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** On the other hand, Popeye has been credited for saving the spinach industry in the 1930's by convincing more kids to eat it, invoking this trope without it being an official advertisement.
*** [[wikipedia:Crystal City, Texas|Crystal City, Texas]], an agricultural town that was based around spinach growing, actually erected a statue of Popeye in the town square.
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: In what is sure to surprise many people, ''Thimble Theater'' went from gag strip [https://web.archive.org/web/20130623012646/http://www.ncs-glc.com/GLC/ed_black/segar/segar2.html parodying vaudeville and overwrought film serials], to an adventure/comedy strip in the tradition of Roy Crane's ''[[Wash Tubbs]]'', and was quite popular. Created in 1919, it had been running (mostly in Hearst papers) for ''ten years'' when Popeye showed up. His appearance only served to make it more successful.
* [[Chaste Toons]]: Swee'Pea, who just appeared on a doorstep one day, and Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye and Poopeye, Popeye's quadruplet nephews, who dressed just like him and got into various misadventures alongside him.
** It's not like Popeye had a choice. Just look at his girlfriend; Olive Oyl would have ''exploded'' if she tried to make a baby!
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