Whiff

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{{Youmay|''the engine''|''[[Whiff (Story Library Book)|the Story Library book]]''}}
{{Infobox_Character_Vehicle
|title1 = Whiff the Rubbish Engine
|image1 = <gallery>
File:MainWhiffCGI.png|II
File:MainWhiffModel.png|I
</gallery>
|first_appearance = [[Emily's Rubbish]] {{T&F}}
|creator(s) = [[Wayne Jackman]]
[[Simon Spencer]]
|uk_voice_actor = [[Keith Wickham]]
|us_voice_actor = [[William Hope]]
|name = Whiff
|title = * Whiff the Rubbish Engine
* Whiff the Scruffy Engine{{Ref|[[Whiff (Story Library Book)]]}}
|nicknames = * Whiffy Whiff
|gender = Male
|country_of_origin = {{flag|ios}} [[Island of Sodor]]<br>{{flag|en}} [[The Mainland|England]] {{Note|built}}
|affiliation = * [[North Western Railway]]
** [[Emily]]
* [[Whiff's Waste Dump]]
** [[Scruff]]
|basis = [[Wikipedia:NER 66 Aerolite|NER 66 ''Aerolite'']]
|gauge = {{Standard gauge}}
|power_type = Steam
|vehicle = Locomotive
|type = Tank engine
|fuel_type = Coal
|configuration = 2-2-4T
|wheels = 8
|top_speed = 55 mph
|designer(s) = [[:Wikipedia:Wilson Worsdell|Wilson Worsdell]]
|builder(s) = NER Gateshead Works
|year_built = circa 1869
|number = 66
|railway = [[North Western Railway]]
|company = [[Whiff's Waste Dump]]
|owner(s) = [[Sir Topham Hatt]]
}}
'''Whiff''' is a grubby green tank engine. His main task is collecting rubbish and scrap, which explains his dirty appearance and smell.

==Biography==
===''Thomas & Friends''===
When Whiff first came to the [[North Western Railway|railway]], [[Emily]] was asked to help him out. Emily was under the impression that he would be more intriguing and that the task would be more exciting; Emily was eager at first, but disappointed when she learned that Whiff worked with rubbish. Emily tried to shun being seen with him, but Whiff found her almost everywhere she went. Although the two were mocked by other engines wherever they went, Whiff maintained a cheery expression and seemed either not to notice or care. When Emily finally escaped from Whiff, she found [[Spencer]] blocked by a long line of trucks full of rubbish. When none of the other engines helped, she found Whiff. Emily apologised to Whiff and together they cleared Spencer's line.

Whiff was present at the celebration of [[Island of Sodor|Sodor]] Day at the newly reopened [[Great Waterton]] station.

One day, Whiff was meant to take away a truck of old cans from a siding. [[Toby]], who was looking for something special to present to [[Sir Topham Hatt|the Fat Controller]], mistook the distant truck at first for something valuable. Later, Whiff brought the Fat Controller to a broken-down Toby, who had discovered a sign belonging to the old [[Sodor Tramways]].

He later gained [[Whiff's Waste Dump|his own rubbish dump]] and with help from [[Percy]], he unblocked the tunnel to [[Misty Island]] and saved [[Thomas]], [[Bash and Dash|Bash, Dash]] and [[Ferdinand]].

Whiff now runs his dump with help from [[Scruff]]. One day, when Scruff's "scruncher" was broken, Whiff stayed with him at the [[Sodor Steamworks]] until he was mended. This left the rubbish dump without anyone to run it, so [[Gordon]] was put in charge for the day.

Whiff requires help from time to time with his rubbish trains. Once, Thomas was supposed to help Whiff with his train, but only succeeded in crashing into the trucks at [[Wellsworth]] as Thomas was trying to stay clean for the [[The Duke and Duchess of Boxford|Duchess of Boxford]]. In the end, Whiff took the Duchess whilst Thomas cleared up the mess and took the rubbish train. Later on, Whiff tried to be as grand as Spencer by hauling heavy loads. He helped Emily and [[Edward]] by taking some of their loads, but only neglected his own job of clearing the railway of the rubbish trucks. After delivering the respective loads, Whiff carried out his work and proved once again to be really useful.

One Christmas, Whiff and Scruff helped Thomas get covered in rubbish so he could play a trick on [[Diesel]] and later attended the [[Sir Robert Norramby|Earl of Sodor]]'s Christmas lunch.

When [[Bradford]] arrived on Sodor, Whiff used him as his [[Brake Vans|brake van]] to take dirty trucks filled with waste. However, Bradford refused to move as the trucks needed to be cleaned, causing Whiff to be late.

==Personality==
Whiff is cheerful and optimistic. He enjoys his job of collecting rubbish/garbage. He either does not seem to care what the other engines think about him or is oblivious to their opinions. Despite that, he is friendly and always does his job well at the Waste Dump. He is somewhat naive, as he did not realise why the other engines tried to avoid him so much. However, in Misty Island Rescue, he is shown to know a bit about Sudrian history, since he knew about the tunnel connecting Misty Island to Sodor.

According to Whiff's television series designer, Whiff can also be described as "nerdy".

==Technical Details==
===Basis===
Whiff is based on the North Eastern Railway's 2-2-4T No. 66, named "Aerolite". Aerolite was built in 1869 to replace a destroyed Kitson locomotive of the same name and to haul the Mechanical Engineer's saloon coach, which is also preserved on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. It was rebuilt extensively several times during its career. It was classified X1 by the LNER in 1923 and was retired in 1933, being preserved at York the following year. It can be found today at the [[National Railway Museum]] in York.<gallery position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" bordercolor="transparent">
File:Whiff'sbasis.png|Whiff's basis
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===Livery===
Whiff is painted in a dark green livery with black and yellow lining and green wheels. He has red numberplates on his bunker. He wears large spectacles on his smokebox.

==Appearances==
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Television Series=
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===''[[Thomas & Friends]]''===
* '''[[Series 11]]''' - [[Emily's Rubbish]]
* '''[[Series 12]]''' - [[Toby's Special Surprise]]
* '''[[Series 14]]''' - [[Thomas and Scruff]] and [[O the Indignity]]
* '''[[Series 15]]''' - [[Spencer the Grand]], [[Kevin the Steamie]] {{Cameo}} and [[Fiery Flynn]] {{Cameo}}
* '''[[Series 16]]''' - [[Thomas and the Rubbish Train]], [[Percy and the Calliope]] {{Cameo}}, [[Sodor Surprise Day]] and [[Whiff's Wish]]
* '''[[Series 17]]''' - [[Scruff's Makeover]] and [[The Frozen Turntable]] {{Mentioned}}
* '''[[Series 18]]''' - [[Timothy and the Rainbow Truck]] {{Cameo}} and [[Samson Sent for Scrap]] {{Does not speak}}
* '''[[Series 19]]''' - [[Diesel's Ghostly Christmas]]
* '''[[Series 20]]''' - [[Sidney Sings]], [[Bradford the Brake Van]], [[Pouty James]] {{Cameo}}, [[Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks]] and [[Henry in the Dark]] {{Cameo}}
* '''[[Series 22]]''' - [[The Case of the Puzzling Parts]]

====Specials====
* '''2008''' - [[The Great Discovery]] {{Cameo}}
* '''2010''' - [[Misty Island Rescue]]
* '''2012''' - [[Blue Mountain Mystery]] {{Cameo}}
* '''2017''' - [[Journey Beyond Sodor]] {{Cameo}}

====[[Music Videos]]====
* '''The Great Discovery''' - [[Where, oh Where is Thomas?]] and [[Thomas, You're the Leader]]
* '''Misty Island Rescue''' - [[Misty Island Rescue (song)|Misty Island Rescue]]
* '''Series 14''' - [[All You Need]] 
* '''Series 15''' - [[Hear the Engines Coming]]
* '''Series 16''' - [[Thomas and Percy]] and [[Go, Go Thomas]]
* '''Series 17''' - [[Hey, Hey Thomas!]] and [[On a Journey Today]]
* '''[[Thomas' YouTube World Tour]]''' - [[A World Around You]] and [[The Whistle Song]]
* '''Series 19''' - [[There's Snow Place Like Home]]
* '''Journey Beyond Sodor''' - [[I Want to Go Home]] {{Cameo}}
}}
|-|Other Media=
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===[[Magazines|Magazine Stories]]===
* '''2010''' - [[Misty Island Rescue (2010 magazine story)|Misty Island Rescue]] {{Cameo}}
* '''2011''' - [[O, the Indignity! (magazine story)|O, the Indignity]], [[Thomas and Scruff (magazine story)|Thomas and Scruff]], [[The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story#Issue 645|The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 645)]] and [[Thomas and the Rubbish Train (magazine story)|Thomas and the Rubbish Train]] {{Does not speak}}
* '''2013''' - [[The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story#Issue 657|The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 657)]], [[Whiff's Wish (magazine story)|Whiff's Wish]] {{Does not speak}} and [[Sodor Surprise Day (magazine story)|Sodor Surprise Day]] {{Does not speak}}
* '''2014''' - [[Emily Makes a Splash!]] {{Mentioned}}, [[Frozen Turntable]] {{Mentioned}} and [[Whistle-Stop Tour]] {{Mentioned}}
}}
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==Audio Files==
'''Whistle'''
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:15px; width: 85%; text-align:center;"
! width="163px" |First used
! width="163px" |Last used
! Sound Effect
|-
|[[Series 11]]
|Active
|[[File:Whiff's_Whistle.ogg|center]]
|}

==Trivia==
* Whiff is the first and only engine to wear glasses in the television series. However, if [[The Railway Series|Railway Series]] characters were counted, Whiff would be the second character, the first being the [[The Ballast Spreader|Ballast Spreader]]. He and the ballast spreader are also the first and second characters with eyewear, [[Darcy]] being the third.
* Whiff's physical model had two holes in his footplate to accommodate a lamp and two holes in his front bufferbeam to accommodate a brakepipe. Despite this, Whiff never had a lamp or brakepipe between the eleventh and twelfth series.
* Whiff is the only character introduced in the eleventh series to have appeared in full CGI.
* Whiff has the same number as his basis, Aerolite.
* In the German version of the show Whiff is called "Mief", which is an informal word and has the same meaning as "bad smell".

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Hello, I'm Whiff. My job is to collect the rubbish/garbage on the Island of Sodor. It's a smelly job, but someone has to do it.|Whiff's website audio}}

==Merchandise==
* [[Wooden Railway]] {{Note|discontinued; reintroduced 2014}}
* [[Take Along]] {{Discontinued}}
* [[Take-n-Play]] {{Discontinued}}
* [[TrackMaster]] {{Discontinued}}
* [[My First Thomas]] {{Note|talking; discontinued}}
* [[Capsule Plarail]] {{Note|Japan only}}
* [[Boss]] {{Discontinued}}
* [[My Thomas Story Library]] {{Discontinued}}
* [[Collectible Railway]]
* [[Adventures]] {{Discontinued}}
* [[Micro Rubber Engines]]
* [[Mega Bloks]] {{Discontinued}}
* [[TrackMaster Push Along]]

==References==
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