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Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy

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Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
DVD cover
Based onPopeye
by Elzie Crisler Segar
Screenplay byJim Hardison
Paul Reiser
Directed byEzekiel Norton
StarringBilly West
Tabitha St. Germain
Garry Chalk
Sanders Whiting
Kathy Bates
Theme music composerKevin Kliesch
Mark Mothersbaugh
Country of originUnited States
Canada
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersGio Corsi
Barbara Zelinski
EditorColin Adams
Running time49 minutes
Production companiesMainframe Entertainment (now Rainmaker Entertainment)
Nuance Productions
Original release
NetworkFox
Release
  • November 9, 2004 (2004-11-09)

Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy is a 2004 computer-animated television special produced by Mainframe Entertainment for Lions Gate Entertainment. The special, created to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Popeye the Sailor comic strip character, first aired on Fox on December 17, 2004 and was rebroadcast on the same network in December 2005.

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. Accompanied by the admiring Olive Oyl, the brawny Bluto, 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.

Cast

Production

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."[1][unreliable source?]

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics.

References