Mr. Jebediah Broke

**Mr. Jebediah Broke** is one of the antagonists of the SeventyVerse's TUGS spin-off series. He was the manager of Jacob Burke and Ebenezer Blair and the great-grandfather of Evelyn Broke.

## Backstory

Mr. Broke was first seen in *Mistaken Identity* when O.J. ended up in his yard by mistake and agreed with Burke and Blair to give the old tug a Final Firing in the hopes that Captain Star would finally sell for scrap. Before he got the chance to do so, however, Top Hat, Big Mac, Sunshine, Captain Star and Peeper Pipes arrived and he, along with Burke and Blair, wisely backed off to avoid being arrested. After receiving a stern warning from Davy Jones, Mr. Broke grumbled that he should have become a newspaper editor.

Years later, Mr. Broke would assist Ursula Zero with her plot to take over Bigg City Port along with Zak and Zeus who were fed up of constantly getting in trouble with Captain Zero. Burke and Blair would also assist as would Corona, Nightshade, Oleander and Foxglove who were hiding out at the scrapyard after their plot to kill Sunshine was foiled, and later Hans and Otto, which led to the group allying themselves to the Nazis. On the day of the attack, Mr. Broke slipped in Captain Zero's office and tricked Admiral Cardona into sending Zug to the old quay where he was murdered via a Final Firing, which served as a distraction for an attack that had been arranged by Hans and Otto. Mr. Broke would also arrange for Hans and Corona to come to help after Zug and Zilly were killed. After Captain Star, Captain Zero, Captain Lucky, Ten Cents, Big Mac, Warrior, Hercules, Zorran, Zip and Venus stumbled upon the evil group's hideout, Mr. Broke revealed that he would have sent Nightshade, Oleander and Foxglove to cover for Zorran, Zak and Zip had it not been for the curfew. During the hostage situation, Mr. Broke would assist Ursula in kidnapping Little Owl and, he, Burke, Blair, Hans and Corona would keep O.J. and Warrior hostage. When Hercules' group launched a rescue for O.J. and Warrior, however, the five villains attempted to escape, only for Meridian to ram Corona, Burke, Blair and Hans into the mud banks. Mr. Broke was crushed to death between Burke and Blair in the process whilst Burke and Blair were later given a Final Firing as punishment for their crimes.

In the *TUGS Survival AU*, only Mr. Broke's leg got crushed and he escaped along with Zak, Zeus, Corona, Nightshade, Oleander, Foxglove, Hans and Otto (Burke and Blair had already been given the Final Firing as per the Prime Timeline).

## Relationships

### Jacob Burke and Ebenezer Blair

Like his tugs, Mr. Broke enjoys scrapping sentient tugs.

### O.J.

When O.J. ended up in his yard by mistake, Mr. Broke was thrilled with the prospect of finally adding the old paddle steamer to his collection so much so that when Burke and Blair suggested a final firing for him, Mr. Broke liked the idea and would have gone through with it had Top Hat, Big Mac, Sunshine and Peeper Pipes not got there in time.

When O.J. was being held hostage at the breaker's yard, Mr. Broke stated that if Ursula Zero killed Captain Star, they would scrap O.J.

### Captain Star

Captain Star hates Mr. Broke due to his cruel, sadistic nature and his constant attempts to get O.J.

### Ursula Zero

Mr. Broke was more than willing to assist Ursula with her evil plans, even stating that he did it for the money.

## Personality

Mr. Jebediah Broke is a cruel, sadistic man who takes great pleasure in scrapping innocent boats. He is also shown to be greedy as his main motive for helping with Ursula's plot to take over Bigg City Port was for the money.

## Attire

Mr. Broke wears a white shirt, a red tie, grey trousers with braces and brown shoes. He also has balding black hair and a mustache and is often seen smoking a cigar.

## Trivia

* Mr. Jebediah Broke is based on J.K. Simmons.
	+ Because of this, the preferred voice actor for Mr. Jebediah Broke is J.K. Simmons,