Sonny Eclipse

Sonny Eclipse is an audio-animatronic singer, who plays an astro-organ found exclusively in Walt Disney World. More specifically, he is found in the restaurant Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe in Magic Kingdom.
==Background==
Sonny Eclipse is a Zorkie musician from the city of Yew Nork on the planet Zork, where life primarily lived underground to avoid the methane clouds on the surface. The entertainment capital of his planet, Sonny's Yew Nork upbringing lead him into the music business and he began touring around the galaxy.
After he lost his backup singers during a gig on Mars, he met the invisible Space Angels who have accompanied him ever since. He then found a nice long-term gig to serve as the in-house musician at the Starlight Lounge in Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe's first Earth franchise restaurant in Tomorrowland.
Sonny has a relaxed comical demeanor, dishing out puns between his tracks, and a romantic side, with songs celebrating the beauty of the Earth and a love song for his six-eyed girlfriend.
==Appearances==
===Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe===
Sonny provides jazz music for the guests in the Starlight Lounge on his Amazing Astro-Organ while they eat, with backing vocals provided by the Space Angels, a group of invisible alien singers. His whole audio loop is roughly 25 minutes.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyFpRqfFl2chttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egQWc2p3hNU
====Songs====
Sonny Eclipse's setlist consists of eight songs, written by George Wilkins and Kevin Rafferty. These songs include:
*"My Name is Sonny Eclipse", his personal theme song
*"Out in Space", a ballad about the Earth's beauty
*"Hello Space Angels", an appreciation song for his backup singers
*"Gravity Blues"
*"Starlight Soup and Salad", about the restaurant's menu
*"Bright Little Star", a love song
*"Planetary Boogie"
*"Yew Nork, Yew Nork", about his hometown
===Metrophone===
Sonny is mentioned by his agent Johnny Jupiter over the phone of the Metrophone.
=== Disney Speedstorm ===
In the video game Disney Speedstorm, Sonny appears as a Common Crew Member in the Walt Disney World Collection, currently only usable by Figment. When equipped, Sonny increases the racer's acceleration and boost, and improves the power of the Hack skill. At the moment, shards needed to unlock / upgrade Sonny (or any Crew Member from the Walt Disney World Collection) appear sporadically in limited-time special events alongside Figment. 
==Trivia==
*Singer and songwriter Kal David was the voice of Sonny Eclipse. Unfortunately, he died in 2022 at the age of 79.
*Sonny's hometown "Yew Nork City" is a reference to the real life New York City, only with the N and Y switched. The same goes for other real life sights in New York such as, "St. Rickpat's Cathedral (St. Patrick’s Cathedral) and Harnegie Call (Carnegie Hall).
*In a 2013 interview, David stated he has never gotten a chance to see Sonny Eclipse perform live at Walt Disney World.
*Sonny's mold was previously used for another animatronic character, Captain Zzzyxxx in Tokyo Disneyland's Star Tours exit corridor. The two are identified as being cousins with one another.
*His backup singers, The Space Angels' only dialog outside of singing is during Sonny's first song, "My Name is Sonny Eclipse" when they make compliments about the Astro Organ, such as, "Ooh, Nice!" and "We Love It!" One of these Space Angels says "Great Idea." And at the end of "Hello Space Angels" when all of them say "Thank You" to the audience.
==Gallery==
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47+Sonny+Eclipse.jpg|Sonny Eclipse poster
Sonny Eclipse Minecraft.jpg|Sonny Eclipse in the official Disney World Minecraft DLC
SonnyEclipseSpeedstorm.png|Sonny Eclipse's Crew icon in Disney Speedstorm
==References==
Category:Characters in Disney parks
Category:Theme park characters
Category:Aliens
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Category:Males
Category:Musicians
Category:Lovers
Category:Tomorrowland