Bash and Dash

Bash

Dash

**Bash** and **Dash** are fun-loving logging Locos who live on Misty Island with Ferdinand.

## History

### Thomas & Friends

Bash and Dash are mischievous twins who always finish each other's sentences. They were sent to Misty Island because they were naughty on the Mainland, but now they always try to do their best for Sir Topham Hatt.

Toby became good friends with Bash and tried to find him a home on Sodor. Emily also became friends with Dash.

In the sixteenth series, they, along with Ferdinand, were sad because Ol' Wheezy was broken. They later laughed at Spencer when he did not know that Stafford was not with him.

### Lukeillie's Series

They were built and first worked in the United States where they meet Ferdinand and became friends. They were later sent to work in a railway on the Mainland. They became obssesed with logs and became crazy. They later caused an accident where they killed an engine, its crew, and some railway workers. This resulted in them being sent away to Misty Island where they were supposed to stay there forever. Their crews soon expanded the island from what there already was there. They would spend their time by throwing logs around and laughing at nothing. Many years later, they would be found by Thomas and come to Sodor.

Later on, they invited Luke over to Misty Island. He thought them how to stay calm after he got terrified of them but in the end, they forgot what Luke thought them.

## Personalities

Bash and Dash are the wacky, mischievous Logging Loco twin engines who know each other so well that they can often finish the others' sentences. They almost never argue nor disagree with each other, unlike most other twins in the series. Living in an environment without proper rules, authority, or society, Bash, Dash and Ferdinand lived for fun, silly games and playing about in the chaotic, consequence-free Logging Camp and the dense Jobi forests of Misty Island. Often, they were easily distracted, reckless and got very little work done and when they did work, it was in a particularly silly, wacky or questionable manner.

However, after Thomas wound up on Misty Island, later managing to make his way back to Sodor, the twins were welcomed to the railway by the Fat Controller. The Logging Locos' outlook has now changed and they all try to be Really Useful engines.

Instead of aspiring to only goof around, they are now keen to help the Sodor engines and learn about the proper way of doing things, the values of good behaviour and forming new friendships with others. Although sometimes Bash, Dash and Ferdinand may be baffled by concepts that are unfamiliar to them, due to living in isolation on Misty Island for some time, they attempt to assimilate new prospects, take part and strengthen their friendships with the Sodor engines and their reputation of being really fun.

Joining in or even trying to recreate these previously unfamiliar social quirks helps the kooky Logging Locos learn about the world around them, the virtues and graces of others and how to appreciate and understand new things to help them be Really Useful.

Although they will always be fun-loving and may raise the eyebrows of some of the bigger engines as they lark about with their work, the Logging Locos' new-found respect for considering others and learning and applying everyday rules, values and behaviours helps them to learn and draw from the Sodor engines and the sensibilities of society, the world around them and maturing into Really Useful engines to make the Fat Controller proud.

Bash appears to be the more timid, peaceful one of the twins, while Dash is more outgoing and supportive.

## Liveries

Bash's boiler, wheels and lining are painted slate grey and his cab and dome are painted amber. Dash's boiler, wheels and lining are painted amber and his cab and dome are painted slate grey. They both have a semi-circular symbol with three yellow trees with two brown axes crossing each other on the right sides of their cabs.

## Appearances

* Season 2 - Luke's Trip to Misty Island
* Season 3 - Rise of the Logging Locos

## Trivia

* Bash and Dash can run on either wood or oil.
* Bash and Dash have only been partially modified for British railways, with screwlink couplings but no buffers.
* In a promo of Dash, his side rods are missing. A CGI head-on promo of both twins also depict them with their faces swapped.
* Bash and Dash's liveries are the same as each other's, but with the placements swapped.
* Dash has more merchandise representation than Bash, a first-timer in the franchise for any twin characters.
* Bash and Dash have travelled far faster in the television series than their basis is capable of.
* It is actually impossible for Bash and Dash to run as they have no frames nor visible fuel support for the wheels on them to run.
* Bash and Dash's whistles are recycled from the model of Toby's three-chime steam whistle from the thirteenth series episode "*Toby's New Whistle*", albeit without the mechanism.
* The doors on Dash and Bash's trackmaster toys are painted black.