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*** Made even funnier in the illustrations when it becomes obvious where Mavis gets stuck is within ''eye sight'' of where Toby is at. Meaning his whole reluctance to rescue Mavis is a reluctance to travel a couple yards to pick her up, and she can see him just sitting there while he is debating with his driver on ''if'' he should rescue her or not.
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*** Made even funnier in the illustrations when it becomes obvious where Mavis gets stuck is within ''eye sight'' of where Toby is at. Meaning his whole reluctance to rescue Mavis is a reluctance to travel a couple yards to pick her up, and she can see him just sitting there while he is debating with his driver on ''if'' he should rescue her or not. No wonder [[{{Angrish}} she's furious beyond words]] when he finally relents.
* AscendedExtra: Only appearing in two of Wilbert Awdry's books, she became ''much'' more prominent in Chrisopher's due to the heavier amount of focus on Thomas' branch line.
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* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Despite working on his branch line, Daisy has noteworthy interactions with every engine on there ''but'' Thomas himself.
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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The mean one with Rex and Bert. He's more ruder and hot-tempered than the two.
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* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The mean one with Rex and Bert. He's more ruder and more hot-tempered than the two.
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* YouAreNumberSix: Literally! His name gets removed as punishment for his recklessness.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Like Godred, he was ill mannered and arrogant. That is until he redeemed himself.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Like Godred, he was ill mannered and arrogant. That is until he redeemed [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold redeems himself.]]
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** Considering the real Kylchap on ''Talyllyn'' was installed in the 1960's and removed shortly afterwards, Skarloey's Kylchap is similar to Peter Sam's giesel ejector in that both were a brief experiment on the real engine that became a permanent feature on their Railway Series equivalents.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Was named after King [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godred_Crovan Godred Crovan]], which probably contributed to his [[{{Narcissist}} arrogant personality.]]
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: All four coaches look down on Beatrice for "smelling of fish and cheese."
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: All four coaches look down on Beatrice for "smelling of fish and cheese."" But as the guard's van, Skarloey always takes her along.
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* MysteriousPast: It is initially implied Oliver is an AutobiographicalRole like Toby and Duck sharing a real life locomotive number, Oliver wearing the number 1436. This does seem to create a continuity issue though, as 1436 was scrapped in 1959,[[https://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteam.php?row_id=355 8 years before Oliver's rescue in the books.]] WordOfGod in the reference books suggest Oliver was not originally assigned as 1436, and perhaps took up the number after the real 1436 was scrapped. How Oliver obtained the 1436 plates, and what his ''actual'' number was on British Railways is a mystery. There is the possibility, however, that Oliver took up the 1436 plates as part of his escape from British Railways, as a way to hide as a true "ghost train" and obscure his real identity.
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* IHaveManyNames: Or ''numbers'' in this case, with 1436, 1420 and 11 all associated with Oliver.
* MysteriousPast: It is initially implied Oliver is an AutobiographicalRole like Toby and Duck sharing a real life locomotive number, Oliver wearing the number 1436. This does seem to create a continuity issue though, as 1436 was scrapped in 1959,[[https://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteam.php?row_id=355 8 years before Oliver's rescue in the books.]] WordOfGod in the reference books suggest Oliver was not originally assigned as 1436, and perhaps took up the number after the real 1436 was scrapped. How Oliver obtained the 1436 plates, and what his ''actual'' number was on British Railways is a mystery. There is the possibility, however, that Oliver took up the 1436 plates as part of his escape from British Railways, as a way to hide as a true "ghost train" and obscure his realidentity.identity.
** The rescanned digital illustrations show that eventually 1436 is replaced with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TtCKGKZPwo the number 1420]], suggesting Oliver is actually [[https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/1420-2/ GWR 1420]] a real life preserved engine at the South Devon Railway.
* MysteriousPast: It is initially implied Oliver is an AutobiographicalRole like Toby and Duck sharing a real life locomotive number, Oliver wearing the number 1436. This does seem to create a continuity issue though, as 1436 was scrapped in 1959,[[https://www.railuk.info/steam/getsteam.php?row_id=355 8 years before Oliver's rescue in the books.]] WordOfGod in the reference books suggest Oliver was not originally assigned as 1436, and perhaps took up the number after the real 1436 was scrapped. How Oliver obtained the 1436 plates, and what his ''actual'' number was on British Railways is a mystery. There is the possibility, however, that Oliver took up the 1436 plates as part of his escape from British Railways, as a way to hide as a true "ghost train" and obscure his real
** The rescanned digital illustrations show that eventually 1436 is replaced with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TtCKGKZPwo the number 1420]], suggesting Oliver is actually [[https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/1420-2/ GWR 1420]] a real life preserved engine at the South Devon Railway.
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* NotSoSimilar: Percy and Thomas are a lot alike as mentioned above, but Percy is generally more approachable and humble than Thomas, and isn't as inclined to prove himself.
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* RescueIntroduction: Pip is struggling with her coolign system when they first travel on the North Western Railway, and Emma soon fails as well. James has to rescue both of them, and afterwards Douglas tows them home.
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* HomeSweetHome: How Duke views the Skarloey Railway after his rescue, even commenting on how its become a home to him when Sir Handel returns from his visit to the Talyllyn Railway.
* IOweYouMyLife: One of Duke's few speaking lines in later books is in ''Sir Handel Comes Home'' where he instantly recognizes Sir Handel's mention of the [[AuthorAvatar Thin Clergyman]] as one of the men who saved him.
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* PutOnABus: Similar to Bear, while Duke is still very much part of the Skarloey Railway, he notably never carries another story by himself. Unlike Bear, he at least makes appearances in the illustrations.
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* FeelingTheirAge: Particularly in ''Birdstrike'' and especially in ''High-Speed Engine'' Gordon is shown to push himself hard despite his age to attempt to prove himself against newer trains. It eventually catches up with him.
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* HeroicBystander: Gordon's final feature story in ''Gordon's Fire Service'' shows him and his crew stopping to put out a lineside fire. He is rewarded a medal afterwards for it.
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* RetiredBadass: Sure Gordon never stops ''running'' but he eventually is removed from the express and begins working slower local trains which he treats as a retirement of sorts.
* OlderAndWiser: As the series goes on Gordon begins to fear for his status as the express engine, constantly pushing himself to pull his train faster to keep up with Pip and Emma. With time though he accepts his eventual replacement, and graciously accepts his retirement.
* OlderAndWiser: As the series goes on Gordon begins to fear for his status as the express engine, constantly pushing himself to pull his train faster to keep up with Pip and Emma. With time though he accepts his eventual replacement, and graciously accepts his retirement.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Can be cheeky, fussy, and arrogant at times, but proves to be kind and helpful to others in need. After the events of ''More About Thomas the Tank Engine'', [[TookALevelInKindness he loses most of his "jerk" qualities]] and becomes...
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* BlessedWithSuck: His "as built" form. He's an experimental design from legendary locomotive engineer Sir. Nigel Gresley (the designer of ''Mallard'' and ''Flying Scotsman'') and the Fat Controller was able to purchase him at bargain prices during a very stressful motive power crisis to boot! Despite his incredible pedigree, it turns out Henry was built from stolen designs that Gresley hadn't fully finished and he is a poor performing locomotive until he is rebuilt.
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* MadDoctor: well... when it comes to locomotives at least. Stanier modified both Gordon and Henry extensively on the behalf of the North Western; somehow gutting Gordon's conjugated valve gear and replacing it with a simple two cylinder design and completely transforming Henry from his CartoonCreature form into a more standard Black 5 design. Considering the real life rivalry between Stanier and Sir. Nigel Gresley, his extensive in-universe reworking of two Gresley designed engines can be seen as a TakeThat!
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* MadDoctor: well... when it comes to locomotives at least. Stanier modified both Gordon and Henry extensively on the behalf of the North Western; somehow gutting Gordon's conjugated valve gear and replacing it with a simple two cylinder design and completely transforming Henry from his CartoonCreature form into a more standard Black 5 design. Considering the real life rivalry between Stanier and Sir. Nigel Gresley, his extensive in-universe reworking of two Gresley designed engines can be seen as a TakeThat! TakeThat
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* MadDoctor: well... when it comes to locomotives at least. Stanier modified both Gordon and Henry extensively on the behalf of the North Western; somehow gutting Gordon's conjugated valve gear and replacing it with a simple two cylinder design and completely transforming Henry from his CartoonCreature form into a more standard Black 5 design. Considering the real life rivalry between Stanier and Sir. Nigel Gresley, his extensive in-universe reworking of two Gresley designed engines can be seen as a TakeThat!
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* MidSeasonUpgrade: ''The Island of Sodor'' book reveals that Skarloey quietly had a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylchap Kylchap]] exhaust injector installed sometime after his return to service in the late 1950's. Since this upgrade is inside his smokebox its never seen in the series, but it greatly improves his performance going forward.
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* InformedDeformity: Although his Giesl is prominent in the series most fans treat it as a normal part of the character. Despite that, Rev. Awdry makes a snide comment on the funnel "not improving Peter Sam's looks" in the ''Island of Sodor'' book.
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* ChurchMilitant: Sigrid and Orm are honored after their deaths with two carved stones which are ultimately placed in a church yard, depicting their victory against the Norman army as a religious one with an effigy of the crucified Christ carved alongside Sigrid in battle armor.
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* ActionGirl: Sigrid as the Jarl of the Arlesdale area lead an army against the invading Norman forces in 1094.
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* ActionGirl: Sigrid as the Jarl of the Arlesdale area lead an army against the invading Norman forces in 1094.
* AllThereInTheManual: Yet another character who is introduced in ''The Island of Sodor.''
* BadassArmy: Just like King Godred before her, Jarl Sigrid lead a smaller military force against a large foreign force and outsmarted them using tactics and knowledge of the local terrain.
* BattleCouple: Sigrid's husband Orm joins her against the Norman forces.
* LegacyCharacter: Her name is later given to one of the diesel locomotives on the Arlesdale Railway.
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* ActionGirl: Sigrid as the Jarl of the Arlesdale area lead an army against the invading Norman forces in 1094.
* AllThereInTheManual: Yet another character who is introduced in ''The Island of Sodor.''
* BadassArmy: Just like King Godred before her, Jarl Sigrid lead a smaller military force against a large foreign force and outsmarted them using tactics and knowledge of the local terrain.
* BattleCouple: Sigrid's husband Orm joins her against the Norman forces.
* LegacyCharacter: Her name is later given to one of the diesel locomotives on the Arlesdale Railway.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The real life Godred Crovan is established as a pivotal character in Sodor history during ''The Island of Sodor'' book, with the station''Crovan's Gate'' named after him.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The real life Godred Crovan is established as a pivotal character in Sodor history during ''The Island of Sodor'' book, with the station''Crovan's station ''Crovan's Gate'' named after him.
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[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godred_Crovan Godred Crovan]]
*AllThereInTheManual: The real life Godred Crovan is established as a pivotal character in Sodor history during ''The Island of Sodor'' book, with the station''Crovan's Gate'' named after him.
* BadassArmy: Godred holds the future site of Crovan's Gate against the Norman invaders at a rocky pass with 300 men against 4000 attackers (the size of his army perhaps a reference to the [[UsefulNotes/GrecoPersianWars Battle of Thermopylae]].)
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* [[TheGoodKing The Good Queen]] [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] is highly complimentary of the locomotives during her visit to Sodor after her coronation in 1953. Future appearances of Prince Charles (with a brief mention of Princess Diana too) are further complimentary of them; and avoid any real life controversy or drama surrounding the royal family.
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* [[TheGoodKing The Good Queen]] Queen]]: [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] is highly complimentary of the locomotives during her visit to Sodor after her coronation in 1953. Future appearances of Prince Charles (with a brief mention of Princess Diana too) are further complimentary of them; and avoid any real life controversy or drama surrounding the royal family.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: With Stanier having passed in 1965 he was a contemporary to many of the early Railway Series books, but his first appearance in The Island of Sodor book was in 1987, was 22 years after his real life death.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: With Stanier having passed in 1965 he was a contemporary to many of the early Railway Series books, but his first appearance in The Island of Sodor book was in 1987.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Only mentioned in The Island of Sodor books. It is implied that Henry's successful rebuild at Crewe into something resembling a Black 5 locomotive was Stanier owing a favor to the Fat Controller.
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* TheEngineer: the first Fat Controller was not only a buisnessman, but a skilled mechanical & civil engineer having designed the Coffee-Pot locomotives that used to run on Thomas's future branchline; and the lift bridge connecting Sodor to the mainland. His son Charles Topham Hatt later served with the Royal Engineers in World War II.
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* InvisiblePresident: The Queen's hand is illustrated opening a door, but she is not physically illustrated elsewhere in the series. Prince Charles is illustrated in full, but only in a distant crowd scene.
*[[TheGoodKing The Good Queen]] [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] is highly complimentary of the locomotives during her visit to Sodor after her coronation in 1953. Future appearances of Prince Charles (with a brief mention of Princess Diana too) are further complimentary of them; and avoid any real life controversy or drama surrounding the royal family.
* TheHighQueen: Again Elizabeth II during her appearance in the series, her appearance is treated as very regal and Sir Topham Hatt bows to her as she is exiting her train.
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*NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Only referred to as "The Owner" of Flying Scotsman, the distinctive mark's of Alan Pegler's ownership of the engine such as the double tenders and LNER green paint, make it obvious who Scotsman's owner is.
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*AshFace: After Henry sneezes on them (and the original text uses a certain slur to describe them implying {{Blackface}}, which has been edited out of later reprints).
*{{Jerkass}}: Their prank of throwing stones at a passing train may seem harmless to them, but is a serious threat of injury to those onboard the train.
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*AllThereInTheManual: Only mentioned in The Island of Sodor books. It is implied that Henry's successful rebuild at Crewe into something resembling a Black 5 locomotive was Stanier owing a favor to the Fat Controller.
*MentorArchetype: For Charles Topham Hatt, with Stanier's friendship with his father; it was Stanier who recommended Charles for his military service during World War II. Its possible Stanier taught Charles a thing or two about steam engines as well.
*OldFriend: Both Sir Topham Hatt and Stanier are established to be old friends who worked in an apprenticeship together at Swindon for the Great Western Railway, in The Island of Sodor book. Stanier's later career on the LMS meant he served as chief mechanical officer for the railway which interchanged with the North Western at Barrow-In-Furness.
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One of the various real engine cameos in the series, with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LB%26SCR_A1X_class_55_Stepney real Stepney]] preserved at the [[Bluebell Railway]].
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One of the various real engine cameos in the series, with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LB%26SCR_A1X_class_55_Stepney real Stepney]] preserved at the [[Bluebell [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebell_Railway Bluebell Railway]].
