Ichabod Tunsworth

"I have balls! I have nice, plentiful balls!"

- Icky to Legend (The Mysterious Beyond)

Private First Class Ichabod Tunsworth, or Icky by his teammates, is a character from the machinima Sandguardians. He was first seen in Welcome to Sandbox!, fighting alongside his teammate, Dax, and helping his other teammate, Jason, repair a Scorpion tank.

Ichabod is presented as the erratic yet observant member of the Sandbox Blue Team. Though not stupid, Icky is shown to be a bit slow and unfocused, as he is constantly focusing on the wrong things and is prone to putting himself in awkward situations between with others. His eccentric and overly anxious nature commonly annoys his teammates and leads them to make fun of him.

Despite this, Ichabod is also very caring towards his friends and feels protective over them. He is also very cautious, being unwilling to put himself in dangerous situations. However, he does step up when he finds his friends in trouble and has saved them on many occasions. While, others see Ichabod as the butt of a joke, Icky has strong potentials to be a leader.

Personality
Ichabod is the smart-alecky, sarcastic annoyance of the Sandbox Blue Team, constantly making ignorant comments about a situation; however, this can come to his favor. During Episode 4, Icky is the first to warn his team about the dangers of a Covenant Banshee. Icky also has a very cowardly way of doing things, rarely ever being involved in physical activity.

Ichabod then grows a very disrespectful attitude in Season 2, constantly complaining about things while he and Legend rebuild their base; so much to the point where Legend physically hits Ichabod in the neck. When Ichabod meets the Guy in White, he mistakes him for the engineer and quickly berates him for taking to long to arrive. Afterwards, he then treats the Guy in White with a great amount of disrespect for his poor repairing performance.

Skill
As stated above, Icky is cowardly and is usually the last member of the group to step out into combat. Throughout Episode 1, Icky was seen hiding behind a rock, never firing a single bullet. However, his teammate, Dax, was performing the exact opposite, firing at the enemy, even while low on ammunition.

While not ambitious, Icky is a hard worker and quick thinker. He helped his team dismantle and later reassemble their base in seasons 1 and 2. He also rescued Legend from the Guy in White in The Battle Rages On by using the tank to attack the latter, after reactivating it with the Life Saver.

Name Mispronunciation
Due to his name being hard to pronounce, Ichabod's squad mates almost always refer to him as simply, Icky, angering him greatly. During Episode 6, Icky completely disobeyed Legend's orders just because he called him "Icky". It is currently unknown why his teammates call him "Icky", since, on some occasions, they are able to pronounce "Ichabod" correctly.

Legend
Similar to his other teammates, Ichabod greatly respects Legend, but on a much lower degree. Icky is occasionally seen disobeying him, mostly because of his own selfish reasons. In Another One Down, Icky took sides with Legend during an argument about the alien. Although he thinks the alien is dangerous, he did not share the same hatred of it like Legend did.

Throughout Season 2, Legend is greatly annoyed by Icky's attitude; so much to the point where Legend physically hits him in Service Unavailable. Despite this, Legend believed Icky could have been a role model to Dax and Jason, and also went to apologize to him in Insight to the Past. In Secrets Revealed, after Icky was attacked by the Guy in White, he told Legend to save himself rather than help him. Icky then saved him in The Battle Rages On, before the latter was killed by the Guy in White.

Dax
Icky & Dax are usually, & constantly, seen bickering with one another. Throughout Episode 1, the two argue over many things including: ammunition, higher ground, & Legend's arrival. The two, again, had another argument over the alien in Episode 12. In addition, it can be added that Dax and Icky are always on opposite terms towards things and have different points of views. For example, in Episode 4, Dax wanted to investigate the Banshee, but Icky suggested the team stay inside the base; in Episode 12 Dax wanted to help Seal, while Icky wanted to kill him. One could say that Icky's personality is the opposite of Dax's.

After reuniting in Season 3, Dax becomes angry at Icky for wanting to steal the Guardians' Pelican and resents him afterward. This later dissipates during their mission to save Seal, where Dax and Jason save Icky's life. When they arrive at the Guardian Base, Ichabod comforts Dax when he grows doubtful and scared, showing that he genuinely cares about his well-being.

Jason
Icky seems to enjoy spending time with Jason and is able to have decent conversations with him. However, the feeling is not mutual, as Jason sees Icky as an annoyance, like the rest of the team. Icky does call Jason "point-dickster" in Go, Go, Go!, when Jason made a miscalculation, showing that he does express some disrespect towards him.

After reuniting in Season 3, Icky and Jason remain on friendly terms, despite having a few disagreements.

Guy in White
Icky is frightened by the Guy in White after learning that he is an assassin; in Truth of the Legend, Icky describes the Guy in White as a "crazy assassin psycopath!" However, before he figured out the Guy in White's occupation, Icky mistakenly took him for an engineer and treated him very disrespectfully. Fortunately, Ichabod approached him in the tank and shot at him, rescuing Legend in the process.

Gates
Icky and Gates generally dislike each other, initially due to being on opposing teams and later due to Icky betraying Gates. Despite this, the two seem to share some similarities with each other. Both have cynical and snarky personalities, and are apt to defy authority more than others. However, while Gates is more active and ambitious, Ichabod is more laid-back and lazy, choosing to avoid conflict rather than engage in it.

When Gates chooses to steal the Guardians' Pelican in Season 3, Ichabod agrees to join him. However, later on, Icky changes his decision to stay with his teammates and tries to convince Gates to do the same. This shows that while Icky can be selfish, he will not abandon those he cares about even when presented with an opportunity to, unlike Gates.

Trivia

 * Icky is the first character in the series to be seen in the Halo: Reach engine.
 * According to the special episode Birthday Bash!, Dax is Ichabod's best friend.
 * Icky's name often being misspoken may be a reference to Red vs. Blue, in which Jones' (a character with the same armor) name is mispronounced.