History Main / FatherNeptune

* In ''Series/TheTerror'', Ice Master Thomas Blanky is a tough old seaman with a long BadassBeard and SeaDogPegLeg. He navigates the CoolBoat HMS Terror through the Arctic pack ice, battles a demonic polar bear, and discovers the Northwest Passage.

* ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' Cap'n Carl (Creator/PhilHartman), from the first season as well as the [[Theatre/ThePeeWeeHermanShowOnBroadway stage show]]'s original run, is a gritty sea captain who puts up with Pee-wee's antics for the sake of friendship. He's always up for a fight and constantly carries a pipe.

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* ''Series/ThePeeWeeHermanShow''
** Cap'n Carl (Phil Hartman) in the original version.
** He was replaced by Cowboy Curtis (a character from the TV show) in the new verison of show, out of respect for the late Hartman.
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** Japanese admiral Togo Heihachiro was a keen student of Britain's naval academies, which helped make the British Royal Navy one of the world's finest fleets. He knew the era's most advanced naval strategies and tactics, which allowed him to track the Russian Navy's progress, choose where and when to fight and outmaneuver his Russian foes during the battle itself. The Battle of Tsushima was a vicious CurbStompBattle where Japan lost only three torpedo boats while sinking 21 Russian ships of different types, captured seven more and disarmed 6 others. Admiral Togo was richly rewarded for his victory, and he's remembered as one of Japan's great naval heroes. In his journal, Togo wrote that he considered himself the reincarnation of British admiral Horatio Nelson, a FatherNeptune in his own right.

* The Gorton's fisherman.

* Joshua James, an almost legendary figure in the US Coast Guard. Had his first rescue experience at age 15, rowing out into a storm with other volunteers to help save the crew of the ship Mohawk. He spent the rest of his life working maritime search and rescue for the Massachusetts Humane Society and later the US Lifesaving Service (one of the precursors to the Coast Guard). At age 75, he was conducting intensive training alongside his (much younger) crew. After finishing the drills, he stepped out of the boat, looked out to the sea, and said [[FamousLastWords "The tide is ebbing"]] before dropping dead from a heart attack. Instead of a coffin, he was buried in a lifeboat. Plus, [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Joshua_James%2C_USLSS.jpg just look at the guy.]]

* Canada based All Star Wrestling has Salty The Seaman, who is a maritime {{expy}} of Blue Demon.[[/folder]]

** Russian admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky also counts as one despite the Tsushima disaster. Despite problems ranging from a fleet made up of [[TheAllegedCar The Alleged Boats]] to an officer corps of {{Upper Class Twit}}s to inexperienced crews to constant supply shortages, and a journey that consisted of one EpicFail after another, Admiral Rozhestvensky somehow managed to get the Russian fleet he commanded halfway around the world, past Europe, Africa and Asia, to finally reach Tsushima. Admiral Rozhestvensky's HairTriggerTemper and habit of throwing his binoculars into the sea when he was angry led his officers to have [[CrazyPrepared a large supply of binoculars on hand during the voyage]]. Admiral Heihachiro considered him a WorthyOpponent, and visited him when he was injured in the battle and treated in a Japanese hospital. Admiral Rozhestvensky was court-martialled for the disaster and insisted on [[ItsAllMyFault taking sole responsibility for Russia's defeat]], although he was pardoned by the Tsar.

** Russian admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky also counts as one despite the Tsushima disaster. Despite problems ranging from a fleet made up of [[TheAllegedCar The Alleged Boats]] to an officer corps of {{Upper Class Twit}}s to inexperienced crews to constant supply shortages, and a journey that consisted of one EpicFail after another, Admiral Rozhestvensky somehow managed to get the Russian fleet he commanded halfway around the world, past Europe, Africa and Asia, to finally reach Tsushima. Admiral Rozhestvensky's HairTriggerTemper and habit of throwing his binoculars into the sea when he was angry led his officers to have [[CrazyPrepare a large supply of binoculars on hand during the voyage]]. Admiral Heihachiro considered him a WorthyOpponent, and visited him when he was injured in the battle and treated in a Japanese hospital. Admiral Rozhestvensky was court-martialled for the disaster and insisted on [[ItsAllMyFault taking sole responsibility for Russia's defeat]], although he was pardoned by the Tsar.

** Same with [[TheProtagonist Shepard's]] predecessor and former commanding officer, David Anderson, if this trope also applies to SpaceMarines.

* Joshua James, an almost legendary figure in the US Coast Guard. Had his first rescue experience at age 15, rowing out into a storm with other volunteers to help save the crew of the ship Mohawk. He spent the rest of his life working maritime search and rescue for the Massachusetts Humane Society and later the US Lifesaving Service (one of the precursors to the Coast Guard). At age 75, he was conducting intensive training alongside his (much younger) crew. After finishing the exercise, he stepped out of the boat, looked out to the sea, and said [[FamousLastWords "The tide is ebbing"]] before dropping dead from a heart attack. Instead of a coffin, he was buried in a lifeboat. Plus, [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Joshua_James%2C_USLSS.jpg just look at the guy.]]

* Captain [=McCallister=] from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

* [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Poseidon]] in the ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' series DEFINITELY qualifies due to him almost essentially being the trope namer, [[CaptainObvious what with being, you know, Poseidon.]] It mainly applies in the fifth book when he is defending his kingdom of Atlantis from the original god of the sea, Oceanus.

* Admiral Bobbery in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''. [[TalkLikeAPirate Pa-Patch]] counts too.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'''s Drake, as mentioned above.

* Robert Faulkner in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII''.

** Admiral Steven Hackett is this [[RecycledInSpace in space]].

* Angus "Grim" Grimaldi in ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013''.
* Rocco "The Old Sailor" Alemkel from ''VideoGame/UnchartedWaters'' and ''VideoGame/UnchartedWatersNewHorizons''

This is a [[WoodenShipsAndIronMen maritime]] BadassGrandpa. He has endured [[AStormIsComing storms]], {{pirate}}s, [[OminousFog fog]], and all the [[SeaMonster perils of the sea]]. He has been in a BarBrawl in every port and he has never lost. Sometimes he is a DrillSergeantNasty to all the scurvy foc'sle swabs. Sometimes he develops a BigBrotherInstinct toward the PluckyMiddie. But he is a lord of the sea and all sailors must heed him or endure his wrath. Often wears a SeaDogBeard.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': When a sea dragon Grimm attacks the ship Blake and Sun are travelling on, the crew are stunned, having never fought a Grimm that huge. The captain observes that no-one has ever fought such a large Grimm before, and then calmly, efficiently, takes full command of the situation. He instructs the crew on how to fight, he strategises the use of the ship-board side-guns and main cannon, as well as turning the entire ship into a battering ram. He also takes command of the Huntsmen on board, instructing Blake and Sun on what he needs them to do for his ship to become effective against the fast-moving, flight-capable monster. No-one questions his orders once he takes over, not even the anti-social Blake or mischief-making Sun, and it's his tactics that result in the defeat of the Grimm, rather than any plan the protagonists come up with.