Mavis

"One in the head lamps for fusspot Toby!"

- Mavis, Mavis, Tramway Engines

   Mavis   Mavis is a diesel engine who works for the Ffarquhar Quarry Company at Anopha Quarry. She also works at the Sodor Slate Quarry.
 * Number: FQC 1
 * Class: BR Class 04
 * Designer: Drewry Car Co.
 * Builder: Drewry Car Co.
 * Configuration: 0-6-0
 * Speed: 25-27 mph
 * Built: 1962
 * Arrived on Sodor: 1962

Bio in Railway Series
Mavis was particularly fond of putting the trucks at Anopha Quarry in different places, despite Toby's protests. Toby finally lost patience and left Mavis to her own devices. Mavis, urged by Daisy, started to ignore Toby's advice and ended up looking silly when she got stuck outside Ffarquhar.

Mavis was then forbidden to leave the quarry, but when a thaw increased production at Anopha Quarry, Mavis persuaded the manager to let her go up to the first crossing in order to shunt trucks quicker and formulated a plan to pass the level crossing with help from the trucks. However, the plan backfired when the trucks decided to bump Toby instead, and he ended up being suspended by flimsy rails over a rushing stream and Mavis had to help. Mavis confessed, but the Fat Controller and the Manager were pleased by Mavis' courage and honesty and allowed her occasional trips to Ffarquhar.

In 1987, Mavis was involved in a collision with a lorry and Toby had to do her work while she was absent.

Bio in television series
Mavis continuously put Anopha Quarry's trucks in different places, much to Toby's frustration. Toby finally left Mavis to put the trucks wherever she wanted. Mavis was supported to do so by Diesel, and took the trucks to a level crossing, where the trucks held her back and she became stuck on the crossing, trapping Bertie and Terence. Mavis was rescued by Toby and sent back to the Quarry. She felt embarrassed after the accident, and upset when she was forbidden to leave the quarry. Percy tried to knock some sense into her, but she refused to listen. She eventually made a plan with the trucks to go as far up the line as possible, but this resulted in putting Toby in danger. Mavis rescued Toby, and The Fat Controller let her go further down the line occasionally.

In the fourth season, Mavis was one of the engines who took over the jobs of the engines who went to England. In the fifth season, she and Toby received help at the quarry from Stepney, who was visiting the railway.

From the sixth to eleventh seasons, Mavis worked at the Centre Island Quarry. In the sixth season she had clearly matured and was able to keep Bill and Ben in order. When Salty came to work at the quarry, he was upset that he was not working by the sea, so Mavis did her best to comfort him, while trying to stop Bill and Ben from complaining about Salty's talent with working with trucks. Mavis tried to stop Bill from being so jealous and grumpy when Ben went to get new buffers.

In the seventh season, Fergus was sent to help Mavis and the twins. Mavis got on well with Fergus, and helped him out of a rockslide caused by Bill and Ben. In the eighth season, Mavis was one of the diesels given bad fuel, which resulted in her and the other diesels breaking down. Thomas collected new fuel and helped them.

When the steam engines and diesel engines were arguing, Thomas and Mavis organized a meeting to sort things out. She also helped with the construction of the Sodor Airport, including taking away rubble from the wrecked tower.

In the ninth season, Mavis was involved in a collision with Percy and Toby. In the tenth season, Toby went to Mavis for help with his jobs, but Mavis was too busy. In the eleventh season, Mavis was left without fuel when Billy forgot to deliver it. In season twelve, Mavis was having a wash at the Sodor Slate Quarry, when she was derailed by Thomas, who was racing with Diesel.

When Spencer was close to discovering Hiro, Mavis distracted him from Thomas and Percy, by guiding him to back up right underneath the operating slate hopper so he had to be taken for repairs at the Steam Works. In season thirteen, Mavis was awoken early by Thomas, comforted Percy who was upset about having no job, was given flowers as a surprise from Emily, who thought she was upset, and attended Hiro's welcome party. She was later convinced by Thomas to shunt trucks at Brendam Docks to impress a Railway Inspector alongside Percy.

Mavis broke down one day and was taken to the Dieselworks by Salty, where she was surprised to see Percy there. In the fifteenth season, she told Spencer, who couldn't see properly due to heavy fog, that he was at the quarry when he thought he found the Duke and Duchess of Boxford's Summer House. She later broke down again and this time Diesel helped her. In the sixteenth season, she told Gordon to get his bufferbeam mended, even when he tried to convince her he was fine without it, and helped a composer with his song alongside Thomas and some of the Steam Team.

In the eighteenth season, Diesel took her to see the sights of Sodor, while Thomas did her job at Ffarquhar Quarry.

Persona
Mavis was arrogant until being brought down to earth after her embarrassing incident at the Ffarquhar crossing. Despite this, Mavis is a reliable, honest, hard-working engine, and unusually for a diesel, shows respect for the steam engines. However, unlike most engines, hauling trucks makes her feel important.

From the sixth season onwards, Mavis has matured and acts as a motherly figure to the other engines. Still being a young engine, she still retains some of her naivety.

Basis
Mavis is a based on the BR Class 04 0-6-0 Diesel locomotive. She is more specifically based on the BR Class 04's working at the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway, as they were fitted with additional cowcatchers and sideplates so they could run near public roads.

Livery
Mavis is painted black with hazard stripes on her front and rear. She has her name and "The Ffarquhar Quarry Co. Ltd." written in white on her cab and sideplates respectively.

Appearances
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 * Tramway Engines
 * James and the Diesel Engines (mentioned)
 * Toby, Trucks and Trouble
 * Thomas Comes Home (non-speaking role)
 * Thomas and the Fat Controller's Engines (non-speaking role)

Television series

 * Season 3 - Mavis, Toby's Tightrope, and Escape (cameo)
 * Season 4 - Rusty to the Rescue (cameo) and Thomas and the Special Letter (does not speak)
 * Season 5 - Stepney Gets Lost and Oliver's Find (cameo)
 * Season 6 - Salty's Secret, A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter (cameo), and Buffer Bother
 * Season 7 - Bill, Ben and Fergus and James and the Queen of Sodor (cameo)
 * Season 8 - Thomas to the Rescue
 * Season 9 - Emily Knows Best
 * Season 10 - Toby's Afternoon Off
 * Season 11 - Dream On and Don't be Silly, Billy
 * Season 12 - Don't Go Back
 * Season 13 - The Early Bird, Percy's Parcel, A Blooming Mess, Thomas and the Runaway Kite (cameo), and The Biggest Present of All (does not speak)
 * Season 14 - Charlie and Eddie (cameo), Thomas in Charge, and Thomas and Scruff (cameo)
 * Season 15 - Toby and Bash (cameo), James to the Rescue (does not speak), Henry's Happy Coal (cameo), Surprise, Surprise (cameo), Spencer the Grand, Kevin the Steamie (cameo), Wonky Whistle (cameo), Tree Trouble (does not speak), and Fiery Flynn (does not speak)
 * Season 16 - Race to the Rescue (cameo), Thomas Toots the Crows, Bust My Buffers!, Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor, Sodor Surprise Day (cameo), and Whiff's Wish (does not speak)
 * Season 17 - Henry's Hero (cameo) and Away From the Sea
 * Season 18 - Not So Slow Coaches, Signals Crossed (cameo), and Thomas the Quarry Engine

Specials:
 * Thomas and the U.K. Trip (does not speak)
 * Calling All Engines!
 * The Great Discovery (does not speak)
 * Hero of the Rails
 * Misty Island Rescue (cameo)
 * Day of the Diesels
 * Blue Mountain Mystery

Magazine stories

 * 1996 - Proud Mavis! and The Little Line
 * 2000 - A Shock for Mavis and Rude James
 * 2001 - Soak Joke, Diesel Day! (does not speak), and The Eyesight Test (mentioned)
 * 2004 - Fergus' Funnel (does not speak), Sky Shapes, Toby's Troubles! (does not speak), Buffer Bother!, Engine Trouble (cameo), and Rock Shock!
 * 2005 - Working Christmas (cameo) and Pop Goes the Diesel (cameo)
 * 2006 - Shower Power and Emily Knows Best
 * 2007 - BoCo the Brave (does not speak), Bridge Bother and Everyone's Friend
 * 2010 - Percy's Parcel, The Best Present of All (cameo), Early Bird (does not speak), Magpie Mavis, Piggy-in-the-middle!, Proud Puffers (cameo), A Blooming Mess, and Disgusted Diesels (does not speak)
 * 2012 - Bedtime Tale, Early Bird (does not speak), Thomas and the Sound of Sodor (does not speak), and Thomas Toots the Crows (does not speak), The Best Present of All (cameo), Jack's Tracks! (mentioned), and Flaming Flynn (mentioned)
 * 2013 - Early Bird! (does not speak) and The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 662) (mentioned)
 * 2014 - Confusion and Delay and Leaves on the Line! (mentioned)

Mavis also appeared in the magazine stories, Diesel Display, Percy's Stories, Pirate Passengers, Seal Passenger, Special Statue, Spotting Shapes, Stone Shapes, Stone Signal, The Poorly Engine!, and The Strongest. }}

Voice Actors

 * Teresa Gallagher (UK; Hero of the Rails onwards - US; seventeenth season onwards)
 * Jules de Jongh (US; Hero of the Rails - Blue Mountain Mystery)
 * Blanche Ravalec (France)
 * Marit Berg (Norway; Hero of the Rails - seventeenth season)
 * Marianne Westby (Norway; Day of the Diesels onwards, excluding the sixteenth and seventeenth season)
 * Nao Nagasawa (Japan; third season only)
 * Ryō Horikawa (Japan; fifth season only)
 * Yuka Shioyama (Japan; sixth - eighth seasons)
 * Kumiko Itō (Japan; Calling All Engines! - thirteenth season)
 * Sakura Yoshioka (Japan; fourteenth season onwards)
 * Joey Cordevin (Germany)
 * Zuzanna Galia (Poland)
 * Irina Índigo (Mexico; Hero of the Rails onwards)
 * Renato Cavalcanti (Brazil)
 * María Sánchez (Spain)

Trivia

 * Mavis was named after the Reverend W. Awdry's neighbour in Rodborough, Stroud.
 * Mavis was the last character Wilbert Awdry created before he retired from writing the Railway Series.
 * Mavis had three different horn sounds during the series run. Her current horn is the same as Diesel's from the fourteenth and fifteenth seasons.
 * In the eighteenth season, Mavis gained a permanent lamp in the same design as Charlie's.
 * Mavis' television series model is currently on display in Japan.
 * In the Railway Series, she had eyelashes, but in the Television Series, they are absent.

Theme Instrumental
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Merchandise

 * ERTL (discontinued)
 * Wooden Railway
 * Take Along (discontinued)
 * Motor Road and Rail (discontinued)
 * TrackMaster
 * My First Thomas
 * Bachmann
 * Wind-up Trains
 * My Thomas Story Library (discontinued)
 * Thomas Engine Collection Series (discontinued)
 * Mini Die Cast Collection (discontinued)
 * Thomas Town (discontinued)
 * Capsule Collection
 * Take-n-Play
 * Nakayoshi (discontinued)
 * Wind-up (normal and clear)
 * Pocket Fantasy (Discontinued)
 * Trading Cards (discontinued)
 * Mega Bloks (discontinued)
 * Micro Rubber Engines
 * MV Sports (in three pack with Thomas and Toby; discontinued)