Oliver

Good-Gracious (by Duck)

Yah Booh Snub (by Bulgy along with Duck)

Ollie (by S.C. Ruffey and the trucks)

Little Western (by The Engines)

Great Western (by Harold)

**Oliver** is a Great Western tank engine who was saved from scrap by Douglas. His daring escape made him popular with the other engines, which perhaps made him a little overconfident. He now works on the Little Western with Duck. He has a brake van named Toad.

## Appearance

Oliver is a tank engine with two big driving wheels at the front, and two small ones at the back. He has a whistle, which sounds similar to Duck's, albeit lower pitch.

Before he was saved by Douglas, his paint had faded by the time he was rescued, leaving him in a rusty red colour. After his rescue, he was painted in NWR unlined apple green with the 1934 GWR crest painted on the sides of his tanks and his number 11 painted on the sides of his cab in yellow. In between the sixth and twelfth series, he was painted in a slightly lighter shade of NWR unlined apple green. From Tale of the Brave onwards, he is painted in a slightly darker shade of green from his former green livery in between the first and fifth series.

## Personality

Despite his heroism and daring feats of escape, Oliver is an engine who is willing to admit every day is a learning curve. When he was still new to Sodor, he let the other engines' responses to his courage, resource and sagacity from his amazing recounts of daring escapes and adventures get to his smokebox and he became conceited.

However, when the Troublesome Trucks pushed him into the turntable well, he grew into a much humbler, settled engine and was far warier of trucks. But later, with some help from his brake van Toad, he did gain much respect and authority among the trucks when he showed his strength with the ringleader of the trucks, S.C. Ruffey, a little more than he had perhaps been intending. Oliver still has gumption but is now a more obedient, sensible engine. He feels his responsibility on the railway deeply, is ever thankful for being aided in his escape from scrap by Douglas and is a trustworthy, tenacious, plucky engine.

However, he can still be occasionally boastful or temperamental; despite this setback, Oliver is still one of the more really useful and well-behaved engines on Sodor.

## Trivia

* Oliver's television series model was on display at Nitrogen Studios, but is now on display at the Hara Model Railway Museum in Japan and is wearing his content face mask.
* Oliver's cross face mask is now owned by Twitter user TomsProps.
* Oliver's theme first heard in the third series is a musical variation on the theme from the 1963 film, *The Great Escape*. It is also reminiscent to a portion of the TUGS Danger theme. Some fans have also considered it similar to John Williams' theme for *Indiana Jones* as well.
* Some of Oliver's earlier merchandise had black wheels, indicating he was based off of how he looked in the *Railway Series*.
* Oliver has been portrayed with different accents through the years:
	+ Willie Rushton gave him a Yorkshire accent in his narration of Enterprising Engines and Oliver the Western Engine.
	+ George Carlin gave him a Brooklyn accent in the US narration of the third series.
	+ Alec Baldwin gave him a British accent in the US narration of the fifth series.
	+ Michael Brandon gave him a Southern accent in the US narration of the seventh series.
	+ Joe Mills gives him a Cornish accent in both the UK and US narrations from the eighteenth series onwards.
* Oliver's first whistle sound (which is his original) from the third series only is Gordon's, but four steps higher-pitched. It's also Neville and Flying Scotsman's whistle sound, but at a step lower, but before Neville was introduced and before Flying Scotsman's whistle was first heard and used, but at a step higher:
* His first whistle sound (which is his original) from the third series only was reused for Neville, but at a higher pitch and it was also used for Flying Scotsman's whistle, but at a higher pitch as well and the same pitch as Neville's.
* Oliver's current whistle sound from the fourth series onwards was reused for Edward in Trouble on the Tracks and it was also used for Duck, but in one scene in Edward the Very Useful Engine.

## Quotes

* **You think I can't manage. Gordon knows better, he says I'm sagacious.**
* **Look sharp!**
* **I'm a Great Western Engine. I shouldn't have to shiver.**