Who arrrrrrrr ya?

June 18, 2009 12:59 PM

A British (I think) kids cartoon, probably from the eighties or nineties. There's a pirate with spiky blue hair, big eyes and a long thin moustache, with red and yellow clothes and a peg-leg. What's it called?

In 2003 I bought a plush toy in London. It is as described above, and I was told at one point that it's a character from a somewhat well known kids cartoon.

The name 'Captain Pugwash' springs to mind, but all my googling only brings up a vaguely similar (in that all pirates are similar) cartoon from the fifties.

I think his crew may have included an octopus.

And that, I'm afraid, is about all I've got to go on.

If you can give me a name, I'll be very much in your debt.

If you can give me his face in a "Captain Pugwash (or whatever) Wants YOU" style poster, then you're some kind of god.

posted by twirlypen to media & arts (8 comments total)

Do you have a pic of your plush toy? Might help in ID
posted by Petrot at 1:40 PM on June 18

Pirates of Dark Water? The captain would be Bloth, and the description seems to match. Here's a pic of the main characters.
posted by Gneisskate at 2:36 PM on June 18

No, no blue hair. Hmm.
posted by Gneisskate at 2:38 PM on June 18

The pirate in Captain Pugwash was "Cut Throat Jake" and has black hair. Though it was my first guess as well.
posted by stuartmm at 2:48 PM on June 18

Is one of the characters this guy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3FjVAxB78

It's the first thing that sprung to mind when I read this question.
posted by theichibun at 4:17 PM on June 18

There's always the brute-force method, if you have the time and inclination to work through Wikipedia's list of fictional pirates.
posted by pemberkins at 5:43 PM on June 18

Yoho? Ahoy!
posted by paulash at 6:49 PM on June 18

Yes! Yoho Ahoy! Fantastic work, thanks a million paulash!
posted by twirlypen at 4:20 AM on June 19