The titular character of Thomas the Tank Engine series. Thomas is an anthropomorphized LB&SCR E2 class steam locomotive with cheeky yet somewhat naive personality.
He will later on becoming the most popular character of the series, as well as gaining a recurring meme status in a large variety of formats. Ranging from appearing as an unstoppable machine in YTP, a "swaggy douchebag" in MLG parodies, as well as an emotionless demonic being or super-mecha in various western and eastern parody fanarts.
See also
Peppa Pig (another kid-orientated character of similar memetic fame.)
