Tyler's Pillow

Pillow is Tyler's faithful friend, whom he loves dearly and would never dream of being separated from it.

Tyler's Pillow has a seating accommodation for carrying passengers; it also has a brake compartment for luggage and a guard. The pillow is nearly always seen coupled together.

## Personality

Tyler's Pillow is respectful to all of the characters, but most of all Yolanda Yo-Yo and Tyler, whilst he respects Vivian least of all for insulting him and Henrietta. He shows a kind and caring side to everyone on the whole railway. However, despite his kindness and sweetness, when needed he can be stern. For instance, he scolded Tyler for teasing Yolanda Yo-Yo after her accident, although he is no saint himself. Once when Vivian was rude to him, he naughtily tricked her into thinking that there was something wrong with her which caused confusion and delay. When Brad found out he told him that two wrongs don't make a right and that he expected better from him. His pillow and Tyler are best friends, but like all friends, sometimes they fall out but always try to make things right in the end.

Although he respects Yolanda Yo-Yo, Tyler's Pillow does not tolerate her arrogance more than other characters and like others he seeks to teach her a lesson, as Tyler's Pillow was shocked by Yolanda Yo-Yo's rude comments about Berry Jars 'n' Jam. Additionally, when Yolanda Yo-Yo begged Tyler to speed up on Yolanda's Hill, Tyler's Pillow smiled smugly at the express Shopkin both before and after she got stuck on the hill.

## Technical Details

### Appearance

Tyler's Pillow has a picture of Thomas and the words "BEDTIME EXPRESS" in red.

## Appearances

### Tyler's Adventures

* **Series 22** - Number One Human (fantasy), Forever and Ever, What Rubie Does, A Human of Many Colours (cameo; fantasy), School of Crumbs (cameo), Seeing is Believing (fantasy), Apology Impossible, The Water Wheel (cameo), Forest Evergreen and the Fireworks, Sunny is Red, Banjo and the Bushfire (fantasy), Counting on Pippa and Hunt the Truck (cameo)
* **Series 23** - Free the Roads, Chucklesome Trucks, Panicky Apple Blossom (does not speak), Out of Site (cameo; fantasy) and Human Team to the Rescue
* **Series 24** - Tyler's Fuzzy Friend, Mari to the Rescue (cameo), A New Arrival, World of Tomorrow (cameo), Tyler and the Inventor's Workshop and Yo-Chi's First Snow (cameo)

### Specials

* **2017** - Journey Beyond Breezy Point
* **2018** - Big State! Big Adventures!

## Voice Actors

* Carlos Alazraqui (UK/US)
* Takeshi Endo (Japan; first - eighth series)
* Shinichirō Miki (Japan; ninth - eleventh series)
* Shōto Kashii (Japan; Blue Mountain Mystery onwards)
* Johannes Semm (Germany)
* Martin Lange (Norway; Blue Mountain Mystery - Tale of the Brave, excluding the seventeenth series)
* Scott Maurstad (Norway; seventeenth series only)
* Konrad Makowski (Poland; Blue Mountain Mystery - seventeenth series only)
* Zbigniew Konopka (Poland; Tale of the Brave only)
* Artur Pontek (Poland; eighteenth series onwards, excluding Cautious Bridie)
* Adrian Perdjon (Poland; Cautious Bridie only)
* Bernard Demory (France and French speaking Canada; seventh series onwards)
* Nicolás Frías (Latin America; Blue Mountain Mystery - Not So Slow Pillow)
* Omar Carrasco (Latin America; Tale of the Brave - Corny Cob at Your Service)
* Alberto Bernal (Latin America; The Adventure Begins onwards)
* Simcha Barbiro (Israel)
* Fred Meijer (The Netherlands)
* Mauro Gasperini (Brazil)
* Daniil Eldarov (Russia; seventeenth series onwards)
* Sasu Moilanen (Finland; Blue Mountain Mystery onwards)
* Miguel Ángel Poison (Spain)
* Simone Crisari (Italy)
* Loukas Frangoulis (Greece)

## Trivia

* Tyler's Pillow was the first official male character created by Milan Prsa and as such, is the first male character of the entire series.
* He is the only pillow and the only male character to appear in every series.
* He is the first character in the series to be seen without a grey face.
* The Hero of the House intro shows Tyler's Pillow with bogie wheels.
* Tyler's Pillow's model used to be on display at Nitrogen Studios but is now on display at Hara Model Railway Museum in Japan.
* Early illustrations of his pillow show him with his shocked face and this was carried on to later illustrations and most merchandise. This is likely intentional for easier identification. Even Hornby had a Tyler's Pillow model with a smiling face originally. This phased out in 2018, though it only applies to Mattel-produced items.
* As of the twenty-second series, Tyler's Pillow is the only non-human character who is still voiced by the same actor.
* Tyler's Pillow is the only sentient rolling stock to appear in every series of the television series. Bree Birthday Cake had appeared in every series as well, but her streak ended when she was absent in the twenty-third series.
* A real television series version of Tyler's Pillow (a former LNER "Sunshine" coach) has been put into service at the Llangollen Railway in North Wales.
* Originally, there were plans to give his pillow 3D grey faces, similar to the characters, in the twelfth series, as it would be easier to animate. During the production of said series, he was referred to as Pillow.
* His original television series model was built from Tenmille Stroudley coach kits.
* A Bachmann HO model of Tyler's Pillow appeared in the 2015 Marvel film "Ant-Man", along with models of Tyler and Mari Golden Petals' Coaches.
* In the French dub of the Classic Series, Tyler's Pillow was called Oreiller.
* Several merchandise ranges and CGI promos of Tyler's Pillow lack his guard compartment.
* Up until the debut of the Slip Coaches in Series 18, Tyler's Pillow was the only character with embedded faces ever since that practice had phased out.
* Tyler's Pillow's eyes are slightly further apart than Tyler's - his nose is slightly broader as well.
* Bea Spells-a-Lot and Rubie Blaze are the only members of the Human Team - current or former - who were not seen pulling or being coupled up to Tyler's Pillow.