Prince Charming

**Prince Charming** is the secondary antagonist of *Thomas and Tillie* and the main antagonist of *Thomas: Cousin Nevill*.

## Biography

### Early Life

Prince Charming was born to The Fairy Gothelmother and his (**Unnamed Father** ) in The Kingdom of Sodor when he was a little boy. He wanted to be adopted by Sir Topham Hatt.

### *Thomas and Tillie*

In Thomas and Tillie, he is the secondary antagonist and more of a comic relief character. Charming travels to the castle, where Sir Topham Hatt had been hanging out, only to discover that the engines has already found him and got adopted by him and that Big Bad Wolf (without any explanation to how Big Bad Wolf got there in the first place) has taken to sleeping in her tower.

Charming's narration in this scene (as well as his conversation with Big Bad Wolf) reveals the most important aspects of the plot from the first film.

It is later revealed that Charming is, in fact, the son of the Fairy Gothelmother and that she wants her son to be adopted by Sir Topham Hatt so that Charming can become king (similar to Lord Finfwack intentions from the first film). As such this version of Prince Charming plays a more villainous role. Later, in the movie, Charming deceives Sir Topham Hatt into believing that he is Thomas, having been turned human by a "Happily Ever After" potion.

Nevertheless, Charming's foul attitude shines through the disguise, and Sir Topham Hatt realizes the truth before the end of the movie.

### *Thomas: Cousin Nevill*

He returns as the main antagonist. Charming is stuck working at a dinner theater, playing himself due to his name. However, despite being the hero in Charming's play (which appears to be a spoof on the classic fairy tale *Rapunzel*), the audience cheers when the "Thomas" Mascot comes onstage. Finally, a prop tower falls on Charming, but he escapes injury as the window passes around him. Charming leaves the theater upset and goes to his "dressing room": the back alley behind the bar, and starts sobbing at his misfortune. There, Charming vows to a picture of his mother that he will become the King of Sodor and kill Thomas to avenge her death.

Prince Charming organizes an army of villains in the Poison Apple, all upset that they haven't gotten their "Happily Ever After".

While Thomas, Percy, James and Henry are in search of the heir to the kingdom, Sir Topham Hatt holds off a coup d'état by Charming. Upon Thomas's return, he is captured by Charming.

Charming then places Thomas in the play, now being performed in a pavilion before the entire kingdom. Thomas begins to ruin it for Charming by making a fool of him. As Charming is about to kill Thomas onstage, Sir Topham Hatt and the others burst in, getting ready to fight the villains. However, before a confrontation ensues, Nevill, the true king, convinces the villains to give up their evil ways, and they do so. However, Charming refuses and stabs Thomas, but Thomas is completely unharmed; Charming merely stuck the sword between Thomas's arm and side. Thomas then throws Charming before the hamster, who tips over the stone tower with her tail, which falls on Charming, defeating him. The crown then goes rolling and Nevill puts his foot on it. It is debated whether he survived the ordeal, as some say the empty window of the stone tower landed on him in a similar style to the cardboard tower at the beginning, and moments earlier, Thomas tells him that he's going to have to keep on looking for his "Happily Ever After" which could be an indication that he wasn't intended to be killed. However, watching in slow motion shows that the part of the tower above the window was what landed on him, and he says "Mummy?" before it lands on him hinting that he will be reunited with his mother soon or he could have possibly survived. If he survived, he may have been arrested and sent to jail for his actions.

### *Thomas: Gordon Returns*

Charming makes a cameo during the flashback montage of the end credits but he was supposed to be dead in the 3rd movie. However, it remains debatable whether or not he died since his fate is unclear as it isn't shown onscreen, although is clear he didn’t unite with Sir Topham Hatt, possibly because he wasn’t a prince anymore due to his parents signing their kingdom away to Gideon, and Charming knew that he wouldn’t become king.

### *Thomas's Scary Stories*

Prince Charming appears in Thomas's story about Sir Topham Hatt being possessed.

## Video Game Appearances

Prince Charming appeared as a boss in Thomas and Tillie (video game) and as the secondary adversary and in Thomas: Cousin Nevill (video game). as the main adversary.

## Trivia

* Out of the four villains (Finfwack, the Fairy Gothelmother, Charming, and Gideon Gleeful), Charming has the most appearances in the 4 *Thomas* movies, having appeared in *Thomas and Tillie* and *Thomas: Cousin Nevill*, and having a cameo in *Thomas: Gordon Returns* during the clip montage of the credits with the others.
* Charming's mother is the Fairy Gothelmother. His father is unnamed, never mentioned, and is possibly dead (he is most likely a normal human).
* Charming can shatter glass with his voice.