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Latest revision as of 08:03, December 12, 2025


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[edit]

Episodes[edit]

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference
Hannibal-NewBedlam.png 3 36 "Stark Raving Dad" Leon Kompowski has an anchor tattoo on his arm, just like Popeye.
Third Race Call.png 3 39 "Bart the Murderer" 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.
Horatio McCallister.png 4 67 "New Kid on the Block" This episode marks the debut of Captain Horatio McCallister, whose squinty eye and pipe were based on Popeye.
Homer Popeye Face.png 5 96 "Deep Space Homer" 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.
8 155 "You Only Move Twice" 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."
11 228 "Brother's Little Helper" The song that Bart sings at the end of the episode is a parody of the Popeye theme song.
Now To Save Me Marge.png 13 278 "Jaws Wired Shut" 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.
282 "The Old Man and the Key" During Grampa's date with Zelda, the theme music from Popeye plays when the Viagra he took earlier takes effect.
Marge Takes Steroids.png 14 300 "The Strong Arms of the Ma" When Marge first takes steroids, the theme song of Popeye can be heard.
Popeye Tattoo.png 17 374 "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" Homer refers to the anchor symbol on the wall of The Frying Dutchman as the "Popeye tattoo".
Popeyes Chicken.png 19 416 "Papa Don't Leech" A picture of Popeye is seen on a bag of Popeyes chicken.
Homer eats mayonnaise like Popeye's spinach.png 20 438 "Father Knows Worst" Homer eats mayonnaise in the manner like Popeye eats his spinach.
Popeye.png 24 518 "A Test Before Trying" 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.
28 608 "The Great Phatsby: Part One" Two of the imaginary friends invited to Mr. Burns' party are referred to as "Mr. and Mrs. Popeye T. Sailorman" .
Olive Oyl.png 30 661 "Woo-Hoo Dunnit?" The TV program Dateline: Springfield describes Marge as a suburban mother with "Olive Oyl" good looks.
Hyper-Intelligent Cartoon Characters.png 33 710 "The Wayz We Were" The Hyper-Intelligent Cartoon Character captcha screen had a picture of Bluto on.

Books[edit]

Picture Book Reference
CBGGQ-Popeye.png Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture 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.

Comics[edit]

Picture Comic issue Story name Reference
Cletus Popeye Brandine Olive Oyl Frink Strange.png Simpsons Comics #31 Radioactive Homer Cletus and Brandine Spuckler are dressed as Popeye and Olive Oyl at the masquerade ball.
Lisa Simpson's Book Club Popeye.png Simpsons Comics #81 Lisa Simpson's Book Club 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.
Bluto CBG.png The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha Comic Book Guy's Best Costumes Ever - Part 1 Comic Book Guy dressed up as Bluto for Halloween in 1994.

Common Cast and Crew[edit]

Cast[edit]

Picture Name Role in Popeye Role on The Simpsons
Dennis Franz.jpg Dennis Franz Played Spike in the live-action movie. Voiced himself in "Homer Badman".

External links[edit]


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