Editing Bluto (section)

{{short description|Fictional character from Popeye}}
{{for|the film character John "Bluto" Blutarsky|Animal House}}
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{{Infobox comics character
| character_name = Bluto
| image = Bluto color.png
| image_size = 200
| caption = 
| publisher = [[King Features Syndicate]]
| debut = ''[[Thimble Theatre]]'' (1932)
| creators = [[E. C. Segar]]
| voiced_by = {{Collapsible list|title=[[English language|English]]|[[William Pennell]] (1933–1935)|[[Harry Foster Welch]] (1934–1940s public events, 1960s [[Peter Pan Records]] records)<ref name="Welch 1">{{cite web|title=Who Is Harry Welch – and Was He Ever The Voice of Popeye?|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/who-is-harry-welch-and-was-he-ever-the-voice-of-popeye/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="Welch 2">{{cite web|title=Popeye Records – with the mysterious Harry F. Welch|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/popeye-records-with-the-mysterious-harry-f-welch/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref>|[[Gus Wickie]] (1935–1938)<ref name="Wickie">{{cite web|title=Gus Wicke, An Appreciation|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/gus-wicke-an-appreciation/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>|[[Jackson Beck]] (1935–1936 radio appearances, 1937, 1944–1962 cartoons, 1975, 1989–1990 commercials)<ref name="Wickie"/><ref name="Popeyes Chicken">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4qQBcecpHo&t=14s|title=Popeye Advertises Popeyes Chicken 1975)|publisher=YouTube|access-date=September 3, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Hotline">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88das_iytwg&t=8s|title=Popeye 1-900 Hotline 80s Commercial (1989)|publisher=YouTube|access-date=September 3, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Quaker Oats">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Quaker-Oats/|title=Quaker Oats|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2023-09-03}}</ref><ref name="Center Marine">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp5RVKJ5rUg&t=3s|title=Popeye/ Corto Animado Institucional- EE.UU|publisher=YouTube|access-date=September 3, 2023}}</ref>|[[Floyd Buckley]] (1937 [[Bluebird Records]] records)<ref name="Buckley">{{cite web|title=Sing Me A Cartoon #16: More Sailor Man Rhythm|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/sing-me-a-cartoon-16-more-sailor-man-rhythm/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=28 August 2020}}</ref>|Hamp Howard (1939)<ref name="CartoonVoices">{{cite book|last1=Scott|first1=Keith|title=Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 1|date=3 October 2022|publisher=BearManor Media|language=en}}</ref>|[[Pinto Colvig]] (1939–1940)<ref name="Wickie"/>|[[Tedd Pierce]] (1940–1942)|Lee Royce (1942–1943)|[[Dave Barry (actor)|Dave Barry]] (1942–1943)<ref name="Wickie"/>|[[Jack Mercer]] (1942, 1943, 1954, 1960, 1983)<ref name="Bluto voice 1">{{cite book|title=Jack Mercer, the Voice of Popeye|isbn = 9781593930967|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8p9fDwAAQBAJ&q=jack+mercer+bluto|quote=Many an animation historian has tried to figure out which Popeye cartoons produced by the Fleischer Studios featured Jack Mercer performing Bluto's voice. His vocal characterization is so good that it's hard to identify which exact films he did. When the Fleischer Studios moved from New York to Florida, some of their voice personnel did not make the move. The Fleischers needed a new voice for Bluto and after unsatisfactory results in ''Ghosks is the Bunk'' (1939) and ''Customers Wanted'' (1939) by studio publicity director Hamp Howard, a gruffer-sounding voice for the bully was heard in ''Wotta Nitemare'' (1939) and ''It's the Natural Thing to Do'' (1939), provided by voice-over artist Pinto Colvig. Colvig's performance sounded similar to the Mercer-voiced bullies of later vintage. For Bluto's next few appearances during Fleischers' tenure on the Popeye series, Colvig was heard in ''Shakespearean Spinach'' (1940), ''Me Feelings is Hurt'' (1940), ''Nurse Mates'' (1940), ''Onion Pacific'' (1940) and ''Fightin' Pals'' (1940). Mercer owned up to trying the Bluto role, and stated it was difficult for him to voice both Popeye and Bluto in the same cartoon, so perhaps, in between ''Wotta Nitemare'' and ''It's the Natural Thing to Do'' and the 1940s cartoons, he and other voice artists had a go at voicing Bluto (a more sophisticated-sounding Bluto was heard in ''Stealin Aint Honest'' from 1940, provided by Tedd Pierce). Mercer's Bluto can be heard in a few lines, though Dave Barry and Lee Royce performed the role, in Fleischer Studio's ''Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix'' (1942) saying, "Why that one-eyed Casanova," and "Watch me play sick," in ''Too Weak to Work'' (Famous Studios, 1943). Both times this occurred, the character's mouth didn't move and it appears Mercer's Bluto voice was dubbed in.|postscript=Jack Mercer briefly voiced Bluto from 1939 to 1943.|access-date=22 June 2021|last1=Grandinetti|first1=Fred|date=October 2007}}</ref><ref name="Records 1">{{cite web|title=Jack Mercer as Himself – and Popeye – on Records|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/jack-mercer-as-himself-and-popeye-on-records/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="Records 2">{{cite web|title=Celebrating the 111th Birthday of "Mercer, the Popeye Man"|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/celebrating-the-111th-birthday-of-mercer-the-popeye-man/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref>|[[Mae Questel]] (imitating [[Olive Oyl]] in ''Shape Ahoy'')|[[Bob McFadden]] (''[[Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter]]'')<ref name="Man Laughter">{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Popeye-Meets-the-Man-Who-Hated-Laughter/|title=Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter|website=Behind the Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-27}}</ref>|[[Allan Melvin]] (1978–1988)|[[John Wallace (musician)|John Wallace]] (singing voice in [[Popeye (film)|1980 film]])|Tim Kitzrow (''[[Popeye Saves the Earth]]'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Popeye-Saves-The-Earth/|title=Popeye Saves the Earth|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-27}}</ref><ref name="Pinball Promo">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHehj0WxofY&t=206s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/rHehj0WxofY| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Popeye Saves the Earth Promotional Video|publisher=YouTube|access-date=June 5, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>|Nicholas Omana (''Popeye and the Quest For the Woolly Mammoth'', ''Popeye: The Rescue'', ''Popeye and the Sunken Treasure'')<ref name="Woolly Mammoth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Popeye-and-the-Quest-For-the-Woolly-Mammoth/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116072208/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Popeye-and-the-Quest-For-the-Woolly-Mammoth/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 16, 2020|title=Popeye and the Quest For the Woolly Mammoth|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-27}}</ref><ref name="Sunken Treasure">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Popeye-The-Sunken-Treasure/|title=Popeye and the Sunken Treasure|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-27}}</ref>|[[Geertjan Hessing]] ("I'm Popeye The Sailor Man" cover)<ref name="Popeye Cat Music">{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6018666-Popeye-Im-Popeye-The-Sailorman|title=Popeye – I'm Popeye The Sailorman (1997, CD)|publisher=Discogs|access-date=October 16, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Cartoon Hits">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNLbvxwkwOo&t=30s|title=Popeye the Sailorman|publisher=YouTube|access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref>|[[Keith Scott (voice actor)|Keith Scott]] (''[[Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges]]'', ''Pandemonium Cartoon Circus'')<ref>{{cite web|last1=Scott|first1=Keith|title=Popeye's Bilge-Rat Barges|url=http://voicechasers.com/database/showprod.php?prodid=75|access-date=September 25, 2016|archive-date=May 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525153246/http://voicechasers.com/database/showprod.php?prodid=75|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Bilgerat Barge">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Popeye-and-Blutos-Bilge-Rat-Barges/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206004239/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Popeye-and-Blutos-Bilge-Rat-Barges/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 2019|title=Popeye and Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-27}}</ref><ref name="Cartoon Circus">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtyQwcLCIm4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/PtyQwcLCIm4| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Islands of Adventure's Pandemonium Cartoon Circus - The Circus is Coming to Toon!|publisher=YouTube|access-date=May 9, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>|[[Billy West]] ([[Minute Maid]] commercial)|Marc Biagi (''Slots from Bally Gaming'')<ref name="Bally Slots">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Slots-from-Bally-Gaming/|title=Slots from Bally Gaming|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-18}}</ref><ref name="Marc Biagi">{{cite web|title=Credits - The Many Worlds of Marc Biagi|url=http://blog.marcbiagi.com/credits/|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914153737/http://blog.marcbiagi.com/credits/|archive-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref>|[[Garry Chalk]] (''[[Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy]]'')|[[Dave Coulier]]/[[Seth Green]] (''[[Robot Chicken]]'')<ref name="Robot Chicken">{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Robot-Chicken/Bluto/|title=Voice(s) of Bluto in Robot Chicken|website=Behind the Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-27}}</ref>|[[Kevin Shinick]] (''[[Mad (TV series)|Mad]]'')<ref name="Mad">{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Mad/|title=Mad|website=Behind the Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-07}}</ref>|[[Matt McCarthy (comedian)|Matt McCarthy]] (''[[The Pete Holmes Show]]'')<ref name="Pete Holmes">{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Pete-Holmes-Show/|title=The Pete Holmes Show|website=Behind the Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-27}}</ref>|Joe Newton (''Popeye's Island Adventures'')<ref name="Island Adventures">{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/shorts/Popeyes-Island-Adventures/|title=Popeye's Island Adventures|website=Behind the Voice Actors|language=en-US|access-date=2021-02-24}}</ref>|Matt Hurwitz (''[[World of Warships]]''<ref name="World Warships">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZQh8JMWfqw?si=QulLYvoRR9MN2g2x&t=1s|title=Popeye in the Armory! - Please welcome Popeye the Sailor Man to World of Warships!|publisher=YouTube|access-date=November 4, 2023}}</ref>}}{{Collapsible list|title=[[Japanese language|Japanese]]|Tetsuo Nishihama (''Popeye the Sailorman/Olive and Bluto's Race Song'')<ref name="Spinach Power 1">{{cite web|title=Spinach Power – Popeye The Sailorman = ポパイ ザ セーラーマン (1978, Vinyl)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Spinach-Power-Popeye-The-Sailorman-ポパイ-ザ-セーラーマン/release/2473369|publisher=Discogs|access-date=March 16, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Spinach Power 2">{{cite web|title=SPINACH POWER/オリーブとブルートの競走曲(1978)|url=http://tgroovemusique.blog75.fc2.com/blog-category-164.html|publisher=DISCO 45・・・7インチ・シングル発掘の旅|access-date=March 16, 2021}}</ref>|[[Kazuo Kumakura]]|Hosei Komatsu|[[Kenji Utsumi]]|Takuo Kawamura|[[Yuu Shimaka]]|[[Daisuke Gori]]|[[Tessho Genda]]|[[Taro Ishida]]|[[Takeshi Watabe]]|[[Masuo Amada]]}}
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'''Bluto''', at times  known as '''Brutus''', is a cartoon and comics character created in 1932 by [[E. C. Segar|Elzie Crisler Segar]] as a one-time character, named "Bluto the Terrible", in his ''[[Thimble Theatre]]'' [[comic strip]] (later renamed ''[[Popeye]]''). Bluto made his first appearance on September 12 of that year. [[Fleischer Studios]] adapted him the next year (1933) to be the main [[antagonist]] of their theatrical ''Popeye'' [[animated cartoon]] series.<ref>{{cite book |last =Rovin |first =Jeff |title =The Encyclopedia of Supervillains |publisher =Facts on File |date =1987 |location =New York |isbn = 0-8160-1356-X |pages=36–37}}</ref>