Childish Tycoon

  Childish Tycoon  
First appearance: "Geothermal Escapism" — Owned by: Pierce Hawthorne — Used by: Troy Barnes, LeVar Burton
Purpose: Sailing vessel— Made by: Unknown   PHOTO ICON

I'm prepared to leave Troy Barnes my remaining shares in the Hawthorne Wipes company currently valued at $14.3 million on one condition. You must first sail my boat the Childish Tycoon by yourself around the entire world.
Mr. Stone, "Cooperative Polygraphy".

Childish Tycoon back end
Childish Tycoon.
Childish Tycoon is a sailing vessel once owned by Pierce Hawthorne. Back when Pierce was a young man, his father challenged him to sail around the world in the boat in order to earn his fortune. Pierce reneged on his end of the deal and instead faked his sailing voyage. Although he managed to fool his father, Pierce always regretted his actions. He would later convince his fellow study group member Troy Barnes to take the journey he never did. The Childish Tycoon's first appearance was in the Season Five episode "Geothermal Escapism".


During the study group's fifth year at Greendale, Pierce Hawthorne unexpectedly passed away. After attending his funeral, his study group participated in an inquest into his death led by a Mr. Stone. Once it was over, Stone gave each member a liquid nitrogen cooled cylinder of Pierce's sperm along with some personal bequeathals. In Troy's case, he received an intriguing proposition as Stone told him that Pierce offered to give him his share of Hawthorne Wipes (valued at 14 million dollars). The catch was that Troy sail around the world in Pierce's boat called the Childish Tycoon. It was something Pierce's father had asked him to do when he was 23 in order to earn his fortune. However, Pierce never completed the task and instead floated off the coast of Belize on his boat doing coke with John Denver.

It was a rite of passage Pierce eventually regretted not going through with and he wanted Troy to have a chance to do what he never did: become his own man. Jeff objected saying the conditions of the will could be contested but Troy cut him off and agreed to do it. He admitted his decision had more it do with the millions he was offered, although he was moved by Pierce's last words to him ("Cooperative Polygraphy"). In the days that followed, Troy prepared for his boat trip as the study group, and in particular Abed, struggled to deal with his imminent departure. A campus wide game of "Hot Lava" was hosted by Abed as a way of saying goodbye to his friend. Once the competition was over, the study group gathered outside the library to wish Troy a fond farewell as a rig transporting the Childish Tycoon pulled up alongside the building.

After Troy and the study group said their goodbyes, Jeff asked if Troy was going to sail the ship all by himself. Troy replied that Pierce's will mentioned someone would travel with him as his co-captain to verify he doesn't cheat. LeVar Burton then emerged from the boat and invited Troy to come on-board. A shocked Troy did just that as LeVar placed a captain's hat on his head and saluted him. Troy looked back at his friends and waved goodbye as the boat slowly pulled out of the Greendale campus. Some time later, the Childish Tycoon was still on the rig as it made its way down the highway. Inside LeVar commented that starting a sea voyage from a landlocked Colorado was not a good idea. Troy stated that they would drive to the river and then take the river to the ocean. To pass the time, he then started asking LeVar various questions about "Star Trek" ("Cooperative Polygraphy").


Troy's fateEdit

In the episode "Analysis of Cork-Based Networking", Buzz Hickey is watching the news and on the ticker is a news item about LeVar Burton and his non-celebrity boating companion being taken hostage by pirates.

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