Zorran

"*No problem! That bunch of clapped-out sardine cans are gonna find they missed a boat, or my name's not Zorran!*"

— Zorran, "Sunshine"

## Background Information

### Appearance

TUGS (1989)
Salty's Lighthouse (1997-1998)

### Portrayers

Chris Tulloch (TUGS)
Scott McNeil (Salty's Lighthouse)

### Fanfics

The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor (2021-present)

## Character Information

### Occupation

Tugboat (cartoon)
Tugboat driver (fanfic, as a human)

### Friends

Ten Cents, Sunshine, Hercules, Big Mac, Warrior, Grampus, O.J., Top Hat, Big Mickey, Sally, Boomer, Frank and Eddie, Izzy Gomez, Captain Star, Captain Zero, Zak, Zebedee, Zip, Zug, Mighty Mo, Lillie Lightship, Bluenose, Sea Rogue, Billy Shoepack
**Fanfic:** Theodore, Emily, Oliver, Foduck, The Dispatcher, Thomas, Percy, James, Gordon, Edward, Henry, Emily, Rebecca, Nia, Toby, 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

Working on the harbour, pulling and delivering barges, getting the contract from the Duchess for Captain Zero

### Dislikes

Losing the contract, failures, stupidity, the Star Fleet (sometimes)

## Character's Bio

### Full name

Zorran Douglas Barakat (fanfic, as a human)

### Race

Syro-Lebanese, Armenian Cypriot, Turkish, Georgian, Ukrainian, Scandinavian and Belgian (fanfic, as a human)

## Physical Apearance

### Species

Tugboat (cartoon)
Human (fanfic)

### Eye Colour

Black (cartoon)
Cyan-blue (fanfic, as a human)

### Complexion

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

### Status

Alive

**Zorran** is one of *TUGS* and *Salty's Lighthouse* characters. He was regarded as the cunning leader of the Z-Stacks and is Captain Zero's first tug of the fleet. He is renowned for his deviousness and scheming prowess. He, alongside his Star Fleet rivals O.J., Big Mac, Warrior, and Z-Stack companions Zak and Zebedee, is a harbour tug.

Zorran speaks with an East Sussex accent.

In the fanfic, *The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor*, like the other characters, Zorran was Maronite Christian. His surname, Barakat, was a likely reference to late Lebanese singer, Melhem Barakat, who passes away at the age of 71 on 28 October 2016.

## Biography

### *TUGS*

Zorran is looked up to in fear from most of the other tugs, because they know that he is a tug not to be messed with in the best of times! However, though being able to generally get what he's looking for, Zorran is depicted as a very pragmatic tug, who will be devious only as far as common sense and necessity allows.

The other Z-Stacks are secretly afraid of him, but Zorran himself doesn't appear to be afraid of anyone other than Hercules, and has even been known to show insolence towards his boss, Captain Zero ("We're not smiling, Captain Zero!"). Despite his maligned characteristics, there is a very good reason for Zorran's role as the head Z-Stack - he's easily, when not scheming, the most competent and sensible of the fleet, best shown in the episode "Munitions" when he's given responsibility for overseeing a large delivery of explosives. Zorran ensured the other Z-Stacks followed all correct safety precautions and saw that the job was carried out efficiently.

Later at the naval pool he sided with O.J. when arguing with officious Navy tug Bluenose over common sense against orders, and when a massive fire broke out he urged rival tug Ten Cents to escape the danger, this shows he has a kinder side to the Star Tugs. True to his opportunistic nature, however, Zorran then sat back to enjoy the impromptu fireworks display as Navy tramper *Kraka-Toa* blew herself apart. He has also been shown to scold the other Z-Stacks for slipping up, such as in Bigg Freeze when he told off Zip and Zug for making the wrong judgement and putting the work contract on thin ice for both Star and Zero fleets.

Despite his cunning and sinister behaviour, Zorran, at times, has been known to portray rather cowardly tendencies. This is shown best at times such as when he is in the presence of Hercules or confronted with a situation beyond his control. He is on the receiving end of Burke and Blair's teasing in Quarantine, which leaves him nervous. He can be superstitious, as shown when he was overwhelmed by the sight of the White Fleet; coincidentally, however, Izzy Gomez and most of the Star Fleet were also terrified.

If there is one example of bravery from Zorran, it is when he had been ordered by Fire Tug to push a fire barge towards *Kraka-Toa*; he may have been skeptical about this idea, but he was willing to help out nonetheless. To his credit, he only backed away from the danger at Fire Tug's command.

## Personality

The majority of the episodes portray him as a leading antagonist in someway. Although he is undoubtedly the most intelligent Z-Stack, his plans usually end up backfiring: either through the incompetence of the other Z-Stacks or his own overconfidence. Zorran has shown to regularly employ fellow Z-Stacks Zip and Zug to carry out his operations, which more often than not results in adverse consequences. He currently mocks the Star Fleet, mostly the Star switchers, but they pluck up courage to fend him off.

## Physical Appearance

### Livery

Zorran was painted entirely in black but with white lines and mast, black funnel with two white stripes and number zero on the bottom, matching nameplate with his name was painted in white and he also wears a black hat with white line.

### Fanfic

As a human, Zorran had pale complexion, black hair and mustache and a pair of cyan-blue eyes. He wears a black jacket with silver buttons and white lining and number 1, white necktie, black necktie, a pair of black trousers and shoes. He also wore a black hat with white line.

## Fanfics

### The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor

Zorran appears in the fanfic alongside the other tugboat drivers as a human. In the second series, Zorran and the other Z-Stack drivers went to helping the Star Fleet, Salvage Fleet and Big Harbour Fleet to crossing the Up River to delivering the barges to Uptown. Suddenly, Billy heard there's someone needed help. Zorran and the other tug drivers were told by Billy that he heard someone needs help. Then, the tugboat drivers drives their tugs to the Up River to save Percy and James.

After the rescue, James was feeling alright, soaking wet and covered with a big towel, but Percy wasn't breathing. Hercules laid him down on the ground and performs CPR on him. Later, Hercules stops performed it as he heard Percy was finally breathing slowly and he was listening to his heart that was beating. Percy was awake as he coughs out the water from his lungs. Hercules touches him in the back with his hand as he covered him around with a big towel. He lifted him up and bring him and James to his tugboat to take a rest.

After James and Percy arrived from Island of Sodor, Zorran asked them both questions, Percy tells him that Thomas was seriously ill due to his illness. But Percy was starting to cry that he misses his best friend as James confronted him and Ten Cents and Theodore gave him a hug.