The THOMAS80 Favourite Character General Election (Japanese: 推しキャラ総選挙 THOMAS80) is a Japanese character popularity poll held to celebrate the 80th anniversary of The Railway Series. The poll ran from 25 December 2024 to 2 February 2025, with the results being revealed on 27 February 2025.
Characters[]
A selection of eighty-seven characters are present as options in the main selection screen on the voting webpage
The Railway Series[]
Thomas & Friends[]
Model Series[]
CGI Series[]
- Thomas
- Streamlined Thomas
- Edward
- Henry
- Gordon
- Shooting Star Gordon
- James
- Percy
- Toby
- Duck
- Donald and Douglas
- Oliver
- Emily
- Bill and Ben
- Flying Scotsman
- Harvey
- Spencer
- Rosie
- Hiro
- Charlie
- Bash and Dash
- Ferdinand
- Belle
- Stephen
- Glynn
- Ashima
- Yong Bao
- Nia
- Rebecca
- Lorenzo
- Diesel
- Mavis
- Diesel 10
- Salty
- Paxton
- Sidney
- Winston
- Philip
- Kenji
- Skarloey
- Rheneas
- Sir Handel
- Peter Sam
- Rusty
- Duncan
- Luke
- Victor
- Mike, Rex and Bert
- Troublesome Trucks
- Annie and Clarabel
- Toad
- Rocky
- Bertie
- Harold
- Bulgy
- Cranky
- Kevin
- Flynn
- Skiff
- Mr. Bubbles
- Sir Lowham Hatt
- The Thin Clergyman
All Engines Go[]
In addition to these characters, three blank slots at the bottom of the page allow users to input their own character submissions not included within the main list.
Results[]
Midterm Results[]
The midterm results of the poll were released on 17 January 2025. These featured the top thirty highest-ranked characters based on votes cast between 25 December 2024 and 15 January 2025. In order of popularity, these were:[1]
- Thomas (The Railway Series)
- Thomas (Model Series)
- Duck
- Flying Scotsman
- Edward
- Oliver
- Percy
- Lady
- Donald and Douglas
- Thomas (CGI Series)
- Gordon
- Smudger
- Henry
- James
- Diesel 10
- Hiro
- Boulder
- Stephen
- Toby
- Chocolate Percy
- Rebecca
- Thomas (All Engines Go)
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Harold
- The Thin Clergyman
- Percy (All Engines Go)
- Sir Lowham Hatt
- Red Nose James
- Bruno
- Emily
Final Results[]
The final results of the poll - Worldwide and Japan - were released on 27 February 2025. The top three from both categories received special desktop wallpapers. In order of popularity, the overall results of the poll were:[2]
Worldwide[]
- Thomas (The Railway Series) - 6,228 votes
- Oliver - 5,137 votes
- Thomas (Model Series) - 5,047 votes
- Duck - 4,987 votes
- Edward - 4,816 votes
- Flying Scotsman - 4,615 votes
- Lady - 4,611 votes
- Donald and Douglas - 4,128 votes
- Percy - 3,920 votes
- Smudger - 3,600 votes
- Thomas (CGI)
- Gordon
- Henry
- Diesel 10
- James
- Hiro
- Boulder
- Toby
- Sir Lowham Hatt
- The Thin Clergyman
- Chocolate Percy
- Rebecca
- Thomas (All Engines Go)
- Harold
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Emily
- Stephen
- Red Nose James
- Percy (All Engines Go)
- Skarloey
- Bruno
- Mike, Rex and Bert
- Nia
- BoCo
- Toad
- Diesel
- Sir Handel
- Peter Sam
- Cranky
- Duncan
- Engine Drivers
- Bill and Ben
- Mr. Bubbles
- Rosie
- Ashima
- Annie and Clarabel/Sandy (tied)
- Glynn
- Spencer
- Yong Bao
- Shooting Star Gordon
- Kenji
- Diesel (All Engines Go)/Mavis (tied)
- Bertie
- Streamlined Thomas
- Bulstrode
- Whiff (All Engines Go)
- Troublesome Trucks
- Kana
- Rheneas
- Carly (All Engines Go)
- Duke
- Ferdinand
- Lorenzo
- Salty
- Luke
- Harvey
- Charlie
- Paxton
- Victor
- Sidney
- Philip
- Bulgy
- Rusty
- Stepney
- Gordon (All Engines Go)
- Rocky
- Nia (All Engines Go)
- Flynn
- Hiro (All Engines Go)
- Bear
- Daisy
- Bash and Dash
- Kevin
- Skiff/Class 40 (tied)
- Winston
- Murdoch
- Bertram
- Darcy (All Engines Go)
- Arthur
- Belle
- Molly
- Freddie
- Kenji (All Engines Go)/Terence (All Engines Go) (tied)
- Emily (All Engines Go)
- Culdee
- Billy
- Stanley
- Splatter and Dodge
- Derek
- Millie
- Ryan/Neville (tied)
- Mighty Mac
- City of Truro
- Fergus
- George
- Norman
- S.C. Ruffey
- Beresford
- Ivo Hugh
- Hugo/Theo (tied)
- Merlin
- Patchwork Hiro/Trevor (tied)
- The Duke and Duchess of Boxford/Dennis (tied)
- Connor
- Hank/Marion (tied)
- The Jet Engine
- Samson
- Henrietta
- Black James/Farmer McColl (tied)
- Green Thomas
Japan[]
- Percy
- Thomas (Model Series)
- Edward
- Thomas (CGI Series)
- Duck
- Donald and Douglas
- Thomas (The Railway Series)
- Henry
- James
- Hiro
- Smudger
- Oliver
- Lady
- Boulder
- Rebecca
- Thomas (All Engines Go)
- Flying Scotsman
- Harold
- Chocolate Percy
- Diesel 10
- Toby
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Percy (All Engines Go)
- Nia
- Red Nose James
- Sir Lowham Hatt
- Emily
- Cranky
- Bruno
- Sandy
- Engine Drivers/Ashima (tied)
- The Thin Clergyman
- Yong Bao
- Kenji
- Shooting Star Gordon
- Peter Sam
- Diesel
- Annie and Clarabel
- Whiff (All Engines Go)
- Bertie
- Stephen
- Sir Handel/Mr. Bubbles (tied)
- Diesel (All Engines Go)
- Carly (All Engines Go)
- Skarloey
- Kana/Spencer (tied)
- Streamlined Thomas
- Mike, Rex and Bert
- Duncan/BoCo (tied)
- Bill and Ben/Toad (tied)
- Lorenzo
- Rosie
- Troublesome Trucks
- Glynn
- Bulstrode
- Mavis
- Paxton
- Salty
- Harvey
- Sidney
- Rheneas
- Philip/Victor (tied)
- Ferdinand
- Nia (All Engines Go)
- Luke/Gordon (All Engines Go) (tied)
- Duke
- Flynn
- Hiro (All Engines Go)
- Rusty
- Rocky
- Kevin
- Stepney/Bulgy (tied)
- Skiff
- Winston
- Class 40
- Darcy (All Engines Go)
- Bash and Dash
- Charlie
- Belle
- Kenji (All Engines Go)/Freddie (tied)
- Bear
- Arthur
- Murdoch
- Emily (All Engines Go)
- Molly
- Terence (All Engines Go)
Trivia[]
- Sir Topham Hatt and the Engine Drivers are the only characters in the selection screen who appeared in the CGI series to use images from the model series.
- Despite appearing in Thomas & Friends, only the All Engines Go versions of Whiff, Carly, Terence and Darcy are included in the selection screen. Additionally, these four characters have "(2D)" after their names despite the original series versions of them not being available as options.
- Thomas is the only character to appear in all 4 categories, with The Railway Series Thomas being the sole character in the list to be from the original books.
Goofs[]
- In the final worldwide ranking, Peter Sam is listed with an image of Rusty.