Henry

### Basis

Gresley A1 prototype London & North Eastern Gresley A1 (former)London Midland & Scottish Stanier Class 5 "Black Five" (current)

## In-universe details

### Height

**Showa:** 63 feet
**Heisei:** 83 feet
**Silver:** 73 feet
**Millennium:** 90 feet
**Reiwa:** 150 feet

### Length

**Tail**
Showa: 34 feet

### Weight

**Showa:** 80 tons
**Heisei:** 90 tons
**Silver:** 75 tons
**Millennium:** 100 tons
**Reiwa:** 200 tons

### Stats

**⭕️Class:** *Lightning Bruiser*/*Mighty Glacier*
**☄️Speed:** 90
**💪Strength:** 75
**💎Weight:** 80
**🛡️Armor:** 79
**💫Agility:** 27
**💥Firepower:** 48
**🕳️Stealth:** 36
**💀Toxicity:** 0
**🎯Range:** Long
**🗡️Offense:** ???
**🔰Defense:** ???

### Other

**Elements:** 🌲⛰️🌀🔥
**Diet:** 🥩Carnivorous

### Inspirations

**Real life**
Tiger
Bear
Fox
Crocodile

**Fiction:**
Melman (*Madagascar*)

### First appearance

1-2. *Three Beasts & a Saddletank* (Showa)

### Latest appearance

10-3. *All to an End* (Millennium)

**Henry** is a green male steam locomotive dinosaur. He was the third monster encountered on Sodor overall, in which he formed a particular friendship with Edward. In addition, he is one of the few monsters who hasn't initially been fought by another in his introduction.

Henry was a creature originally considered "born flawed", due to suffering from poor steaming issues and many other defective traits as a hatchling. After having a nasty accident with the Flying Kipper, Henry was in need of extensive recovery to make up for his injuries. He later became more a effective powerhouse via a slow healing process afterwards.

## General information

### **Design**

*"He would look very stocky and sharp, but of course holds that gentle heart underneath that huge exterior of his."*

Henry is a large and heavily built monster. He stands taller than all of the other Steam Team dinosaurs, only barely reaching towards the height of Gordon. His thick and burly physique strongly reinforces his sheer weight, being one of the heaviest monsters in *SM* overall. His movements are also noted not to be the most graceful, and are normally portrayed in the form of slow (and perhaps clumsy) "strong steps". Henry's scales are a forest-like shade of green, as opposed to Emily's darker emerald color, and Percy's spring green. His underbelly is white in contrast. He possesses very long and thick black spines, as well as silvery claws. His mane is a slightly darker green and is typically shaggy when compared to the neater styles of the other dinosaurs. His tail is usually of medium or longer-than-average length, sometimes shaped crookedly, and has a bronze whistle toward the tip. Henry's eyes are a piercing golden yellow, matching no other monster of his family. In terms of facial detail, his most defining trait in all eras is arguably his nose which always points downward, and it is often complimented with angular-shaped cheekbones.

In his old shape, Henry's scales appeared dull and his arms were short to where they only came down to his lower torso. The tail was crooked and was often seen hanging awkwardly. Several weeks after the Flying Kipper incident, Henry's coat was slightly more vibrant. He gained prominent pipe-like protrusions that look triangular from a front view. His arms have also greatly increased in both length, thickness and strength. Henry became considerably burlier in the Heisei era and his proportions were pronounced to resemble much more closely to those of Gordon. His spines were blunt at the tips and stuck up in an even, stable fashion instead of flopping. The Silver era Henry had noticeably more exaggerated anatomy. His upper arms and legs were oddly more spread apart and slimmed down, while the lower legs and forearms remained very thick. The tail was longer but the base was thinner. This is also the only era where Henry's muzzle wasn't in the shape of a beak. From 2000 and onward, Henry's scales have become more defined and reshaped to appear leaf-like. He also possesses thick grass-like fur along his arms, as well his his tail, giving the impression of a fox. Many of his proportions have been sharpened and readjusted majorly. His muzzle retains the beak-like shape, though time it was modified to appear more akin to that of a vulture. His feet are also more rounded and resemble those of a sauropod.

### **Roar**

Henry's roars often consist of edited (stock) tiger roars and growls, as well as some custom sounds made via gently pressing a pen or pencil against cardboard.

### **Abilities**

#### **Physical capabilities**

Henry is known for his raw physical strength and durability. His entire body makes effective use as both a weapon and shield. He is able to shrug off most forms of conventional weaponry, survive potentially deadly hits from powerful opponent monsters as well as falling from great heights. His fighting style is reminiscent those of bears and tigers, using his claws, teeth to wrestle and knock down his opponent and gain an advantage. He also possesses great speed nearly matching that of Gordon.

#### **Energy capabilities**

##### Knockout gas

Possessing one of the most unusual breath weapons, Henry fires thick plumes of an odorless green gas, which may render victims unconscious upon prolonged exposure. It is also very flammable, in which coming in contact with various sources of heat can result into forming destructive explosions.

The knockout gas can also serve as a fertilizer, as new plants and flowers may grow throughout places that the gas may have came in contact with afterwards. This notably occurs around particular areas covered with vegetation, such as Henry's Forest.

##### Electricity manipulation

Like Edward, one of Henry's hidden abilities involves storage and firing energy through his tail. While it isn't particularly as powerful as his explosive gas, it can disable electronics upon striking them. He does eventually learn how to redirect lightning back at opponents, as well as absorb and retain electricity generated from plants.

### **Weaknesses**

Henry has many disadvantages akin to those of other large-sized monsters. He is much less agile than many of the smaller monsters, which easily makes him a prone target to attack. In the Showa era, Henry's old shape evidently made him highly vulnerable to his surroundings - his gait was noticeably awkward and his scales were unusually fragile, which likely would've made him severely disadvantaged in what is considered a 'normal' fight for most monsters. He also formerly had a irrational distaste towards water - being too stubborn to come out of a tunnel when it rained, which also contributed to him having difficulty swimming prior to Edward rescuing him after the Flying Kipper accident.

### **Personality**

Despite his aforementioned massive exterior, Henry is generally friendly and docile. Though often not nearly as rude as Gordon or James, there are moments where Henry does act grumpy and irritable. His very mellow attitude does not clash well with the young and excitable ones of Thomas and Percy. As a result of past trauma from his accident in the Showa era, Henry is usually pessimistic and neurotic about his health and safety. Whereas some characters react via either not taking him very seriously, others rather show genuine concern for him.

Henry is a very loyal ally of Edward, who respects him as an equal and takes care of him on occasions in which he falls ill. He is willing to listen to his advice and concerns, although is noticeably not much of a quick planner. He can be indecisive about having to fend on his own when Edward isn't around. Understandably, he fears substantially powerful threats more so than the rest of the main monsters. Henry more often than not serves as a follower than a leader.

## Trivia

### **Development**

* Henry's original design overall depicted him rather overweight in build and less sharp.
	+ In addition, his eyes were also colored green or brown at times.
	+ His posture was hunched, some of his features such as his spines and tail were much shorter as well.
	+ His earliest design portrayed him standing 9 feet tall, compared to his present-height.

### **General**

* Henry is the first monster in *SM* to possess a gas-based breath attack.
* Henry's laser ability was inspired from a particular MINIS toy named "Electrified Henry". It too, portrays the character using red electricity.