Duck (T&F)

"What is your name?" "Montague, Sir; but I'm usually called 'Duck'. They say I waddle; I don't really, Sir, but I like 'Duck' better than Montague." "Good! 'Duck' it shall be."

- Sir Topham Hatt meeting Duck for the first time Montague, affectionately known as "Duck" because of his supposed waddle, is a Great Western tank engine who works on the North Western Railway and is the railway's number 8 engine.

Duck runs his own branch line along with Oliver,and his three Slip Coaches, which he affectionately refers to as the "Slippies".

Biography
Prior to coming to the North Western Railway, Duck worked at Paddington and on the Sunshine Line of the Great Western Railway. During these days, he had his own trio of slip coaches affectionately known as the "Slippies" which he used to take passengers to their destinations.

Duck reprised his roles from The Railway Series from when he first came to Sodor to when he developed a rivalry with Diesel and Bulgy. Although Percy left the yard went to work at the harbour, Duck often helped him. The workload eventually got too heavy for them alone, so the Fat Controller brought Diesel to help. Duck and Percy were furious and went on strike until the Fat Controller made them work again. Diesel did not stay for long though, as he pushed some trucks into the sea and was sent away in disgrace. Duck and Percy gladly did the work alone. Sometime later, a regatta was being held at the harbour, which inspired Duck to sail to faraway lands. When a man in the regatta hurt his hand, Duck brought him to Bertie, who then took him to hospital.

Duck has had many adventures, many of which were the same as The Railway Series, such as: helping Stepney take the Express to Crovan's Gate after Class 40 broke down, supporting Oliver when he took on S.C. Ruffey and the other trucks, going to the Big City with the engines after they received a letter from a little girl and helping Henry with the Flying Kipper up Gordon's Hill, but crashing into it after the tail lamp fell off.

Later, Duck was trapped at the docks with the big engines and Cranky during a storm. A tramp steamer crashed into the shed, causing it and Cranky to topple over, trapping the engines. Thomas and Percy rescued Cranky, who then rescued the other engines. Afterwards, George refused to let Duck clear a truck from the Main Line, resulting in Gordon crashing into it. Neither Gordon nor Duck got into trouble for this when the Fat Controller found out that George was to blame for the accident.

When Harold broke down at Callan Castle, Duck was asked to take him to the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre for repairs, with Thomas as his back engine. However, Thomas wanted Harold to see the sights of Sodor, so he tricked Duck into going to Knapford. After this, Duck became cross with Thomas and refused to listen to him when Thomas tried to warn him about a narrow tunnel. This ended up damaging Harold's rotor blades and earning them a scolding from Sir Topham Hatt. The two engines made up and switched places, Thomas leading them to the Rescue Centre without encountering any more tunnels. After this, Duck admitted that "The Thomas Way" was another valid way of doing things.

Duck once ran into a flood whilst working on his branch line and had to wait until James brought Rocky to help him. Unfortunately, Oliver and Percy ran into them due to a broken signal knocked down by Rocky's swinging crane arm and delayed Duck's rescue. During one hectic summer, the Fat Controller was not sure how to handle the number of passengers travelling on his railway. In the shed, Duck talked about the slip coaches which he had used on the Great Western Railway. The next morning, James lied to the Fat Controller and said the idea was his own, initially receiving praise only to cause trouble. Duck soon took control of the slip coaches and utilised them perfectly, with the coaches now appearing to be used year-round.

Duck helped with building the new Harwick Branch Line and was very excited yet surprised to see Donald and Douglas helping too. He later brought Rocky to lift Thomas out of the cavern that he had fallen into and sometime later attended the branch line's opening ceremony.

One day, when a storm struck the island, he and Oliver were responsible for taking people safely home. At Arlesburgh, the two met Skiff and warned him to get to safety. When Duck had finished his jobs, he headed for home with the slip coaches; however, neither they nor Oliver and Toad - who were travelling to Arlesburgh on the opposite track - were aware that a lightning strike had caused a tree to fall on the line. Thankfully, Skiff - who had been blown away by the storm - was able to warn them just in time. Later, as in the Railway Series, his whistle got clogged after his driver boiled an egg on it. Thomas and Rex teased him, and Mike said that engines should not make such noises, as engines without whistles are "not proper engines at all". Fortunately, Duck's whistle was cleaned out later that day.

Duck, along with all of the Fat Controller's engines, wanted to go to the Great Railway Show, but he was among the many engines that were not chosen.

After another big storm, Harwick school was damaged. Duck searched for a coach that he could use to pick up the students with but none were available. He eventually stumbled across Dexter, an old branch line coach that had been left on a siding.

Duck alerted the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre when Percy mistakenly thought that Thomas had had an accident. Later, he and the other engines began searching for Thomas, as well as Harold and Thomas himself, found Percy, who ended up being the one to have an accident instead.

When word was spread about a railway show for the little engines was to be held at Ulfstead Castle, Duck was informed and carried a flatbed with Bert on it.

Personality
Duck knows how to hold his own and tends to stand for no nonsense from any engines that might get ideas above their station and try to order him or others about; as a result of this and his strength, most tank engines look up to him. However, he has never gotten along particularly well with Thomas, partly due to the latter’s cheeky antics. In spite of this, the two have shared a mutual respect since they ended up working together to help Harold.

However, his moral code is not perfect and he often favours fairness to kindness; he asserted to Percy that Thomas deserved his comeuppance for teasing him about being scared at the smelters. He enjoys running like clockwork, without problems or interruptions, making him a very efficient and loyal engine. He takes tremendous pride in the responsibilities bestowed upon him, particularly in his role of running his own branch line with Oliver, sometimes known as the "Little Western" as a result.

Duck is cheerful, busy, mature and tends to bustle about. He is very proud of his noble Great Western heritage, often claiming that "there are two ways of doing things: the Great Western way, or the wrong way", occasionally to the annoyance of other engines. He strongly admires City of Truro and enjoyed talking "Great Western" with him when he visited the North Western Railway. He is also shown to be kind to others, but the one engine he finds the most difficult to be kind to is Devious Diesel, especially after Diesel spread rumours about him giving nicknames to the bigger engines.

Duck is often welcoming of newcomers, even most diesels as long as they are not rude. He will often support the underdog, stick up for his friends and help others see the error of their ways. However, occasionally he does have the "Tank Engine sense" of teasing the bigger engines such as Gordon. Duck is also known to have a rivalry with James, but he has earned the respect of the bigger engines and has firm friendships with Edward, Percy, Oliver, Toad, BoCo and the Scottish twins.

Basis
Duck is based on a Great Western Railway (GWR) 57xx Class 0-6-0 pannier tank engine with added sand boxes.

Livery
Duck is painted unlined NWR green with black wheels and valences. The initials "GWR" are painted on the sides of his pannier tanks in yellow and red. His number (8) is painted on the sides of his cab in yellow, on a rectangular black background with a yellow outline. He has red bufferbeams.

Originally, Duck had a white running board similar to most of the other steam engines in the early television series, however since his return in the seventeenth series, it has been repainted black. Additionally, upon his return, he was also given black window frames.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 2 - Duck Takes Charge, The Runaway, Pop Goes the Diesel, Dirty Work, A Close Shave, The Deputation, Edward's Exploit and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree
 * Series 3 - Gordon and the Famous Visitor, Donald's Duck, Thomas, Percy and the Dragon, Diesel Does it Again, Thomas, Percy and the Post Train, Trust Thomas , Buzz, Buzz, All at Sea, Tender Engines, Escape, Oliver Owns Up, Bulgy, Percy, James and the Fruitful Day and Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure
 * Series 4 - Granpuff, Four Little Engines, Rock 'n' Roll , Thomas and Stepney , Train Stops Play , Bowled Out, Henry and the Elephant , Toad Stands By, Thomas and the Special Letter, Paint Pots and Queens , Fish and Mind that Bike
 * Series 5 - Cranky Bugs, Horrid Lorry, A Better View for Gordon , Bye George!, Baa! , Put Upon Percy , Double Teething Troubles, Thomas and the Rumours , Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday and Make Someone Happy
 * Series 6 - Harvey to the Rescue, A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter , Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry , It's Only Snow , Twin Trouble, The World's Strongest Engine , Scaredy Engines, Percy and the Haunted Mine , Middle Engine , James and the Red Balloon , Jack Frost , Percy's Chocolate Crunch , Toby Had a Little Lamb and Edward the Very Useful Engine
 * Series 7 - Percy Gets it Right, What's the Matter with Henry? , James and the Queen of Sodor, The Spotless Record , Snow Engine , Something Fishy , Peace and Quiet and Not So Hasty Puddings
 * Series 12 - Excellent Emily, Saved You!, Gordon Takes a Shortcut and Best Friends
 * Series 17 - Henry's Hero and The Thomas Way
 * Series 18 - Duck in the Water, Duck and the Slip Coaches, Spencer's VIP, Toad's Bright Idea, Last Train for Christmas and Samson at Your Service
 * Series 19 - Lost Property, A Cranky Christmas , The Beast of Sodor , Toad and the Whale, Salty All at Sea and Philip to the Rescue
 * Series 20 - Ryan and Daisy, Pouty James, Blown Away, The Way She Does It, Letters to Santa , Mike's Whistle, The Missing Breakdown Train and Skiff and the Mermaid
 * Series 21 - A Most Singular Engine, Stuck in Gear and The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor
 * Series 22 - What Rebecca Does, School of Duck and Hunt the Truck
 * Series 23 - Panicky Percy
 * Series 24 - The Great Little Railway Show and Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop

Specials

 * 1992 - Thomas and the U.K. Trip
 * 2014 - Tale of the Brave
 * 2015 - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
 * 2016 - The Great Race
 * 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor
 * 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures!

Music Videos

 * Series 3 - Thomas' Anthem
 * Series 4 - Thomas' Anthem Grand Finale, Let's Have a Race, Toby, Don't Judge a Book By its Cover, The Island Song and Thomas' Christmas Song
 * Series 5 - Night Train, Accidents Will Happen, Every Cloud has a Silver Lining, It's Great to be an Engine, Donald's Duck, Sir Topham Hatt, Come for the Ride, Harold the Helicopter and Percy's Seaside Trip
 * Series 6 - James the Really Splendid Engine, Little Engines, Down by the Docks, Winter Wonderland, Boo! Boo! Choo-Choo and Never, Never, Never Give Up
 * Series 7 - Five New Engines in the Shed, The Red Balloon, There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away, Troublesome Trucks and The Whistle Song
 * Series 8 - Sounds and A World Around You
 * Series 10 - Navigation and Jingle Bells
 * Tale of the Brave - Let's Be Brave
 * Series 18 - The Best Friends Express
 * Thomas' YouTube World Tour - Navigation, It's Great to be an Engine, Thomas' Anthem, The Island Song, The Whistle Song, Rules and Regulations and That's What Friends are For
 * Series 19 - There's Snow Place Like Home and Engine Roll Call
 * Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - We Make a Team Together
 * Series 20 - Accidents Will Happen
 * The Great Race - Will You Won't You
 * Series 21 - Set Friendship in Motion, Doing it Right, Trying and Little Engines
 * Big World! Big Adventures! - Where in the World is Thomas? and We're Friends
 * Series 22 - Engine Roll Call, All the Girls Around the World, The Steam Team and Let's Dream
 * Series 24 - Party Train and Fall is So Much Fun

Videos
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 * 2014 - Welcome to the Island of Sodor Logan!
 * 2015 - Welcome to the Island of Sodor Sam!
 * 2018 - Meet the New Steam Team, Still the Best of Friends and Different Ways to See the World
 * 2019 - Meet James
 * 2020 - Top 5 Cranes

Magazine Stories
Duck also appeared in the magazine stories, A Long Way Up!, A Special Story about The Wildlife Park, Blowing About!, Boat Afloat!, Catch!, It Takes Two!, Letting off Steam!, Peep and Sleep, Percy's Stories, Really Useful Edward, Snow Engine, Special Places, Squeaky Wheels, Taking Toby, The Big Ship, The Boatyard and The Smugglers.
 * 1988 - Duck Takes Charge, The Runaway, Pop Goes the Diesel, Dirty Work, A Close Shave and Edward's Exploits
 * 1989 - Trouble in the Harbour Yard, Bumps, Clearing Up, A Trick on Bill and Ben, A Surprise for Thomas, One Good Turn, Pulling Together and The Party
 * 1990 - One Bump Too Many, A Passenger for James, The Post Train, Too Hot, Go Easy and The Backlog
 * 1991 - Duck's Service and Gordon Forgets
 * 1992 - Duck and the Deer!
 * 1993 - The Special Stationmaster!, Important Passengers! and Roof Repairs!
 * 1995 - The Engine Parade! and A Desk for Daisy!
 * 1996 - The Thomas Kart!, Sunday Schedule!, The Little Line, The New Track and Seeing Signals!
 * 1997 - Henry's Hills, Oliver, Henry's Busy Day , 'Smile, Please!', Pirates!, Special Passengers and Dressing Up
 * 1998 - The Beached Whale!, Donald's Duck!, Duck Meets Duck, The Exhibition!, Oliver and The Scenic Railway
 * 1999 - Duck and Diesel
 * 2000 - Count with Duck, Harold's View, Henrietta's Holiday and Both Together!
 * 2001 - Down at the Docks, A Special Story About BoCo , Floating Flowers, Duck and Diving, Both Together!, Dusty Diesel and Eye-in-the-Sky
 * 2002 - Whistling!, The Beach , Whistling! , Dusty Diesel and James and the Bees
 * 2003 - False Alarm, To the Harbour, On the Beach, Sunshine!, Harold's Bad Day , Dirty Work and Revving Racers
 * 2004 - Toby and the Lambs, Dirty Percy!, Sky Shapes, Good as New , Holiday Hat, Dirty Percy! , Harold's Bad Day , Edward to the Rescue! , Duck's Little Joke!, Double Trouble!, Snow Engine, Frog Families! and Scary Jack Frost
 * 2005 - Strange Sounds, Eerie Engine, Model Engines, Cool Idea, Hooray, Henry , Stranded and Blowing About
 * 2006 - Cold Chaos, Surprise Visitor and Caroline's Cruise
 * 2007 - Playful Passengers, Surprise Visitor and The Telescope
 * 2008 - Being Bright, Giant Puffer and Warm Work!
 * 2010 - Surprise Visitor and Launching Lizzie
 * 2011 - Snug in a Rug, Off Colour, Playful Passengers, Perfect Panto and Flag Flying!
 * 2012 - Clever James, Edward's Big Rescue, Bedtime Tale, City of Truro, Snug in a Rug Playful Passengers! and Hooray for Henry
 * 2013 - Strange Sounds, Henrietta's Holiday and The Railway Rink
 * 2014 - The Thomas Way and Henry's Hero
 * 2015 - Duck in the Water, Henry's Hero and Henrietta's Holiday

Annual Stories

 * 1987 - Donald and the Lost Tarpaulin
 * 1988 - Responsibilities
 * 1989 - Harold and the Landslide
 * 1990 - Old Square Wheels
 * 1991 - Near Miss and Rusty Red Scrap Iron
 * 1992 - Galloping Sausage
 * 1993 - Oliver Gets the Bird
 * 1995 - Thank You, Thomas and Toby
 * 1997 - Ice Magic and We Wish You a Merry Christmas!
 * 2001 - Thomas the Famous Engine
 * 2013 - Gordon's Shortcut

Audio Stories
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 * 2020 - Big World! Big Adventures! and The Story of Diesel the Diesel Engine
 * 2021 - Dizzy Diesels and Skiff and the Mermaid

Whistles
In Mike's Whistle, Duck has his whistle out of tune due to his driver boiling an egg on it.

Trivia

 * In some international dubs, Duck's name was changed:
 * In the Greek dub from the second to fifth series, Duck is female and is called "Jackie". As of the seventeenth series, Duck has reverted back to his original gender and name.
 * In the French dub, prior to Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, Duck was called 'Duck' instead of 'Canard', the French word for 'Duck'. Since Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, he is called 'Montaigu,' the original French form of 'Montague.'
 * In the second Polish dub narrated by Stefan Knothe, he is called 'Kaczor', which is Polish for 'Duck'.
 * In the Turkish dub, prior to the seventeenth series, Duck was called 'Ördek', which is Turkish for 'Duck'. Since the seventeenth, he is referred to by his real name with the exception of the episode School of Duck, in which he is called "Quack-Quack".
 * According to SiF's interview with Sam Barlow, Duck was originally considered to be part of the Steam Team. However, he was dropped in favour of Emily so as to give a female character a more prominent role.
 * Duck has been the most reoccurring returnee character from the seventeenth series onwards, having made at least one appearance per series since his return into the CGI series.
 * In the CGI series, Duck gained different brake pipe outlets compared to his model. They were still based on Märklin outlets, but they lacked the additional moulded-on brake pipes which were present on his model.

Quotes
"There are two ways of doing things, the Great Western way or the wrong way."

- Duck's catchphrase

"Beg pardon, Sir, but I'm a Great Western Engine. We do our work without fuss. But begging your pardon, Sir, Percy and I would be glad if you would inform these engines that we only take orders from you."

- Duck to Sir Topham Hatt in Duck Takes Charge