Duck

**Montague**, affectionately known as "**Duck**" because of his supposed waddle, is a green pannier tank engine. Duck runs his own branch line with Oliver. He holds great pride in being Great Western and this results in him having a strong work ethic. This can, however, be a cause for friction with his colleagues, when he insists that his way is the only right way to do things.

## Biography

Duck worked as the station pilot at Paddington before moving to Sodor in 1955 to take over Percy's shunting duties at Tidmouth, leaving the latter free to assist with the construction of Knapford Harbour. Duck was a hard worker, but the others mistook his work ethic for simplicity and tried to use this to their advantage. They soon found their mistake when Duck and Percy took revenge on them by barring them from entering the shed. Duck earned a reprimand from the Fat Controller for this, but so did the other engines, who were told, as Duck put it, that it is the Fat Controller's railway, and as controller, he is the one who gives the orders.

When Diesel arrived, the others took a liking to his flattery, but Duck was doubtful and left Diesel to his own devices, which resulted in the latter getting into a mishap with some old trucks. Duck tried to help Diesel when the trucks started to tease him, but to no avail. Diesel vowed to get revenge and inspired by several incidents occurring around the yard in Duck's absence, spread rumours that Duck had given offensive nicknames to the others. Duck was sent to work as a banker for Edward at Wellsworth pending further inquiry and after bravely stopping a runaway goods train at his own risk, he regained the respect of the others. Of course, by this time the others were aware that the matter was all Diesel's fault, but Duck's heroism certainly helped.

Sometimes it appears the Fat Controller has deputised Duck at other places on the railway. He has been seen in various yards along the Main Line and Edward's Branch Line doing mostly goods work.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* Whistle Trouble (*cameo*)
* A Near Miss For BoCo (*cameo*)
* Rowdy Singing (*cameo*)
* Taking The Plunge Again? (*mentioned*)
* Donald, Douglas and the Presents Train (*does not speak*)
* Diesel's Christmas Carol

### Season 2

* Not a Toy! (*cameo*)
* Thomas and the Whistle (*does not speak*)
* Getting Old
* Blue Engine for Sale (*cameo*)
* A Sticky Situation for Gordon and James (*does not speak*)
* Fibbing Thomas (*does not speak*)
* A Cow in the Tunnel
* Duck Runs Dry
* Gordon Forgets
* The Flaming Kipper (*does not speak*)
* The Forgotten Legend (*cameo*)
* A Christmas for Diesel (*cameo*)
* Thomas and the New Bell (*cameo*)
* Happy Hogmanay (*cameo*)

### Season 3

* First Impressions (*cameo*)
* Non-Swindon Fashion
* Hunters (*cameo*)
* Trevor's Easter Sunday
* A Gronk and Bucket Rivalry (*does not speak*)
* Dirty or Clean? (*cameo*)
* Inexperienced (*cameo*)
* Fear (*cameo*)
* Technology (*cameo*)
* The Spiteful Brake Van
* The Importance of Brake Vans (*cameo*)
* NWR 100 (*does not speak*)
* Emily and the Trespasser (*cameo*)
* A New Boiler for James
* William
* Diesel Returns (*cameo*)
* A Kyndley Christmas

### Season 4

* High Speed Sneeze (*cameo*)
* The Fishy Smell
* Oliver and the Enthusiast
* Tender Engines Don't Shunt (*mentioned*)
* Stanley In Space
* The First Visit (*cameo*)
* The Ffarquhar Constable (*does not speak)*
* Kidnapped! (*does not speak*)
* Jim (*does not speak*)
* Neil (*cameo*)
* Rumours and Reveals (*does not speak*)
* A Christmas Wish
* New Year, New Life

### Season 5

* Who's The Favourite? (*does not speak*)
* Dennis and the Passengers (*cameo*)
* Jim & The North Western Railway (*cameo*)
* Forgotten?
* The Flying Duck
* Duck and Scott
* Gordon and Scott
* Ryan (*mentioned*)

### Season 6

* Percy and the Queen (*cameo*)
* Whistle Trouble (5th Anniversary Episode) (*cameo*)
* Pip and the Trucks (*cameo*)
* The Box-cab and the Pacific
* Philip and the Windy Runaway (*cameo*)
* The Legend of Emily Davidson
* Slow Down, Gordon! (*cameo*)
* A Christmas Gift for Percy (*cameo*)

### Season 7

* No Laughing Matter (*mentioned*)
* Mavis' Impatient Driver (*cameo*)
* Thomas and Percy's Field Trip (*does not speak*)
* Bill and Ben's Christmas Rescue (*cameo*)

### Season 8

* Paxton
* Changed?
* Revenge Isn't Sweet
* Amends
* Lobster on the Line
* Typical Engines (*cameo*)
* Give Christmas a Chance! (*cameo*)

### Season 9

* BoCo and the Brake Tender
* Philip's Royal Rescue (*cameo*)
* Gordon and the Bluebell Railway (*cameo*)
* Percy and the Express (*mentioned*)

### Season 10

* No Rails for Winston (*mentioned*)
* Auld Faker (*does not speak*)
* Pardon My French (*cameo*)
* Seasons E-Greetings? (*cameo*)

### Season 11

* Don't Mess with Oliver
* Really Useful Engine (*cameo*)
* Oliver and BoCo (*cameo*)
* Diesel's Christmas Carol (10th anniversary remake)
* A New Year for Toby & Algy (*music video cameo*)

### Season 12

* Gordon's Fallout (*cameo*)
* Reckless Rex
* Framed! (*mentioned*)
* Thomas and Douglas
* A Stuffed Friend for Duck
* Fowl Train
* Softy Bulgy
* A Cranky New Year! (*music video cameo*)

### Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends

#### Series 1

* James Makes a Mistake (*cameo*)
* Trial of Trust (*cameo*)
* Thomas and Timothy (cameo)
* Cursed Coaches (cameo)
* Engines and Egos (does not speak)
* Oliver The Famous Engine
* Duke The Proud Engine (cameo)
* Bear Reads a Book (cameo)
* The Missing Coach
* Duck Comes Around
* Toby and the Old Coaches (cameo)
* Oliver's Faithful Friend
* Goods Engines (cameo)
* In Demand (cameo)
* Daisy Does It Better (*does not speak*)

### Annual Adaptations

* Toby Saves the Day (*cameo*)
* Thomas and the Snowplough

#### Series 2

* Across the Bridge
* Diesels and Dogma
* One Bump Too Many (*cameo*)
* Percy's Ploy (*mentioned*)
* Duck and Fergus
* Edward Finds a Phantom (*cameo*)

#### Series 3

* Stranger by the Shore
* Wilbert’s Way
* Toby and the Famous Engine (*cameo*)
* Big Bad BoCo (*cameo*)

## Trivia

* Duck was the very first character that appeared in the franchise.