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1942: Popeye becomes a patriotic figure in WWII-themed cartoons, battling Axis powers in a variety of animated shorts. 1946: The last Technicolor two-reel special, Popeye and the Pirates, is released.

Works entering the public domain in 2025 include the first appearances of Tintin and Popeye, films in which Mickey Mouse talks, and books by Hemingway, Faulkner, Virginia Woolf, and more.

“He makes spinach popular and the east beats a path to our door,” the caption underneath reads. A 1934 cartoon ran in The Kansas City Star shows Popeye delivering Lenexa Spinach.

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Popeye sang that lyric in many of the cartoons starring the super-strong Sailor Man. Indeed, he is so synonymous with spinach that he is still used as a mascot to sell it.

He was an instant sensation. Popeye's popularity fueled a 33% increase in spinach consumption in the United States by 1931, according to King Features Syndicate, which distributed the cartoon .

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In fact, Popeye was credited with saving the spinach industry in the 1930s because the cartoon was credited with creating a 33% increase in sales, according to Business Insider.

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