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| − | '''Popeye''' | + | '''''Popeye''''', formerly '''''Thimble Theatre''''', is a newspaper comic strip, first created by E.C. Segar in 1919. In 1929 it spawned a break-out character, the superstrong sailor [[Popeye]] which was adapted into a popular animated film serial by Max and Dave Fleischer in 1933. The franchise has spawned hundreds of comic strips, animated cartoons and a few TV adaptations and feature films. |
| − | == | + | == References to ''Popeye'' in ''The Simpsons'' == |
| − | [[ | + | === Episodes === |
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| + | {{TBT|[[File:Third Race Call.png|250px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Season 3|3]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|39}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[Bart the Murderer]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Bart]] begrudgingly and sarcastically picks a horse called "Don't Have a Cow" to win a horse race. One of the other horses in the race is called "I Yam What I Yam", one of [[Popeye]]'s catchphrases.}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Homer Popeye Face.png|250px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Season 5|5]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|96}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[Deep Space Homer]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB|When [[Homer]] rides the centrifuge during astronaut training, the excessive G-force causes his face to morph into that of Popeye, whereupon he also starts to slur and speak ungrammatically ("I can't stands no more!") in a manner comparable to Popeye's speech.}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Try The Papayas.png|250px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Season 8|8]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|155}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[You Only Move Twice]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB|Right after the Simpsons move to [[Cypress Creek]], [[Hank Scorpio]] drops by with a fruit basket as a welcome gift. He says to [[Maggie]], "Try the papayas. They're juicy and full of papayine. Makes you strong like Popeye."}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Ritalin Song.png|250px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Season 11|11]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|228}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[Brother's Little Helper]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB|The [[Ritalin Song|song]] that [[Bart]] sings at the end of the episode is a parody of the ''Popeye'' theme song.}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Now To Save Me Marge.png|250px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TRs|[[Season 13|13]]|2}} | ||
| + | {{TB|278}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[Jaws Wired Shut]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB| When Homer saves Marge near the end, all the events are a parody of a typical ''Popeye'' animated cartoon. Homer starts speaking in Popeye's near indecipherable speech with bad grammar and drinks beer for strength, similar to Popeye eating spinach. When Marge calls for help, her arms flail about in a similar loose manner to Olive Oyl.}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Viagra Kicks In.png|150px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|282}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[The Old Man and the Key]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB| During [[Grampa]]'s date with [[Zelda]], the theme music from ''Popeye'' plays when the Viagra he took earlier takes effect.}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Marge Takes Steroids.png|250px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Season 14|14]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|300}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[The Strong Arms of the Ma]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB| When Marge first takes steroids, the theme song of ''Popeye'' can be heard.}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Popeye Tattoo.png|250px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Season 17|17]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|374}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[The Wettest Stories Ever Told]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB|Homer refers to the anchor symbol on the wall of [[The Frying Dutchman]] as the "Popeye tattoo".}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Popeyes Chicken.png|250px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Season 19|19]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|416}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[Papa Don't Leech]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB|A picture of Popeye is seen on a bag of {{W|Popeyes}} chicken.}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Homer eats mayonnaise like Popeye's spinach.png|250px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Season 20|20]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|438}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[Father Knows Worst]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB| Homer eats mayonnaise in the manner like Popeye eats his spinach.}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Popeye.png|250px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Season 24|24]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|518}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[A Test Before Trying]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB| Bart has a nightmare in which he sees what would happen if the school would close down: it becomes a spinach farm, where [[Popeye]] works on the land.}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Season 28|28]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|608}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[The Great Phatsby: Part One]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB| Two of the imaginary friends invited to Mr. Burns' party are referred to as "Mr. and Mrs. Popeye T. Sailorman" .}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Olive Oyl.png|175px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Season 30|30]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|661}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[Woo-Hoo Dunnit?]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB|The TV program ''[[Dateline: Springfield]]'' describes [[Marge]] as a suburban mother with "[[Olive Oyl]]" good looks.}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Hyper-Intelligent Cartoon Characters.png|250px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Season 33|33]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|710}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[The Wayz We Were]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB|The Hyper-Intelligent Cartoon Character captcha screen had a picture of [[Bluto]] on.}} | ||
| + | }} | ||
| − | == | + | === Books === |
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| + | {{TH|Picture}} | ||
| + | {{TH|Book}} | ||
| + | {{TH|Reference}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:CBGGQ-Popeye.png|200px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|''[[Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture]]''}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Comic Book Guy]] cites "Let's you and him fight" by [[Wimpy]] and "I yam what I yam" by [[Popeye]] as two of the greatest quotes of all time.}} | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | === Comics === | ||
| + | {{Table| | ||
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| + | {{TBT|[[File:Cletus Popeye Brandine Olive Oyl Frink Strange.png|250px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|{{SC|31}}}} | ||
| + | {{TB|''[[Radioactive Homer]]''}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Cletus]] and [[Brandine Spuckler]] are dressed as Popeye and Olive Oyl at the masquerade ball.}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Lisa Simpson's Book Club Popeye.png|200px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|{{SC|81}}}} | ||
| + | {{TB|''[[Lisa Simpson's Book Club]]''}} | ||
| + | {{TB|A bartender is modelled after Popeye. His response to the question "Are you the bartender?" is "Ja think I'm a cowboy?", the same line as Popeye's first piece of dialogue.}} | ||
| + | {{TBT|[[File:Bluto CBG.png|200px]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|''[[The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha]]''}} | ||
| + | {{TB|''[[Comic Book Guy's Best Costumes Ever - Part 1]]''}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Comic Book Guy]] dressed up as Bluto for Halloween in 1994.}} | ||
| + | }} | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
| − | *{{ | + | *{{Wikipedialink2|Popeye|comic strip}} |
| − | + | {{Cultural references|TV=yes|films=yes|comics=yes}} | |
Latest revision as of 16:03, April 15, 2024
Popeye, formerly Thimble Theatre, is a newspaper comic strip, first created by E.C. Segar in 1919. In 1929 it spawned a break-out character, the superstrong sailor Popeye which was adapted into a popular animated film serial by Max and Dave Fleischer in 1933. The franchise has spawned hundreds of comic strips, animated cartoons and a few TV adaptations and feature films.
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