The Spinacher (also known as the Olive, the Olive Oyl, the Lady Olive, the Miss Olive, the Popeye, Popeye's Ark, the Elsie, the Questel or the Tomcod) is Popeye's trusty sailing vessel, which he has taken to many adventures throughout his life. The ship has been wrecked, rebuilt and renamed several times during Popeye's many voyages, but it often appears in the form of a moderately-sized sailboat or tugboat. The ship also often serves as a "home away from home" for Popeye.
The ship has had many names as it has been rebuilt several times over the years. The Spinacher is the most frequently used name in comics and some other media, but it has alternatively been called the Olive (as attested by Popeye and Son and Me Ship, the Olive) and Popeye's Ark. The ship has also been called the Elsie in some modern media, as a tip of the hat to Popeye's creator Elzie Crisler Segar, and the Questel in honor of Olive Oyl voice actress Mae Questel. In Fleischer Studios cartoons, the ship would go unnamed, but would sometimes have Popeye's name written on it. When a vessel was originally bought by Castor Oyl for his trip to Dice Island, it was named the Tomcod and crewed solely by Popeye as he made his first appearance.
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- Popeye's ship may be visited at the Universal's Islands of Adventure attraction Me Ship, the Olive, called after one of the many names the ship has had.
- The park's Olive is also linked to Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges, as the Olive's visitors can shoot people enjoying the latter ride with the on-board water guns.