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Olive Oyl
Thimble Theatre and Popeye character
Olive Oyl in Trivial Swee'Pea (1936)
Starting time appearance	Thimble Theatre (1919)
Created past	E. C. Segar
Portrayed by	Shelley Duvall (1980 picture show) LJ Baggett (Brotherly Love)[1] Linda Peretz (Popeye y Olivia)[ii] Jéssica Nogueira (Vale Cap commercial)[3]
Voiced by	English Bonnie Poe (1933–1934) Mae Questel (1933–1938, 1944–1962, 1983) Harry Foster Welch (1934–1940s public events, 1960s Peter Pan Records records)[4] [5] Olive LaMoy (1935–1936 radio appearances, 1937 Bluebird Records records)[vi] Miriam Wolfe (1936–1937, radio only) Kate Wright (1938) Marge Hines (1938–1943) Jack Mercer (1943, 1960 Popeye's Zoo LP)[7] [8] Corinne Orr (Popeye Meets the Homo Who Hated Laughter)[ix] Marilyn Schreffler (1978–1988) Cherry Davis (1-900 Hotline commercial, Quaker Oats commercials, Eye for Marine Conservation commercial, Cartoon Network bumper)[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Zofia Bil (Popeye Saves the Earth)[15] [16] Cheryl Chase (Popeye and the Quest For the Wooly Mammoth, Popeye and the Sunken Treasure)[17] [18] Sandy Fox (Popeye and Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges, Pandemonium Cartoon Circus)[19] [20] [21] Lani Minella (Slots from Bally Gaming)[22] Shannon Cullem (Boop-Oop-a-Dooin' )[23] [24] Tabitha St. Germain (Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy) Kelly Hu/Tara Strong/Seth Green (Robot Craven)[25] Robyn Gryphe (U.s.a. Power Squadrons radio spots)[26] Diane Michelle (Prego commercials)[27] Jamie Lee (The Pete Holmes Prove)[28] Grey DeLisle (animated motion-picture show, 2016–present)[29] Sarah Stiles (Fleischerei)[thirty] Alex Borstein (some commercials) Japanese Yumi Murata (Popeye the Sailorman/Olive and Bluto'southward Race Song)[31] [32] Hisako Kyoda Yoshiko Yamamoto Rika Fukami Emiko Kanno Yuko Mizutani Kotono Mitsuishi Mariko Mukai Gara Takashima Michi Yamamura Mayumi Shinozuka Sakiko Uran
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	Castor Oyl (brother) Cole Oyl (male parent) Nana Oyl (mother) Popeye (boyfriend)
Nationality	American

Olive Oyl is a cartoon graphic symbol created by E. C. Segar in 1919 for his comic strip Thimble Theatre.^[33] The strip was later renamed Popeye subsequently the sailor character that became the virtually popular fellow member of the cast; however, Olive Oyl was a main graphic symbol for 10 years before Popeye'southward 1929 appearance.^[34]

Fictional grapheme biography [edit]

In the strip as written past Segar, Olive was something of a coy flapper whose extremely sparse build lent itself well to the fashions of the time; her long black hair was usually rolled in a cracking bun, like her mother's. She is the youngest sibling of Castor Oyl and Crude Oyl. She was the more-or-less fiancée of Harold Hamgravy, a "lounge cadger" or slacker type who did equally little work as possible and was ever borrowing money. His attraction to other women—particularly if they were rich—naturally incensed Olive, and she one time succumbed to a fit of "lunaphobia" (a kind of aroused madness) over one of his amours. (When she recovered, she connected to pretend to accept the disorder to win him back.) She was not immune to flattery from other men, simply remained committed to Ham until Popeye'due south appearance. Olive and Popeye actually hated each other when they first met (her first words to him were "Accept your hooks offa me or I'll lay ya in a scupper"); they fought bitterly for weeks until finally realizing that they had feelings for each other.

The version of Olive Oyl well-nigh widely familiar is the version from the theatrical blithe cartoons created by Fleischer Studios and continued past Famous Studios. Unlike most mod damsels in distress, Olive Oyl is tall and skinny, with tightly wound pilus and enormous feet (the latter sometimes used to comedic effect). Popeye's comment nigh her measurements is that she is a perfect 57... xix-19-nineteen.

In the films and subsequently idiot box cartoons, Olive Oyl 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 get aroused with Popeye over seemingly minor issues. She constantly gets kidnapped by Bluto (aka Brutus), who is Popeye's curvation-rival for her angel; when she gets aroused with Popeye for whatever goes wrong, information technology's usually every bit a result of Bluto's trickery, but Popeye ever rescues her and wins back her affection in the process.

In the cartoons, she helps take care of a baby named Swee'Pea or she normally asks Popeye to take care of him if she'due south too busy; information technology's unknown if Swee'Pea is Olive Oyl's biological or adopted son. In the comics, Swee'Pea is a foundling under Popeye'due south care. Subsequently sources (mostly in the cartoon series) say that Swee'Pea is Olive Oyl'south 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.

History of the character [edit]

Olive Oyl is named after olive oil, used unremarkably in cooking or in salads.^[35] Segar'south newspaper strips besides featured a number of her relatives named after other oils, including her brother, Castor Oyl, their female parent, Nana Oyl (after "assistant oil", a balmy slang phrase of the fourth dimension used in the same way as "horsefeathers", i.e. "nonsense"), their male parent, Cole Oyl, and Castor'due south estranged married woman, Cylinda Oyl; more recently, Olive's nieces Diesel fuel Oyl and Violet Oyl have appeared in the cartoons. Also among Olive'south family are her ii uncles, Otto (Auto) Oyl and intrepid explorer Lubry Kent Oyl. Lubry Kent's gift to Brush and Olive, a lucky Whiffle Hen, led them into the gamble where they met Popeye. When Bobby London took over the strip from 1986 to 1992, he added the sultry blonde Sutra Oyl, Olive'southward cousin, and Standard Oyl, a distant relative who was an extremely wealthy corporate magnate.

Vocalization artists [edit]

The offset two Popeye cartoons, Popeye the Sailor (1933) and I Yam What I Yam (1933), featured Bonnie Poe as the vocalism of Olive Oyl. She was thereafter voiced by character actress Mae Questel (who also voiced Betty Boop and other characters).^[36] Questel styled Olive's voice and delivery after those of extra ZaSu Pitts.^[37]

In 1938, Margie Hines took over as the vocalisation of Olive Oyl, starting with the cartoon Bulldozing the Bull. Questel returned every bit her voice in 1944, starting with the drawing The Anvil Chorus Girl. Questel would remain so until after the King Features Syndicate made-for-Television set Popeye shorts in 1960.^[38]

Marilyn Schreffler became the new vocalism of Olive when Hanna-Barbera obtained the rights to produce made-for-television Popeye cartoons for The All-New Popeye Hr in 1978. Questel auditioned to reprise her role, but was rejected in favor of Schreffler. Despite beingness officially replaced past Schreffler, Questel later on returned to vox Olive Oyl for a 1983 commercial promoting the Popeye video game^[39] and in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit

In the 1980 musical live-action feature film Popeye, Olive is portrayed by Shelley Duvall reverse co-star Robin Williams equally her lover Popeye.^{[40] [41]}

Appearance [edit]

In her Famous Studios version, Olive Oyl is given more than hair, smaller anxiety, wider optics, a more feminine face, a tomboyish streak and a slightly less light-headed personality. She had black hair with a red bow. She wears a red shirt with short sleeves, blackness 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 every bit her hairstyles, Olive generally reverted to her original pinned-back with a bun hairdo and tall flat brown boots.

In iv of her theatrical appearances, Wotta Nitemare from the Fleischer era and the remaining three produced nether Famous Studios, she wears sandals bare-footed throughout - in the case of Wotta Nitemare, in a dream Popeye has where he envisions her as a wholesome angel. She notably appears extra passionate and more willing to confront Bluto herself in said appearances, implying having her toes in the open reinforces her invigorating side.

Personality [edit]

• Olive Oyl is absent, sugariness, flirtatious, short-tempered, romantic, headstrong, foolish, shallow, sassy, inattentive, fickle, enervating, and selfish. She is usually depicted as a stereotypical "damsel-in-distress" character and often blames others for her ain mistakes when confronted.
• She oftentimes says "Oh, dear!" in a fashion that resembles film extra ZaSu Pitts.

Other media [edit]

• In 1936, Olive Oyl appeared in Fleischer Studios' first three-strip Technicolor short Somewhere in Dreamland equally the poverty-stricken mother of two barefooted waifs.
• In the 1980 Disney live-activity product directed by Robert Altman, Olive Oyl is played past actress Shelley Duvall. Shelley Duvall has mentioned that she was teased in schoolhouse as Olive Oyl because of her physical resemblance to the character.
• Olive Oyl made a non-speaking cameo in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Droopy Botox".
• In 1997, Olive Oyl appeared in the video game Popeye and the Quest For the Woolly Mammoth, voiced by Cheryl Chase.^[42]
• In 1998, Olive Oyl appeared in the video game Popeye and the Sunken Treasure, voiced again by Cheryl Chase.^[42]
• In 2006, King Features produced both a radio spot and industrial for the U.s.a. Power Squadrons featuring Robyn Gryphe as Olive and Allen Enlow equally Popeye.
• Olive Oyl (forth with Bluto and Popeye) was going to have a cameo in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, merely the rights to the characters could not exist obtained.
• In 2002, Olive Oyl appeared in the video game Slots from Bally Gaming, voiced by Lani Minella.^[42]
• In July 2007, a live-animation Boob tube commercial starring Olive Oyl aired as function of an ad campaign for Campbell Soup Company's Prego sauces. Olive'southward ad is one in a series of five different ads for Prego, which features Spice Girl Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"), Olympic Silverish Medalist Lea Ann Parsley, an average American couple named Rosemary and Herb and an Englishman named Basil. In each 15-2d commercial, the "flavorful" characters wonder aloud about what spice to add to their simmering pot of sauce.
• Olive Oyl appeared in the Robot Chicken episodes "The Sack" and "Squaw Bury Shortcake", voiced past Kelly Hu.
• Lil Wayne mentions Olive Oyl in the song "I'm On One".
• In The Office, Pam Beesly (portrayed by Jenna Fischer) dresses up as Olive Oyl during the season seven episode "Costume Contest".
• In The Walking Dead, Daryl Dixon calls Lori Grimes "Olive Oyl".
• In the comic strip Bizarro, the paradigm of Olive Oyl (or occasionally the abbreviation "O2") began appearing as ane of the subconscious symbols in the artwork in May 2017.

Parodies [edit]

In MAD Magazine #21 (1951), a parody of Olive chosen "Mazola Oil" appeared in Poopeye. Mazola supplies Poopeye with various spinach recipes to help Poopeye defeat other comic strip characters such equally "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 Dorsum (1962), which was afterwards reprinted in a 50th Anniversary Edition (iBooks, Inc., New York, ISBN 0-7434-4478-7).

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External links [edit]

• Popeye | The Home of Popeye the Sailor Man

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