History WesternAnimation / SaltysLighthouse

* AdaptationalVillainy: Sea Rogue went from a tug who was [[ForcedIntoEvil forced into doing evil]], into a pirate who stole barges for kicks.

* AllJustADream: Sea Rogue is revealed to simply be a dream of Top Hat.

** The Z-Stacks go from rivals of the Stars to allies, however Zorran does act antagonistic on the occasion.

* FriendlyRivals: The Star Tugs and the Zero Fleet are still very much competing companies, though unlike the original ''TUGS'', they seem to be on good terms with one another.

* MythologyGag: From "The Big Birthday Splash" from "Big Birthday Bash"
-->'''Ten Cents:''' I said I was sorry! What do you want me to do? Sink myself?\\
'''Sunshine:''' Not a bad idea...

** Blurke and Blair went from devious scrap merchants to movie producers who were looking for tugs to use for their next movie.

** Big Mac became Big Stack to avoid legal issues with [=McDonalds=].

** Blurke and Blair became Mr. Boffo and Mr. Socko.

* AdaptedOut: A few characters don't have roles in ''Salty’s Lighthouse'', mostly inconsequential characters.

* BotheringByTheBook: When Bluenose protests being towed to dry dock by Grampus, the latter points out that he’s just following the rule book.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Sea Rogue is only called Sea Rogue once, by Top Hat, everyone else just refers to him as “Pirate”.

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Steamer’s reason for sneaking into the harbor in this version.

-->'''Ten Cents:''' I said I was sorry! What do you want me to do? Sink myself?
-->'''Sunshine:''' Not a bad idea...

* PicnicEpisode: In "Some Guys Have All the Luck", Salty and his friends want to have a picnic on the beach, but when rain spoils their plans, Aunt Chovy suggests they spend their picnic in the lighthouse.
* PunnyName: Aunt Chovy.

* RecycledInSpace: [[Series/ShiningTimeStation Shining Time Station]] IN A LIGHTHOUSE.

* SeriesContinuityError: When Boomer first appeared via a flashback/story in the [=TUGS=] segment of "Banana Splits", his bad luck ended after he was built into a house boat like in Tugs. Later he reappeared in "Some Guys Have all the Luck" where it is instead stated that he lost his bad luck by successfully towing a schooner out to sea. Another problem is that the way Ten Cents tells his story he acts as if Zip and Zug don't know who Boomer is, however in his next appearance in "Some Guys Have all the Luck" they share a scene with him.

* VocalEvolution: Boomer’s voice changes drastically from his first appearance, going from sounding like Zug to having a far more distinct voice in his second appearance.

* OffModel: The Tugs look almost nothing like their models in the opening theme, with Top Hat missing his monocle, Sunshine being incredibly tiny (he, or she in this case, is the same size as Ten Cents in the actual ''TUGS'' footage), and everyone overall looking much lumpier and rounded around the faces. The rest of the animation doesn't fare much better thanks to the low budget, as they tend to change look from episode to episode. The clams suffering this the worst of this.

** After a disagreement with Hercules about bringing in the Princess Alice through the south entrance and refusing to help at first, he comes to assist after Sunshine gets blown off by the wind and crashes, apologizes about being stubborn and even decides to teach Ten Cents and Sunshine some tricks of how to tow in windy conditions

** Zebedee became Z.B. (even though his original name on his hull wasn't censored like it was for Big Mack/Big Stack and OJ/Otis).

* Frankenslation: The Tugs segments regularly consisted of clips from different episodes edited together. This commonly leads to things like the weather or time of day switching between cuts, and Sunshine changing liveries.

* DubInducedPlotlineChange: The Tugs segments regularly consisted of clips from different episodes edited together. This commonly leads to things like the weather or time of day switching between cuts, and Sunshine changing liveries.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Sea Rogue is only called Sea Rogue once, by Top Hat, everyone else just refers to him as “Pirate”.
* {{Frankenslation}}: The Tugs segments regularly consisted of clips from different episodes edited together. This commonly lead to things like the weather or time of day switching between cuts, and Sunshine changing liveries.

* CutAndPasteTranslation: The Tugs segments regularly consisted of clips from different episodes edited together. This commonly lead to things like the weather or time of day switching between cuts, and Sunshine changing liveries.

** Sunshine, Captain Starr, and Little Ditcher all became female, most likely to appeal to a wider set of audience.

* TheBigRace: The Star Fleet and Zero Fleet compete in a race in one episode.

* ContinuitySnarl: When Boomer first appeared via a flashback/story in the [=TUGS=] segment of "Banana Splits", his bad luck ended after he was built into a house boat like in Tugs. Later he reappeared in "Some Guys Have all the Luck" where it is instead stated that he lost his bad luck by successfully towing a schooner out to sea. Another problem is that the way Ten Cents tells his story he acts as if Zip and Zug don't know who Boomer is, however in his next appearance in "Some Guys Have all the Luck" they share a scene with him.

* CutAndPasteTranslation

** On the contrary Zorran does help out and is nice at times thereby making him more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in this version.

** Big Mickey became Big Basil to avoid legal issues with Disney.

* MythologyGag: * From "The Big Birthday Splash" from "Big Birthday Bash"

** Blurke and Blair became movie producers who were looking for tugs to use for their next movie.

** OJ became Otis.
** Big Mac became Big Stack.

** Zebedee became Z.B.

** The Coast Guard became Cappy.

* LighterAndSofter: A lot of the darker elements of the original ''TUGS'' series were removed.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Ten Cents and Sunshine are changed to being siblings.

* ShoutOut: In "Otis the Movie Star", Mr. Boffo and Mr. Socko tell Captain Star about some of the movies they've made in the past. These include ''[[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and the Boat]]'', ''[[Franchise/JurassicPark Jurassic Harbor]]'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie Tugrats]]''.