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After Swee'Pea's birth father is killed, Swee'Pea is made the Crown Prince of Demonia. [6] As Swee'Pea is of royal birth, he needed protection from an evil uncle who wanted to eliminate him and take control of the kingdom. Swee'Pea's mother left him on the doorstep of the Oyl home, knowing Popeye the trustworthy sailor would protect him.
Swee'Pea (Popeye's adopted baby son in the comics, Olive's cousin in the cartoons) J. Wellington Wimpy; Bluto/Brutus; Eugene the Jeep; The Sea Hag; The Sea Hag's vultures, including her favorite, Bernard; Alice the Goon and the other Goons; Rough House (a cook who runs a local restaurant, the Rough House) George W. Geezil (the local cobbler who ...
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In The Jeep (1938), Popeye presents the animal to Olive Oyl and Swee'Pea with the simple explanation, "The Jeep's a magical dog and can disappear and things". In Popeye Presents Eugene the Jeep (1940), it is Popeye who receives the creature from Olive, in a box via a special delivery man (voiced by Pinto Colvig ), and with the premise that he ...
Featured characters, aside from the popular main stars of Popeye, Bluto, Olive Oyl and Wimpy, were Swee'Pea, Poopdeck Pappy, Eugene the Jeep and Popeye's quadruplet nephews. Popeye's outfit reverted to his original blue sailor's uniform, except for his white hat, which retained the "Dixie cup" style.
Zaboly made certain changes in the strip, including the addition of new characters. However, most notably he replaced Swee'pea's nightgown with a small sailor suit, by the request of King Features. This change allowed Swee'pea to walk during the years 1957 to 1959. This was considered controversial to many fans, yet exciting for many others.
Popeye visits Olive Oyl, who is too busy to spend the day with him. Instead, she offers Swee'Pea as a companion instead. As an agreeable Popeye exits with Swee'Pea and carriage, he does not notice Swee'Pea's crawling out of his transport and following his protector on all fours: stunned when he does notice the baby's absence, he calls out, turning just as the little fellow escapes his view to ...
July 24: In E.C. Segar's newspaper comic strip Thimble Theatre Popeye and Olive Oyl's adopted child Swee'Pea makes her debut. [6] July 30: Roy Crane's Captain Easy makes its newspaper debut and will run until 1988. July 31: Milton Caniff's Dickie Dare makes its debut. [7]