Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy

Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy is a 2004 American-Canadian computer-animated Christmas television special produced by Mainframe Entertainment for Lions Gate Entertainment and King Features Syndicate, in association with Nuance Productions. The special, created to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Popeye the Sailor comic strip character from E. C. Segar's Thimble Theatre, first aired on Fox on 17 December 2004 and was rebroadcast on the same network in December 2005.

Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
DVD cover
Based onPopeye
by Elzie Crisler Segar
Written byPaul Reiser
Jim Hardison
Directed byEzekiel Norton
Voices ofBilly West
Tabitha St. Germain
Garry Chalk
Sanders Whiting
Kathy Bates
ComposersKevin Kliesch
Mark Mothersbaugh
Country of originUnited States
Canada
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersGio Corsi
Barbara Zelinski
EditorColin Adams
Running time47 minutes
Production companiesKing Features Syndicate
Mainframe Entertainment
Nuance Productions
DistributorLionsgate
Release
Original networkFox
Original release
  • 9 November 2004 (2004-11-09)

Plot

Popeye is on a quest to find his missing father Poopdeck Pappy. Popeye is dogged by nightmares warning him that his Pappy, who abandoned him as a child, is in danger and needs him, so he bravely sets out on the open sea to find his long-lost father and reunite with him for the Christmas holidays. Accompanied by the admiring Olive Oyl, the brawny Bluto, the hungry Wimpy, and little Swee'Pea, he heads for the Sea of Mystery, which happens to be in the evil Sea Hag's domain. Strange things begin to happen along the way, as the group encounters sirens, serpents, and menacing mists. This was clearly all of the Sea Hag's attempts to destroy Popeye for good.

Cast

Production

Originally this special was going to be a Claymation feature by Will Vinton, but due to Vinton losing his studio due to financial reasons in 2002 the special was picked up by Mainframe Entertainment.[1]

Billy West described the production as "the hardest job I ever did, ever" and the voice of Popeye as "like a buzzsaw in your throat."[2]

References
  1. "VINTON'S POPEYE". Cartoon Brew. 13 April 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. Penn's Sunday School (9 August 2012). "The many voices of Billy West". YouTube. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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