I really like Emily's character, especially in CGI. It's weird how it took 17 years for her to get her own number but it makes her stand out even more.
Imo assuming the hit changes never happened I think Emily should've been #12 and not only that but Arthur and Murdoch should've stayed and they became the NWR #s 13 and 14 respectively
If you look at the amount of steam engines that work on the main specifically Emily is the twelfth engine bill and Ben don’t count since they don’t work on the main line and they worked at the china clay works and this includes canon steam engines lady doesn’t count since TATMR is not canon.
I'm honestly surprised that Emily and Edward never had an episode together. They're both very similar. Both are wise , both are kind , both are not afraid to tell others off when acting like idiots. And both are like parentally authority figures. Honestly , that would've made some pretty neat episodes if done right.
As you rightly put she has had one of the weirdest and wonderful rises to her current standing, in both Fandom and in the show as a whole. And Single Handedly (Ha) managed to get one if the most varied and intreasing sets of characterisations given to a character. There really is no one quite like her.
Me personally, I think I like every iteration of Emily. Her whole over arcing character through the entirety of the series is: Newbie who was never meant to be anything more than secondary becomes an established member of the gang with her own special job and place in the world. It’s just… so perfect. I honestly wanna say it’s on par with RWS Gordon’s character arc but we all know that’s pushing it a bit. (But I don’t care ITS BETTER IN FACT-!)
Me too, when it comes to Emily throughout the years I still can't say I have a favorite era of Emily I love her mother like personality in season 7, her bossy and confident personality in the hit era, and here doughtful of her ability personality in the cgi series it all fits her well and I love all of it
I agree with you. She is kinda like a mother, Emily was always one of my favorite characters. When I first seen her appearance as a kid, I instantly began to like her. Her mother like instincts were probably because she's an engine built in 1894. I love the design of a 19th century steam engine. Especially Emily.
My favorite personality of Emily is in Season 7, because of how she helps others like Henry, and when she scolded Thomas and Percy for teasing Salty. And I really love the Classic Series.
Please do more of this you’ve done the whole fandom a favor, and people can stop calling her character, horrible and all the same throughout the entire franchise.
I think Emily would have been a great character to feature in bwba instead of Thomas, she could want to learn more about the world and help people, this could also be a good way of her being a search and rescue engine with her wanting to continue helping people. It also solves Mattel wanting to put a focus on female engines by giving one a special. Either way I truly love Emily’s character.
As bad as the whole "Emily replaced Duck" fiasco was, it had more ground to stand on than the drama with Edward, Henry, Nia and Rebecca. As when Emily became a mainstay, Duck just up and vanished without a trace, and wasn't seen again for four years.
At least we got to know emily before she was a main character. Duck was already sidelined in seasons 5 and 6. He didn't have anything significant to do, so to blame and hate emily for his treatment is dumb. The situation with Edward and Henry being replaced by nia and rebecca is rightfully warranted because Edward and Henry are 2 out of 3 legacy characters that kicked off the railway series which is the basis for the tv series since 1984. Replacing 2 legacy characters with two randos that we didn't have much time to get to know (who didn't have any character to them to begin with) for brownie points is more understandable to be angry at than getting angry over duck being "replaced" by emily.
@@supergenesisstation1991 Ever since S8, nobody had any clue how to use Edward and Henry. So much so that they degraded them down to flanderised versions just so they had a reason to be there: - Edward was always "I'm too old to be really useful". - Henry was back to needing special coal. Even the S17-20 writers struggled with them too. To which they opted to have them be secondary characters, so they could include them when they wanted to, rather than cause they had to.
Honestly I initially thought she replaced Duck as well, but at the same time I still wanted to see more of her character. However looking back I see that she actually saved Duck from being made out of character. Ironic since in her episode she saved one Great Western engine in one form and another just by creation alone, which actually falls in line with her character.
@@DaveMan1K I feel like Brenner era Edward was doing better than Henry, only the odd really out of character moment, other than that he was himself just a tad more whimsical. Maybe this is why Edward seemed to hold on a bit better in BWBA, still getting speaking roles or little moments of importance. He actually gets an episode with Nia, Hunt the Truck, which downplayed the feel that she had replaced him. Like Duck, it felt like he could have co-existed with their newer counterpart if the writers held on to him.
For the longest time I've not liked HiT era Emily, but this video's convinced me that actually she's alright, and certainly works as a leading character. My personal preference will always be the motherly Season 7 Emily, but it's hard to say knowing she had such a short run.
While I can definitely see the love for this character, she mostly suffers from being the most inconsistent from the main cast. She was consistently good in S7 but other than that her roll fluctuates from being understandable, to boring, to frustrating. I don't think Emily's an awful character overall, it just sucks at the writing team barely had anything to write for her later down the road. Good analysis though!
I think my ideal Emily is a mixture of all three; she's knowledgeable on things but lonely like in CGI, she's motherly like in the classic series, and she's a little bossy like in the HIT era.
If they took the best of all three worlds there, she would have been a fine character, basically balance her. Maybe then people would have liked her more.
I like Emily's character in the Brenner era since she got her original kindness back and don't mind her longing trait. Perhaps combine Brenner era with S7 persona will do for her.
I think it helps that Brenner era Emily did still have smidgeons of her other era personas. Tale of the Brave for example has her telling the other engines to knock it off when they laugh at Percy.
* My personal favourite Emily is the HiT Era version. * Edward is the "carer" for the Steam Team, he's the one that gives all the advice. I feel making Emily a motherly figure takes away Edward's literally only character trait. * Likewise, Gordon and Henry have mostly developed beyond their grouchy, bossy nature of the early seasons, whereas James hasn't, so I think pairing James and Emily, two bossy engines, would be a great character dynamic. * Similarly, all the female diesel characters up to her introduction are introduced as really bossy, so making Emily equally bossy provides a nice foil to that, shows that it's not just the female diesels that are rude and act in their best interests.
Like when she and Thomas imagine being streamling and Emily imagination going with nia on the adventures like Thomas did with Nina and she and Thomas both say cinders and ashes and even Thomas and Emily also showed impatience and all so I guess Thomas is her best friend along with Thomas’ best Percy
Aren't you forgetting that Emily at least learns her at the end of Emily's Adventure, apologies to Elizabeth, and says please? Besides, she was in a hurry to deliver timber to Famer McColl before the calves got cold.
This video finaly made me realize why out of all the Thomas characters from my childhood, I recalled The Scottish Single herself more vividly than anyone else, with the runner up being Edward. Due to the hit era being, well overall as dumbed down and crap as it is, along with some other personal reasons and finding Thomas himself, the face of the show, to be kinda insufferable, I ended up hating the show and my memoires of it for many, many years. Except from Emily. It was mainly her season 7 depiction that spoke to me, but also in some ways her hit era self as well. To me Emily is the mother of the steam team, just one who trends towards tough love, along with being witty, a bit bossy, and taking exactly zero shit from anyone. I actuly dropped off from the show right as the CGI series started, so I never knew she FINALY got her number 12, and im really glad she did. However I do agree with it looking off, and I know exactly why, its the coloring. The brighter of the two colors doesn't match her gold lining, meaning it messes with her overall theme, if it was changed to match it would look perfect.
I really love Emily. I was introduced to her when I was in high school. She became a role model for me when I was in my final year of high school. Even through college she was someone for me to look up to. Her personality throughout Series 7 was something I loved about her. Because she was someone who cared about her friends and always stood up for those who were upset and hurt. She was kind, caring and always wanted to help. When Series 8 came along, I was amazed at the new side we saw on her. Her bossy attitude was new to me and I wasn't sure what to think. Her impatience did work in a way, because we do get some characters who don't like waiting around, even for too long. It works for Emily, as her bossy and impatient sides help to build a part of her that says 'no one messes with me'. She's not a pushover, and I think that is what HiT were going for. The CGI era of Emily was, in my opinion, a mixture of both her Classic and HiT personalities. Mixing the two works as you have half of one and half of the other. You have her kind, caring and helpful side and her impatient, bossy side on the other. I was sad when Emily didn't get many episodes further into the show. I couldn't understand why Emily wasn't featured in as much as the other engines. They could have looked at her old personalities in the previous seasons. Then used her antics in the old stories to help make her new ones. That way, she would be more included and she wouldn't be left out so much in the new episodes. It was good that she got to interact with engines like Caitlin, Whiff, Murdoch, Trevor, Duck, Donald, Douglas, Philip, Harvey and more. But if they had sent her to the Wharf or the Blue Mountain Quarry, then she could have had some sort of friendships to develop with the narrow gauge engines. I'm not sure which era of Emily is my favourite, I was just happy that she got to appear in the episodes. What makes me sad about the lack of Emily is that they didn't think to try and include her more when they had the chance. The BWBA era was a sad point for Emily as she didn't get a single episode and she didn't appear or speak much. She became some sort of a background character in the Steam Team. She was the leading lady in the team and I think she could have been someone for Nia and Rebecca to look up to when they arrived. But I loved how she was included more in the final series. Getting her number was a surprise and we got to see her rewarded with a new job and role on Sodor. She could have been a stand by engine for the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre. I will always love Emily, no matter what era I'm watching. As long as she got to appear and show her stuff, then I'm happy that she is still a leading lady no matter what 😊.
One thing about Emily that’s always kind of bothered me, Her basis could easily hit 80-90 MPH with a string of coaches. However, most of the time, the show has her moving at barely 30 mph.
the only reason emily has a scottish accent was bescause she was built in doncaster, from the gnr, and her builder patrick stirling was born in scotland.
I think, if you combine all of Emily's personalities together, including her HiT model era persona, she's more like Peppermint Patty. If anything, Daisy is more like Lucy.
Awesome vid. I thin m the Unlucky Tug would be impressed. I love Emily to, as she and Mavis are tied for my favorite female engine, and I agree, she is quite a polarizing character, but I wish she was treated better. As for my favorite…the S7 Emily. I never liked the HIT Era Emily at all, the CGI Emily I don’t think was all that better. The S7 version was just so sweet, kind, gentle, but shy and timid as she started out. It just adds so much warmth to the series. In fact, the Emily in my series is that specific version, but expanded on. Great vid man
She’s my favorite character so far (in her early season anyway). Partly because her personality somehow matches my fiancé (and my mom to some extent). Her caring and compassion is pretty unmatched in her earlier season. I also like her basis, for me, the Stirling Single is the most elegant class of locomotives ever put on rails. Kinda shame that the creator made her in a wrong way when they took her in different directions during HiT era and CGI. I mean, really, if they really wanted to put a flaws into her, they could have took the ideas from real basis such as poor braking power, oscillating at high speed, lack of traction, etc. which effects her confidence.
Excellent character analysis video! It's really hard to pick which portrayal of Emily I prefer. I do like her in her own starring roles like New Coaches, What's the Matter w/ Henry?, Stormy Tale, New Route, Halloween, Chickens to School, Emily's Rubbish, No Snow, Saves the World and Best Engine Ever. But I'm gonna have to go forth with Classic Emily because she is such a sweetheart that makes me wish they stuck with that character for the remainder of the show. HiT and later CGI Series Emily just doesn't seem good to me. Also, even though I'm not a fan of Emily's Best Friend, I have to agree that it could've worked better as a HiT era episode to give Emily more development when she moved to Tidmouth Sheds in the newly-formed Steam Team. One thing that could've possibly bring another flaw into Emily is the fact that since the actual Stirling Singles are prone to wheelslip due to their large driving wheels, this would've made better potential. The official sources of Emily claim that her big wheels make her fast, though it is most inaccurate considering most flaws are based on real events and locomotive incidents in performance.
I have to say though, Emily's personality in Season 7 and 17 onward are my favorites, however; that doesn't mean her HiT era self is out of place. I imagine her as a kind and gentle woman/Engine, but with some attitude..
Season 7 Emily is by far the best. Had it been explored a bit more prior to Season 8 it easily would've ended up being her definitive character: Kind, Compassionate & Motherly, only ever being strict when reprimanding those who are being silly, just like any true motherly figure would be. Granted the Hit-Era stays consistent with her doing things out of love and concern for everyone, but basically they just swapped out the motherly side of her for a more pompous one instead, always acting like she knows better. From the writers POV i honestly think they took the phrase "mother knows best" and just dialled that up to 100 whilst now making Emily come off as more unintentionally bossy rather then caring & polite. Then of course there's the Brenner Era which thankfully retains her caring, motherly side of her original personality again... but instead of being bossy they ditch it entirely and created a whole new side to Emily where she now just feels randomly insecure, with no real arc or explanation as to what makes her suddenly lack confidence.
It kinda makes sense that Emily acts like a mother in the classic era since she is one of the oldest engine on the island, being made at around 1870-1895
She shares my name and I grew up with her debut onwards. Always been a personal favourite. Also had her wooden railway model and used to play with those for hours. Very nostalgic.
Great video mate 👏👏👏👏 Emily is my favourite non-Awdry character & I like her friendship with Henry (Favourite Awdry character). I prefer CGI Emily because it shows her more alive & I like her Scottish voice.
It was a mixture of series 6 and CGI (certain episodes) Emily, she just had such strong introduction, that even I couldn’t express. Because I mostly followed the HIT era one but then after growing up and learning about her, I think I would say HIT era and Series 6 Emily be the best, because she prove to everyone she wasn’t just some bitch you can make fun of or brush away.
Emily being basically removed in the CG era was due to some 'diversity' need. Sad as that is to say. Part of the issue with the character at that time, is Emily's character is basically white. She's presented as being Scottish, and as a result of that, it was perceived that the entire main 'steam team' were all white characters. To counter this, they removed her and introduced Nia, the Kenyan locomotive. Ironically, this did them no favors, as even supporters of her inclusion noted that she was extremely problematic herself. For one, she was 'stereotypical' African, and didn't really stand out in any one way. What's more, they noted that it didn't make sense to remove an existing and established female character like Emily, only to insert another one. There was even some argument that Nia and Emily could have made an interesting duo. With Emily's motherly and established nature providing a perfect foil to Nia's experiences on Sodor, and in dealing with all the male characters. Ironically enough, it's the lack of Emily, and the forced feeling nature of Nia that has made her (nia) so hated. Very late edit to note: One other aspect of Nia that makes her one of the more disliked characters, is a more technical aspect that I didn't include with the first post of this some months back. Nia is a narrow gauge engine. Specifically, she's a "cape gauge" locomotive. So roughly 42 inches. This also caused some issues with the character, as many felt that including her was harkening back to the UK's problematic colonial period. In fact, in Kenya, where she originated from, that gauge was more properly called "Colonial Gauge", as it reflected the British colonizers who built railroads in Africa, as opposed to "cape gauge" which originated (name wise) with South Africa.
Regardless of Emily’s bizarre journey, I will stand by the fact she’s an easy S tier character design, just absolutely genius that even as a kid I recognized why she was designed that way.
i like hit era emily. plus in as good as gordon & emily's adventure, she was a jerk because she was given a job where she believed being nice would get her nowhere.
Great Job! You really make a show of her involvement in the series. It feels a little like the Unlucky Tug, but also so original. The only issues I have are that in the first few minutes, you sounded a little to close to the microphone, and I don't appreciate swearing. but other than that, you did a really good job.
I loved emily ever since i was a willtle little baby she was always my favourite i was a hit era baby and her unique look and sassy charector just was perfection
I agree with you 100%, especially cause of her taking Toby’s role, this annoying deep voice by Jules De Jough, saying other characters’ names more than they say hers, and her annoying whistle in the Brenner era
Did anyone else notice that in the later CGI series episodes Emily's CGI model was given rivets,bolts and handrails along with rest of the steam team for some unknown reason?.
After watching the video it gives me a different perspective on Emily, I might check out the episodes for myself to give my opinion on her. Probably not important but for best engine ever I switched Emily and Caitlin roles but this says otherwise
Y'know, I almost feel like "Emily's Best Friend" may have worked better if the whole James-and-Nia thing, which I agree felt totally out of left field, was actually part of the episode itself. Here's how I imagine it - a story workshop event is being held, where children are encouraged to make their own stories, with the theme being "Best Friends". Emily laments that, after all these years on Sodor, she doesn't really know who her best friend is. In an attempt to make one, she decides to help Nia for the day and the two get along well. Soon, Nia begins to consider Emily a good friend. However, as Nia leaves, Emily notices James is in a bad mood because "all of the other engines are taken". Feeling sorry for him, Emily decides to help him out, and after assisting him, James feels like Emily truly is best friend material. Unfortunately, at that moment, Nia returns and sees what's going on. This results in an argument between James and Nia, declaring each other Emily's best friend, until Emily, flustered by what is happening, snaps at them. This results in the three falling out and Emily leaves to do another job. James and Nia are left to work in the yard, but after a short while, they begin to find they have common ground and work well together. Emily eventually sees this and, whilst upset that they may no longer consider her their best friend, is at least happy they're friends themselves. The story workshop is eventually held and one girl is inspired by James and Nia's friendship, so she decides to write a story about them. When Emily comes along later, the girl reveals that she is in the story along with James and Nia - they reveal to Emily that they put in a good word for her, stating they'd never have been friends without Emily helping them out, and the girl says she thinks this makes Emily a really good friend herself. As such, Emily is delighted that she, James and Nia can now all consider each other "best friends".
I'm gonna be real honest, emily is definitely getting overhated nowadays, besides even when some of her flaws, she is still quite a good character during the seventh season, and some parts of the brenner area from cgi, so in my case, emily is quite decent and unique character to say the least in my point of view. yet again the only exceptions i would have from the Brenner cgi area would be her cgi whistle, along with a few episodes that were from the brenner. so yeah, you got some good points and facts of Emily the Stirling Emerald Engine. :)
JasperPie's version of Emily's character in his comic stories is an amalgamation of her previously personality traits - caring, sisterly, sassy, and not taking any garbage from anyone from both Season 7 and HIT era. What do you think?
I’d have to go with a mix of classic and HIT emily, strong and flawed but caring at the end of the day (I’d switch out some of her stories for other ones)
That was a really interesting video regarding Emily. And... you may have missed mentioning this in the video but, it's been hinted that Thomas and Emily may have feelings for each other. This has come to be known as, Thomily. Perhaps, sometime you could make a video talking about Thomily. This is only a suggestion.
This is my personal take: everyone mostly loves Emily - even if she's not someone's favorite character. This is probably why people have so much controversy for her.
S7: Good girl. :) S8 to 12: Who's responsible for massacering my mom's favorite engine...? l:( S13 to 24: Still the same Emily we know. Worst Emily episodes: Thomas, Emily and the snowplough: The start to where I felt like Emily was bored and had nothing else to do in her life. As good as Gordon: Learn patience faster? Emily's adventure: I hate this episode and "Percy's New Whistle" for 2 reasons. Emily in the Middle: Twin Trouble part 3 but worse? Emily Knows best: (Bored again?) Emily and Dash: This is the 1 that is my no.1 worst episode... Good Emily episodes: Best Engine Ever: Girl power! Rangers of the Rails: More girl power again. :) Emily To The Rescue: Safest railway ever?
I fairly recently found Emily to be a very interesting female steam engine character too. back in 2016 I brought a copy of the updated Thomas the tank engine man because I wanted to learn to more of the story behind the RWS. I felt some what insulted by the historic sexist complaints about the lack of female engine characters in the original stories and more recent one by a Female MP. after getting an idea from seeing a stage production of the titfield thunderbolt in my local town hall I wrote a story about Emily having a stand in driver because her normal driver is on holiday;
Hit Era Emily ❤
I want to know what music this is at 1:30
I don't like hit Era emily
I actually like Hit Era Emily as well 💚
S7 Emily 💚
She went from a mother to asian mother ❤
I really like Emily's character, especially in CGI. It's weird how it took 17 years for her to get her own number but it makes her stand out even more.
I never mind if she had a number or not lots of good characters don't not that the one who do are't good.
Imo assuming the hit changes never happened I think Emily should've been #12 and not only that but Arthur and Murdoch should've stayed and they became the NWR #s 13 and 14 respectively
If you look at the amount of steam engines that work on the main specifically Emily is the twelfth engine bill and Ben don’t count since they don’t work on the main line and they worked at the china clay works and this includes canon steam engines lady doesn’t count since TATMR is not canon.
@@snookerdooker471doesn't she appear in Calling all Engines?
Yes
I'm honestly surprised that Emily and Edward never had an episode together. They're both very similar. Both are wise , both are kind , both are not afraid to tell others off when acting like idiots. And both are like parentally authority figures. Honestly , that would've made some pretty neat episodes if done right.
And they were both built in the late 19th century
Well they were paired up in the season 24 episode Emily's best friend but that was awful
18:06 She got laughed at off screen, so she laughs back at her ON screen... I love Molly. A shame she was never seen again.
That was Molly’s only major role, too.
@@Jeremiah_Rivers76 I knew that for as long as I knew Molly.
Right. Emily and Molly could've had a good little banter going.
@StephTHatt it would've been so cool if they actually done that
Those two should be best friends.
As you rightly put she has had one of the weirdest and wonderful rises to her current standing, in both Fandom and in the show as a whole.
And Single Handedly (Ha) managed to get one if the most varied and intreasing sets of characterisations given to a character.
There really is no one quite like her.
Me personally, I think I like every iteration of Emily. Her whole over arcing character through the entirety of the series is: Newbie who was never meant to be anything more than secondary becomes an established member of the gang with her own special job and place in the world. It’s just… so perfect. I honestly wanna say it’s on par with RWS Gordon’s character arc but we all know that’s pushing it a bit. (But I don’t care ITS BETTER IN FACT-!)
Me too, when it comes to Emily throughout the years I still can't say I have a favorite era of Emily I love her mother like personality in season 7, her bossy and confident personality in the hit era, and here doughtful of her ability personality in the cgi series it all fits her well and I love all of it
I agree with you. She is kinda like a mother, Emily was always one of my favorite characters. When I first seen her appearance as a kid, I instantly began to like her. Her mother like instincts were probably because she's an engine built in 1894. I love the design of a 19th century steam engine. Especially Emily.
My favorite personality of Emily is in Season 7, because of how she helps others like Henry, and when she scolded Thomas and Percy for teasing Salty. And I really love the Classic Series.
Same here.
Please do more of this you’ve done the whole fandom a favor, and people can stop calling her character, horrible and all the same throughout the entire franchise.
I think Emily would have been a great character to feature in bwba instead of Thomas, she could want to learn more about the world and help people, this could also be a good way of her being a search and rescue engine with her wanting to continue helping people. It also solves Mattel wanting to put a focus on female engines by giving one a special. Either way I truly love Emily’s character.
As bad as the whole "Emily replaced Duck" fiasco was, it had more ground to stand on than the drama with Edward, Henry, Nia and Rebecca.
As when Emily became a mainstay, Duck just up and vanished without a trace, and wasn't seen again for four years.
At least we got to know emily before she was a main character. Duck was already sidelined in seasons 5 and 6. He didn't have anything significant to do, so to blame and hate emily for his treatment is dumb. The situation with Edward and Henry being replaced by nia and rebecca is rightfully warranted because Edward and Henry are 2 out of 3 legacy characters that kicked off the railway series which is the basis for the tv series since 1984. Replacing 2 legacy characters with two randos that we didn't have much time to get to know (who didn't have any character to them to begin with) for brownie points is more understandable to be angry at than getting angry over duck being "replaced" by emily.
@@supergenesisstation1991
Ever since S8, nobody had any clue how to use Edward and Henry. So much so that they degraded them down to flanderised versions just so they had a reason to be there:
- Edward was always "I'm too old to be really useful".
- Henry was back to needing special coal.
Even the S17-20 writers struggled with them too. To which they opted to have them be secondary characters, so they could include them when they wanted to, rather than cause they had to.
@@supergenesisstation1991 their hate isn't warranted at all and that plenty of character
Honestly I initially thought she replaced Duck as well, but at the same time I still wanted to see more of her character. However looking back I see that she actually saved Duck from being made out of character. Ironic since in her episode she saved one Great Western engine in one form and another just by creation alone, which actually falls in line with her character.
@@DaveMan1K I feel like Brenner era Edward was doing better than Henry, only the odd really out of character moment, other than that he was himself just a tad more whimsical. Maybe this is why Edward seemed to hold on a bit better in BWBA, still getting speaking roles or little moments of importance. He actually gets an episode with Nia, Hunt the Truck, which downplayed the feel that she had replaced him. Like Duck, it felt like he could have co-existed with their newer counterpart if the writers held on to him.
For the longest time I've not liked HiT era Emily, but this video's convinced me that actually she's alright, and certainly works as a leading character. My personal preference will always be the motherly Season 7 Emily, but it's hard to say knowing she had such a short run.
Well thats great, lad!
@@ThomasTheoristI can't tell what background music names are
Excellent Character Analysis. Also I think Emily should’ve gotten her number in her debut episode after rescuing Oliver.
While I can definitely see the love for this character, she mostly suffers from being the most inconsistent from the main cast. She was consistently good in S7 but other than that her roll fluctuates from being understandable, to boring, to frustrating. I don't think Emily's an awful character overall, it just sucks at the writing team barely had anything to write for her later down the road.
Good analysis though!
They coulda saved her with one with, pairing her with duck
I respect your opinion
I think my ideal Emily is a mixture of all three; she's knowledgeable on things but lonely like in CGI, she's motherly like in the classic series, and she's a little bossy like in the HIT era.
If they took the best of all three worlds there, she would have been a fine character, basically balance her. Maybe then people would have liked her more.
THIS!!! This is basically what Emily is like in my version/AU of TTTE
I like Emily's character in the Brenner era since she got her original kindness back and don't mind her longing trait. Perhaps combine Brenner era with S7 persona will do for her.
I think it helps that Brenner era Emily did still have smidgeons of her other era personas. Tale of the Brave for example has her telling the other engines to knock it off when they laugh at Percy.
@@e-122psi3 A little sternness would do. Remove her mopey and longing aspect would make her character better in CGI.
* My personal favourite Emily is the HiT Era version.
* Edward is the "carer" for the Steam Team, he's the one that gives all the advice. I feel making Emily a motherly figure takes away Edward's literally only character trait.
* Likewise, Gordon and Henry have mostly developed beyond their grouchy, bossy nature of the early seasons, whereas James hasn't, so I think pairing James and Emily, two bossy engines, would be a great character dynamic.
* Similarly, all the female diesel characters up to her introduction are introduced as really bossy, so making Emily equally bossy provides a nice foil to that, shows that it's not just the female diesels that are rude and act in their best interests.
Well, I wish that James had developed, and that Henry and Toby weren’t changed to cowards by seasons 8 and 19 each
It's weird seeing the old Henry being a bit rude comparing to the CGI Henry.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
01:29 The Inspiration for Emily
02:40 Classic Emily
07:15 HiT Era Emily
19:51 CGI Emily
33:42 Conclusion
I say Emily has a closer relationship with Thomas cause she’s with him all the time
Like when she and Thomas imagine being streamling and Emily imagination going with nia on the adventures like Thomas did with Nina and she and Thomas both say cinders and ashes and even Thomas and Emily also showed impatience and all so I guess Thomas is her best friend along with Thomas’ best Percy
Aren't you forgetting that Emily at least learns her at the end of Emily's Adventure, apologies to Elizabeth, and says please? Besides, she was in a hurry to deliver timber to Famer McColl before the calves got cold.
@@randomnessetc5600 of course
@ozestrin4092 no not really, henry needs Emily while thomas and Emily is like rival kind of
This video finaly made me realize why out of all the Thomas characters from my childhood, I recalled The Scottish Single herself more vividly than anyone else, with the runner up being Edward. Due to the hit era being, well overall as dumbed down and crap as it is, along with some other personal reasons and finding Thomas himself, the face of the show, to be kinda insufferable, I ended up hating the show and my memoires of it for many, many years. Except from Emily. It was mainly her season 7 depiction that spoke to me, but also in some ways her hit era self as well. To me Emily is the mother of the steam team, just one who trends towards tough love, along with being witty, a bit bossy, and taking exactly zero shit from anyone. I actuly dropped off from the show right as the CGI series started, so I never knew she FINALY got her number 12, and im really glad she did. However I do agree with it looking off, and I know exactly why, its the coloring. The brighter of the two colors doesn't match her gold lining, meaning it messes with her overall theme, if it was changed to match it would look perfect.
I really love Emily. I was introduced to her when I was in high school. She became a role model for me when I was in my final year of high school. Even through college she was someone for me to look up to. Her personality throughout Series 7 was something I loved about her. Because she was someone who cared about her friends and always stood up for those who were upset and hurt. She was kind, caring and always wanted to help.
When Series 8 came along, I was amazed at the new side we saw on her. Her bossy attitude was new to me and I wasn't sure what to think. Her impatience did work in a way, because we do get some characters who don't like waiting around, even for too long. It works for Emily, as her bossy and impatient sides help to build a part of her that says 'no one messes with me'. She's not a pushover, and I think that is what HiT were going for.
The CGI era of Emily was, in my opinion, a mixture of both her Classic and HiT personalities. Mixing the two works as you have half of one and half of the other. You have her kind, caring and helpful side and her impatient, bossy side on the other. I was sad when Emily didn't get many episodes further into the show. I couldn't understand why Emily wasn't featured in as much as the other engines. They could have looked at her old personalities in the previous seasons. Then used her antics in the old stories to help make her new ones. That way, she would be more included and she wouldn't be left out so much in the new episodes. It was good that she got to interact with engines like Caitlin, Whiff, Murdoch, Trevor, Duck, Donald, Douglas, Philip, Harvey and more. But if they had sent her to the Wharf or the Blue Mountain Quarry, then she could have had some sort of friendships to develop with the narrow gauge engines.
I'm not sure which era of Emily is my favourite, I was just happy that she got to appear in the episodes. What makes me sad about the lack of Emily is that they didn't think to try and include her more when they had the chance. The BWBA era was a sad point for Emily as she didn't get a single episode and she didn't appear or speak much. She became some sort of a background character in the Steam Team. She was the leading lady in the team and I think she could have been someone for Nia and Rebecca to look up to when they arrived. But I loved how she was included more in the final series. Getting her number was a surprise and we got to see her rewarded with a new job and role on Sodor. She could have been a stand by engine for the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre.
I will always love Emily, no matter what era I'm watching. As long as she got to appear and show her stuff, then I'm happy that she is still a leading lady no matter what 😊.
One thing about Emily that’s always kind of bothered me,
Her basis could easily hit 80-90 MPH with a string of coaches.
However, most of the time, the show has her moving at barely 30 mph.
the only reason emily has a scottish accent was bescause she was built in doncaster, from the gnr, and her builder patrick stirling was born in scotland.
I think, if you combine all of Emily's personalities together, including her HiT model era persona, she's more like Peppermint Patty.
If anything, Daisy is more like Lucy.
Awesome vid. I thin m the Unlucky Tug would be impressed. I love Emily to, as she and Mavis are tied for my favorite female engine, and I agree, she is quite a polarizing character, but I wish she was treated better. As for my favorite…the S7 Emily. I never liked the HIT Era Emily at all, the CGI Emily I don’t think was all that better. The S7 version was just so sweet, kind, gentle, but shy and timid as she started out. It just adds so much warmth to the series. In fact, the Emily in my series is that specific version, but expanded on. Great vid man
1:47 once you notice it, you can never unnotice it. I certainly can’t
Emily was weirdly my first childhood crush when I was 6/7 and she still was one of my favorite engines ❤
Emily actually is my favourite character in the entire series
She’s my favorite character so far (in her early season anyway). Partly because her personality somehow matches my fiancé (and my mom to some extent). Her caring and compassion is pretty unmatched in her earlier season. I also like her basis, for me, the Stirling Single is the most elegant class of locomotives ever put on rails.
Kinda shame that the creator made her in a wrong way when they took her in different directions during HiT era and CGI. I mean, really, if they really wanted to put a flaws into her, they could have took the ideas from real basis such as poor braking power, oscillating at high speed, lack of traction, etc. which effects her confidence.
Excellent character analysis video!
It's really hard to pick which portrayal of Emily I prefer. I do like her in her own starring roles like New Coaches, What's the Matter w/ Henry?, Stormy Tale, New Route, Halloween, Chickens to School, Emily's Rubbish, No Snow, Saves the World and Best Engine Ever.
But I'm gonna have to go forth with Classic Emily because she is such a sweetheart that makes me wish they stuck with that character for the remainder of the show. HiT and later CGI Series Emily just doesn't seem good to me. Also, even though I'm not a fan of Emily's Best Friend, I have to agree that it could've worked better as a HiT era episode to give Emily more development when she moved to Tidmouth Sheds in the newly-formed Steam Team.
One thing that could've possibly bring another flaw into Emily is the fact that since the actual Stirling Singles are prone to wheelslip due to their large driving wheels, this would've made better potential. The official sources of Emily claim that her big wheels make her fast, though it is most inaccurate considering most flaws are based on real events and locomotive incidents in performance.
From Hero of the Rails onwards, Emily seemed to revert back to her original personality from the seventh series.
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anyone else pair her with Edward? just me? okay just if Emily is the mum, it makes sense Edward is the dad
I pair her with Henry or James pmao
Emily was the best thing to come out of Season 7. And she continues to be one of my favorites no matter the era.
I have to say though, Emily's personality in Season 7 and 17 onward are my favorites, however; that doesn't mean her HiT era self is out of place. I imagine her as a kind and gentle woman/Engine, but with some attitude..
Season 7 Emily is by far the best. Had it been explored a bit more prior to Season 8 it easily would've ended up being her definitive character: Kind, Compassionate & Motherly, only ever being strict when reprimanding those who are being silly, just like any true motherly figure would be.
Granted the Hit-Era stays consistent with her doing things out of love and concern for everyone, but basically they just swapped out the motherly side of her for a more pompous one instead, always acting like she knows better. From the writers POV i honestly think they took the phrase "mother knows best" and just dialled that up to 100 whilst now making Emily come off as more unintentionally bossy rather then caring & polite. Then of course there's the Brenner Era which thankfully retains her caring, motherly side of her original personality again... but instead of being bossy they ditch it entirely and created a whole new side to Emily where she now just feels randomly insecure, with no real arc or explanation as to what makes her suddenly lack confidence.
Thomas was developed kinder, but went in between that and his cocky, mischievous ways in the Brenner era
It kinda makes sense that Emily acts like a mother in the classic era since she is one of the oldest engine on the island, being made at around 1870-1895
11:37 I always love that scene of her shaking lmao. The most iconic HiT era scene ingrained in my mind
21:06 why is that such a pleasing and calming shot?! How was the cinematography in the Nitrogen era so good?!
She shares my name and I grew up with her debut onwards. Always been a personal favourite. Also had her wooden railway model and used to play with those for hours. Very nostalgic.
Great video mate 👏👏👏👏 Emily is my favourite non-Awdry character & I like her friendship with Henry (Favourite Awdry character). I prefer CGI Emily because it shows her more alive & I like her Scottish voice.
It was a mixture of series 6 and CGI (certain episodes) Emily, she just had such strong introduction, that even I couldn’t express. Because I mostly followed the HIT era one but then after growing up and learning about her, I think I would say HIT era and Series 6 Emily be the best, because she prove to everyone she wasn’t just some bitch you can make fun of or brush away.
*Series 7
Emily being basically removed in the CG era was due to some 'diversity' need. Sad as that is to say. Part of the issue with the character at that time, is Emily's character is basically white. She's presented as being Scottish, and as a result of that, it was perceived that the entire main 'steam team' were all white characters. To counter this, they removed her and introduced Nia, the Kenyan locomotive. Ironically, this did them no favors, as even supporters of her inclusion noted that she was extremely problematic herself. For one, she was 'stereotypical' African, and didn't really stand out in any one way. What's more, they noted that it didn't make sense to remove an existing and established female character like Emily, only to insert another one. There was even some argument that Nia and Emily could have made an interesting duo. With Emily's motherly and established nature providing a perfect foil to Nia's experiences on Sodor, and in dealing with all the male characters. Ironically enough, it's the lack of Emily, and the forced feeling nature of Nia that has made her (nia) so hated.
Very late edit to note: One other aspect of Nia that makes her one of the more disliked characters, is a more technical aspect that I didn't include with the first post of this some months back. Nia is a narrow gauge engine. Specifically, she's a "cape gauge" locomotive. So roughly 42 inches. This also caused some issues with the character, as many felt that including her was harkening back to the UK's problematic colonial period. In fact, in Kenya, where she originated from, that gauge was more properly called "Colonial Gauge", as it reflected the British colonizers who built railroads in Africa, as opposed to "cape gauge" which originated (name wise) with South Africa.
I do like Emily from Series 7, Emily's New Route and Series 17-21.
Regardless of Emily’s bizarre journey, I will stand by the fact she’s an easy S tier character design, just absolutely genius that even as a kid I recognized why she was designed that way.
i like hit era emily. plus in as good as gordon & emily's adventure, she was a jerk because she was given a job where she believed being nice would get her nowhere.
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Request: You should do the same thing with Rosie next
My mom’s favorite character is Emily now I see why she likes her so much
Great Job! You really make a show of her involvement in the series. It feels a little like the Unlucky Tug, but also so original. The only issues I have are that in the first few minutes, you sounded a little to close to the microphone, and I don't appreciate swearing. but other than that, you did a really good job.
I loved emily ever since i was a willtle little baby she was always my favourite i was a hit era baby and her unique look and sassy charector just was perfection
I agree with you 100%, especially cause of her taking Toby’s role, this annoying deep voice by Jules De Jough, saying other characters’ names more than they say hers, and her annoying whistle in the Brenner era
Headcannon: Emily is not one of the original sterling singles, but a replica, like stephen's roket, prince of wheals, Tornado
Tbh, the third picture of Emily making a face made me cackle
When I was little I used to see Emily as kid of a big sister to Thomas, I have no idea if this still holds up it’s been so long now
Wait, this isn't a Sodor's Finest video...but it sure as hell feels like one. Good job, mate.
Percy was worried 😂
16:26
Emily - "I am queen today. I'll tell you what to do"
PERCY WAS WORRIED ---> SMASH BANG WHOLLOP
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mine is a mix of og and hit era, she just has that sort of sass in hit era and then her motherly in the og era, the mix of those two works perfectly
Did anyone else notice that in the later CGI series episodes Emily's CGI model was given rivets,bolts and handrails along with rest of the steam team for some unknown reason?.
for some reason I also always saw emily as number 12
8:58 Thomas as Charlie Brown and Emily as Lucy? That makes too much sense!
Season 8 made Thomas and Emily like the brother and sister that always fight on the outside, but deep down care for each other alot.
That’s a problem l have with their dynamic
After watching the video it gives me a different perspective on Emily, I might check out the episodes for myself to give my opinion on her. Probably not important but for best engine ever I switched Emily and Caitlin roles but this says otherwise
My favorite female engine 🥰
Emily is one of my favorite characters.😊
Y'know, I almost feel like "Emily's Best Friend" may have worked better if the whole James-and-Nia thing, which I agree felt totally out of left field, was actually part of the episode itself.
Here's how I imagine it - a story workshop event is being held, where children are encouraged to make their own stories, with the theme being "Best Friends". Emily laments that, after all these years on Sodor, she doesn't really know who her best friend is. In an attempt to make one, she decides to help Nia for the day and the two get along well. Soon, Nia begins to consider Emily a good friend. However, as Nia leaves, Emily notices James is in a bad mood because "all of the other engines are taken". Feeling sorry for him, Emily decides to help him out, and after assisting him, James feels like Emily truly is best friend material. Unfortunately, at that moment, Nia returns and sees what's going on. This results in an argument between James and Nia, declaring each other Emily's best friend, until Emily, flustered by what is happening, snaps at them. This results in the three falling out and Emily leaves to do another job. James and Nia are left to work in the yard, but after a short while, they begin to find they have common ground and work well together. Emily eventually sees this and, whilst upset that they may no longer consider her their best friend, is at least happy they're friends themselves. The story workshop is eventually held and one girl is inspired by James and Nia's friendship, so she decides to write a story about them. When Emily comes along later, the girl reveals that she is in the story along with James and Nia - they reveal to Emily that they put in a good word for her, stating they'd never have been friends without Emily helping them out, and the girl says she thinks this makes Emily a really good friend herself. As such, Emily is delighted that she, James and Nia can now all consider each other "best friends".
As interesting as Emily is, I personally think that there have been times where she, like Gordon, was too big for her buffers.
I'm gonna be real honest, emily is definitely getting overhated nowadays, besides even when some of her flaws, she is still quite a good character during the seventh season, and some parts of the brenner area from cgi, so in my case, emily is quite decent and unique character to say the least in my point of view. yet again the only exceptions i would have from the Brenner cgi area would be her cgi whistle, along with a few episodes that were from the brenner. so yeah, you got some good points and facts of Emily the Stirling Emerald Engine. :)
13:44 Emily and Thomas are sent to the scrap yard. 😔
JasperPie's version of Emily's character in his comic stories is an amalgamation of her previously personality traits - caring, sisterly, sassy, and not taking any garbage from anyone from both Season 7 and HIT era. What do you think?
The way Emily is portrayed in AEG is pretty neat
This has to be about the only positive thing anyone has ever said about AEG
18:23 harvey came from series 6. Otherwise a fantastic video, fame deserved
Villagers: EMILY IS EMERALD?! WE NEED TO STEAL HER PAINT AND MAKE A FORTUNE!
In the future I'm making an animated series called princess Emily is about Emily's character will become the true princess she is
I’d have to go with a mix of classic and HIT emily, strong and flawed but caring at the end of the day (I’d switch out some of her stories for other ones)
That was a really interesting video regarding Emily. And... you may have missed mentioning this in the video but, it's been hinted that Thomas and Emily may have feelings for each other. This has come to be known as, Thomily.
Perhaps, sometime you could make a video talking about Thomily. This is only a suggestion.
I found this video entertaining and fun to watch
HiT era Emily is the only version of the character that actually has character so it’s superior 💯
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I feel like Emily’s personality is very similar to mine
16:26 LMFAO 🤣
You should do a collab with Unlucky Tug. I mean she is a good contender for Sodor’s Finest.
I swear she should have always stayed as a motherly figure in cgi and the original series
4:00 what about Edward?
I think Emily's Adventure is the castle thing giving her a big head. Like.. And then halloween is her feeling like " 'hiss' oofta I dun messed it"
This is my personal take: everyone mostly loves Emily - even if she's not someone's favorite character. This is probably why people have so much controversy for her.
[head cannon]
Emily is a preserved engine that was bought to work on the Island of Sodor.
Almost certainly true.
One of my favorite aspects about Emily is her design. Shes the only other engine next to Edward built in the 19th century.
Emily should get her number 20 years ago
And Emily's New Route is where we established a place as special to her and Thomas like the Forest is special to Henry
Classic MaMa Emily for life!
i wonder what emily's life was like before she came to sodor
I just realized this is basically a “sodor’s finest” on Emily
S7: Good girl. :)
S8 to 12: Who's responsible for massacering my mom's favorite engine...? l:(
S13 to 24: Still the same Emily we know.
Worst Emily episodes:
Thomas, Emily and the snowplough: The start to where I felt like Emily was bored and had nothing else to do in her life.
As good as Gordon: Learn patience faster?
Emily's adventure: I hate this episode and "Percy's New Whistle" for 2 reasons.
Emily in the Middle: Twin Trouble part 3 but worse?
Emily Knows best: (Bored again?)
Emily and Dash: This is the 1 that is my no.1 worst episode...
Good Emily episodes:
Best Engine Ever: Girl power!
Rangers of the Rails: More girl power again. :)
Emily To The Rescue: Safest railway ever?
That segment where Father JACK yells “GUYLES!” during the Nia/Emily segment gets me gut-busted every time
You mean father Jack
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Emily got the last laugh between her and Molly because she's still in the show lmao
The show fell off in 2010. So the Claud Hamilton got the last laugh lmao.
Emily has always been my favorite female character
I LOVE EMILY THE EMARLD GREEN CLEVER ENGINE
I always thought her design was completely original when I was little
As good as Gordon Emily got the express effect
I fairly recently found Emily to be a very interesting female steam engine character too.
back in 2016 I brought a copy of the updated Thomas the tank engine man because I wanted to learn to more of the story behind the RWS.
I felt some what insulted by the historic sexist complaints about the lack of female engine characters in the original stories and more recent one by a Female MP. after getting an idea from seeing a stage production of the titfield thunderbolt in my local town hall I wrote a story about Emily having a stand in driver because her normal driver is on holiday;
4:00 maybe thats why theyre married in Victor Tanzig's Stories of Sodor
Remember there's the US Emily side as well (not just the UK Side)
I did like Emily at the beginning but then it went south but went back good north and I still like her to this day