Zip is Captain Zero's second harbour switcher. It is safe to presume that he is also the newest addition to the fleet, as well as the youngest. He works, nearly always, with Zug (No. 4) and together they are often used to win minor contracts (such as the freighting of quarried boulders) and other such duties. Like the rest of the Z-Stack fleet, Zip is based on the Moran tugs of New York. He speaks with a neutral English accent.
Bio[]
Zip is often described as 'Zug, only worse'. His head is often in the clouds, and he is well known for being a coward. He is easily scared and sometimes speaks out of turn. He is very quick to back down when engaging in an argument, and is easily dominated. Zip is often described as being 'slow in the head', for it will often take him a while to catch onto things, even basic terms and phrases like devious. He is mostly left out of plans, but may come up with his own, most likely wrecking the original.
Zip's whistle, much like Star switcher Sunshine, has a 'whooping' sound, but was deeper, with a middle-to-low pitch.
Whilst Zip and Zug are a similar wavelength, and have often been compared or matched with Ten Cents and Sunshine, Zug is much more skeptical of the pair, whilst Zip is quite the opposite. He will often follow along with Zug's plans in any situation, even if the concept of doing so causes him to lose his nerves. Zug often takes advantage of Zip's naivety to keep himself out of danger. Zip is not seen as often as the other Z-Stacks, though his roles in various episodes have always brought much-needed comic relief. He is a bit kinder than Zug, sometimes offering to help the Stars out before Zug tells him to stop.
Voice Actors[]
John Baddeley (TUGS)
Ian James Corlett (Salty’s Lighthouse)
Behind the sceens[]
- In an interview, model maker Chris Lloyd commented that when Zip was almost completely built, his model slipped and fell from the workbench and smashed to bits, taking around two weeks to rebuild.
- His model was sold to The Star Tugs Trust in 2012, and currently wears his laughing/devious face mask.
- The way he positions his hat and his facial designs were assumably based on American musician, Frank Sinatra.