Popeye

See also: Popeye (homonymy)

Popeye is the name of a character of Cartoon and cartoon films, created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1929.

It initially appeared as a supporting character in the Comic strip The Thimble Theater , on January 17th, 1929 (he was a sailor which escorted been engaged and the brother of Olive at the time of a voyage at sea). Thereafter, it ends up having a series with its name. After the death of Segar (which signs with a Cigare), in 1938, the series is taken again by Tom Sims and Ralph Stein (scenarios) and after Dic Winer, Joe Musialet Bill Zaboly (drawings). As from 1958, it is Bud Sagendorf which carries out the series, leaving the daily strips to Bobby London as from 1986.

Main characters

Popeye

Popeye (in English Popeye the Sailor ), in the beginning, is a sailor, but he endorses other roles during the few 600 episodes which account the series of animation. When it is in difficulty (in general, to save its been engaged), it ingurgite of the spinach S which give him the force to embank malicious Brutus.

In the original cartoon, it is permanently equipped with its super-force. He eats spinaches because it is its preferred dish.

Popeye in general wears shirt of a black and red sailor to yellow buttons, blue pants, a white cap (its costume is sometimes also white in the cartoon) and holds pinch between its lips continuously small a Pipe out of corn. It is not strictly speaking a model of superhéros: it is one-eyed, has highly developed front armlevers with an anchor tattooed on each one, the prominent chin, goes like a duck and its elbows arise. It has a temperament coleric, naive and jealous. But it has also a pure heart and a chivalrous, significant spirit. He speaks with a strong accent about sailor (in the French version, he replaces just certain words by others which resemble it).

The name of Popeye comes from its “burst” eye ( pop eye ). In France, it takes initially the name of Mathurin before recovering its international name.

Olive

Olive ( Olive Oyl ) is promised in marriage brown and thread-like one of Popeye. Regularly, it is made allure by Brutus before including/understanding its error and calling its been engaged to the assistance.

It was in the beginning promised in marriage to Ham Gravy, but fell in love with Popeye, a one-eyed sailor who at sea accompanied them with Castor Oyl (brother of Olive) at the time of a hunting for the treasure. Since, it its is promised in marriage.

Brutus

Brutus (named Bluto in the original english language version of the cartoon), the malicious one of the history, is also a sailor. He loves Olive in a particular way, he makes him the court before removing it. But each time, Popeye arrives at the rescue, its box of spinaches to the hand, to recover Olive. It carries, just like Popeye, a costume of sailor, is larger and more extremely than him (before eating spinaches) and wears a beard hirsute. In certain French versions of the data base, Brutus names Timothée.

Recurring characters

Thereafter, of the characters make their appearance in several episodes:
  • Gontran ( J. Wellington Wimpy ), a large man who has only one passion: to eat hamburgers, often with depends on the others.
  • Mimosa ( Swee' Pea ), the adopted child of Popeye and Olive. He always moves with four legs in his long nightdress and raises a cap of sailor. In spite of its age, it is very intelligent.
  • Pôpa ( Poopdeck Grandpa ), the father of Popeye, 99 years old. It is the spit portrait of Popeye and is even more vulgar and more violent one that him.
  • Haggy , the witch of the seas, mother of Brutus, and another malicious recurring. It flies on a brush and is accompanied by a vulture, Bernard.
  • Cotton flannel-Cotton flannel ( Jeep ), small animal resembling a small leopard come from another dimension equipped with magic capacities. It became the pet of Popeye.

Animated series

The adventures of Popeye the sailor last 5 minutes. The recurring scenario shows Brutus (famous Bluto in the original english language version), the dark side of Popeye (he is also sailor), which tries by all the means of alluring its been engaged, Olive Oyl. The hero will have to call upon his invaluable spinaches to recover Olive and beat malicious Brutus.

Cartoon

In France the first edition of the adventures of Popeye is Mathurin known as popeye , to the editions Tallandier (1935), followed Mathurin says Popeye, in its new adventures (1936) and Mathurin says Popeye, and Tsoin-Tsoin (1937) at same the éditeur.
The series knew many publications in small size or periodicals:
  • 13 numbers of 1969 in July 1981 at MCL
  • 8 albums at Futuropolis of 1968 to 1993.
  • 21 numbers in the editor DPE of August 1980 in April 1982 (in large size).
  • 10 numbers at Greantori of January 1982 in April 1984.
  • 4 numbers at Greantori in 1983.
  • 36 numbers of November 1985 in September 1982 with the Edition of the Castle.
  • 1 number of Giant Popeye with the editions of the Castle in 1986.
without forgetting the Québécois edition with the Editions Heritage of 40 numbers of January 1975 in November 1979 with the format Comic S.

Film adaptation

Popeye the sailor was the subject of a live adaptation to the cinema: Popeye by Robert Altman, on a scenario of Jules Feiffer in 1980 with Robin Williams in the title role and Shelley Duval in the role of Olive Oyl.

External bonds

  • Court-measurings in their original versions on the site of Internet Files.
  • First appearance of Popeye in The Thimble Theater

Simple: Popeye

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