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Thomas the Tank Engine

fictional anthropomorphised tank locomotive
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Thomas the Tank Engine

Summary

Thomas the Tank Engine is a television character[1]. He ranks in the top 0.25% of television_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,504 views/month, #1 of 401).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thomas the Tank Engine held citizenship in United Kingdom[3].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine is the creator of Wilbert Awdry[4].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine is recorded as male[5].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's instance of is recorded as television character[6].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's instance of is recorded as anthropomorphic rail vehicle[7].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's instance of is recorded as fictional locomotive[8].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's instance of is recorded as literary character[9].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's instance of is recorded as vehicle[10].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's instance of is recorded as film character[11].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's instance of is recorded as CGI character[12].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's Commons category is recorded as Thomas and Friends[13].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's color is recorded as blue[14].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's voice actor is recorded as Ringo Starr[15].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's voice actor is recorded as George Carlin[16].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's voice actor is recorded as Michael Brandon[17].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's voice actor is recorded as Pierce Brosnan[18].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's voice actor is recorded as Joseph May[19].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's voice actor is recorded as Edward Glen[20].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's given name is recorded as Thomas[21].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's official website is recorded as http://www.thomasandfriends.com[22].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's work location is recorded as Sodor[23].
  • LB&SCR E2 class inspired Thomas the Tank Engine[24].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[25].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's from narrative universe is recorded as Thomas & Friends universe[26].
  • Thomas the Tank Engine's eye color is recorded as blue[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Character[28]

  • Began / founded: 1946[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d579759f-15e2-4b23-9958-c4bc7f8e1698[30]

Body

Works and Contributions

Thomas the Tank Engine is the creator of Wilbert Awdry[4].

Why It Matters

Thomas the Tank Engine ranks in the top 0.25% of television_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,504 views/month, #1 of 401).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Alec Baldwin George Carlin Pierce Brosnan Ringo Starr United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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