When a train runs into your house, just remember: Forget about you husband and children, always worry about your breakfast getting ruined. Good video! :)
What is more important to you in that situation and the same for "The Flying Kipper" and "A close shave"? Your cocoa and your customer and building's paint or your the relief that you're still alive after having an engine nearly killing you in a brakevan and destroying your business place while trying to stop a broken away goods train?
Hector the Horrid is my personal favorite HIT era episode. Thomas is so mature. If the episode was in S2, Thomas would’ve gotten on Hector’s nerves, or would’ve made a snarky remark about Hector’s fear, but instead, Thomas takes the adult approach, doesn’t bother him and once he finds out Hector’s fear, immediately wants to help him. Really, great use of Thomas’s mature side in the HIT era
Couldn't agree more! Hector the Horrid and Thomas & The Statue are both perfect examples of how Thomas should have been used in the later model seasons. The former shows us his more of mature side, and the latter shows us that he still has a few flaws despite how far he has come.
Weather this would be considered a "Thomas" episode or not, my favorite episode has to be Paint Pots and Queens. I just love all the shots in this episode. Its very cinematic in that sense. Its also the cap end on Thomas and Gordon's dynamic. I kinda wish this was the finale for season 4. That way all the seasons based on the books would come full circle. It began with a Thomas and Gordon episode and would end with one. Showing just how much both have grown since the pilot.
Thomas comes to breakfast is my favourite episode in the entire show as I was so overjoyed when you said Thomas comes to breakfast was your favourite Thomas episode
My list 10. Thomas Gets Bumped 9. The Spotless Record 8. Thomas in Trouble/Breaks the Rules 7. Three Cheers For Thomas 6. Thomas' Christmas Party 5. Thomas, Percy and the Dragon 4. Down the Mine 3. Thomas, Percy and the Post Train 2. It's Only Snow 1. Thomas and the Avalanche of Not So Hasty Puddings All of these episodes either deal with Thomas coming along way from just a cheeky trickster to a very devoted engine to bigger causes or involve Thomas dealing with the consequences of his cheekiness which is something which always brings good peace and order to Sir Topham Hatt's railway.
Terrific list! As for my Top 10 Thomas Episodes (the character, not the entire show as a whole), oh boy, this is gonna be tricky, but here goes nothing: 10. Thomas & the Trucks 9. Thomas & the Storyteller 8. Thomas to the Rescue 7. Thomas & the Statue 6. Thomas Comes to Breakfast 5. Thomas & the Special Letter 4. Thomas & the Breakdown Train 3. Three Cheers for Thomas 2. Hector the Horrid! (though I go forth with Michael Brandon's narration b/c of his natural performance and energy, especially Hector) 1. Thomas & Gordon (you can already guess why) Also side-note, the Lead Mines were actually seen again via a recreated flashback for Blue Mountain Mystery and physically again to be made as a visitor's park in S23's Deep Trouble (though they reused the Callas Cavern set most likely cause the files from Nitrogen Studios sent over to Arc/Jam Filled to animate the rest of the CGI Series was lost).
Great list! You are correct in the lead mine showing up again in cgi. I was referring to the set itself though, I probably could have communicated that a bit better 🤣
Nice list! I can't think of many I could say are my favorite in the series, but I do love Thomas' Train/A Big Day for Thomas, Thomas in Trouble/Thomas Breaks the Rules, and probably Thomas and the Breakdown Train/Thomas Saves the Day, as it kickstarts the James trilogy, which is one of my favorites.
Not a bad list mate! Here are my Top 10 Favourite Thomas Episodes 10.) Thomas and Gordon 9.) Thomas' Milkshake Muddle 8.) Thomas and the Emergency Cable 7.) Thomas, Terence and the Snow 6.) Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach 5.) Thomas Goes to Bollywood 4.) Thomas' Fuzzy Friend 3.) Thomas the Jet Engine 2.) Thomas and the Royal Engine 1.) Thomas the Babysitter
Here’s my (unofficial) list: 1. Hector the Horrid 2. Thomas the Jet Engine 3. Thomas and the Breakdown Train 4. Thomas and the New Engine 5. Thomas Goes Fishing 6. Thomas and Gordon 7. Thomas and the Trucks 8. Not So Slow Coaches 9. Three Cheers for Thomas 10. Thomas to the Rescue
Not a bad list!😀 My list: 10. Three Cheers for Thomas 9. Trust Thomas 8. Thomas' New Trucks 7. Hector the Horrid! 6. Thomas and the Royal Engine 5. Thomas and Gordon 4. Rosie is Red 3. Thomas and the Firework Display 2. Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree 1. Thomas the Jet Engine
And you know about Thomas and his best episodes he really is a fun character you can write with and some episodes you can write him as a cheeky character with a slight hint of maturity and I have to agree that most of these episodes are prime example of how you make a Thomas episode with Thomas’ true character and while Thomas may not be one of my favorite characters, he is one of my honorary favorite characters
My favorites: Trust Thomas, Thomas Gets Bumped, Henry's Forest, Trouble With Mud, and I have a lot of other favorite moments like from Make Someone Happy when Thomas lectures James.
Not bad, here’s my list of Thomas episodes. 10: Thomas and Gordon 9: Thomas comes to breakfast 8: Thomas goes fishing 7: Thomas and Bertie’s race 6: Thomas and the trucks 5: Thomas & the break down train 4: Thomas, Percy and the coal 3: Thomas and the missing Christmas tree 2: Trust Thomas 1: Thomas and the jet engine One more thing, I like to point out that Thomas train was beginning of his ark that begins to fail. That was before Thomas and the trucks, not that my opinion matters just something I like to point out.
Thomas is my favourite character of my favourite show! Ever! And this list is certainly great! How I got some new opinions on Thomas, Percy and the coal. Good job, Rich!
Now that I think about it, Thomas’s arc in Down the Mine feels a bit similar to his one in Sodor’s Legend of the Lost Treasure. He’s rude to Gordon, does something dangerous and humiliates himself. The difference is that in Down the Mine, Thomas has to be rescued by Gordon and learns his lesson there, whereas in SLOTLT, Thomas proves himself when he tries to stop Sailor John, which is enough to put him back in Topham’s good books. Watching Thomas has really been helping me through my nana’s death lately, and this has been a great video as always Cinder. I love seeing videos like this that highlight Thomas’s best episodes in the show. Anyways, here are some other episodes I would also add as honourable mentions. 1. Ghost Train 2. Thomas Gets Bumped 3. Thomas, Percy and the Post Train 4. Trust Thomas 5. Thomas and Percy’s Christmas Adventure 6. Thomas and the Special Letter 7. Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach 8. Thomas and the Rumours 9. Snow 10. It’s Only Snow
I love all of these episodes about my boy but if I had to do a top 10 list on Thomas himself, here it is 1. Thomas The Jet Engine 2. Thomas, Percy And The Dragon 3. Thomas And The Trucks 4. Three Cheers For Thomas 5. Not So Slow Coaches 6. Hector The Horrid 7. Thomas Goes Fishing 8. Thomas And The Breakdown Train 9. Scaredy Engine 10. Thomas Comes To Breakfast There are loads of other episodes i love about the little blue engine but this is my list as of now Love the video! I look forward to seen more top 10 episodes about characters like Gordon and Diesel, I can't wait to see more
I adore, how in "Thomas and the missing christmas tree", Thomas is saved by non other than Donald and Douglas. If it weren't for them, Thomas wouldn't have delivered the tree.
My favorite Thomas center episodes Thomas and trence and the snow Down the mine Thomas the jet engine Thomas to the rescue Thomas and the Statue Hector the horrid
1. Thomas Gets Bumped 2. Thomas Comes to Breakfast 3. Thomas and the Emergency Cable 4. Thomas the Quarry Engine 5. Trust Thomas 6. Thomas the Babysitter 7. Down the Mine 8. Thomas' Christmas Party 9. Thomas and Bertie 10. Thomas, Terence and the Snow
My top 10 Edward’s exploit Ghost train series 2 Double header Thomas and Gordon Percy’s predicament Thomas comes to breakfast Dirty objects Percy’s promise Thomas Christmas party Thomas and Bertie
This is nice and this is mine: 10. Thomas in trouble (s1) 9. Thomas and the special letter 8. Thomas, Percy, and the squeak 7. Thomas and the new engine 6. Heave ho Thomas 5. Better late than never 4. Thomas and the trucks 3. Thomas comes to breakfast 2. Thomas to the rescue 1. Thomas and the statue
I honestly think Thomas's best episode is Trust Thomas in Season 3, it's the episode that has Thomas at his most kindest, always trying to help a friend out
My favourite episodes of Thomas and friends (even though I mostly like the RU-vid series of Thomas wooden railway (no spaces), the wooden train toys in general, the original railway series books and the story library books of the characters, while mainly liking six other shows which are my little pony friendship is magic, the Big Bang theory, Max & Ruby (seasons 1 to 5 anyways), the Backyardigans, Veggietales (thirty-eight episodes counting two movies) and the penguins of Madagascar) are: Salty’s secret Harvey to the rescue No sleep for cranky The fogman A bad day for Harold Elizabeth the vintage quarry truck Gordon and the gremlin Trucks Make someone happy A big surprise for Percy Happy ever after Thomas and the rumours James and the trouble with trees Baa Toby’s discovery Rusty and the Boulder Duncan gets spooked Stepney gets lost Haunted Henry Sir Topham Hatt’s holiday Henry and the elephant (two times) You can’t win Special attraction Passengers and polish Gallant old engine Fish Cranky bugs Lady Hatt’s birthday party Double teething troubles Thomas Percy and old slow coach Busy going backwards A better view for Gordon Snow Thomas’ Christmas party Thomas and the missing Christmas tree Special funnel Toby and the flood Put upon Percy Horrid lorry Bye George Something in the air Oliver’s find Thomas and the special letter Home at last Rock n roll Steamroller Toad stands by Bowled out Thomas and Bertie’s great race Old iron The trouble with mud Terence the tractor Percy’s ghostly trick Mavis Percy’s promise (two times) James goes buzz buzz All at sea Thomas gets bumped A new friend for Thomas Thomas Percy and the dragon Thomas saves the day Trouble for Thomas Thomas and Stepney A big day for Thomas Thomas meets the queen Edward helps out Foolish freight cars Thomas Percy and the mail train Thomas break the rules Down the mine Trouble in the shed Donald and Douglas Saved from scrap Bertie’s chase (And) Thomas and Percy’s mountain adventure Due to keeping the us video and DVD releases (including watching the songs at the end, except for three on DVD), (the video only release) Thomas meets the queen (which would also count in the four episodes that were mainly on that video and two times the other two that are on two other releases), Salty’s secret (just on DVD), Thomas’ trackside tunes (just on DVD), make someone happy (just on DVD), spills and chills (just on DVD), gallant old engine/Henry and the elephant, cranky bugs, Thomas’ Christmas wonderland (just on DVD, I also just watch four of the episodes), races rescues and runaways (just on DVD), Thomas and the special letter (just on DVD), 10 years of Thomas, best of Thomas and Thomas and his friends help out.
Oh my goodness: Thomas Comes to Breakfast is my favorite too. I literally think about it anytime I get a big head and feel like I can do big things and then wonder if I will have disastrous results like Thomas. ❤❤😂😊
Oh my goodness: Thomas Comes to Breakfast is my favorite too. I literally think about it anytime I get a big head and feel like I can do big things and then wonder if I will have disastrous results like Thomas. ❤❤😂😊
Those are all good episodes! Some of my other favorites include: Thomas and Bertie Trust Thomas Thomas, Percy, and the Mail Train Thomas and the Special Letter Thomas and the Rumors Snow Terrence Breaks the Ice
This is a cool list! My favourite Thomas (character) episode is Thomas and the Statue, because it balanced his flaws with his qualities perfectly. He's arrogant and annoying when he thinks a statue is of him, but he didn't mean to annoy his friends, so he makes it up to them by volunteering to clear every single line with his snowplough, which is great consistency there! This is a hot take, but I'm not a fan of those episodes where he's a 100% saint, like Trust Thomas and Thomas and the Storyteller. I prefer the ones where he's got his flaws but isn't a total jerk, which is what Thomas and the Statue does best.
My Favorite Thomas episodes are: 1. Thomas and the Trucks 2. Thomas Comes To Breakfast 3. Thomas The Jet Engine 4. Thomas and Bertie 5. Thomas and The Breakdown Train 6. Hector The Horrid 7. Thomas The Babysitter 8. Thomas and The Statue 9. Not So Slow Coaches 10. Thomas and the Emergency Cable
Nice list my man! Just see how this little cheeky tank engine had amazing episodes in all the eras of the franchise. Nothing would stop me from loving him. This is going to be a tricky one to choose out top 10 but here: 1. Thomas the Babysitter (he’s just adorable here, the music was great, I like how Annie and Clarabel had speaking roles here. I adore these three.) 2. Not So Slow Coaches (Happy that the Brenner Era gave Thomas his relationship with his own coaches after years of the latter being an NPC) 3. Thomas and the Special Letter (The best Thomas episode in the Model Era, he slowly matures in Season 4 and his crash is one of my all-time favorites of the entire franchise) 4. Thomas and the Breakdown Train (such as nice way to end his arc as a main station shunter.) 5. Thomas and Bertie (I love his race with Bertie) 6. Unscheduled Stops (Love him here, Topham was hilarious, and Bulgy makes his return) 7. Dream On (This sets up Thomas so well to accept his strength and weaknesses and he doesn’t need to be great as anyone else. 8. Down the Mine (Loved his alliance with Gordon, I agree what you said that it would be better if Paint Pots and Queens would be the S1 finale because the show started with the two. 9. Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree (S Tier episode in general) 10. Lost Property (Nothing much to say about this, but it’s a great episode of the blue tank engine in the Brenner era) Not So Slow Coaches is why Annie and Clarabel are also my favorite characters along with Thomas. Thomas had amazing arcs and moments here despite being screwed up in the HiT, Nitrogen, and BWBA Era. The show wouldn’t be the same without him. Anyways nice video mate!
Good selections there Cinder. I can’t wait for your list for Edward. My favorite Thomas episode from each of the classic seasons: Season 1: Down the Mine. It is an excellent penultimate conclusion to the arcs of Thomas and Gordon. This should have been the Season 1 finale instead of Thomas’ Christmas Party imo. Season 2: Thomas Comes to Breakfast. Similar to what you described, this episode is the epitome of Thomas’ character traits in Season 2. His ego and arrogance are at an all-time high and his simultaneous crash is very iconic. Season 3: Thomas, Percy and the Dragon. Thomas getting payback on Percy, whether intentional or not is so amusing and more satisfying than in Woolly Bear. Season 4: Thomas and Stepney. This one perfectly showcases all of Thomas’ character traits, making his personality more balanced. His hot-headed and egotistical nature, and his kind and empathetic heart. Season 5: Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach. Thomas’ appearances vary a lot in this episodic season, and this is one of his best episodes. It’s all fun, fiery and wholesome. Season 6: It’s Only Snow. Thomas’ truest form of this season is shown here, his disdain for snowplows and his willingness to battle through tough situations. Season 7: Three Cheers for Thomas. It makes a good sequel to Season 1, a perfect finale to the classic series and a great recap of Thomas’ character journey from start to finish. My favorite post-classic era Thomas episodes: 1. Thomas Saves the Day 2. Thomas and the Toy Workshop 3. Thomas and the Statue 4. Thomas’ Day Off 5. Hector the Horrid 6. Not So Slow Coaches 7. Thomas and the Emergency Cable 8. Thomas the Babysitter
My favorite episodes that are about Thomas. Thomas and the emergency cable: This episode did have Thomas complain later on but Thomas had a good reason for refusing to stop at Dryaw since the birdwatcher had damaged one of his closest friends. Hector the horrid: You dont f**k with Thomas... 😡😠 This episode has a good moral about showing the audience what makes some people the way they are. Whether he or she is kind, mean, sad or angry, happy or horrid there is always something that makes him or her act the way they are. Thomas' animal ark: A good BWBA era episode to me. The scene with James and the ostrich egg always has me laughing alot... 😂🥚 Thomas the babysitter: My parents during my baby days in a nutshell be like: Happy birthday sir: The best Nitrogen Era episode. 👌 Diesel and the ducklings: The most bad@$$ Ive seen Thomas act... 😈 Terence breaks the ice: This was a great way for Terence to return to the show. It feels like a reversed version of the first time Thomas and Terence met each other which was also brought up in the episode. Old reliable Edward: Thomas is also the GOAT in this episode than just Edward for how he helps him get back at Gordon for being an ungrateful @$$hole... 😎💙 Goof: At 15:30 you spelt Bertie wrong. Whats the name of the music in the honorable mentions?
Great list! Ah yes, who remembers the absolutely badass episode of Thomas and Bertire?! 🤣 The music during the honourable mentions is the regatta parade theme from tugs 🙃
Thank you for this video, mate. Do you know something, at our age looking back on the silly things we were frightened of as little ones, is not something we should be afraid of doing because when you grow up it is really quite amusing if not hilarious. My favourite Thomas the Tank Engine episode will surely be the pilot episode: Down the Mine which I believe will be remastered for the 80th anniversary for Thomas the Tank Engine next year. Yeh, I know how you feel, what ye thinking: "Nest year: but I want it now."
Thanks for the kind words, Charlie 😊 Yeah, it is funny looking back at some of the things in the show that frightened us 🤣 Great choice in favourite episode!
i have down the mine as an episode on a vhs tape. fraid the arc that really eluded me for season 1 was part of henry's arc. i missed henry's special coal along with the flying kipper accident
My top 10 Thomas episodes are 1 James and the trouble with trees 2 Thomas and the Breakdown Train 3 Thomas saves the day (Hit Era) 4 The Spotless Record (Despite it being Arthur’s debut episode) 5 Reds vs Blues (Thomas does make a good duo with James and it was my way of saying James wanted a rematch from their race in The Great Discovery) 6 Molly’s special special (Despite being Molly’s debut episode and Molly is my favorite Hit character) 7 Thomas sets sail 8 Dream On 9 Helping Hiro 10 The Thomas Way
1. Three Cheers for Thomas/Horray for Thomas 2. Thomas and Bertie/Thomas and Bertie's Great Race 3. Thomas (and) the Jet Engine 4. Thomas Comes to Breakfast 5. Thomas and the Brakedown Train/Thomas Saves the Day 6. Not so Slow Coaches 7. Hector the Horrid 8. Thomas and the Statue 9. Down the Mine 10. Unscedualed Stops
I just rewatched Thomas, Percy and the coal this morning and I noticed some things: 1. Thomas’ driver or fireman is peering out of the cab when he has his coversation with Toby and Percy. I think he wants to say something like “Stop arguing and get a move on” 2. The sound effect of the trucks bumping into Percy when Percy derails is louder in the US dub and I actually never noticed the sound effect being present in the Uk dub before 3. Percy is worried when Thomas is being covered in coal, showing he has at least some respect for him. But can’t hold his laughter 4. You can see the breakvan wobbling in the clip after Thomas says “Get me out” 5. In the scene of Toby taking Annie and Clarabel you can see studio equipment, a truck being shunted but no sound effects and the fat controller arguing with some staff and a signalman (I wonder what that coversation was about. Probably something like “You weren’t paying a attention when loading Percy’s trucks and didn’t see Thomas you incompetent prats”) 6. In the Japanese dub Thomas has some lines of dialogue in the first shed scene 7. In the first shot of the water collom you can see studio exquipment 8. In the scene where Thomas and Percy make up you can see a blue light in the shed. Or maybe it’s just me.
Good selection of episodes here. It's lovely to see 'Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree' be included in the countdown as it's one of my favourite stories from the series😊 I look forward to seeing more videos from you. The TUGS theme works well with the Thomas scenes too; a lovely combination 😀
It's never too late to return! Coming back to something from your childhood when you're older can help to appreciate it even more. Not to mention, you can now view it from a new perspective ☺
