The story unfolds with Olive Oyl preparing for a party at her home. She speaks in syncopated rhyme, and her movements align with the swing music playing in the background. Popeye arrives, bringing "parlor games for a real old-fashioned party," but Olive finds him old-fashioned compared to the zoot-suited Bluto. Bluto sabotages Popeye's attempts, and eventually pours quick-drying cement into the apple water, trapping Popeye. Popeye rolls downhill into a vegetable shop, finds spinach, and transforms into a hip, zoot-suited character. He rescues Olive, dances with her, and defeats Bluto, who ends up encased in a water bubble.