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28-448: In the strip as written by Segar, Olive is a scrappy, headstrong young woman (her age varying between her late teens and 26) visually characterized by her exaggeratedly slim build (evolving from its previous more realistically proportioned form by the late 1920s) and her long black hair (usually presented as rolled in a neat bun, like her mother's). She is the youngest sibling of Castor Oyl and Crude Oyl. Debuting on December 19, 1919, Olive

56-494: A 50th Anniversary Edition (iBooks, Inc., New York, ISBN   0-7434-4478-7 ). Harold Hamgravy Harold Hamgravy , better known as Ham Gravy , is an American comics character from the Thimble Theatre (later Popeye ) series, created in 1919 by E. C. Segar . Ham Gravy was the original fiancé of the better-known character Olive Oyl , but was often attracted to other women who were considerably wealthy. Ham

84-411: A focal role in several storylines during this period. In a later strip , Castor and Ham hired a sailor named Popeye to man his ship for a treasure hunt . Intended as a minor supporting character, Popeye proved so popular with readers that he was made a permanent member of the main cast. As Popeye's role expanded, Ham was increasingly phased out of the comic, with the sailor ultimately replacing him as

112-516: A parody of Olive called "Mazola Oil" appeared in Poopeye . Mazola supplies Poopeye with various spinach recipes to help Poopeye defeat other comic strip characters such as "Mammy Jokeum" (a parody of "Mammy Yokum" from Li'l Abner ), "Melvin of the Apes" (a parody of Tarzan ) and "Superduperman" (a parody of Superman). The story was reprinted in the paperback MAD Strikes Back (1962), which was later reprinted in

140-500: A punch that transforms them into a pile of Native American Nickels . With the bulk of the Native Americans defeated, one last batch of them is left to deal with, who shoot Popeye full of arrows, which he is completely unharmed by. Popeye promptly pulls out a can of spinach, eating both the vegetable and the can itself. He punches the row of the remaining Native Americans, causing a domino effect. The final gag shows Popeye punching out

168-600: A series of Sunday strips run in March 1930, Popeye would definitively supersede Ham as Olive's lover, a position he occupies within the comic into the present; Ham had largely vanished from the daily strip six months earlier, although Popeye and Olive's relationship would nonetheless not be emphasized within the daily strip's continuity until the height of the Clint Gore story arc in January 1931. The version of Olive Oyl most widely familiar

196-420: A stone chimney with fire. Olive heads indoors and Wimpy tells Popeye to fetch ducks for dinner before resting inside. While out, Popeye is intimidated by a tribal member who repeatedly tells him "Hello." before punching Popeye, provoking Popeye into punching back at the tribal member. Another tribal member sneaks up from behind and whacks him with a club, shattering it to pieces and only annoying Popeye, who gives

224-433: Is a paraphrase of words spoken by Popeye in the comic strip. The cartoon opens with Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy riding on a small rowboat through a heavy rainstorm in the ocean. Popeye is standing up against the torrent of rain singing his theme song, while Olive is rowing the boat and Wimpy is sitting in the back, plucking fish out of the water and eating them whole. Popeye gets struck by lightning several times, and grabs

252-590: Is given more hair, smaller feet, wider eyes, a more feminine face, a tomboyish streak and a slightly less silly personality. She has black hair with a red bow. She wears a red shirt with short sleeves, black skirt with a red line on the bottom and black pumps. In later animated cartoons from King Features and Hanna-Barbera, while they would occasionally retain aspects of her Famous Studios incarnation, such as her hairstyles, Olive generally reverted to her original enormous feet, pinned-back-with-a-bun hairdo, tall flat brown boots and white socks. In MAD Magazine #21 (1951),

280-476: Is named after olive oil , used commonly in cooking or in salads. Segar's newspaper strips also featured a number of her relatives named after other oils, including her brother, Castor Oyl , their mother, Nana Oyl (after "banana oil", a mild slang phrase of the time used in the same way as "horsefeathers", i.e. " nonsense "), their father, Cole Oyl , and Castor's estranged wife, Cylinda Oyl ; more recently, Olive's nieces Diesel Oyl and Violet Oyl have appeared in

308-441: Is the coyer and more nervous version from the theatrical animated cartoons created by Fleischer Studios and continued by Famous Studios . Unlike most modern damsels in distress , Olive Oyl is tall and skinny, with tightly wound hair and enormous feet (the latter sometimes used to comedic effect). Popeye's comment about her measurements is that she is a perfect 57... 19-19-19. In the films and later television cartoons, Olive Oyl

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336-487: Is usually Popeye's girlfriend , although she could be extremely fickle, depending on who could woo her the best or had the flashier possessions, and she was prone to become angry with Popeye over seemingly minor issues. She constantly gets kidnapped by Bluto (aka Brutus), who is Popeye's arch-rival for her affections; when she gets angry with Popeye for whatever goes wrong, it's usually as a result of Bluto's trickery, but Popeye always rescues her and wins back her affection in

364-642: The Bull . Questel returned as her voice in 1944, starting with the cartoon The Anvil Chorus Girl . Questel would remain so until after the King Features Syndicate made-for-TV Popeye shorts in 1960. Marilyn Schreffler became the new voice of Olive when Hanna-Barbera obtained the rights to produce made-for-television Popeye cartoons for The All-New Popeye Hour in 1978. Schreffler also voiced Olive in Popeye and Son . Questel auditioned to reprise her role, but

392-457: The Indian a "twister punch." At the duck pond, Popeye finds more Native Americans shooting arrows at the ducks, missing them repeatedly. Popeye bends the remaining three arrows, goes toward the pond, and goes in it while the ducks go under the water. When Popeye walks out, he is seen with the ducks, quacking. To get the ducks, the Native Americans grab the arrows, which are bent, and shoot them. However,

420-449: The Native Americans stretch, Wimpy pours more food into his bowl. When the tribal members finally make it in, Wimpy is thrown out. To get even, Wimpy pulls back a cactus, releasing its thorns. However, Wimpy is met with arrows striking the cactus. Wimpy screams in fear, and runs to Popeye for help. While Popeye walks back to the log cabin, the ducks are seen following Popeye, attracted to the smoke from Popeye's corncob pipe. Wimpy tells Popeye

448-448: The Sailor (1933) and I Yam What I Yam (1933), featured Bonnie Poe as the voice of Olive Oyl. She was thereafter voiced by character actress Mae Questel (who also voiced Betty Boop and other characters). Questel styled Olive's voice and delivery after those of actress ZaSu Pitts . In 1938, Margie Hines took over as the voice of Olive Oyl, starting with the cartoon Bulldozing

476-411: The arrows act like boomerangs, and hit the tribal members instead. Meanwhile, back at the cabin, Native Americans are closing in on the cabin. Olive Oyl blocks them by stretching her legs over the doors, while the tribal members try to invade. Olive screams for help. When the Native Americans try to come out of the floorboards, Wimpy is sitting on a chair on the floorboards. The resulting gag depicts when

504-472: The cartoons. Also among Olive's family are her two uncles, Otto (Auto) Oyl and intrepid explorer Lubry Kent Oyl . Lubry Kent's gift to Castor and Olive, a lucky Whiffle Hen, led them into the adventure where they met Popeye. When Bobby London took over the strip from 1986 to 1992, he added the sultry blonde Sutra Oyl, Olive's cousin, and Standard Oyl , a distant relative who was an extremely wealthy corporate magnate. The first two Popeye cartoons, Popeye

532-411: The disorder to win him back. She was not immune to flattery from other men, but remained committed to Hamgravy on-and-off until Popeye's appearance. Olive and Popeye initially greeted each other with animosity (her first words to him being "take your hooks offa me or I'll lay ya in a scupper"), leading them to fight bitterly for weeks before finally realizing that they had feelings for each other. Following

560-486: The film's opening. He was played by Bill Irwin . This article about a comics character is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . I Yam What I Yam I Yam What I Yam is the second Popeye theatrical cartoon short, starring William "Billy" Costello as Popeye , Bonnie Poe as Olive Oyl and Charles Lawrence as Wimpy . The source of the quote is the comic strip, Thimble Theatre by E. C. Segar , in which Popeye first appeared. This

588-531: The giant tribal chief, causing him to lose his outfit and becomes an Indian , Mahatma Gandhi . The cartoon ends with Popeye singing "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man!". I Yam What I Yam is the second Popeye cartoon and the first cartoon in Popeye's own series ; the first entry, Popeye the Sailor , was released as a Betty Boop cartoon. This is the first cartoon in which Bonnie Poe voices Olive Oyl. This cartoon

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616-455: The last thunderbolt and punches it into the water, where it sinks and screams for help. The nearby thunderclouds are frightened by this action and flee, changing the weather to a sunny, clear sky. The boat abruptly sprouts a few holes and sinks, and the trio land on a nearby island inhabited by unfriendly Native Americans . Popeye punches an outcropping of nearby trees to instantaneously build a log cabin, complete with indoor furniture, windows and

644-520: The process. In the cartoons, she helps take care of a baby named Swee'Pea or she usually asks Popeye to take care of him if she's too busy; it's unknown if Swee'Pea is Olive Oyl's biological or adopted son. In the comics, Swee'Pea is a foundling under Popeye's care. Later sources (mostly in the cartoon series) say that Swee'Pea is Olive Oyl's cousin or nephew that she has to take care of from time to time. Like Popeye, there are times where Olive gains superhuman strength from eating spinach . Olive Oyl

672-475: The situation, and after seeing the ducks, he pulls out a fork and knife, sighing in pleasure. When the ducks see the fork and knife, they flee, with Wimpy chasing them from behind. Meanwhile, Olive Oyl is successfully fighting off dozens of the Native Americans piling into the cabin, still screaming for Popeye's help. Popeye arrives at the cabin, dodging a barrage of arrows and fighting off dozens of Native Americans, even grabbing an entire group of them and delivering

700-467: The subject of Olive Oyl's affections following a series of Sunday strips in March 1930. Following two background appearances in May 1930, Ham vanished as a regular altogether; while he made occasional appearances in the later Popeye strips, he never regained comparable prominence. Ham makes a supporting appearance in the 1980 film Popeye , where Olive has recently left him and has since begun dating Bluto at

728-463: Was depicted as a slacker who preferred getting rich quick rather than earning money honestly. He was likewise heavily defined in-universe by the considerable size of his nose, often a subject of mockery to other characters. While initially the main protagonist of the strip, Ham was increasingly supplanted by Olive's brother Castor Oyl during the mid-1920s as the latter's characterization evolved into more of an everyman, although Ham nonetheless retained

756-520: Was rejected in favor of Schreffler. Despite being officially replaced by Schreffler, Questel later returned to voice Olive Oyl for a 1983 commercial promoting the Popeye video game . In the 1980 musical live-action feature film Popeye , Olive is portrayed by Shelley Duvall opposite co-star Robin Williams as her lover Popeye. In Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy , she was voiced by Tabitha St. Germain . In her Famous Studios appearance, Olive

784-502: Was the childhood sweetheart and more-or-less fiancée of original Thimble Theatre protagonist Harold Hamgravy (Ham Gravy) , a " lounge lizard " or slacker type who did as little work as possible and was always borrowing money. His attraction to other women—particularly if they were rich—naturally incensed Olive, leading her to (in a storyline run in mid-1928) succumb to a fit of "lunaphobia" (a kind of angry madness) over one of his amours; when she recovered, she continued to pretend to have

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