Possum Pearl holds the distinction of being the only secondary Popeye character to be spun-off into a cartoon of her own: she appeared in her first and only short, also titled Possum Pearl. Seymour Kneitel was constantly "testing" new characters to see if they could become part of the Noveltoons rotation. after Pearl's appearance in Popeye's Hill-billing and Cooing in 1956, he gave her a chance to headline her own cartoon. Yet it was not successful enough with audiences to warrant another one.