Popeye, the main character of the series.
For detailed information about this series, see: Popeye Wiki
Popeye is a comic strip series created by E.C. Segar.
Publications[]
Comic Strip[]
- Popeye (December 19th, 1919 - present)
Comic Books[]
To be added
Webcomics[]
- Popeye's Cartoon Club (January 2019 - July 6th, 2020)
Animated Shorts[]
- Popeye the Sailor (July 14th, 1933 - August 9th, 1957)
Radio[]
- Popeye the Sailor (September 10th, 1935 - July 29th, 1938)
TV[]
Series[]
- Popeye the Sailor (June 10th, 1960 – April 23rd, 1963)
- The All New Popeye Hour (September 9th, 1978 – September 5th, 1983)
- Popeye and Son (September 19th – December 12th, 1987)
Film[]
- Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter (October 7th, 1972)
Special[]
- The Popeye Valentine's Day Special – Sweethearts at Sea (February 14th, 1979)
- Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (November 9th, 2004)
Film[]
- Popeye (December 12th, 1980)
Web Series[]
- Popeye's Island Adventures (December 2nd, 2018 - June 7th, 2019)
Video Games[]
- Popeye (August 5th, 1981) for Game & Watch Wide Screen
- Popeye (November 18th, 1982) for Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Intellivision, Odyssey², NES, and TI-99/4A
- Popeye (August 17th, 1983) for Game & Watch Tabletop and Panorama
- Popeye no Eigo Asobi (November 22nd, 1983) for Famicom
- Popeye (1985) for ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC
- Popeye (April 20th, 1990) for Game Boy
- Popeye 2 (1990) for Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, PC, Amiga, and Atari ST
- Popeye 2 (November 22nd, 1991) for Game Boy
- Popeye 3: WrestleCrazy (1992) for Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and Amiga
- Popeye: Ijiwaru Majo Seahag no Maki (August 12th, 1994) for Super Famicom
- Popeye Beach Volleyball (August 12th, 1994) for Game Gear
- Popeye and the Quest for the Woolly Mammoth (1998) for PC
- Popeye: The Rescue (1998) for PC
- Popeye & the Sunken Treasure (1998) for PC
- Popeye Kart Racing (November 6th, 2004) for Mobile Phones
- Popeye: Rush for Spinach (April 24th, 2005) for Game Boy Advance
- Popeye (November 4th, 2021) for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4
Links to Other Series[]
Note: References to a work count as fictional links only if the work is not public domain in the country of the referencing work. While it has been in the public domain in Europe since January 1st 2009, it has only entered the public domain in the U.S. in January 1st, 2025, but does not include his super strength from spinach. References to subsequent works in the series count as links if the specific work was not public domain at the time.
Mascot Link: Official Funko Pop! Vinyl merchandise was released that featured Freddy Funko dressed in a Popeye costume.
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Betty Boop | July 14, 1933 | Betty Boop and Popeye appear together in Popeye the Sailor with Betty Boop. | 1 |
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Herman and Katnip | December 27, 1946 | Herman the Mouse makes a cameo appearance in the Popeye short, The Island Fling. | 1 |
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Lost World (Tezuka Productions) | 1948 | Doctor Jupiter is modelled after Popeye. | 3 |
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Little Audrey | January 30, 1948 | Audrey appears briefly in a sequence at Olive Oyl for President, where she is seen pushing a baby carriage while licking a gigantic ice cream cone nestled inside of it. She is a likewise voice of Mae Questel. | 1 |
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Beany and Cecil | February 10, 1962 | In the Beany and Cecil episode "7th Voyage of Singood", Cecil briefly turns his face into Popeye's. | 3 |
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King Kong | August 11, 1962 | Popeye is mentioned by Kazuo in King Kong vs. Godzilla. | 2 |
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Godzilla | August 11, 1962 | Popeye is mentioned by Kazuo in King Kong vs. Godzilla. | 2 |
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Barney Google and Snuffy Smith | October 7, 1972 | Barney Google and Snuffy Smith appear in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Beetle Bailey | October 7, 1972 | Beetle Bailey makes an appearance in Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Blondie | October 7, 1972 | Blondie characters appear in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Bringing Up Father | October 7, 1972 | Bringing Up Father characters appear in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Flash Gordon | October 7, 1972 | Flash Gordon appears in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Henry (King Features Syndicate) | October 7, 1972 | Henry appears in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Hi and Lois | October 7, 1972 | Hi and Lois appear in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Katzenjammer Kids | October 7, 1972 | Katzenjammer Kids characters appear in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Little Iodine | October 7, 1972 | Little Iodine appears in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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The Little King | October 7, 1972 | Little King appears in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Mandrake the Magician | October 7, 1972 | Mandrake the Magician appears in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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The Phantom | October 7, 1972 | Phantom appears in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Prince Valiant | October 7, 1972 | Prince Valiant appears in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Quincy | October 7, 1972 | Quincy appears in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Steve Canyon | October 7, 1972 | Steve Canyon appears in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Tiger | October 7, 1972 | Tiger appears in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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Tim Tyler's Luck | October 7, 1972 | Tim Tyler's Luck characters appear in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter. | 1 |
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X-Men | September 1979 | Popeye the Sailor Man makes a cameo appearance in X-Men #125. | 3 |
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The Fantastic Funnies | May 15, 1980 | Popeye appears in The Fantasic Funnies. | 1 |
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Donkey Kong | July 1981 | Donkey Kong takes inspiration from Popeye. Donkey Kong Jr. Math recycles the title screen music from Popeye no Eigo Asobi. |
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Game & Watch | August 5, 1981 | There were multiple format crossover games between Popeye and Game & Watch. | 3 |
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Cerebus the Aardvark | April 1985 | Popeye is parodied in "Squinteye the Sailor", a story in Cerberus Jam No. 1. | 3 |
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Muppets | November 16, 1985 | Characters are dressed up as Popeye characters in the Muppet Babies episode "Great Muppet Cartoon Show". | 2 |
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Cocoa Puffs | 1987 | Sonny from Cocoa Puffs meets Popeye in two commercials. | 1 |
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Garfield | November 22, 1989 | Jon dresses up as Popeye in Garfield's Thanksgiving. | 2 |
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Look Who's Talking | December 14, 1990 | Popeye is mentioned in Look Who's Talking Too. | 2 |
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Off the Mark | February 12, 1992 | Characters from Popeye appear in Off the Mark. | 2 |
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Captain America | April 7, 1992 | Popeye the Sailor Man makes a cameo appearance in Captain America #401. | 3 |
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Alien (Fox) | 1992 | Popeye 3: WrestleCrazy features a Xenomorph from Aliens. | 1 |
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Malcolm in the Middle | January 7, 2001 | Popeye is mentioned in the Malcolm in the Middle episode: "Old Mrs. Old". | 2 |
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SpongeBob | May 10, 2002 | In the episode Wet Painters, a picture of Popeye is visible among the pictures in Mr. Krabs' house. In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, when SpongeBob and Patrick are at Goofy Goober's Ice Cream Party Boat, a picture of Popeye can be seen. In the episode Enemy In-Law, Mama Krabs' fighting muscle arm with the battle ship guns is similar to the Popeye cartoons. A person dressed as Popeye appears in Truth or Square and Popeye is mentioned in the same episode. | 2 |
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The Fairly OddParents | March 12, 2003 | In "Abra-Catastrophe!", when Crocker is in a truck with spinach, multiple sailors show up and want it which is a reference to how Popeye likes spinach. In "Just Desserts!", after Wanda eats spinach, she gains super strength. In the episode "The "Good Old Days!"", there is a parody of Popeye called Poke Eye the Longshoreman. | 3 |
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Hägar the Horrible | September 4, 2005 | Popeye appeared in the Hägar the Horrible celebrating Blondie's 75th anniversary comic. | 1 |
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Family Guy | April 30, 2006 | Popeye appears in the episode "You May Now Kiss the...Uh...Guy Who Receives". | 2 |
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The Spy Next Door | January 15, 2010 | Nora is watching the Popeye cartoon, Voo-Doo to You Too on the T.V., while Bob fixes the satellite dish. | 2 |
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Modern Family | May 25, 2011 | Popeye is mentioned in the Modern Family episodes: "The One That Got Away", "Fight or Flight" and "The Closet Case". Someone dresses up as Popeye in the episode: "Double Click". (see details) |
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Lucchetti | 2012 | Characters from Mamà Lucchetti meet Popeye in a commercial. | 1 |
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Mars Attacks | January 02, 2013 | Mars Attacks has a crossover with Popeye. | 1 |
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Dick Tracy | October 29, 2013 | Popeye and Olive Oyl make out-of-frame appearances in a Dick Tracy comic strip. | 1 |
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Tomodachi Collection | June 6, 2014 | The description of spinach in Tomodachi Life is a reference to Popeye. | 3 |
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Angry Birds | July 2014 | Popeye appears in the subscription of Angry Birds Issue 2. Popeye later appears again in Angry Birds Friends. | 1 |
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Teen Titans | October 9, 2014 | Cyborg makes a Popeye reference in Teen Titans Go!. | 3 |
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Monica's Gang | August 2016 | Bluto appears in Clássicos do Cinema - Turma da Mônica #53. | 2 |
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Any Malu | June 8, 2017 | Any Malu tries spinach from Popeye in "PROVANDO COMIDA DE FAMOSOS DESENHOS ANIMADOS!". | 3 |
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Cuphead | October 27, 2019 | Cuphead's mausoleum ghosts appear in a Popeye's Cartoon Club strip. (see details) |
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Toon In with Me | January 4, 2021 | Popeye shorts are shown as part of Toon In with Me. | 2 |
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Death Battle! | December 20, 2021 | Popeye has been a subject for Death Battle!. (see details) |
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World of (Wargaming) | June 2023 | Popeye and Bluto appear as commanders in World of Warships as part of a crossover event. (see details) |
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