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234:, the Sea Hag orders the goon, "Keep an eye on him, Alice!" The characters and readers now realize Alice is female. Upon arriving at Plunder Island, Popeye and Alice fight violently and Popeye threatens to throw Alice off a cliff, until her child (also of unspecified sex) appears and shouts, "Mama!" Realizing that he is fighting a woman, which goes against his principles, Popeye releases Alice and discovers that she became the Sea Hag's slave only because the Hag had threatened her baby. Alice is the leader of a race of goons enslaved by the Sea Hag; Popeye and Alice lead them in a successful 32: 249:
In later appearances, Alice starts wearing a skirt and flowered hat. Her tribe live on Goon Island and the Goons are indistinguishable from each other. When Alice speaks, her words appear as a series of meaningless squiggles. Wimpy is the only one who can understand her language. After being
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Alice first appears when the Sea Hag returns to Sweethaven searching for a former slave named Cringly, the only one who knows the location of her lair, Plunder Island. After capturing Wimpy and locking him in the deck of her ship, the
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At the time, Alice caused controversy with protective parents, who claimed that her frightening appearance alarmed their children. Alice was therefore toned down to become a gentler and more motherly apparition.
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strip, part of the "Plunder Island" storyline. Initially unnamed and of unspecified sex, she works as a guard for the
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This article is about the fictional character. For the song by Quasi, see
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Alice made her debut in the Sunday, December 10, 1933,
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liberated from the Sea Hag, Alice comes to live with
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When the Going Gets Dark

lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview
Publisher
King Features Syndicate
First appearance
Thimble Theatre
E. C. Segar
Marilyn Schreffler
E. C. Segar
comic strip
Thimble Theatre
Popeye cartoon series
Sea Hag
pirate
sorceress
Earth
Amazonian
giantess
proboscis monkey
Rastapopoulos
The Adventures of Tintin
Wimpy
Spartacus
slave rebellion
Olive Oyl
nursemaid
Swee'Pea

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