- “Big and small, short and tall, on my journey's I have seen them all!”
- ―Mtambo
Mtambo is a yellow African tourist chugger who works at the Safari Park introduced in the first season.
Biography
Mtambo is Chuggington's Safari Park guide and his job is to show people around the Safari park and teach them everything about animals. He is a well traveled chugger and is always keen to tell the trainees some exciting stories of his travels. One of Mtambo's other jobs is to transport animals around when Vee asks him to. He has two special cars that he can hook up to when he has an important job to do. He is very wise, and he knows almost everything there is to know about animals.
Technical Details
Basis
Although Mtambo is not based on any actual locomotive, he does loosely resemble various safari camper vans. Specifically those with pop-top roof mechanisms.
Livery
Mtambo is painted cool yellow with various camouflaged linings that come in green, brown, and black.
Appearances
Chuggington
- Season 1 - The Chugger Championship (cameo), Brewster Goes Bananas, Zephie's Zoomaround (cameo), Action Brewster (cameo), Koko on Call, Outward Bound Olwin (cameo), Brewster and the Dragon, Wilson's Wacky Tour, Frostini's Fruit Fandango, Zephie Ace Reporter (cameo), Zephie's Monkey Business, Mtambo's Amazing Adventure, Mtambo's Royal Tour, Bubbly Olwin (cameo) and Puffer Pete's Big Show (cameo)
- Season 2 - Koko's New Look (cameo), Chug of War, Stop the Press Emery (cameo), The Brewster Booster (does not speak), Quizmaster Hodge (cameo), Wilson and the Dinosaur (does not speak), Snowstruck Wilson (cameo), Heave Ho Harrison, Rolling Reporter Wilson, Brewster Meets the Mayor (does not speak), Chugger of the Year, Fault Finder Emery (cameo) and Toot's Tall Tale (cameo)
- Season 3 - Hodge Can't Wait (does not speak), Chug-o-flage, Magnetic Wilson (picture cameo), Top Secret Koko and Toot's New Friend (cameo)
- Season 4 - Wilson's Forest Flare, Park Patroller Wilson, Winter Whiteout, Team Trainee (cameo), The Tootington Tunnel (cameo) and Round Up Wilson (cameo)
- Season 5 - Tour Guide Harrison and Chug Patrol Chief
- Season 6 - Wilson's Broadcast Blues, Wild Safari Park, Glow Koko, Not From Around Here (cameo), Piperactive, The Mighty Koko, The Fast, The Strong and The Wilson (does not speak), Odd Train Out (cameo), Monkey-Sitting, Tai Tracks, Rock 'n' Rollers (not named; does not speak), Imagine That, Chug Patrol: Mission Thunder, Night Moves (mentioned), Piper's City Safari, The Zephie Express (not seen) and You for a Day (not seen)
Specials
- Season 4 - Chug Patrol: Ready to Rescue, Chuggineers: Ready to Build (cameo) and Snow Rescue
- Season 5 - The Big Freeze
- Season 6 - Chugging Home for the Holidays and Celebrate Chuggington
Chuggington: Badge Quest
- Part 1 - Running on Time, Animal Helper, Make or Brake (cameo), No Time to Waste, Quiet Please, Keep Chuggington Beautiful and Who Do You Appreciate?
- Part 3 - Home Sweet Home and Share the Load (cameo)
Discover Chuggington: All Aboard!
- Chugging Home (cameo), Wilson's Song (cameo), Chuggington Roll Call (does not speak), Safari Park Song, The Roundhouse Song (cameo), On the Map! Song (does not speak), On the Right Track! (cameo) and Safari Nap Time
Videos
- 2018 - Frozen Rescue (cameo)
- 2020 - Rail Safety Tips (cameo)
Audio Files
Horn
First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
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To be added | Active |
In the Season 3 episode, Chug-o-Flage, Mtambo is incorrectly portrayed with a different horn sound which sounds very similar to his usual one.
First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
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Chug-o-Flage | Chug-o-Flage |
Trivia
- Mtambo was the tallest chugger in the series until Decka was introduced.
- He is one of the three tallest engines in Chuggington, (the others are Old Puffer Pete and Decka).
- His name is Swahili for "mechanism" or "machine".
- In many merchandise and promotional material, Mtambo's name is sometimes misspelled as "M'tambo".
- There are a number of occurrences in the credits of the fifth and sixth seasons where Mtambo's name is misspelled as "Mambo".
- In the Hebrew dub on Hop!, he was the only known character to retain their original name.
- In Korean, he is called "Mutambo".
Trainees | Diesel | Brewster | Tai |
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Diesel-electric | Wilson | Hoot and Toot | |
Electric | Koko | |
Steam | Piper | |
Other Chuggers | Diesel | Calley | Hodge | Chatsworth | Irving | Mtambo | Frostini | Skylar | Jackman | Tyne | Fletch | Asher | Skipper Stu | Harry and Hamish | Rosa |
Diesel-electric | Dunbar | Harrison | Zack | |
Electric | Emery | Decka | Hanzo | Payce | Daley | |
Steam | Old Puffer Pete | Olwin | Speedy | |
Other | Zephie | Action Chugger | Cormac | Russ | |
Chuggers | Mtambo | |
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Humans | Dr. Gosling | Vicky | |
Equipment | Rolling Stock | Safari Passenger Cars | Elephant Cars | Monkey Cars | Giraffe Cars | Litter Picking Wagons | Wagon Cranes |
Gear | Camouflage Nets |
Chuggers | Emery | Chatsworth | Mtambo | Decka | Daley |
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Rolling Stock | Safari Cars | Litter Picking Wagons | Timber Wagons | Wagon Cranes | Hopper Cars | Boxcars | Passenger Carriages | Daley's Mail Carriages |
Locations | Safari Park | Bridge and Hill Runby | Bridge Over Tunnel Intersection | The Farm | Cliffside Stone (Stone Bridge, Dr. Gosling's House) | Countryside Ride-In | Countryside Intersection (Pumpkin Patch) | Footbridge Station | The Forest (Water Tower, Intersection) | The Stone Bridge | The Old Crossing | The Foundry | The Market | The Paper Mill | The Power Station | The Dry River Bed | The Saw Mill | Station with Bridge Over Tunnel Intersection | Tunnel Junction Station | Water Tower Runby | The Old Stone Bridge | Old Safari Park | Pond Station | Longlow Tunnel |