Mr. Zorro

"*I don't expect you to think, I expect you to demonstrate your superiority! To show all others you are the finest engines on Sodor; the fastest, the strongest, the best looking, and dare I say the most devious.*"
— Mr. Zorro, Percy

## Character Information

### Occupation:

Manager of the Midis (formerly : retired)

### Works at:

Wellsworth & Suddery Railway (1921-1922)
London, Midland and Scottish Railway (1923-1946)

### Relatives:

Unnamed brother (deceased)
Charlotte Zorro (wife)
Rachael Zorro (granddaughter)

### Friends:

Sir Topham Hatt
Jonathan Star
Toby
Edward
Diesel
Reginald
Peter
Donald and Douglas

### Enemies:

Jonathan Star (formerly)
Basil Corbett (implied)
Giles Freeman (implied)
Shawn Hall (killer)

### Voiced by:

Victor Tanzig

**Mr. Nigel Zorro** was the former director of the Midis and briefly director of The North Western Railway.

## Biography

Nigel Zorro was born in 1890. In World War I, he served as an intelligence officer in the British Army as well as a soldier along with his brother, who sacrificed his life to save him. Mr. Zorro first came to Sodor in September 1921, shortly after the Railways Act of 1921 was passed. He became the director of the former Wellsworth & Suddery Railway which became part of the LMS. He soon added more engines to the fleet, starting with Douglas and Arthur in 1923, but after Arthur died in the winter of that year, he was replaced with Donald, Reginald in 1924, Diesel in 1931 and Peter in 1935.

In the days of the LMS, Mr. Zorro was a very shady businessman who was more devoted to thwarting the competition than adequately running his business. The first example of this was in the spring of 1934 when he encouraged Diesel and his crew to steal the Nor'easter's contract to deal with the Duchess. Despite this, Mr. Zorro was good natured and often showed compassion and care for his engines and workers, helping a man named Richard get a job as a guard for the Midis when he was unemployed and struggling to feed himself along with his wife. He also reluctantly assisted in helping to get rid of Arthur's Ghost in the winter of 1937, and although he was hesitant to do so at first, he knew that if he didn't, his engines would be out of work and feeling a great responsibility to care for them.

As the series progressed, Mr. Zorro became less shady and more fair, level headed and respectable among both companies for his strictness and devotion to his job. After World War II, Sodor became a joint railway and Mr. Zorro became the director. In 1946, shortly after the arrival of Peckett and Samantha, he began rarely appearing. After a while, he told the engines that he was diagnosed with lung cancer and would be resigning as director. Until the board appointed a director, Basil Corbett would be acting controller. During this time, Sir Topham Hatt visited Sodor and Mr. Zorro told him disturbing information about Corbett and the then Public Relations Officer, Giles Freeman. Sir Topham decided not to use blackmail to become controller of the North Western Railway, but he was chosen by the board of directors in a landslide.

In 1949, Mr. Zorro attended Peter's trial for war crimes, telling about his shady past and his time served in World War I. In the winter of 1958, Mr. Zorro had triumphed against his cancer and attended Adam's final firing along with Diesel, Edward and Sir Topham Hatt.

In 1965, Mr. Zorro was shot three times by Shawn Hall outside his house in the middle of the night. He was pronounced dead when the police arrived on the scene.

## Trivia

* Mr. Zorro represents Captain Zero from TUGS.

## Appearances

### The Stories of Sodor

#### Season 1

* Prologue *(cameo)*
* Percy
* Legality
* Fire *(does not speak)*
* Goods
* Branch Lines *(does not speak)*
* Scrap *(mentioned)*
* Ghost
* Cows *(mentioned)*
* Quarantine *(does not speak)*
* Carriages *(does not speak)*
* Luck *(cameo)*

#### Season 2

* Visitor
* Inspection
* Thief
* Trapped
* Strike
* Spectre *(does not speak)*
* Sabotage
* Smuggling
* Shunted *(does not speak)*
* Armaments
* Affection *(does not speak)*
* Parade *(does not speak)*

#### Stories of War

* Evacuation
* Combat
* Espionage *(cameo)*
* Atrocity *(cameo)*

#### Season 3

* Aftermath
* Replacements
* Management *(does not speak)*
* Controller
* Books *(mentioned)*
* Trial
* Fog *(mentioned)*

#### Season 4

* Mountain *(cameo)*
* Diagnosis
* Treasure *(mentioned)*
* Animosity *(mentioned)*

#### Season 5

* Revenge *(death)*
* Munitions *(mentioned)*
* Fallout *(flashback; does not speak)*