| Gup-A | |
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| Name: | Gup-A |
| Color: | Turquoise |
| Best feature: | Exploring |
| Size: | Medium |
| Shape: | Anglerfish |
| Best driver: | Captain Barnacles |
The Gup-A is a multi-purpose vehicle based on an anglerfish and is Captain Barnacles's favorite. Its speed is moderate, but it has a turbo booster can make it go almost as fast as the Gup-B (as seen in The Giant Whirlpool). It is one of the only Gups that appear in the books with a fairly consistent design before the 2010 TV show’s release.
Features
- Standard propeller thrust
- Advanced control panels to facilitate complete control
- Real-time navigation system, capable of tracking and predicting the position of objects, crewmates, storms, ocean currents, and geological hazards
- Object shooter, intended for deploying bait
- Drooping lamp from the top of the hull to distract or lure creatures and light the path when the waters get dark
- Turbo Booster like the Gup-B (The Giant Whirlpool)
- Microphone (The Giant Spider Crab)
- Windshield wipers
- Anglerfish Lamp
- Flasher to signal when the battery is low (The Midnight Zone)
Drivers
- Captain Barnacles (Mostly)
- Kwazii (The Eel Ordeal)
- Peso (Sometimes)
- Shellington (The Artificial Reef and The Barracudas)
- Dashi (The Urchin Invasion and The Great Barrier Reef)
- Tweak (The Giant Whirlpool)
- Grouber (A Very Vegimal Christmas)
- Vegimals (The Bullfrogs)
Trivia
- The Gup-A is the first GUP to debut in the entire franchise, making its first appearance in The Octonauts & the Only Lonely Monster, and with a design that doesn’t showcase any dramatic differences when compared to the TV show model.
