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J. Wellington Wimpy
J. Wellington Wimpy, generally referred to as Wimpy,〔In Italian, Wimpy is known as "Poldo Sbaffini"; his surname is a reference to his scrounging habits. The Italian name was also adopted in the Greek editions as Πόλντο. In Spanish, Wimpy is "Pilón", Spanish for "pestle", which may refer to the character's body shape. In Sweden Wimpy is called Frasse and, unlike in the American version where he eats hamburgers, he instead eats parisare, a similar Swedish dish.〕 is one of the characters in the long-running comic strip ''Popeye'', created by E. C. Segar and originally called ''Thimble Theatre'', and in the ''Popeye'' cartoons based upon the strip. Wimpy was one of the dominant characters in the newspaper strip, but when ''Popeye'' was adapted as an animated cartoon series by Fleischer Studios, Wimpy became a minor character; Dave Fleischer said that the character in the Segar strip was "too intellectual" to be used in film cartoons. Wimpy did appear in Robert Altman's 1980 live-action musical film ''Popeye'', played by veteran character actor Paul Dooley.
== Inspiration ==
The character seems to have been inspired by more than one person whom Segar had encountered. Wimpy's personality was based upon that of William Schuchert, the manager of the Chester Opera House where Segar was first employed. "Windy Bill", as he was known, was a pleasant, friendly man, fond of tall tales and hamburgers.
Additional sources suggest that Segar composed the character's name from the names of two other acquaintances. According to fellow cartoonist Bill Mauldin, the name was suggested by that of Wellington J. Reynolds, one of Segar's instructors at the Chicago Art Institute.〔Bill Mauldin, ''The Brass Ring'', New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1972〕 In a brief 1935 interview in ''The Daily Oklahoman'', H. Hillard Wimpee of Atlanta indicated that he was connected to the character, having worked with Segar at the ''Chicago Herald-Examiner'' in 1917. It became a custom in the office that whoever accepted an invitation for a hamburger would pay the bill. According to Wimpee, after seeing the character in the newspaper, he wrote Segar in 1922 about Wimpy, "afraid of being connected with what () was doing with (character )." He said Segar replied, "'You haven't seen anything yet.'"
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