Nia (Thomas & Friends)

Nia is a character that appeared in the Big World Big Adventures! Movie, Seasons 22-24, and All Engines Go. She was created to replace Edward in the main cast. She wasn't well received by fans and critics of Thomas and Friends for her qualities.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) She serves absolutely no purpose in the show and is just there to replace Edward on the steam team which makes her a filler character, along with Rebecca who was introduced to replace Henry.
 * 2) Her personality is generic, bland, uninteresting, and boring.
 * 3) She feels like a rehash of Edward.
 * 4) There is no explanation of why she lives at Tidmouth Sheds, as she just appears there  in Tidmouth sheds without any introduction to Nia joining the steam team
 * 5) She was one of the main reasons the show went downhill.
 * 6) Her reason for replacing Edward on the steam team gets very confusing as some websites say that she was put in because of criticism from feminist and social justice groups, but the Thomas and Friends fandom says that she was put in to fix the gender imbalance at Tidmouth sheds.
 * 7) Like with all of the characters in seasons 22-24, her fantasy sequences are distracting, uncanny, painful to look at, and just plain awful.
 * 8) She annoys Thomas a lot in the film.
 * 9) She actually gets worse in AEG in "Thomas Blasts Off" she tries pushing a Rocket Shell through a tunnel and in "Nia's Perfect Plan" she acts bratty and refuses to accept something is wrong with her plan.

Good Qualities

 * 1) She is given a proper introduction, Unlike Rebecca.
 * 2) Nia has a decent design.
 * 3) Her voice acting is nice.
 * 4) She is very friendly.
 * 5) She has a pretty tragic backstory as her shed was destroyed in a storm and had to live outside.