As the cartoon's title appears, we are introduced to Popeye's antagonist in this film, an anthropomorphic goat, who sings happily as he strolls by. After a short while, he realizes something and asks the cartoon's operator to rewind to the title card, goes on to read "THE HUNGRY GOAT" and acknowledges that he should be starving. This time, he begins the carton by crawling on the ground, weakened. However, he soon notices a huge pile of tin cans that would satiate his hunger, but they lie beside a sign that reads "SAVE YOUR TIN CANS FOR WAR PRODUCTION" and are promptly transported away before the Goat can devour them. Following the cans' vehicle, the Goat arrives at the dock and, despairing at all tins being re-purposed, attempts to commit suicide by jumping into the sea - yet slams onto an