Duck

Duck

Background information

**First episode**
"The Trouble With Trucks"

Character information

**Full name**
* Duck the Great Western Engine
* Duck the GWR Pannier Tank Engine
* Duck the Great Western Pannier Engine

**Other names**
Duck

**Age**
Unknown (*Engine*)

**Home**
Island of SodorEngland (*formerly*)

**Friends**
* Thomas
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Emily
* Donald and Douglas
* Oliver
* Toad
* Slip Coaches
* Skiff

**Quote**
"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."

**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 with Oliver and his three Slip Coaches, which he affectionately refers to as the "Slippies".

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, although he and Thomas are friends, they occasionally have not always got on well due to the latter’s cheeky antics but the two later shared a mutual respect since they ended up working together to help Harold and have always had a great friendship with each other.
However, his moral code is not perfect and 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.

Technical Details
Basis
Duck is based on a Great Western Railway (GWR) 57xx Class 0-6-0 pannier tank engine with added sand boxes.

Duck's basis
Livery
Duck is painted unlined NWR green with black wheels and valences. The initials "**GWR**" are painted on the sides of his pannier tanks in yellow and red. His number (8) is painted on the sides of his cab in yellow, on a rectangular black background with a yellow outline. He has red bufferbeams.
Originally, Duck had a white running board similar to most of the other steam engines in the early television series, however since his return in the seventeenth series, it has been repainted black. Additionally, upon his return, he was also given black window frames.

Appearances
Television Series* **Season 1** - The Trouble With Trucks (does not speak), Wilbert and Tiger Moth and Wilbert, Frank, and the Milk (cameo)
* **Season 2** - Save Sir Topham Hatt, A Flying Surprise, Thomas Helps a Friend, Disaster on Sodor (cameo) and The Daring Duel
* **Season 3** - Hideous Henry, Cranky's Delivery (cameo) and Trouble on the Track
* **Season 4** - Slippery Rails
* **Season 5** - Duck-Duck-Spooked
* **Season 6** - Percy's World Record
* **Season 7** - Toby's Adventure, Wilbert's Tragic Day and Terence's Train
* **Season 8** - Frank and the Fib (cameo), The New Controller and Runaway At The Runway
* **Season 9** - Help for Bertie and Tender Bender
* **Season 10** - Bee Yourself, James and Coal Crisis
* **Season 11** - The Great Western Way, Big City Rumor, Just Duck's Luck, Holly Jolly Molly and Trembling Trevor (cameo)
* **Season 12** - Greetings, Montague!, The Importance of Being Billy (cameo), Henry's Handcar Havoc (cameo), If The Dome Fits and The Mystery Train (mentioned)
* **Season 13** - Duck and the Quack Attack, Bert's Arlesdale Fail, The Duke of Hazard (mentioned), Who Stole The Coal?, Sam I Am, Toad Gets Towed, Hector and Logan's Hot Pursuit and How Gator Stole Christmas (cameo)
* **Season 14** - Double-Decker-Wrecker, Hiro and the Heat Wave (cameo), Furious George, S.C. Ruffey's Sweet Tooth (cameo) and Hatt Trick
* **Season 15** - Harvey's Happy Accident (cameo), Philip Finds a Friend (cameo), Tyrannical Rex, For Whom The Belle Tolls, Polar Express Coming Through! (cameo) and The Island of Misfit Engines (cameo)
* **Season 16** - Marion Had a Little Lamb (cameo), Painting the Rosie's Red (does not speak), Bad News Bear, Paxman Pulls Through (cameo) and Finding Lorry
* **Season 17** - Unidentified Flying Scotsman (cameo), Bold Slow Coach (mentioned), Big Trouble on the Little Western, Oliver Confusion (does not speak), James and the Giant Screech (cameo), Rocked by a Hurricane (cameo) and Para-Norman Activity
* **Season 18** - Santa Claws

Specials* Claw of the Law
* Oliver's Eleven (does not speak)
* Saving Pirate Ryan

He has also Appeared in some discussions and TTJL2019's Second Q&A Video.

Trivia* In some international dubs, Duck's name was changed:
	+ In the Greek dub from the second to fifth series, Duck is female and is called "Jackie". As of the seventeenth series, Duck has reverted back to his original gender and name.
	+ In the French dub, prior to *Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure*, Duck was called 'Duck' instead of 'Canard', the French word for 'Duck'. Since *Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure*, he is referred to by his real name.
	+ In the second Polish dub narrated by Stefan Knothe, he is called 'Kaczor', which is Polish for 'Duck'.
	+ In the Turkish dub, prior to the seventeenth series, Duck was called 'Ördek', which is Turkish for 'Duck'. Since the seventeenth, he is referred to by his real name with the exception of the episode *School of Duck*, in which he is called "Quack-Quack".
* According to SiF's interview with Sam Barlow, 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.
* Duck has been the most reoccurring returnee character from the seventeenth series onwards, having made at least one appearance per series since his return into the CGI series.
* In the CGI series, 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.