Popeye arrives moments later and tells the dog catcher that all the dogs in the truch belong to him, but the dog catcher points out that none of the dogs have licenses.  Popeye hands over some cash to the dog catcher to license the dogs, then takes them all from the truck and back to Olive's pet shop where they are returned to their cages.  The parrot gets the last word when he reiterates his message to Popeye to leave well enough alone, at which the sailor grins in agreement.

As Popeye chases after the dog catcher's truck, three more dogs are kicked out of a nearby meat market, but one of the dogs pulls out a bone it had grabbed from the market before they were caught.  The dogs start gnawing on the bone when the dog catcher comes along and snags them as well, then catches more of the stray dogs before arriving at the dog pound.  Popeye arrives moments later and tells the dog catcher that all the dogs in the truck belong to him, but the dog catcher points out that none of the dogs have licenses.  Popeye hands over some cash to the dog catcher to license the dogs, then takes them all from the truck and back to Olive's pet shop where they are returned to their cages.  The parrot gets the last word when he reiterates his message to Popeye to leave well enough alone, at which the sailor grins in agreement.

== Trivia ==

== Trivia ==

* This is one of the few ''Popeye'' cartoons where Popeye does not eat spinach to defeat a villain, as there was no actual villain to defeat in the cartoon.

* This is one of the few ''Popeye'' cartoons where Popeye does not eat spinach to defeat a villain, as there was no actual villain to defeat in the cartoon.

* Jack Mercer, the voice of Popeye, also voiced the parrot in this short, using a similar voice to what he would later use as the voice of Felix the Cat in the 1950s.

* Jack Mercer, the voice of Popeye, also voiced the parrot in this short, using a similar voice to what he would later use as the voice of Felix the Cat in the 1950s.

* When adjusted for inflation, the $500 Popeye pays to buy the freedom of all the animals in the pet shop is equal to $9,303 as of 2021

* When adjusted for inflation, the $500 Popeye pays to buy the freedom of all the animals in the pet shop is equal to $9,303 as of 2021.

== Production notes ==

== Production notes ==