Duck the Great Western Engine

"Duck" the Great Western Engine (formerly "Montague") is a fictional steam engine from The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry and the spin-off television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. He is a green 0-6-0 Pannier Tank locomotive and lives and works on the Island of Sodor.

Allies: Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Donald, Douglas, Oliver (best friend), Emily, Stepney, Toad, Murdoch, Arthur, Spencer, Stanley, BoCo, Bill, Ben, Fergus, Victor, Kevin, Bash, Dash, Ferdinand, Whiff, Scruff, Billy, Hiro, Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Rusty, Duncan, Duke, Freddie, Mighty Mac, Luke

Enemies: Diesel, Arry, Bert, Diesel 10, Splatter, Dodge, George, Bulgy, Daisy

Duck in the Railway Series
Sir Topham Hatt (The Fat Controller) bought Duck from The Other Railway in born in 1929 and died in 2016 to take Percy's place as station pilot at Tidmouth. (See Percy the Small Engine). Since Sir Topham had been apprenticed at Swindon, he allowed Duck to return to his original Great Western livery, and retain his number '5741', which Duck wears proudly on cast brass numberplates on his cab sides.

Duck is not actually his real name. When he first arrived, he explained that his real name was Montague, but he was usually called Duck because everyone said he waddels. Although he claims this was not true, he prefers Duck to Montague, and now that is what everyone calls him, except behind his back.

Despite an incident when a devious engine called Diesel spread lies about him, the Fat Controller realised what a useful engine he had in Duck, and eventually gave him a branch line of his very own.

Duck's branch line runs between Tidmouth and Arlesburgh and is nicknamed The Little Western, as all the locomotives and coaches are Great Western. Duck shares the passenger duties with Oliver, but has his own two autocoaches: Alice and Mirabel.

Duck sometimes helps on other lines. He makes friends easily, and the Fat Controller says that he makes everything run like clockwork. "There are two ways of doing things," Duck says, "The great western way or the wrong way." This has been known to annoy the other engines.

Duck in the TV Series
In the TV Series, when he arrived on Sodor, Duck was given the number 8, his official North Western Railway number. The Great Western number worn in the books never appears. He was repainted in the livery of the Great Western Railway, although the shade of green used was the same as that of Percy.

He worked as a cock shunter, among other duties, until he received his branch line in the episode 'Donald's Duck' (set, in the television series, before the arrival of Oliver).

Duck had not appeared in any episodes since the seventh season, but has appeared in a song which was broadcast alongside the tenth season.

Duck made his first full CGI appearance in the seventeenth season episode "Henry's Hero" with a 15 second cameo including his cameo near the beginning. He later returned as one of the main characters in another Season 17 episode "The Thomas Way".

Major Appearances
Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 12 Season 17
 * Duck Takes Charge
 * The Runaway (does not speak)
 * Pop Goes the Diesel
 * Dirty Work
 * A Close Shave
 * The Deputation
 * Edward's Exploit
 * Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree (does not speak)
 * Gordon and the Famous Visitor
 * Donald's Duck
 * Diesel Does It Again
 * Thomas, Percy and the Post Train
 * Trust Thomas (does not speak)
 * Buzz Buzz
 * All At Sea
 * Tender Engines
 * Escape
 * Oliver Owns Up
 * Bulgy
 * Granpuff
 * Thomas and Stepney (does not speak)
 * Bowled Out
 * Thomas and the Special Letter (does not speak)
 * Toads Stands By
 * Fish
 * Cranky Bugs
 * Bye George!
 * Put Upon Percy (does not speak)
 * Double Teething Troubles
 * Twin Trouble
 * Scaredy Engines
 * James and the Red Balloon (does not speak)
 * Toby Had a Little Lamb
 * Edward the Very Useful Engine (does not speak)
 * Snow Engine (does not speak)
 * The Spotless Record (does not speak)
 * Excellent Emily
 * Saved You!
 * Gordon Takes a Shortcut
 * Best Friends (does not speak)
 * Henry's Hero
 * The Thomas Way

Cameos
Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7
 * Thomas, Percy and the Dragon
 * No Joke for James
 * Percy, James and the Fruitful Day
 * Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure
 * Four Little Engines
 * Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady
 * Rock 'N' Roll
 * Train Stops Play
 * Henry and the Elephant
 * Paint Pots and Queens
 * Mind that Bike!
 * Horrid Lorry
 * A Better View for Gordon
 * Baa!
 * Thomas and the Rumours
 * Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday
 * Make Someone Happy
 * Harvey to the Rescue
 * A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter
 * Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry
 * It's Only Snow
 * The World's Strongest Engine
 * Percy and the Haunted Mine
 * Middle Engine
 * Jack Frost
 * Percy's Chocolate Crunch
 * Percy Gets It Right
 * What's the Matter with Henry?
 * James and the Queen of Sodor
 * Peace and Quiet
 * Something Fishy
 * Not So Hasty Puddings

Origins
The nickname "Duck" comes from Rev. W. V. Awdry's OO scale model railway. He had bought a GWR Pannier tank engine manufactured by Gaiety as a spare engine for his model railway, but one of the wheels was not quite concentric, and the model had a pronounced waddle, earning the nickname "Duck" which stuck long after new wheels had been fitted.

Duck is based on the 57xx 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 Duck himself.

In the biographical work The Thomas the Tank Engine Man, Rev. W. Awdry recalls seeing pannier tanks at work on the Great Western Railway at Box in Wiltshire, where he lived as a child. These would not have been 57xx tanks, but might have been an early influence nonetheless.

Theme

 * Duck's theme is his Season 2 theme.

Counterparts (Hero Version)

 * Grampus or Boomer (TUGS/Salty's Lighthouse)
 * Baddeck or Nautilus (Theodore Tugboat)
 * Dan (Shining Time Station)
 * Detective Herlock Solmes or Wario (Super Mario Bros.)
 * Rotor the Walrus, Mighty the Armadillo, Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic the Hedgehog or Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Wade Duck (Garfield & Friends)
 * Lazy Luke (Wacky Races)
 * Furrball (Tiny Toon Adventures)
 * The Lorax (Dr. Seuss)
 * Tidy Ted (Horrid Henry)
 * George Lundgren (Arthur)
 * Larry the Lobster or Harold William Reginald (SpongeBob SquarePants)
 * Phil DeVille or Chuckie Finster (Rugrats)
 * Fentruck Stimmel (Doug)
 * Sid (Hey Arnold)
 * Bill the Lab Guy (Kablam!/Action League Now!)
 * Joe (Rayman)
 * Purky the Baby Elephant (The Little Engine That Could)
 * Jimmy Gourd (Veggietales)
 * Squirtle, Tangela or Buizel (Pokemon)
 * Keeby or Prince Fluff (Kirby)
 * Croaker (Kermit's Swamp Years)
 * Jiminy Cricket (Mickey's Christmas Carol)
 * Jackson (The Story Makers)
 * Kermit the Frog (The Muppet Show; both are green, to two with Kermit)
 * Perry the Platypus (Phineas and Ferb; both are green)
 * Kermit the Frog or Baby Bear (Sesame Street)
 * Soarin (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
 * Waylon Smithers Jr., Martin Prince, Jr. or Carl Carlson (The Simpsons)
 * Dr. Hartman or Brian Griffin (Family Guy)
 * Gabriel Friedman (The Cleveland Show)
 * Lucky Kleinschmidt (King of the Hill)
 * Thorny (A Bug's Life)
 * Norwood or Paperboy (Wreck-it Ralph)
 * Sheriff (Cars)
 * Wiggins (Pocahontas)
 * RC (Toy Story 1 & 2)
 * Nick Dean (Jimmy Neutron)
 * Chip (Cubix: Robots For Everyone)
 * Kyle Broflovski or Kenny McCormick (South Park)
 * Snake (The Powerpuff Girls)
 * The Big Bad Wolf or Peter Pan (Shrek)
 * Michael Johnson (Fanboy and Chum Chum)
 * Numbuh 2 (Codename: Kids Next Door)
 * Mr. Milko (Noddy's Toyland Adventures)
 * Gee Willikers (Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night)
 * Zebra (Pearls Before Swine)
 * Mr. Binnacle (Mary Poppins)
 * King Julien (Madagascar)
 * Toby (Song of the South)
 * Rabbit (Winnie the Pooh)
 * Ziggy (The Jungle Book)
 * Wildcat (Talespin)
 * Widowmaker (Melody Time)
 * Jeff (Earthbound/Mother)
 * Galileo (Drawn to Life)
 * Ecoby (Eco Creatures: Save the Forest)
 * Bubbles (Finding Nemo)
 * The Prince, Sneezy or Doc (Snow White)
 * Choose Goose (Adventure Time/ both have name of birds)
 * Ma Chao (Dynasty Warriors)
 * Revvin Evan (Jay Jay the Jet Plane)
 * Clam (Camp Lazlo)
 * Boomer (Skylanders)
 * Shocky Malone (Flushed Away)
 * Zack (Chuggington)
 * Johnny (Casey Jr. and Friends)
 * Metalhead or Zach (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
 * Diesel (Robots)
 * Ernest (The Wind in the Willows)
 * Young Babar (Babar)
 * Pingg (Pingu)
 * Edward (Rupert)

Counterparts (Villian Version)

 * George (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends)
 * Coconuts (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Sideshow Bob (The Simpsons)
 * Ernie the Giant Chicken (Family Guy)
 * Andrew Oikonny (Star Fox)

Gallery
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