Sharon

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Sharon "smurphy" Murphy

From the Official Cast Page

First Appearance: Fooker's Girlfriend...? (March 10, 2001)

A sassy, savvy, sexy she-geek that started as a one-story character, Sharon quickly became a fan favorite. When she stole Fooker's heart, she stole our readers' hearts as well. Sharon quickly became a minor recurring character until the universe-shattering events of Surreptitious Machinations, where her heroic actions promoted her to a full-time GPF Software employee.

Sharon started out as a sysadmin for Quantum-Net, GPF Software's ISP. We first encounter her at a party thrown by Fooker's neighbor, Chuck. Instantly, she and Fooker hit it off, and to everyone's astonishment, started dating. (Yeah, you heard me. Fooker had a girlfriend.) Unfortunately, it seemed never meant to be; the two separated when Fooker discovered Sharon actually enjoyed using a Mac. ("Real geeks use a character prompt!" he exclaimed.) When the two encountered one another during the harrowing events of "Special Delivery", Sharon's reaction to our favorite "ubergeek" was quite cold. It was chilled even further when Sharon started dating Dexter shortly thereafter. However, during the events of Surreptitious Machinations, she and Fooker reconciled somewhat, only to be torn apart once again as Fooker left to assume his secret agent duties full-time. Dwayne hired Sharon as Fooker's replacement, and she acted as GPF Software's lead system administrator until Fooker rejoined the company. The two now share sysadmin duties.

Sharon has an interesting past and personality that I hope to explore thoroughly. She's highly intelligent and very quick witted; she's ready to spar with anyone who presents an intellectual challenge, which also occasionally reveals her fiery temper that she keeps carefully in check. We know she's diabetic (type II, if you really want to know) and had to lose a large amount of weight to maintain her health. Since then, she maintains a healthier-than-average lifestyle for a geek, spending regular time at the gym. Her eyesight is terrible, and she wears industrial strength contact lenses. We also know she's allergic to "dust, pollen, chocolate, and COBOL programs." And like many hard-core geeks, Sharon has quite an affinity for caffeine.

It has been only recently revealled that Sharon was adopted as a baby. Very little is known about her birth parents; her birth father is completely unknown, and all she has about her birth mother is a name. Upon further digging with some online research, Sharon eventually learned that her mother's "name" is really the alias of a notorious fugitive on the FBI's most wanted list. Just when she thought she had tracked her birth mother down online, the trail turned cold. Where the next twist in this yarn leads is still a mystery.

Sharon is rather quick to jump into relationships, as her bouncing between Fooker and Dexter seems to reveal. However, she seems to have cooled quite a bit in this respect, which is probably because she has strong feelings toward Fooker. Now that he's back in her life for an extended basis, how their relationship will progress remains to be seen.

During Surreptitious Machinations, Sharon proved an invaluable asset, especially when she single-handedly saved all of New York City from being vaporized by C.R.U.D.E.'s orbital weapons platform. Hopefully, this won't go to her head.

Some of Sharon's GPF milestones: