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  2. Popeye - Wikipedia

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    Upon swallowing the spinach, Popeye's physical strength immediately becomes superhuman, and he is easily able to save the day, and very often rescue Olive Oyl from a dire situation. It did not stop there, as spinach could also give Popeye the skills and powers he needed, as in The Man on the Flying Trapeze, where it gave him acrobatic skills ...

  3. Bluto - Wikipedia

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    Bluto, like Popeye, is enamored of Olive Oyl, and he often attempts to kidnap her. However, with the help of some spinach, Popeye usually ends up defeating him. Some cartoons portray Popeye and Bluto as Navy buddies, although in these episodes Bluto usually turns on Popeye when an object of interest (usually Olive) is put between them.

  4. Popeye the Sailor (film series) - Wikipedia

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    Eventually, the Fleischers paired Popeye and spinach together far more than Segar ever did. In 1934, a statistic was released noting that spinach sales had increased 33% since the creation of the Popeye cartoons. [2] Segar received crates of spinach at his home because of the Popeye association.

  5. Why does Lenexa have a spinach festival? You can thank Popeye ...

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    The festival’s creator is aware it may leave people asking, “Where the heck is Lenexa, Kansas, and why spinach?” That’s intentional on his part. Why does Lenexa have a spinach festival?

  6. Spinach Fer Britain - Wikipedia

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    Spinach Fer Britain is a 1943 anti-Nazi propaganda cartoon, produced by Famous Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures.The film centers around Popeye the Sailor trying to deliver a shipment of spinach to 10 Downing Street in London, while fighting off Nazi Kriegsmarine soldiers pursuing him in a U-boat. [1]

  7. Olive Oyl - Wikipedia

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    Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar in 1919 for his comic strip Thimble Theatre. [6] The strip was later renamed Popeye after the sailor character that became the most popular member of the cast; however, Olive Oyl was a main character for a decade before Popeye's 1929 appearance.

  8. 50 Most Iconic Duos Of All Time - AOL

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    Image credits: Warner Bros. Pictures #2 Spongebob and Patrick. At the depths of Bikini Bottom, best friends SpongeBob and Patrick embark on crazy misadventures and hilarious skits.

  9. Let's You and Him Fight - Wikipedia

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    After crying into a pot on her stove, Olive grabs a can of spinach and runs to the stadium. Olive reaches Popeye and tells him, "Fight, ya palooka, fight!" Popeye eats the spinach and begins to beat up Bluto. Popeye pounds Bluto in the head, as Popeye's hands turn into hammers and Bluto's head turns into an anvil set to the tune of the "Anvil ...