I love how Salty earns his happy ending in his debut episode, “Salty’s Secret”: because when he first arrives on Sodor he is assigned to work at a quarry with Mavis and Bill and Ben and the troublesome trucks to his dismay but quick acceptance due to being a dockyard diesel who usually works at the docks, but after working really hard better than Mavis, Bill and Ben and tricking all the trucks with his secret and completes all the work at the quarry, Sir Tompham Hatt rewards him for this by promoting him to a diesel working at Brandon Docks to Salty’s delight and works at the docks just as great as he did in the quarry.
Season 6 is a really underrated one for me, a personal favourite of mine. When the an episode is a banger it's a BANGER; Thomas and the Jet Engine, The Fogman, the Jack and the Pack episodes, Percy's Chocolate Crunch, Gordon takes a Tumble, Dunkin Duncan, World's Strongest Engine and to a lesser extent Harvey to the Rescue. Some of these are in amongst my all-time favourite episodes in the show's history, so it will always have a special place in my heart
My theory for Season 6 for not having any more action-packed stuff like in Season 5 is because it was filmed in production when the 9/11 tragedy happened in America. The team didn’t want to go too far with the Season 6 by having that stuff again like in Season 5. Hence, why there isn’t any in this season at all when it broadcasted in 2002.
@@usualblokeluke Yeah, basically Season 6 was the first Thomas season to be made after the September 11th incident. Which is likely the case on why it happened, alongside with Magic Railroad’s failure and Alec Baldwin’s divorce. All of them even changed Thomas into what he is today.
@@Ethan-ey4jx wow. That never occurred to me to this day. I was aware Baldwin went through his divorce during season 6, so his dubbing wasn’t as good as season 5. But to think the show couldn’t produce the cartoony destruction is quite something. Well Awdry did get backlash for “Whistles and Sneezes” in the Railway Series for the… derogatory term. Y’know
@@Ethan-ey4jx i do think “cartoony” is a poor choice of words. I mainly said that as I used to believe these scenes were over exaggerated. Maybe that’s just my mind comparing the action packed season 5, to the drastically toned down season 6
@@Playroblox555w Take note on how other RUclipsrs in your field make their videos Not with what they say word for word, but the subjects they discuss and how they present their information with images and video clips
31:11 to be fair, no sleep for cranky and salty’s intro story don’t have that jingle but I do see what you mean by that and now I’ll never be able to view these episodes the same way again
Bulgy's bridge is on Thomas's branchline; Thomas is seen going over it, whether Bulgy is nearby or not, more times than Duck is. Furthermore, Percy's first shot where he's struggling with the trucks by the waterfall is in the stretch between Ffarquhar and Ulfstead.
While I understand not liking Alec Baldwin's narration, I feel he was still overall a good successor to George Carlin, as Carlin was to Ringo. His voice is naturally very warm & he's said he enjoyed his time narrating the show, as well as working on Magic Railroad. I also like his take on Salty more than Michael Angelis'. The pirate accent makes Salty a more interesting & entertaining character than the Cockney accent, but that's just me. I need to sample more of Angelis' work, as I haven't heard a lot of it, but I like Baldwin's a lot.
In some episodes of series 6, Donald and Douglas do not have Scottish accents in the US because Alec Baldwin couldn’t provide a Scottish accent since he didn’t know how to.
I can argue and say Season 6 shockingly had the best music in the Classic series. Thomas’ theme in Season 6 sounds so upbeat and full of energy, and a lot of the music too was really upbeat and catchy. More so than Season 5’s music.
Season 6, 8 and 9 were all responsible for getting me into the series, that and had really fun episodes, Percy's chocolate crunch was a major factor to this
I have a soft spot for Season 6, but it was the downfall of Thomas & Friends after the Magic Railroad movie. I was 7 when Season 6 came out and I wanted to continue watching the show. By the time the fandoms were talking about Season 6, I went "Yeah I don't think it's bad by classic Thomas series standards". Plus Thomas and the Jet Engine is my favorite episode of Season 6.
Gordon takes a tumble is my favorite episode in this season Why I like about this episode: I felt this episode was well written I give this 10/10 for it David Mitton and Robin Kingsland did an awesome job creating the story for it The crash scene is exactly like the season 5 crashes This is where Alec Baldwin sounds like he’s almost doing a comeback form his divorce
@@Thomasmemoryscentral "Dunkin' Duncan", "The World's Strongest Engine", "Twin Trouble", "Faulty Whistles", and "James and the Red Balloon" are my favorites on this season.
Gordon takes a Tumble and Twin Trouble and Percy Chocolate Crunch and Jack Jumps in and Its Only Snow And Edward The Very Useful Engine are My Favorite Episodes In Season 6 !
@@jaimeraymundo7324 I liked A Bad Day For Harold, Elizabeth The Vintage Lorry (Quarry Truck), Salty’s Secret, No Sleep For Cranky, Percy’s Chocolate Crunch, Buffer Bother, Gordon Takes A Tumble, Thomas & The Jet Engine, Edward The Very Useful Engine and Its Only Snow.
Middle Engine should of ended like: Sir Topham Hatt: Percy you have caused confusion and delay. Henry: I did it! Sir Topham Hatt: What Henry? Henry: I bumped Percy onto the loading ramp, I’m sorry sir. Sir Topham Hatt: Well then Percy, you have not caused confusion and delay. Henry did.
My Middle Engine ending Sir Topham Hatt: Percy you caused Confusion and delay Percy: it’s not my fault, Arry and Bert made me a middle engine Sir Topham Hatt: what! Those diesels! I’ll speak severely to Arry & Bert, and Percy, you will get new coal.
This is the first ever video I've watched on your channel and I'm already hooked! You did a good job analyzing the season and why it works or fails, keep up the good work and at some point you could gain a bigger following! By the way you earned yourself a subscriber
Thing is about this series/season, is that due to HIT buying Gullane 2 months before Series 6 aired, is that this was the first season where it felt like certain things felt like they were introduced just to sell toys. For example, Percy's Chocolate Crunch and "Jack Frost"? One off instances that somehow got millions upon millions of Wooden Railway, Tomy, Take Along and even Ertl Merchandise. It would be the same case in Series 7, before becoming the status quo in Season 8 onward.
But even Series 6 and 7 both had a lot duds, they both fit the same criteria as Series 1-5 as “The Classic Series”. Same production team, same music, same sound effects, same 35mm camera, and the same 4 and a half minute format. Even though some of the episodes weren’t that great, they still had a lot of good episode in between too. Even if some of them were made just to sell merchandise. If I’m not mistaken, Series 1-5 did that before sometimes. But not as much at what it came after Magic Railroad.
@@Ethan-ey4jx Yeah but in Series 1-4, all the merchandise was based on characters in the RWS or events that happened in RWS stories. Series 5 I would say had an issue similar to "Journey Beyond Sodor" where new characters were introduced but not all of those said new characters got merchandise. Series 6 however was the begining of the shows newly established agenda where multiple episodes were written with the soul purpose of merchandise, even if the episodes in question is really assinine by Thomas standards.
@@supermariof0521 A lot of the new characters like Fergus, Murdoch, and Arthur weren’t intended for merchandise like with Series 5 characters. While the other new characters like Emily and Spencer became mainstays of the show and eventually ended up into merchandise.
The reason many people, including me, believe that Alec Baldwin’s narration is because of the divorce. Like that divorce costed him lots of things. I still love his narration for this season though. It’s so bad it’s good.
Would you guys like me to review the Jack and the Pack spinoff series when I come back to review the H.i.T series later this year? This video has reached over 2,800 views in less than 24 hours! Words cannot describe how grateful I am to you all. Thank you!
Yes, whenever. I’m out at dinner when this premieres and that’s pissing me off now I’ve found one of my favourite content creators. Keep up the good work, you have the potential to be the face of the fandom IMO
One fact about me and ttte season 6, When I was a kid I barely watched my ttte season 6 DVD. It was called Percy's Chocolate Crunch. There was a very good reason and the only reason why I stopped rewatching season 6 when I was a kid. There was one episode in the Percy's Chocolate Crunch DVD Called Thomas Percy and The squeak, When Thomas was picking up Alicia and the was a mice in Annie just standing there and Alicia scream at the top her lungs and her mouth was animated, It was that at that moment I was so traumatized, And right after that Gordon made a funny line but I did not think that was funny, I was still a child at that time so I barely watched season 6 so I only watch the episodes on season 6 on RUclips or remakes. And that was a reason why I Never really watched season 6 when I was a kid. But now that I'm much older, I don't have to worry about watching my DVDs just to see the episodes. But I definitely do not want to rewatch Thomas Percy and squeak it just gives me bad Deja vu's.
This season alone is not only one of my all time favourite seasons, but the most nostalgic season for my well-being ( I was born around the time season six first aired on tv ) looking back, it did try to continue the cinematic trend of season five, which makes it more like a continuation from the classic series even more.
I was born a year before this series aired on television and I didn't discover it until 2007 so my opinion on it is that I think it along with Series 3 and 4 is that it is fantastic. But if I was to alter the production cycle of the show, I would have made it the last series ever produced for the show, with the better episodes of it and the more memorable episodes of Series 7 in the 26 episode bundle.
Percy's Ghostly Trick, Thomas, Percy, and the Dragon, Haunted Henry, Duncan Gets Spooked, Stepney Gets Lost, Rusty and the Boulder, and the close up shots in season 5 didn't scare me as a kid, but Alicia Botti's scream in Thomas, Percy, and the Squeak did. I was a weird kid.
What spooked me just as much as a kid outside of the cartoon bee in James Goes Buzz Buzz was the mouse squeaking along and moving (How did they make it move on camera without stop motion?) and Alicia’s animated uvula. Why was that necessary? It was so creepy seeing a character’s mouth move when they never did before outside of short stop motion moments. If it was a stereotypical fancy or opera lady scream with rising pitch. It’d be funnier. That sounded like out of a horror movie or video game.
In Series 5, Oliver rediscovered Toby's old branch line and reopened it after restoring the line. That's why we see Toby working on his old line in his spotlight episode for Series 6.
I’d like to imagine the entire season fully color corrected as if they had been used in a Season 7 episode for stock footage and plus Alec Baldwin would have had the same energy he did in Season 5 where he would keep the same special voices such as Henry, Gordon, Duncan, Bill and Ben etc.
25:40: I should note that the first 6 episodes were actually filmed primarily in a 4:3 aspect ratio and supposedly, the rest of the season was gonna be filmed that way too. That's probably why the sets look empty, they were likely designed with the 4:3 ratio in mind. However, during production of the first 6 episodes, the UK TV standards supposedly changed from 4:3 to 16:9, and as a result, some of the shots in the first 6 episodes were filmed in 16:9, and the rest of the season would be filmed in that ratio too, aside from stock footage from previous seasons, music videos, and a rare couple of shots in the episodes themselves (see Percy's Chocolate Crunch and World's Strongest Engine as examples).
38:25 that’s what I’m saying! When I last watched middle engine a couple weeks ago, I was super confused, because the fat controller punished Percy for being pushed onto the loading ramp but meanwhile Henry got off Scott free.
Technically, it wasn’t Henry’s fault as he didn’t see Percy behind him. And another thing, where were the other workmen? Wouldn’t they have noticed Percy behind and got Henry to stop on time or heard Percy cry out for someone to shut off the coal hopper’s ramp? Where were they? Why didn’t anyone hear Percy’s “HELP! I’M NOT A TRUCK!”
32:51 woah. *woah.* i got a huge nostalgia blast. i remember vividly that little engines was my favorite song from the show when i was a kid, despite growing up during the hit era. i think it was the percy's chocolate crunch dvd that had it.
K, I was on the fence with this vid, but then ya talked about the "Percy getting shunted into the hopper by Henry" thing in Middle engine, and.... THANK YOU! I've never seen ANYONE call out the fact that HENRY should've been punished instead!😩 Even as a kid I thought Percy getting punished was bullshit!😑
I actually rewatched Scaredy Engines today and I love how despite how Thomas treated Percy, Percy still feels bad for Thomas and goes to the sheds. That is so wholesome!!
I’ve never had major issues with Thomas and the Magic Railroad out of nostalgia, but if you wanted to write it out of the canon it could just be a story made up by Thomas or Edward.
Another unpopular opinion: I don't think Rusty Saves the Day is as bad as people thinks it is. Yes, it messes up the continuity and Skarloey's persona, it does show of Skarloey, Rheneas and Rusty's friendship. I also don't think Edward the Really Useful Engine is as bad.
@@usualblokeluke I think it's better than 6. Unpopular opinion, I don't think Baldwin is that bad here. He's just a bit quiter here, not necessarily bored, but not necessarily engaged. It's a mixed bag with him, also he did great with the Jack episodes. I also think Season 7's music is better than 6.
@@usualblokeluke another thing: I don't think STS had bad intentions, it's charming, and Carlin is a godly narrator but what it led to... eh, also good intentions, but it ruined the realism that Series 1-5 (5 to an extent) was going for and for what make the show so highly held in the 80s-90s. Thankfully, 6-8 aren't too bad, but 9-16, just no. Thankfully 17-21 fixed (almost) everything. Past 21, we don't speak of it...
Mattel must take notes on “Edward The Really Useful Engine” from this season to show how valuable Edward is to the NWR fleet. Instead of outright replacing him (alongside Henry) with Nia and Rebecca.
on bill and ben wanting to listen to salty's stories? part of it may be a genuine interest but i think it was also cuz they saw how much cranky DIDN'T want to listen to his story bill and ben love to make mischief
So far, my only worst episode from this season is "Middle Engine", because Sir Topham Hatt punishes Percy for something that was entirely out of his control, and Arry and Bert don't get punished for their actions. I find "Rusty Saves The Day" an okay episode, but it could've been better. I pretty much enjoyed entirely the rest of the episodes from this season. I find "Percy and the Haunted Mine" understandable, because I think Percy has every right to be scared, and by god, the scary scenes with the sinking buildings traumatized a bunch of children, which I'm pretty sure they felt the same way as Percy did in that episode.
Trust me bruh. If STH wronging Percy in "Middle Engine" felt out of character for STH, just wait til Bloke covers "Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure" and has to contend with Thomas and the Fat Controller's little feud.
@@supermariof0521 TBF, the conflict between Thomas and STH is more understandable. Thomas was constantly making excuses instead of owning up to his mistakes and carelessness. So when he gets punished for the dynamite incident Thomas slowly begins to realize how stupid he’s been. The next time he sees TFC, he tries to own up to his mistakes only for STH to reassure his pride in Thomas. It also helps that Ryan helped vouch for him.
@@SplashSurfer216 True, though one thing that could've EASILY fixed the dynamite scene? Had any of the dozens of witnesses cut Fat Boy off before he can say anything and be like "Sir! Thomas saved us!", and Ryan could try and explain what happened but than Thomas would try to actually take the blame and say it wouldn't have happened had Thomas not forgotten to warn Ryan about the bad coal. Fatty McHatty would firmly but fairly be like "I see.". Like he'd be disappointed that Thomas inadvertedly caused the dynamite to be prematurely ignited, but Thomas would question why he's not scolding him again, while also being cross with himself for realizing all the sh.t he caused due to his own carelessness and think maybe the construction sight would be better off if he wasn't there, much to Fatty's concern.
Season 6 was one of the seasons I personally grew up with, along with seasons 4 and 5. I admit of being blinded by nostalgia, but as we grow older, we learn to accept that it isn’t hate, but fair feedback and criticism. And it’s a shame (in my opinion) that this became the downfall of a show I still hold dearly to me that I have to keep a secret of when Thomas these days is portrayed as a baby’s show when it was hard work production of models, one voiced characters, beautifully designed sets and appropriate language for a young child that’s starting to grow up. Regardless, while seasons 1 - 6 shaped my love for a blue tank engine with a face on him, he will always be that really useful engine I adored. We do not mention anything post season 6
@@Ethan-ey4jx read it again. I said “when Thomas THESE DAYS is portrayed as a baby’s show when it WAS hard work production (including season 6) of models)”
One thing I can't understand about Season 6 is why Callan station suddenly becomes the main goods yard for a lot of the stories. In Percy's Chocolate Crunch he picks the train up from Callan to take it to the Chocolate factory which is near Brendam according to the Unlucky Tug map. Surely he should have collected the train from Brendam or Knapford instead of going all the way along Ducks branch line and then come all the way back again. The same applies to Middle Engine where he's seen travelling through Callan to reach the coaling plant which is at Tidmouth Station according to the Unlucky Tug map again. This series is good but has some major continuity errors with locations for certain episodes. I'm also with you about Edward bullying Harvey. Especially since he was bullied by the other Tender engines in Season 1 so I'd of thought the writers would have either kept him quiet or had him try to shut the other engines up in that scene.
Yeah it was very odd for Edward to start acting like that. Having him say nothing at all would've been fine enough but the fact they went out of their way to make him dislike Harvey was so weird. Though thankfully not as bad as how he was handled in Edward Strikes Out.
I think he was just going along the crowd mentally As to the locations being wrong the visuals may not be wholly accurate to the events they're depicting
@@fanofeverything30465 come on. Edward is the oldest standard gauge engine on Sodor. Dyou honestly think he's vain enough to care if the other engines don't like him standing up for Harvey? If anything it would at least stop them bullying him if respecting him for being different is too challenging for them for some reason
@@jacobmassey3897 I know it's not a very good explanation but it was the best I could come up with. EDIT I now have a much better explanation that Edward fears that with all the new technology arriving on Sodor he will become obsolete
my top most favorite episodes from season 6 1 Harvey to the Rescue episode 2 UK Michael Angelis 2 Twin Trouble episode 10 UK Michael Angelis 3 Percy and the Haunted Mine episode 13 US Alec Baldwin 4 Thomas the Jet Engine episode 22 UK Michael Angelis Bestest Episode 1 Gordon Takes a Tumble episode 17 US Michael Brandon my top most okay and decent episodes from season 6 1 Scaredy Engines episode 12 UK Michael Angelis 2 Buffer Bother episode 19 US Alec Baldwin 3 Thomas, Percy and the Squeak episode 21 US Alec Baldwin Okay Decent Episode 1 Rusty Saves the Day episode 25 US Alec Baldwin Worstest Episode 1 Middle Engine episode 14 US Alec Baldwin
I actually liked Thomas, Percy, And The Squeak and Alec Baldwin is actually pretty good in this one besides Jack Jumps In, Saltys Secret, Rusty Saves The Day and Percy’s Chocolate Crunch.
39:38 Now that you mentioned it, we hardly see the Scottish Twins together in Season 3, they each get their own spotlight episode individually, and Donald has more frequent roles than Douglas.
Part of season 6 was recorded in 4:3 full screen and cropped but the other part was recorded in widescreen I don’t understand why if you look at the 4:3 versions it is noticeable
@@usualblokeluke What's even worse is how the UK got the show in proper Widescreen in 2003. Meanwhile the US couldn't be bothered getting it's Season 7 onward releases in Widescreen til 2014 with the Season 18 release, "Spills and Thrills".
@@supermariof0521 oh yeah I think I remember seeing something about that Very strange that they did that to Thomas' home media releases in the US for so many years
@@usualblokeluke Heck even with VHS releases, since UK VHS tapes could output via SCART, they looked and sounded WAY better than US takes that couldn't go above composite. Makes me jealous that the US didn't just adopt UK's VHS tech.
You know... I figured the biggest missed opportunity, throught the series, was basically not taking more advantage of the chocolate factory in Percy's Chocolate Crunch. I mean, other than basically having a bit of a jab at just how long it'd take to recover from such a humiliating incident, they could've easily introduced the sort of founder and icon of the factory, Mr Jolly, as well as introduced an engine who'd end up working as the factory's own shunter, who could've easily been a throwback to the Cadbury no.1 shunter. Plus, also maybe some dynamic between the new engine and Percy, and how Percy likely wouldn't have quite gotten over the fact, that he ended up crashing all the way through a factory and wound up covered in chocolate.
Had no idea this Cadbury no.1 shunter was a thing until you just mentioned it. I'm now curious to look into this engine because an engine built to work for a chocolate factory sounds fascinating.
@@usualblokeluke Yep. Ended up first seeing the engine in a book once. Plus, I could imagine an engine like that not officially having a name, originally, but basically went by a nickname, between workers, until the name practically stuck, like "Brownie", or something.
@@usualblokeluke You know, as an update on railway history, Thomas & the Jet Engine might not be AS unrealistic as people think it is. Because turns out, there ACTUALLY were experimental trains that ran on a jet engine. So, whilst still kind of ridiculous, it actually is more plausable than people gave it credit for. Just look up the Turbojets online, if you're not convinced.
Unless if you wanna count season seven which only three episodes that have the original Mike and Junior music along with Michael Brandon’s narrations that was on the Thomas and the jet engine VHS/DVD
I’m heavily nostalgic for this season, as the Jet Engine DVD was the one I watched the most and probably my first Thomas DVD. Also, I really love the look of Season 6, I don’t know why.
Regarding Series 6 as well as Series 7, I've gotta say this: Unlike the previous series'...I never saw a single Episode of them as a little kid. This Was because the German (my native language's) Dub skipped these two series' for some reason. I didn’t watch any episodes until I was in 3rd or 4th grade when I stumbled upon the english dubs on RUclips, but because my English was rather limited back then (compared to today) I didn’t understand much of the Dialog.
A big permanent change up to series 12 that always bugged me us why Thomas's cab gained a ugly black cylinder taking up space. That is an eyesore that continues to bug me
I think season 6 was underrated not the best but like 100 times better then bwba and the Miller era. The music was good especially Donald and Douglas theme, definitely nostalgic and with a few tweaks could've been as good as season 5
@@usualblokeluke The biggest difference between Gullane and the BWBA era is that Gullane gives more of a fuck than BWBA. And I’m talking about comparing Series 6-7 to Thomas of today.
All the songs in this season are bangers, Luke. Never Never Never Give Up, Down By The Docks, James the Really Splendid Engine, Boo Boo Choo-Choo, Little Engines, and Winter Wonderland, all bangers!!!
In one shot of "James & The Red Balloon", when Percy pulls up to Thomas, Percy is pulling trucks. But, when Percy asks Thomas about the balloon, the trucks have disappeared.
I have a soft spot for this season. I remember being really excited when it came out because there had been a drought of new Thomas content after Magic Railroad came out. My Top 5 5. Gordon Takes a Tumble 4. Scaredy Engines 3. No Sleep for Cranky 2. Harvey to the Rescue 1. Thomas the Jet Engine Least Favorite: Rusty Saves the Day
Honestly i was surprised Harvey only really got 2 episodes. He must have had a good impact in his first episode as remember him having much more of a presence and being in much more episodes i think even appearing with Rocky at some point. The potential he had wasn’t at all horrible either as a crane engine in a show where an accident happens in nearly every episode alone gives him plenty of opportunities to interact with other characters not to mention other utilities he might have due to being a Crane. Might be one of if not the most underused character in the series and that’s saying alot.
Season 6 is for a downgrade for me but it' s still great season with great new characters ,fun moments ,strong writting and good episodes. Top 5 episodes: 1.A Friend in need 2.Jack jumps in 3.Toby had a little lamb 4.Percy' s choclate crunch 5.Gordon takesca tumble Ranking and Rating : 1.Season 5 : 10/10 2.Season 3: 10/10 3.Season 4 : 9 ,5/10 4.Season 2: 9,5/10 5.Season 1:9/10 6.Season 6:8/10
Jack and the Pack episodes would have spawned a spin-off series but only 13 episodes were made and the remaining episodes were scrapped after Hit Entertainment bought Gullane and they thought it would be almost identical to Bob The Builder, Hit Entertainment’s other construction themed show.
26:14 I’ll be honest I feel like it looks better in season one mostly because of the overall scenery and the angle of the shots. I guess it just looks better the angle and I don’t mind it being overused, but you get tired of it when it’s in a more boring position.
6 and 7 should be considered classic series tbh. Mitton was there doing his thing, so it counts. Compared to the complete garbage that came in 8 and onwards it's fine. Not great, just fine.
Another episode I would like to call out for great humor is James and the Red Balloon. The character pairing for it is perfect and gives an absurd story of two idiots convincing each other of something ridiculous. Middle engine is a stinker. It is hilarious in the American dub especially because of tacky editing; not just of the footage, but also of the narration. Shots from a later scene used earlier on (hope that made sense), and one specific voice clip added wherever they needed a specific word or phrase. Listen closely, and you will discover that every occurrence of the word "coal" is the same clip.
Yeah I heard about that in Thomas1Edward2Henry3"s video on his bottom 8 classic series episodes Watched the US dub of that episode myself and wow what a tacky mess
@@usualblokeluke Funny enough, I remember Thomasfan261 mentioned that another reason why HIT shot down the Jack spinoff series, was because prior to buying Thomas, the same year that Series 5 came out, HIT brought out their series about sentient construction vehicles. That being "Bob The Builder".
@@usualblokeluke So I guess HIT didn't want a Thomas spinoff with construction vehicles, competing with their own Construction series, even though the Pack series and BTB are both radically different in terms of tone. The Pack was more or less the same action packed in nature as Thomas, while BTB is basically what would happen if "All Engines Go" actually had effort put into it.
@@supermariof0521 Huh kinda interesting now that i think about it. 2 different construction vehicle shows with 2 very different tones and stories competing with each. That would've been something.
i just had this thought. you know how in scaredy engines duck helped percy scare Thomas? also how the unlucky tug has a theory about Thomas and duck having a rivalry? maybe that is why Thomas hates duck so much, and why duck hates Thomas so much
37:57 the thing that annoys me about that episode aside from what you said is how Percy’s driver doesn’t see the thing sink into the ground at first like how the hell do you miss that!?
Middle engine was even worse in the US dub, there is an annoying quirk in the narration editing every time the word “Coal” is said, it’s the same audio clip just cut in mid sentence, and it’s really jarring once you notice it.
I didn’t like Middle Engine when I was younger because it shocked me because of the scene when Percy was pushed on the loading ramp of the coal hopper.
This was the last season I watched as a kid, it was during season 7 I moved on from Thomas and started to be interested in other things. But season 6 is one I still look at fondly, mainly because of salty and Gordon’s crash.
I love how Salty earns his happy ending in his debut episode, “Salty’s Secret”: because when he first arrives on Sodor he is assigned to work at a quarry with Mavis and Bill and Ben and the troublesome trucks to his dismay but quick acceptance due to being a dockyard diesel who usually works at the docks, but after working really hard better than Mavis, Bill and Ben and tricking all the trucks with his secret and completes all the work at the quarry, Sir Tompham Hatt rewards him for this by promoting him to a diesel working at Brandon Docks to Salty’s delight and works at the docks just as great as he did in the quarry.
Season 6 is a really underrated one for me, a personal favourite of mine. When the an episode is a banger it's a BANGER; Thomas and the Jet Engine, The Fogman, the Jack and the Pack episodes, Percy's Chocolate Crunch, Gordon takes a Tumble, Dunkin Duncan, World's Strongest Engine and to a lesser extent Harvey to the Rescue. Some of these are in amongst my all-time favourite episodes in the show's history, so it will always have a special place in my heart
My theory for Season 6 for not having any more action-packed stuff like in Season 5 is because it was filmed in production when the 9/11 tragedy happened in America. The team didn’t want to go too far with the Season 6 by having that stuff again like in Season 5. Hence, why there isn’t any in this season at all when it broadcasted in 2002.
That could actually be a factor to it yeah interesting theory
@@usualblokeluke Yeah, basically Season 6 was the first Thomas season to be made after the September 11th incident. Which is likely the case on why it happened, alongside with Magic Railroad’s failure and Alec Baldwin’s divorce. All of them even changed Thomas into what he is today.
@@Ethan-ey4jx wow. That never occurred to me to this day. I was aware Baldwin went through his divorce during season 6, so his dubbing wasn’t as good as season 5. But to think the show couldn’t produce the cartoony destruction is quite something. Well Awdry did get backlash for “Whistles and Sneezes” in the Railway Series for the… derogatory term. Y’know
@@LFPman The show wasn’t meant to be cartoony, it’s meant to be realistic.
@@Ethan-ey4jx i do think “cartoony” is a poor choice of words. I mainly said that as I used to believe these scenes were over exaggerated. Maybe that’s just my mind comparing the action packed season 5, to the drastically toned down season 6
Honestly, the Toby and the Little Lamb retcon technically works since Oliver crashed into his old shed in Oliver’s Find.
Seeing how much he's grown is amazing around this time only around 179 subscribers now he's got 6k props to you man
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@@usualblokeluke got any tips I'm just starting out and I want to improve my videos I'll take literally any advice
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Take note on how other RUclipsrs in your field make their videos
Not with what they say word for word, but the subjects they discuss and how they present their information with images and video clips
@@usualblokeluke alright thanks Luke and hopefully your career continues to go well
12:22 Willy Wonka: "little engine! my chocolate must be untouched by anyone until it's in stores!"
One thing about this season,
When I was about 10, I thought Percy’s Chocolate Crunch and Thomas and the Jet Engine were the height of comedy!
Same thing for me which I used to watch those on VHS.
I still think they are very funny haha
31:11 to be fair, no sleep for cranky and salty’s intro story don’t have that jingle but I do see what you mean by that and now I’ll never be able to view these episodes the same way again
Bulgy's bridge is on Thomas's branchline; Thomas is seen going over it, whether Bulgy is nearby or not, more times than Duck is. Furthermore, Percy's first shot where he's struggling with the trucks by the waterfall is in the stretch between Ffarquhar and Ulfstead.
While I understand not liking Alec Baldwin's narration, I feel he was still overall a good successor to George Carlin, as Carlin was to Ringo. His voice is naturally very warm & he's said he enjoyed his time narrating the show, as well as working on Magic Railroad. I also like his take on Salty more than Michael Angelis'. The pirate accent makes Salty a more interesting & entertaining character than the Cockney accent, but that's just me. I need to sample more of Angelis' work, as I haven't heard a lot of it, but I like Baldwin's a lot.
@Michael Butler same here.
@Michael Butler Agreed.
In some episodes of series 6, Donald and Douglas do not have Scottish accents in the US because Alec Baldwin couldn’t provide a Scottish accent since he didn’t know how to.
@@mariobabbo3497 That's fine. Not everyone can do certain accents. I mean, Ringo couldn't really do it either.
@@Scsigs Ringo gave the Scottish Twins Liverpudlian accents just like Alec Baldwin did to Duncan in Duncan Gets Spooked.
I really enjoy many of the episodes in season 6. The music and songs were pretty great too.
I can argue and say Season 6 shockingly had the best music in the Classic series. Thomas’ theme in Season 6 sounds so upbeat and full of energy, and a lot of the music too was really upbeat and catchy. More so than Season 5’s music.
Season 6, 8 and 9 were all responsible for getting me into the series, that and had really fun episodes, Percy's chocolate crunch was a major factor to this
I have a soft spot for Season 6, but it was the downfall of Thomas & Friends after the Magic Railroad movie. I was 7 when Season 6 came out and I wanted to continue watching the show. By the time the fandoms were talking about Season 6, I went "Yeah I don't think it's bad by classic Thomas series standards". Plus Thomas and the Jet Engine is my favorite episode of Season 6.
Gordon takes a tumble is my favorite episode in this season
Why I like about this episode:
I felt this episode was well written I give this 10/10 for it
David Mitton and Robin Kingsland did an awesome job creating the story for it
The crash scene is exactly like the season 5 crashes
This is where Alec Baldwin sounds like he’s almost doing a comeback form his divorce
Get to the Jet Engine episode and he yells for Thomas going surprised at the push forward momentum. It brought out the best in him and Angelis
@@Thomasmemoryscentral "Dunkin' Duncan", "The World's Strongest Engine", "Twin Trouble", "Faulty Whistles", and "James and the Red Balloon" are my favorites on this season.
Gordon takes a Tumble and Twin Trouble and Percy Chocolate Crunch and Jack Jumps in and Its Only Snow And Edward The Very Useful Engine are My Favorite Episodes In Season 6 !
@@jaimeraymundo7324 I liked A Bad Day For Harold, Elizabeth The Vintage Lorry (Quarry Truck), Salty’s Secret, No Sleep For Cranky, Percy’s Chocolate Crunch, Buffer Bother, Gordon Takes A Tumble, Thomas & The Jet Engine, Edward The Very Useful Engine and Its Only Snow.
The way you lowered the pitches of Winter Wonderland and Boo Boo Choo-Choo is so funny. What a way to think your way out of copyright infringement.
Content creation does have it's challenges lol
They don’t actually sound bad with the pitch changed
@@usualblokelukeThey sound great!
Middle Engine should of ended like:
Sir Topham Hatt: Percy you have caused confusion and delay.
Henry: I did it!
Sir Topham Hatt: What Henry?
Henry: I bumped Percy onto the loading ramp, I’m sorry sir.
Sir Topham Hatt: Well then Percy, you have not caused confusion and delay. Henry did.
Would've made for a better story indeed
My Middle Engine ending
Sir Topham Hatt: Percy you caused Confusion and delay
Percy: it’s not my fault, Arry and Bert made me a middle engine
Sir Topham Hatt: what! Those diesels! I’ll speak severely to Arry & Bert, and Percy, you will get new coal.
This is the first ever video I've watched on your channel and I'm already hooked! You did a good job analyzing the season and why it works or fails, keep up the good work and at some point you could gain a bigger following! By the way you earned yourself a subscriber
Comments like this really do mean a lot to me.
Thank you very much and welcome aboard.
@@usualblokeluke Very good also quite like the line at 10:25 too that is featured in at some point.
32:04 that’s actually one of my favorite songs from the entirety of the Thomas series.
Thing is about this series/season, is that due to HIT buying Gullane 2 months before Series 6 aired, is that this was the first season where it felt like certain things felt like they were introduced just to sell toys. For example, Percy's Chocolate Crunch and "Jack Frost"? One off instances that somehow got millions upon millions of Wooden Railway, Tomy, Take Along and even Ertl Merchandise. It would be the same case in Series 7, before becoming the status quo in Season 8 onward.
But even Series 6 and 7 both had a lot duds, they both fit the same criteria as Series 1-5 as “The Classic Series”. Same production team, same music, same sound effects, same 35mm camera, and the same 4 and a half minute format. Even though some of the episodes weren’t that great, they still had a lot of good episode in between too. Even if some of them were made just to sell merchandise.
If I’m not mistaken, Series 1-5 did that before sometimes. But not as much at what it came after Magic Railroad.
@@Ethan-ey4jx Yeah but in Series 1-4, all the merchandise was based on characters in the RWS or events that happened in RWS stories. Series 5 I would say had an issue similar to "Journey Beyond Sodor" where new characters were introduced but not all of those said new characters got merchandise. Series 6 however was the begining of the shows newly established agenda where multiple episodes were written with the soul purpose of merchandise, even if the episodes in question is really assinine by Thomas standards.
@@supermariof0521 Say what you want about Series 6 with merchandise. But you can’t say the same thing for Series 7.
@@Ethan-ey4jx What do you mean?
@@supermariof0521 A lot of the new characters like Fergus, Murdoch, and Arthur weren’t intended for merchandise like with Series 5 characters. While the other new characters like Emily and Spencer became mainstays of the show and eventually ended up into merchandise.
The reason many people, including me, believe that Alec Baldwin’s narration is because of the divorce. Like that divorce costed him lots of things. I still love his narration for this season though. It’s so bad it’s good.
Well that and the failure of Magic Railroad didn't do him much favors either I bet.
"scary jack frost." said James quite unenthusiastically:
Would you guys like me to review the Jack and the Pack spinoff series when I come back to review the H.i.T series later this year?
This video has reached over 2,800 views in less than 24 hours!
Words cannot describe how grateful I am to you all.
Thank you!
Yes .
I ' m one of the people the say ,,New series" and not ,,Hit era model" to Season 8-12.
Yes but make sure you review it after season 9 since that is when it came out on dvd.
Yes, whenever. I’m out at dinner when this premieres and that’s pissing me off now I’ve found one of my favourite content creators. Keep up the good work, you have the potential to be the face of the fandom IMO
Sure!
One fact about me and ttte season 6, When I was a kid I barely watched my ttte season 6 DVD. It was called Percy's Chocolate Crunch. There was a very good reason and the only reason why I stopped rewatching season 6 when I was a kid.
There was one episode in the Percy's Chocolate Crunch DVD Called Thomas Percy and The squeak, When Thomas was picking up Alicia and the was a mice in Annie just standing there and Alicia scream at the top her lungs and her mouth was animated, It was that at that moment I was so traumatized, And right after that Gordon made a funny line but I did not think that was funny, I was still a child at that time so I barely watched season 6 so I only watch the episodes on season 6 on RUclips or remakes.
And that was a reason why I Never really watched season 6 when I was a kid. But now that I'm much older, I don't have to worry about watching my DVDs just to see the episodes. But I definitely do not want to rewatch Thomas Percy and squeak it just gives me bad Deja vu's.
This season alone is not only one of my all time favourite seasons, but the most nostalgic season for my well-being ( I was born around the time season six first aired on tv ) looking back, it did try to continue the cinematic trend of season five, which makes it more like a continuation from the classic series even more.
It's the most nostalgic season for me too ✋
@@fanofeverything30465Me too.
I love at 5:12 to 9:07, the instrumental of Beyond the Sea from Finding Nemo is played in the Background
I was born a year before this series aired on television and I didn't discover it until 2007 so my opinion on it is that I think it along with Series 3 and 4 is that it is fantastic. But if I was to alter the production cycle of the show, I would have made it the last series ever produced for the show, with the better episodes of it and the more memorable episodes of Series 7 in the 26 episode bundle.
My only gripe with this video is the SLANDER against Boo! Boo! Choo Choo! That song slaps, IDGAF.
Great video as always, my friend!
Great video!! Cannot wait for the series 7 review and the end of the Classic Era
Ngl that video is gonna be quite a doozy
@@usualblokeluke It may be a spoiler alert, but Series 7’s lighting had improved and it looked far better than Series 6’s.
Percy's Ghostly Trick, Thomas, Percy, and the Dragon, Haunted Henry, Duncan Gets Spooked, Stepney Gets Lost, Rusty and the Boulder, and the close up shots in season 5 didn't scare me as a kid, but Alicia Botti's scream in Thomas, Percy, and the Squeak did. I was a weird kid.
Oh I totally get it
The scream itself while played for laughs is quite harrowing. Especially when there's no other sound or music in the background.
Me too ✋
What spooked me just as much as a kid outside of the cartoon bee in James Goes Buzz Buzz was the mouse squeaking along and moving (How did they make it move on camera without stop motion?) and Alicia’s animated uvula. Why was that necessary? It was so creepy seeing a character’s mouth move when they never did before outside of short stop motion moments. If it was a stereotypical fancy or opera lady scream with rising pitch. It’d be funnier. That sounded like out of a horror movie or video game.
In Series 5, Oliver rediscovered Toby's old branch line and reopened it after restoring the line. That's why we see Toby working on his old line in his spotlight episode for Series 6.
Oliver doesn’t speak in this season nor appears with Toad.
Personal headcanon: Harvey works on the Peel Godred line with Whiff and Scruff
I’d like to imagine the entire season fully color corrected as if they had been used in a Season 7 episode for stock footage and plus Alec Baldwin would have had the same energy he did in Season 5 where he would keep the same special voices such as Henry, Gordon, Duncan, Bill and Ben etc.
25:40: I should note that the first 6 episodes were actually filmed primarily in a 4:3 aspect ratio and supposedly, the rest of the season was gonna be filmed that way too. That's probably why the sets look empty, they were likely designed with the 4:3 ratio in mind. However, during production of the first 6 episodes, the UK TV standards supposedly changed from 4:3 to 16:9, and as a result, some of the shots in the first 6 episodes were filmed in 16:9, and the rest of the season would be filmed in that ratio too, aside from stock footage from previous seasons, music videos, and a rare couple of shots in the episodes themselves (see Percy's Chocolate Crunch and World's Strongest Engine as examples).
I have been here since 50 subs and the editing gets better with every episode you make I am exited to see what you have in future
Thank you for sticking by my channel that long!
38:25 that’s what I’m saying! When I last watched middle engine a couple weeks ago, I was super confused, because the fat controller punished Percy for being pushed onto the loading ramp but meanwhile Henry got off Scott free.
Technically, it wasn’t Henry’s fault as he didn’t see Percy behind him. And another thing, where were the other workmen? Wouldn’t they have noticed Percy behind and got Henry to stop on time or heard Percy cry out for someone to shut off the coal hopper’s ramp? Where were they? Why didn’t anyone hear Percy’s “HELP! I’M NOT A TRUCK!”
32:51 woah. *woah.* i got a huge nostalgia blast. i remember vividly that little engines was my favorite song from the show when i was a kid, despite growing up during the hit era. i think it was the percy's chocolate crunch dvd that had it.
You're so insightful ,a lot of thought has gone into this
Thank you 😊
46:26 - I actually might do that on my channel using Tomy Trains.
I feel like bill and ben’s enthusiasm was a direct response to cranky’s distain
K, I was on the fence with this vid, but then ya talked about the "Percy getting shunted into the hopper by Henry" thing in Middle engine, and....
THANK YOU! I've never seen ANYONE call out the fact that HENRY should've been punished instead!😩
Even as a kid I thought Percy getting punished was bullshit!😑
No Arry and Bert the Scrapyard diesels should get punished for making James and Percy middle engines.
@@Matts_Conrail_Chicago_Mainline I also had that VHS before my mom threw it out
I actually rewatched Scaredy Engines today and I love how despite how Thomas treated Percy, Percy still feels bad for Thomas and goes to the sheds. That is so wholesome!!
31:11 I really like that small jingle.
I’m excited for this video. Salty is the best new character in this season, he wouldn’t feel out of place in the Railway Series.
His Railway Series book would feature Buffer Bother, The Worlds Strongest Engine, Salty’s Secret and Gordon Takes A Tumble.
I have two theories:
A. TATMR is set on an alternate universe
B. TATMR was all a dream by Thomas
I believe an alternative universe.
I’ve never had major issues with Thomas and the Magic Railroad out of nostalgia, but if you wanted to write it out of the canon it could just be a story made up by Thomas or Edward.
I like to believe TATMR took place in Thomas‘s dream more than during season two theory
Another unpopular opinion: I don't think Rusty Saves the Day is as bad as people thinks it is. Yes, it messes up the continuity and Skarloey's persona, it does show of Skarloey, Rheneas and Rusty's friendship. I also don't think Edward the Really Useful Engine is as bad.
I see what you mean and true the friendship they have in this episode is great
It's just that continuity change really rubs me the wrong way
@@usualblokeluke that's cool. Do you think Season 7 is pretty good?
@@dannythehipster5644 yeah I think it's pretty good
@@usualblokeluke I think it's better than 6.
Unpopular opinion, I don't think Baldwin is that bad here. He's just a bit quiter here, not necessarily bored, but not necessarily engaged. It's a mixed bag with him, also he did great with the Jack episodes. I also think Season 7's music is better than 6.
@@usualblokeluke another thing: I don't think STS had bad intentions, it's charming, and Carlin is a godly narrator but what it led to... eh, also good intentions, but it ruined the realism that Series 1-5 (5 to an extent) was going for and for what make the show so highly held in the 80s-90s. Thankfully, 6-8 aren't too bad, but 9-16, just no. Thankfully 17-21 fixed (almost) everything. Past 21, we don't speak of it...
34:02 I remember when I was little, I once had a nightmare where the owl from "Boo Boo Choo Choo" jumped out of the TV
I think the moral of "Middle Engine" is "If you get stuck in the middle, you can always expect the worst things to come."
Mattel must take notes on “Edward The Really Useful Engine” from this season to show how valuable Edward is to the NWR fleet. Instead of outright replacing him (alongside Henry) with Nia and Rebecca.
on bill and ben wanting to listen to salty's stories? part of it may be a genuine interest but i think it was also cuz they saw how much cranky DIDN'T want to listen to his story
bill and ben love to make mischief
Good point
So far, my only worst episode from this season is "Middle Engine", because Sir Topham Hatt punishes Percy for something that was entirely out of his control, and Arry and Bert don't get punished for their actions. I find "Rusty Saves The Day" an okay episode, but it could've been better. I pretty much enjoyed entirely the rest of the episodes from this season. I find "Percy and the Haunted Mine" understandable, because I think Percy has every right to be scared, and by god, the scary scenes with the sinking buildings traumatized a bunch of children, which I'm pretty sure they felt the same way as Percy did in that episode.
Trust me bruh. If STH wronging Percy in "Middle Engine" felt out of character for STH, just wait til Bloke covers "Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure" and has to contend with Thomas and the Fat Controller's little feud.
FINALLY another fan who likes 'Percy and the Haunted Mine'
@@fanofeverything30465 Same also tbh.
@@supermariof0521 TBF, the conflict between Thomas and STH is more understandable. Thomas was constantly making excuses instead of owning up to his mistakes and carelessness. So when he gets punished for the dynamite incident Thomas slowly begins to realize how stupid he’s been. The next time he sees TFC, he tries to own up to his mistakes only for STH to reassure his pride in Thomas. It also helps that Ryan helped vouch for him.
@@SplashSurfer216 True, though one thing that could've EASILY fixed the dynamite scene? Had any of the dozens of witnesses cut Fat Boy off before he can say anything and be like "Sir! Thomas saved us!", and Ryan could try and explain what happened but than Thomas would try to actually take the blame and say it wouldn't have happened had Thomas not forgotten to warn Ryan about the bad coal. Fatty McHatty would firmly but fairly be like "I see.". Like he'd be disappointed that Thomas inadvertedly caused the dynamite to be prematurely ignited, but Thomas would question why he's not scolding him again, while also being cross with himself for realizing all the sh.t he caused due to his own carelessness and think maybe the construction sight would be better off if he wasn't there, much to Fatty's concern.
Season 6 was one of the seasons I personally grew up with, along with seasons 4 and 5. I admit of being blinded by nostalgia, but as we grow older, we learn to accept that it isn’t hate, but fair feedback and criticism. And it’s a shame (in my opinion) that this became the downfall of a show I still hold dearly to me that I have to keep a secret of when Thomas these days is portrayed as a baby’s show when it was hard work production of models, one voiced characters, beautifully designed sets and appropriate language for a young child that’s starting to grow up.
Regardless, while seasons 1 - 6 shaped my love for a blue tank engine with a face on him, he will always be that really useful engine I adored. We do not mention anything post season 6
Do you think Season 6 makes Thomas a baby show? I don’t think so
@@Ethan-ey4jx read it again. I said “when Thomas THESE DAYS is portrayed as a baby’s show when it WAS hard work production (including season 6) of models)”
@@LFPman Then Season 6 is at a time where Thomas is NOT a baby show. It’s still made the show like Seasons 1-5
@@Ethan-ey4jx season 6 feels weird
One thing I can't understand about Season 6 is why Callan station suddenly becomes the main goods yard for a lot of the stories. In Percy's Chocolate Crunch he picks the train up from Callan to take it to the Chocolate factory which is near Brendam according to the Unlucky Tug map. Surely he should have collected the train from Brendam or Knapford instead of going all the way along Ducks branch line and then come all the way back again. The same applies to Middle Engine where he's seen travelling through Callan to reach the coaling plant which is at Tidmouth Station according to the Unlucky Tug map again. This series is good but has some major continuity errors with locations for certain episodes.
I'm also with you about Edward bullying Harvey. Especially since he was bullied by the other Tender engines in Season 1 so I'd of thought the writers would have either kept him quiet or had him try to shut the other engines up in that scene.
Yeah it was very odd for Edward to start acting like that. Having him say nothing at all would've been fine enough but the fact they went out of their way to make him dislike Harvey was so weird. Though thankfully not as bad as how he was handled in Edward Strikes Out.
I think he was just going along the crowd mentally As to the locations being wrong the visuals may not be wholly accurate to the events they're depicting
@@fanofeverything30465 come on. Edward is the oldest standard gauge engine on Sodor. Dyou honestly think he's vain enough to care if the other engines don't like him standing up for Harvey? If anything it would at least stop them bullying him if respecting him for being different is too challenging for them for some reason
@@jacobmassey3897 I know it's not a very good explanation but it was the best I could come up with. EDIT I now have a much better explanation that Edward fears that with all the new technology arriving on Sodor he will become obsolete
my top most favorite episodes from season 6
1 Harvey to the Rescue episode 2 UK Michael Angelis
2 Twin Trouble episode 10 UK Michael Angelis
3 Percy and the Haunted Mine episode 13 US Alec Baldwin
4 Thomas the Jet Engine episode 22 UK Michael Angelis
Bestest Episode
1 Gordon Takes a Tumble episode 17 US Michael Brandon
my top most okay and decent episodes from season 6
1 Scaredy Engines episode 12 UK Michael Angelis
2 Buffer Bother episode 19 US Alec Baldwin
3 Thomas, Percy and the Squeak episode 21 US Alec Baldwin
Okay Decent Episode
1 Rusty Saves the Day episode 25 US Alec Baldwin
Worstest Episode
1 Middle Engine episode 14 US Alec Baldwin
The New York Central railway in the states did experiment with jet power, so I can see Thomas and the Jet Engine working in reality
Gordon saying “Definitely a caluratura” is very funny in the US dub.
I actually liked Thomas, Percy, And The Squeak and Alec Baldwin is actually pretty good in this one besides Jack Jumps In, Saltys Secret, Rusty Saves The Day and Percy’s Chocolate Crunch.
39:38 Now that you mentioned it, we hardly see the Scottish Twins together in Season 3, they each get their own spotlight episode individually, and Donald has more frequent roles than Douglas.
52:35 - Matt, it was Edward who said that. I wish it was Gordon though.
Part of season 6 was recorded in 4:3 full screen and cropped but the other part was recorded in widescreen I don’t understand why if you look at the 4:3 versions it is noticeable
Is there anyway to watch the 4:3 version? I tried looking to no avail
@@usualblokeluke I could only find episode 1 the rest I think where blocked for copyright ruclips.net/video/hU3YIeV-pzY/видео.html
@@usualblokeluke What's even worse is how the UK got the show in proper Widescreen in 2003. Meanwhile the US couldn't be bothered getting it's Season 7 onward releases in Widescreen til 2014 with the Season 18 release, "Spills and Thrills".
@@supermariof0521 oh yeah I think I remember seeing something about that
Very strange that they did that to Thomas' home media releases in the US for so many years
@@usualblokeluke Heck even with VHS releases, since UK VHS tapes could output via SCART, they looked and sounded WAY better than US takes that couldn't go above composite. Makes me jealous that the US didn't just adopt UK's VHS tech.
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Did he not notice the station in Oliver’s find was Toby’s old line?
I did get confused over this
I heard one source it was the same shed and another source saying it wasn't lol
You know... I figured the biggest missed opportunity, throught the series, was basically not taking more advantage of the chocolate factory in Percy's Chocolate Crunch.
I mean, other than basically having a bit of a jab at just how long it'd take to recover from such a humiliating incident, they could've easily introduced the sort of founder and icon of the factory, Mr Jolly, as well as introduced an engine who'd end up working as the factory's own shunter, who could've easily been a throwback to the Cadbury no.1 shunter.
Plus, also maybe some dynamic between the new engine and Percy, and how Percy likely wouldn't have quite gotten over the fact, that he ended up crashing all the way through a factory and wound up covered in chocolate.
Had no idea this Cadbury no.1 shunter was a thing until you just mentioned it.
I'm now curious to look into this engine because an engine built to work for a chocolate factory sounds fascinating.
@@usualblokeluke Yep. Ended up first seeing the engine in a book once.
Plus, I could imagine an engine like that not officially having a name, originally, but basically went by a nickname, between workers, until the name practically stuck, like "Brownie", or something.
@@usualblokeluke You know, as an update on railway history, Thomas & the Jet Engine might not be AS unrealistic as people think it is. Because turns out, there ACTUALLY were experimental trains that ran on a jet engine.
So, whilst still kind of ridiculous, it actually is more plausable than people gave it credit for.
Just look up the Turbojets online, if you're not convinced.
40:10 Donald's eye did a bounce
12:00 its funny cause those r some of the shows most iconic momments
Heyy "Down By The Dockside" was a HIT for me lol (double puns intented) 👍🏾👍🏾😏👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Hehey good pun lol
@@usualblokeluke thank you my good friend and thank you for your reviews and more 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
@@Scales_of_lyfe same, I love down by the docks too 👍
I love those series 1 close up shots of the engines running in the countryside
40:12. That scene's funny, but it's kind of funnier in the US dub. I slightly giggle at that version, and cause I'm a nostalgic kermudgeon for it.
Fun Fact:Season 6 Was the last Classic Season in the US.
Unless if you wanna count season seven which only three episodes that have the original Mike and Junior music along with Michael Brandon’s narrations that was on the Thomas and the jet engine VHS/DVD
I’m heavily nostalgic for this season, as the Jet Engine DVD was the one I watched the most and probably my first Thomas DVD.
Also, I really love the look of Season 6, I don’t know why.
not the Boo Boo Choo Choo slander😭and percy being dumb is kinda cute lol but i agree with everything else
I like how the narrators make the characters's voices echo at the smelters in "Scaredy Engines".
Regarding Series 6 as well as Series 7, I've gotta say this: Unlike the previous series'...I never saw a single Episode of them as a little kid. This Was because the German (my native language's) Dub skipped these two series' for some reason. I didn’t watch any episodes until I was in 3rd or 4th grade when I stumbled upon the english dubs on RUclips, but because my English was rather limited back then (compared to today) I didn’t understand much of the Dialog.
The top 3 episodes I would consider my favs would be Twin Trouble, James and the Red Balloon and Edward the Very Useful Engine
Ah, the series that marked the end of the golden age of Thomas, as it entered its brief silver one…
A big permanent change up to series 12 that always bugged me us why Thomas's cab gained a ugly black cylinder taking up space. That is an eyesore that continues to bug me
I think season 6 was underrated not the best but like 100 times better then bwba and the Miller era. The music was good especially Donald and Douglas theme, definitely nostalgic and with a few tweaks could've been as good as season 5
Absolutely
Had Gullane not been in a post-magic railroad fatigue, Series 6 could've been fantastic
They still did good, just not brilliant
@@usualblokeluke The biggest difference between Gullane and the BWBA era is that Gullane gives more of a fuck than BWBA. And I’m talking about comparing Series 6-7 to Thomas of today.
All the songs in this season are bangers, Luke. Never Never Never Give Up, Down By The Docks, James the Really Splendid Engine, Boo Boo Choo-Choo, Little Engines, and Winter Wonderland, all bangers!!!
He thinks 100 is big, in two weeks it's almost hit 1000! Keep up the good work you Cheeky Bloke
In one shot of "James & The Red Balloon", when Percy pulls up to Thomas, Percy is pulling trucks. But, when Percy asks Thomas about the balloon, the trucks have disappeared.
I've been counting down the days of this'un. This man deserves more subscribers!
Also Thomas the jet engine is the best episode hand down
this man has too much drip for a channel below 1k
I have a soft spot for this season. I remember being really excited when it came out because there had been a drought of new Thomas content after Magic Railroad came out.
My Top 5
5. Gordon Takes a Tumble
4. Scaredy Engines
3. No Sleep for Cranky
2. Harvey to the Rescue
1. Thomas the Jet Engine
Least Favorite: Rusty Saves the Day
But at least 13 episodes had been made for Jack and the pack and did made its way onto DVD in 2006 back then.
Indeed
Just a shame it was changed so early on in its development
Never saw season 6 &7 as a kid because they didn 't have a german dub .This why I saw this season last year.
So would you say that if Season 6 had the Bright Bold Colours of Season 4 with the Matte Paint, would it still be an issue?
Hard to say
It all depends on the quality of the paint itself and how they're lit which series 6 did not manage well at all
Honestly i was surprised Harvey only really got 2 episodes. He must have had a good impact in his first episode as remember him having much more of a presence and being in much more episodes i think even appearing with Rocky at some point. The potential he had wasn’t at all horrible either as a crane engine in a show where an accident happens in nearly every episode alone gives him plenty of opportunities to interact with other characters not to mention other utilities he might have due to being a Crane. Might be one of if not the most underused character in the series and that’s saying alot.
Season 6 is for a downgrade for me but it' s still great season with great new characters ,fun moments ,strong writting and good episodes.
Top 5 episodes:
1.A Friend in need
2.Jack jumps in
3.Toby had a little lamb
4.Percy' s choclate crunch
5.Gordon takesca tumble
Ranking and Rating :
1.Season 5 : 10/10
2.Season 3: 10/10
3.Season 4 : 9 ,5/10
4.Season 2: 9,5/10
5.Season 1:9/10
6.Season 6:8/10
Jack and the Pack episodes would have spawned a spin-off series but only 13 episodes were made and the remaining episodes were scrapped after Hit Entertainment bought Gullane and they thought it would be almost identical to Bob The Builder, Hit Entertainment’s other construction themed show.
@@mariobabbo3497 L HiT
Me when I see the characters act out of line: *Roblox OOF Sound intensifies*
26:14 I’ll be honest I feel like it looks better in season one mostly because of the overall scenery and the angle of the shots. I guess it just looks better the angle and I don’t mind it being overused, but you get tired of it when it’s in a more boring position.
Have you really grown THAT MUCH in only a year and a half? That's incredible!
5:14 fun fact: there were plans for a tatmr 2 movie but canceled for obvious reasons!
Percy saying "Hello J-j-james" in the US dub of "Jack Frost" definitely left me chuckling.
6 and 7 should be considered classic series tbh. Mitton was there doing his thing, so it counts. Compared to the complete garbage that came in 8 and onwards it's fine. Not great, just fine.
10:30 please lemme yoink this and make it a meme.
"BE POSTMAN PAT!"
sorry it feels like a meme waiting to happen
Another episode I would like to call out for great humor is James and the Red Balloon. The character pairing for it is perfect and gives an absurd story of two idiots convincing each other of something ridiculous.
Middle engine is a stinker. It is hilarious in the American dub especially because of tacky editing; not just of the footage, but also of the narration. Shots from a later scene used earlier on (hope that made sense), and one specific voice clip added wherever they needed a specific word or phrase. Listen closely, and you will discover that every occurrence of the word "coal" is the same clip.
Yeah I heard about that in Thomas1Edward2Henry3"s video on his bottom 8 classic series episodes
Watched the US dub of that episode myself and wow what a tacky mess
@@usualblokeluke Funny enough, I remember Thomasfan261 mentioned that another reason why HIT shot down the Jack spinoff series, was because prior to buying Thomas, the same year that Series 5 came out, HIT brought out their series about sentient construction vehicles. That being "Bob The Builder".
@@usualblokeluke So I guess HIT didn't want a Thomas spinoff with construction vehicles, competing with their own Construction series, even though the Pack series and BTB are both radically different in terms of tone. The Pack was more or less the same action packed in nature as Thomas, while BTB is basically what would happen if "All Engines Go" actually had effort put into it.
@@supermariof0521 Huh kinda interesting now that i think about it. 2 different construction vehicle shows with 2 very different tones and stories competing with each. That would've been something.
i just had this thought. you know how in scaredy engines duck helped percy scare Thomas? also how the unlucky tug has a theory about Thomas and duck having a rivalry? maybe that is why Thomas hates duck so much, and why duck hates Thomas so much
A good point. Duck would doubly want to help out Percy considering he was the first friend he made on Sodor
37:57 the thing that annoys me about that episode aside from what you said is how Percy’s driver doesn’t see the thing sink into the ground at first like how the hell do you miss that!?
The world of Thomas and Friends
Or more like Thomas and the selective hearing 😂
Middle engine was even worse in the US dub, there is an annoying quirk in the narration editing every time the word “Coal” is said, it’s the same audio clip just cut in mid sentence, and it’s really jarring once you notice it.
I didn’t like Middle Engine when I was younger because it shocked me because of the scene when Percy was pushed on the loading ramp of the coal hopper.
This was the last season I watched as a kid, it was during season 7 I moved on from Thomas and started to be interested in other things. But season 6 is one I still look at fondly, mainly because of salty and Gordon’s crash.
Despite being a series 6 song, Little Engines only has 1 scene from season 6, but it was a deleted scene. @Usual Bloke Luke
I consider series 6 and 7 classic series simply because the new characters fit in to the universe.
😂😂😂😂 10:30 also i know your saying its a rubish joke but i cant help laughing at it 22:14
These opinion videos are great! Keep up the good work, king!