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'''Swee'Pea (alternatively spelled Swee'pea and Sweapea on some titles and once called Sweep Pea''') is a character in E. C. Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre / Popeye and in the cartoon series derived from it. His name refers to the flower known as the sweet pea. Before his addition to the animated shorts, the name "Sweet Pea" was a term of affection used by main character Popeye. In the cartoon We Aim to Please, he addressed girlfriend Olive Oyl that way.

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'''Swee'Pea (alternatively spelled Swee'pea and Sweapea on some titles and once called Sweep Pea''') is a character in E. C. Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre / Popeye and in the cartoon series derived from it. His name refers to the flower known as the sweet pea. Before his addition to the animated shorts, the name "Sweet Pea" was a term of affection used by main character Popeye. In the cartoon We Aim to Please, he addressed girlfriend Olive Oyl that way.

thumb|Swee'Pea in his debut strip from July 24, 1933.

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