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| Captain Sunshine | |||||
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| 1st appearance: | Handsome Ransom | ||||
| Voice Artist: | Kevin Conroy | ||||
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Captain Sunshine is a superhero. He seemingly took out the evil-doer Crimeodile by setting his crock-pit on fire, leaving the villain's henchman, including Charlie (who wears name tags referring to himself as "Herman" ) out of a job. The most recent incarnation of Sunshine's sidekick Wonder Boy was apparently charred by the Fluttering Hord. His remains were sent to his mentor sometime during The Monarch's stint in jail and before the events of Return to Spider-Skull Island.
As a result of an encounter early in The Monarch's career, in which the Captain accidentally left a ray gun's safety on, Sunshine still believes The Monarch is invulnerable. The Monarch recounted this story at Phantom Limb's party where he first seduced Dr. Girlfriend.
Captain Sunshine returned to have his revenge on The Monarch in Handsome Ransom. His powers are the ability to fly and produce powerful bursts of solar light that can blind and sunburn opponents. His abilities are solar powered and do not work at night except in one instance where the Monarch (aided greatly by his wife) created a machine that would mimic his solar bursts. While the monarch intended to burn the captain with his own power he inadvertently charged up Sunshine's body, giving him the power to defeat the monarch and the fluttering horde.
People, while grateful for the good he does, are wary about letting him near children. Partly because of the inappropriately creepy relationship he has with Wonderboy, but also for his habit of either rejecting his sidekicks when they get too old; leaving them messed up psychologically, or getting them killed.
[edit] Fun Facts
The name Chuck Scarsdale is a cross of long time WNBC anchorman Chuck Scarborough and the town of Scarsdale, NY.
Captain Sunshine seems to be a parody of multiple sources; Kevin Conroy was the voice of Batman in almost every cartoon, video game, and animated movie featuring Batman for roughly 16 years. Batman is known to lurk in the darkness, as he spreads fear. the opposite to this, of course, is to be a hero in the light, such as Captain Sunshine's powers imply. similarly, Doc Hammers voice for Desmond is highly reminiscent of Alfred's voice in Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures. and, for the third reference: Batman's tenure in the 50's to 60's was very, very strongly hinting at a homosexual relationship between Batman and Robin. of course, usually the relationship was just friendly, certain panels made the two appear homosexual. the show slightly hints at this, with Desmond giving Hank the lube, telling him it'll be great in the morning, all for it to just be useful to get his Wonderboy costume on. examples like this are common in the episode, where pedophilia is implied, but its just a creepy friendship.
The creators have stated (insisted) that Captain Sunshine is indeed NOT A PEDOPHILE.
