Jerome

## Jerome the Breakdown Crane

### Friends

Thomas, Percy, James, Gordon, Edward, Henry, Emily, Rebecca, Nia, Toby, Sir Topham Hatt, Duck, Bill and Ben, Timothy, Rosie, 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, Elizabeth, George, Rusty, Peter Sam, Sir Handel, Mighty Mac, Duncan, Freddie, Duke, Owen, Merrick, Harvey, Millie, Luke, Stephen, Glynn, Arthur, 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, Isobella, Patrick, Brenda, Buster, Darcy, Kevin, Oliver, Ashima, Rajiv, Noor Jehan, Shankar, Charubala, Lorenzo, Beppe, 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

Sleeping heavily with Judy, being ready for an emergency and respond with zeal and vigor, her job, enjoy working

### Dislikes

Being awaken with Judy by the engines (including Thomas and Ryan), being left behind with Judy in their siding if they never being needed, being missing with Judy

## Character's Bio

### Full name

**Fanfic:** Jerome Antoine Erdoğan (as a human)

### Birthdate

**Fanfic:** 17th February 1943 (as a human)

### Birthplace

**Cartoon:** England, United Kingdom (built)
**Fanfic:** Vicarstown, Island of Sodor (as a human)

### Race

**Fanfic:** Turkish, Greek, Scandinavian, Welsh and Slovene (as a human)

## Physical Apearance

### Species

**Cartoon:** Breakdown crane
**Fanfic:** Human

### Eye Colour

**Cartoon:** Black
**Fanfic:** Light sapphire blue

### Complexion

**Cartoon:** Dark green-grey with yellow hazard stripes and brass nameplate
**Fanfic:** Pale (as a human)

### Status

Alive

**Jerome** is one of *Thomas & Friends* characters. He was one of the breakdown cranes (the other is Judy). He and Judy used to live in the station yard at Knapford, but now handle emergencies on the west side of the island, on the Harwick Branch Line.

In the fanfic *The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor*, Jerome's surname, Erdoğan, was a reference to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the 12th president of the Republic of Turkey.

## Biography

### *Thomas & Friends*

Judy and Jerome are first encountered by Thomas in a siding at Knapford Station Yard, where they thought there was an emergency after Thomas woke them up. Annie and Clarabel then explained to him what they were for. He later collected them after James' accident with some trucks.

After Rocky arrived and the Search and Rescue Centre was built, Judy and Jerome became obsolete due to Rocky being stronger than both of them combined. They remained on their siding at Knapford for several years, eventually being noticed by Ryan. Looking for a change in scenery, they had him take them to Arlesburgh Harbour. However, the sea air caused their gears to not work properly and they had to deal with defacating seagulls, so they asked Oliver, who was passing by, to move them somewhere else.

Oliver took them to a field on the Little Western, but they quickly grew bored there. When Duck passed by, they asked him to move them somewhere else again, so he took them to the Blue Mountain Quarry.

While the pair where at the quarry, Daisy derailed on the other side of the island from the Search and Rescue Centre and Judy and Jerome were missing, meaning that Thomas would have to go all the way to the Search and Rescue Centre from Knapford to get Rocky. Eventually, Ryan was able to track them down and bring them to Daisy. Happy to be useful again, Judy and Jerome were taken to Arlesburgh that night. The Fat Controller then decided to relocate them to Arlesburgh permanently, allowing them to handle emergencies on the west side of the island while Rocky handled the east, having realized the strategic importance of having more than one breakdown train.

When Henry had an accident at Vicarstown on the viaduct, while taking a goods train to the Mainland, Edward took Judy and Jerome to the accident scene that evening, where they lifted Henry back to safety. After that they were left on their siding at Knapford again.

Sometime later, they helped Duck move Dexter to Harwick so he could be restored.

## Personality

Jerome is a heavy sleeper but she takes her job very seriously, usually only awaking if there is an emergency (or if he thinks there is). He is also seem to be very talkative. He was always ready for an emergency and respond with zeal and vigour and enjoy working.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Jerome was based on a Cowans Sheldon 30 ton breakdown crane. The Chinese and Indian cranes are also members of this class.

## Physical Appearance

### Livery

Jerome was painted dark green-grey with yellow hazard stripes along her sides. He has brass nameplate on each side of his cab.

### Fanfic

As a human, Jerome had pale skin tone, jet black hair and light sapphire blue eyes. He wore a dark green-grey jumper with yellow hazard stripes and dark brown shoes.

## Fanfics

### The Secret & Dearest Life of Everything in Sodor

Judy firstly appears with Jerome in the soap opera comedy-drama fanfic. They both worked as the breakdown crane drivers.