TUGS characters accents
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TUGS is a children's television programme that ran from Septembr 1988 - February 1989, and was created by the producers of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Robert D. Cardona and David Mitton.
[edit] The Accents
Many of the characters' accents are debatable, and the Clearwater Forum who devoted to the hefty task of petitioning the release of TUGS on DVD have a topic upon the subject. However, here is the list of notable accents used in TUGS:
The Star Tugs:
- Ten Cents : East End Cockney
- Big Mac : Glaswegian
- OJ : Welsh
- Top Hat : Upper Class (Posh English)
- Warrior : Probably South London
- Hercules : Politically Correct (P.C.) English
- Sunshine : Geordie (or soft Newcastle)
- Grampus : Central English (with a noticeable lisp)
The Z-Stacks:
- Captain Zero : Scottish (exact region uncertain)
- Zorran : Neutral English Accent (with lashings of Cockney!)
- Zebedee : Liverpudlian
- Zak : A gruff cockney
- Zug : Eastern European (thought to be Estonian)
- Zip : Neutral English Accent
Other Characters:
- Izzy Gomez : Mexican
- Scuttlebutt Pete : Irish
- Boomer : Irish
- Bluenose : Regimented Army English
- Johnny Cuba : Australian
- Fire Tug : Cockney
- Coast Guard : Neutral English
