Sailor John

"Treachery! Mutiny! I won't stand for it! I'll have you in the dry dock Skiff, and take away your sail!"

- Sailor John, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure

Sailor John is Skiff's former owner, and a pirate obsessed with finding treasure.

Bio
After Thomas discovered the Pirate Ship, Sailor John converted his sailboat, Skiff, to run on rails, in order to search for the pirate treasure. He met Thomas as he was searching around the area the ship had been found at, and he began to help him try to find the treasure. However, when they could not find the treasure, Sailor John immediately turned against Thomas, believing he had found the treasure first. Upon finding out that Sir Topham Hatt had the treasure and was planning on giving it to the museum, Sailor John blew up his office at Knapford and stole the treasure chest, as well as rigging up the pirate ship as an escape vehicle, causing Thomas to chase after him. Despite numerous attempts to try and stop Thomas, Sailor John could not do anything to stop him until the tank engine fell into the sea. He was finally defeated after Skiff capsized, causing him to lose the treasure chest when it sank to the bottom of the sea. He was then arrested by the police.

Persona
Kicked out of the navy, Sailor John retired to the Island of Sodor and became obsessed with the idea of finding the lost treasure. He can be quite a charmer appearing both funny and likeable, but underneath his apparently friendly exterior lurks a ruthless schemer with no true friends apart from Skiff (his sailboat) and loyalty to none but himself. He is smart, energetic and practical, capable of elaborate planning and feats of engineering, such as adapting Skiff for the rails or commandeering the pirate ship and rigging it up as an escape vehicle.

Television Series
Specials:
 * Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure

Voice Actors

 * John Hurt (UK/US)
 * Fred Meijer (The Netherlands)

Trivia

 * Sailor John is the first human antagonist in the series, excluding P. T. Boomer as he did not make it to the final cut of Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
 * Sailor John refers to himself as "Pirate John" in the Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure book after he steals the treasure, but not in the actual movie. However, he does say "You've got the wrong pirate!", indicating he still thinks of himself as a pirate.

Merchandise

 * Wooden Railway