Let's Rank the Brenner Era - Thomas & Friends Seasons 17-21 

Unfortunately, I had already "grown out of _Thomas"_ by the time this era started. But after watching a good chunk of the episodes after discovering this channel, I can safely say that this was definitely the Renaissance of _Thomas and Friends._ it got the closest to feeling like the Early Model Era, just in a different medium.

The Brenner Era team understood the 3 strikes formula in every single episode would never ever work and I'm grateful for that

Can we all agree that Henry’s UK voice is so much better than his US voice?

Andrew Brenner and Ian McCue really wanted to make Thomas more Classic and they did great. While the duds are low, but the highs are amazing.

I love the Brenner Era, I love The Unlucky Tug and I love this video, the Brenner Era is flawed but deserves much love and I’m glad someone gave it some.

I wish I could go back and rewatch these seasons

A lot of people say Daisy was great in this era but I also think Edward was great in tis era. He was a great father figure to Thomas and Phiilip and I love his realtionship with Gordon and James. He was always in his character and 0 bad episodes.

I stopped watching during the transition to CGI (with Misty Island being the last Thomas Product I ever watched before I grew out of it). Tug has reignited my love for the show and I really can’t wait to watch these Brenner seasons.

Ah, the Brenner Era. The arguably better seasons of Thomas. Despite it not having the same feel as the classic era of Thomas, it managed to steal some of that magic and throw it back into the slowly dying show.

My ranking of the Brenner Era are 1:Season 20 2:Season 21 3:Season 18 4:Season 17 5:Season 19 I absolutely loved this Era

To this day I think the Brenner era was more respectfull with the Awdry's version of Thomas as the classic era.

This era is a big improvement from the Miller era.

I really do miss this era of Thomas & Friends. I remember watching a clip of Wayward Winston on RU-vid back in 2013, and it caught my interest more than the REALLY bad Miller episodes. I digged a little further and found the full episode as well as some more episodes. Whenever I look back on them, I feel nostalgia. The first five to seven seasons will always be my favorite era of the show, but this era is a close second. Not every episode from Seasons 17-21 is perfect, but I can say it is something I can rewatch and find a lot of enjoyment, which is a lot more what I have to say about it than the Miller Era. I do feel a little sad whenever I remember what came after Season 21, but Seasons 17-21 will forever be a special era to me.

Thomas and James's season 19 to 21 has really improved.

Right only 500 views this sucks we need to watch these more. At least a thousand! Come on guys we need to revive this beautiful channel. Watch every video!

2:02 I don't know why but this still gets me

As someone who holds the model era sacrosanct to the cgi era; these seasons made me actually like the cgi era more than I’d ever done before.

one of my favorite tug videos

The first video I watched from this channel and it’s still good

Gotta love your ranking videos, you always have good points to bring up

It feels like each episode battled for what they wanted. Some writers wanted flanderised characters and too much humour while others wanted to write more heartful and passionate episodes

Lets not forget that scruff and charlie got to appear one last time in the great race, during the "will you wont you take me to the railway show" musical number

Maybe the Brenner Era Retrospective video in the far future will also be the episode ranking video of this period.

I absolutely love the Brenner era. Improved so much on Thomas after seasons 8-16. Shame Mattel had other plans, but I'll never forget Brenner for how awesome it was. Initially, I wanted to call season 21 my favourite season, because I enjoyed 2017, but I'll go with season 20 now. It's absolutely awesome, so was season 21. My ranking for the Brenner era is actually the same as yours. 🙂

I love Samson so much

1. Season 20 2. Season 18 3. Season 21 4. Season 19 5. Season 17

I think Unlucky Tug will be fine, even if the old channel is not able to be restored. Look at the number of comments! He clearly has plenary of support; good luck my friend!

After All Engines Go Mattel should really be acquired along with the media franchises by NBCUniversal with Hit Entertainment's successor being Universal Television as soon as possible.

1:20 is it just me or does that guy look like Wilbur Awdry the original creator of the railway series?

13:19 it tops classic Thomas

Bro really talked about season 19 without mentioning the crashes, tf.

Brb gonna go binge watch season 20 real quick

Miller and Brenner Era was nostalgic, airing on milkshake every morning

Honestly I think "Signal crossed" is overhated.

Me too. Can't watch anything from Series 8-12. Haven't seen from 13 onwards, maybe I should check out the Brenner era someday.....

Nice, you keep posting more and more each day (love it!!) is this how it’s going to be until we get back to the new content once a week again?

Before rewatching this today, I forgot he even existed, and it was so weird seeing him, it was like looking at a hole new character 😂

*The history of THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE has ended in 2017...*

Rev. W. Awdry would be sort of happy with this era

12:27 oh god the Phillip hordes are coming

I wonder if the original series’s could be bought and extended.

Yeah, I remember this. The one thing that irked, irritated and frustrated me to no end was - you guessed it - how the very WORST of James was brought out so much that I began to hate this character with a burning passion and still most likely do.

I love the brenner era

I believe everything from bwuba review till sodor’s finest for percy will be reuploaded.

I love this era

9:32: I would say [just] for [the sake of] merchandise. As for him never appearing again (9:52) is beyond me. Believe it or not, I actually would've liked to've seen Hugo compete in the Great Railway Show, but, then again, the race would've just been too predictable.

Not gonna lie, Andrew Brenner kinda looks like Sir Topham Hatt! I wonder if the universe was saying something...

My rank on the Brennan era 1. Season 20 2. Season 18 3. Season 21 4. Season 19 5. Season 17

I'm So Happy Thomas Abd Friends Is Really Amazing

Season 19 is my favourite of the Brenner era

I definitely agree that the poke funny moments with sir tophum hat is a little too much, I cringe at most of them 😅

Man was this a great video when it came out and now

2:17 even though the writing during the nitrogen era was bad I find this scene hilarious

I grew up with the brenner era and Miller and watched it all when it was brand new. The amount of re runs of James the rescue engine and the chicken pox episode where too much

5. Season 17 4. Season 19 3. Season 21 2. Season 18 1. Season 20 this how I ranked the brenner era the brenner era is decent

2:02 made me laugh

Thomas Series 21 might be your last series or dvd to watch but season 24 has another better ending for the royal engine it has many callbacks to Thomas’s past from magic railroad your hated movie, gallant old, lady hats birthday and more even its not your favorite season you should give it a chance and go over it in the retrospective of the seasons❤😊

Interesting how the classic series is the first 5 seasons and the Brenner Era is also 5 seasons. Obviously a coincidence but I find that very interesting indeed. If you include season 6 and 7 for okay/good seasons to watch then roughly half the seasons of Thomas and friends aren't really that great which is just sad in my opinion. It gives a bad impression on a show that was once great and loved by all not just kids.

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Of the non Brenner or Classical seasons, which one do you like the best?

Thomas and Friends should've end with Series 20 unless Andrew Brenner wants to adapt Mountain Engines and Very Old Engines (the only books in The Railway Series not to be televised). Why on earth didn't he think of that? Anyway, here's my ranking; 5. Series 21 4. Series 18 3. Series 19 2. Series 17 1. Series 20

I always liked the Nitrogen era even tho there are some episodes that sucked, but I liked most of them

I love season 20 too

5:32 awesome

Unlucky, Would You Like To Make A Film Ranking All Thomas Eras

I grew up with Brenner early ones

Rocky Rescue should’ve been an Edward episode, not a Thomas episode. I’m genuinely annoyed and frustrated that Rocky Rescue wasn’t an Edward starring episode where Edward teaches the Sodor search and rescue team how to work together to re rail Rocky.

Rusty and the Boulder at home: 3:34

And Duncan came back

how is season 17 badder then the reboot ima just say he said the season later are better then season 17 he got some questions to answer is there a limit? how is the reboot better

Oh yeah oh yeah

It’s all engine go that’s the reboot😮

And I love BWBA

Sorry @Ryder-a-Blaze but I like Henry's US voice better.

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My favorite episode is no more Mr nice engine

y was the first one taken down?

Never been able to get into the CGI show. Tried and every time, either stupid scripts or stupid voices or both put me off. And it talks down to its audience (which I get because they're aiming for an infant audience rather than a general audience in CGI, but I still hate it; I'm not infant.) While this seems better than the other CGI seasons, I'm not convinced it'll better enough, sounds like season 20 is the only one worth bothering even considering watching.

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Series 17-21(2013-17)

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The Brenner Era is the best, season 17 and 18 are most improvements than seasons 13-16 especially since the episodes are between good and mostly medicore. But seeing sir tophan hat being poking in the fun, characters flanderization as james since he's a insufferable selfish prick. Something i don't like!.

Season two of stranger things

Hugo has more character development in the TCC, Change my mind

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Not any offense, a few downhill things for this era since season 19 are: not much narration, sir Topham Hatt suffering, Henry nervous, Emily, James show-off, Toby small roles as usual almost, gags of Thomas (tank engine, cheeky, shunt), Percy coward with mail at night, James not getting a new UK voice until 2017, 7-berth sheds in TAB, Toby not having his original model series bell sound again still (a desperate edition that I need), eyebrows and engines’ sizes, and more. Although, good things are references to model series, nice movies, Henrietta, permanent lamps, James brake-pipe upwards (an edition needed in previous seasons), returns of old characters, and other things. And I don’t find the big world era bad too much. (I just wish that Sodor was remodeled in another part of the ocean.)

For in the end our little tank engine needs to end also S C R E W Y O U M A T T L E for ruining thomas for me and the coming generation

The lows of S20 are much worse than the lows of S21 (barring Shedward) tbh

hello there i was looking for andrew brenner's email to contact with him

My eras ranking: 1:Brenner era 2:Gullane era 3:BWBA era 4:HIT era 5:Classic era 6:Nitrogen era

I'm going to say the most controversial thing ever so pls don't hate me I hate the Brenner era