Mercer also did the voices of Wimpy, Poopdeck Pappy, Popeye's nephews, King Little and the bumbling spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch in Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels ( 1939 ), and a number of voices for Fleischer's Mister Bug Goes to Town ( 1941 ).

In the 1970s, he did adverts in the United Kingdom for Wimpy Bar chain.

Paramount had planned to produce the film in 1931 and sent Ernest B. Schoedsack and Rex Wimpy to India to film location shots such as a tiger hunt however much of the film stock deteriorated.

* Karan Brar, actor, known for his roles in Diary of a Wimpy Kid ( film )

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.

* 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 & meatballs ) for a character named " J. Wellington Whimpy " ( purposely misspelled, but looking mostly like the version of Wimpy played by Paul Dooley in the Popeye film ) played by then cast regular Steve Rooney.

She played Greg's mother in the film Diary of a Wimpy Kid ( 2010 ), and reprised the role in the two sequels.

The most famous story, first published in a collection called Break of Dark, is titled Blackham's Wimpy, the name of a Vickers Wellington Bomber featured in the story, whose nickname comes from the character J. Wellington Wimpy from the Popeye comics and cartoons ( the Wellington was named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor over Napoleon ).

In a segment that parodies the Popeye cartoons in the style of It's a Wonderful Life, Popeye and Bluto have opened up a bank together in shot that would show what the world would look like without Wimpy.

J. Wellington Wimpy, generally referred to as Wimpy, 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.

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.

Kutter resembles Wimpy from Popeye.

Other licensed Popeye characters in the game are Olive Oyl, Swee ' Pea, and Wimpy, though they are mostly decorative and do not add heavily to the gameplay.

* J. Wellington Wimpy, a hamburger-loving character from the Popeye cartoons

Popeye allows Wimpy to take Swee ' Pea on a walk, but Wimpy takes him to the horse race.

Popeye and Olive Oyl are mad at Wimpy.

When Olive and Wimpy tell Popeye what they have discovered, Popeye thinks it is a joke and goes to the Commodore's ship to prove them wrong.

Popeye, Pappy, Wimpy and their friends chase Bluto to Pirate's Cove.

The Goonies II can be seen being played also in the movies Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Greg Heffley, Rowley Jefferson, and Rodrick Heffley.

Since 2000 a significant number of new flats have been constructed by the River Thames by private companies such as George Wimpy.

The Wimpy burger restaurant and Coral bookmakers were also damaged by fire.

On some occasions, Wimpy tries to placate someone by saying " I'd like to invite you over to my house for a duck dinner.

* In Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the main character, Greg Heffley, is given a Big Wheel for Christmas by his friend Rowley.

* Luther " Wimpy " Lassiter, a world-class American pool player known throughout his career by the Wimpy nickname

After the defeat of leftist forces in the 1982 Lebanon War, the SSNP joined a number of the leftist organizations who regrouped to resist the Israeli occupation, including the killing of two Israeli soldiers in a Wimpy Cafe in west Beirut by party member Khalid Alwan.

Known by pejorative, punk rock nicknames, original members were known simply as " Useless " ( Gerry Hannah ), " Dimwit " ( Ken Montgomery ), " Wimpy " ( Brian Roy Goble ) and " Normal " ( Mike Graham ).

* 30 July – One person is killed and 57 injured when a limpet mineplanted by ANC guerrillas explode at lunch time at Wimpy ( restaurant ) in Benoni

In this short, Sindbad the Sailor ( presumably Bluto playing a " role ") proclaims himself the greatest sailor in the world and " the most remarkable, extraordinary fellow ," a claim which is challenged by Popeye's arrival on his island with Olive Oyl and J. Wellington Wimpy in tow.

Paciorek has served as a broadcaster for several years since retiring as a player, with his most notable stint as the color commentator on White Sox television broadcasts alongside Ken Harrelson, who affectionately called him by his baseball nickname, " Wimpy ", on-air.

According to Wimpee, he wrote Segar in 1922 about Wimpy, " afraid of being connected with what was doing with character.

* During World War II, " Wimpy ", in reference to the character, was the nickname given to the Vickers Wellington bomber.

* In the final Pooch the Pup cartoon called She Done Him Right, a dog character looking like Wimpy is seen playing a slot machine.

In the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series there is a comic the main character despises called " L ' il Cutie " which shares similarities to Family Circus.

* Wimpy ( restaurant ), a chain of hamburger restaurants, named after the cartoon character

* Rowley Jefferson, a fictional character in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

( The term " wimp " for an unmanly character was in common usage already, as with the cartoon character J. Wellington Wimpy ).

Along the way he encounters George W. Geezil ( Richard Libertini ), J. Wellington Wimpy ( Paul Dooley ), " Oxblood Oxheart " ( Peter Bray ), and a greedy, unnamed taxman ( Donald Moffat ).

* Paul Dooley as J. Wellington Wimpy

However, brands like Wimpy still remain, although the majority of branches became Burger King in 1989.

Chicken Licken, Wimpy and Ocean Basket along with Nando's and Steers are examples of homegrown franchises that are highly popular within the country.

In Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the middle-schoolers put on a play of The Wizard of Oz.

* Herman " Wimpy " Jones, a state senator from 1956 – 1960, also served briefly on the Bossier City Council and Planning Commission and operated the Southern Kitchen restaurant.

Some of the men who occupied this bench were Harvey Lemons and his dog Wimpy, H. D.