Splatter and Dodge/Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes
Splatter and Dodge were made as supporting antagonists for the 2000 film Thomas and the Magic Railroad created by Britt Allcroft. Originally, they were to be dim-witted and slavishly loyal to Diesel 10, though in the final film, their incompetence was retained while they betrayed Diesel 10 in the end. The two only appeared in the Magic Railroad and both speak with clear American accents, though Patrick Breen was originally meant to voice both of them. Neil Crone took the role of Splatter in the final cut, while Kevin Frank took the role of Dodge.

Concept Art
Early concept artwork shows that Splatter was going to have hazard stripes of some kind along the lower portion of his body, and Dodge was going to have handrails on his running plate. In addition, both were drawn with significantly different facial features to one another.

Gauge 1 Models
Splatter and Dodge's models were recycled from 'Arry and Bert's models, which were custom built to run on Gauge 1 track and created out of moulds of Diesel's model. Their buffers and couplings were made by Tenmille.

Splatter's chassis was constructed from scratch (CNC), utilizing Tenmille split-spoke wagon axles, while Dodge reused Diesel's chassis which was sourced from a gauge 1 locomotive made by Märklin, the BR 80. They were powered by electricity from the track via the pickups on the metal wheels. The font used for their names were VAG Rounded Standard Light.

Voice Actors
Michael Angelis also provided temp track voiceover for Splatter and Dodge prior to Breen's casting – his voice can be heard interchangeably with Breen's in a 1999 workprint leaked in 2020.

Splatter

 * Patrick Breen
 * Neil Crone
 * Naoki Bandō
 * Andreas Mannkopff
 * Ernesto Lezama
 * Martín Soto
 * Louis-Philippe Dandenault
 * Yigal Mizrahi

Dodge

 * Patrick Breen
 * Kevin Frank
 * Hiroshi Iwasaki
 * Klaus Sonnenschein
 * Ricardo Mendoza
 * Carlos Íñigo
 * François L’Écuyer
 * Saar Badishi