Farmer Trotter

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Farmer Trotter
Background Information
First Appearance	A Scarf for Percy (1991)
Last Appearance	Journey Beyond Sodor (2017)
Creator(s)	David Mitton Britt Allcroft Allan Plenderleith
Voice Actors
UK Voice Actor	Matt Wilkinson (2010-2012)
US Voice Actor	Kerry Shale (2010-2012)
Character Overview
Name	Mr. Trotter
Nickname(s)	Farmer Trotter
Gender	Male
Country of Origin	Island of Sodor
Affiliation	Farmer Trotter's Pig Farm Farmer Trotter's Field
Biographical Background
Occupation	Farmer

Farmer Trotter is a farmer who is the owner and operator of a pig farm. He also keeps beehives and has been known to herd sheep.

According to a magazine article, he also keeps cows and chickens and grows carrots and potatoes. Jem Cole, Terence and Trevor sometimes work on his farm.

Biography

Farmer Trotter is good friends with Farmer McColl and Jem Cole. He presumably worked on several other farms before he got his own farm, including Farmer McColl's and another along the Skarloey Railway. He was part of the team that found Duke and has also driven Trevor on occasion.

Farmer Trotter also has his own field which does not appear to be located near his pig farm. The field is occupied by cows which presumably belong to him.

Personality

Farmer Trotter is very proud and upbeat about looking after his very own farm. He is very protective of his pigs and always puts them ahead of himself.

Attire

Farmer Trotter wears a dark green waistcoat over a white short sleeved t-shirt, with brown trousers and black boots.

Appearances

• Television Series
• Other Media

Thomas & Friends Series 3 - A Scarf for Percy (cameo), Henry's Forest (cameo), Buzz, Buzz (cameo), Oliver Owns Up (cameo), Bulgy (not named), Heroes (cameo) and Percy, James and the Fruitful Day (cameo) Series 4 - Sleeping Beauty (not named), Bulldog (cameo), Home at Last (cameo), Passengers and Polish (cameo), Paint Pots and Queens (cameo) and Special Attraction (cameo) Series 5 - Horrid Lorry (cameo), Bye George! (cameo), Baa! (role cut, cameo), Toby and the Flood (cameo), Toby's Discovery (cameo), Thomas and the Rumours (cameo), A Surprise for Percy (cameo), Make Someone Happy (cameo) and Busy Going Backwards (cameo) Series 6 (cameo) - Twin Trouble, The World's Strongest Engine, Scaredy Engines, Percy and the Haunted Mine, Middle Engine, James and the Red Balloon, Percy's Chocolate Crunch, Thomas, Percy and the Squeak, Thomas the Jet Engine and Edward the Very Useful Engine Series 7 - Emily's New Coaches (deleted scene cameo), Percy Gets it Right (stock footage cameo), Bill, Ben and Fergus (pre-filmed footage cameo), Edward's Brass Band (cameo), Bad Day at Castle Loch (cameo), Salty's Stormy Tale (cameo), Something Fishy (cameo), Peace and Quiet (not named; does not speak), Fergus Breaks the Rules (cameo), Bulgy Rides Again (cameo), Harold and the Flying Horse (cameo), Best Dressed Engine (cameo), Gordon and Spencer (cameo) and Three Cheers for Thomas (cameo) Series 8 - Thomas and the Firework Display (cameo), Emily's Adventure (cameo) and Too Hot for Thomas (cameo) Series 10 - Big Strong Henry (cameo) Series 11 - Toby's Triumph (cameo) and Thomas and the Runaway Car (cameo) Series 12 - Mountain Marvel (cameo) Series 13 - Thomas and the Pigs, Henry's Good Deeds, Buzzy Bees and Hiro Helps Out (mentioned) Series 14 - James in the Dark (does not speak) and Diesel's Special Delivery (speaks in Japanese dub) Series 15 - Big Belle (mentioned) Series 16 - Race to the Rescue (cameo), Flash Bang Wallop! (does not speak) and Happy Birthday Sir! Series 19 - Very Important Sheep (cameo) Series 21 - Unscheduled Stops (mentioned) Specials 2010 - Misty Island Rescue (cameo) 2015 - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (cameo) 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor (does not speak) Music Videos Series 4 - Gone Fishing, Don't Judge a Book by its Cover and The Island Song Series 5 - The Snow Song and Harold the Helicopter Series 6 - Little Engines and Winter Wonderland Series 7 - Five New Engines in the Shed, The Red Balloon and There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away Series 8 - Emily, A World Around You and Engine Roll Call Series 13 - Thomas, You're the Leader Journey Beyond Sodor - The Most Important Thing is Being Friends Series 21 - Set Friendship in Motion He was also mentioned in the Mr. Arkwright segment, Mr. Arkwright Gets Ready on the Percy and the Bandstand DVD.

Magazine Stories 2004 - Double Trouble! (cameo) 2009 - Mountain Marvel! (does not speak) 2010 - Thomas and the Pigs and Henry's Good Deeds 2012 - Thomas and the Pigs, The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 639) (mentioned), and The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 653) (mentioned) 2013 - Happy Birthday, Sir! (mentioned), Flash! Crash! Wallop! (mentioned), The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 662) (mentioned), and Henry's Scary Passenger! (mistaken for Farmer Collett) 2014 - Valentine's Surprise (mistakenly referred to as Farmer Trott), Happy Birthday, Sir! (mentioned), Fever!, and Emily Makes a Splash! (mentioned) 2017 - Flash! Crash! Wallop! (mentioned)

Official Description

• 2013

From Official Media:

“

Farmer Trotter: Farmer Trotter owns Trotter's Pig Farm. He is friends with Farmer McColl. He transports his pigs on Sir Topham Hatt's Railway.

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Trivia

• His name has two meanings: Horse bred or trained for the sport of harness racing and a pig's foot used as food.
• There is a workman that resembles him who works at the Clay Pits, but it is unknown if it is him or not.
• His head is a repaint of the Ffarquhar stationmaster's. While his body was repainted from Jem Cole's second series body.
  • In the fifth series, his head was repainted with a unibrow and stubble as seen in Lady Hatt's Birthday Party and Bye George!
• Farmer Trotter's gauge 1 figure is now in possession of ThomasTankMerch.
• His small scale, hatless head from the fourth series was originally Stephen Hatt's in Toby and the Stout Gentleman. It was also reused for the Barber in Bertie's Chase and the Inspector with the Bowler Hat.

Merchandise

• Bachmann (coming soon)

References

Ffarquhar Branch Line

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* David Mitton map only | ** Sam Wilkinson map only