Bluto comes to Olive's house to ask for a date but is turned down as she is set to go on a picnic with Popeye and his nephews (only three of them this time). During the picnic, the kids reject their spinach, asking instead for junk food. With Bluto eavesdropping, their uncle tells them of his early school days: Olive and Bluto were his classmates, with the latter pulling pranks on him such as sending a small tortoise carrying a stick of dynamite towards the young Popeye's desk. In addition to the explosion, Popeye's ink falls on the teacher earning him detention. When he is finally let out, he catches up with little Olive and little Bluto playing on a swing, only for the latter to send the swing crashing to the smaller boy's face - yet Popeye swinging back results in Bluto's being sent fly