Thomas the Tank Engine (character)

Thomas the Tank Engine (May 16, 1913 - November 9, 2016) is the main protagonist in Thomas & Friends and in the first five movies but the deuteragonist in Day of the Diesels.

Info
Birth: May 16, 1913

Death: November 9, 2016 (aged 103)

Goal: To be a really useful engine

Appearance: Blue tank engine with 6 wheels, black smokebox, red chassis, black buffers, grey face, yellow portholes and lamp

Allies: Percy (best friend), James, Henry, Gordon, Edward, Toby, Donald, Douglas, Duck, Oliver, Toad, Stepney, Emily (girlfriend), Molly, Belle, Flynn, Spencer, Rosie, Murdoch, Salty, Harvey, Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Rusty, Duncan, Duke, Freddie, Mighty Mac, BoCo, Daisy, Mavis, Bill, Ben, Fergus others

Enemies: Diesel 10, Diesel, Arry, Bert, D261, Splatter, Dodge, Spencer (formerly), George, Dart (formerly), Den (formerly), Norman (formerly), Paxton (formerly), Sidney (formerly), Daisy (formerly), Bulgy, Mavis (formerly)

Early life
Thomas was built by Brighton Works in May 1913 and Thomas later came to Sodor aged 2 in May 1915, he was a station pilot from then until 1946

In 1946, Thomas teased Gordon and Henry the big engines until Gordon taught him a lesson, then Thomas stopped teasing the big engines.

In 1950, Thomas became best friends with Percy when Percy arrived on the Island of Sodor, in 1961, Thomas crashed into a Stationmaster's house after the careless cleaner came to the sheds, he medalled with Thomas's controls sending Thomas flying down the rails towards the Stationmaster's house.

The Rev. W. Awdry also had a model of Thomas.

Thomas and all the other characters were voiced by Ringo Starr from 1984-1986 and then Michael Angelis has narrated the series since 1991 as well as Michael Brandon in the USA from then since, in 2009, in Hero of the Rails, Thomas was voiced by Ben Small in the UK and Martin Sherman in the USA and has been voiced by those two actors since.

Theme

 * Thomas' theme is his Season 1 Branch Line theme.

Counterparts

 * Ten Cents (TUGS/Salty's Lighthouse)
 * RS Mr. Conductor (Shining Time Station)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
 * Rayman (Rayman)
 * Pikachu (Pokemon)
 * Kirby (Kirby)
 * Casey Jr. (Casey Jr. the Circus Train & Friends)
 * Chip (The Little Engine That Could)
 * Orson Pig (Garfield and Friends)
 * Sawtooth (Wacky Races)
 * Buster Bunny (Tiny Toon Adventures)
 * Fox McCloud (Star Fox)
 * Kermit the Frog or The Great Gonzo (Muppets)
 * Roland Rat (Roland Rat)
 * Sooty (The Sooty Show)
 * Bob the Tomato (VeggieTales)
 * Austin Powers (Austin Powers)
 * Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
 * Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
 * Stan Smith (American Dad)
 * Perfect Peter (Horrid Henry)
 * The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss/The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss)
 * Arthur Read (Arthur)
 * Captain Crandell (Teamo Supremo)
 * SpongeBob SquarePants (SpongeBob SquarePants)
 * Cosmo (The Fairly Oddparents)
 * Jimmy Neutron (Jimmy Neutron)
 * Darwin (The Wild Thornberrys)
 * Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible)
 * Brick (The Powerpuff Girls)
 * Crash Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)
 * Raimundo Pedrosa (Xiaolin Showdown)
 * TJ (Recess)
 * Gordy Rhinehart (Angela Anaconda)
 * Tommy Pickles (Rugrats)
 * Gumball Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball)
 * Connor (Cubix: Robots For Everyone)
 * Marlin (Finding Nemo)
 * Stan Marsh (South Park)
 * Phineas Flynn (Phineas and Ferb)
 * P.J. Duncan (Good Luck Charlie)
 * Shrek (Shrek)
 * Alex the Lion (Madagascar)
 * Po the Panda (Kung Fu Panda)
 * Mac (Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends)
 * Fanboy (Fanboy and Chum Chum)
 * Numbuh 1 (Codename: Kids Next Door)
 * Noddy (Noddy's Toyland Adventures)
 * Barney (Barney and Friends)
 * Pinocchio (Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night)
 * Stanley (A Troll in Central Park)
 * Mickey Mouse (Mickey Mouse)
 * Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio)
 * Alvin (Alvin and the Chipmunks)
 * Fone Bone (Bone)
 * Pig (Pearls Before Swine)