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SheeEttin t1_ja4n000 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 8:30 PM

Reply to comment by ZylonBane in TIL: Because Nintendo could not get the rights to the Popeye cartoon character, they came up with Mario instead. by A_Bruised_Reed

Popeye was originally a comic strip

Solidsnakeerection t1_ja5zhto wrote on February 27, 2023 at 2:20 AM

Popeye was originally a minor character in Thimble Theater starring Olive Oyl and her boyfriend Harold Hagravy

Fingerbob73 t1_ja53tfa wrote on February 26, 2023 at 10:24 PM

Pope Ye was originally a rapping pontiff /s