Swee'Pea is a character in E.C. Segar's comic strip Thimble
Theatre/Popeye and in the cartoon series derived from it. His name
refers to the flower known as the Sweet Pea. Before his addition to
the animated shorts, the name "Sweet Pea" was a term of affection
used by main character Popeye. In the cartoon We Aim to Please he
addressed girlfriend Olive Oyl that way.
In the comics, Swee'Pea is a baby found on Popeye's doorstep
(actually delivered to him in a box) in a 1933 strip. Popeye adopts
and raises him as his son, or, as he puts it "boy-kid". Initially,
Swee'Pea's speech consisted entirely of the sound "glop". As the
years went on, Swee'Pea apparently aged enough to speak normally,
and could throw punches if necessary; however, his appearance
remained that of a crawling baby. In the strip for August 17, 1933,
Popeye christens Swee'Pea as 'Scooner Seawell Georgia Washenting
Christiffer Columbia Daniel Boom'. Although Swee'Pea remains his
most common sobriquet, he is occasionally referred to as Scooner by
Popeye and others in later strips.
In the animated Popeye cartoons produced by Max Fleischer and
later by Famous Studios, Swee'Pea was portrayed as being in the
care of Olive Oyl, although it was unclear whether he was her own
child (in the King Features cartoons of the early 1960s, it is
implied that Swee'Pea is Popeye's nephew). From 1938 to 1943, voice
actress Margie Hines voiced both Olive Oyl and Swee'pea.
Use the following formula to find the Final:
N 38* 26. Bluto, Wimpy, Wimpy W 090*
17. Olive Oyl, Swee'Pea, Swee'Pea
This cache is part of a 5-part series. The clues found inside
the other containers in this series will help lead you to the final
"Popeye" cache. The caches in this series are:
Popeye Returns
Bluto
Olive Oyl
Wimpy
Swee'Pea
FTF
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