Eugene the Jeep

Illustration of a yellow dog-like animal with a large red nose on a white background with black text below and to the left of the character

Eugene the Jeep is a dog-like creature from E.C Segar’s Popeye comics, who first appeared in Thimble Theatre on March 16, 1936. The Jeep is an enigmatic creature, described as an animal that lives in the three dimensional world while truly belonging to the fourth dimensional world. Eugene the Jeep’s otherworldliness grants him teleportation and invisibility powers, and limits his diet to orchid flowers.

The character is commonly attributed with being the inspiration for the name of general purpose military vehicle better known as the Jeep, although the veracity of this claim has been debated.