Daisy (Thomas & Friends)

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> I'm not just any diesel, I'm unique: a most singular engine. I'm certainly not the same kind of diesel as *you* are!
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**Daisy** is a green diesel railcar who came to work on the Ffarquhar Branch Line after Thomas crashed into the Stationmaster's house. She now works on the Harwick Branch Line carrying out passenger duties, while Ryan runs the goods duties.

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Daisy first arrived on Sodor after Thomas' accident. Initially, she was lazy and stubborn, refusing to pull any trucks and leaving Percy to take the milk instead. After Percy had an accident with some trucks, however, she worked hard and the Fat Controllerallowed her to stay.

Later, Daisy would boast to Toby that she would have no trouble getting a bull off the tracks, only for her to be unsuccessful when she met Champion just outside Hackenbeck Tunnel, requiring Toby to come and get rid of him instead.

During the steam and diesel engines rivalry, Daisy was one of the diesels who joined the meeting at the Coaling Plant and later helped Toby take the workmento build the Sodor Airport.

When building of the Harwick Branch Line was completed, Daisy was transferred there to manage its passenger trains, with Ryan managing the goods. She encouraged Ryan to help her out with some of her passenger duties, but her laziness backfired when Ryan took on even more of her responsibilities and ended up causing confusion and delay. Daisy apologised and agreed to do Ryan's extra duties for a while: taking trucks to and from the Quarry.

The Fat Controller asked Daisy to take some special passengers to the holiday town of Harwick, but she decided that they were so special that she did not want to allow children eating ice lollies on board and refused to pull a dusty baggage truck. However, these turned out to be the props and the audience. Without them, the puppeteers' Punch and Judy puppet show could not go ahead. With no time to go back to the station to get the props, the puppeteers put on their performance from one of Daisy's windows.

She was finally able to pull rolling stock without worrying about her swerves when The Fat Controller asked her to pull Annie and Clarabel on Thomas' Branch Line, as passenger services on the Harwick line dried up in the winter and Thomas was on quarry duty. The coaches paid her back for saying rude things to them by convincing her she was falling apart when there was actually nothing wrong with her. However, their plan backfired as Daisy panicked and abandoned them with their passengers at Maithwaite so she could speak to a professional. She returned to Harwick soon after.

After years of scarcely no accidents, Daisy derailed when a bull blocked her way back to the Arlesburgh Yard Sheds and Judy and Jerome had to help her get back on the tracks.

Diesel damaged Daisy's springs when he bumped into her and later - thinking that she was asleep - explained that it is his way to make friends. Diesel later told her that Harvey was boasting about being unique, which caused trouble between the two engines. At Christmas, Daisy was upset that Christmas was not going out as planned.

She became friends with Rebecca after Rebecca was impressed by her being a diesel railcar (which Rebecca complimented her for). Marion pointed out how good Rebecca made Daisy feel about herself. Sometime later, a storm damaged Harwick Schooland Daisy had to take the students to KnapfordSchool. After she complained about it, Duck found an abandonned coach named Dexter to spare her from having to take the children.

When Ruth visited Harwick while looking for a place to live on Sodor, Daisy told her how great the town was.

Daisy is a diesel railcar, who has been known to consider herself "highly sprung and right up to date". She was brought to help run passenger services on Thomas' Branch Line, while Thomas was "indisposed" after running into the stationmaster's house. She can be hard to please, mostly indignant, and highly opinionated. She is extremely authoritative, trustworthy, and confident in herself and can sometimes boast of her abilities in particular situations, unconcerned, despite having never actually been in such a position before. She will sometimes presume she can show other engines a thing or two, despite knowing little on the matter, until she actually learns for herself.

After arriving on Sodor, Daisy insisted that she required delicate handling and considered pulling trucks and vans to be below her. She was very lazy and stubborn, but the Fat Controller spoke severely to her, telling her that his engines must work hard and that he sends lazy engines away. However, the Fat Controller felt she deserved another chance after she worked hard clearing up after an accident Percy had. Daisy is now good friends with the other engines on Thomas' Branch Line, tries to work much harder to be a Really Useful Engine and is better capable of handling things alone. She can be described as a self-obsessed diva and is also vain about not wanting her interior be dirty one bit.

Despite changing for the better, Daisy is still snarky and irritable. During the steam engines’ feud with the diesels, she temporarily sided with the diesels in their hatred of all of the steam engines. Generally, though, Daisy is one of the more well-behaved diesels, as aside from minor squabbles she gets along with the Ffarquhar branch line residents rather well.

In newer episodes, Daisy was heard speaking French, such as when she said "Merci beaucoup" (Thank you very much) to Den and Dart after she was repaired, and when she used the terms to describe the entertainers she was to carry to Duck and Oliver, which indicates that she has knowledge in the French language as well. She also matured greatly in a number of recent episodes, as she rarely made brooding remarks or patronizing comments, and instead began trying to help others. Despite her increased maturity, Daisy's snobbish side is still very prevalent, as she still belittled Thomas, Annie, and Clarabel on more than one occasion.

While Daisy is typically well aware of how things are supposed to be done on Sodor, her ego can leave her to cast out common sense in favor of selfish vanity, often to the utter fury of passengers, engines, and crew alike, especially when the manner in question can be done trivially. This can turn away people who have previously admired her, and often leads to reprimanding from others.

### Basis

Daisy is based on the British Rail (BR)/Metro-Cammell Class 101/102 DMU. She is, however, a single railcar instead of the traditional two to four-piece units, which means she should instead be based on the British Rail Class 122.

These were one of the longest serving class of "First Generation" Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs), with its service life of 47 years only being replaced by the Class 121. A total of 41 cars are preserved. A preserved Class 101 set (#101680) appeared on a Mr. Perkins' Railway segment. Daisy was the namesake of #101685, which was the last of the class to be retired, and is now under preservation.

### Livery

She is painted green with yellow stripes and red bufferbeams. She wears makeup, including eyelashes, red lipstick, blush and blue eyeshadow.

### *Thomas & Friends*

* **Series 2** - Thomas Comes to Breakfast (*indirectly mentioned*), Daisy and Percy's Predicament
* **Series 4** - Rusty to the Rescue (*not named*) and Bulls Eyes
* **Series 19** - Thomas the Babysitter (*cameo*)
* **Series 20** - Ryan and Daisy, The Way She Does It, The Railcar and the Coaches and The Missing Breakdown Train
* **Series 21** - Springtime for Diesel, A Most Singular Engine, Philip's Number (*cameo*), The Big Freeze(*cameo*) and Daisy's Perfect Christmas
* **Series 22** - What Rebecca Does and School of Duck
* **Series 24** - Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant and Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop

#### Specials

* **2005** - Calling All Engines! (*does not speak*)
* **2015** - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
* **2016** - The Great Race
* **2017** - Journey Beyond Sodor (*cameo*)
* **2018** - Big World! Big Adventures!

#### Music Videos

* **Series 3** - Thomas' Anthem (*mentioned*)
* **Series 4** - Thomas' Anthem Grand Finale, Let's Have a Race and Toby
* **Series 5** - Night Train and Come for the Ride
* **Series 7** - There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away and The Whistle Song
* **Calling All Engines!** - Together
* **Thomas' YouTube World Tour** - Thomas' Anthem (*mentioned*)
* **Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure** - We Make A Team Together
* **The Great Race** - Will You Won't You
* **Journey Beyond Sodor** - I Want to Go Home(*cameo*)
* **Series 21** - Set Friendship in Motion, Doing it Right, Trying and Little Engines
* **Big World! Big Adventures!** - We're Friends
* **Series 22** - Engine Roll Call and All the Girls Around the World

#### Learning Segments

* **Calling All Engines!** - Which Diesel Engine with Which Steam Engine? (*does not speak*)
* **Other** - Different Engines (*mentioned*)

### Books

* **1986** - Daisy, Percy's Predicament and Woolly Bear and Thomas Comes to Breakfast and BoCo the Diseasel
* **1992** - Percy's Predicament, Thomas and the Dinosaur (*mentioned*) and  Thomas Comes to Breakfast
* **1993** - Henry and the Ghost Train
* **1996** - Bumper Colouring Book
* **1998** - Thomas Comes to Breakfast
* **1999** - Thomas and the Naughty Diesel (*does not speak*)
* **2001** - Bad Days for Thomas and his Friends
* **2002** - Thomas and Diesel (*does not speak*)
* **2005** - Daisy, Diesel and Magic Paints Book
* **2006** - Thomas' Big Storybook (*cameo*)
* **2008** - Thomas' Sticker Express
* **2009** - Thomas and the Hurricane (*does not speak*)
* **2010** - Funny Faces Sticker Book
* **2011** - Daisy the Diesel Railcar, Diesel the Mean Engine, The Big Book of Engines and The Ultimate Diesel Guide (*does not speak*)
* **2013** - Thomas and the Naughty Diesel (*does not speak*)
* **2015** - Funny Faces Sticker Book and Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie Storybook

### Magazine Stories

* **1988** - Thomas Comes to Breakfast (*mentioned; not named*), Daisy and Percy's Predicament
* **1989** - An Important Visitor, Rumours and Speculation, A Surprise for Thomas, Erosion (*does not speak*) and Too Heavy
* **1990** - Daisy and Diesel and Wrong Order
* **1991** - Daisy in Distress, Thomas, Daisy and the Watermill and Stick with Steam
* **1992** - Toby's Visitors
* **1993** - Percy and the Parrot! and Fetching Freight (*mentioned*)
* **1994** - A Special Treat for Thomas (*cameo*) and Lucky Landing! (*cameo*)
* **1995** - Proud Percy! (*mentioned*), Keeping Clean!, The Engine Parade! and A Desk for Daisy!
* **1996** - Proud Mavis!, Grumpy George, Night Lights, The Brown Bear and Sunday Schedule!
* **1997** - Star Story! and The Ice Cream Van
* **1998** - Missing! and Special Treats
* **2000** - Painting the Shed and Oh-So-Slow! (*does not speak*)
* **2001** - Showtime! (*does not speak*), Diesel Day! (*does not speak*) and A Special Story About Snow! (*cameo*)
* **2002** - Daisy and the Troublesome Trucks, Time Trouble! (*cameo*), The Fat Controller's Diesels! (*does not speak*), The Blue Engine Club (*cameo*), Are Boots Best? (*does not speak*), Diesels and Steam Enginesand Clean Up Chaos
* **2003** - Books Aboard! and Where's Wag? (*does not speak*)
* **2004** - Daisy's Delight, Good as New (*cameo*) and Glider Rider (*does not speak*)
* **2005** - Sweet Scent, Snow Drop, Passenger Pick Up, The I-Spy Game,Daisy and the Bull and Happy Ending (*cameo*)
* **2006** - Dizzy Dennis (*cameo*)
* **2011** - Fuss and Fumes, The Treasure Hunt, Show Time, Speedy Spencer, Taking a Break and Perfect Panto (*cameo*)
* **2012** - A Merry Market

Daisy also appeared in the magazine stories, A Different Ride, Daisy's Day, Daisy and the Fish, Funnels and Tunnels, I Spy with my Little Eye, Letting off Steam!, Lorry Loads, Percy's Stories, Special Places and Stormy Weather.

### Annual Stories

* **1985** - Percy to the Rescue
* **1992** - Percy and the Vicar's Prizes (*does not speak*)

### Video Games

* **1995** - Riding on the Thomas the Tank Engine
* **1998** - Magical Adventure
* **2001** - The Friends of Sodor
* **2007** - DVD Bingo
* **2008** - Begins Educational Learning

**From Official Website:**[1]

> **Daisy**: Daisy was built especially for service on Thomas' branch line. At first she was rather conceited, but she soon settled down. However, she still believes, quite rightly, that she should only carry passengers, and never, ever pulls trucks, although she will help out in an emergency.
> **Historical Note**: Daisy is properly described as a diesel/mechanical single-car passenger unit, of a type built by Metro-Cammel.
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**From Official Website:**[2]

> **Daisy**: Daisy was built especially for service on Thomas' branch line. When she first arrived, she was highly strung and would only carry passengers because she felt she was too good to pull freight cars. Daisy soon learned that all work is important on Sodor, and now helps out whenever she can.
> **Fun Fact**: Daisy was brought to the Railway after Thomas broke through the Stationmaster's house and "visited him" for breakfast.
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**From Official Website:**[3]

> **Daisy**: Daisy is a Diesel engine that was built especially for service on Thomas' branch line. When she first arrived, she was highly strung and would only carry passengers because she felt she was too good to pull cargo cars. Daisy soon learned that all work is important on Sodor, and now helps out whenever she can.
> **Fun Fact**: Daisy was brought to the Railway after Thomas broke through the Stationmaster's house and "visited him" for breakfast. She is based on a diesel/mechanical single car passenger unit built by Metro-Cammel.
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* Will You Won't You (*performed*)
* We're Friends (*performed*)

### Horns

In Series 2 only, Daisy reuses Diesel's horn, but at 1.5 steps higher pitched.

In Series 4, Daisy reuses and shares BoCo's horn from Series 2, which is Diesel's horn, but at 1 step lower-pitched.

In the CGI series, Daisy has a completely different sounding horn and shares Paxton's horn with 5 semitones higher in pitch.

* In the model series, Daisy and BoCo both share the same face casts and chassis.
* Daisy was the first female engine as well as the first female diesel engine introduced in the series and the first diesel to permanently move to the Island of Sodor, as Diesel was not purchased until much later.
* Daisy was the only character from the first to third series who was not featured on the regular Shining Time Station show, although she cameoed in Once Upon a Time and appeared in Mr, Conductor's Thomas Tales as well as Mister Moose's Fun Time and Storytime with Thomas.
	+ This was due to Rick Siggelkow disapproving of her character design as being overly sexist - most likely due to the heavy make-up she wears - hence why the stories in the second series were never used on Shining Time Station and why Diesel replaced her role in the third series episode, Mavis.
* Daisy's classic theme heard in the second and fourth series was inspired by *The Stripper* by David Rose. This was done to go along with the pink buffers on David Mitton's original design for the character.
* Daisy was known as *Marguerite* in the French dub of the second and fourth series.
* According to HiT Toy Company Customer Service Representative Amy Ziniti, the reason why Daisy did not have a TrackMaster toy was due to the company not deciding on as to whether she should have trucks or not, as she never pulled any in the television series.
* Daisy is one of the few characters from the classic series to not get a Capsule Plarail or TrackMaster toy.
* Daisy’s model was on display at Drayton Manor, but had been removed in July 2022.

* ERTL (*discontinued*)
* Wooden Railway (*two versions; discontinued*)
* Take Along (*discontinued*)
* My First Thomas (*discontinued*)
* My Thomas Story Library (*discontinued*)
* Thomas Engine Collection Series (*discontinued*)
* Mini Die Cast Collection (*discontinued*)
* Brio (*discontinued*)
* De Agostini (*discontinued*)
* Trading Cards (*discontinued*)
* Nakayoshi (*discontinued*)
* Pocket Fantasy (*discontinued*)
* Bachmann
* TrackMaster (*cancelled*)

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