Oliver the Great Western Engine

Oliver is a green Great Western tank engine who works on Duck's branchline

Oliver in the TV series
In TV Series, when he arrived on Sodor after he was being saved from scrap by Douglas along with his brake van, Toad, his official North Western Railway number 11. The Great Western number worn in the books never appears. He was repainted in the livery of the Great Western Railway. Although the much lighter shade of green used was olive.

Oliver is voiced in the Japanese version of the TV Series by Hikaru Midorikawa, who also voiced Zelgadis Greywords in the Slayers series, Heero Yuy in Moblie Suit Gundam Wing, and Seto Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh.

Season 3

 * Escape
 * Oliver Owns Up
 * Bulgy

Season 4

 * Rusty to the Rescue (mentioned)
 * Thomas and the Special Letter (does not speak)
 * Toad Stands By

Season 5

 * Oliver's Find
 * Make Someone Happy
 * Busy Going Backwards

Season 7

 * Snow Engine
 * Emily's New Coaches

Season 12

 * Steady Eddie (does not speak)
 * Gordon Takes a Shortcut

Season 4

 * Four Little Engines
 * Mind That Bike!

Season 5

 * Gordon and the Gremlin

Season 6

 * The World's Strongest Engine
 * Scaredy Engines
 * Percy and the Haunted Mine
 * Percy's Chocolate Crunch

Season 7

 * James and the Queen of Sodor
 * Peace and Quiet
 * Bulgy Rides Again
 * Best Dressed Engine

Origins
Oliver comes Rev. W. V. Awdry's OO scale model railway. He had bought a GWR side tank engine manufactured by Gaiety as a spare engine for his model railway.

Oliver is based on the 14xx class built by the Great Western Railway and still carries the colours of the GWR. These engines were designed to shunt and to work branch lines, and many were still working beyond the end of steam on British Railways. Several are preserved on steam railways up and down the United Kingdom, where they have proved as useful and versatile as Oliver himself.

In the biographical work The Thomas the Tank Engine Man, Rev. W. Awdry recalls seeing side tanks at work on the Great Western Railway at Box in Wiltshire, where he lived as a child. These would not have been 14xx tanks, but might have been an early influence nonetheless.

Oliver will return in CGI soon.

Theme
Oliver's theme is his Season 3/5 theme.

Counterparts

 * Sea Rogue or Boomer (TUGS/Salty's Lighthouse, only the latter suits both franchises)
 * Lucas or Espio the Chameleon (Sonic the Hedgehog, the former needed to be rescued)
 * Luigi Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
 * Captain Olimar (Pikmin, both have "Oli" in their names)
 * Gonzo (Rayman)
 * Totodile (Pokemon)
 * Jerry Gourd (Veggie Tales)
 * Luke's Cousin Elmer (Wacky Races)
 * Gogo Dodo (Tiny Toon Adventures; both are green)
 * Baljeet Tjinder (Phineas and Ferb)
 * Scooter (SpongeBob SquarePants)
 * Duke (Fanboy and Chum Chum)
 * Conrad or Matthew Katroom (Dr. Seuss)
 * Numbuh 1-Love (Codename: Kids Next Door)
 * Bunkey (Noddy's Toyland Adventures)
 * Molt or Cornelius (A Bug's Life)
 * Strech (The Little Engine That Could)
 * Beltino Toad (Star Fox)
 * Ramone (Cars)
 * Roy, Sonic the Hedgehog or Zangief (Wreck-it Ralph)
 * Zazu (The Lion King)
 * Scuttle (The Little Mermaid)
 * Jake De'Angelis (Zachary Swain)
 * Scrooge McDuck (Mickey Mouse)
 * Chief Clancy Wiggum (The Simpsons)
 * Enrique (King of the Hill)
 * Christopher Robin or Gopher (Winnie the Pooh)
 * David Bennett (West Wilson Middle The TV Series)
 * Mr. Bertwisthle (3 Friends and Jerry)
 * Jake's Brother (Adventure Time)
 * Eugene Horowitz (Hey Arnold)
 * Ted the Polar Bear (Madagascar)