Olive Oyl (English spelling)

Japanese: Olive Oyl(英語表記)OliveOyl
Olive Oyl (English spelling)

...He soon became the protagonist of a comic strip, and in 1933, Max Fleischer (the Fleischer brothers) made a series of short animated films. In these cartoons, Popeye's superhuman strength, which he gets from eating spinach, is emphasized, and he fights his rival Bluto (sometimes called Brutus) for his girlfriend Olive Oyl. An orphan who was separated from his father at a young age, Popeye's philosophy of independence and self-respect is expressed in the line, "I am what I am and that's all that I am." ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Olive Oyl" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…すぐに漫画の主人公となり,33年にはフライシャーMax Fleischer(フライシャー兄弟)によって短編アニメ映画のシリーズとなる。ホウレンソウを食べると怪力を得るのはこのアニメ版で強調され,恋人のオリーブOlive Oylのために恋敵のブルートBluto(ブルータスBlutusと呼ばれる場合もある)と戦う。幼いころ父親に生き別れた孤児で,独立独行,唯我独尊のポパイ哲学は〈I am what I am and that’s all that I am.(おれはおれで,だからおれなんだ)〉に表現されている。…

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