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{{Infobox Character Vehicle
 
{{Infobox Character Vehicle
|title1 = Timothy
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|title1 = Timothy the Little Oil-Burning Engine
 
|image1 = <gallery>
 
|image1 = <gallery>
 
File:MainTimothyCGI.png
 
File:MainTimothyCGI.png
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
 
|first_appearance = [[Tale of the Brave]] {{T&F}}
 
|first_appearance = [[Tale of the Brave]] {{T&F}}
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|last_appearance = [[Big World! Big Adventures!]] {{T&F}}
 
|creator(s) = [[Andrew Brenner]]<br>[[Ian McCue]]
 
|creator(s) = [[Andrew Brenner]]<br>[[Ian McCue]]
 
|uk/us_voice_actor = [[Tim Whitnall]]
 
|uk/us_voice_actor = [[Tim Whitnall]]
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|name = Timothy
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|title = Timothy the Little Oil-Burning Engine{{Ref|[[Thomas & Friends|T&F]] [[Series 18|S18]] #22 "[[Timothy and the Rainbow Truck]]"}}
 
|gender = Male
 
|gender = Male
|country_of_origin = {{Flag|Usa}} United States {{Formerly}}<br>{{Flag|ios}} [[Island of Sodor]]
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|country_of_origin = {{Flag|ios}} [[Island of Sodor]]<br>{{Flag|us}} [[United States]] {{Note|built}}
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|affiliation = * [[North Western Railway]]
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* [[Sodor China Clay Company]]
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** [[Bill and Ben]]
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** [[Marion]]
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* [[Brendam Docks]]
 
|basis = Bell Open Cab Oil Burner
 
|basis = Bell Open Cab Oil Burner
 
|gauge = {{Standard gauge}}
 
|gauge = {{Standard gauge}}
 
|power_type = Steam
 
|power_type = Steam
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|vehicle = Locomotive
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|type = Saddle tank engine
 
|fuel_type = Oil
 
|fuel_type = Oil
 
|configuration = 0-4-0ST
 
|configuration = 0-4-0ST
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|designer(s) = Harvey W. Bell
 
|designer(s) = Harvey W. Bell
 
|builder(s) = Bell Locomotive Works
 
|builder(s) = Bell Locomotive Works
|year_built = sometime between 1908 and 1923
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|year_built = Sometime between 1908 and 1923
 
|railway = [[North Western Railway]]
 
|railway = [[North Western Railway]]
 
|company = [[Sodor China Clay Company]]
 
|company = [[Sodor China Clay Company]]
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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
===''[[Thomas & Friends]]''===
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===''Thomas & Friends''===
 
Timothy loves to work at the China Clay Pits with Bill and Ben, but his naivety can sometimes lead to the twins playing tricks on him. Despite this, Timothy just dismisses them as silly and gets on with his job.
 
Timothy loves to work at the China Clay Pits with Bill and Ben, but his naivety can sometimes lead to the twins playing tricks on him. Despite this, Timothy just dismisses them as silly and gets on with his job.
   
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==Personality==
 
==Personality==
Timothy is friendly, helpful, and loves being really useful, but can also be naïve and gullible, which can lead him to fall victim to Bill and Ben's tricks. He is also strong-willed and determined.
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Timothy is friendly, helpful, and loves being really useful, but can also be naïve and gullible, which can lead him to fall victim to Bill and Ben's tricks. He is also strong-willed and determined, and can be surprisingly witty when he puts his mind to something.
   
 
==Technical Details==
 
==Technical Details==
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===Livery===
 
===Livery===
Timothy is painted dark blue with red lining and brass fittings. He has "SCC" written on the sides of his water tank in yellow and has brass nameplates with his name written in black on the sides of his oil tank.
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Timothy is painted dark blue with red lining and brass fittings. He has "SCC" written on the sides of his water tank in yellow, brass nameplates with his name written in black on the sides of his oil tank and red curtains in his cab. 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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<tabber>
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Television Series=
 
{{Scroll box|
 
{{Scroll box|
===[[Thomas & Friends]]===
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===''[[Thomas & Friends]]''===
* '''[[Series 18]]''' - [[Marion and the Pipe]] {{Note|stock footage cameo}}, [[No Steam Without Coal]], [[Spencer's VIP]], [[Marion and the Dinosaurs]] {{Cameo}} and [[Timothy and the Rainbow Truck]]
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* '''[[Series 18]]''' - [[Marion and the Pipe]] {{Note|stock footage cameo}}, [[No Steam Without Coal]], [[Spencer's VIP]], [[Timothy and the Rainbow Truck]] and [[Marion and the Dinosaurs]] {{Cameo}}
 
* '''[[Series 19]]''' - [[Salty All at Sea]] {{Cameo}} and [[No Help at All]]
 
* '''[[Series 19]]''' - [[Salty All at Sea]] {{Cameo}} and [[No Help at All]]
* '''[[Series 22]]''' - [[The Case of the Puzzling Parts]] {{Note|stock footage}}
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* '''[[Series 22]]''' - [[Hunt the Truck]] {{Note|indirectly mentioned}}
   
===Specials===
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====Specials====
 
* '''2014''' - [[Tale of the Brave]]
 
* '''2014''' - [[Tale of the Brave]]
 
* '''2016''' - [[The Great Race]]
 
* '''2016''' - [[The Great Race]]
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* '''2018''' - [[Big World! Big Adventures!]]
 
* '''2018''' - [[Big World! Big Adventures!]]
   
===[[Magazines|Magazine Stories]]===
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====[[Music Videos]]====
* '''2014''' - [[Leaves on the Line! (2014 magazine story)|Leaves on the Line!]] {{Does not speak}}
 
 
===[[Music Videos]]===
 
 
* '''Tale of the Brave''' - [[Let's Be Brave]]
 
* '''Tale of the Brave''' - [[Let's Be Brave]]
 
* '''Series 18''' - [[The Best Friends Express]]
 
* '''Series 18''' - [[The Best Friends Express]]
* '''[[Thomas' YouTube World Tour]]''' - [[A World Around You]], [[Down by the Docks]], [[The Island Song]] and [[That's What Friends Are for]]
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* '''[[Thomas' YouTube World Tour]]''' - [[A World Around You]], [[Down by the Docks]], [[The Island Song]] and [[That's What Friends are For]]
 
* '''Series 19''' - [[Let's Go!]], [[Engine Roll Call]] and [[Down by the Docks]]
 
* '''Series 19''' - [[Let's Go!]], [[Engine Roll Call]] and [[Down by the Docks]]
 
* '''[[Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure]]''' - [[We Make a Team Together]]
 
* '''[[Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure]]''' - [[We Make a Team Together]]
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* '''[[Series 21]]''' - [[Doing it Right]], [[Trying]] and [[Little Engines]]
 
* '''[[Series 21]]''' - [[Doing it Right]], [[Trying]] and [[Little Engines]]
 
* '''Big World! Big Adventures!''' - [[Where in the World is Thomas?]]
 
* '''Big World! Big Adventures!''' - [[Where in the World is Thomas?]]
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* '''[[Series 22]]''' - [[Engine Roll Call]]
 
}}
 
}}
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|-|Other Media=
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===[[Magazines|Magazine Stories]]===
 
* '''2014''' - [[Leaves on the Line! (2014 magazine story)|Leaves on the Line!]] {{Does not speak}}
   
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===[[:Category:Books|Books]]===
==Voice Actors==
 
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* '''2018''' - [[Character Encyclopedia]]
* [[Tim Whitnall]] {{Note|UK/US}}
 
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</tabber>
* [[Johannes Semm]] {{Note|Germany}}
 
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* [[Paul Disbergen]] {{Note|The Netherlands}}
 
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==Audio Files==
* [[Takahiro Suzuki]] {{Note|Japan; Tale of the Brave only}}
 
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'''Whistle'''
* [[Takuya Iwabata]] {{Note|Japan; eighteenth series onwards, excluding The Great Race}}
 
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{|class="wikitable" style="margin-left:15px; width: 85%; text-align:center;"
* [[Hiroaki Tajiri]] {{Note|Japan; The Great Race only}}
 
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!width="163px"| First used
* [[Fredrik Paasche]] {{Note|Norway; Tale of the Brave only}}
 
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!width="163px"| Last used
* [[Grzegorz Kwiecień]] {{Note|Poland}}
 
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! Sound Effect
* [[Roberto Carrillo]] {{Note|Latin America}}
 
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|-
* [[Gilan Shachaf]] {{Note|Israel; Tale of the Brave}}
 
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|[[Tale of the Brave]]
* [[Gheo Benjoino]] {{Note|Brazil}}
 
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|Active
* [[Andrian Locovei]] {{Note|Romania}}
 
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|[[File:Timothy's_Whistle.ogg|center]]
* [[Anton Savenkov]] {{Note|Russia; Timothy and the Rainbow Truck onwards}}
 
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|}
* [[Alfredo Martínez]] {{Note|Spain}}
 
* [[Roger Storm]] {{Note|Sweden}}
 
* [[Rajkai Zoltan]] {{Note|Hungary}}
 
* [[Peter Pihlström]] {{Note|Finland}}
 
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
* Timothy has been modified for use on Sodor with loose couplings, added buffers and a brake pipe.
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* Timothy has been modified for use on Sodor with loose couplings, added buffers and brake pipes.
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* From Series 22 onwards, Timothy is called Timmy in the Czech dub.
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* His headlamp would later be reused for Skarloey, albeit minus the handle.
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== Quotes ==
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{{Quote|Don't look at me!|No Steam Without Coal}}
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{{Quote|Wait a minute! Is this one of your tricks?|Timothy and the Rainbow Truck}}
   
 
==Merchandise==
 
==Merchandise==
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* [[Capsule Plarail]]
 
* [[Capsule Plarail]]
 
* [[Adventures]] {{Discontinued}}
 
* [[Adventures]] {{Discontinued}}
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==References==
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{{Reflist}}
   
 
{{North Western Railway}}
 
{{North Western Railway}}
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[[ja:ティモシー]]
 
[[ja:ティモシー]]
 
[[pl:Tymek]]
 
[[pl:Tymek]]
[[ru:Тимоти]]
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[[ru:Тимоти|ru:]]
[[zh:提摩太]]
 
 
[[Category:Television Series-only characters]]
 
[[Category:Television Series-only characters]]
 
[[Category:Steam locomotives]]
 
[[Category:Steam locomotives]]
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[[Category:International characters]]
 
[[Category:International characters]]
 
[[Category:USA]]
 
[[Category:USA]]
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[[Category:Geared locomotives]]

Revision as of 22:02, 6 September 2020


Timothy is a little oil burning tank engine, who works at the Sodor China Clay Company with Bill, Ben and Marion.

Biography

Thomas & Friends

Timothy loves to work at the China Clay Pits with Bill and Ben, but his naivety can sometimes lead to the twins playing tricks on him. Despite this, Timothy just dismisses them as silly and gets on with his job.

Bill and Ben tricked Thomas into taking a train of trucks, unaware that Timothy was on the other end which Timothy claimed was a bit of a funny trick. He gave Thomas some advice about the dangerous crumbling clay pit walls and he also told him not to mind Bill and Ben's tricks so much. Thomas accepted Timothy's advice to be cautious.

Bill and Ben once teased Timothy for being an oil-burning engine instead of a regular coal-burning engine. Timothy started to get upset by this, but ended up having the last laugh when the clay pits ran out of coal. Timothy collected some coal from Brendam Docks and the twins finally apologised for their teasing. Sometime later, the twins sent him on a wild goose chase to Brendam Docks to find them a multi-coloured truck which they claimed that they wanted for doing something important which was one of their usual tricks, causing Timothy to run around the island until he came across a waste truck covered in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet paint. Salty claimed it to be a "rainbow truck". Timothy took the truck back to the China Clay Pits where Bill and Ben could smell the rubbish inside the truck. The Fat Controller scolded Bill and Ben for their silly trick they played on Timothy and were told to take the truck to Whiff's Waste Dump as a punishment, so the China Clay Twins took the multi-coloured truck to the Waste Dump and got into an argument on the way which caused the China Clay Twins to call each other a stinky tank engine because the truck was smelly.

One time, Bill and Ben constantly said Timothy was "no help at all" whenever they made mistakes, though no one was fooled. However, they convinced the Fat Controller to send Timothy to Brendam Docks to help Porter, who was working on his own due to Salty working on the mainland. But without Timothy, the work at the clay pits piled up. Finally Timothy came back with Salty and Porter behind him to help clear up the mess.

Personality

Timothy is friendly, helpful, and loves being really useful, but can also be naïve and gullible, which can lead him to fall victim to Bill and Ben's tricks. He is also strong-willed and determined, and can be surprisingly witty when he puts his mind to something.

Technical Details

Basis

Timothy is based on an open cab oil burning steam locomotive built by Bell Locomotive Works, Inc. of New York City. These engines, which were built in a variety of gauges, were used throughout the United States, Cuba, Central America, and South America in construction and industrial work, such as clay pits.

Livery

Timothy is painted dark blue with red lining and brass fittings. He has "SCC" written on the sides of his water tank in yellow, brass nameplates with his name written in black on the sides of his oil tank and red curtains in his cab. 

Appearances

Audio Files

Whistle

First used Last used Sound Effect
Tale of the Brave Active

Trivia

  • Timothy has been modified for use on Sodor with loose couplings, added buffers and brake pipes.
  • From Series 22 onwards, Timothy is called Timmy in the Czech dub.
  • His headlamp would later be reused for Skarloey, albeit minus the handle.

Quotes

“Don't look at me!”
― No Steam Without Coal
“Wait a minute! Is this one of your tricks?”
― Timothy and the Rainbow Truck

Merchandise

References



* RWS only | ** T&F only | --- Dropped

* RWS only | ** T&F only
International Characters

* RWS only | ** T&F only | ✦ Changed location