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* [[Evil Brit]]: Sometimes.
* [[Gentleman Snarker]]: He's usually polite, but that doesn't mean he always says ''nice'' things.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Completely self-centered and won't hesitate a moment to con his friends out of their food or money, but he's never malicious, and gets many [[Pet the Dog]] moments.
* [[The Load]]: Usually, but in his case it's not so much that he isn't ''capable'' of being helpful, it's just that most of the time he doesn't ''bother'' to. When he actually bothers to use his smarts for other things than conning food out of others, he can actually be quite useful.
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'''Swee'pea, AKA "Scooner Seawell Georgia Washenting Christiffer Columbia Daniel Boom"'''
 
A [[Door Step Baby]] adopted by Popeye (or Olive Oyl, [[Depending Onon the Writer|depends on the incarnation or the story]]), Swee'pea is a little baby who has a knack for getting himself into trouble.
 
A fairly major character in the comic (especially after he learned to talk) but a pretty minor one in the cartoons -- his last appearance under the original Fleischer Studios was, fittingly, in their last cartoon, "Baby wants a Battleship" in 1942, and he would appear again in the 1950 Famous short "Baby Wants Spinach."
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=== Tropes related to Swee'pea: ===
 
* [[Depending Onon the Writer]]: He's either adopted, Olive Oyle's child, or both her and Popeye's child. In some cartoons, he's hinted to be Olive's nephew that she sometimes takes care of, in others he's hinted to be ''Popeye's'' nephew (making him a cuter, less rascally replacement for Pupeye, Peepeye, Pipeye and Poopeye).
* [[Changeling Fantasy]]: In the comic, at least, he turns out to be the Crown Prince of Demonia, who after his father was killed was sent to Popeye for protection against his [[Evil Uncle]]. [[Discontinuity|This tends to be ignored by later writers, though.]]
* [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]: A strange version; in his first appearances he was a fairly normal baby (or at least a normal cartoon version of a baby), but over the years learned to talk and could converse on anything just as well as any adult, but in appearance he remained a crawling baby. This was [[Lampshaded]] a few times. Later appearances sometimes reverse this development and present him as too young to talk again.
* [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname]]: His real name is [[Overly Long Name|"Scooner Seawell Georgia Washenting Christiffer Columbia Daniel Boom"]] (Popeye got a little carried away when naming him), but he's usually just called "Swee'pea" -- to such an extent, in fact, that several writers have forgotten that this ''isn't'' his real name.
* [[The Omniscient]]: Only in the live-action movie, thanks to [[Composite Character|his role being merged with that of Eugene the Jeep.]] He can tell the future and seems to know exactly what's going on at all times, causing him to become a [[Living MacGuffin]] to the other characters -- but as he's too young to talk, they're limited to "yes" or "no" questions.
 
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* [[Jerkass Facade]]: He acts this way in the CGI movie after Popeye finally found him. He wanted to protect Popeye from the witch.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: In all incarnations, he is grouchy and even downight hostile at times, but when it comes down to it he's not such a bad guy.
* [[Man Child]]: He's more childish than his son is.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: In his animated debut, he doesn't care about his son at all. Until he's in trouble, and eats some spinach so he can save his only son.
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