Terence

"Adaptable. That's what my owner says I am. Go anywhere, do anything, that's me. You take my advice and scrap your rails. Broaden your outlook like me!"

- Terence mocking Toby and Percy, Toby Takes the Road, Toby, Trucks and Trouble

   Terence   Terence is a crawler tractor.
 * Built: 1934

Bio in the Railway Series
Thomas insulted Terence for having caterpillar tracks, but regretted it after Terence pulled him from a snowdrift.

Terence befriended Duck while Thomas was at the Works.

Terence did Percy's shunting work at Ffarquhar while Percy was at the Knapford Harbour.

Terence was helping build a barn on the day Victoria was sent back to Thomas' Branch Line. After swerving for a boulder by the Hackenbeck tunnel his trailer fell down the cutting and balanced dangerously on a tree.

Bio in the Television Series
Terence had to help Thomas when he got stuck in the snow. He later helped Mrs. Kyndley, when her house was snowed up, and looked after her house when she went with the engines to a Christmas Party. In the second season, he befriended Duck while Thomas was at the works, and attended the Christmas Party at Tidmouth.

In the third series, he helped Trevor with the planting of new trees in the forest after a storm and assured Henry that the forest would look better than ever before. He also got trapped near a level crossing when Mavis got stuck and blocked the road. When Bertie got stuck in the mud at the Vicar of Wellsworths' party, Terence used strong ropes to pull him out. Later, when villagers were stranded by snow, Terence helped them by ploughing the snow away. In the fourth season, he was seen working at a farm near where Sir Handel had an accident.

In the fifth season, he warned James about the damage that trees can do, and reminded Percy that Mrs. Kyndley's daughter was to get married. He was also seen working at Boulder Quarry. In the sixth season, he helped clear away fallen rock on the line which had derailed Thomas, and almost Toby. He was later seen ploughing in a field, when Duncan lost his whistle trying to surprise him. In the seventh season, he helped clear away a tree that had fallen on the line, and pulled Elizabeth out of the snow.

When Thomas went missing, Terence helped with the search of him, and once Thomas was found, Terence informed Harvey of the news.

Persona
Terence is an assertive, orange tractor with caterpillar tracks. The engines find these very unusual, but Terence is very capable of proving that he does not need rails and that his tracks allow him to go practically anywhere. He takes any teasing in the name of fun and is happy to get on with his job, usually partaking in agricultural work. Terence never hesitates to assist in emergencies or sticky situations, road or rail, due to his helpful, forgiving nature. His tracks are particularly invaluable in harsh winter conditions when snow can affect transport across the Island. He may be slow, but he is versatile, adaptable, and helpful. He can usually be found transporting agricultural produce or cheerily ploughing fields beside Thomas's branch line.

Basis
Terence is based on a 1934 vintage Caterpillar Model Seventy - the largest, and last, design of petrol-powered tractors in Caterpillar's range.

Livery
Terence is painted orange with grey caterpillars and a black engine and exhaust pipe.

Appearances
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Railway Series

 * Tank Engine Thomas Again
 * More About Thomas the Tank Engine (mentioned)
 * Toby, Trucks and Trouble
 * Thomas and Victoria
 * Thomas's Christmas Party

Television series

 * Season 1 - Thomas, Terence and the Snow, Thomas and Bertie (mentioned), and Thomas' Christmas Party (speaks only in Japanese dub)
 * Season 2 - The Runaway, Ghost Train (deleted scene), and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree (cameo)
 * Season 3 - Henry's Forest, Mavis (cameo), Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party, and Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure
 * Season 4 - Four Little Engines (cameo)
 * Season 5 - James and the Trouble with Trees, Happy Ever After, and Rusty and the Boulder (cameo)
 * Season 6 - The Fogman (cameo) and Faulty Whistles (does not speak)
 * Season 7 - Toby's Windmill (does not speak) and Not So Hasty Puddings (does not speak)

Specials:
 * The Great Discovery (does not speak)

He also made a cameo in the tenth season song H is for Harold.

Magazine stories

 * 1987 - Thomas' Christmas Party and Thomas, Terence and the Snow
 * 1988 - Thomas and Bertie (mentioned) and The Runaway
 * 1989 - Clearing Up (does not speak)
 * 1990 - Trouble in the Tunnel, and Henry's Forest (does not speak)
 * 1993 - Trevor to the Rescue!
 * 1994 - The Hot Soup Special!, The Nature Bus! (does not speak), and Thomas Keeps a Secret!
 * 1995 - Night Lights
 * 1996 - Going Slowly!, and The Hay Engine!
 * 2001 - Mister Mighty!
 * 2002 - The Winning Shot (does not speak)
 * 2003 - Slip and Grip!, and A Foggy Friend (cameo)
 * 2004 - Terence's Little Lamb and Henry's Forest
 * 2005 - Sweet Scent (cameo)
 * 2007 - Blown About!, The Lost Spring, and Wheely Useful
 * 2008 - Funny Faces! (does not speak)
 * 2010 - Farm Fun! (does not speak) and Pulling the Post
 * 2011 - Terence and Trevor, Wet Wait, Market Day (does not speak), Really Red (does not speak), Snow Play, Party Time, and Perfect Plough
 * 2012 - Sand Express (does not speak), and Messy Monster! (does not speak)
 * 2013 - A Friend in Need, Bulgy's Back, Seeing Red! (does not speak), and The Seaside Special (does not speak)
 * 2014 - Prickly Pig! and Fever! (mentioned)

Terence also appeared in the magazine stories, Christmas Puddings, Diesel Display, Good Games, Bad Sport!, Holiday Havoc!, Percy and Terence, Rude James, Size Wise, Take Off with Terence, and The Huge Horses!. }}

Voice Actors

 * Yasuhiko Kawazu (Japan)

Trivia

 * Terence is drawn with a cab, but without his widow's peak in Thomas's Christmas Party.
 * Terence's television model is currently on display at Drayton Manor. His plough has been broken since the display opened.
 * According to The Thomas the Tank Engine Man, Terence was originally going to be called "Terry", but was later changed to the current and more formal version of the name.
 * Terence has a detachable plough.
 * Terence never had any eyebrows in the television series.
 * Terence never had an eye mechanism until The Great Discovery.
 * According to a magazine article, he sometimes works on Farmer Trotter's Pig Farm.
 * In some merchandising and books, Terence's name is sometimes misspelt as "Terrence".
 * In the 1996 annual story, James Gets Cracking, Terence's driver was revealed to be named Farmer Finney. However, he has been driven by Jem Cole, Farmer McColl, and Farmer Collett once before.
 * Terence's French name was Thierry in the Classic Series.
 * Terence's model was only shown with happy face masks in the television series.

Merchandise

 * ERTL (discontinued)
 * Wooden Railway (discontinued)
 * Take Along (discontinued)
 * Motor Road and Rail (discontinued)
 * TrackMaster (discontinued)
 * Thomas Engine Collection Series (discontinued)
 * Mini Die Cast Collection (discontinued)
 * Thomas Town (discontinued)
 * Trading Cards (discontinued)
 * My First Thomas
 * My Thomas Story Library (discontinued)
 * Bachmann
 * De Agostini (discontinued)
 * Brio (discontinued)
 * Nakayoshi (discontinued)
 * Wind-up Trains
 * Pocket Fantasy (discontinued)