Boomer

**Boomer (née Captain Harry) the Jinxed Tug** is a supporting character in the SeventyVerse's TUGS spinoff series, and a former tugboat who once suffered a series of bad luck. He was later converted into a houseboat and now resides Up River which ultimately made him happier in the end.

## Backstory

Boomer used to be called "Captain Harry" and his luck was good in those days. Then, he was sold to a different owner who painted out his name and called him "Boomer". Ever since then, Boomer was plagued with bad luck, or "jinxed" as he put it. At some point, Boomer was seemingly abandoned and left floating adrift. That's when Ten Cents and Sunshine found him floating adrift in the estuary. Boomer told them to keep away but Ten Cents and Sunshine decided to take him in because he was dangerously drifting in busy sea lanes. Boomer explained about his jinx as was discovered when the towline between Ten Cents and Boomer unwound and fell into the sea to everyone's surprise. unwound and fell into the sea to everyone's surprise.

At first, starting Boomer up appeared to be going well, until he started smoking, resulting in him being towed away from the dock. As soon as he was clear, the smoke suddenly stopped. Right after this, Captain Star's megaphone fell to the ground. Boomer was soon sent to Lucky's Yard, but began to sink on the way, much to his enjoyment. Unhappily, he came to rest on a sunken garbage barge that prevented him from being completely submerged. Even his salvage operation wasn't/was not free of incidents, since Mighty Mo's hawser jammed while lifting the tug out of the water. Due to this, Ten Cents and Sunshine had to tow Boomer and Mighty Mo to Lucky's Yard in this fashion. That night, the lights at Lucky's Yard went out causing a wreck. Boomer was repaired, and some days later was working for the Z-Stacks until his munitions barge exploded. He was then taken back by Captain Star who loaned him to both the Steelworks and the Banana company, and those loans failed spectacularly. Captain Star then tasked him with buoy work as well as taking a schooner out to sea. Both of which, went wrong too.

The schooner incident was enough for Boomer, who requested to go to Lucky's Yard with strict instructions that he was never to be used as a tug again, no matter what. A few weeks later, Boomer had been completely renovated into a houseboat and Ten Cents and Sunshine were tasked with taking him to his new home Up River. He now resides in a tree-banked area up-river called "Dun Tuggin'." Boomer now feels as if the jinx has left him, and is really pleased with his new life. To this day, Boomer still resides at "Dun Tuggin'."

## Personality

As a result of his chronic bad luck, Boomer was rather pessimistic, sarcastic, and bitter. He also showed some suicidal tendencies when first introduced such as not caring if a ship ran him down in the estuary, or if he sank. However, he was just as goodhearted as any other tug, and was always most concerned about the impact his jinx had on others. Once his problems were cured, he happily started anew, with a much more positive attitude.

## Technical Details

### Livery

His livery consists of a black hull sporting a white top, a light orange superstructure with white trim, and a black and green smokestack. His name is painted on the sides of his hull in black.

When Boomer was a tug, he wore an orange cap. After his conversion into a houseboat, he was given a yellow sunhat with a grey chimney poking through, and his smokestack was removed. He was also given a table set-up with yellow and orange deckchairs and an umbrella in the same colours.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actor for Boomer is Lee Cornes, who voiced him in the original *TUGS* series.