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| − | '''''Popeye''''', formerly '''''Thimble Theatre''''', is a newspaper comic strip. | + | '''''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''== |
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| + | {{TB|[[Season 5|5]]}} | ||
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| + | {{TB|"[[Deep Space Homer]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB| When Homer experiences excessive G-force during a space test his face morphs into that of [[Popeye]], whereupon he also starts to slur in a manner comparable to Popeye's speech. }} | ||
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| + | {{TB|[[Season 11|11]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|228}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[Brother's Little Helper]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB|[[Bart]]'s final song is a parody of Popeye's theme song.}} | ||
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| + | {{TB|[[Season 13|13]]}} | ||
| + | {{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, drinks beer rather than spinach and Marge's arms flay in a similar loose manner as Olive Oyl.}} | ||
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| + | {{TB|[[Season 13|13]]}} | ||
| + | {{TB|282}} | ||
| + | {{TB|"[[The Old Man and the Key]]"}} | ||
| + | {{TB| The theme song from ''Popeye'' can be heard.}} | ||
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| + | {{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.}} | ||
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| + | {{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 21|21]]}} | ||
| + | {{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.}} | ||
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| + | {{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" .}} | ||
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| − | == | + | == References to ''Popeye'' in ''The Simpsons'' books. == |
| − | *{{bk|Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture | + | * In {{bk|Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture}} [[Comic Book Guy]] mentions [[Wimpy]]'s quote, "Let's you and him fight" in [[Comic Book Guy]]'s list of the "Greatest Quotes of All Time". |
== External links == | == External links == | ||
*{{Wikipedialink|Popeye (comic strip)|''Popeye''}} | *{{Wikipedialink|Popeye (comic strip)|''Popeye''}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:25, September 14, 2018
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
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References to Popeye in The Simpsons books.
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Book – Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture Comic Book Guy mentions Wimpy's quote, "Let's you and him fight" in Comic Book Guy's list of the "Greatest Quotes of All Time".
