Popeye
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Popeye is the main character of the series, known for his squinting right eye, huge biceps, and corncob pipe. 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. He is unusually strong and can lift heavy objects over his head but to gain a boost in strength to defeat an enemy he eats spinach. He is known to mutter when he speaks and has an unusual speech impediment (e.g, he calls elephants and infants "elephinks" and "infinks").
During the World War II shorts he was a member of the U.S. Navy and could occasionally be seen fighting the Germans and Japanese. These shorts were banned from television for being politically incorrect.
Popeye originated in the comic strip Thimble Theatre and was popular enough to be given his own theatrical shorts. In the various theatrical shorts he would usually have to rescue his girlfriend Olive Oyl from Bluto, his rival and sometimes friend. Some of the shorts take a different approach like him rescuing Olive from a another threat, dealing with something alone, fighting a small enemy he can't beat, or watching over his nephew Swee'Pea. It has been said that Popeye can miss Bluto by a short cartoon. Over the years, Popeye changed to a White suit in the 1950's shorts. Plots have changed also too. In the 1950s shorts, Popeye has four nephews named Pipeye, Peepeye Poopeye,and Pupeye It is unknown whether these where Popeyes or Olive Oyl's children.In the fifties Popeye was sold from Paramount studios to AAP company. In 1980, A movie called Popeye was released.it made about $49,823,037 more than double the movies budget. A recent Popeye movie called Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy. It was made in 2004 and was produced by Mainframe Entertainment for Lions Gate Entertainment and King Features entertainment.
[edit] Voice
Over the years Popeye has been voiced by many different people: William Costello (a.k.a. Red Pepper Sam) from 1933-1935, Jack Mercer from 1935-his death in 1984, Maurice LaMarche from 1985-1990, and Billy West from 2003-present. Additionally he has been voiced by Harry Welch and Jackson Beck during the brief time Jack Mercer served in World War II and David Coulier in commercials and appearances on Robot Chicken. In the live action movie he was portrayed by Robin Williams which was also his first film role. In 1989 Hannah Barbera Created The Popeye and Olive Oyl show
