Duck

: “What is your name?""Montague, Sir; but I'm usually called 'Duck'. They say I waddle; I don't really, Sir, but I like 'Duck' better than Montague.""Good! 'Duck' it shall be.”
: ― Sir Topham Hatt meeting Duck for the first time
Montague, affectionately known as "Duck" because of his supposed waddle, is a Great Western tank engine who works on the North Western Railway and is the railway's number 8 engine.
Duck runs his own branch line along with Oliver, and his three Slip Coaches, which he affectionately refers to as the "Slippies".
== Contents ==
* 1. Biography
* 2. Personality
* 3. Trivia
* 4. Quotes
== Biography ==
Prior to coming to the North Western Railway, Duck worked at Paddington and on the Sunshine Line of the Great Western Railway. During these days, he had his own trio of slip coaches affectionately known as the "Slippies" which he used to take passengers to their destinations.
Duck reprised his roles from The Railway Series from when he first came to Sodor to when he developed a rivalry with Diesel and Bulgy. Although Percy left the yard went to work at the harbour, Duck often helped him. The workload eventually got too heavy for them alone, so the Fat Controller brought Diesel to help. Duck and Percy were furious and went on strike until the Fat Controller made them work again. Diesel did not stay for long though, as he pushed some trucks into the sea and was sent away in disgrace. Duck and Percy gladly did the work alone. Sometime later, a regatta was being held at the harbour, which inspired Duck to sail to faraway lands. When a man in the regatta hurt his hand, Duck brought him to Bertie, who then took him to hospital.
Duck has had many adventures, many of which were the same as The Railway Series, such as: helping Stepney take the Express to Crovan's Gate after Class 40 broke down, supporting Oliver when he took on S.C. Ruffey and the other trucks, going to the Big City with the engines after they received a letter from a little girl and helping Henry with the Flying Kipper up Gordon's Hill, but crashing into it after the tail lamp fell off.
Later, Duck was trapped at the docks with the big engines and Cranky during a storm. A tramp steamer crashed into the shed, causing it and Cranky to topple over, trapping the engines. Thomas and Percy rescued Cranky, who then rescued the other engines. Afterward, George refused to let Duck clear a truck from the Main Line, resulting in Gordon crashing into it. Neither Gordon nor Duck got into trouble for this when the Fat Controller found out that George was to blame for the accident.
When Harold broke down at Callan Castle, Duck was asked to take him to the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre for repairs, with Thomas as his back engine. However, Thomas wanted Harold to see the sights of Sodor, so he tricked Duck into going to Knapford. After this, Duck became cross with Thomas and refused to listen to him when Thomas tried to warn him about a narrow tunnel. This ended up damaging Harold's rotor blades and earning them a scolding from Sir Topham Hatt. The two engines made up and switched places, Thomas leading them to the Rescue Centre without encountering any more tunnels. After this, Duck admitted that "The Thomas Way" was another valid way of doing things.
Duck once ran into a flood whilst working on his branch line and had to wait until James brought Rocky to help him. Unfortunately, Oliver and Percy ran into them due to a broken signal knocked down by Rocky's swinging crane arm and delayed Duck's rescue. During one hectic summer, the Fat Controller was not sure how to handle the number of passengers travelling on his railway. In the shed, Duck talked about the slip coaches which he had used on the Great Western Railway. The next morning, James lied to the Fat Controller and said the idea was his own, initially receiving praise only to cause trouble. Duck soon took control of the slip coaches and utilised them perfectly, with the coaches now appearing to be used year-round.
Duck helped with building the new Harwick Branch Line and was very excited yet surprised to see Donald and Douglas helping too. He later brought Rocky to lift Thomas out of the cavern that he had fallen into and sometime later attended the branch line's opening ceremony.
One day, when a storm struck the island, he and Oliver were responsible for taking people safely home. At Arlesburgh, the two met Skiff and warned him to get to safety. When Duck had finished his jobs, he headed for home with the slip coaches; however, neither they nor Oliver and Toad - who were travelling to Arlesburgh 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. Later, as in the Railway Series, his whistle got clogged after his driver boiled an egg on it. Thomas and Rex teased him, and Mike said that engines should not make such noises, as engines without whistles are "not proper engines at all". Fortunately, Duck's whistle was cleaned out later that day.
Duck, 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.
After another big storm, Harwick school was damaged. Duck searched for a coach that he could use to pick up the students with, but none were available. He eventually stumbled across Dexter, an old branch line coach that had been left on a siding.
Duck alerted the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre when Percy mistakenly thought that Thomas had had an accident. Later, he and the other engines began searching for Thomas, as well as Harold and Thomas himself, found Percy, who ended up being the one to have an accident instead.
When word was spread about a railway show for the little engines was to be held at Ulfstead Castle, Duck was informed and carried a flatbed with Bert on it.
== Personality ==
Duck knows how to hold his own and tends to stand for no nonsense from any engines that might get ideas above their station and try to order him or others about; as a result of this and his strength, most tank engines look up to him. However, he has never gotten along particularly well with Thomas, partly due to the latter’s cheeky antics. In spite of this, the two have shared a mutual respect since they ended up working together to help Harold.
However, his moral code is not perfect and he often favours fairness to kindness; he asserted to Percy that Thomas deserved his comeuppance for teasing him about being scared at the smelters. He enjoys running like clockwork, without problems or interruptions, making him a very efficient and loyal engine. He takes tremendous pride in the responsibilities bestowed upon him, particularly in his role of running his own branch line with Oliver, sometimes known as the "Little Western" as a result.
Duck is cheerful, busy, mature and tends to bustle about. He is very proud of his noble Great Western heritage, often claiming that "there are two ways of doing things: the Great Western way, or the wrong way", occasionally to the annoyance of other engines. He strongly admires City of Truro and enjoyed talking "Great Western" with him when he visited the North Western Railway. He is also shown to be kind to others, but the one engine he finds the most difficult to be kind to is Devious Diesel, especially after Diesel spread rumours about him giving nicknames to the bigger engines.
Duck is often welcoming of newcomers, even most diesels as long as they are not rude. He will often support the underdog, stick up for his friends and help others see the error of their ways. However, occasionally he does have the "Tank Engine sense" of teasing the bigger engines such as Gordon. Duck is also known to have a rivalry with James, but he has earned the respect of the bigger engines and has firm friendships with Edward, Percy, Oliver, Toad, BoCo and the Scottish twins.
== Trivia ==
** In some international dubs, Duck's name was changed:
*** In the Greek dub from the first to fifth season, Duck is female and is called "Jackie". As of Season 7, Duck has reverted back to his original gender and name.
*** In the French dub, Duck was called 'Duck' instead of 'Canard', the French word for 'Duck'. Since Season 6, he is called 'Montaigu', the original French form of 'Montague'.
*** In the second Polish dub, he is called 'Kaczor', which is Polish for 'Duck'.
*** In the Turkish dub, prior to Season7, Duck was called 'Ördek', which is Turkish for 'Duck'. Since the seventeenth, he is referred to by his real name. 
* Duck was originally considered to be part of the Steam Team. However, he was dropped in favour of Emily so as to give a female character a more prominent role. 
* Nonetheless, the leaked pitch bible for HiT's 2004 retool of the series indicates that the writers were not directly barred from utilising Duck as a supporting character in their scripts (at least initially), implying that an amalgam of budgetary limitations at Shepperton Studios (which, by reducing funding for engine model repairs amidst the series' accelerated production schedule in the 2000s, may have limited the number of characters to film per series) and relative disinterest in the character on the HiT writing staff's part may have contributed to his lengthy absence. 
* From Season 11 onwards, Duck gained different brake pipe outlets compared to his model. They were still based on Märklin outlets, but they lacked the additional moulded-on brake pipes which were present on his model.
== Quotes ==
: “There are two ways of doing things, the Great Western way or the wrong way.”
: ― Duck's catchphrase
: "Where will I sleep tonight?" -Asks Sir Topham Hatt where his shed will be for the night, "Duck Comes To Sodor: Season 1 Episode 7"
: "Guys! Can you please let me have some Peace & Quiet? I don't want to share a shed with some stupid chatterboxes!" -Asking Gordon & Henry to stop talking about him, "Peace & Quiet: Season 1 Episode 13"
: "Hello Flynn! I'm Montague The Great Western Engine, but you can call me Duck. Everyone does that." -Introducing himself to Flynn, the new fire truck on Sodor, "Flynn the Fire Engine: Season 2 Episode 9"
: "If you go to the garbage dump, you'll find the green engine that looks just like me." -Telling Thomas that there's a Great Western Engine that is just like him named Oliver, "Thomas and The Garbage: Season 2 Episode 12"
: "You wanna be careful when wrestling with the Big City Engine. Otherwise he'll knock you out with his strong muscles." -Warning Oliver about the safety of wrestling with a tender engine, "Oliver VS. Big City Engine: Season 3 Episode 9"
: "You have 12 lumps of coal left in your bunker Percy. Don't use them all, or else you'll be stuck on the tracks!" -Warning Percy about breaking down, "Percy Breaks Down: Season 3 Episode 18"
: "You should be careful while you're around George the Steamroller. He likes rolling the railways up as flat as a pancake by turning them into roads." -Telling James to be cautious around George the new steamroller, "George The Grumpy Steamroller: Season 5 Episode 3"
: "The people over at Cronk need to get enough wood to build a fire and Sir Topham Hatt told me to have you pull it." -Reminding Sonic to pull a load of wood to the people waiting for it at Cronk to build a campfire, "Sonic Gets It: Season 6 Episode 16"
: "TODAY'S THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR THIS TV SERIES!!!" -Telling Thomas, Edward, James, Gordon, and Toby that "Thomas and Friends: Sodor Adventures" turns one year old, "One Year Series Anniversary: Season 7: Episode 6"
: "Toby! Watch your diet! You're gonna have diarrhea if you drink too much milk!" -Telling Toby to stop drinking milk every day and to watch his diet so he doesn't have bowel issues in the future, "Toby's Addiction To Milk: Season 8 Episode 10"
: "Henry! You've been playing Fortnite for 2 or 3 f***ing hours! Time to get off and watch the movie with us." -Telling Henry to stop his game of Fortnite and watch the movie with him, Thomas, James, Percy, Toby, and Edward, "Henry's Fortnite Obsession: Season 9 Episode 1"
: "This is where you drop off passengers if you're pulling the express." -Showing Barry, the new black engine where to drop off his passengers when pulling the express, "Barry The Black Engine: Season 9 Episode 10"
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