I will never not laugh at the 'my doctor has forbidden me to pull/push' gag. It's even funnier in CGI, because the framing device implies that Edward is poking fun at Topham.
27:49 Cinders and ashes are a steam engine's waste products, right? So when they cry *"cinders and ashes!"* it's their way of saying *"shit and piss!"* and I love that.
I think what I love about the Brenner era is how the team didn’t forget about the original series. For obvious reasons they changed some things, but making it quite consistent with the original stuff was something Brenner and his crew did a fine job at. Great video as usual, Nic!
Adventure Continues by arc minister of old iron Thomas come to breakfast flying kipper Edward exploits James buzz buzz 4 little engines home at last and special funnel
To this day I NEVER gonna understand how the DRIVER did not relize there where no coaches. We cant fully blame Thomas here, clearley his driver and fireman where asleep too
Well then, they've probably been asleep every other time Thomas got into an accident, whether because of his own recklessness or someone else's. If so, then Sir Topham Hatt needs to straight up fire them lol.
There has been at least a few cases in real life. For example, the Great Eastern Railway ran so-called "Jazz trains". They served north east suburbs of London, and were quite possibly the most hectic services in the entire country. A passenger train would arrive at the end of its service, and crews and workers usually had only ten minutes to serve a train and clear the platform (sometimes less), including having to change engines or run around trains. It was extremely important trains left on time, as any delays had a huge domino effect on following trains. There was apparently more than one case where a tank engine left the station without coaches. Sometimes it was caught quickly, but there was at least one case where it wasn't until the train made it to the next station that the crew noticed they left behind their train!
The Railway Series version of the story made more sense, and even Tug brought it up in his Thomas Debunked video. As confirmed by a track plan of Vicarstown(the big station used in the books), Thomas only got as far as the Yard Entrance. That signalbox he stopped at and realized the mistake, was the one for the Vicarstown station. Meaning he only traveled like a few meters or a mile.
You can tell Season 1 was probably their favorite to recreate flashbacks because they were the one's everyone remembers and the easiest ones to recreate. 😂😊
I just realised that there's a flashback to the first Thomas thing narrated by Michael Angelis in the last Thomas thing narrated by Michael Angelis... fitting.
@jasminejohnston6393 Michael angelis died in 2020 so I think when he stopped narrating thomas and friends he just retired so yeah Michael angelis died in 2020
@@ShiningTimeStudios475 I think Joseph’s performance in SLOTLT is probably the most incredible Thomas performance any actor has ever given. While I think John was more consistent, Joseph did an incredible job too.
You missed the time “The Sad Story of Henry” was referenced in Season 20 Episode 21, “Henry in the Dark,” where Gordon teases Henry by saying the “Once an engine attached to a train” rhyme to him.
The CGI era's care towards the classic series and even the railway series remembering those older episodes is always a W in my book. Edit:One thing I noticed is that when the trucks were pushing James he went down Thomas's branch line meaning the cow field has to be down there
Down The Mine is so popular that the Carlin US dub is on many vhs tapes and DVDs over the years. A shame that the conclusion Thomas Meets Tge Queen only saw on dvd release for the Best Of Thomas dvd version
For the flashbacks in Thomas , Terrence And The Snow, Percy And Harold, Diesel Does It Again I would love if they got the locations done correctly for the CGI series.
@@fanofeverything30465 maybe so but I still would've loved to see them do that simply Awdry himself had come up with the whole Island Of Sodor in the 1st place.
I really love how casual some of these callbacks are, like the Engines are talking about these adventures like fond memories they have.😊 Also I really wish they had made that Gordon episode it sounds hilarious.
According to your comments, there are a couple minor callbacks I did in fact miss. They are as follows: "The Sad Story of Henry" In Season 20's Henry in the Dark, the engines tease Henry for always being scared and Gordon recites the opening rhyme of that episode, recalling the time Henry stayed in the tunnel because he was afraid of the rain. Henry also says "Chicken pox are scarier than RAIN" in Season 19's Henry Spots Trouble. "The Flying Kipper" In 2013's King of the Railway, Gordon laments Henry needing special coal, to which Toby responds "That was fixed years ago!", referring to Henry's rebuild in this episode. I can't believe I forgot this one! "Special Funnel" and "Steamroller" In Season 24's The Great Little Railway Show, Peter Sam brags about his special funnel, and Sir Handel brags about his wheels. Both things are introduced in their respective episodes, though they aren't really recalling events from them so I don't think this one really counts. I think that's it, though I wouldn't be surprised if there's more. Comment below if you know of others!
Edward Said that Phillip reminds him of a engine who wanted to see the world, refering to Thomas Making him Blush. (Sniffs) Has Anyone Got any Tissues? Because our Little blue Engine has all grown up! Until AEG that is.
In Tale Of The Brave, Henry mentions to James “you meant to deliver fish, not swim with them!” As a loose callback to “Something In The Air” if that counts?
one thing i like about the CGI flashbacks are they can go into more detail about things they couldn't do with models, James' crash was certainly a lot better as we saw it happen
The bit about James pushing Henry out in _The Adventure Begins_ gets better when you realized the red engine that tried in the books was meant to be James. That's what Awdry intended but had to change it when kids questioned why James was red, then black on his first day, then red again.
I actually quite like James with the black paint job. The red trimming really adds to it and it's really nice. Then again black is my favorite color so I'm a little biased.
It's amazing how many callbacks there are to the classic series, even in Big World! Big Adventures!, and it's all thanks to the writers who still care for Thomas. 👏 I certainly enjoyed The Adventure Begins for all its recreations of series 1, a childhood favourite of mine. 😀
Holy crap I didn’t realize how Season 1 was THE most frequently callback season. Yeah it’s the 1st season and lots of it was because of The Adventure Begins, but just whoa, that realization completely slipped past me XD Great video dude^^
This was - as always - a really great video! Personally though, i think I would've structured it slightly differently, as in, instead of working the refrences back through the classic series, I would've worked my way through the CGI series itself, talking about how they evolved over time. I think it would've helped with alot of the context of the references too, with why they were being brought up, because I do think there is a storta evolution to how they refrences the classic stuff in the CGI series, and how the CGI canon slowly changed over time. haha, this is also a video idea I've been toying around with for awhile, I must do it at some point!
ALSO just a few refrences i've thought of off the top of my head. I think Peter Sam and Sir Handel mentioned "Special Funnel" and "Steamroller" in The Great Little Railway Show. In Big World Adventures, Thomas talks about wanting to go see the world, which is a call back to Thomas & the Trucks. In Henry and the Dark, Gordon says "Once an Engine attached to a train was a afraid of a few drops of rain". In Cranky at the end of the line, the line that cranky says is quite similar to his introduction line. In The Other Side of the Mountain, Thomas and Bertie talk about him flying, which is a call back to Bertie's line at the end of "Thomas & Bertie". Lost Treasure has the same line about Thomas' firebox in "Thomas & Gordon" from Series 1. In The Thomas Way, a screen shot from Series 6 is used, while not an episode references, it is a call back to the model series with the photo. And I think thats about it
@@ThomasTheorist I'm surprised Michael White's episodes didn't show up much in this video, considering he's the one everyone associates with fan nods.
In the “where in the world is Thomas” song the line “he could have strayed into a woodland on a track that’s overgrown” could’ve been interpreted as a reference to the great discovery but more likely referring to hiro of the rails
I still think The Fat Controller standing idly by while everyone is pulling Henry out from the tunnel to which leads him making an excuse by claiming his doctor had forbidden him to both pull AND push is one of the funniest things from the Classic Series that I still laugh to this day just because of how the line and scenario was delivered perfectly in both the Narrative and CGI versions. 9:56
Such a shame that the adventure begins footage had to be pixelated, but it's always an pleasure to hear your opinions, Unlucky tug :) those flash backs really bring me back!
No one gonna talk about the fact that the Brenner Era did go back and recalled two HiT episodes? Also, this could be a good source to mapping out the CGI Timeline of Thomas.
The CGI series loves it's callback. Back when the Brenner era was in it's prime it was a treat seeing them happen. And yeah, if only we could turn back time.
40:50-41:08 I don't think it's really that strange though because Unscheduled Stops was 14 years later from Bulgy Rides Again, Thomas could've easily forgotten about Bulgy cause he never really knew him for any prolonged time at all, and Bulgy not being the most trustworthy of characters back in Season 3 was going to use shortcuts to gradually rid the engine race, and on his first day of plotting on the Little Western he was trying to get to the other side of Tidmouth's terminus before Duck until he found he wasn't big enough to fit under a bridge, and Thomas was one of the engines at the other side of the terminus when Duck reclaimed the passengers, and after Duck probably telling Thomas how troublesome Bulgy was doesn't that speak volumes for mistrust?
Chapters: Intro - 0:00 Season 1 - 3:12 Season 2 - 32:30 Season 3 - 36:24 Season 4 - 41:10 Season 5? - 44:37 Season 6 - 44:59 Season 7 - 47:26 Season 8 - 48:41 Season 9 - 49:24 The Callback to The Railway Series - 49:58 Conclusion + Announcements - 51:23
Strange that Season 5 didn’t have that much callbacks. It would’ve been interesting to have episodes recalling those episodes. Whether it’s Cranky’s first day at the docks being cranky and later got toppled by a tramp steamer, the engines having trouble with lorries, Gordon crashing through a station, James having trouble with a tree, Percy feeling put upon with too much work,Toad being a runaway train, Duncan getting spooked believing he saw a ghost train on the old iron bridge or the engines experience with a boulder. Plus it would’ve been cool to see Derek, Old Slow Coach, Bertram, or Old Bailey again as well as bring George back for an episode and give Thumper and episode and recall Rusty and the Boulder.
I have something to say about Oliver in Toad's Adventure, Maybe he doesnt mention Douglas being involved because he may be talking about when he escaped from the scrap yard BEFORE he was found by Douglas, remember when in the books he was moving through England to avoid being found by the diesels and scrapped by British Rail? Well, maybe in Toad's Adventure he is talking about that time and not when Douglas found him, and toad remembering may be just a TV addition
@@fanofeverything30465that could be, but Duncan was mentioned by a couple narrow gauge engines in season 16 even though he hadn’t returned to the series at that point.
It just dawned on me that the nitrogen era “down the mine” location is far more accurate than the one from season 23. That shouldn’t be shocking, but I thought it was worth noting how they look different.
Even if they were different canons, the events of the models series are clearly still canon to the cgi series. And yes, characters like BoCo, Duke, Stepney, Arthur, Murdoch and Molly still exist.
You missed the reference to Wrong Road in Tale of the Brave. After the cold open, Sir Topham Hatt states, “While they (Bill and Ben) may be better known for playing tricks on their fellow engines.” Gordon says, “You can say that again.” which referenced the point in Wrong Road when they tricked Gordon into thinking they were going to dump him in the sea because they made it seem as if they didn’t know that it was Gordon they were around.
It’s quite a shocker when you realize the CGI series was more consistent with lore than the model series. Like Rheneas was consistently in the background in season four when he should’ve been at the works being mended.
One that was missed for 'Thomas & Gordon' was when in SLOTLT, the narrator says "His fire had gone out, and there wasn't enough steam!" I really like this video! Honestly, I'm kind of a sucker for callbacks and references to past events since it shows that continuity exists. I was surprised to see that one from 'Percy & the Magic Carpet'. I also think that the "He could've bashed into some buffers" line was a reference to 'Thomas & the Trucks' since Gordon hits the buffers at Maron Station like Thomas did. If not, it was probably a reference to 'Thomas the Quarry Engine' where the same thing happens. Anyway, nice job, Tug!
What would've been better is actually seeing Douglas crush the Spiteful Brakevan being recreated. Seeing actual actions in motion so the consequences are more severe..
It’s insane how even though we got the narrow gauge engines in CGI, there were never any callbacks to them in season 4. I would’ve loved to see a CGI flashback of Gallant Old Engine
I must say, that's a great video of callbacks. Shows that model and CGI events are both in the same show thus same continuity regardless of differences.
Great video! It was so fun to revisit the CGI series! I hate to be that guy, but Hunt the Truck technically has 2 callbacks. The title itself is a reference to Mavis and Ben says “got to see a coach about a train”, referring to Ghost Train. Not sure if these fall under your “Little Engines can do Big Things” rule, but I thought I might mention them
18:12 Words can not express how much I loved this scene. The Troublesome Trucks song is probably my favorite song in the series next to “Accidents Will Happen”.
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I really don't know why they couldn't have turned Henry back into his old shape in the Adventure Begins. It would've looked so cool and a great tribute to Season 1. It would've been so easy too. All they had to do was taper the firebox and remove the splashes. It would've only taken like 10 minutes.
Considering they had to twice the amount of movies than what they usually had to for a year, and that the other 2015 movie had a bunch of returnees they had to make models for, it's understandable that they would have to save time/money somewhere. Personally I would've sacrificed Alfie's return to get old shape Henry
@@fanofeverything30465I mean Alfie was like Jack's right hand man it only makes sense Especially since they wanted to bring back Oliver for the gag it'd be weird to not also have Alfie
God I am so chronically online on the thomas wiki because I know about basically all of these. The only one that I never put 2 and 2 together with was with Percy and the Magic Carpet
I find it funny how both versions of Thomas comes to Breakfast has him cause different levels of destruction. Model series Thomas: *crashes into the front of a house, causing thousands worth of property damage and twisting the front of his body* Cgi Thomas: *Pushes just his head into a wall, creating a hole in that could be easily be patched up in a few hours*
my headcanon for all the discrepancies between the cgi-era flashbacks and the actual episodes is that it’s either the engines misremembering some details, or the cgi series takes place in an alternate timeline and certain crashes/incidents are (to quote across the spiderverse) “canon events”
You forgot two references to Trouble in the Shed. In The Adventure Begins, Sir Topham Hatt says the engines will have to shunt their own trains until he can "get another small engine like Thomas," hinting at Percy's eventual arrival to Sodor. And in Season 19, Goodbye Sir Topham Hatt, the station master says "There's trouble in the shed."
A little surprised you forgot this, considering the amount of times that Emily Saves the World was mentioned at the end, but in that episode at the docks, Emily mentions drying off Sodor United’s sticky laundry.
That wasn’t a callback to the model series. All the callbacks done in this video was to the model series. The stinky laundry callback was to another episode in the CGI series.
There was a season 4 callback that you missed. It was from Steam Roller where the engines tease Sir Handel about his wheels which Peter Sam does in season 23's The Great Little Railway Show.
Personally I'd count that sequence on which ever Marvelous Machinery episode in season 24 as a callback to Thomas and the Jet Engine. Id also include what Peter Sam and Sir Handel say in The Great Little Railway Show.
Missing callback: I forget the episode title, but a "snowy" episode had some drivers & firemen standing around commenting on cocoa, a nod to the guys in the brake van in The Fyling Kipper.
It’s also a very anticlimactic one. What could’ve easily been a story where Rebecca’s wheelslip (an issue that Battle of Britain classes suffered from) causes trouble for her is nothing more than a series of poorly done CGI flashbacks and a story where Rebecca remains painfully stagnant.
Side note: Oliver not mentioning Douglas in his escape story is probably because as of season 18, the Scottish twins had not returned to CGI yet, not until SLOTLT and they rarely referenced non returning characters. Amazing vid btw!
Well since they referenced Duncan in season 16, I find it rather weird that they didn’t mention Douglas here, but as Tug said, maybe he was exaggerating about himself.
Well, Duncan was mentioned in season 16 and he hadn’t returned yet, so I don’t believe that’s a good reason for why Olivier never mentioned Douglas. I believe it’s, as Tugs said, he was exaggerating. He always sounds incredibly proud and pompous when retelling his escape.
@@JZJ7777 yeah that does make a lot of sense, I think they always planned for Duncan to return at the time but his IRL counterpart was out of service at the time so they never got its measurements for his CGI Model
Quite a lovely video and of course I always enjoyed when the CGI would reference the old. However I realize earlier you forgot the references made in season 24's great little Railway show about Peter Sam's special funnel and the events of steamroller. But other than that you're pretty much got everything else. Keep up the good work Tug.
Wow and people say at times that CGI isnt canon to the classic show. Tbh, I have forgotten some of these references in these episodes but does give a refresher and a quick memory.
They had SO many opportunities to recreate Thomas and Bertie's Great Race. 😂😂😂Easily could've done it all the way back in Thomas takes a Shortcut or even Unscheduled Stops for Heaven's sake! 😢😢😂😂
Something I want to say is that another different is that in Thomas in the brakedown train, James we lifted on the track without his tender connected to him. In the adventure begins, he is lifted on the track with his tender connected to him.
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I will never not laugh at the 'my doctor has forbidden me to pull/push' gag. It's even funnier in CGI, because the framing device implies that Edward is poking fun at Topham.
I personally think sir topham hat needs a new doctor one that doesn't forbid him from doing things like push an pull
@@Mildcat743 He's just making an excuse
worst doctor ever
Yes, I love that too! I also love how annoyed his assistants look with Sir Topham Hatt not helping.
John Hassler's Thomas voice is great. He can sound so innocent, sassy, or done with everything.
Agreed. I grew up hearing the UK dubs when I was younger.
Honestly I think Jonathan Hasler, DieselD199/Trent Stanley and Keiko Toda/戸田 恵子 make great Thomas voices
What about Joseph May?
Agreed; John Hasler is the best voice for Thomas in my opinion. 😃
@@randomnessetc5600 Joseph May is fine, but I prefer the UK voices.
27:49 Cinders and ashes are a steam engine's waste products, right? So when they cry *"cinders and ashes!"* it's their way of saying *"shit and piss!"* and I love that.
I only just noticed that
UCK. Not another brony today
Same
holy shit just realised that
holy shit that's right
I love it when shows have continuity because it makes everything feel connected, and these Thomas flashbacks are great.
I think what I love about the Brenner era is how the team didn’t forget about the original series. For obvious reasons they changed some things, but making it quite consistent with the original stuff was something Brenner and his crew did a fine job at. Great video as usual, Nic!
Adventure Continues by arc minister of old iron Thomas come to breakfast flying kipper Edward exploits James buzz buzz 4 little engines home at last and special funnel
Hooray. You finally got your channel back.
@@joshuaW5621 nope, I didn’t. Unfortunately I lost all my content, though this is my new channel.
@@toomuchtoby1well either way it’s great to have you back.
And shows that model events does happen in CGI thus same continuity despite differences.
24:55 The way it cuts to James _screaming_ in fear for, like, two seconds, only to immediately cut back to present James is comedy gold
Literally is a family guy cutaway
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@@superemeraldproductions I wonder if that was supposed to be a reference to Family Guy
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James had a PTSD flashback lol
I love that “apparently” from Sir Topam hat. Like he knows Gordon is just being dramatic
I know! I loved that too.
James’ crash in The Adventure Begins truly shows what you can do with CGI as a medium for this show
I just love the CGI era mainly because of the voice actors they give so much depth and feel to each character.
To this day I NEVER gonna understand how the DRIVER did not relize there where no coaches. We cant fully blame Thomas here, clearley his driver and fireman where asleep too
Well then, they've probably been asleep every other time Thomas got into an accident, whether because of his own recklessness or someone else's.
If so, then Sir Topham Hatt needs to straight up fire them lol.
There has been at least a few cases in real life.
For example, the Great Eastern Railway ran so-called "Jazz trains". They served north east suburbs of London, and were quite possibly the most hectic services in the entire country. A passenger train would arrive at the end of its service, and crews and workers usually had only ten minutes to serve a train and clear the platform (sometimes less), including having to change engines or run around trains. It was extremely important trains left on time, as any delays had a huge domino effect on following trains. There was apparently more than one case where a tank engine left the station without coaches. Sometimes it was caught quickly, but there was at least one case where it wasn't until the train made it to the next station that the crew noticed they left behind their train!
@@Dat-Mudkip Oh god I feel so bad fore that Krew the moment they relized this must have bein horrefying
@@neptuneplaneptune3367I can't decipher your words
The Railway Series version of the story made more sense, and even Tug brought it up in his Thomas Debunked video. As confirmed by a track plan of Vicarstown(the big station used in the books), Thomas only got as far as the Yard Entrance. That signalbox he stopped at and realized the mistake, was the one for the Vicarstown station. Meaning he only traveled like a few meters or a mile.
Thomas : *being thrusted at mach 5 across sodor*
Bertie : "want to race thomas?"
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"Nevermind."
Thomas: AAAAAAA-
You can tell Season 1 was probably their favorite to recreate flashbacks because they were the one's everyone remembers and the easiest ones to recreate. 😂😊
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Only thing is, they didn't recreate the line that ahs been gone through the episode "THomas' Truck", it was: "LOOK OUT FOR THE TRAIN"
I just realised that there's a flashback to the first Thomas thing narrated by Michael Angelis in the last Thomas thing narrated by Michael Angelis... fitting.
Poetic
@@fanofeverything30465 It's like poetry, it rhymes.
RIP Michael Angelis…
@jasminejohnston6393 Michael angelis died in 2020 so I think when he stopped narrating thomas and friends he just retired so yeah Michael angelis died in 2020
Hearing all these CGI UK dub clips reminds me how incredible of a Thomas John Hasler is. He will always be the ultimate Thomas.
He and Eddie Glen just ARE Thomas in my book.
HE and JOSEPH, ARE THOMAS in my book. 😊
@@ShiningTimeStudios475 I think Joseph’s performance in SLOTLT is probably the most incredible Thomas performance any actor has ever given. While I think John was more consistent, Joseph did an incredible job too.
@@tomgallagher655 He and Ben Small are Thomas in my opinion
Great video! One of the things that I really respect from the CGI era of Thomas is not completely ignoring the canon
What about minister arc images of CGI Thomas Adventure Continue
@@vanessasandoval96you realise that’s not official right?
@@joshuaW5621 honestly with all the cgi recreated flashbacks I’m surprised Thomas and Bertie was never referenced given how iconic that episode is
@@vanessasandoval96what does that have to do with anything tho?
And shows that model events does took place with CGI events too.
You missed the time “The Sad Story of Henry” was referenced in Season 20 Episode 21, “Henry in the Dark,” where Gordon teases Henry by saying the “Once an engine attached to a train” rhyme to him.
The CGI era's care towards the classic series and even the railway series remembering those older episodes is always a W in my book.
Edit:One thing I noticed is that when the trucks were pushing James he went down Thomas's branch line meaning the cow field has to be down there
The Sad Story of Henry was also mentioned twice in Henry Spots Trouble and Henry in the Dark.
I hate how in the adventure begins, the cranes pick up James and his tender at the same time without his tender coupling snapping from the weight.
31:03 you forgot how in the flashback, Thomas' crew are shown STILL IN THE CAB. Unlike in the original where they were knocked off the fooplate
Down The Mine is so popular that the Carlin US dub is on many vhs tapes and DVDs over the years. A shame that the conclusion Thomas Meets Tge Queen only saw on dvd release for the Best Of Thomas dvd version
They've fallen out in universe We just see them still in the cap because the animation crew didn't know they weren't supposed to be
How else would he be reversing
@@bazboyd44 It's implied that the engines can drive themselves
@@fanofeverything30465 The Watsonian explanation could be that Thomas misremembered.
It’s always such a nice treat seeing the cgi series reference the model series. It shows how much the writers did their research.
i mean most of the writers (if not all) grew up watching those model episodes so they could probably recall it from memory
For the flashbacks in Thomas , Terrence And The Snow, Percy And Harold, Diesel Does It Again I would love if they got the locations done correctly for the CGI series.
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@@joelcartagena953 It's a separate timeline
@@fanofeverything30465 maybe so but I still would've loved to see them do that simply Awdry himself had come up with the whole Island Of Sodor in the 1st place.
I really love how casual some of these callbacks are, like the Engines are talking about these adventures like fond memories they have.😊
Also I really wish they had made that Gordon episode it sounds hilarious.
According to your comments, there are a couple minor callbacks I did in fact miss. They are as follows:
"The Sad Story of Henry"
In Season 20's Henry in the Dark, the engines tease Henry for always being scared and Gordon recites the opening rhyme of that episode, recalling the time Henry stayed in the tunnel because he was afraid of the rain. Henry also says "Chicken pox are scarier than RAIN" in Season 19's Henry Spots Trouble.
"The Flying Kipper"
In 2013's King of the Railway, Gordon laments Henry needing special coal, to which Toby responds "That was fixed years ago!", referring to Henry's rebuild in this episode. I can't believe I forgot this one!
"Special Funnel" and "Steamroller"
In Season 24's The Great Little Railway Show, Peter Sam brags about his special funnel, and Sir Handel brags about his wheels. Both things are introduced in their respective episodes, though they aren't really recalling events from them so I don't think this one really counts.
I think that's it, though I wouldn't be surprised if there's more. Comment below if you know of others!
Edward Said that Phillip reminds him of a engine who wanted to see the world, refering to Thomas Making him Blush.
(Sniffs) Has Anyone Got any Tissues? Because our Little blue Engine has all grown up! Until AEG that is.
In Tale Of The Brave, Henry mentions to James “you meant to deliver fish, not swim with them!” As a loose callback to “Something In The Air” if that counts?
In the Where in the World is Thomas number, Marion and Bill make references to Percy Gets it Right and Something Fishy, respectively.
@@ThomasLover He's not making reference to a specific event
@@TheUnluckyTug_official You should pin this comment
one thing i like about the CGI flashbacks are they can go into more detail about things they couldn't do with models, James' crash was certainly a lot better as we saw it happen
The bit about James pushing Henry out in _The Adventure Begins_ gets better when you realized the red engine that tried in the books was meant to be James. That's what Awdry intended but had to change it when kids questioned why James was red, then black on his first day, then red again.
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What makes this even more ridiculous is that the movie has been publicly uploaded to the Official Thomas RUclips channel.
22:50 *”I’M COMING OFF THE RAILS!!!”*
I actually quite like James with the black paint job. The red trimming really adds to it and it's really nice. Then again black is my favorite color so I'm a little biased.
It's amazing how many callbacks there are to the classic series, even in Big World! Big Adventures!, and it's all thanks to the writers who still care for Thomas. 👏 I certainly enjoyed The Adventure Begins for all its recreations of series 1, a childhood favourite of mine. 😀
Holy crap I didn’t realize how Season 1 was THE most frequently callback season. Yeah it’s the 1st season and lots of it was because of The Adventure Begins, but just whoa, that realization completely slipped past me XD
Great video dude^^
This was - as always - a really great video!
Personally though, i think I would've structured it slightly differently, as in, instead of working the refrences back through the classic series, I would've worked my way through the CGI series itself, talking about how they evolved over time. I think it would've helped with alot of the context of the references too, with why they were being brought up, because I do think there is a storta evolution to how they refrences the classic stuff in the CGI series, and how the CGI canon slowly changed over time. haha, this is also a video idea I've been toying around with for awhile, I must do it at some point!
ALSO just a few refrences i've thought of off the top of my head.
I think Peter Sam and Sir Handel mentioned "Special Funnel" and "Steamroller" in The Great Little Railway Show. In Big World Adventures, Thomas talks about wanting to go see the world, which is a call back to Thomas & the Trucks. In Henry and the Dark, Gordon says "Once an Engine attached to a train was a afraid of a few drops of rain". In Cranky at the end of the line, the line that cranky says is quite similar to his introduction line. In The Other Side of the Mountain, Thomas and Bertie talk about him flying, which is a call back to Bertie's line at the end of "Thomas & Bertie". Lost Treasure has the same line about Thomas' firebox in "Thomas & Gordon" from Series 1. In The Thomas Way, a screen shot from Series 6 is used, while not an episode references, it is a call back to the model series with the photo.
And I think thats about it
@@ThomasTheoristyou and the unlucky tug are the best Thomas RUclipsrs
@@Toysonicandfriends2agreed
I look forward to seeing it
@@ThomasTheorist I'm surprised Michael White's episodes didn't show up much in this video, considering he's the one everyone associates with fan nods.
In the “where in the world is Thomas” song the line “he could have strayed into a woodland on a track that’s overgrown” could’ve been interpreted as a reference to the great discovery but more likely referring to hiro of the rails
Yeah but he strayed into an abandoned town, not a woodland
an abandoned town that he had to go through tree's and bushes to get to@@rustymidlander05
I Think It's From The Great Discovery (2008)
@@obaidulhoquebhuiyan7095 Thank goodness you specified the release date, I would've mistaken it for the other Great Discovery otherwise /s
@@rustymidlander05 What's the other great discovery
I still think The Fat Controller standing idly by while everyone is pulling Henry out from the tunnel to which leads him making an excuse by claiming his doctor had forbidden him to both pull AND push is one of the funniest things from the Classic Series that I still laugh to this day just because of how the line and scenario was delivered perfectly in both the Narrative and CGI versions. 9:56
Such a shame that the adventure begins footage had to be pixelated, but it's always an pleasure to hear your opinions, Unlucky tug :) those flash backs really bring me back!
It always made me so happy they made call backs to the OG seasons
No one gonna talk about the fact that the Brenner Era did go back and recalled two HiT episodes?
Also, this could be a good source to mapping out the CGI Timeline of Thomas.
Joesph May is a good voice for Thomas and definitely love to see the backstories of CGI Thomas Episodes and Model Series Episodes
Tug's new iconic line "This is referred back to in, you guessed it, *Emily saves the world* "
The CGI series loves it's callback. Back when the Brenner era was in it's prime it was a treat seeing them happen.
And yeah, if only we could turn back time.
52:21 maybe someday, we could have another great comeback for Thomas. And who knows, maybe we could even get more callbacks to the model series then.
Take a shot every time Tug says "In this episode" or "in this one"
And you better do it with milkshakes.
@@s.p.d.magentaranger1822because you'd die if you did it with anything else. And even then
40:50-41:08 I don't think it's really that strange though because Unscheduled Stops was 14 years later from Bulgy Rides Again, Thomas could've easily forgotten about Bulgy cause he never really knew him for any prolonged time at all, and Bulgy not being the most trustworthy of characters back in Season 3 was going to use shortcuts to gradually rid the engine race, and on his first day of plotting on the Little Western he was trying to get to the other side of Tidmouth's terminus before Duck until he found he wasn't big enough to fit under a bridge, and Thomas was one of the engines at the other side of the terminus when Duck reclaimed the passengers, and after Duck probably telling Thomas how troublesome Bulgy was doesn't that speak volumes for mistrust?
Chapters:
Intro - 0:00
Season 1 - 3:12
Season 2 - 32:30
Season 3 - 36:24
Season 4 - 41:10
Season 5? - 44:37
Season 6 - 44:59
Season 7 - 47:26
Season 8 - 48:41
Season 9 - 49:24
The Callback to The Railway Series - 49:58
Conclusion + Announcements - 51:23
Season 1 took a good 29 minutes huh?
@@pokemonacer it was definitely well deserved
Strange that Season 5 didn’t have that much callbacks. It would’ve been interesting to have episodes recalling those episodes. Whether it’s Cranky’s first day at the docks being cranky and later got toppled by a tramp steamer, the engines having trouble with lorries, Gordon crashing through a station, James having trouble with a tree, Percy feeling put upon with too much work,Toad being a runaway train, Duncan getting spooked believing he saw a ghost train on the old iron bridge or the engines experience with a boulder. Plus it would’ve been cool to see Derek, Old Slow Coach, Bertram, or Old Bailey again as well as bring George back for an episode and give Thumper and episode and recall Rusty and the Boulder.
I have something to say about Oliver in Toad's Adventure, Maybe he doesnt mention Douglas being involved because he may be talking about when he escaped from the scrap yard BEFORE he was found by Douglas, remember when in the books he was moving through England to avoid being found by the diesels and scrapped by British Rail? Well, maybe in Toad's Adventure he is talking about that time and not when Douglas found him, and toad remembering may be just a TV addition
That, and a part of his speech isn't audible because the narrator started talking, so it's also possible Douglas was mentioned in that part
Maybe he mentioned Douglas in universe We just don't hear it because Donald and Douglas hadn't returned to the series
i was curious about that too.
It’s possible, but I’m more keen to believe he never mentioned Douglas because he’s too full for his buffers.
@@fanofeverything30465that could be, but Duncan was mentioned by a couple narrow gauge engines in season 16 even though he hadn’t returned to the series at that point.
Nice to see that The Brenner Era was keen on so many call backs. They were sure keen to show fans they cared after years of HiT’s Writing Garbage.
It just dawned on me that the nitrogen era “down the mine” location is far more accurate than the one from season 23. That shouldn’t be shocking, but I thought it was worth noting how they look different.
What if they remade off the rails in cgi
44:21 I think it's come quite clear that Davey Moore's favorite episode might be Bulls Eyes.
49:50 Same writer? Probably a coincidence.
I like how this video can be used for everyone who believes in the separate timelines theory all of the episodes that are 100% canon to the cgi series
Im still gonna believe there the same timeline.
How the hell did you call to us before the video actually came out?
Even if they were different canons, the events of the models series are clearly still canon to the cgi series. And yes, characters like BoCo, Duke, Stepney, Arthur, Murdoch and Molly still exist.
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You missed the reference to Wrong Road in Tale of the Brave. After the cold open, Sir Topham Hatt states, “While they (Bill and Ben) may be better known for playing tricks on their fellow engines.” Gordon says, “You can say that again.” which referenced the point in Wrong Road when they tricked Gordon into thinking they were going to dump him in the sea because they made it seem as if they didn’t know that it was Gordon they were around.
It’s quite a shocker when you realize the CGI series was more consistent with lore than the model series. Like Rheneas was consistently in the background in season four when he should’ve been at the works being mended.
Seems like Emily Saves the World is just callback galore, and its great.
One that was missed for 'Thomas & Gordon' was when in SLOTLT, the narrator says "His fire had gone out, and there wasn't enough steam!"
I really like this video! Honestly, I'm kind of a sucker for callbacks and references to past events since it shows that continuity exists. I was surprised to see that one from 'Percy & the Magic Carpet'. I also think that the "He could've bashed into some buffers" line was a reference to 'Thomas & the Trucks' since Gordon hits the buffers at Maron Station like Thomas did. If not, it was probably a reference to 'Thomas the Quarry Engine' where the same thing happens. Anyway, nice job, Tug!
That doesn’t seem like a direct callback to Thomas and Gordon. That was just a quote from the episode, similar to the TATMR quotes.
Would love a video about the history of the Thomas Wooden Railway toys.
Those were my childhood.
29:10 "wouldn't that be nice?" Henry's face:
I would've LOVED to see them recreate Donald's signalbox incident in Breakvan! 😔 😟 🙁
What would've been better is actually seeing Douglas crush the Spiteful Brakevan being recreated. Seeing actual actions in motion so the consequences are more severe..
@@keatonendler8202speaking of… Scruffy being pulled apart would’ve been interesting to see in CGI.
I’m surprised Thomas and Bertie was never recreated
Me Too!
Good idea since Douglas mentioned abt it in Emily in the middle
Your analysis videos on the CGI era has opened me up to some hidden gems I had no idea about. This is nice by the way!
By now I've almost watched all the episodes he talked about in both videos.
It’s insane how even though we got the narrow gauge engines in CGI, there were never any callbacks to them in season 4. I would’ve loved to see a CGI flashback of Gallant Old Engine
Adventure Begins felt like a big love letter to the model fans
I must say, that's a great video of callbacks. Shows that model and CGI events are both in the same show thus same continuity regardless of differences.
Great video! It was so fun to revisit the CGI series! I hate to be that guy, but Hunt the Truck technically has 2 callbacks. The title itself is a reference to Mavis and Ben says “got to see a coach about a train”, referring to Ghost Train. Not sure if these fall under your “Little Engines can do Big Things” rule, but I thought I might mention them
18:12 Words can not express how much I loved this scene. The Troublesome Trucks song is probably my favorite song in the series next to “Accidents Will Happen”.
That is a heck of a lot of references during the CGI period.
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I really don't know why they couldn't have turned Henry back into his old shape in the Adventure Begins. It would've looked so cool and a great tribute to Season 1. It would've been so easy too. All they had to do was taper the firebox and remove the splashes. It would've only taken like 10 minutes.
Considering they had to twice the amount of movies than what they usually had to for a year, and that the other 2015 movie had a bunch of returnees they had to make models for, it's understandable that they would have to save time/money somewhere. Personally I would've sacrificed Alfie's return to get old shape Henry
@@KukaakWhy Alfie's return
@@fanofeverything30465I mean Alfie was like Jack's right hand man it only makes sense
Especially since they wanted to bring back Oliver for the gag it'd be weird to not also have Alfie
@@Gamebuilder2000 I'd have Judy and Jerome for old shape Henry
I'm surprised to have THAT many callbacks in the CGI Era. I do missed the Classic Model Series so much.
15:49 I love the suspense sound here.
"Hurry yourself" one of the best combacks thomas said
God I am so chronically online on the thomas wiki because I know about basically all of these.
The only one that I never put 2 and 2 together with was with Percy and the Magic Carpet
Same
So happy you used the Michael Angelis narrations. His voice is real nostalgic to me.
I find it funny how both versions of Thomas comes to Breakfast has him cause different levels of destruction.
Model series Thomas: *crashes into the front of a house, causing thousands worth of property damage and twisting the front of his body*
Cgi Thomas: *Pushes just his head into a wall, creating a hole in that could be easily be patched up in a few hours*
11:33 he was WHAT in the tunnel😭🙏
Bricked up inside a tunnel
my headcanon for all the discrepancies between the cgi-era flashbacks and the actual episodes is that it’s either the engines misremembering some details, or the cgi series takes place in an alternate timeline and certain crashes/incidents are (to quote across the spiderverse) “canon events”
I think the callback to Alicia Botti was referencing her first appearance in Season 6, Thomas, Percy and the squeak, not Magic carpet.😂
Gordon didn't get to pull Alicia Botti in Thomas, Percy, and the Squeak. Thomas was supposed to, but Percy ended up taking her instead.
@@Trainmaster16 Oh yeah sorry
@shiningtimeproductions4910 Don't worry about it. No need to apologize, I was just letting you know.
You didn’t mention steamroller in the great little railway show where Peter Sam references sir handles steam roller wheels
Its fascinating seeing all these callbacks!
Guess the cgi writers loved the model era episodes more than we thought lol.
You forgot two references to Trouble in the Shed. In The Adventure Begins, Sir Topham Hatt says the engines will have to shunt their own trains until he can "get another small engine like Thomas," hinting at Percy's eventual arrival to Sodor. And in Season 19, Goodbye Sir Topham Hatt, the station master says "There's trouble in the shed."
A little surprised you forgot this, considering the amount of times that Emily Saves the World was mentioned at the end, but in that episode at the docks, Emily mentions drying off Sodor United’s sticky laundry.
That happened in the cgi series.
That wasn’t a callback to the model series. All the callbacks done in this video was to the model series. The stinky laundry callback was to another episode in the CGI series.
I wish , in blue mountain mystery, gorden recalls the events of the episode off the rails
There was a season 4 callback that you missed. It was from Steam Roller where the engines tease Sir Handel about his wheels which Peter Sam does in season 23's The Great Little Railway Show.
Edward in the adventure begins was kinda like father figure to Thomas i like that.
36:07 James in this scene fills me with joy for some reason
Personally I'd count that sequence on which ever Marvelous Machinery episode in season 24 as a callback to Thomas and the Jet Engine. Id also include what Peter Sam and Sir Handel say in The Great Little Railway Show.
Side note: Id count seasons 1-7 and 17-21 as one timeline and seasons 8-16 and 22-24 as another timeline.
32:03 wow,
they made Jack 🎉FUH-LAMING!!!!🎉
You forgot the Flying Kipper reference in King of the Railway. But anyways this was still aa great video.
Missing callback: I forget the episode title, but a "snowy" episode had some drivers & firemen standing around commenting on cocoa, a nod to the guys in the brake van in The Fyling Kipper.
@@VivianMakin I think it was Love Me Tender.
So what I'm hearing is "Chucklesome Trucks" is a nostalgic one.
It’s also a very anticlimactic one. What could’ve easily been a story where Rebecca’s wheelslip (an issue that Battle of Britain classes suffered from) causes trouble for her is nothing more than a series of poorly done CGI flashbacks and a story where Rebecca remains painfully stagnant.
Well at least this is one of underrated good parts about CGI
I think the callbacks in the adventure begins, took up about half of this video.
Well, it’s pretty obvious bc the special/movie literally recreated about half of the season though
In “Thomas and the Trucks”, it would have been good to include a reference to “Look out for the train” 😂
Side note: Oliver not mentioning Douglas in his escape story is probably because as of season 18, the Scottish twins had not returned to CGI yet, not until SLOTLT and they rarely referenced non returning characters. Amazing vid btw!
Well since they referenced Duncan in season 16, I find it rather weird that they didn’t mention Douglas here, but as Tug said, maybe he was exaggerating about himself.
Well, Duncan was mentioned in season 16 and he hadn’t returned yet, so I don’t believe that’s a good reason for why Olivier never mentioned Douglas. I believe it’s, as Tugs said, he was exaggerating. He always sounds incredibly proud and pompous when retelling his escape.
@@JZJ7777 yeah that does make a lot of sense, I think they always planned for Duncan to return at the time but his IRL counterpart was out of service at the time so they never got its measurements for his CGI Model
@@TCNat31yes, that’s true. That’s actually why he didn’t appear in Blue Mountain Mystery like originally intended.
Quite a lovely video and of course I always enjoyed when the CGI would reference the old. However I realize earlier you forgot the references made in season 24's great little Railway show about Peter Sam's special funnel and the events of steamroller. But other than that you're pretty much got everything else. Keep up the good work Tug.
Wow and people say at times that CGI isnt canon to the classic show. Tbh, I have forgotten some of these references in these episodes but does give a refresher and a quick memory.
They had SO many opportunities to recreate Thomas and Bertie's Great Race. 😂😂😂Easily could've done it all the way back in Thomas takes a Shortcut or even Unscheduled Stops for Heaven's sake! 😢😢😂😂
I was thinking the same thing
I have an hours drive home, and listening to this while I head out will easy the journey. Thanks tug!
I’m surprised Thomas and Bertie was never recreated in cgi
Yeah, Thomas and Bertie had so many episodes in CGI, they could've snuck in at least one reference
@@rustymidlander05 or a cgi recreated flashback
The “Thomas Come to Breakfast” one looks like a reference to a certain horror movie
“Heeeeeeere’s Thomas!”
Something I want to say is that another different is that in Thomas in the brakedown train, James we lifted on the track without his tender connected to him. In the adventure begins, he is lifted on the track with his tender connected to him.
Oh my gosh there are so many model series callbacks in the CGI Series and there’s also a few CGI Series callbacks in the CGI Series too.
Who knew they would reference TATMR like it’s officially canon.