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Popeye the Sailor is one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time. He first appeared in a comic strip called Thimble Theatre by EC Segar in 1929. Popeye is a sailor who smokes a pipe and mutters things under his breath. He has only one eye, he is short and uneducated, but when trouble occurs, usually saving his girlfriend, Olive Oyl from his arch-nemesis, Bluto/Brutus, he eats a can of spinach, and gets super-strength. He also appeared in a series of cartoons made for movie theatres by Paramount Pictures.

Images for kids

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    Tom Sims and Bill Zaboly's Thimble Theatre (December 2, 1951)

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    Bud Sagendorf's cover of Popeye #50 (Oct.-Dec. 1959) shows Popeye with his corncob pipe, single good eye and girlfriend Olive Oyl.

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    Popeye as he appeared in Drawn Together

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    Popeye Village

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    Popeye on a Spanish Republican Air Force Polikarpov I-16. Museo del Aire


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