Duncan (Thomas & Friends)

Duncan is a narrow gauge tank engine who came to the Skarloey Railway after Peter Sam's accident with the slate trucks. He is the main tritagonist of the narrow gauge engines (after Skarloey and Rheneas)

Allies: Thomas, James, Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Rusty, Duke, Freddie, Mighty Mac, Elizabeth, Madge, Colin, Mr. Percival

Enemies: Diesel, George, Smudger, Rusty (formerly)

Railway Series history
Duncan was introduced in the story Home at Last, in the series' fourteenth volume. In earlier books, he caused trouble for the Thin Controller by getting stuck in a tunnel, derailing due to his swaying, and even stalling on a viaduct with a train full of passengers. However, in later volumes, he mellowed out. He stayed on task and did his best to help out in the most recent of stories.

Duncan in the TV series
Duncan was introduced in the adaptation of Home at Last in the fourth run of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Rather than having his red coat of paint with the other engines in the books, he is painted bronze yellow in the TV series. A number of roles he had in the Reverend's books were televised in the same season, but all the stories featuring him in future seasons were originally written by hired writers, as well as the director and creator Britt Allcroft.

Duncan continues to make mistakes while being stubborn and ignorant in current seasons, seemingly forgetting the lessons he's learned in the past. He has appeared in every season since his introduction (with the exception of Season 8, which featured no Narrow Gauge engines)

In the Japanese version, he is voiced by Ryoichi Tanaka.

Season 4

 * Home at Last
 * Rock 'n Roll
 * Passengers and Polish
 * Gallant Old Engine

Season 5

 * Duncan Gets Spooked

Season 6

 * Dunkin Duncan
 * Faulty Whistles

Season 7

 * The Runaway Elephant
 * Trusty Rusty

Season 9

 * Tuneful Toots
 * The Magic Lamp
 * Duncan and the Old Mine
 * Skarloey the Brave

Season 10

 * A Smooth Ride (does not speak)
 * Duncan Drops A Clanger
 * Thomas's Tricky Tree
 * Wharf and Peace
 * Duncan's Bluff

Season 11

 * Duncan Does It All
 * Sir Handel In Charge
 * Cool Truckings

Season 12

 * Mountain Marvel
 * Duncan and the Hot Air Balloon
 * The Man In The Hills
 * Push Me, Push You!

Season 16

 * Don't Bother Victor! (mentioned)

Specials

 * The Great Discovery

Season 4

 * Bulldog
 * Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady
 * Special Funnel
 * Steamroller

Season 5

 * Snow

Season 7

 * The Old Bridge
 * The Refreshment Lady's Tea Shop
 * Rheneas and the Roller Coaster
 * The Grand Opening
 * Not So Hasty Puddings

Season 9

 * Mighty Mac

Season 10

 * Follow that Flour!

Season 11

 * Wash Behind Your Buffers!

Season 12

 * The Party Surprise

Merchandise
Duncan has also been adapted in his TV series form into several products, which include:


 * An Ertl Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends die-cast model
 * A Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway model
 * A Tomica/Track Master motorised engine and wind-up toy
 * A Take-Along Thomas & Friends die-cast model

Prototype
Duncan is based on Douglas, a 0-4-0 engine built in 1918 that works on the Talyllyn Railway in Tywyn, Wales. The engine is currently running under the guise of the character. Duncan is depicted through the engine with his original red coat and a Scottish cap above the face.

Theme

 * Duncan's theme is the Skarloey Railway theme, which he shares with Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Rusty, Duke, Fearless Freddie, and Mighty Mac.

Counterparts

 * Guysborough (Theodore Tugboat)
 * Zorran (Salty's Lighthouse)
 * Mr. Lunt (Veggie Tales)
 * Schemee (Shining Time Station)
 * Shadow the Hedgehog or E-123 Omega (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Bowser Jr. (Super Mario Bros.)
 * Leon Powalski (Star Fox)
 * Iago (Aladdin)
 * Where the Dog (Garfield & Friends)
 * Mac/Pockets (Wacky Races/The Perils of Penelope Pitstop)
 * Pimply Paul (Horrid Henry)
 * Chi-Fu (Mulan)
 * Little Cat H (Dr. Seuss)
 * Groundskeeper Willy or Snake Jailbird (The Simpsons)
 * Rallo Tubbs (The Cleveland Show)
 * Vega or M.Bison (Street Fighter)
 * Skipper (Madagascar)
 * Corphish (Pokemon)
 * Dopey (Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs)
 * Weechee (Star Wars)
 * Squirel (Adventure Time)