Top Hat

"*He's a pain in the funnel!"*

*"The way he moves his head about, I'd say he's a pain in the* *neck!*"

— Sunshine and Ten Cents on Top Hat, *"Munitions"*

### Friends

Ten Cents, Sunshine, Hercules, Big Mac, Warrior, Grampus, O.J., Big Mickey, Sally, Boomer, Frank and Eddie, Izzy Gomez, Captain Star, Captain Zero, Zak, Zorran, Zebedee, Zip, Zug, Mighty Mo, Lillie Lightship, Bluenose, Sea Rogue, Billy Shoepack**Fanfic:** Theodore, Emily, Oliver, Foduck, The Dispatcher, Thomas, Percy, James, Gordon, Edward, Henry, Emily, Rebecca, Nia, Toby, Duck, Bill and Ben, Timothy, Rosie, Stanley, Ryan, Sonny, Diesel, Daisy, Salty, Porter, Paxton, Sidney, Philip, Victor, Skarloey and Rheneas, Whiff, Marion, Skiff, Hiro, Kenji, Mavis, Annie and Clarabel, Charlie, Billy, Terence, Bertie, Bulgy, Cleo, Ruth, Donald and Douglas, Cranky, Carly, Judy and Jerome, Billy, Elizabeth, George, Peter Sam, Sir Handel, Mighty Mac, Duncan, Freddie, Duke, Owen, Merrick, Harvey, Millie, Luke, Stephen, Glynn, Shane, Aubrey and Aiden, Tamika, Ace. Isla, Spencer, Henrietta, Hugo, Rocky, Harold, Flynn, Captain, Butch, Belle, Nelson, Jack, Alfie, Oliver, Max and Monty, Kelly, Byron, Ned, Isobelle, Patrick, Brenda, Buster, Darcy, Kevin, Oliver, Ashima, Rajiv, Noor Jehan, Shankar, Charubala, Lorenzo, Beppe, Gina, Stefano, Ester, Gabriela, Raul, Gustavo, Marcia and Marcio, Fernando, Hank, Sam, Gator, Norman and Dennis, Hong-Mei, Yong Bao, An-An and Yin-Long, Den, Dart, Beau, Toad, Duchess, Lexi, Theo, Hurricane, Merlin, Frankie, Beresford, Caitlin, Connor, Ferdinand, Bash and Dash, Emerson, Lei, Natalie, Cassia, 'Arry and Bert, Bert, Rex, Mike, Lucy, Phillip and Filmore, Hank, George

### Enemies

Z-Stacks (sometimes), Bluenose (sometimes)

### Likes

Working on both railway and harbour, being polite, distributing railway rolling stock with his barges

### Dislikes

Big Mac's stupidity, barges are dirty and missing, the Z-Stacks (sometimes)

## Character's Bio

### Full name

Thomas Eugene "Top Hat" Ramsay (fanfic, as a human)

## Physical Apearance

### Eye Colour

Black (cartoon)Cyan blue (fanfic, as a human)

### Complexion

Yellow, black and white (cartoon)Pale (fanfic, as a human)

### Status

Alive

**Top Hat** is one of *TUGS and* *Salty's Lighthouse* characters. He was Captain Star's fourth tug. He is an uppity and snobbish character with a monocle, vintage top hat (hence his name) and looks down on everyone, friends and foes alike, thinking that he is the best tug in the Star Fleet.

Top Hat speaks with a posh English accent.

In the fanfic, *The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor*, Top Hat's surname, Ramsay, was a reference to British chef, Gordon Ramsay.

## Biography

### *TUGS*

Although he tries to avoid any job that will make him dirty, he is used for a wide variety of tasks around Bigg City Port, mainly distributing railway rolling stock with his barges, Frank and Eddie. Despite his problem with dirty jobs, he is often used to tow Lord Stinker the garbage barge in episodes such as *"High Tide."* In that episode, he gained a great respect for the barge. Yet in other episodes he complains about the garbage itself, and often teases Warrior for his garbage smell.

Aside from his snobbish personality, Top Hat's most distinguishing feature is his elevated wheelhouse; it's this feature that distinguishes him as a railway tug, as real tugs built to haul railroad rolling stock on barges had equally high wheelhouses to allow their pilots and crews to see over the top of their high loads. Unlike his real-world counterparts, however, Top Hat can bob his wheelhouse up and down, giving his model an extra element of movement which was often used for dramatic or comedic purposes.

Top Hat cares mainly about himself and saving his own neck. He may pretend to be cool and collected, but when he is actually faced with a threat or is placed in danger, he will panic and complain. This type of behaviour is shown in the episodes *"Ghosts"* and *"Regatta."* He is often ridiculed by his companions, particularly Ten Cents and the villainous Z-Stacks.

Despite his self-absorbed and arrogant demeanour, Top Hat has proven himself on numerous occasions and can cope fairly well in an emergency, such as when he propped up Zebedee's steel load under a railway bridge to help Puffa get across, and when he used Lord Stinker to save the Goods Engine from a serious accident when the bridge collapsed. Despite the fact that he very rarely shows it, he cares deeply for the Star Fleet.

Like O.J., Top Hat's whistle is very deeply pitched, but softened somewhat in comparison with O.J.'s. He also has the deepest whistle of the Star Fleet.

## Physical Appearance

### Livery

Top Hat is painted in the Star Fleet's corporate livery. This consists of a black hull, a yellow superstructure, white mast and an American flag-styled red, white and blue funnel. His name is painted on the sides of his bow in white and he has the number "4" on his funnel. He wears a black vintage top hat and a monocle.

### Fanfic

As a human, Top Hat had pale skin tone, clean combed auburn-brown hair, a pair of cyan-blue eyes and wearing a silver monocle. He also wore a black coat with platinum buttons and number 4 on the left lapel, white shirt, black necktie, a pair of matching trousers, top hat and dress shoes.

## Fanfics

The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor

Top Hat appeared in the second series, he worked as a railway tugboat driver. A week before helping out delivering the barges to Uptown with the other Star Fleet drivers, the Z-Stacks, the Salvage Fleet and Theodore and his friends, Percy and James both came from the island of Sodor to helping out on the railway.

A week later, Billy saw two engines huffed on the rail bridge that wasn't safe. Later, Percy was falling off his own engine into the Up River and drowned, James was shocked terrifying that he saw him falling off and drowned. He jumped off from his own engine into it to save him. He shouts louder for help to save them both. Suddenly, Billy heard there's someone needed help. He tells the others that he heard someone needs help.