History Characters / ThomasTheTankEngineHumans

[[Characters/ThomasTheTankEngineTheSteamTeam The Steam Team]] | [[Characters/ThomasTheTankEngineTheDiesels The Diesels]] | [[Characters/ThomasTheTankEngineLittleWesternAndArlesdale Little Western and Arlesdale]] | [[Characters/ThomasTheTankEngineSkarloeyRailway Skarloey Railway]] | [[Characters/ThomasTheTankEngineForeignEngines Foreign Engines]] | [[Characters/ThomasTheTankEngineSecondaryCharacters Secondary Characters]] | [[Characters/ThomasTheTankEngineNonRailCharacters Non-Rail Characters]] | [[Characters/ThomasTheTankEngineRollingStock Rolling Stock]] | [[Characters/ThomasTheTankEngineHumans Humans]] ]]]] -]

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He is ''very''' eccentric.

* {{Expy}}: Somewhat one of P.T. Boomer, a character cut from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad'', in that he's a human antagonist that acts as a KnightOfCerebus and utilizes explosives, and both have {{Greed}} as major motivations. Likewise, their motifs of motorcyclist and pirate are clear signs to their status as villains. However, in terms of goals and motivations, the two differ greatly. Boomer was out to settle a personal grudge, with money as a secondary theme, while Sailor John;s entire motivation is that he wants the titular lost treasure.

** In the original books, Sir Topham Hatt is a LegacyCharacter that consisted of 3 people who each took on the role as the Fatt Controller at some point in the books. In the TV series however, Sir Topham Hatt is one singular character with traits from the first two conductors (largely the second).

** In the original books, Sir Topham Hatt is a LegacyCharacter that consisted of 3 people who each took on the role as the Fatt Controller at some point in the books. In the TV series however, Sir Topham Hatt is one singular character with traits from the first two conductors.

* CompositeCharacter: Took the role of the Thin Controller in early adapted episodes. It wouldn't be until Season 9 that the Thin Controller would be introduced.

-->Voiced by: Keith Wickham (UK; Hero of the Rails - present; US; WesternAnimation/TheAdventureBegins - present), Kerry Shale (US; Hero of the Rails - eighteenth season)

-->Voiced by: Keith Wickham

-->Voiced by: Kerry Shale (US), Keith Wickham (UK)

-->Voiced by: Kerry Shale (US), Keith Wickham (UK)

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: For the most part.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In some of the US episodes, due to them being {{Bowdlerized}}. For example, in the UK, he intended to leave Henry bricked up in the tunnel forever, while in the US he planned to let him out when he learned his lesson. Overall, compared to his literary counterpart, the television version of the Fat Controller tends to be depicted in a less harsh and strict manner, owing to the television series' LighterAndSofter and DenserAndWackier nature compared to the books.

* OneSteveLimit: At the end of "Thomas the Babysitter", he is named after Thomas the Tank Engine himself. To tell the two Thomases apart, he is referred "Little Thomas" while the tank engine is referred to as "Big Thomas".

[[folder:Reverend Charles Laxey]]
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The Vicar of Wellsworth, and Trevor's owner.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He hasn't been seen since "Best Dressed Engine".
* GoodShepherd: He's a very nice Vicar.
* NiceGuy: Befitting his status as a GoodShepherd. He even held a party for underprivileged children.
* NiceHat: He wears a Saturno hat.
* TheVicar: He's the trope image.

[[folder:Charubala]]
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-->Voiced by: Sheena Bhattessa

The controller of the Indian Railway. Introduced in Season 22.

* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Charubala wears some purple.
* MeaningfulName: Her name means "pretty girl" in the Gujarati language.
* RailroadBaron: Or, rather, Railroad Baroness. She's the controller of the Indian Railway, and is one of the more modern examples. She's also not evil unlike most examples.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She isn't above being stern to her engines, and she is shown to have some authority as shown when she got some tiger poachers arrested in "Tiger Trouble".
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The first female railway controller in the series.
* TokenMinority: Also the first railway controller to be a person of colour.

[[folder:Ruth]]
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-->Voiced by: Dominique Moore

An American inventor who is Introduced in Season 24.

* JerkassBall: On occasion he can be surprisingly unreasonable towards his engines. His reprimanding Thomas after the crash in "Thomas Comes To Breakfast", for example, seems very unfair considering that Thomas only started moving as a result of a cleaner's meddling. Similarly, Donald in "Brake Van/Donald and Douglas" and Percy in "Percy's Predicament" could be said to get more blame from him than they deserved. See other examples under MisplacedRetribution.

* JerkassHasAPoint: He can be harsh at times, but it's never unjustified. Generally, when he's telling engines off, it tends to be due to legitimately bad behavior on their part or him simply not having the time nor resources to investigate a matter in more depth.

* JerkassBall: On occasion he can be surprisingly unreasonable towards his engines. His reprimanding Thomas after the crash in "Thomas Comes To Breakfast", for example, seems very unfair considering that Thomas only started moving as a result of a cleaner's meddling. Similarly, Donald in "Brake Van/Donald and Douglas" and Percy in "Percy's Predicament" could be said to get more blame from him than they deserved. See other examples under [[NeverMyFault]].

** While telling off Percy for his accident in "Percy Takes The Plunge" was a tad harsh, keep in mind that Percy had asked the [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder trucks]] to push him past the board in the first place...and said board was warning engines to keep away due to the quay being unsafe.

* MommasBoy: He's very close to his mother, Dowager Hatt.
* NeverMyFault:

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In some of the US episodes, due to them being {{Bowdlerized}}. For example, in the UK, he intended to leave Henry bricked up in the tunnel forever, while in the US he planned to let him out when he learned his lesson. Overall, compared to his literary counterpart, the television version of the Fat Controller tends to be depicted in a less harsh and strict manner, owing to the television series' LighterAndSofter and DensierAndWackier nature compared to the books.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In some of the US episodes, due to them being {{Bowdlerized}}. For example, in the UK, he intended to leave Henry bricked up in the tunnel forever, while in the US he planned to let him out when he learned his lesson.

* CompositeCharacter: Took the role of the Thin Controller in early adapted episodes.

* {{Flanderization}}: While still a capable authority figure, The Fat Controller has become a noticeably more buffoonish and fallible character since Andrew Brenner's takeover as writer, with far more jokes at his expense.

** Even more so in ''WesternAnimation/SodorsLegendOfTheLostTreasure''. In fact, some fans thought he was actually going to tell Thomas he had had enough of him and intended to replace and sell him. Though to be fair, his attitude throughout the special stems from the fact that Thomas is causing tremendous amounts of damage both physically and financially [[RealityEnsues (meaning Sir Topham Hatt has to pay for repairs to the damaged coaches, listen to complaints from angry passengers, and deal with the repeated delays to the construction of the new branch line)]] and is [[NeverMyFault refusing to take responsibility for his actions.]] Given that, it's [[JustifiedTrope understandable that Sir Topham Hatt seems sterner than usual.]] Then again, he ''was'' too harsh and unfair towards Thomas after the dynamite incident, not letting him explain that he was trying to save everyone and cruelly sent poor Thomas to his shed in disgrace, and giving off the impression he was just about ready to get rid of him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While telling off Percy for his accident in "Percy Takes The Plunge" was a tad harsh, keep in mind that Percy had asked the [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder trucks]] to push him past the board in the first place.

** No matter if an accident is caused by Troublesome Trucks, human error, or an act of God, he'll almost always scapegoat his engines. One of the most egregious examples of this is "Something in the Air", in which Henry goes off the tracks into the sea, an accident caused by human error. The Fat Controller instead chews out ''Henry'', like it's somehow his fault the whole thing happened.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: He might be inspired by P.T. Boomer, but with the leaked workprint now out, it can be confirmed that the two are actually quite different. Boomer was an indirect threat to Sodor, as while his plans would've destroyed Lady and thus the steam engines, he didn't believe that they even existed since he wasn't a native to Sodor, while Sailor John is a villain who is quite closer to Sodor's roots physically speaking, and his antagonism with Thomas is quite personal. Both are jerks, but Boomer is not given a single moment of sympathy, while Sailor John's dejection at [[spoiler:losing the treasure]] gives him ''some'' redeeming qualities. Likewise, Boomer is established as a threat from the get-go and made no effort to hide that he was a villain, while Sailor John presents himself as a FalseFriend. Finally, Boomer, for all of his bluster, was ''not'' a physical villain, being more content to heckle and bribe people, whereas Sailor John doesn't hesitate to use dynamite, shovels, and Skiff to cause physical harm to others.

* KnightOfCerebus: The darkest antagonist of the series so far [[spoiler:and the first human antagonist who tries to outright ''damage'' an engine with explosives]]. He even surpasses P.T. Boomer in that regard, doing far more direct damage to Sodor and the characters than Boomer ever did (or rather, was supposed to if he wasn't cut).

* {{Adorkable}}: Acts wonderfully dorky upon hearing about Thomas' return to Sodor in ''WesternAnimation/BigWorldBigAdventures''.

* LaughablyEvil: They're both hilariously goofy and incompitent, but Baz isn't above [[spoiler:threatening Sonny's life if he doesn't comply]].

* PunnyName: Sir ''Top''ham ''Hatt''.

* JerkassBall: On occasion he can be surprisingly unreasonable towards his engines. His reprimanding Thomas after the crash in "Thomas Comes To Breakfast", for example, seems very unfair considering that Thomas only started moving as a result of a cleaner's meddling. Similarly, Donald in "Brake Van/Donald and Douglas" and Percy in "Percy's Predicament" could be said to get more blame from him than they deserved.

* NiceGuy: While he can be strict when the engines get out of line, he is fundamentally a kind man and truly cares for the engines.