Popeye

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1. A tattooed, corncob pipe-smoking comic strip character created in the early twentieth century. Popeye the Sailorman is constantly called upon to save his girlfriend, Olive Oyl, from the schemes of the villainous Bluto. To gain the necessary strength, Popeye consumes a can of spinach.

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Though said to have been inspired by the marketing division of a spinach manufacturer, Popeye has proved enduringly popular, spawning adaptations for the radio, animated cartoons, and a motion picture.

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The picture looked a little like Popeye.

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"Yeah," he said, "but if it was a real person, not just a picture person, how would he get big muscles? How did Popeye get his big muscles?"

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"Spinach, of course. Don't you remember how Popeye gobbles spinach every time he needs more strength and bigger muscles?"

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"This is how Popeye gets his big muscles."

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"I'd forgotten that, Sam, but you're right. That is how Popeye gets his muscles. And when I was a kid, I tried to get them the same way. But you know what?"

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