James

James The Red Engine is one of the 4 main characters in the Kieron & Percy Show. He's proud of his shiny red paint, and doesn't miss a chance to brag about it!

Appearence
James is based on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway "Class 28", an 0-6-0 mixed-traffic tender engine of 1912/13. He has a brass dome, and a coal tender at the back. However, aside from those things, there's one thing that makes James stand out from the rest of the Diamond City residents, that being his smart, shiny red paint! However, that isn't the only colour James was in. When he first arrived to Diamond City, his livery was Black with a Red dome!

Personality
When he first started working at Diamond City many years ago in 1942, James wanted to make a good first impression and he wanted to show everyone that (at the time) he was modern and more up to date than engines like Thomas or Percy! However, one day, Makka Pakka decided it was a good idea to paint James his signature red paint after James crashed into his house while he was trying to do "the teddy" with his stone wife. Since then, James has become a bit of a narcissist and only cares for his own appearence. Despite this however, James has been shown to show off his kinder side. In the episode "James' split decision", James confirmed that he was willing to "give up being a narcissist just to save Diamond City". Let's not forget that in one of the Kieron & Percy specials, James travels back in time to stop the Ender Dragon attacking Diamond City, and taking it over. In seasons 1-4, James had a personality similar to most of the wacky characters that we see in the show today. He was bouncy, childlike and less down to earth than he is now. In seasons 5-current, James became a more adult character. He was more down to earth than anyone in the show's lifespan. However, the narcassistic nature, alongside peices of his younger days still remain in him, he just rarely shows his younger side.

Likes
James likes one thing, his shiny red paint! He'll spend hours looking in the mirror, despite what others say. James also likes trampolines, as confirmed in the episode "Percy's Bouncy House", when Percy's house transforms into a bouncy castle after Makka Pakka infuses it with his "Bouncy Castle in a can". James was the first to run to it and bounce on it, he was also the first one that told Percy that he would pay good money to bounce on it, leading Percy to start a buisness with it.

Trivia

 * James was originally NOT a main character. However, he became a main character after the thought that he had more story ideas than the rest of the potential main characters.
 * James is the only character to have shown his credit card details on screen. In the episode "The Training Heist", while trying to get Percy out of a sticky situation with the police, they ask for James' bank account details. He says his bank account number is 555, 7255.
 * He is Jack's favourite character.
 * He was also the first ever character to have had a speaking role in the pilot episode.
 * There was originally an episode focused around James' shady past... It would've revealed that James played a starring role in the hit TV show, Chicken Bake. However, he was dropped in favour of Villager Number 12. This caused James to rob banks with a crew of up to 10 villagers. But, after some convincing from Makka Pakka the 1st, (Makka Pakka's Great Uncle) he was sent to Diamond City with a new attitude!