History YMMV / TUGS

* HilariousInHindsight: At one point Captain Star addressed Boomer with, "Okay, Boomer!"

* BetterThanCanon: WebVideo/TheUnluckyTug's unofficial US dub really is something to behold. All the characters' voices sound absolutely phenomenal here, there's {{Accent Adaptation}}s where needed, and it's overall a vast improvement over the lost US dub.

* SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing: WebVideo/TheUnluckyTug's unofficial US dub really is something to behold. All the characters' voices sound absolutely phenomenal here, there's {{Accent Adaptation}}s where needed, and it's overall a vast improvement over the lost US dub.

* VindicatedByHistory: ''TUGS'' was never a ratings hit, only doing moderately well in viewership, and was only mildly successful with home video releases and merchandise. Nowadays, there are plenty of fans who love it, and it's now considered a CultClassic. So much so that, many years later, ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' would incorporate Big Mickey into its canon.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Sea Rogue is quite well-liked by fans after watching his actions in "Pirate".

* UncertainAudience: This was the show's biggest downfall and the reason why it ultimately failed to be sold to American investors. The show was intended to be for children, however, the show wasn't able to successfully win over ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''' target demographic, as the show frequently dealt with more dark and mature topics than its sister show did, such as suicide, death, criminal activities and violence, amongst other topics, all of which made it too dark and inappropriate for younger children. However, the show being styled after Thomas meant that older audiences wouldn’t find it appealing either due to shows featuring {{Sentient Vehicle}}s being perceived as being [[AnimationAgeGhetto only for young children]]. In short, the darker tone of the show clashed too heavily with its ''Thomas''-esque style and resulted in a show that lacked a well defined audience and mass appeal, causing it to alienate investors and leading to the show's cancellation after only thirteen episodes.

* SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing: Even though it's only the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkv5rTAkszM first]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELAT8LKo2v0 second]] episodes so far, Unlucky Tug's unofficial US dub really is something to behold. All the characters' voices sound absolutely phenomenal here, there's [[AccentAdaptation accent adaptations]] where needed, and it's overall a vast improvement over the lost US dub.

* WhatAnIdiot: Zorran in "The Big Freeze", Lillie is running low on fuel which means her light won't work, there's a fuel shortage due to the cold weather and the SS Vienna is going to be towed in by Hercules. Zorran has the only available fuel barge and says it's fuel for Vienna. But Vienna won't be able to come into port without the guide of Lillie's light.
** '''You'd Expect:''' Zorran would know that Lillie is important to have her light on for ships to come into port and give the fuel barge to Ten Cents and Sunshine or deliver the fuel to Lillie himself.
** '''Instead:''' He refuses to give the fuel to the two Star Tugs and doesn't even believe them that they want the fuel for Lillie and thinks they want to fuel up Vienna.
** '''As a result:''' This forces Sunshine and Ten Cents to get an emergency light barge. OJ and Ten Cents even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] Zorran's stupidity.

* SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing: Even though it's only the first episode so far, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkv5rTAkszM Unlucky Tug's unofficial US dub]] really is something to behold. All the characters' voices sound absolutely phenomenal here, there's [[AccentAdaptation accent adaptations]] where needed, and it's overall a vast improvement over the lost US dub.

* WhatAnIdiot: Zorran in "The Big Freeze", Lillie is running low on fuel which means her light won't work, there's a fuel shortage due to the cold weather and the SS Vienna is going to be towed in by Hercules. Zorran has the only available fuel barge and says it's fuel for Vienna. But Vienna won't be able to come into port without the guide of Lillie's light. You think Zorran would know that Lillie is important to have her light on for ships to come into port and give the fuel barge to Ten Cents and Sunshine or deliver the fuel to Lillie himself, but no he refuses to give the fuel to the two Star tugs and doesn't even believe them that they want the fuel for Lillie and thinks they want to fuel up Vienna. Forcing Sunshine and Ten Cents to get an emergency light barge. OJ and Ten Cents even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] Zorran's stupidity.