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Olive Oyl in her debut (strip printed December 19, 1919) In the strip as written by Segar, Olive is a scrappy, headstrong young woman (her age varying between her late teens and 26) visually characterized by her exaggeratedly slim build (evolving from its previous more realistically proportioned form by the late 1920s) and her long black hair (usually presented as rolled in a neat bun, like ...
Popeye, a gruff but good-hearted sailor, arrives at the small coastal town of Sweethaven while searching for his missing father. He rents a room at the Oyl family's boarding house, where the Oyls plan to have their daughter, Olive, become engaged to Captain Bluto, a powerful, perpetually angry bully who manages the town in the name of the mysterious Commodore.
Popeye, Olive Oyl, Swee'Pea and Wimpy were featured prominently in the cartoon movie "Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter", which debuted on October 7, 1972, as one of the episodes of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie. In this cartoon, Brutus also appears as a turban-wearing employee of the nemesis, Dr. Morbid Grimsby.
Swee'Pea's mother left him on the doorstep of the Oyl home, knowing Popeye the trustworthy sailor would protect him. Alice the Goon (originally depicted as a slave of the Sea Hag ) reappeared in a flower dress and hat and officially became Swee'Pea's babysitter after protests by parents who said the hairy monster frightened children.
First cartoon where Popeye sings his full theme song when he appears since Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936) Final cartoon with "anchor" designed ending. 115 Seein' Red, White 'N' Blue: February 19 Jim Tyer Ben Solomon TBA Joe Stultz Dan Gordon An edited-for-TV version is known to exist [citation needed] Dave Barry voices Bluto [2]
A two-reel Popeye Color Special; Stereoptical process; Popeye's first color appearance; In the public domain in the United States; Final cartoon where Popeye sings his full theme song whenever he first appears. Only Popeye cartoon nominated for an Academy Award for Short Subjects. 42 I'm in the Army Now: December 25 [3] Various Gus Wickie ...
The character reverted to Bluto for Hanna-Barbera's The All-New Popeye Hour (1978–83) and the 1980 live-action Popeye movie, as well as the 1987 Popeye and Son series also by Hanna-Barbera. The character was also named Bluto in the 2004 movie Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy. It was long accepted that Bluto and Brutus were one and the same.
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 ...