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"Thomas Gets Tricked & Other Stories" is infamous for having a bizzare goof, where this phrase can be heard as Thomas climbs Gordon's Hill
What is "Look Out For the Train"?
In 2004, ERTL produced its model of this engine, who would be the final new character produced for the line. Due to the line having been discontinued in the US, it was released only in the UK
Who is Jock?
During the filming of Thomas & the Magic Railroad, this character allegedly fell off the set and broke, needing to quickly be repaired. This marks the second time an engine fell off the set and broke, after Percy in Season 2
Who is James?
This character remains the only Bachmann engine to have multiple expression variants. The original model had a happy expression, and a later variant has a grumpy expression.
Who is Diesel?
Despite appearing multiple times across the CGI era, merchandise of this character is sparse, with the only two merchandise lines to produce him (Wooden Railway and Take-N-Play) discontinuing him only a year or two after his debut, and with a planned Wooden Railway re-release being cancelled before production
Who is Norman?
What is "Snow Tracks"?
What is Adventures?
During the production of the Season 12 episode "Gordon Takes a Shortcut", this character's prop was damaged, with their cab roof having a large hole in it from another prop being dropped on it.
Who is Ben?
In 2005, Tomix released this character, which had a unique feature. It came with 4 expressions, which could be swapped between. This was only the case for the original release, as their CGI re-release has a single static face.
Who is Percy?
This Season marks the point in the Japanese dub that the voice cast was changed, as the previous voice cast was replaced with a new group when the show switched broadcasters.
What is Season 9?
An ERTL model of this character was mentioned during the DVD "10 Years of Thomas", making it the only time this character was mentioned in any TV-Series material.
Who is Culdee?
Double Jeopardy!
This standard-gauge character was accidentally included in a narrow-gauge Take Along multi-pack, likely due to his close relation to the narrow gauge engines.
Who is Stepney?
Alongside Thomas, this was the only other engine to get a fully-featured close-up scale model, including tender, wheels, and face. This is likely due to the model being featured in many scenes with close-up scale figures during its debut season.
Who is Duke?
In 2021, Bachmann released Toby's Museum Coaches, based on this episode. Interestingly, despite only a brake coach appearing in the actual episode, a composite coach was made as well.
What is "Toby Feels Left Out"?
Prior to The Adventure Begins in 2015, the North Western Railway was instead called this name in the TV Series. This name was used in specials, episodes, and promotional materials since at least 2000
What is "Sodor Railway"?
This UK and Australian VHS released before its season had even finished production, in order to rush the completed episodes out as soon as possible. As such, many of these episodes are missing music, which would later be rectified in future releases.
What is "Rock 'n' Roll & Other Stories"
Despite getting a Wooden Railway model in 2002, Learning Curve never made a diecast version of this Railway-Series exclusive character. It took until 2014, when the line was under Mattel's ownership, that they finally got a Take-n-Play model
Who is Big City Engine?
This location was the final set created during the filming of Season 1, as evidenced by the crew photo.
What is Mrs. Kyndley's Cottage?
This character is the only secondary character to get a Bachmann set of any scale, as all other sets feature one of the Steam Team.
Who is Salty?
This character's basis is somewhat contested, as the currently accepted basis (a Stewart & Lloyds design) differs from the one given by official sources like the official website or the 2013 writers bible (a hybrid of a Hudswell Clarke and Kitson's "Austin 1")
Who is Stanley?
Double Jeopardy!
This DVD is the only release in the US to have both model-series episodes and CGI episodes. Season 12 and Season 13 episodes are both included, despite most releases being exclusively model or CGI-based
What is "The Birthday Express"?
The Japanese "Diecast Metal" range, which was their equivalent to Take Along, consisted of identical models to the international version, with the exception of this character, whose model had a noticeable modification
Who is Harold?
According to the Season 2 Scripts that were revealed during the Britt Allcroft auction, this episode was the one that ultimately replaced the infamous Missing Coach
What is "Percy's Predicament"?
While Hornby did make a couple Railway-Series exclusive characters, this character remains the only one to have never appeared in the TV Series, even after its release.
Who is D7101 Bear?
This episode was the final new episode to be aired on PBS Kids in the US. It aired on November 17th, 2017 as a two-parter with the special Journey Beyond Sodor
What is "Mucking Around"?