Sunshine

### Family

Ten Cents & Hercules (older brothers, in Salty's Lighthouse)**Fanfic:** Ten Cents (older brother), Billy Shoepack (cousin)

### Friends

Ten Cents, Hercules, Big Mac, Warrior, Grampus, O.J., Top Hat, Big Mickey, Sally, Boomer, Frank and Eddie, Izzy Gomez, Captain Star, Captain Zero, Zak, Zorran, Zebedee, Zip, Zug, Mighty Mo, Lillie Lightship, Bluenose, Sea Rogue**Fanfic:** Theodore, Emily, Oliver, Foduck, The Dispatcher, Thomas, Percy, James, Gordon, Edward, Henry, Emily, Rebecca, Nia, Toby, Sir Topham Hatt, Duck, Bill and Ben, Timothy, Rosie, Stanley, Ryan, Sonny, Diesel, Daisy, Salty, Porter, Paxton, Sidney, Philip, Victor, Skarloey and Rheneas, Whiff, Marion, Skiff, Hiro, Kenji, Mavis, Annie and Clarabel, Charlie, Billy, Terence, Bertie, Bulgy, Cleo, Ruth, Donald and Douglas, Cranky, Carly, Judy and Jerome, Billy, Elizabeth, George, Peter Sam, Sir Handel, Mighty Mac, Duncan, Freddie, Duke, Owen, Merrick, Harvey, Millie, Luke, Stephen, Glynn, Shane, Aubrey and Aiden, Tamika, Ace. Isla, Spencer, Henrietta, Hugo, Rocky, Harold, Flynn, Captain, Butch, Belle, Nelson, Jack, Alfie, Oliver, Max and Monty, Kelly, Byron, Ned, Isobelle, Patrick, Brenda, Buster, Darcy, Kevin, Oliver, Ashima, Rajiv, Noor Jehan, Shankar, Charubala, Lorenzo, Beppe, Gina, Stefano, Ester, Gabriela, Raul, Gustavo, Marcia and Marcio, Fernando, Hank, Sam, Gator, Norman and Dennis, Hong-Mei, Yong Bao, An-An and Yin-Long, Den, Dart, Beau, Toad, Duchess, Lexi, Theo, Hurricane, Merlin, Frankie, Beresford, Caitlin, Connor, Ferdinand, Bash and Dash, Emerson, Lei, Natalie, Cassia, 'Arry and Bert, Bert, Rex, Mike, Lucy, Phillip and Filmore, Hank, George

### Likes

Helping the Star Fleet, pulling the trucks

## Character's Bio

### Full name

Douglas "Sunshine" Harrison (fanfic, as a human)

### Nicknames

Sis (by Ten Cents, in Salty's Lighthouse)

## Physical Apearance

### Eye Colour

Black (cartoon)Light teal (fanfic, as a human)

### Complexion

Black, yellow and white (cartoon, as a tugboat)Pale (fanfic, as a human)

### Status

Alive

**Sunshine** is one of TUGS characters. He was Captain Star's 7th and youngest tug, a small switcher who is used for a wide variety of tasks around Bigg City Port. He has many capabilities that range from the towing of barges to liner docking operations. In his first assignment from the Star Fleet, he was pushed by Zorran who caused the situation to be a disaster. Like the rest of the Star Fleet, Sunshine is based on the tugs of San Francisco waters from the 1920s.

## Description

Sunshine usually works with Ten Cents, the Star Fleet's first and larger switcher. They have shared many adventures, almost to the extent that it is impossible to imagine one without the other, and they are both the best of friends.

Sunshine speaks with a rather soft Newcastle (or Geordie) accent and whistles most of the time when he says a word with *s* on it, because he is missing some of his front teeth.

## Biography

His first appearance was in the first episode of the series, the episode named after him. He was the new member of the Star Fleet and was helping to tow Duchess into port when Zorran bumped him out of the way. Luckily, Izzy Gomez, the old tramp steamer, saw everything and helped have Zorran punished.

In Pirate, he stood up for Ten Cents when he was being called a thief and then helped him to find out Sea Rogue who was actually the culprit. Then he, Ten Cents, and Grampus saved Sea Rogue's uncle and caught the real pirates.

In Trapped, he was one of the Star Fleet members who was trapped along with Zug in the Up River. He went to find the crane that was Uptown. Instead he found Billy Shoepack. Luckily, Billy Shoepack used his dynamite and blasted the tugs free.

In Regatta, he, Ten Cents, and some other members of the Star Fleet saved Grampus when he was going to be blown up in Navy practice by Bluenose, the officious naval tug. Later he enjoyed the regatta parade.

In Quarantine, he was sad at first that O.J. was going to be scrapped. Later, he saw the evil steamer Nantucket lower the quarantine flag. He wisely left the scene to avoid being quarantined, and was later happy when O.J. was indeed saved from scrap.

In the episode Ghosts he was scared of the White Fleet as he thought they were ghosts. He also reported sighting a face that he identified as King Neptune, but he was happy and a little ashamed when Hercules explained that they didn't see any real ghosts.

In the episode Jinxed, he and Ten Cents tried to help Boomer get past his jinx, and was happy once Boomer was happy as a houseboat.

In Up River he was trapped in a log jam, but once again Billy Shoepack came to the rescue with his dynamite.

In Bigg Freeze he and Ten Cents got a spare light barge when Lillie Lightship had run out of fuel, and later on saw the S.S. Vienna off.

## Personality

Sunshine can be occasionally cheeky at times, but he is very strong willed nevertheless. He is quick-witted and takes action swiftly without hesitation. He is generally level-headed and cheerful, and takes on most jobs with little complaining. He also appears to have a slight crush on Sally Seaplane.

Sunshine also can figure things out very quickly, as in "Jinxed" where he points out that each of jinxed tug Boomer's unfortunate mishaps occurs right after Ten Cents sounds his steam hooter, suggesting a cause-and-effect relationship. He's also more open-minded about unusual phenomena (such as ghosts) than Ten Cents is.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Like the rest of the Star Fleet, Sunshine is based on the tugs of San Francisco waters from the 1920's.

## Physical Appearance

### Livery

Sunshine is painted in the Star Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a yellow superstructure, white mast, and an American flag-styled red, white, and blue funnel. His name is painted on the sides of his bow in white and he has the number "7" on his funnel. He was originally painted in the Salvage Fleet's white livery. He wears a red cap.

Throughout most of "Jinxed", Sunshine's handrails on his wheelhouse are white. At the end of said episode, the handrails are yellow, just as they are in other episodes.

### Fanfic

As a human, Sunshine has pale complexion, messy pale brown hair, and light teal coloured eyes.

In his first outfit, he wears dark turquoise turtleneck sweater, dark viridian green overalls, brown shoes and dark blue hat.

## Fanfics

The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor

All of the characters from Thomas & Friends, TUGS and Theodore Tugboat were appeared in the fanfic as humans. Sunshine becomes one of the tugboat drivers who works for Captain Star in Bigg City Port and also Ten Cents' younger brother and Billy Shoepack's cousin.