I want to know, how old do you think Popeye the sailor is in the cartoons?

Question

Pushing 40?
Pushing 50?
His golden years?

Answer 1

In the earlier cartoons he's in his early 40s. But I think he's like 50 in the Famous studios cartoons.

Answer 2

Popeye is in his early 40's. He's around 42. In the Thimble Theater comic strip, Segar let readers know that Popeye was 42 years old. In the 1953 cartoon, Ace Of Space, when Popeye is made younger by that Martian "de-aging" machine, you'll notice that the machine sets his present age at around "40." Segar also established that Olive Oyl was in her twenties. Maybe this is partly why the Famous Studios creators adopted the "sweet young thing/Betty Boopish" personality for Ms. Oyl as time went on. One KFS cartoon took advantage of the characters' age differences when, in Kiddie Capers, Olive tells Popeye that he's too old for her. Popeye sure has more Vim, Vigor, And Vitaliky in his 40s than I do in mine! Must be the spinach. However, to further muddy the waters, Bud Sagendorf, who did the comic strip and Popeye comic books for years, said that Popeye is perpetually 34!

Answer 3

Strange you should ask that....growing up, watching Popeye, I always had the impression that he was an older adult. Then again, all the adults I knew were in their late 30's to mid 40's (my mother was 42 when I was born). So I would guess as I did then, late 40's to early 50's.

Answer 4

Popeye is 78 years old when it was first a comic strip. But for his flim debut his age would be 74. He would be 50 when popeye first came on TV. Hope that answer your question.

Answer 5

38

Answer 6

40's

Answer 7

78

Answer 8

53 1/4

Answer 9

um i would say anywhere between mid 40's to maybe early 50's

Answer 10

late 30's early 40's possibly.