As the strips started focusing more on Popeye, he began to form a relationship with Castor's sister Olive Oyl after she had left her previous boyfriend Ham Gravy, and the two would eventually go on to become one of the most recognizable couples in cartoon history.Īfter Popeye's run in the original Thimble Theatre, he would return as the main character in the 1948 comic book series by E. Initially, Popeye was portrayed as a very strong and seemingly uneducated but very savvy sailor who would gain extraordinary luck and resilience when he rubbed the magical Whiffle Hen Bernice, but by 1932, he began to favor spinach, crediting it as a healthy source of strength. While originally introduced as a minor character (with the actual star of the strips then being Castor Oyl), Popeye's popularity eventually grew to the point where he became the main character of Thimble Theatre, with the strip now focusing on his adventures and hijinks. Popeye would make his debut in the JanuThimble Theatre strip " Dice Island" as a rough sailor for hire. Segar and was inspired by a man Segar knew in Chester, Illinois: Frank "Rocky" Fiegel. 4.1.3 Teenage Years and the Path of the SailorĬharacter history Creation and development in Thimble Theatre.1.1 Creation and development in Thimble Theatre.
Popeye has a long and rich history spanning nearly a century and is one of the most recognizable and beloved cartoon characters in the world, and is consistently regarded as one of the best ever created. Segar characterized him as violent and uncivilized yet introspective and with a high moral fiber. In addition to his theme song, his catchphrase is "Blow me down!" and he is also noted for saying "That's all I can stand, cos I can't stand no more!" Popeye's creator E. He is known to mutter when he speaks, sing to himself and mangle the English language (e.g, he calls elephants and infants "elephinks" and "infinks", respectively) in his signature New Jersey accent.
His strength varies among his portrayals: as per the original comics, he is super-humanly strong and can lift huge objects, while in later adaptations he is not quite as mighty until he gains a boost in strength by eating spinach. He can occasionally be seen smoking his pipe but usually he toots it like a tugboat and sometimes uses it as a weapon by blowing the smoke in his enemies faces. The star of many comics and animated cartoons, he is best known for his squinting (or entirely missing) right eye, huge forearms with two anchor tattoos, skinny upper arms, and corncob pipe. Popeye is the main protagonist of the Popeye franchise, a sailor character created in 1928 by Elzie Crisler Segar for his Thimble Theatre comic strip (subsequently renamed after Popeye himself). Pipeye, Peepeye, Poopeye and Pupeye (nephews), Palookas "what ain't on the up and square" pirates ghosts Bluto For other meanings, see Popeye (disambiguation). For the franchise as a whole, see Popeye franchise.
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