Beppe

Opera singer (fanfic, as a human)

### Friends

Thomas, Percy, James, Gordon, Edward, Henry, Emily, Rebecca, Nia, Toby, Sir Topham Hatt, 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, 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, Gina, Stefano, Ester, Gabriela, Gustavo, Raul, 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**Fanfic:** Ten Cents, Sunshine, Theodore, Emily, Hercules, Big Mac, Warrior, Grampus, O.J., Top Hat, Big Mickey, Sally, Boomer, Frank and Eddie, Oliver, Foduck, The Dispatcher, Izzy Gomez, Captain Star, Captain Zero, Zak, Zorran, Zebedee, Zip, Zug, Mighty Mo, Lucy, Phillip and Filmore, Hank, George

### Likes

Opera singing, Lorenzo, wandering for an adventure, good lucks

### Dislikes

Getting lost in the old mine along with Lorenzo, abandoned in the scrapyard, bad lucks

## Character's Bio

### Age

Mid 20's or early 30's (fanfic, as a human)

## Physical Apearance

### Eye Colour

Black (cartoon)Blue-green (fanfic, as a human)

### Complexion

Vibrant orange with powder blue panels and gold trims (cartoon)Pale (fanfic, as a human)

### Status

Alive

**Beppe** is one of *Thomas & Friends* characters. He was a small Italian coach who worked with Lorenzo.

In the fanfic *The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor,* Beppe has a surname, D'Acquisto, which has been sharing with Salvo D'Acquisto, the member of the Italian Carabinieri during the Second World War, who died in Fiumicino, Italy on 23rd September 1943.

## Biography

### *Thomas & Friends*

When Lorenzo got lost in the old Italian mines, Beppe also got lost with him. The pair were later rediscovered by Thomas and rescued by Stefano after being left hanging over a cliff by the sea.

Later, when Gina was asked to take Dame Bella Canto to The Colosseum, Lorenzo suggested that she use Beppe - albeit this was only so that he could fetch a bigger coach so that he could take her instead. Beppe ended up carrying Dame Bella's Orchestra instead, however he became worried when Lorenzo did not show up and - with Gina's help - found him lost in an old scrapyard.

When Thomas wanted to learn opera, Beppe and Lorenzo tried to teach him. In the end, the pair were unable to do so, concluding that he simply was not cut out for it.

## Personality

Beppe is Lorenzo's small coach - he loves to sensationalize situations and idolizes Lorenzo. Beppe and Lorenzo are like an operatic double act and often break out into song. Beppe sings the bass notes to Lorenzo's tenor voice.

He is well-behaved and always in a musical mood and when Lorenzo gets singing, he does not hesitate to join in, though the two usually choose to do so regardless of their surroundings (almost trapping them with a cave collapse). Much like any coach, Beppe does not take nonsense from Lorenzo lightly and the tender engine's curiosity and quest for fame usually ends up annoying him in one way or the other. Like other small characters, Beppe prefers thinking of himself as useful despite his size and always has Lorenzo's back in the end, though he also sees Gina as a good substitute.

Beppe greatly believes in superstitions, the most recent one being luck. He and Lorenzo often do things that are said to be good luck, such as turning right, holding their breaths in tunnels, and wearing good luck charms. Even though most people and engines say that there is no such thing as luck and that luck does not have to do with anything, Lorenzo and Beppe always believe that luck is always around.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Although Beppe is an Italian coach, he is actually based on Turkish Sultan Abdulaziz's private coach, built by the Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Ltd, England in 1866. The coach was found abandoned in a shed and was restored by the Rahmi M. Koç Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.

Unlike his basis, Beppe does not have a rear balcony. His roof is also lowered and his front is made up of a 4x2 grid as opposed to a 5x2 grid.

## Physical Appearance

### Livery

Beppe is painted vibrant orange with powder blue panels and gold trim. Along with his yellow wheels, his rooftop is painted black and he has brass nameplates on his sides.

### Fanfic

As a human, Beppe has pale skin, clean combed bright auburn hair, blue-green eyes and wears a light vibrant orange with powder blue lining on each lapel and gold buttons, white shirt, Van Dyke brown necktie, light vibrant orange trousers and black dress shoes.

## Fanfics

The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor

Beppe appears as a human in the fanfic, he becomes Lorenzo's coachman and works with him and Gina on an Italian Railway. Suddenly, Percy, James, Ten Cents, Sunshine, Theodore and Hank arrives on Italy to tell them the truth about Thomas, who was seriously ill due to an incident while working on the Japanese Railway with Hiro and Kenji . Lorenzo tells them three where Thomas was, but James told him, Gina and Lorenzo that he has been seriously taken ill while working on the Japanese Railway with Hiro and Kenji in Japan for several days ago.

In the night, Lorenzo and Beppe were doing their opera performance at the theatre in Rome.