History NightmareFuel / TheodoreTugboat

& "Theodore Tells a Lie" has every ship and boat in the Big Harbor have their worst fear come true when they hear Foduck's [[RedAlert fire alarm]] blare in the middle of the night, warning of fire due to Theodore's failure to clean up a dock that was covered in debris and also contained some volatile oil barrels. If Foduck had not been able to put out the fire himself with his equipment, the fire could have spread and threatened the whole harbor, and not even Foduck or the fire department on shore would have been able to handle it if it got really bad. All thanks to Theodore's irresponsibility.

** Meanwhile, wrecked ships are discussed quite casually whenever the boats bring up the topic.

** The S. S. Malarkey [[AdultFear tries to invite Hank somewhere alone without the Dispatcher’s knowledge.]] He is also one of the few non-tugboat characters to have articulated eyes, but they do so slowly and stiffly to emphasize his shady disposition.

* Kamel, also known as the Old Wreck, the wrecked cable ship that appears infrequently in season 1 before being shortly replaced by Digby. It has an appropriately ghastly appearance, with washed out colors and missing eyes. It's not the only wrecked ship in the series, but unlike the one in "Hank and the Sunken Ship," its design implies it was, at one time, '''sentient.'''

** the S. S. Malarkey [[AdultFear tries to invite Hank somewhere alone without the Dispatcher’s knowledge.]] He is also one of the few non-tugboat characters to have articulated eyes, but they do so slowly and stiffly to emphasize his shady disposition.

* "Theodore and the Haunted Houseboat." While he ultimately turns out to be harmless, Halliburton is played up as a frightening entity for the episode's first few minutes. One ominous shot in particular has him slowly creep up behind Theodore as the latter stops to catch his breath. Eerily, the narrator makes no mention of Halliburton's presence until after a cut to another angle of the scene.

** Denny Doherty gives Malarkey a raspy, whimsical voice that ''reeks'' of insincerity. It's a lot creepier when listening to it as an adult; he's clearly trying to sell Hank on everything he's saying.

* Later on, there's “Hank’s Funny Feeling,” where the S. S. Malarkey [[AdultFear tries to invite Hank somewhere alone without the Dispatcher’s knowledge.]] He is also one of the few non-tugboat characters to have articulated eyes, but they do so slowly and stiffly to emphasize his shady disposition.

* "Owan on the Loose," where Owan activates his emergency engines to find Sigrid. To see the oil rig move on his own accord is fairly unsettling; a rig of his size should not be able to shift around as quickly as he does. What's worse, his activated emergency engines are accompanied by [[HellIsThatNoise an emergency siren.]]

** From Theodore's point of view, the houseboat appears to be perpetually screaming

* "Theodore and the Haunted Houseboat." While he ultimately turns out to be harmless, Halliburton is played up as frightening for the first few minutes of the episode. One ominous shot in particular has him slowly creep up behind Theodore as the latter stops to catch his breath. Eerily, the narrator makes no mention of Halliburton's presence until after a cut to another angle of the scene.

* "Owan on the Loose," where Owan activates his emergency engines to find Sigrid. To see the oil rig move on his own accord is fairly unsettling; Owan's movements are quick and jerky, accompanied by the sound of [[HellIsThatNoise an emergency siren.]]

* "Theodore and the Haunted Houseboat." While he ultimately turns out to be harmless, Halliburton is played up as frightening for the first few minutes of the episode. One ominous shot in particular has him slowly creep up behind Theodore as the latter stops to breath. Eerily, the narrator makes no mention of Halliburton's presence until after a cut to another angle of the scene.

* Kamel, also known as the Old Wreck, is a deceased cable ship that appears infrequently in season 1 before being shortly replaced by Digby. It has an appropriately ghastly appearance, with washed out colors and missing eyes. It's not the only wrecked ship in the series, but unlike the one in "Hank and the Sunken Ship," its design implies it was, at one time, '''sentient.'''

* Kamel, also known as the Old Wreck, is a deceased cable ship that appears infrequently in season 1. It has an appropriately ghastly appearance, with washed out colors and missing eyes.
* Later on, there's “Hank’s Funny Feeling,” where the S. S. Malarkey [[AdultFear tries to invite Hank somewhere alone without the Dispatcher’s knowledge.]] He is also one of the few non-tugboat characters to have moving eyes, but they do so slowly and stiffly to emphasize his shady disposition.

* "Nautilus and the Sinking Ship" is surprisingly dark and tense, centered on the tugs preventing the sinking of Canso Colossus. Thankfully, they succeed with some help from the eponymous navy ship, though the prospect of a recurring character on the brink of the boat equivalent of ''death'' is chilling.