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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Luke and Peter Sam are considered cousins because they were made by the same company. This is never mentioned in canon.
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Luke and Peter Sam are considered cousins because they were made by the same company.designer. This is never mentioned in canon.
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* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Sir Handel accidentally mentions Luke when he's at the Steamworks. Fortunately, his driver bluffs that his name is Luke (it isn't).
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* DramaticIrony: As in canon, Luke is torn up with guilt about "killing" the yellow engine, unaware that he's still alive. Meanwhile, characters who are out-of-the-know (such as Victor and various humans) wonder why Luke went missing; at one point, Mr. Percival rules out the possibility that the other engines are hiding Luke from him, which is exactly what's happening.
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* DramaticIrony: As in canon, Luke is torn up with guilt about "killing" the yellow engine, unaware that he's still alive. Meanwhile, characters who are out-of-the-know (such as Victor and various humans) wonder why Luke went missing; at one point, Mr. Percival rules Percival, Sir Topham Hatt, and Winston rule out the possibility that the other engines are hiding Luke from him, Luke, which is exactly what's happening.
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* FamilyOfChoice: Luke says he considers Rheneas to be like a brother because he's never met his actual brother, Peter Pan.
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* DysfunctionJunction: The other engines find keeping Luke hidden to be stressful, causing them to snap at each other a lot.
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* DysfunctionJunction: The other engines find keeping Luke hidden to be stressful, causing them to snap at each other a lot. [[spoiler:Eventually, Luke's suicidal tendencies get so bad that he has to get therapy.]]
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Luke has a tendency to befriend any animals he comes across, such as a puppy and a bat.
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler:Most of Luke's suicide attempts are stopped by other characters. First he tries to derail himself off a bridge, but Merrick (who had insomnia that night) asks him what he's doing. Then he asks someone to light a fire in a tunnel while he's asleep, but Duncan pulls him out. Finally, he tries to blow himself up with gelignite, but a crew member knocks him out by pouring water into his firebox.]]
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler:Most of Luke's suicide attempts are stopped by other characters. First he tries to derail himself off a bridge, but Merrick (who had insomnia that night) asks him what he's doing. Then he asks someone to light a fire in a tunnel while he's asleep, but Duncan pulls him out. Finally, he tries to blow himself up with gelignite, but a crew member knocks him out by pouring water into his firebox.]]
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* DysfunctionJunction: The other engines find keeping Luke hidden to be stressful, causing them to snap at each other a lot.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Luke has a tendency to befriendany animals he comes across, such as a puppy and a bat.
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler:Most of Luke's suicide attempts are stopped by other characters. First he asks someone to light a fire in a tunnel while he's asleep, but Duncan pulls him out. Then he tries to derail himself off a bridge, but Merrick (who had insomnia that night) asks him what he's doing.Then he asks someone to light a fire in a tunnel while he's asleep, but Duncan pulls him out. Finally, he tries to blow himself up with gelignite, but a crew member his fireman knocks him out by pouring water into his firebox.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Luke has a tendency to befriend
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler:Most of Luke's suicide attempts are stopped by other characters. First he asks someone to light a fire in a tunnel while he's asleep, but Duncan pulls him out. Then he tries to derail himself off a bridge, but Merrick (who had insomnia that night) asks him what he's doing.
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* SurvivorsGuilt: Luke often thinks it's unfair that ''his'' impatience got ''someone else'' "killed". [[spoiler:It gets to the point where he feels like he doesn't deserve to live, and tries to kill himself because he can't bear the pain anymore.]]
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* SurvivorsGuilt: Luke often thinks it's unfair that ''his'' impatience got ''someone else'' "killed". [[spoiler:It gets to the point where he feels like he doesn't deserve to live, and tries to kill himself multiple times because he can't bear the pain anymore.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: At the end, [[spoiler:Luke and Duncan rescue the other engines, who are snowed-in at the sheds.]]
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* CallForward: Sir Topham Hatt suggests that Mr. Percival should borrow Millie once Sir Robert returns to Sodor; this references not only ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheRailway'', but also "The Switch".
* CategoryTraitor: While he's filling in for Paxton at the Blue Mountain Quarry, Diesel calls Rusty a "steamie sympathiser".
* CategoryTraitor: While he's filling in for Paxton at the Blue Mountain Quarry, Diesel calls Rusty a "steamie sympathiser".
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* CallForward: Sir Topham Hatt suggests that Mr. Percival should borrow Millie once Sir Robert returns to Sodor; this references not only ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheRailway'', but also both ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheRailway'' (where Robert returns) and "The Switch".
* CategoryTraitor: While he's filling inSwitch" (where Mr. Percival borrows Millie for Paxton at the Blue Mountain Quarry, Diesel calls Rusty a "steamie sympathiser".day).
* CategoryTraitor: While he's filling in
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* FantasticRacism: The steam engines not only have to deal with condescending remarks from diesels, but humans as well. When Skarloey and Rheneas give a group of [=MPs=] and journalists a tour of the Skarloey Railway, one of them spends the entire time complaining about how old and unreliable they are, [[spoiler:which motivates him to publish a news article about Luke's disappearance to make Mr. Percival look bad.]]
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* FantasticRacism: The steam engines not only have to deal with condescending remarks from diesels, but from humans as well. When Skarloey and Rheneas give a group of [=MPs=] and journalists a tour of the Skarloey Railway, one of them spends the entire time complaining about how old and unreliable they are, [[spoiler:which motivates him to publish a news article about Luke's disappearance to make Mr. Percival look bad.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After Duncan goes blind, he snaps that Luke has brought nothing but trouble since he arrived. This causes Luke's suicidal tendencies to get even ''worse'', and Duncan soon regrets it.]]
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* LiteralCliffhanger: Luke almost falls off a cliff when he tries to escape from the quarry.
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* TheLoad: Luke fears that he's a burden on the other engines, because he keeps accidentally getting others hurt.
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* FantasticRacism: The steam engines not only have to deal with condescending remarks from diesels, but humans as well. When Skarloey and Rheneas give a group of [=MPs=] and journalists a tour of the Skarloey Railway, one of them spends the entire time complaining about how old and unreliable they are, [[spoiler:which motivates him to publish a news article about Luke's disappearance to make Mr. Percival look bad.]]
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* CategoryTraitor: While he's filling in for Paxton at the Blue Mountain Quarry, Diesel calls Rusty a "steamie sympathiser".
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* PlaguedByNightmares: Luke has recurring nightmares where he's haunted by the yellow engine and everyone else hates him for what he's done. It's also mentioned that Victor has recurring nightmares about his near-death experience.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Richard volunteers to pour water into Luke's firebox to prevent him from igniting the explosives, knowing that he'll be blown up too if he fails. [[SubvertedTrope Fortunately, he survives.]]]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:{{Defied}}; Luke refuses to blow himself up until everyone else gets out of the tunnel, so they refuse to leave.]]
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Skarloey is concerned when Victor, who usually gets straight to the point, stammers while talking about his nightmares.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Skarloey is concerned when Victor, who usually gets straight to the point, stammers while talking about his nightmares.
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''Loyalty to Luke'' is a series of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' {{Pseudo Canonical Fic}}s by Goldsaddletank. They chronicle Luke's life on Sodor, from his arrival to the events of ''WesternAnimation/BlueMountainMystery''.
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''Loyalty to Luke'' is a series of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' {{Pseudo Canonical Fic}}s by Goldsaddletank. They chronicle Luke's life on Sodor, from his arrival to the events of ''WesternAnimation/BlueMountainMystery''.
''WesternAnimation/BlueMountainMystery''. While the other engines on the Skarloey Railway try to keep him safe, the Thin Controller wonders why the new engine never arrived...
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* CallForward: Sir Topham Hatt suggests that Mr. Percival should borrow Millie once Sir Robert returns to Sodor; this references not only ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheRailway'', but also "The Switch".
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[[folder:''On the Other Side of the Mountain'']]
* BadLiar: Sir Handel and Rusty get into an argument over whose lie to Thomas was worse: saying Luke was a runaway truck, or a mountain goat.
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-> He had committed a horrible deed, and the stranger was going to hell for him- ''no, because of him.''
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* SurvivorsGuilt: Luke often thinks it's unfair that ''he's'' still alive, while ''someone else'' "died" because of his impatience. [[spoiler:It gets to the point where he feels like he doesn't deserve to live, and tries to kill himself because he can't bear the pain anymore.]]
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* SurvivorsGuilt: Luke often thinks it's unfair that ''he's'' still alive, while ''his'' impatience got ''someone else'' "died" because of his impatience."killed". [[spoiler:It gets to the point where he feels like he doesn't deserve to live, and tries to kill himself because he can't bear the pain anymore.]]
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* MassOhCrap: Everyone who knows about Luke is shocked when [[spoiler:they see a newspaper headline about Mr. Percival's missing engine.]]
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* PutOnABus: At the end, Duncan is sent to the Talyllyn Railway to fill in for his twin Douglas, who's being overhauled, conveniently explaining why he's not in ''Blue Mountain Mystery''. (The real reason is because Douglas was being overhauled when the animators went to Talyllyn to measure the Skarloey Railway engines' bases.)
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Luke and Peter Sam are considered cousins because they were made by the same company. This is never mentioned in canon.
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''Loyalty to Luke'' is a series of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' {{Pseudo Canonical Fic}}s by goldensaddletank. They chronicle Luke's life on Sodor, from his arrival to the events of ''WesternAnimation/BlueMountainMystery''.
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''Loyalty to Luke'' is a series of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' {{Pseudo Canonical Fic}}s by goldensaddletank.Goldsaddletank. They chronicle Luke's life on Sodor, from his arrival to the events of ''WesternAnimation/BlueMountainMystery''.
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* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler:Luke attempts to drown himself in a lake, but doesn't fall in deep enough and is rescued by Jessica the tractor.]]
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* TheScapegoat: After Luke accidentally bumps into Sir Handel, derailing him, Duncan agrees to take the blame.
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* TheScapegoat: TakingTheHeat: After Luke accidentally bumps into Sir Handel, derailing him, Duncan agrees to take the blame.
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''Loyalty to Luke'' is a series of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' {{Pseudo Canonical Fic}}s by goldensaddletank. They chronicle Luke's life on Sodor, from his arrival to the events of ''WesternAnimation/BlueMountainMystery''.
The entries in this series are:
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11022703 Loyalty to Luke]]''
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11974663/1/Loyalty-to-Luke-2-The-Sequel Loyalty to Luke 2: The Sequel]]''
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13324348/1/Loyalty-to-Luke-2-and-a-Half-Tempest-of-the-Lake Loyalty to Luke 2 and a Half: Tempest of the Lake]]''
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13951796/1/Loyalty-to-Luke-3-On-the-Other-Side-of-the-Mountain Loyalty to Luke 3: On the Other Side of the Mountain]]''
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!! These fanfics contain examples of the following tropes:
[[folder:As a whole]]
* DramaticIrony: As in canon, Luke is torn up with guilt about "killing" the yellow engine, unaware that he's still alive. Meanwhile, characters who are out-of-the-know (such as Victor and various humans) wonder why Luke went missing; at one point, Mr. Percival rules out the possibility that the other engines are hiding Luke from him, which is exactly what's happening.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Luke has a tendency to befriend any animals he comes across, such as a puppy and a bat.
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler:Most of Luke's suicide attempts are stopped by other characters. First he tries to derail himself off a bridge, but Merrick (who had insomnia that night) asks him what he's doing. Then he asks someone to light a fire in a tunnel while he's asleep, but Duncan pulls him out. Finally, he tries to blow himself up with gelignite, but a crew member knocks him out by pouring water into his firebox.]]
* OCStandIn: The engines' crews, who might as well be mindless drones in canon, are fully fleshed-out characters with names.
* PatchworkFic: ''Thomas'' {{Canon Foreigner}}s co-exist with unadapted ''Railway Series'' characters.
* SavedByCanon: [[spoiler:Luke attempts suicide multiple times. Since this is a prequel, none of them succeed, or else canon won't be able to happen.]]
* SurvivorsGuilt: Luke often thinks it's unfair that ''he's'' still alive, while ''someone else'' "died" because of his impatience. [[spoiler:It gets to the point where he feels like he doesn't deserve to live, and tries to kill himself because he can't bear the pain anymore.]]
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[[folder:''Loyalty to Luke'']]
* TheScapegoat: After Luke accidentally bumps into Sir Handel, derailing him, Duncan agrees to take the blame.
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* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Duncan rescues Luke from a fire, and is temporarily blinded when sparks burn his eyes shut.]]
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The entries in this series are:
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11022703 Loyalty to Luke]]''
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11974663/1/Loyalty-to-Luke-2-The-Sequel Loyalty to Luke 2: The Sequel]]''
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13324348/1/Loyalty-to-Luke-2-and-a-Half-Tempest-of-the-Lake Loyalty to Luke 2 and a Half: Tempest of the Lake]]''
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13951796/1/Loyalty-to-Luke-3-On-the-Other-Side-of-the-Mountain Loyalty to Luke 3: On the Other Side of the Mountain]]''
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!! These fanfics contain examples of the following tropes:
[[folder:As a whole]]
* DramaticIrony: As in canon, Luke is torn up with guilt about "killing" the yellow engine, unaware that he's still alive. Meanwhile, characters who are out-of-the-know (such as Victor and various humans) wonder why Luke went missing; at one point, Mr. Percival rules out the possibility that the other engines are hiding Luke from him, which is exactly what's happening.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Luke has a tendency to befriend any animals he comes across, such as a puppy and a bat.
* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler:Most of Luke's suicide attempts are stopped by other characters. First he tries to derail himself off a bridge, but Merrick (who had insomnia that night) asks him what he's doing. Then he asks someone to light a fire in a tunnel while he's asleep, but Duncan pulls him out. Finally, he tries to blow himself up with gelignite, but a crew member knocks him out by pouring water into his firebox.]]
* OCStandIn: The engines' crews, who might as well be mindless drones in canon, are fully fleshed-out characters with names.
* PatchworkFic: ''Thomas'' {{Canon Foreigner}}s co-exist with unadapted ''Railway Series'' characters.
* SavedByCanon: [[spoiler:Luke attempts suicide multiple times. Since this is a prequel, none of them succeed, or else canon won't be able to happen.]]
* SurvivorsGuilt: Luke often thinks it's unfair that ''he's'' still alive, while ''someone else'' "died" because of his impatience. [[spoiler:It gets to the point where he feels like he doesn't deserve to live, and tries to kill himself because he can't bear the pain anymore.]]
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[[folder:''Loyalty to Luke'']]
* TheScapegoat: After Luke accidentally bumps into Sir Handel, derailing him, Duncan agrees to take the blame.
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[[folder:''The Sequel'']]
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Duncan rescues Luke from a fire, and is temporarily blinded when sparks burn his eyes shut.]]
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