Oliver

: “Amazing!""Oliver, has resource!""And sagacity. He is an example to us all.”
: ― Henry, James and Gordon remark about Oliver's escape from the scrapyard[src]
Oliver is a green Great Western tank engine who works on the North Western Railway and is the railway's number 11 engine.
After being saved from scrap by Douglas, he runs the Little Western with Duck and his own brake van, Toad.
== Contents ==
* 1. Biography
* 2. Personality
* 3. Trivia
* 4. Quotes
== Biography ==
Much like in the Railway Series, Oliver and Toad were escaping from scrap when Douglas found, saved and brought them to the North Western Railway. The other engines were impressed by his adventures and the attention soon went to Oliver's smokebox, which led to him being so conceited that he ignored Duck and Donald's advice about trucks and several pushed him into a turntable well. Upon his return from the Works, Oliver regained his respect after pulling the ringleader of the trucks, S.C. Ruffey, apart.
After that, Oliver worked at Knapford Yards, also known as Oliver's Yard, where he had his own shed to rest in. He only had to pull trucks when the other engines were busy. The trucks have since feared him, considering him to be dangerous and preferring Percy. Although he liked working in the big yard, Oliver missed the long runs and wanted to do more than simply push trucks onto the turntable, but he remained tight-lipped about his problem and grew unhappy as a result. He ended up roughly biffing the trucks into the turntable well, damaging it. The Fat Controller transferred him to the mail train in an attempt to have the night air clear his smokebox, but Oliver ended up getting lost, discovering an abandoned house (which was later turned into a teahouse) in the process. When Harold found him, Oliver concluded that being found is much nicer than being lost. His brake van Toad started feeling a similar problem when he was glum about always going backwards. Oliver tried to cheer him up by reminding him of his usefulness. When the trucks broke away from Oliver on the hill, taking Toad with them, Oliver determinedly chased after the runaway through Wellsworth and Crosby and all the way to the old stone bridge. Oliver could not help teasing Toad when all was said and done and assured him no harm was done in case of Toad causing Oliver an embarrassment.
When Emily took Annie and Clarabel, Oliver informed her that they belonged to Thomas, making her realize her mistake. He later broke down on the Intersection and was saved by Emily when he was about to be hit by Thomas. He also complained about the snow, but later crashed into a children's snowman in the village, in which he had to spend the night in the snowman's body. However, the children later decorated him to look like the snowman which made Oliver like the snow.
Oliver started repeatedly telling everyone about his "escape" from the scrapyard, even to the point of annoying Toad. After his brake van had an adventure without him, James told Oliver to listen to Toad's story for once. During a flood, he collided with Rocky and James who were rescuing Duck, who had stalled underwater. He also nearly collided with Duck who ran a red signal by mistake. Later, he broke down whilst on his way to the docks to deliver some trucks. When Gator arrived to take the train, Oliver was surprised by his unusual shape and wondered where Gator's lamp was, unaware it was not working properly.
Oliver began to get fed up of Toad singing during their journeys and explained to Duck that Toad is always like this when he is in a good mood. Later, Toad told Oliver that he saw a whale and he did not believe him at first until he saw the whale for himself. He then helped with rescuing the whale.
When the Harwick Branch Line was being built, Oliver helped with the line's construction. Marion believed that he had made a wish to turn himself into a digger and the Arlesdale engines had granted his wish. It was not until the branch line's opening ceremony that Marion discovered there was, in fact, two Olivers.
When a storm struck the Island, Oliver and Duck were responsible for taking people safely home. At Arlesburgh, the two met Skiff and warned him to get to safety, upsetting the rail boat. When he had finished his jobs, Oliver picked up Toad and headed for home. Unfortunately, neither they nor Duck (who was travelling to Tidmouth on the opposite track) were aware that a lightning strike had caused a tree to fall on the line. Thankfully, Skiff (who had been blown away by the storm) was able to warn them just in time. Oliver proclaimed him the bravest rail boat he had ever known. Another time, he found Judy and Jerome - the Breakdown Train - in Arlesburgh Harbour. He agreed to take the two to the countryside. He later informed Ryan that Duck had moved them again.
Oliver, along with all of the Fat Controller's engines, wanted to go to the Great Railway Show, but he was among the many engines that were not chosen.
== Personality ==
Despite his heroism and daring feats of escape, Oliver is an engine who is willing to admit every day is a learning curve. When he was still new to Sodor, he let the other engines' responses to his courage, resource and sagacity from his amazing recounts of daring escapes and adventures get to his smokebox and he became conceited. However, when the Troublesome Trucks pushed him into the turntable well, he grew into a much humbler, settled engine and was far warier of trucks. But later, with some help from his brake van Toad, he did gain much respect and authority among the trucks when he showed his strength with the ringleader of the trucks, S.C. Ruffey, a little more than he had perhaps been intending. Oliver still has gumption but is now a more obedient, sensible engine. He feels his responsibility on the railway deeply, is ever thankful for being aided in his escape from scrap by Douglas and is a trustworthy, tenacious, plucky engine. However, he can still be occasionally boastful or temperamental; despite this setback, Oliver is still one of the more really useful and well-behaved engines on Sodor.
== Trivia ==
* Some of Oliver's earlier merchandise had black wheels, indicating he was based off of how he looked in The Railway Series. 
* Oliver was the first character not to have a model made out of perspex. His model was made of brass, which would be used more extensively in the following series.
* The official Thomas & Friends Twitter page made a post on November 11th, 2011 where they mistakenly pointed out that there was no #11 engine on the Island of Sodor. This was likely due to Oliver not being present in the show when the post was made as he was not introduced until Season 2.
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== Quotes ==
: “Oliver's no use at all; thinks he's very cleverSays that he can manage us; that's the best joke everWhen he orders us about, with the greatest folly,We just push him down the well...Pop goes old Ollie!”
: ― The Troublesome Trucks and S.C. Ruffey teasing Oliver with a song, Toad Stands By.
: "Hello Thomas! I'm Oliver! I'm so glad you found me." -Introducing himself to Thomas, "Thomas and The Garbage: Season 2 Episode 12"
: "You wanna darn fight me Big City Engine?! Well, I'm way more better at wrestling than you are!" -Proving Big City Engine that he's wrestled longer than him, "Oliver VS. Big City Engine: Season 3 Episode 9"
: "Now what? My new money counter Neville found $10,000? Well how'd he find that much money?" -Asking Thomas how Neville, the new money counting engine found $10,000 for himself to count, "Neville The Money Counter: Season 4 Episode 2"
: "It's nice to meet you Bill & Ben! Now let's head over to Tidmouth Sheds." -Leading Bill & Ben to have fun at Tidmouth Sheds, "Too Much Chaos!: Season 4: Episode 12"
: "Wow Sonic! You are fast! Let's have a race, shall we?" -Sees at how fast Sonic The new engine is and asks to race him, "You're Too Slow!: Season 5 Episode 4"
: "Gordon, I think you need to either find your dome, or get a new one from the works." -Telling Gordon that he suggests to do something about his dome, "Gordon's Missing Dome: Season 5 Episode 12"
: "Be careful with those coaches Stepney! Those belong to James. If you ruin them, he will be mad at you." -Warning Stepney about pulling James' coaches and how to be safe with them, "Stepney and the Coaches: Season 6 Episode 17"
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