Spencer

107 feet (Millennium)

60 feet (Silver)

80 feet (Millennium)

105 tons (Millennium)

**Spencer** is a silver adult male locomotive dinosaur who is privately owned by the Duke & Duchess of Boxford (residing in the Mainland). He is a neutral character who serves as either an enemy or occasional ally of the Steam Team.

## General information

### **Design**

Spencer is one of the largest monsters encountered on Sodor (sometimes even slightly dwarfing Gordon), with a uniquely streamlined build to reinforce his trademark speed. His scales are silvery with some black and a few gold accents. His spines are all arranged in a sleek fashion and can bend freely. He possesses a pair of white armored structures that curve and run down from his shoulders to the base of his tail. In both the Silver and Heisei eras, his arms and lower torso were exposed as black and tubular in structure, oddly, giving him somewhat of a resemblance to a common diesel dinosaur. These areas were eventually plated over, following the Millennium era. Spencer's whistle is located in front of his funnel, as opposed to usually being placed near the tip of the tail. He wears a red nameplate with gold lettering and lining.

### **Abilities**

#### **Physical capabilities**

Spencer's top speed was clocked at around 126 miles per hour (as of the Heisei era), making him one of the fastest monsters, if not the fastest overall. His ability to bend his spines back provides lesser air resistance, giving him a huge advantage speed-wise. Spencer is just about as strong as he is fast. He was capable of sending both Thomas & James flying with a swing of his arm, and even partially flailing Henry around by the tail. He also boasts superior durability compared to a lot of other monsters, being able to casually ignore lethal explosives as well as direct blasts in his way, even from giant mechas (which are normally designed to stun or kill monsters).

#### **Energy capabilities**

##### Beam

Spencer's breath weapon is visualized as a low-heated beam of energy. Uniquely, depending on weather conditions as well as the time of day, the beam can change color and intensity - white during clear daytime, pale purple at nighttime, electric blue when around thunderstorms, and even gold when the beam hits maximum power (etc).

##### Flight

Spencer surprisingly has the ability to fly despite his size and mass, although he needs to gain sufficient speed in order to make a successful take off. When in midair he can reach his highest speed than he could on land, though his flight duration does not sustain forever and usually rather last mere minutes before having to land.

### **Weaknesses**

Only majorly present in the Heisei era, Spencer needed to expel his beam multiple times to prevent a "recharge overload". This does not apply to him in any other era onward. His very large frame makes him a prone target to pressuring by lighter and nimble monsters. Spencer has also displayed great struggle when trying to adapt against surprise attacks.

### **Behavior**

Spencer is headstrong, cocky, and takes great pride in his own speed and physical prowess. His overconfidence in the battlefield makes him quick to underestimate the capabilities of his opponents. In his interactions with the Steam Team monsters, Spencer would usually scorn and/or attack them given that he sees them as mere annoyances, but will occasionally consider teaming up with them if it is to stop a greater threat, as well as if the aftermath is likely to provide a benefit for himself. He remains unsure whether to call them genuine allies or enemies, considering some of the mutual alliances they have made. The same case often applies when he teams up with the diesels. Amusingly, Spencer expresses a strong distaste towards robots and furthermore actively attempts to destroy one of them out of outrage after his appearance was purposely mistaken for one.

Spencer is overall perceived as a type of person who typically wants nothing to do with his allies or enemies and his motivations are mostly guided by selfishness and contempt, although he has sometimes proven to show a sense of remorse. He generally prefers to be left a solitary fighter, although he reveals himself to be a rather protective figure towards his human owners, the Duke and Duchess of Boxford.