The Girl from Down Under

The Girl from Down Under
Network	CBS
Premiere date	November 7, 1987
Starring	Josh Rodine Susan Blu Maurice La Marche Allan Melvin Nancy Cartwright Kaleena Kiff Frank Welker
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Anthony Adams
Director(s)	John Kimball Paul Sommer
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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"The Girl from Down Under" is the first part of the eighth episode of Popeye and Son season one, and the fifteenth episode overall. It aired on November 7, 1987 on CBS. It was written by Anthony Adams, directed by John Kimball and Paul Sommer, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Junior and his friends meet a mysterious new girl in town who claims to come from "down under."

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Popeye Jr.	Josh Rodine
Woody	Nancy Cartwright
Dee Dee	Kaleena Kiff
Shelly	Susan Blu
J. Wellington Wimpy	Allan Melvin
Popeye	Maurice La Marche
Shelly's father	Frank Welker
Newsboy	Unavailable
Mr. Smoot	Unavailable
Principal Noodlestein
Walrus	Frank Welker
Dolphin	Frank Welker

Organizations

• Sweet Haven Herald (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Sweet Haven
      • Beach
        • Wimpy's
      • Dee Dee's residence
      • Sweet Haven School
      • The Jewelry Haven
      • Sea Park
  • Australia (mentioned)

Objects

• Sweet Haven Herald newspaper
• Spinach

Vehicles

• None

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 7, 1987 on CBS
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

Behind the scenes

• Olive narrates the opening for the first time.
• Sweet Haven School is called Sweet Haven Elementary.

Errors

• Polly, another girl with short, blonde hair, just happens to be inconspicuously absent from this episode.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😥