Emily

Emily is one of the six main characters in the SC Shorts. She is a Stirling Single tender engine who has a big heart and acts as a sisterly figure to the other engines despite being fussy and impulsive at times.

Biography on YouTube
Emily first appeared on Sammy Clark's YouTube channel in the video, "Thomas and friends Welcome to my Trainmare part 1", and her first appearance in the SC Shorts was in the episode, "I Hate This Place A Chugging Ton".

Biography in the SC Shorts
Emily first appeared in the final episode from 2018, "I Hate This Place A Chugging Ton". In the episode she was helping out Whiff with pulling a garbage train. During their journey, they nearly had a head-on collision with Wilson and Old Puffer Pete from Chuggington but luckily, they diverted themselves onto a different line. Later on in the episode, Emily encountered Duck and questioned him if she replaced him and if they ever met before. Duck then went on to say that she did replace him and that they have met before in Thomas & Friends.

When Diesel secretly came up with a plan to get rid of James, he called down a crowd of engines and Jack to the Shunting Yards and told them about the Prince of Sodor whom once owned a private engine, and that the private engine's ancestor is believed to be on Sodor. When Emily came up to try on the crown, Diesel refused to try it on her saying that he's looking for a 'prince' and not a 'princess'. He then told all of the females to get out of line, with Emily then calling Diesel a sexist.

After James got into trouble with Sir Topham Hatt after causing some problems out on the railway, Emily tried to tell James that he should get his act together. But he refused, and later on the next day, James faked being sick and tricked Paxton into doing his work. But while James was resting at Tidmouth Sheds however, both Emily and Thomas noticed him fake being sick, and later on informed Sir Topham Hatt about it that night. As punishment, Sir Topham Hatt tortured James with his cancerous opera singing.

For Sir Topham Hatt’s birthday, the engines planned to throw him a surprise birthday party. And when settling on what place the engines should have the party at, Emily and James got into a disagreement which later led into a falling out. Diesel and Diesel 10 then got the idea to have the whole island turn on each other by having the engines biff and bash each other around with the thought that someone else had bashed into them, when really it was Diesel. Emily was one of these victims and was tricked by Diesel into thinking that it was James who bumped into her. This led into other engines getting tricked by Diesel which later led into a huge engine fight. Luckily, after putting the pieces together, Thomas soon learnt that it was Diesel who really caused the engine fight and then, he later settled things straight with his friends. This included Emily and James making up in the end for their behavior.

After Diesel had taken charge of the Dieselworks, he had a plan to show Sir Topham Hatt how revolutionary diesels were by purposely having the steam engines have accidents and have diesel engines to do their work while they're being repaired. Emily was once again one of these victims and ended up getting pushed off of the rails by some troublesome trucks. Mavis was later given the task of doing Emily's work while she was being repaired.

On Halloween when James literally bumped into Dash, he called him a woman to "humiliate" him, and this sexist remark was then somehow heard by Emily as she said that she's going to kick James' bumper the next day. And on the first day of November, that's exactly what she did.

On Valentine's Day in 2021, Emily and Thomas both decided that today would be the day where they both tell their "lovers" the truth about why they couldn't be a couple. Later during Emily and James' double date with Thomas and Rosie, Thomas revealed to Rosie on why the two of them couldn't be a couple; because he is asexual, which means that he is incapable of having any feelings towards engines of either genders. Afterwards, Emily then revealed to James that she was asexual too, making him a little disappointed on how the two of them couldn't be a couple now. But James felt a little bit better afterwards when Emily explained to him on why she wasn't interested in him in that way, and that she was still happy to be good friends with him, despite James sometimes getting on her nerves.

Personality
Emily is kind, caring, helpful, mature, compassionate, and always sensitive to the feelings of others. She often acts a voice of reason, particularly when James gets too puffed up and full of himself, or when a friend needs moral support. She has also been shown to be adaptable, able to think of a plan in a moment's notice.

Trivia

 * In "Best Friends Forever Part 1", it was revealed that Emily is asexual.
 * Both Emily, Edward, and Rusty have had the most voice changes in the SC Shorts at a total of 3 voice actors each.
 * In "It's A Wonderful Duck", Emily gained handrails on her smokebox, a gold ring around her funnel, and the number 12 on her tender.
 * Up until the end of "Double Date" when Emily revealed to him that she was asexual, James had a crush on Emily and tried at numerous times to get with her, but she never allowed it.