Bruno

## Brake Car Bruno

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"*Give me a "brake!" Get it?*"
— Bruno's joke, Shake, Rattle and Bruno

**Bruno** is a red brake car who lives and works on the Island of Sodor.

## Personality

Bruno is described as being smart, relaxed and joyful. He loves making puns and will often use comedy to get through difficult situations. As a brake car, Bruno travels facing backwards at the rear of the train and thus has a unique perspective on the world.

Bruno is also autistic; as a result, he is detail-oriented and likes routine. Bruno in particular likes schedules and timetables and memorizes where all the tracks on the Island lead. For this reason, he is often entrusted with guiding more rambunctious engines such as Diesel and Kana. He also has a special interest in people, his favorite type being mechanics.

Bruno will often emote using his stepladders, which he flaps when sad or excited, or his lantern. He is also sensitive to loud noises and, when stressed out by them, will produce large ear defenders made of steam from his smokejack. Additionally, Bruno has difficulty maintaining eye contact and will usually be looking at his surroundings rather than whoever he is talking to - this does not mean he is not listening, however.

## Technical Details

### Basis

Bruno is based off of an American caboose, specifically one with the cupola in the center. The Sodor Line cabooses from the original series' merchandise share the same basis, albeit with four wheels instead of eight like Bruno has.

A real life caboose similar to Bruno
### Livery

Bruno is painted red with white stripes on his sides and yellow hazard stripes painted and covering the top portion of his back end. His buffer beams and footplate are painted yellow, and his roof and handrails are painted black. Bruno also carries the number 43 on his side in yellow with dark red borders, while his wheels, buffer housings and coupling blocks are the same shade of red as his main body.

Bruno's prototype design depicts him with a grey roof and wheels, and yellow handrails, buffer housings and coupling blocks.

## Appearances

* Television Series
* Other Media

*Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go*
* **Season 2** - Percy Disappears, Tri-and-a-Half-a-Lon, Shake, Rattle and Bruno, Blackout! (*indirectly mentioned*), Christmas Mountain, Not-So-Secret Mission, A Very Percy Valentine's Day (*does not speak*), For All the Marble, Not So Easy-Greasy (*mentioned*), Bruno's Map Mishap, and The Waiting Game
* **Season 3** - Bruno's Blustery Day
* **Season 4** - TBA

Movies
* **2022** - The Mystery of Lookout Mountain
* **2024** - Untitled Third Movie

Songs
* **Season 2** - You Can't Stop Me!, Christmas Spirit, What's Really Real (*does not speak*), Friendship Map, and The Waiting Game (*does not speak; singing role cut*)
* **The Mystery of Lookout Mountain** - Warning: Biggest Adventure Ahead (*does not speak*), A Whole New Place (*does not speak in music video*), and Job to Do

Videos
* **Watch Out, Thomas!** - Percy's Spooky Delivery (*does not speak*), Thomas' Obstacle Course Fun, Thomas' Game of Hide and Surprise!, Thomas' Dragon Rescue (*cameo*), Carly and Sandy's Dino Delivery (*does not speak*), Thomas and Bruno's Loopy Delivery, Bruno's Easter Egg Mystery, Percy and the Mine Monster, Thomas and the Pirate Treasure (*cameo*), The Great Rescue of Diesel and Cranky (*cameo*), and Thomas and the World's Largest Christmas Tree
* **All Aboard!** - Detective Bruno, The New Platform, The Can Conflict, Take a Beat, and My Eyes Spy
* **Sodor Mystery** - Mystery of the Missing Watermelons and Percy's A-Maze-Ing Mystery

Annual Stories
* **2025** - Christmas Mountain

Books
* **2022** - Meet the Engines
* **2023** - Thomas and Bruno and Thomas and the Christmas Mountain
* **2024** - Little Learners Pocket Library, Feelings, and Meet Team Thomas!

Games
* **2023** - Go Go Thomas!

## Audio Files

### Whistle

In Go Go Thomas!, Bruno shares Thomas' whistle sound, despite being a brake car.

## Trivia

* Bruno is currently the first of several things:
	+ The first *All Engines Go* exclusive character to be rolling stock.
	+ The first bogie brake van in the franchise overall.
	+ The first rolling stock character to be portrayed as a child.
	+ The first character officially recognized as autistic in the franchise, although some believe he's actually the second autistic character in the franchise, with Theo potentially having some traits.
	+ The first main character to be rolling stock.
	+ The first child character exclusive to *All Engines Go* to be a male.
* The two digits of his #43 are in different fonts. The #4 is taken from Gordon's tender, while the #3 is taken from Henry's.
* Bruno's face in *All Engines Go* is depicted with dark blue irises, whereas his prototype design depicts him with aqua irises. His prototype design also shows him having grey wheels and a grey roof. This was carried over to his prototype Push Along toy.
* Bruno is currently the only member of The Biggest Adventure Club to be rolling stock.
* Bruno's number is a reference to 1943, the year that autism was first identified.
* According to Daniel Share-Strom:
	+ Bruno was originally meant to be named "Bruce the Caboose".
	+ Bruno likes even numbers, Bruno himself even mentions in the 2022 special, The Mystery of Lookout Mountain.
	+ Bruno was still being developed during the production of Season 2, hence why he has less appearances than in Season 3.
* Bruno, along with Sandy are two of Daniel Share-Strom's favorite characters.

## Merchandise

* Push Along
* Motorized
* My First Thomas (*coming soon*)

## References

1. ↑ Thomas the Tank Engine to introduce first autistic character Bruno the Brake Car in new animated series
2. ↑ Rishi Morar on Instagram
3. ↑ Bruno's Trademark
4. ↑ S2 #13 Christmas Mountain
5. ↑ Daniel Share Strom's Wiki Exclusive Interview