Who is Popeye's father?

Poopdeck Pappy is a fictional character featured in the Popeye (Thimble Theatre) comic strip and animated cartoon spinoffs. Created by E. C. Segar in 1936, the character is Popeye's father, who is between the ages of 85 and 99. Popeye finds his father, Poopdeck Pappy, 1936.
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Are Popeye and Olive Oyl married?

The series was unique in the Popeye franchise for taking place later in Popeye's life, where he and Olive Oyl finally got married, settled down and had a son of their own (a notable change considering the rarity of having well-known cartoon characters actually move on with their lives).
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Why did Bluto become Brutus?

After the theatrical Popeye cartoon series ceased production in 1957, Bluto's name was changed to Brutus because it was incorrectly believed that Paramount Pictures, distributors of the Fleischer Studios cartoons, owned the rights to the name “Bluto”.
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Is Papi Popeyes dad?

Poopdeck Pappy is a fictional character featured in the Popeye (Thimble Theatre) comic strip and animated cartoon spinoffs. Created by E. C. Segar in 1936, the character is Popeye's father, who is between the ages of 85 and 99. Popeye finds his father, Poopdeck Pappy, 1936.
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Is Popeye missing an eye?

As the twelve-year old Popeye set off on his first voyage, he would end up losing the vision of his right eye in "the mos' arful battle" of his life.
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Does Popeye have a last name?

www.MaritimeCyprus.com) Few people know that Popeye's character actually really existed. His real name was Frank 'Rocky' Fiegel, born in Poland on January 27, 1868. He emigrated with his family to America where in 1887 he joined the Navy.
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Why is Olive Oyl called Olive Oyl?

Olive Oyl is named after olive oil, used commonly in cooking or in salads.
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Who is the mother of sweet pea?

Popeye's first movie

In this version, Swee'Pea is found on the doorstep of the Oyl home where Popeye lives as a boarder and both he and Olive end up raising the infant. Swee'Pea's name is explained in the film as being a combination of 'Sweethaven' and 'pea'.
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Who are the parents of Popeye's nephews?

A: The names of Popeye's nephews are Peepeye, Poopeye, Pipeye, and Pupeye. Olive Oyl's parents are Cole and Nana Oyl, her brother is Castor Oyl, her cousin is Sutra Oyl, her Uncles are Lubry Kent Oyl and Otto Oyl, and in the cartoons her niece is Deezil Oyl.
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Does Popeye have siblings?

Pipeye, Peepeye, Poopeye and Pupeye.
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What did Popeye see in Olive Oyl?

What the Hell does Popeye (and Bluto as well) see in Olive Oyl? From what I can tell, she's a skinny chick. That's the joke.
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Who was the real Olive Oyl?

Above, photos of the real-life Popeye (Frank “Rocky” Fiegel), Olive Oyl (Dora Paskel), and J.
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Did Bluto ever eat spinach?

In some cartoons it was directly shown that, unlike Popeye, Bluto hates spinach, which is the primary reason he will not use it against Popeye. However, in Twisker Pitcher Bluto eats spinach to win a baseball game against Popeye.
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Is Popeye bald?

Popeye is an unlikely hero. Small and wiry, he is also middle-aged, bald and seemingly toothless. In many of the cartoons he has only one eye, and his arms are strangely deformed. Even in moments of intimacy with Olive, he rarely removes the pipe from his mouth.
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Why is Popeye called Popeye?

He would always wear a striped sailor's t-shirt, his cap and never leave his home without his smoking pipe in his mouth. A natural deformation of his face was that he had one eye bigger than the other, that is how he got also the nickname “Pop-Eye”.
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Who raised Popeye?

Popeye was born the son of Poopdeck Pappy and an unnamed woman in a typhoon in Santa Monica. Shortly after his birth, his father Poopdeck left home and was never seen again, and his mother's fate was unknown, leaving the young Popeye to be raised by an orphanage keeper who gave him the ID number of 185,764.
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Is Popeye the Sailor Man Disney?

Popeye the Movie is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by Robert Altman and produced by Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions.
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Who was poopdeck Paul?

To showcase their new film package, two cartoon hosts were created. CKLW-AM radio veteran Toby David portrayed Captain Jolly, while CKLW-TV's weatherman Paul Allen Schultz was enlisted as his First Mate, Poopdeck Paul.
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How old is Popeye the Sailor Man?

According to Bud Sagendorf, Popeye is 34 years old , 5'6",and weighs 158 lbs. In the cartoon "Popeye in Goonland", made in 1938, Popeye says he hasnt seen his Pappy since birth, 40 years ago, so that would put his actual birth in 1898.
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Does Bluto have a last name?

In most cases, the name "Bluto" is used as a first name. In cartoons where Bluto portrays alternate characters, or "roles," the name can be used as a surname, as with lumberjack "Pierre Bluto" in the cartoon Axe Me Another and etiquette teacher "Professor Bluteau" in Learn Polikeness.
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Are Bluto and Brutus brothers?

In comics. Comic books and strips in the years following the TV series' debut took to using 'Brutus' as the name of Popeye's nemesis, which has lasted to the present day. Only in the late 2000s did the comic strip re-introduce Bluto, this time noting that he was Brutus' twin brother.
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