Scruff

"I'd rather be a really useful engine, than a really shiny engine any day."

- Scruff Scruff is a lime green boxy tank engine, who works at the Waste Dump with Whiff.

Biography
Scruff was brought to Sodor to work at Whiff's Waste Dump. He cannot stand being cleaned and when Thomas once tried to have him cleaned, he fled and hid in a siding until he was coaxed out with the promise of being allowed to shunt rubbish trucks. He once had to go to the Sodor Steamworks to have his bufferbeam mended and later that day, he helped Gordon tidy up the waste dump before the inspector arrived.

Scruff once had to be repainted and he enjoyed his new look so much that he did not want to get dirty. He then went around the Island, looking for a new job, until Gordon reminded him that he was most useful at the rubbish dump with Whiff.

In the eighteenth series, Scruff broke down at Crocks Scrap Yard and was shunted to the Steamworks by Samson. After he was fixed, he overheard the Fat Controller saying Samson had taken his car to the scrapyards and Scruff told the Fat Controller he knew a shortcut. He then made it to the scrapyards just before Reg could grab it.

He and Whiff later helped out with Thomas when he ordered himself to be covered in waste, so the tank engine could play a trick on Diesel. They then attended Sir Robert Norramby's Christmas party.

Scruff - alongside the other engines - wanted to participate in the Great Railway Show, though the Fat Controller did not select him.

Personality
Scruff is a grimy little chap, with a lime green boxy shape. He likes to sometimes get dirty during his job. He is more than content with "scrunching" and shunting garbage wagons at Whiff's waste dump and has few other aspirations. He has been known to run in fear and hide away from things that he does not quite understand and can find having all the focus on him a little daunting. It seems, at times, that Scruff would rather be busily working in the background. However, he is cheerful to welcome engines to the waste dump and happy to have others join in with the "scrunching". He is notably, perhaps, one of the few engines on Sodor with little desire to be clean and presentable. Scruff's main motivator is being able to just get stuck in and knuckle down with his jobs.

Basis
Scruff is based on a Sentinel 100 HP BE Type chain-driven vertical-boiler steam locomotive, more specifically, No. 9369 "Musketeer", No. 9366 "No. 11" (nicknamed "Cynthia"), and No. 9365 "Belverdere", all of which are built by Sentinel Waggon Works around 1945-1946. "Musketeer" and "Belvedere" are both preserved by the Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust, while No. 11 remains operational at the the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.

Livery
Scruff is painted lime green with dark green stripes, funnel and front which is weathered due to him not getting washed. He has brass nameplates on either side of his tanks, which are worn and difficult to read.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 14 - Thomas and Scruff and O the Indignity
 * Series 15 - Kevin the Steamie
 * Series 16 - Race to the Rescue, Express Coming Through , Flash Bang Wallop! , Thomas and the Rubbish Train and Percy and the Calliope
 * Series 17 - Scruff's Makeover
 * Series 18 - Signals Crossed, Timothy and the Rainbow Truck and Samson Sent for Scrap
 * Series 19 - Diesel's Ghostly Christmas
 * Series 20 - Sidney Sings and Pouty James
 * Series 22 - The Case of the Puzzling Parts

Specials

 * 2012 - Blue Mountain Mystery
 * 2014 - Tale of the Brave
 * 2016 - The Great Race
 * 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor

Music Videos
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 * Series 14 - All You Need
 * Series 15 - Hear the Engines Coming
 * Series 16 - Go, Go Thomas
 * Series 17 - Hey, Hey Thomas! and On a Journey Today
 * Tale of the Brave - Let's Be Brave
 * Thomas' YouTube World Tour - Never, Never, Never Give Up and The Whistle Song
 * Season 19 - There's Snow Place Like Home and Engine Roll Call
 * The Great Race - Will You Won't You
 * Journey Beyond Sodor - I Want to Go Home


 * 2011 - O, the Indignity! and Thomas and Scruff

Whistle
Scruff's whistle sound is Edward's whistle, but fourteen steps higher-pitched and Percy's whistle, but two steps higher-pitched.

Trivia

 * In the twentieth series, Scruff gained lamps and brakepipes on his front and rear.
 * His side tanks are considerably taller than his basis to accommodate his face.
 * Scruff travels far faster in the television series than his basis is capable of.
 * Scruff shares both of his English voice actors with Cranky.
 * Scruff's Wooden Railway toy is one of the only Wooden Railway toys to have buffers painted on.
 * Most of Scruff's merchandise have names except that he has a blank nameplate in the show.
 * While it is unknown the exact reason for this change, it is most likely so that the English names for him will not appear in other dubs.
 * Scruff's Bio page in the Engines section of the offical website, as well as his trading card information, practically states that No. 9369 "Musketeer" is his basis. Despite this, Belvedere and No. 11 also have the same identical design as Musketeer, and Scruff himself seemingly lacks any model-specific details from the latter.

Quotes
"Let's get scrunching!"

- Scruff's catchphrase

Merchandise

 * Wooden Railway
 * TrackMaster
 * Take-n-Play
 * Mega Bloks
 * Capsule Plarail
 * Minis
 * Classic Minis
 * Old School Minis
 * DC Super Friends Minis
 * Space Minis
 * Neon Glow in the Dark Minis
 * Beach Minis
 * Icky Minis
 * Spring Basket Minis
 * Ice and Snow Minis
 * Collectible Railway
 * Adventures

External Link

 * Detailed information on Scruff's basis

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