Thomas & Friends - Marvellous Machinery [DVD] [2020]

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The Migration: Many steam engines, and later, non-standard diesel engines heard stories of Sodor. How the railway kept it autonomy from the rest of the mainline. How great its controller is, who will never send away an engine who works hard. Oliver is one such example threatened with scrap, but whose story ended happily. Many others, sadly didn't make it.

The Law of Conservation of Detail: Averted starting from Season 22, where at the end of each episode, Thomas speaks to the audience and gives a summary of what happened in the episode, even though the audience already has already seen the events in question, and Thomas' summary adds no new information. Aerith and Bob: Among the engines ond other machines, there are names like Thomas, Percy and Bertie paired with names like Diesel, Whiff and Cranky. It is also the last Thomas DVD release overall in Australia as all Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go releases prior will be released via Digital as the demand for DVDs has been decreasing in that country. [1] Family-Unfriendly Violence: Many examples, especially in the early years when the railway accidents were fairly realistic. Just Train Wrong: This applies to numerous railway gaffes from season 6 onward, where the writers (no longer working from Awdry's books) seem to know little about the workings of steam engines and railways. Nitrogen Studios seems to have very little knowledge of how steam engines are supposed to work:Duke warns Stuart and Falcon with the story of a misbehaving engine that was turned into a generator, immobilizing him forever. It gets even more horrifying when the Fridge Logic sets in as he was presumably buried alive along with the rest of the old railway, trapped underneath several feet of dirt and unable to call for help.

The first time the airport was mentioned by name since the twelfth series episode, Excellent Emily. Compressed Adaptation: A number of episodes based on The Railway Series books are this, mainly because of time management of the episodes (the episodes from the classic series were 4 and a half minutes long). An example includes the episode "James and the Coaches" which were merged from the two stories "James and the Top-Hat" and "James and the Bootlace". Also, "Whistles and Sneezes" were based on the two books "Gordon's Whistle" and "Henry's Sneeze" while "Percy's Trousers" was to take place between the two stories, but was adapted in season 3. Edward and Gordon | Thomas and the Breakdown Train | Thomas and Bertie | Thomas in Trouble | Thomas, Percy and the Coal | Percy Takes the Plunge | A Close Shave | Edward's ExploitThomas Comes to Breakfast. When Thomas skids off the rails and crashes into a house, just as the family within is sitting down to breakfast, the stationmaster's wife is more upset about her ruined pancakes that the freakin' locomotive that just drove into her living room. Hollywood Tone-Deaf: Zigzagged with Thomas. Although he has a pretty decent singing voice, "Too Loud, Thomas!" shows him practicing opera like Lorenzo and Beppe, but his skills are beyond awful.

Another one in Season 22, with repurposed “mobile classroom” coach Dexter being voiced by Mark Moraghan, who previously narrated for Seasons 17-21.On a positive note, "Henry's Forest" handled the Green Aesop pretty well. Helps that it was an early episode, and that the last scenes are very pretty. Bittersweet Ending: About a few episodes have these such as "Down the Mine", "Percy's Predicament", and "Percy, James, and the Fruitful Day". Flying Scotsman, Harvey, Rosie, Connor and Norman's last appearances, as well as Harvey and Rosie's only speaking roles in the twenty-fourth series and their last speaking roles overall. Character Name and the Noun Phrase: Many episode titles follow this format, especially in the form of "Thomas and the....." No matter what kind of horrific damage the engines cause, Sir Topham Hatt always, always yells at them for causing "confusion and delay."

The show steadily became a worldwide hit during the 1990s, leading to the franchise becoming increasingly Merchandise-Driven, leading many cast additions in later seasons (particularly during the CGI series) to be motivated by toy sales (albeit with varying degrees of subtlety). Thomas has also spawned a popular long running magazine series, that similarly has played its part in elements of the show itself. The Freelance Shame Squad: In early episodes especially, the engines are often shown laughing or smirking whenever another has an accident or other humiliating incident, no matter how dire. Downplayed in later episodes, where they often show a more consistent concern for each other whenever they seem to be in trouble. Coaches. During seasons 1-2 faceless coaches were sentient and could talk, but eventually the show treated all coaches as non-sentient save for exceptions like Annie, Clarabel and Henrietta. Race for the Sodor Cup | Thomas the Tank Engine Series 25 Vol. 1 ( coming soon) | Thomas the Tank Engine Series 25 Vol. 2 ( coming soon) PBS airings of HiT erThe second half of the episode, "Rusty and the Boulder" involved a boulder being dislodged from a mountain and chasing Rusty, Skarloey, and Rheneas. It finally stopped rolling when it crashed into a station, barely missing Percy. The three female main cast members as of the “Big World! Big Adventures!” Series also fit this - Emily (thin), Nia (short) and Rebecca (big). When the Skarloey Railway was introduced, Mr. Sam, The Thin Controller, was nowhere to be seen (The Fat Controller appearing in his place). However, an equivalent character, Mr. Percival, is introduced when the narrow gauge characters reappear in Series 9. This DVD is used as Disc 2 of The Complete Series 20 as a bonus disc distributed by Mattel Creations.