Is It A Thomas Rip-Off? | The Chuggington Retrospective
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- #chuggington #review #thomasandfriends
Chuggington is a cartoon that I haven’t seen many RUclipsrs discuss regarding nostalgic shows from childhood. Not to mention its ballsy reputation among the Thomas fandom for being an alleged “bootleg rip-off”. After I watched all SIX SEASONS I wonder, is the show truly an underrated children’s classic, or is it just another typical kid's show? Let’s find out and get wacky!
Chapters:
Intro - 0:11
Chapter 1 - 4:38
Chapter 2 - 8:39
Chapter 3 - 14:18
Chapter 4 - 20:25
Chapter 5 - 24:50
Chapter 6 - 27:02
Chapter 7 - 29:59
Music Credits:
Bunk Bed Interlude - Funk Fiction
• Bunk Bed Interlude (Fr...
Thomas and Friends Theme - Mike O’ Donnel
• Thomas the Tank Engine...
Honk Your Horns - Chris McHale
• THE CHUGGINGTON INTRO ...
The Training Yard - Chris McHale
• Chuggington Training Y...
Chugging Home - Alex Geringas
Ch...
Chuggington Roll Call - Alex Geringas
• Chuggington Cleaned So...
Chuggington’s Quirky Kitchen Orchestra - Chris McHale
/ chuggington-engine-mus...
The Depot - Chris McHale
/ chuggington-engine-mus...
Ammo Knights - Splatoon 3
• Ammo Knights - Splatoo...
Tostarena - Super Mario Odyssey
• Tostarena: Ruins - Sup...
World 8 - Super Mario 3D World
• World 8 Bowser Super...
Frostini’s Theme - Chris McHale
• Chuggington Cleaned So...
The Safari Park - Alex Geringas
• Chuggington Cleaned So...
Chuggineer Chant - Chris McHale
• Chuggington Cleaned So...
Brewster’s Theme - Alex Geringas
• Chuggington Cleaned So...
Wilson’s Theme - Alex Geringas
• Chuggington Cleaned So...
Action Chugger’s Theme - Chris McHale
• Chuggington Cleaned So...
Koko’s Theme - Alex Geringas
• Chuggington Cleaned So...
Don’t Judge a Book by Its’ Cover - Mike O’ Donnel
• Don't Judge A Book By ...
Trying To Do Things Better - Robert Harwthshorne
• 🔵(HQ) Trying | Karaoke...
Let’s Train Together - Alex Geringas
• Chuggington - Let’s Tr...
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This was a GREAT video. I'm so happy you made this cause I am literally planning to do my own retrospective on chigginton too! I even planned to have "rip off" in the title LOL. Great minds think a like! This has really got me pumped to work on my chugginton video😅😅
Go for it!
DO IT ADAM DO IT!!!
@@RudhlyD I will eventually, might not be out for a good while though... XD
Planning on covering Underground Ernie as well?
@@Signerdragon123 nah, no plans for that show yet, but I DO remember watching it on BBC!
I never consider is as a ripoff, because the concept of talking trains already existed long before the RWS was a thing. Great analysis!
+ talking trains is too broad of a concept to be "owned" by one particular franchise.
@@DevilSpider_ just like how transforming robots aren't exclusive to Transformers. Macross, Diaclone, the Brave series, Super Sentai, Kamen Rider and Gobots/Machine Robo
What's RWS?
@@adamshafeeq8685 Railway Series
Thomas started as a book series called The Railway Series.
@@adamshafeeq8685 railway series
Ironically I would say that the current Thomas is closer to being a rip-off of Chuggington than Chuggington being a rip-off of the original Thomas show. They even have a speedy character that begins with K (although Kana is more similar to an oc that someone in the fandom made right down to their names being identical excluding one letter and very close in livery).
Exactly. At least Chuggington knew what it was from it's concept. I'd take this show over the Sharon Miller era, BWBA, and AEG any day.
Except, the current version is like a cartoony spin-off based on various adult main characters being shown as children, cause Baby Looney Tunes and Bugs Bunny Builders have done it before.
An older show or film can't ripp off the future one
It’s true, Chuggington was a different style of show, even though it talked trains. But now Thomas is going more cartoony like Chuggington always was
@@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2Any legacy media that's been going on for a long time could have a newer crew who copies something else successful.
It's so nice to see someone finally talk about this show. In fact, recently I had been binge watching the entire series when I came across this video. I remember watching a bit of Chuggington when I was younger and while thinking it was okay and maybe a bit superior to the other shows that were airing on Disney Junior because it was about talking trains, I didn't think it was better than Thomas and never grew that attached to it. Though I did respect it and I always got pretty irritated whenever I saw some goose say that it's a rip off of Thomas. It wasn't until around late 2018; early 2019 in which I actually started getting into the series because of the announcement that it was coming back for a sixth season. Ever since, I've found myself really enjoying this series. Not to the extent of Thomas, of course or Tugs, but I am still really fond of it.
My favorite is surprisingly one of the mains, Wilson. But besides him the rest down my list are mostly the side characters like Pete, Speedy, Harrison, Chatsworth. I guess maybe a reason why Wilson became my favorite is because I saw not just a bit of me in him but also a bit of Thomas who is my favorite character in his respective series as well.
I personally think that Season 5 was the best season of the series because while some episodes still used the new format that was developed in the previous season, I think the best thing that 5 did was have every episode centered around a different character. But one of the greatest things that came from that season was having not one but two episodes in which Wilson, Brewster and Koko don't speak in. Those two things are just a few reasons to why the episode Tour Guide Harrison became my favorite episode of Chuggington. Not only does it star one of my favorite characters, but it does a great job with giving screen time to both old and new characters while having the mains not even be mentioned throughout the episode.
I do agree with most of your points that you make in the review such as Season 4 being the worst season (although I don't hate it or anything) and pretty much almost every else if I'm honest, though I do respectfully disagree with what you said about the animation. I do think that animation in Chuggington is good and it certainly improved as the show went on, but I can't deny that it sucked in Season 1. The designs and set piecing of the characters and setting were fine but 1's animation is pretty outdated based the horrible lighting which at times can look like something out of a video game; the weird human body language and the fact that mostly everything that had curves to them had edges. I feel that latter aspect is modt notable on stuff like the tracks and a few of the characters mouths like Frostini. I think the animation was at its best Season 4 and 5 in my opinion because really the only thing that 6 improved upon with its animation was making the overall quaily cleaner and sharper. But it's clear to me that with the big production that season had, not everything with its animation was perfect and I think that would also apply for its first season. There are times in Season 6 in which the lighting is either too bright or too dark on certain character, there's a definite lack of trees, more so than it was in previous seasons, and well, I probably shouldn't continue rambling. You'd be able to notice some of the errors if you looked at the goofs section to the episodes on the wiki. Speaking of that I'm actually an admin on the Chuggington wiki. Not too much of a big deal but I do take my pride with what I do on there even if I'm all that active compared to Rudhly.
I do apologize for rambling on for way too long about my thoughts on both Chuggington and this video; I'm not even sure if you read this but I wouldn't blame you if you didn't. But overall, I'm just happy to see someone finally talk about this series and to give it the justice it deserves.
BRO HE WRITTEN A ENTIRE BOOK
i aint reading all at
new copypasta
I know right
I’m so happy someone is talking about this show and it’s positives of it with out it just being “Thomas rip-off go brrrrrr”
I am a die hard Thomas fan but not of the new stupid version or the cgi
@@dyllanbowman2957 I'm an OG TTTE fan. I like both the Railway Series (the models) and the CGI. One of the main reasons I like the CGI is because I grew up as the movies came out. I was 3 years old when Hero of the Railway came out, for example. Therefore the CGI is more nostalgic to me.
Although I think the classic model thomas is the best version of thomas there is, I still don’t hate the cgi show. I was pretty young when the adventure begins came out and I loved the adventure begins. But I have no remorse however for all engines go. that show is trash
I already didn’t hate Chuggington, I enjoyed it when I was the target demographic, but even then this video taught me some new things about it. Excellent analysis!
We also forgot that both shows have absolute bangers for no reason at all. And while both music directions are different they work for example im going to take season 1 to 2 Chuggington and seasons 3 to 5 of TTTEAF while Chuggington goes for a funky sci fi feel in its music Thomas goes for a more calm and blissful type of ost and both work for there respective enviorments.
YEAAAAAAAAH, I love the travelling theme and how its using common railway sounds
Real
Chuggington isn't sci fi
I think the peak of this rivalry was some weirdo on the internet writing an article saying that the character design in Chuggington was better than T&F.
It could basically be summed up as "How did Thomas and Friends get so popular when it's so creepy?".
I know it was trying to make me angry but I felt reassured because I like creepy things and I like Thomas.
Personally, I quite like both shows, but I think they are trying to do very different things. Classic Thomas is trying to be grounded, chill, and slice of life, while Chuggington is trying to be colorful, energetic, up to date, and educational for kids. I don't think Chuggington could ever become as popular as Thomas, because they didn't have one of the biggest things that made Thomas so great. Thomas, starting from the railway series, did it's best to respect it's audience's intelligence, with the Rev. W. Audry always doing his best to keep everything grounded, and he made the effort to keep everything internally consistent, never just assuming that kids won't notice things. I think that, and all the additional lore you can dig into and the many layers of the IP, really help make Thomas something that you can continue to find more in as you get older, with as much there for an adult fan as there was there to interest a kid. And the scores, nobody else put that much effort into kids show music! But I also think Chuggington succeeded in it's goal of being a more modern and inclusive show in the same genre as Thomas, and they do share the most important feature of early Thomas: Passion from the design team. It's clear the people who made Chuggington really wanted to make a great show, even if they were targeting a specifically young audience instead of an "all ages" audience like classic Thomas did, and I think they did, generally, succeed.
You summed it up well. For me, the original Thomas will always be Number 1 (pun intended lol). Chuggington certainly doesn't feel like it's trying to copy it and I'm happy its its own thing. I am sickened by the contemporary Thomas offerings, LOL
You do not know how much I've been wanting someone to make a Video about this show. People that call it a Thomas rip-off or a bad show for not being realisitc have obviously only seen like a 20 second clip of the show, and it's SO annoying. Amazing Video!
“Chuggington was supposed rival the little blue tank engine” they certainly did a bad job while doing it 😅 maybe if it wasn’t on Disney junior it would’ve actually done better 🧐
True
Ironically the later seasons especially with Big World Big Adventures of Thomas were like Chuggington. I would’ve loved though for a crossover with Thomas and Chuggington!
Narrator: "his firebox was on fire"
Me: ahh yes, the floor here is made out of floor.
Idk, they both have the same vibe
I remember watching this series back in the day and I enjoyed it surprisingly. Glad to see someone cover this show
23:58 It's not fair! A kids show for train nerds reveals more lore than my favourite web series!
Though lore can be a double edged sword
Trust me on that especially when tie in books gets added
@@jmurray1110do comics count? Meta Runner has an official comic revealing Tari's backstory however they *still* didn't explain where Tari got her human body leaving me with no other option than to assume she's Project G-1 reborn.
Although it did lead me to my favourite stupid question "How can you tell if someone is a steam engine pretending to be human?"
Sorry about the ramble and mentioning a Pauls Vids video.
@@gothnerd887 yeah but at the very least your not desk with an immortal serial killer to possesses a murder suit before burning 3 time while an AI replicant brainwashes people and eventually possesses the corpse of the serial killer
And that’s just from the games literally everyone hates the body snatching goo and demon bunny M preg
I think one of the main reasons that Chuggington is seen as a rip off of Thomas is because of it's popularity.
If you ask me to name a show with talking trains that isn't Thomas my first answer would be Chuggington. And so if people think of a rip off of Thomas they think of Chuggington because it's the 2nd largest franchise about talking trains. And other shows like underground Erie are a lot less known. (I didn't even know about Underground Erie until a few years ago)
Another reason that I think people dislike Chuggington is purely the (visual) style, everything looks shiny and colourful, the rails look like plastic.
Everything looks like a big toy set, so people see it as a show to sell toys and nothing more.
I've only ever watched bit of Chuggington in passing when in it's peak so who knows maybe I'll give it more of an in depth watch.
22:35 have to say I agree. You can't add organic looking parts to a machine because people will assume it's a cyborg. (I for one love cyborgs)
The only reason people think Chuggington is a rip off of Thomas is that they're talking trains. Talking trains are nothing new, guys! They've been around before Thomas.
Excellent Job, Thanks for fleshing Chuggington out for us,
Admittedly as I didn’t care for some of the “friends,” Disney cuddled up with in the 2000’s (especially their trying to hold onto people like me with lazy tv shows that were meant to make pop singers while telling us to go to the middle east to do imperialism).
I didn’t really pay attention to Chuggington, nor be mean to people for liking it.
(as, you guys were children, you didn’t need more bullying tbh), so I mostly left you guys to play with your chuggington trains & lightning mcqueen (to me that pairing made more sense than lightning & thomas).
So I mostly forgot about it.
Despite being a Thomas fan I accepted the Chuggington show as a separate universe, I grew up with Thomas and Theodore Tugboat, so I am familiar with the “knock off” nonsense, but I accepted them as separate worlds and respected them for their own efforts.
So I greatly appreciate this video.
P.S. I sadly don’t think that the ruining of Thomas was avoidable, I think the TV show should have ended, and the series maybe could keep making merchandise but allow the fans to keep it going…
I remember being scared of the lamp thingy with the lamps. I dont know why but i was
9:04 this thing. I don't know why, but it was my only fear when in dark. I wasn't afraid of a murderer but this lmao
I'd love to see you do a followup to this with Underground Ernie. That show is often compared to Thomas as well. It was 3D animated and the models do look a bit outdated... but it's still worth checking out.
I’m planning on a different unrelated show next, but the other Thomas adjacent material like Underground Ernie, All Engines Go, and Mighty Express will come next after the Non-Thomas vid.
@@WaksWorld05Sounds good to me. :)
@wadeyhyena1657 isn't underground earnie well... A underground railway show? How in Jimmy Carter was it compared to thomas?
@@zyancuerdo1615 The trains have faces and can communicate with the humans. Aside from that? The show's vastly different in the terms of life lessons, character dynamics and only lasted for about 13 episodes, I believe. I might have to double-check.
I'll be honest, I liked the fact that the engines were based on Sherlock Holmes (Bakerloo), Queen Victoria (Victoria), and even included a conjoined set of characters (Hammersmith and City) in the cast too.
The International Engines were pretty racist depictions though. Especially the Japanese and Russian locomotives.
In Season four I think the best trainee episodes were the chuggoniers ones because the felt more like bob the builder than paw patrol. And the gimmicks felt better and it was like bob the builder but with trains and It takes place on a railway.
As one who raised his sons on T&F, his grandkids on Chuggington, and likes them both, I totally agree with all of your points.
One merch you forgot to mention is that Bachmann Industries made/makes HO/OO scale models of both T&F and Chuggington for use on HO/OO scale model railroads. You could tell that T&F was the better seller because the product line is much broader and still being sold today; only a few Chuggington characters were produced. The T&F engines have moving eyes driven off of the main motor; which the Chuggington engines have working headlights. The HO Scale Chaggington characters feel slightly "bland" because they are *not* bouncing around like they do on the show, and have no animated parts.
There is another show you should check out that comes from Korea. It is called Titipo Titipo. It is a spinoff from another show based on a bus. In my opinion, it is kind of in the middle between T&F and Chuggington; the characters are not as high energy, bouncing around in a futuristic environment; but it is also not as grounded in reality or as well developed as T&F. I also think the CGI in it is good as well; again, probably in between T&F and Chuggington. The setting is contemporary, the track looks normal, the night scenes with the various lighting are particularly good. It too has a similar overall arc with its main characters, and a kindly old station master playing the role of Sir Topham Hatt.
I can actually remember that when was around 5 y/o Thomas and Chuggington were on Netflix, and my little train lover self watched THE CRAP out of those two shows
I remember seeing some of the commercials for the Chuggington merchandise and completely ignoring it because I thought it was some random toy company trying to ride the coat tails of Thomas. Safe to say that I didn't watch too much Disney Jr.
to be fair, i don't think any of the chuggers moved off the track like all engines go
except maybe Action Chugger but that's just one outlier
I am surprised someone remembered this show i used to watch either season one and 2 back in the day and i haven't watched other seasons. This is encouraging me to watch the rest
But still Chuggington can’t even attempt to hold a candle to ED EDD EDDY
This was a really solid video! I do you think I added in between voice recordings could be better but i thought it was good! Chuggington is a show that I feel is severely overhated. It's not one of the greatest things in the world, but it isn't godawful either. And I do agree Harrison is the best character, gives me classic Gordon vibes (not Brenner/BWBA Gordon where he's grumpy 24/7). I thought it was about time someone in the Thomas fandom gave a indepth analysis of this show, good stuff!
While there's a me that will always prefer T&F over Chugginton, I honestly wouldn't say that the show is bad at all. I also discovered some things you mentioned in the worldbuilding that I completely missed until now! Overall, props to you
I've never watched this, but something about Chuggington reminds me of T&F All Engines Go. I do neither confirm nor deny that Chuggington may have been an inspiration for the latest Thomas reboots (BWBA and AEG). I would also go on to argue that Thomas & Friend All Engine Go, is essentially Chuggington mixed with Paw Patrol wearing Thomas's skin.
as far as i'm aware: disney will never own thomas
Don't tempt fate.
Yeah thank god...
I’m not sure who is worse Disney or Mattel because we all saw what Mattel did to it
@@ThatRailfan7Disney in my opinion but you can have yours
@@allenginesgofan101iambeing4 at least early Mattel ownership did gave us some of the best seasons...
The old Thomas & Friend is gold.. but somehow it’s quite boring to watch a slow narrator talking like when we want to sleep..
I would choose a Chuggington tho as a kids😌.. lot of mechanical & unique character design there.
Edit: But the theme song of Thomas are pure nostalgic 😍
The show wasn't even bad, in fact it was fun and it was it own thing and thats what makes it good
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@@adamshafeeq8685 I know but still
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@@adamshafeeq8685 you did all 31 dots, that's dedication
I loved how this show was always infrastrzcturally consustent.
Thomas is supposed to be a realistic show and had its boundaries because of the Reverend Wilbert Awdry
Chuggington, however, knew itself that it wasn’t realistic, and use it to there advantage to make interesting episodes
EXACTLY
@@WaksWorld05can you review mighty express please?
chuggington knew what it was, thomas had an existential crisis during bwba
I always thought of T&F and Chuggington as two different shows. T&F was trying be realistic which they obviously failed at during the later T&F CGI seasons and the new series as they treat Thomas as everything but a train, they just cared about trying to beat Chuggington to a pulp and they wanted to be meant for all ages.
Chuggington on the other hand: their goal was to be realistic which they met that goal because almost everything about the show was realistic except for the fact that the engines could go by themselves but you know what…whatever. They also wanted to be colorful, tried to beat Thomas and Friends in the merchandise line and as for the learning aspect; while T&F gave simple solutions to problems…Chuggington took it a step further by showing how to make the problem more manageable.
Plus on top of that Chuggington was all CGI from the beginning, Thomas and Friends was model railway from the beginning and then worked up to CGI later, the engine names for Chuggington were more modern names like Zack, Wilson, and Harrison…compared to T&F names such as George, Timothy and Percy. And finally: Chuggington was Disney for US and Thomas was PBS Kids for US!
I watched both of these and I think both are good in their ways
Finally someone made a video on this topic. This was amazing well done.
I'm impressed, for being such a small and upstart channel this is very well put together, organized, and Im guessing their is some ADHD or ADD involved from how hard I could hear you working to stay on what I assume is a script and to keep your speed at a level to keep in understandable
Out of 10 i would give your video a solid 8 or even 9 and it is defiantly worth a sub,
I would recommend you cut your chapter transitions from around 10 seconds to about 6 or 7 seconds each, it may make it feel rushed but even for my diagnosed slow processing it was a little excessive to have it at 10 seconds but 5 seconds is not quite enough for the longer chapter titles
TTTE: We’re talking trains!
CHGT: Me too!
Everyone else: CHGT is a ripoff!!!
Honestly, the concept of talking transportation is something that can be pioneered by one person. But when the next person tries it, it’s “imitation”.
Bascaly
Casey jr am i a joke to you
Chugington was made in 2008, the first Thomas book came out in 1945.
I wouldn't have been interested in this show as a kid, because I hated seeing trains with short consists of only one or two cars. I grew up in New Jersey, where the average train consists of one locomotive and 6 to 10 cars. Seeing anything less than that didn't look right to me.
Same here, when I was a kid I loved making long consists out of my Wooden Railway and Take N Play toys (Partly due to Leokiminvideo’s video of a TOMY Gordon and a very long train). My favorite being mixed traffic, passenger and freight on the same train.
Happy 15th Anniversary to Chuggington!
This video is giving me nostalgic overloaded and is there a 15 anniversary DVD for cuggington
You’ve inspired me to make my own chuggintion review, I might start production tomorrow, so stay tuned for it (if you want)
I love this!!
Thinking of comparing handy Manny and Bob the builder please??
I've been trying to find what's the difference and similarities between the two. For ages.
let’s be candid here even prior to Thomas the Tank Engine (1984) there have been countless anthropomorphic train designated characters in TV and feature film and no one objects Thomas, he’s just a pop culture Icon with a valid legacy
In short Quality is more fundamental than Originality
Nothing’s original albeit Art is what generates subsequent concepts
It’s like you read my mind and made it into a video! Thomas & Friends will always be my favorite show even if sometimes it lowers in quality, but I can’t say Chuggington is bad! The reason why a lot of Thomas fans despise Chuggington is because it was a threat to Thomas & Friends and really the first direct competitor to the show. Chuggington isn’t the greatest kids show but it has some good music, cool character designs, decent episodes, and great quality merchandise in my opinion and I think these are the reasons why it did so well. Chuggington is similar to Thomas in terms of concept and merchandise, but like Tugs it was trying to do its own thing. I understand why many Thomas fans still don’t like Chuggington, and the show itself is just decent in my opinion, but just because it shared the same concept as Thomas make it a rip-off. A comparison I make that I think is important to think about, is The little engine that could book. According to Google it originally came out in 1930, 15 years before the railway series was published, and also had a very similar concept to what the Reverend. W. Awdry was going for, but that doesn’t mean the railway series was a rip-off of that book. Even the Jack and the Pack Thomas spin-off that was extremely similar to Bob the builder didn’t take every aspect from that show. I’m very thankful you made this video as it perfectly described the differences between Thomas and Chuggington and I appreciate that you uploaded it!
I love the trains being able to jump cause I think of something like this and this type of scenario is so funny to me for some reason:
" You're standing at the train station, you're waiting for a train to take you to your soul draining office job, a train pulls up and your stomach sinks with dread. You recognise the train. It's a new one.
Your friend has constantly warned you 'NEVER go on the younger trains, those things drive absolutely crazy sometimes.'
But you don't have a choice, you don't have the time to wait for a different train, you reluctantly board it with the other passengers, you sit down and grip the seat in anxiety, the train begins to move.
Everything was calm, fine, for awhile, you relax, figuring either your friend was exaggerating or you just got lucky.
Everything and everyone goes flying up into the air, you crash back down almost falling off your seat, your heart is pounding.
Everything goes up and back down again and again and again until everything goes up again but this time for an extended period before crashing back down, like the airtime of a drop in a rollercoaster.
You go crashing to the floor, most others do as well, there's screaming, loud talking, and angry shouting.
You want to begin yelling too. You're pissed.
The ride from that point on went smoothly and normally, as if the abhorrent surprise airtime never happened.
The train eventually pulls up to the station, the doors are crowded, you have to wait a bit to get out but when you do you could see and hear a staff member shouting, fiercely reprimanding the train, who looks incredibly guilty.
_Good._ "
I did not expect a video on Chuggington. I actually really liked this show along with Thomas. Koko was my favorite cause I was always obsessed with fast engines
Bruh, when I was a kid because the show aired on Disney Junior in the US, I thought Chuggington is owned by Disney. And it took me years to realize that Chuggington is owned by BBC.
Chuggington is to Thomas what Theodore Tugboat (remember that show?) is to Thomas’s sister series Tugs: it’s good on it’s own, just not as good
I think Chuggington is a decent show. Sure, its not realistic as Thomas, but does it matter? No. However, some Thomas fans are harsh about Chuggington, calling it a ripoff. But look, if a show has talking trains in it and it takes place on a railway, does it make it a Thomas ripoff? No. Chuggington is inspired by Thomas, and there are some coincidental stuff in the show, such as the main characters, Brewster, Wilson and Koko, who are the main characters and mascot of the show. And their liveries are inspired from Thomas, James and Percy. The show is also focused on diesel trains, or trains in general in the modern world. (I think)
Overall Chuggington is still a good show, its not the best. But its decent. Kinda make me wish a Thomas and Chuggington crossover happened.
To all those "this show is a rip off of "x" because it has "y"" MFs
To your logic, Lackadaisy is a rip off of SWAT Kats because it has a world ruled by humanoid cats
Danny Phantom is a rip off of Ghostbusters because it features ghosts
Juniper Lee is a rip off of Yin Yang Yo because it was inspired by asian culture
Gumball is a rip off of Tom and Jerry because it has a blue cat as the main character
Randy Cunningham and Ninjago are rip offs of Naruto because they feature ninjas
I honestly don't understand this stupid mindset, if all shows weren't allowed to take inspiration, we'd in dystopia
At one point they did their Thomas and friends Misty Island rescue on Disney Junior and some other country I don’t know where but I think somewhere in the UK.
i think t&f was on disney junior in south korea or somewhere in asia.
Idk, in 2018 or 2019 BWBA was streaming in disney junior
I forgot to mention this but I remember watching Misty Island on Disney Junior, thanks for the comment!
22:21 five nights at Wilson’s, spooky
I mean it's not season 5 to 1 or the Brenner era of Thomas but it's something
Olwin=A4 Class
Koko=Series 0 Shinkansen
Wilson (has ADHD just like me)= EMD FT
Harrison=Union Pacific M-10000
Speedy= NYC Commodore Vanderbilt
Fletch=CF7? Geep?
Zack=SD70MAC or FP45
Chatsworth= Baldwin RF16 “Sharknose”
Calley=very cursed Genset
Hanzo=S700 Shinkansen
Dunbar=Geep with very small nose
These are the ones I could figure out
Brewster is a BR Deltic
I think, Koko's voice from Season 6 fits Perfectly to voicing Sparkle in The Naughty List and Rio the Movie (Franchise)
But there one is Mckenna Grace because is Young
While Naya Rivera is the former voice in 2013 but that never be used anymore since she died in July 18th 2020
So... Who is the Koko's voice actress on the series 6?
Madigan Kakmar
Chuggington was one of the shows I used to watch on CBeebies. As time went on, I haven't been exactly up to date with it.
It might not be my cup of tea, but for what it is, it's OK.
Both Thomas and Chuggington were unique in their own way. While I obviously prefer Thomas, Chuggington was a show that I didn’t mind watching once in a while as a kid. I’ve seen many people talk about the “BWUHBAH” (Big World, Big Adventures) era or Thomas and none of them mentioned how their body movements were like Chuggingtons.
Honestly, when I was still a child, I didn't care who copied whom. To tell the truth, I didn't even watch Thomas. Everything will do for the child. I remember that I personally liked this cartoon. I was even a little surprised to learn that several seasons have been released since then, and another one should be released
I keep telling my friends about Chuggington amazingness but they don't believe it exists
(also Vee got me down bad)
Id rate it 8/10
For details refer to video from 00:00 - 39:30
Honestly, as an American who previously enjoyed Disney content. I can now say, without a single modicum of doubt, that I'd never seen orheard of Chuggington before.
I'm almost twenty now.
Which is unfortunate, I'm a sucker for fun shows with lots of funny bidy movements, and looking at it now I'm pretty sad I'd never seen it. Thanks for this video, I don't think I'd ever have found out if you hadn't made it.
Although, as an addendum, I love the old Thomas and Friends and I despise the new cartoony look.
The chime sounds like the Ring Doorbell chime.
The Chuggington chime came WAY before
As of November 2023, Chuggington has ended because series 7 was left unaired and one person on Henshend Family Entertainment left as screenwriter therefore Chuggington ended as a result
It’s unknown if Chuggington will be made again
If modern Thomas borrowed things from Chuggington does that mean the Chuggington reboot will borrow from the original Thomas and Friends?
Will be interesting seeing bruster as a class 55 deltic and Wilson as an EMD Eunit 😂😂😂
There's a Chuggington reboot?
I don't consider this to be a rip-off it was a good show to watch and i never thought of it as Thomas and friends
He’s gonna talk about mighty express?
Eventually yeah
2:10 wait wait wait Chuggington had MERCH!?!
Always has been
So you’re telling me that Chuggington was the product of former HiT and Learning Curve executives trying to make something they deemed better than Thomas?
I mean, props to them for actually keeping the show close to what it was meant to be… unlike the show it was meant to be better than.
TtTE was made to be enjoyed by all ages, marketed toward kids but smart enough for anyone to watch it
Chuggington was made to be a chirldren's show first and foremost, being more cartoony
I can't see how either of these series could be rip offs of each other, considering they shoot for completely different demographics
another show with the characters having completely mechanical bodies is dinotrux, would love to see a video on that
I have never seen that but that’s a possibility!
@@WaksWorld05 it was a netflix original and is still fully available on netflix
@@WaksWorld05I would love a video on this show because it is an amazing blend of two concepts done well with great continuity, animation and storytelling.
I used to watch this series in Disney Junior in the US when i was little, and i didn't hear the series being a complete knockoff of Thomas And Friends till now. It was like Disney Junior's Version of PBS Kid's Thomas and Friends.
Also i had a Coco toy when i was little, currently now i lost it.
Chuggington is a good show in my eyes
Here's a request for you to do sometime soon
I'd like you to review a certain other Thomas inspired show that featues talking cars and features an F1 driver as narrator
Can you guess the show I'm talking about?
Roary the Racing Car?
@@WaksWorld05Yep
That show was THE STUFF back in the late 2000's
Roary is basically to Pixar's Cars what Chuggington is to Thomas
I remember that show, liked it as a kid.
The only thing Thomas the train opened up for me thanks to my son is Tomy, Tomica, Pla-Rail. That since the 1960's they mfg basically the same track. So not only did my son have tons of Thomas stuff. I started importing other engines and track pieces. His fiends was asked how he got engines without a face. I also noticed but never go any Chuggington for the track either. So this is just FYI for you who still have kids or want to grow up and play with plastic trains. You can also look at Pla-Rail Adanced too.
AAAAAA THIS IS BRINGING BACK CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF ME WATCHING IT, DANGIT 😭
Holy cow, it has been like forever since I watched Chuggington. By the time the Thomas fandom started complaining at Chuggington, I have grown out of Chuggington and started watching other shows such as the Loud House. I wasn't someone who was hyperfixated on Thomas or was all that active in the Thomas fandom (though I still watched some Thomas stuff). And it wasn't a show that I had the most nostalgia for, with other Playhouse Disney/Disney Junior shows such as Little Einsteins and Higglytown Heroes carrying more nostalgic values for me. But Chuggington was still a nostalgic show for me non the less. This is a great analysis on Chuggington, and it has encouraged me to rewatch Chuggington whenever I can. So props to you, Wak. You have earned yourself a subscriber. And I hope you hake more solid analysis videos on similar shows in the future.
I did a video on All Engines Go. Im planning on covering more underrated talking vehicle shows (Roary, Tayo, Underground Ernie, Titipo). Plus, I’m also branching out into action cartoons such as Disney’s Motorcity or Nickelodeon’s Glitch Techs in the future. In general, I cover overlooked cartoons (tho AEG was the exception because I made that video because of the overwhelming feedback I got from my Chuggington video).
@@WaksWorld05I see. I should probably watch some of those other shows some time as well. I have so much interest with anthropomorphic animals (like Zootopia) and inanimate objects (like BFDI) that I have completely overlooked many talking vehicle shows. I am a huge fan of the general concept of anthropomorphism. And talking vehicles are no exception. So I should definitely watch more talking vehicle media alongside Chuggington whenever I can. Thanks for getting me into that stuff, Wak.
@@Austin_the_Dalmatian06 You’re welcome! Glad you enjoy my stuff!
I might check it out sometime, it looks like a pretty fun show even if it’s a little crazy.
My Favorite Character from the show was that one Steam guy
Old puffer pete
@@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2 ah yes now i remember thx
The British sure do love their talking trains
They've created 4 good talking anthropomorphic train shows
What’s the 4th one?
@@DoubleHCreations Ivor the Engine
16:50 season 4 on the other hand is kind of like paw patrol in terms of bass and tone
When they said teenagers nostalgic for this cartoon:
Me, who watched it on disney junior when i was 5: perfect
We used to watch both Thomas and chuggington and I never used to think of it as a ripoff since they looked and seemed pretty different
w video 🗿
As a person who watched PBS and Disney Junior They Are Not The Same.
In older Thomas seasons the trains had no gender when the queen came in season 4 they say "lady's, gentalmen and engines" showing there is gender
Look, Thomas came out in the 90s. And chugginton was made in 2008. So there’s a twist here. Thomas and his friends both speak or talk. The engines in chugging ton talk too. So, Chuggington was inspired by Thomas, because Thomas has talking engines, and so does chugginton! Case closed.
Nice video review on my second childhood train
The trains are inspired by real trains.
Wilson is modeled after the first train that comes to mind when you hear American train.
Bruster is a BR class 42 I think.
Koko is a Shinkansen 200.
2:53 - 2:58 i didn’t know about that scene *and it genuinely made me mad*
One day I brought my Thomas Wooden Railway toy to school and one of my friends kept singing the Chuggington theme song even after I told him he’s not from Chuggington.
I had to wonder whether he was being serious or he was messing with me.
I mean… even when Thomas introduced the engines being able to move their bodies on their frames somewhat in Journey beyond Sodor… I didn’t mind how it was depicted there. Because it still felt like they had weight to them… (unlike in the All engines go reboot) and that is partially why I like the bob the builder reboot somewhat
Really good video on Chuggington. Also I've been a fan of it since I was 7.
I remember Thomas the tank engine I was so obsessed when I was a kid I had so many toys. I also loved to watch Chuggington too lol. Sad to see how Thomas went :( But I will make sure my future kids see the great Thomas the tank engine the one I saw :)
Something to note with the animation: the bouncing is limited. Want some examples of surprisingly realistic physics?
Chuggers can't squish or stretch their chassis, and Emery can only bend because he has an accordion segment.
When Koko derails herself, she can't bounce back, and even if she had strong enough hydraulic pistons in her axle supports, she can't spin on a fixed point to re-rail herself.
When Harrison startles Owen, her pilot wheels jump the tracks, and she can't put them back up without swinging and building inertia.
About the only violations are Emery's buffers and Vee's megaphone arms. They can bend and flex easily, but that's it. That's all I saw
the thing i didnt like about chuggington was that there wasnt enough steam locomotives.
Dude I showed all four of them in the video. Pete, Olwin, Speedy, and Piper.
What are your thought on the other alleged Thomas ripoff, Underground Ernie?
I mention in the video that just like Chuggington, it’s not as good as Thomas but it’s good nonetheless.
@@WaksWorld05I mustn’t have noticed. Is there gonna be a video about it someday or do you not have anything to say about it?
@@joshuaW5621 not much really, because LJ made a video about it.
One of my favorites was First Responder Calley, the first episode of season five. It proves that everyone has a purpose, even if you don’t know yours yet.
Training Time Harrison shows us that adults make mistakes too, and everyone deserves a second chance.