Editing J. Wellington Wimpy (section)

==In popular culture==
* Wimpy (along with Popeye, Olive and Bluto) was going to have a cameo in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', but the rights to the characters could not be obtained.
* In the 1932 film ''[[If I Had a Million]]'', three Marines played by [[Gary Cooper]], [[Roscoe Karns]], and [[Jack Oakie]] are sitting at a hamburger stand trying to buy hamburgers even though they are short of cash. Jack Oakie's character quotes Wimpy's standard line "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today" with a smile to the man running the stand.
* During World War II, "Wimpy", in reference to the character, was the nickname given to the [[Vickers Wellington]] bomber.
* Wimpy is also the namesake of the large chain of [[Wimpy (restaurant)|Wimpy hamburger restaurants]] which was founded in Bloomington, Indiana in the 1930s and opened in the UK in 1954; it has maintained operations overseas since 1967. Their UK website states, "The name Wimpy is believed to have come from Popeye's friend J Wellington Wimpy who loved hamburgers as much as Popeye loved spinach."<ref>[http://www.wimpy.uk.com/history.asp Wimpy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927013918/http://www.wimpy.uk.com/history.asp |date=September 27, 2011 }}</ref>
** This seems to apply also to his other International Aliases; In Italy, for example, many restaurants and fast-food joints are named "Poldo" or "Da Poldo" , "Poldo" being Wimpy's Italian-adapted name.
* Wimpy can also be found as the mascot for "Wimpy's Seafood Restaurant and Market" in Osterville, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. (Established 1938)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g41756-d384889-Reviews-Wimpy_s_Seafood_Market-Osterville_Cape_Cod_Massachusetts.html#photos|title=Wimpy's Seafood Market, Osterville - Menu, Prices & Restaurant Reviews - TripAdvisor|website=www.tripadvisor.com}}</ref>
* Wimpy made a cameo appearance (as an in-gag to both his facial features; in the context of beef related [[heart disease]] and affinity for hamburgers) in the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[McStroke]]".
* Wimpy has appeared in two episodes of the [[Adult Swim]] animated series ''[[Robot Chicken]]'', often using his "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday" line to buy hamburgers. Often it fails. Voiced by [[Scott Adsit]] and [[Seth Green]].
* In the ''[[Good Eats]]'' second-season episode "Daily Grind" (aka "A Grind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"), [[Alton Brown]] prepares the "perfect burger" (as well as meatloaf and meatballs) for a character named "J. Wellington Whimpy" (misspelled, but looking mostly like the version of Wimpy played by [[Paul Dooley]] in the ''Popeye'' film) played by then cast regular Steve Rooney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goodeatsfanpage.com/Season2/GroundMeat/GroundMeatTranscript.htm|title=A Grind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste Transcript|website=goodeatsfanpage.com}}</ref>
* In the final [[Pooch the Pup]] cartoon called ''[[She Done Him Right (1933 film)|She Done Him Right]]'', a dog character looking like Wimpy is seen playing a slot machine.<ref>{{cite web
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* Wimpy's famous catchphrase gives the name to the hamburger review website [[A Hamburger Today]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aht.seriouseats.com/|title=Burgers|first=Serious|last=Eats|website=aht.seriouseats.com}}</ref>
* Wimpy is also the focus of an animated [[Bank of America]] commercial in which he uses a new [[smartphone app]] to finally pay for the food he mooched from his friends.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bank of America TV Spot, 'Popeye, Wimpy and Bank of America'|url=https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7S9u/bank-of-america-popeye-wimpy-and-bank-of-america|website=iSpot.tv|access-date=7 June 2016}}</ref>
* Season 4 Episode 6 of ''[[Cheers]]'' is named "I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday".
* Season 6 Episode 8 of ''[[Frasier]]'', Niles refers to Claudia Kynock, a wealthy media owner, as a bulbous cartoon character who steals hamburgers.  Frasier correctly asserts "Wimpy" but after Niles makes a series of self-deprecating remarks.
* Season 2 Episode 14 of ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'', [[Michael Scott (The Office)|Michael]] can be heard whispering to [[Stanley Hudson|Stanley]] "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today".
* In the hit video game ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', an NPC named Topper McNabb can be heard repeating "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today" in the city of Stormwind, among other phrases.
* In the cartoon [[A Clean Shaven Man|''A Clean Shaven Man'']], he is depicted as being the owner of his own barber shop (though erroneously called ''Wimby's'' instead of ''Wimpy's'' in the color reprint by [[Turner Entertainment]]), with a sign on the inside of the empty shop reading, "Barber out getting a shave." Bluto remarks, "He's probably out getting some ''hamburgers,''" and Popeye replies, "Yeah, I wouldn't doubt that a bit."
* In a May 12, 2020 ''[[9 Chickweed Lane]]'' strip, Wimpy's catchphrase was mentioned along with a thinly-veiled romantic innuendo between characters Amos and Edda <ref>{{cite web|title=9 Chickweed Lane|url=https://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane/2020/05/12}}</ref> and also in a May 2, 2022 strip, this time involving recurring characters Hugh and Xiulan in the same manner.<ref>{{cite web|title=9 Chickweed Lane|url=https://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane/2022/05/03}}</ref>