Cranky
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- "Cranky by name and Cranky by nature!"
- — Salty, Kevin's Cranky Friend, seventeenth season
Cranky is a grumpy dockyard crane.
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Bio
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Cranky bullied Thomas and Percy by delaying their loads and calling them "bugs". He later got his comeuppance after a tramp steamer crashed into him and had to be rescued by the two tank engines. Afterwards, he promised never to insult them. However, he still teases the engines, such as when Percy complained that there was too much work and when Henry arrived at the Docks in a barge full of fish.
Despite his lack of sleep, Cranky works very hard. But his working attitude makes the engines cross whenever they think that Cranky is too slow - as a result of their insults, Cranky can cause accidents.
Although he is naturally grumpy, Cranky has shown that he has a kind side too. Once he helped Thomas out of trouble when he and Percy were playing "Hide and Peep" by finding Percy in the dry dock.
He has befriended a seagull that often visits him and has named it, rather fittingly, Seagull.
According to one of Salty's tales, Cranky is "the Monster of Brendam".
Persona
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The reason Cranky is so grumpy because he is kept working day and night without rest. Cranky loves teasing the engines and has an intense dislike for Salty's stories.
Livery
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Cranky is painted olive with black and brown pulleys amongst his mechanism and two work plates on each side that read "CRANKY".
Appearances
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Voice Actors
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- Glenn Wrage (US; thirteenth season onwards)
- Matt Wilkinson (UK; Season 13 onwards)
- Hisao Egawa (Japan; Season 5 - Season 8)
- Takaya Kuroda (Japan; Season 9 onwards)
- Christoffer Staib (Norway; Season 13 - season 15)
- Simen Sand (Norway; Day of the Diesels onwards)
- Walter Wigand (Germany)
Trivia
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- Cranky can be dismantled and moved to different locations.
- Before the script cut, Cranky was to have a much larger role in Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
- One of Cranky's models is currently on display in Canada at Nitrogen Studios.
Merchandise
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- ERTL (discontinued)
- Wooden Railway (normal and deluxe versions; deluxe discontinued)
- Take-Along (discontinued)
- Take-n-Play
- TrackMaster (regular and remote control)
- Bachmann
- LEGO (discontinued)
- My First Thomas
- Brio (discontinued)
- Wind-up (normal and metallic; Japan only)
- My Thomas Story Library (discontinued)
- Nakayoshi (discontinued)
Gallery
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Merchandise Gallery
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| Other vehicles |
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| Harold • Bulstrode • P. S. Cumberland • S.S. Kathryn • Dignity • Mermaid • North Star |
| Cranky • Jeremy • Colin • Captain • Owen • Merrick • S.S. Roxstar • Tiger Moth • Lucinda • The Queen of Sodor • A.J.R. No.1 • Ol' Wheezy • Hee-Haw • Sodor Line • Happy Hook • The Cranes • Tugboats • The Aeroplane • The Salvage Barges • The Canal Boats • The Mail Boat • Lakesider III • The Fultan Ferry • The Tramp Steamer • The Hot Air Balloon |
| The Stationary Boiler • The Yacht • The Lifeboats • S.S. Sodor • The Seaplane • Sodor • The Airship • The Speedboat |