Popeye first appeared in 1929 and became a cartoon star in the Fleischer shorts of the 1930s, where his spinach fuelled strength and garbled speech defined the character. His line about all he can stands became one of his signature catchphrases, usually delivered seconds before he finally fought back. Decades later the clip resurfaced on soundboards and in meme edits because that one sentence perfectly captures reaching a limit, so it still works as shorthand for fed up cartoon anger without needing any setup or context.