Thomas & Tugs: are they in the same universe? 

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David Mitton always wanted to combine the two shows together, also with Big Mickeys introduction in the 21st series helps that opinion to seem sense. I also have to agree on your Batman and Superman analogy.

The answer, really, is they are in a shared universe, between the actual efforts made to canonically bridge the shows in the past, they're similarities in concepts and executions, and also because a great deal of props were shared, oh, and Big Mickey was canonically reintroduces in the CGI series of Thomas and Friends, yeah, they're canon to each other. Sad we never got an episode about Big Mickey, where he reference events from Tugs, I'm use the productions team ta that time where likely planning to use Big Mickey as a vehicle (Pun Intended) to introduce more Tugs Characters, but sadly that didn't happened. Oh, and if any Tugs characters appear in All Engines Go, I will shoot myself, not a world I want to live in where Thomas goes to the Docks, and jumps of the tracks onto one of Top Hats Rail Barges, just to get knocked off it by Warrior, and then we see Thomas swim in the water, a tank engine, swimming, before Big Mickey yeets him out, and Captain Star yells at them all, and says he's tell the Fat Controller... No thank you...

I feel like this video was more of a comparison of the set history rather than actually giving evidence for whether or not tugs and Thomas are set in the Same universe. There were some points brought up just before the conclusion, but beyond that it was more of a comparison of the directorial choices in the series

I agree. No matter what, Thomas and TUGS are in the same universe.

I'd like to think so... just a sea separating

It’s a shame Tugs wasn’t as successful as Thomas. But something tells me that somewhere out there in an alternate universe, Tugs became so successful, that they did a special crossover with Thomas.

I will say they are in the same universe because Big Mickey has a face in the show. If I saw a revived series of Thomas and Friends, I would like it if they brought back TUGS in the Thomas universe and imagine character dynamics and the crossovers.

Warrior is Richard

I saw a picture of this at school when I was in year 9 in the year 10 classroom

I actually like tugs in the same universe one it could make for a new location like a big city port on Sodor and their british accent and it makes for good story telling

No Tugs and Postman Pat are in the same universe.

Are we going to forget about Big Mickey and how he was named in the thomas and friends show or is that going to be overlooked because in tugs Big Mickeuy dies on screen and Ten cents and OJ talk about it, so does that mean he died and was reincarnated on sodor or was he fished out and sold for parts to the growing Brandom harbor

I think Tugs Is the same universe as Postman Pat

Warrior and Sunshine are Percy in a sense?

My answer to that title is an extremely simple yes.

I say no I mean if it was in the same universe a lot of people do not know the show Tugs: I'm a big fan of Thomas and friends

Maybe when we reach the first Thomas season's 50th anniversary, someone will do a remake of the series that goes back to basing it off the Railway Series stories, and will find a way to make TUGS fit into the universe that also includes Jack and the Pack. Maybe have cameos from characters in other British shows like Postman Pat.

I sometimes agree that these 2 might connect with each other not quite the way as expected knowing there's fewer connections between the two.

I don't believe so, each show has its different set of rules and principals David Mitton and Bob Cardona specifically wanted to be different for Tugs compared to Thomas

Hercules and Edward are similar in different ways but Edward is more passive and Hercules is more you know not

The whole thing about Britt hating/trying to sue TUGS is actually a fandom fabrication, and a huge one at that. She's been asked a few times on Facebook and has repeatedly stated that she had no ill will towards Mitton's creation, and has consistently stated that she's saddened by these accusations. A more minor thing is that TUGS isn't really in the '20s, as if you look at a lot of the background props and "Munitions" as a whole, there's a lot of designs from the late 1930's, especially 1937 in specific (the scrapped Diesel plotline, the White Yacht prop, several of the automotives, a straight-up U-Boat in one of the TUGS annuals, and the high presence of the Navy). The video as a whole was decent despite these points.

Well actually James’s counterpart would be both mr Burke and eddie and arry and bert’s counterparts would be both zak and zebedee zip and zugs counter part would be splatter and dodge and as for edwards counter part his counterpart would be the garbage corporation and henrys counter part would be both frank and fire tug all though who fire tugs counterpart would be would be flynn the fire engine🇬🇧

I have a bit of an issue with the logic you brought up when trying to claim tags was a factual series in the railway series. Just because the Thomas and friends series within the railway series universe is factual doesn’t mean that the creators can’t go on to make a fictional series later. So although it probably does exist in universe as a TV show, I highly doubt tags takes place in the world of the railway series, as even the television series is questionable when it comes to accuracy with the books

10:30 What about Ned?

Viktor Tanzig made great parodies, however we don’t see captain Starr and zero unlike TFC

Did you know that puffs is an e2 tank engine the same for thomas he is an e2 tank engine

Are they in the same universe? You bet your ass they are!

Zorran and diesel are not synonymous characters Zorran becomes softer and more humble over the course of the series diesel never becomes like that

I really hate it when people headcanon Thomas & TUGS to be in the same universe. TUGS clearly has different rules of sentience compared to Thomas, if they were in the same universe the steam engines in TUGS would have faces and not just talk through disembodied megaphones. Not to mention the character's faces in TUGS are a completely different style than in Thomas, their features are more angular and their faces are a beige color instead of gray. I'm sorry, but there's just too many inconsistencies and stretches in logic between the two shows for me to be okay with them being the same universe. Just my two cents.

Actually tugs came before Thomas the tank engine and friends

There's similarities. But Tugs did enough to distinguish itself as its owns thing. Enjoy them both but I think Trains are cooler than boats. 🚂🚃🚃