Dennis

Dennis

First Appearance: Munitions (cameo) The Suggestion Box Affiliations: North Western Railway Brendam Docks The Blue Mountain Quarry (occasionally) Friends: Norman Thomas Edward The Fat Controller Richard Hatt Enemies: Gordon (On Gordon's side) Voiced By: MainLineEngine112

"He has been late on 6 occasions! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 occasions, and acts like he hasn't a clue why he's there. We need a competent, constant, and conscientious pilot that isn't idle, isn't Dennis, has a clue, knows his place, and ISN'T DENNIS!"

(Gordon, The Suggestion Box)

Dennis is a perpetually lazy grey diesel shunter. He is Norman's twin cousin.

Bio[]

When Dennis first came to Sodor, he tricked Thomas into doing his jobs for him because he was too lazy to do them himself. But this ending in him falling into a ditch, and Thomas had to rescue him.

Nowadays, he is smarter than that, yet he is still lazy when shunting trucks, and enjoys a good snooze in the sunshine.

Nowadays, Dennis occasionally works at the Blue Mountain Quarry with the narrow gauge engines. He also works at Brendam Docks.

When Richard Hatt introduced a suggestion box, Dennis was one of the engines present to listen to the suggestions made. One of which was to add a permanent station pilot at Knapford. The engines were enthused by this prospect, but Gordon was insistent that the pilot be anyone but Dennis, given the lazy young diesel's track record. Later on, Dennis' mind was royally blown by Charlie's philosophical comparison of comedy and art.

Persona[]

Dennis is a lazy diesel who will do anything to get out of work. He likes to slack off on a regular basis. When Dennis is called out on for his laziness, he is very sorry, but when the next opportunity to help him again!

Norman, Dennis' twin cousin, is often disappointed with his idleness and inability to apply himself, but Dennis is always there to brighten Norman's spirits when he's bogged down with work and despite of his laziness he's also very kind and friendly. Although he's friendly, he is also considered to be snobbish, selfish, smug and a little bit rude to the others. He's also considered to be very irresponsible and boastful as he bragged about how better he supposedly is. He often creates excuses to stay far away from working and is known to be a slacker, he also bullies eenry, but when he gets his just desserts, he will always learn his lesson thanks to a conning but true question.