EVERY Callback in CGI Thomas 

John Hassler's Thomas voice is great. He can sound so innocent, sassy, or done with everything.

27:49 Cinders and ashes are a steam engine's waste products, right? So when they cry *"cinders and ashes!"* it's their way of saying *"shit and piss!"* and I love that.

I will never not laugh at the 'my doctor has forbidden me to pull/push' gag. It's even funnier in CGI, because the framing device implies that Edward is poking fun at Topham.

24:55 The way it cuts to James _screaming_ in fear for, like, two seconds, only to immediately cut back to present James is comedy gold

To this day I NEVER gonna understand how the DRIVER did not relize there where no coaches. We cant fully blame Thomas here, clearley his driver and fireman where asleep too

You can tell Season 1 was probably their favorite to recreate flashbacks because they were the one's everyone remembers and the easiest ones to recreate. 😂😊

I just love the CGI era mainly because of the voice actors they give so much depth and feel to each character.

I think what I love about the Brenner era is how the team didn’t forget about the original series. For obvious reasons they changed some things, but making it quite consistent with the original stuff was something Brenner and his crew did a fine job at. Great video as usual, Nic!

22:50 *”I’M COMING OFF THE RAILS!!!”*

I love that “apparently” from Sir Topam hat. Like he knows Gordon is just being dramatic

James’ crash in The Adventure Begins truly shows what you can do with CGI as a medium for this show

I just realised that there's a flashback to the first Thomas thing narrated by Michael Angelis in the last Thomas thing narrated by Michael Angelis... fitting.

I love it when shows have continuity because it makes everything feel connected, and these Thomas flashbacks are great.

31:03 you forgot how in the flashback, Thomas' crew are shown STILL IN THE CAB. Unlike in the original where they were knocked off the fooplate

You missed the time “The Sad Story of Henry” was referenced in Season 20 Episode 21, “Henry in the Dark,” where Gordon teases Henry by saying the “Once an engine attached to a train” rhyme to him.

Hearing all these CGI UK dub clips reminds me how incredible of a Thomas John Hasler is. He will always be the ultimate Thomas.

I hate how in the adventure begins, the cranes pick up James and his tender at the same time without his tender coupling snapping from the weight.

It’s always such a nice treat seeing the cgi series reference the model series. It shows how much the writers did their research.

Great video! One of the things that I really respect from the CGI era of Thomas is not completely ignoring the canon

The Sad Story of Henry was also mentioned twice in Henry Spots Trouble and Henry in the Dark.

Thomas : *being thrusted at mach 5 across sodor* Bertie : "want to race thomas?" ... "Nevermind."

The CGI era's care towards the classic series and even the railway series remembering those older episodes is always a W in my book. Edit:One thing I noticed is that when the trucks were pushing James he went down Thomas's branch line meaning the cow field has to be down there

The bit about James pushing Henry out in _The Adventure Begins_ gets better when you realized the red engine that tried in the books was meant to be James. That's what Awdry intended but had to change it when kids questioned why James was red, then black on his first day, then red again.

2:40-3:02 What makes this even more ridiculous is that the movie has been publicly uploaded to the Official Thomas RU-vid channel.

I really love how casual some of these callbacks are, like the Engines are talking about these adventures like fond memories they have.😊 Also I really wish they had made that Gordon episode it sounds hilarious.

In the “where in the world is Thomas” song the line “he could have strayed into a woodland on a track that’s overgrown” could’ve been interpreted as a reference to the great discovery but more likely referring to hiro of the rails

This was - as always - a really great video! Personally though, i think I would've structured it slightly differently, as in, instead of working the refrences back through the classic series, I would've worked my way through the CGI series itself, talking about how they evolved over time. I think it would've helped with alot of the context of the references too, with why they were being brought up, because I do think there is a storta evolution to how they refrences the classic stuff in the CGI series, and how the CGI canon slowly changed over time. haha, this is also a video idea I've been toying around with for awhile, I must do it at some point!

I actually quite like James with the black paint job. The red trimming really adds to it and it's really nice. Then again black is my favorite color so I'm a little biased.

According to your comments, there are a couple minor callbacks I did in fact miss. They are as follows: "The Sad Story of Henry" In Season 20's Henry in the Dark, the engines tease Henry for always being scared and Gordon recites the opening rhyme of that episode, recalling the time Henry stayed in the tunnel because he was afraid of the rain. Henry also says "Chicken pox are scarier than RAIN" in Season 19's Henry Spots Trouble. "The Flying Kipper" In 2013's King of the Railway, Gordon laments Henry needing special coal, to which Toby responds "That was fixed years ago!", referring to Henry's rebuild in this episode. I can't believe I forgot this one! "Special Funnel" and "Steamroller" In Season 24's The Great Little Railway Show, Peter Sam brags about his special funnel, and Sir Handel brags about his wheels. Both things are introduced in their respective episodes, though they aren't really recalling events from them so I don't think this one really counts. I think that's it, though I wouldn't be surprised if there's more. Comment below if you know of others!

one thing i like about the CGI flashbacks are they can go into more detail about things they couldn't do with models, James' crash was certainly a lot better as we saw it happen

Take a shot every time Tug says "In this episode" or "in this one"

Holy crap I didn’t realize how Season 1 was THE most frequently callback season. Yeah it’s the 1st season and lots of it was because of The Adventure Begins, but just whoa, that realization completely slipped past me XD Great video dude^^

Such a shame that the adventure begins footage had to be pixelated, but it's always an pleasure to hear your opinions, Unlucky tug :) those flash backs really bring me back!

Tug's new iconic line "This is referred back to in, you guessed it, *Emily saves the world* "

Seems like Emily Saves the World is just callback galore, and its great.

No one gonna talk about the fact that the Brenner Era did go back and recalled two HiT episodes? Also, this could be a good source to mapping out the CGI Timeline of Thomas.

It always made me so happy they made call backs to the OG seasons

I have something to say about Oliver in Toad's Adventure, Maybe he doesnt mention Douglas being involved because he may be talking about when he escaped from the scrap yard BEFORE he was found by Douglas, remember when in the books he was moving through England to avoid being found by the diesels and scrapped by British Rail? Well, maybe in Toad's Adventure he is talking about that time and not when Douglas found him, and toad remembering may be just a TV addition

52:21 maybe someday, we could have another great comeback for Thomas. And who knows, maybe we could even get more callbacks to the model series then.

It’s quite a shocker when you realize the CGI series was more consistent with lore than the model series. Like Rheneas was consistently in the background in season four when he should’ve been at the works being mended.

It's amazing how many callbacks there are to the classic series, even in Big World! Big Adventures!, and it's all thanks to the writers who still care for Thomas. 👏 I certainly enjoyed The Adventure Begins for all its recreations of series 1, a childhood favourite of mine. 😀

40:50-41:08 I don't think it's really that strange though because Unscheduled Stops was 14 years later from Bulgy Rides Again, Thomas could've easily forgotten about Bulgy cause he never really knew him for any prolonged time at all, and Bulgy not being the most trustworthy of characters back in Season 3 was going to use shortcuts to gradually rid the engine race, and on his first day of plotting on the Little Western he was trying to get to the other side of Tidmouth's terminus before Duck until he found he wasn't big enough to fit under a bridge, and Thomas was one of the engines at the other side of the terminus when Duck reclaimed the passengers, and after Duck probably telling Thomas how troublesome Bulgy was doesn't that speak volumes for mistrust?

Nice to see that The Brenner Era was keen on so many call backs. They were sure keen to show fans they cared after years of HiT’s Writing Garbage.

The CGI series loves it's callback. Back when the Brenner era was in it's prime it was a treat seeing them happen. And yeah, if only we could turn back time.

It just dawned on me that the nitrogen era “down the mine” location is far more accurate than the one from season 23. That shouldn’t be shocking, but I thought it was worth noting how they look different.

44:21 I think it's come quite clear that Davey Moore's favorite episode might be Bulls Eyes. 49:50 Same writer? Probably a coincidence.

I still think The Fat Controller standing idly by while everyone is pulling Henry out from the tunnel to which leads him making an excuse by claiming his doctor had forbidden him to both pull AND push is one of the funniest things from the Classic Series that I still laugh to this day just because of how the line and scenario was delivered perfectly in both the Narrative and CGI versions. 9:56

"Hurry yourself" one of the best combacks thomas said

I find it funny how both versions of Thomas comes to Breakfast has him cause different levels of destruction. Model series Thomas: *crashes into the front of a house, causing thousands worth of property damage and twisting the front of his body* Cgi Thomas: *Pushes just his head into a wall, creating a hole in that could be easily be patched up in a few hours*

I would've LOVED to see them recreate Donald's signalbox incident in Breakvan! 😔 😟 🙁

You missed the reference to Wrong Road in Tale of the Brave. After the cold open, Sir Topham Hatt states, “While they (Bill and Ben) may be better known for playing tricks on their fellow engines.” Gordon says, “You can say that again.” which referenced the point in Wrong Road when they tricked Gordon into thinking they were going to dump him in the sea because they made it seem as if they didn’t know that it was Gordon they were around.

Joesph May is a good voice for Thomas and definitely love to see the backstories of CGI Thomas Episodes and Model Series Episodes

Chapters: Intro - 0:00 Season 1 - 3:12 Season 2 - 32:30 Season 3 - 36:24 Season 4 - 41:10 Season 5? - 44:37 Season 6 - 44:59 Season 7 - 47:26 Season 8 - 48:41 Season 9 - 49:24 The Callback to The Railway Series - 49:58 Conclusion + Announcements - 51:23

Guess the cgi writers loved the model era episodes more than we thought lol.

I like how this video can be used for everyone who believes in the separate timelines theory all of the episodes that are 100% canon to the cgi series

It’s insane how even though we got the narrow gauge engines in CGI, there were never any callbacks to them in season 4. I would’ve loved to see a CGI flashback of Gallant Old Engine

I think the callback to Alicia Botti was referencing her first appearance in Season 6, Thomas, Percy and the squeak, not Magic carpet.😂

That is a heck of a lot of references during the CGI period.

15:49 I love the suspense sound here.

Strange that Season 5 didn’t have that much callbacks. It would’ve been interesting to have episodes recalling those episodes. Whether it’s Cranky’s first day at the docks being cranky and later got toppled by a tramp steamer, the engines having trouble with lorries, Gordon crashing through a station, James having trouble with a tree, Percy feeling put upon with too much work,Toad being a runaway train, Duncan getting spooked believing he saw a ghost train on the old iron bridge or the engines experience with a boulder. Plus it would’ve been cool to see Derek, Old Slow Coach, Bertram, or Old Bailey again as well as bring George back for an episode and give Thumper and episode and recall Rusty and the Boulder.

13:57 "That's his ... 'eager' face ..."

God I am so chronically online on the thomas wiki because I know about basically all of these. The only one that I never put 2 and 2 together with was with Percy and the Magic Carpet

I really don't know why they couldn't have turned Henry back into his old shape in the Adventure Begins. It would've looked so cool and a great tribute to Season 1. It would've been so easy too. All they had to do was taper the firebox and remove the splashes. It would've only taken like 10 minutes.

One that was missed for 'Thomas & Gordon' was when in SLOTLT, the narrator says "His fire had gone out, and there wasn't enough steam!" I really like this video! Honestly, I'm kind of a sucker for callbacks and references to past events since it shows that continuity exists. I was surprised to see that one from 'Percy & the Magic Carpet'. I also think that the "He could've bashed into some buffers" line was a reference to 'Thomas & the Trucks' since Gordon hits the buffers at Maron Station like Thomas did. If not, it was probably a reference to 'Thomas the Quarry Engine' where the same thing happens. Anyway, nice job, Tug!

18:12 Words can not express how much I loved this scene. The Troublesome Trucks song is probably my favorite song in the series next to “Accidents Will Happen”.

Your analysis videos on the CGI era has opened me up to some hidden gems I had no idea about. This is nice by the way!

Wow and people say at times that CGI isnt canon to the classic show. Tbh, I have forgotten some of these references in these episodes but does give a refresher and a quick memory.

Great video! It was so fun to revisit the CGI series! I hate to be that guy, but Hunt the Truck technically has 2 callbacks. The title itself is a reference to Mavis and Ben says “got to see a coach about a train”, referring to Ghost Train. Not sure if these fall under your “Little Engines can do Big Things” rule, but I thought I might mention them

"He can't get up the hill with his goods train, apparently" My new fav STH line.

my headcanon for all the discrepancies between the cgi-era flashbacks and the actual episodes is that it’s either the engines misremembering some details, or the cgi series takes place in an alternate timeline and certain crashes/incidents are (to quote across the spiderverse) “canon events”

I'm surprised to have THAT many callbacks in the CGI Era. I do missed the Classic Model Series so much.

Would love a video about the history of the Thomas Wooden Railway toys. Those were my childhood.

You forgot two references to Trouble in the Shed. In The Adventure Begins, Sir Topham Hatt says the engines will have to shunt their own trains until he can "get another small engine like Thomas," hinting at Percy's eventual arrival to Sodor. And in Season 19, Goodbye Sir Topham Hatt, the station master says "There's trouble in the shed."

Side note: Oliver not mentioning Douglas in his escape story is probably because as of season 18, the Scottish twins had not returned to CGI yet, not until SLOTLT and they rarely referenced non returning characters. Amazing vid btw!

I wish , in blue mountain mystery, gorden recalls the events of the episode off the rails

Gotta be honest, I didn’t fully expect for Thomas to have this much continuity

36:07 James in this scene fills me with joy for some reason

I must say, that's a great video of callbacks. Shows that model and CGI events are both in the same show thus same continuity regardless of differences.

I’m surprised Thomas and Bertie was never recreated in cgi

This video alone just proves how great Thomas writers Andrew Brenner and Michael White were.

So far we have seen: Season 1 (1984) - *COMPLETE* Season 2 (1986) - *INNOVATIVE* Season 3 (1991) - *BIG* Season 4 (1994) - *COMFY* Season 5 (1998) - *PEAK* Season 6 (2002) - *CUTE* Season 7 (2003) - *EYE OF THE STORM* Jack & the Pack (2003) - *QUAINT* Season 8 (2004) - *MILQUETOAST* Season 9 (2005) - *???*

Well at least this is one of underrated good parts about CGI

29:10 "wouldn't that be nice?" Henry's face:

Its fascinating seeing all these callbacks!

I wish to God the "John. T Jazz Theme of Thomas' trucks was in the scene when Thomas' pulls the trucks" 😢😢. That was always my favorite Season 1 theme!😢😢😂

Adventure Begins felt like a big love letter to the model fans

I always thought that Rosie’s part in the song was referring to the part in misty island rescue.

You forgot the Flying Kipper reference in King of the Railway. But anyways this was still aa great video.

Not sure if this really counts as a callback, but season 16 episode 10 "Percy and the Calliope" features the original theme music from seasons 1 to 7 playing on the titular calliope.

Edward in the adventure begins was kinda like father figure to Thomas i like that.

Personally I'd count that sequence on which ever Marvelous Machinery episode in season 24 as a callback to Thomas and the Jet Engine. Id also include what Peter Sam and Sir Handel say in The Great Little Railway Show.

A little surprised you forgot this, considering the amount of times that Emily Saves the World was mentioned at the end, but in that episode at the docks, Emily mentions drying off Sodor United’s sticky laundry.

9:01 that’s not Edward that’s James in disguise

The fact that James always smiles before he’s own episode is to cursed

Am I the only one to think that Sir Topham Hatt's "My Doctor has forbidden me to pull and push" lines are excuses to not wanting to exercise?

You didn’t mention steamroller in the great little railway show where Peter Sam references sir handles steam roller wheels

They had SO many opportunities to recreate Thomas and Bertie's Great Race. 😂😂😂Easily could've done it all the way back in Thomas takes a Shortcut or even Unscheduled Stops for Heaven's sake! 😢😢😂😂

Bertie: want to race thomas Thomas: *literally moving at light speed* 47:10 Bertie: nevermind

I counted another Season 5 callback, In the episode, Percy the snowman, when Percy was all covered in snow, it's similar to the episode, Snow.

So happy you used the Michael Angelis narrations. His voice is real nostalgic to me.