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|first_appearance = [[Emily's Rubbish]] {{T&F}}
  
|first_appearance = [[Emily's Rubbish]] {{T&F}}
 
|creator(s) = [[Wayne Jackman]]
  
|creator(s) = [[Wayne Jackman]]
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[[Simon Spencer]]
 
|uk_voice_actor = [[Keith Wickham]]
  
|uk_voice_actor = [[Keith Wickham]]
 
|us_voice_actor = [[William Hope]]
  
|us_voice_actor = [[William Hope]]
 
|name = Whiff
  
|name = Whiff
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|title = Whiff the Rubbish Engine
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|title = * Whiff the Rubbish Engine
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* Whiff the Scruffy Engine{{Ref|[[Whiff (Story Library Book)]]}}
 
|nicknames = * Whiffy Whiff
  
|nicknames = * Whiffy Whiff
 
|gender = Male
  
|gender = Male
 
|country_of_origin = {{flag|ios}} [[Island of Sodor]]<br>{{flag|en}} [[The Mainland|England]] {{Note|built}}
  
|country_of_origin = {{flag|ios}} [[Island of Sodor]]<br>{{flag|en}} [[The Mainland|England]] {{Note|built}}
 
|affiliation = * [[North Western Railway]]
  
|affiliation = * [[North Western Railway]]
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** [[Emily]]
 
* [[Whiff's Waste Dump]]
  
* [[Whiff's Waste Dump]]
 
** [[Scruff]]
  
** [[Scruff]]
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|wheels = 8
  
|wheels = 8
 
|top_speed = 55 mph
  
|top_speed = 55 mph
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|designer(s) = Wilson Worsdell
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|designer(s) = [[:Wikipedia:Wilson Worsdell|Wilson Worsdell]]
 
|builder(s) = NER Gateshead Works
  
|builder(s) = NER Gateshead Works
 
|year_built = circa 1869
  
|year_built = circa 1869
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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]].
  
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]].
   
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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.
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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.
   
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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.
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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.
  
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.
   
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When [[Bradford]] arrived on Sodor, Whiff used him as his 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.
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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==
  
==Personality==
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Whiff is cheerful and optimistic. He enjoys his job of collecting rubbish. 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.
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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.
   
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According to Whiff's TV series designer, Whiff can also be described as "nerdy".
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According to Whiff's television series designer, Whiff can also be described as "nerdy".
   
 
==Technical Details==
  
==Technical Details==
 
===Basis===
  
===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">
  
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">
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File:Whiff'sbasis.png|Whiff's Basis
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File:Whiff'sbasis.png|Whiff's basis
 
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==Appearances==
  
==Appearances==
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Television Series=
  
Television Series=
 
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* '''Series 14''' - [[All You Need]]
 
* '''Series 14''' - [[All You Need]]
 
* '''Series 15''' - [[Hear the Engines Coming]]
  
* '''Series 15''' - [[Hear the Engines Coming]]
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* '''Series 16''' - [[Go, Go Thomas]]
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* '''Series 16''' - [[Thomas and Percy]] and [[Go, Go Thomas]]
 
* '''Series 17''' - [[Hey, Hey Thomas!]] and [[On a Journey Today]]
  
* '''Series 17''' - [[Hey, Hey Thomas!]] and [[On a Journey Today]]
 
* '''[[Thomas' YouTube World Tour]]''' - [[A World Around You]] and [[The Whistle Song]]
  
* '''[[Thomas' YouTube World Tour]]''' - [[A World Around You]] and [[The Whistle Song]]
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* '''2014''' - [[Emily Makes a Splash!]] {{Mentioned}}, [[Frozen Turntable]] {{Mentioned}} and [[Whistle-Stop Tour]] {{Mentioned}}
  
* '''2014''' - [[Emily Makes a Splash!]] {{Mentioned}}, [[Frozen Turntable]] {{Mentioned}} and [[Whistle-Stop Tour]] {{Mentioned}}
 
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==Voice Actors==
  
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* [[Keith Wickham]] {{Note|UK; Misty Island Rescue onwards}}
  
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* [[William Hope]] {{Note|US; Misty Island Rescue onwards}}
  
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* [[Takayuki Kawasugi]] {{Note|Japan; eleventh series onwards, excluding Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks}}
  
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* [[Keiko Nemoto]] {{Note|Japan; Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks only}}
  
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* [[Ernesto Lezama]] {{Note|Latin America; Misty Island Rescue onwards; excluding the nineteenth series}}
  
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* [[Carlos Íñigo]] {{Note|Latin America; nineteenth series only}}
  
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* [[Sigbjørn Solheim]] {{Note|Norway; Misty Island Rescue - seventeenth series}}
  
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* [[Dan Schatzberg]] {{Note|Israel; twentieth series onwards}}
  
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* [[Robin Brosch]] {{Note|Germany; Audio Books only}}
  
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* [[Tetje Mierendorf]] {{Note|Germany; Misty Island Rescue only}}
  
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* [[Till Huster]] {{Note|Germany; fourteenth - seventeenth series}}
  
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* [[Kailas Mahadevan]] {{Note|Germany; twenty-second series onwards}}
  
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* [[Artur Pontek]] {{Note|Poland; Misty Island Rescue onwards}}
  
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* [[Mariano García]] {{Note|Spain; Misty Island Rescue onwards}}
  
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* [[Vladimir Antonik]] {{Note|Russia; fourteenth - sixteenth series}}
  
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* [[Petri Hanttu]] {{Note|Finland; Misty Island Rescue - fifteenth series}}
  
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* [[Tuukka Leppänen]] {{Note|Finland; twenty-second series onwards}}
  
   
 
==Audio Files==
  
==Audio Files==
 
'''Whistle'''
  
'''Whistle'''
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! Sound Effect
 
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==Trivia==
  
==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 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.
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* For unknown reasons, Whiff's physical model had 4 holes in his footplate to accommodate a lamp; 2 larger in the front and 2 smaller in the back. Despite this, Whiff never used a lamp between Series 11-12.
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* 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 is the only character introduced in the eleventh series to have appeared in full CGI.
 
* Whiff has the same number as his basis, Aerolite.
  
* Whiff has the same number as his basis, Aerolite.
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* In the German version of the show Whiff is called "Mief", which is an informal word and has the same meaning as "bad smell".
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* Whiff had 4 face masks, having 2 unused sad faces. They are all in a reference sheet owned by TomsProps on Twitter.
  
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* Whiff has gone through a few changes in the television series:
  
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** Series 12:
  
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*** His glasses gained lenses.
  
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** Misty Island Rescue:
  
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*** His whistle budges up and down.
  
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*** His bufferbeam is significantly more weathered.
  
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*** His pupils become smaller.
  
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** Series 17:
  
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*** His whistle becomes stationary again.
  
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** Series 18:
  
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*** He gained a lamp and lamp iron.
  
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** Series 20:
  
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*** He gained front and rear brakepipes. Additionally, the front brakepipe outlets he had had since his introduction were replaced by the generic style shared by most of the other engines - he also gained these on his back.
  
   
 
==Quotes==
  
==Quotes==
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* [[TrackMaster]] {{Discontinued}}
  
* [[TrackMaster]] {{Discontinued}}
 
* [[My First Thomas]] {{Note|talking; discontinued}}
  
* [[My First Thomas]] {{Note|talking; discontinued}}
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* [[Capsule Plarail|Wind-up Trains]] {{Note|Japan only}}
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* [[Capsule Plarail]] {{Note|Japan only}}
 
* [[Boss]] {{Discontinued}}
  
* [[Boss]] {{Discontinued}}
 
* [[My Thomas Story Library]] {{Discontinued}}
  
* [[My Thomas Story Library]] {{Discontinued}}
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* [[Micro Rubber Engines]]
  
* [[Micro Rubber Engines]]
 
* [[Mega Bloks]] {{Discontinued}}
  
* [[Mega Bloks]] {{Discontinued}}
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* [[TrackMaster Push Along]] 
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* [[TrackMaster Push Along]]
   
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==References==
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{{Reflist}}
 
{{North Western Railway}}
  
{{North Western Railway}}
 
{{Peel Godred Branch Line}}
  
{{Peel Godred Branch Line}}

Revision as of 13:14, 3 July 2020

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This article is about the engine. You may be looking for the Story Library book.


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 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 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 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 his own rubbish dump and with help from Percy, he unblocked the tunnel to Misty Island and saved Thomas, 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 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 Earl of Sodor's Christmas lunch.

When Bradford arrived on Sodor, Whiff used him as his 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.

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

Thomas & Friends

Specials

Music Videos

Audio Files

Whistle

First used Last used Sound Effect
Series 11 Active

Trivia

  • Whiff is the first and only engine to wear glasses in the television series. However, if Railway Series characters were counted, Whiff would be the second character, the first being the 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

“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

References

  1. ↑ Whiff (Story Library Book)


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