As an Australian I have no shame in saying: Spread this video around like bush fire! Seriously though, I need your guys help to to pursue TH-cam full time. This video took 3 months to make due to working as a Storeman as my other job. I have many ideas I want to present but the sooner I can leave my current job the sooner I can make TH-cam the better job.
The problem is he is not consistent so when an episode ends on a happy note like Thomas had an experience, you know he will just reset by the next episode as if the one we just watched never happened making that happy moment for him irrelavant. I plan on doing a deep dive about this one day.
@@dadocta5168 What about in the Adventure Begins? Unlucky Tug had taken back what he said about the characterization, yet he neglected to keep the outdated review for reference. I don’t mind Henry literally being afraid of rain, since they kept the “spoil my paint” line; I view Henry’s fear of the rain being similar to that of Robot Jones in the episode “PU to PE”, where Robot Jones thought he would rust if he takes a shower, only to find out in the end that his body is incapable of rust. The only difference between Henry and Robot Jones is that the latter, while taking said shower, ending up electrocuting the surrounding people near him, and caused a power outage to the town he lives in. With that said, Thomas does go through different moods throughout the entire movie. He can be rude when others negate him, can be playfully cheeky when wanting to surprise Gordon, gives advice from past experiences like he did with Henry, and can also be overly confident like pulling an express train or pulling a goods train too big for him to handle. The best part about Adventure Begins is when Thomas attempts a rescue mission prior to using the Breakdown Train, as if they’re telling us “What if we get to see James’ Crash in action, while Thomas gets to experience the whole thing?” Calebtrain did a great recreation of this scene, and it makes you wish this movie was made back in the 90s instead of “Thomas & the Magic Railroad”. I also love that Thomas and Edward have this older brother mentor/younger brother apprentice relationship that adds to the narrative of Thomas being a regular train engine not meant to do extreme work, and why Edward would even kickstart the events of “Thomas and the Trucks”; not to mention it add to Thomas’ character arc where his perseverance and humility helped him earn his place in the Fat Controller’s Railway.
Rusty somehow becoming irresponsible too at least Duncan was still consistent my theory on why Duncan was great in hit era when compared to others is in an era where they make everyone an idiot it's fine for Duncan cause being a reckless idiot IS part of what makes Duncan Duncan look at seasons 4-7 all his incidents where due to his impatience, complaining or stupidity. Also on a final note THANK GOD Duke wasn't around during hit era considering that era loved messing up narrow gauge and old characters
I want to pretend Skarloey and rheneas in the hit era are from before they were on the Skarloey railway and they just imagined their friends were with them, and then blue mountain quarry after more engines took over the Skarloey like Fred or ivo Hugh, and some stayed like mighty Mac, Freddie, and duke, and the main cgi NG characters get to visit the Skarloey railway and get to work for a few days like in don’t bother victor and the Christmas tree express
People often say giving Edward flaws doesn't work. Well, what about Edward's Day Out, Cows and Bertie's Chase? That was only a small amount that doesn't make him out of character. Him being impatient, he wasn't as fast and thus his branch line trains needed to be on time (TheBuriedTruck even made a story during his James saga). Not saying it should still be one of his main traits cause I know it would make him out of character even more, but maybe something along the line of his own limitations like in Homeless Engines for example.
I remember well when Emily was a new character in the series and she was the most popular character among male fans, mostly because of her beautiful face and beautiful shape, which made the male fans anxious for future Emily episodes, especially Emily's Adventure , because she could get into trouble with Sir Topham Hat and/or get into an accident, which would make the male fan see Emily as imperfect, and then both happened in the same episode, in Emily's New Route. 99% of Emily admirers didn't count the accident as an accident, which is why Emily's first accident in the series wasn't noted as Notes/Trivia in the TV Tome for quite some time. I also remember in season 8 where Emily suddenly became a ruthless engine, as many saw it, which many fans were not happy about. Later, when Duck, created by Rev W. Awdry, proved very rare, because Emily was the temporary eighth engine, causing many Emily admirers to become Emily haters.
I love the flags, I think Emily gets carry away by being the boss. Like she does care but her weakness would be to take charge. Also I do believe she was out of character in Thomas, Emily and the snowplow. As for Edward, he was totally OUT of character not doubt about! AS WELL AS FOR THOMAS, SKARLOEY, HENRY & TOBY. And it was all thanks to for the Thomas and friends Bible, which I agree with you of why is it called a BIBLE!? Great video, dude.
Emily: S7: Good girl. 😊💚 S8 to 11: Im not going to expect this slander on my mom's favorite engine... 😡😠 S13 to 24: Could be better or worse. Edward: "Edward the great" was the only good Edward episode from the HIT Era from what I can recall. I easily believe from what others claim to think that James was going to be in "Edward strikes out" but didn't get to due to problems with his model that the writer and producers probably thought "F**k it lets use Edward instead" and that would be why the episode was so hated by tons of people. Thomas: He has his fair share of mature moments in some episodes in each era depending on how the writing of the episodes he stars in are good or bad. Henry: 1 theory I have about Henry's CGI characterization in "Ho ho snowman" and "The beast of Sodor" is that I think he may have had some PTSD from his Flying Kipper crash. Toby: "Signals crossed" gives me migraines...
If they’re gonna rebrand the show in the hit era they should’ve make either Percy or James the main character. Or in the more simplistic way possible write a story about everyone, not all at once but you get the idea.
A lot of fans theorized that Emily's turning point of character between the HIT era & CGI era started taking shape in "Emily and the Special Coaches". The fact that she was humbled by Diesel setting a new record, proving that steam engines aren't the only ones to do impressive things on the island, gave her a chance to step back and see the bigger picture. She seemed to drop her old habit of putting herself on a pedestal to order others around as she saw fit and became a wiser voice of reason in the later seasons despite struggling with newly developed self-worth issues.
I've always pictured Emily as an engine who is nice and kind, but if you find a way to piss her off she becomes hard-headed, stubborn, and sometimes just outright vile. As for Edward, Awdry _did_ give him a flaw, but it was only mentioned two or three times in his writings - Edward can be a bit impatient, especially when it comes to running passenger trains on time. The problem is that the TVS only mentioned it once in "Bertie's Chase", and even then it was not directly pointed out. In an unrelated note, I always find the climax of "Edward Strikes Out" to be especially strange. You have Gordon, flying at top speed light engine, derail over a huge pile of pipes blocking the line. Even if those pipes had already been cleared away, he would have ended up crashing directly into Harvey!
What u said about Gordon’s opinion on rocky on how he got mad that he can’t move I also agreed on what u said like seriously that’s the point of breakdown trains an engine is supposed to move them and if u leave it next to the track it’s not gonna do anything
One time I was asked to voice Toby but I read the script and Toby was pretty mean spirited. Maybe it isn't just studios with weird interpretations of these characters.
Times where Henry can be an @$$hole. Maybe he hangs out with James and Gordon too much at times. "Framed", "Really useless coach", etc by NWR1991. Any of the Trampy movies. Scallywags by Maithwaiter Tedious Tales of Sodor by Biscuit Cat Productions.
My Headcanon On Why Thomas Is Incosistent: He's Like A Child Who Is Heavily Affected By Environments Created By His Friends. If He's With Edward Too Long He'll Get Bit Of Edward's Personality Traits and If He's With Percy Too Long His Brain Starts To Shrink
My fave episode where James got out of character is the episode Splish, Splash, Splosh when James is more upset about the strawberries getting splashed with the muddy rain water than his paintwork being also splashed with it by Thomas.
Ngl i dont think Emily was rlly out of character because unlike Edward she got 1 real season which isnt enough to develop a character but when you have 5 like edward it really tells us his character
Exactly what I was getting across. 👍 At least Toby & Henry remained the same in the CGI series, though their final roles seemed to be a course correction.
A lot of people complain about Thomas either being the voice of reason or being inresponsible. But in Season 5 Thomas was either mature or cheeky (Put upon Percy, Snow, Horrid Lorry and Toby’s Discovery) and not many people complain about it there
It's why Edward Strikes Out is my least favourite episode of Thomas ever created, Edward is my all-time favourite character and he means so much to me personally. I hated his weak/pathetic side introduced in the HIT era because it's just not him whatsoever and it's so frustrating to see, so to then see him so out of character and be an absolute dick to the new character in Edward's Strikes Out is my boiling point. FUCK EDWARD'S STRIKES OUT
I will always strongly disagree with the belief that Thomas and Percy were teasing Salty in "Salty's Stormy Tale". They weren't mocking him, they were doing a vocal impression of him. People do voice impressions of people and characters they like, and Percy even says as much at the end of the episode: "We were only copying you because we think you're grand!" Both Salty and Emily simply took it the wrong way.
You're not wrong but doesn't change how Salty did not appreciate the way they seem when his is not around them. Imagine finding out if your friends saw you as a silly billy; their true thoughts about you. It's how Salty feels.
@@dadocta5168 Like I said, he simply mistook their admiration for him as mockery. But I can understand why he didn't realize that, as he probably never had anyone try to do an impression of him to his face before, and wasn't thinking of the old saying "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." And I will admit that Thomas and Percy _were_ in the wrong for not recognizing how their impressions of him were taken the wrong way, but only that. Better communication was needed all-around to resolve the issue, and thankfully Percy explained such at the episode's end.
@@dadocta5168 For Edward, I’ll give you half a point on this. I hear the only reason Edward had a dislike towards Harvey in being crane related was because he was actually knocked over by a Cranky in “Edward’s Brass Band”, and neither that or “Edward Strikes Out” does it state that it took place on opposite events… the reason I’m giving you half the point is that I agree how inconsistent Edward’s strength is portrayed.
@@12Snowpeach I wanted to show my audience I have been working very hard on a project and I was reaching burnout so I needed motivation. I put up a voting pole and most of my followers said they wanted to see it. Not sure if that will affect the performance of this video which is why I put up the poll but I hope this answers your question.
As an Australian I have no shame in saying: Spread this video around like bush fire!
Seriously though, I need your guys help to to pursue TH-cam full time.
This video took 3 months to make due to working as a Storeman as my other job. I have many ideas I want to present but the sooner I can leave my current job the sooner I can make TH-cam the better job.
I just assumed Thomas was meant to have the mentality of a teenager , he can be smart sometimes be still has a lot to learn
The problem is he is not consistent so when an episode ends on a happy note like Thomas had an experience, you know he will just reset by the next episode as if the one we just watched never happened making that happy moment for him irrelavant.
I plan on doing a deep dive about this one day.
@@dadocta5168 What about in the Adventure Begins? Unlucky Tug had taken back what he said about the characterization, yet he neglected to keep the outdated review for reference.
I don’t mind Henry literally being afraid of rain, since they kept the “spoil my paint” line; I view Henry’s fear of the rain being similar to that of Robot Jones in the episode “PU to PE”, where Robot Jones thought he would rust if he takes a shower, only to find out in the end that his body is incapable of rust. The only difference between Henry and Robot Jones is that the latter, while taking said shower, ending up electrocuting the surrounding people near him, and caused a power outage to the town he lives in.
With that said, Thomas does go through different moods throughout the entire movie. He can be rude when others negate him, can be playfully cheeky when wanting to surprise Gordon, gives advice from past experiences like he did with Henry, and can also be overly confident like pulling an express train or pulling a goods train too big for him to handle. The best part about Adventure Begins is when Thomas attempts a rescue mission prior to using the Breakdown Train, as if they’re telling us “What if we get to see James’ Crash in action, while Thomas gets to experience the whole thing?” Calebtrain did a great recreation of this scene, and it makes you wish this movie was made back in the 90s instead of “Thomas & the Magic Railroad”. I also love that Thomas and Edward have this older brother mentor/younger brother apprentice relationship that adds to the narrative of Thomas being a regular train engine not meant to do extreme work, and why Edward would even kickstart the events of “Thomas and the Trucks”; not to mention it add to Thomas’ character arc where his perseverance and humility helped him earn his place in the Fat Controller’s Railway.
Agree
I can't believe that HiT thinks that "when someone's old, they're a pathetic and weak loser"
Let's not forget that Skarloey and Rheneas went from old wise Engines, into acting like 3 year olds during the HIT era.
Sir Handle & Peter Sam swapping personalities too.
Rusty somehow becoming irresponsible too at least Duncan was still consistent my theory on why Duncan was great in hit era when compared to others is in an era where they make everyone an idiot it's fine for Duncan cause being a reckless idiot IS part of what makes Duncan Duncan look at seasons 4-7 all his incidents where due to his impatience, complaining or stupidity.
Also on a final note THANK GOD Duke wasn't around during hit era considering that era loved messing up narrow gauge and old characters
@@dadocta5168I’m gonna guess that stone quarry made sir Handel change his personality
Yeah. We can make that a possibility.
I want to pretend Skarloey and rheneas in the hit era are from before they were on the Skarloey railway and they just imagined their friends were with them, and then blue mountain quarry after more engines took over the Skarloey like Fred or ivo Hugh, and some stayed like mighty Mac, Freddie, and duke, and the main cgi NG characters get to visit the Skarloey railway and get to work for a few days like in don’t bother victor and the Christmas tree express
People often say giving Edward flaws doesn't work. Well, what about Edward's Day Out, Cows and Bertie's Chase? That was only a small amount that doesn't make him out of character. Him being impatient, he wasn't as fast and thus his branch line trains needed to be on time (TheBuriedTruck even made a story during his James saga). Not saying it should still be one of his main traits cause I know it would make him out of character even more, but maybe something along the line of his own limitations like in Homeless Engines for example.
One change I loved in adventure begins was STH actually yelled at Edward too after thomas and the trucks which shows Edward doesn't always know best
As bad as BWBA was, at least it didn’t have Edward and Henry behaving out of character in the little screen time that they had.
Henry got shafted, but I was surprised how good Hunt the Truck was. You are right.
@@dadocta5168 He’s only right because they fear of fucking up the two even worse than the HiT era.
I remember well when Emily was a new character in the series and she was the most popular character among male fans, mostly because of her beautiful face and beautiful shape, which made the male fans anxious for future Emily episodes, especially Emily's Adventure , because she could get into trouble with Sir Topham Hat and/or get into an accident, which would make the male fan see Emily as imperfect, and then both happened in the same episode, in Emily's New Route. 99% of Emily admirers didn't count the accident as an accident, which is why Emily's first accident in the series wasn't noted as Notes/Trivia in the TV Tome for quite some time. I also remember in season 8 where Emily suddenly became a ruthless engine, as many saw it, which many fans were not happy about. Later, when Duck, created by Rev W. Awdry, proved very rare, because Emily was the temporary eighth engine, causing many Emily admirers to become Emily haters.
10:57 Thomas can be the voice of reason in a leading role as well as a supporting role
Why wasn’t Edward sent to the great railway show instead of Henry? He would have won.
Me: Oh SHUT UP GORDON! (throws explosive at Gordon) 10:16
The New series/The hit era was weird time for Edward. S8 was the only time where did a good job with Edward. But S9-S12 did him dirty.
Edward's best moment in season8 was easily "I'm always helping Gordon up the hill" 😂
I love the flags, I think Emily gets carry away by being the boss. Like she does care but her weakness would be to take charge. Also I do believe she was out of character in Thomas, Emily and the snowplow. As for Edward, he was totally OUT of character not doubt about! AS WELL AS FOR THOMAS, SKARLOEY, HENRY & TOBY. And it was all thanks to for the Thomas and friends Bible, which I agree with you of why is it called a BIBLE!? Great video, dude.
3:41 if you were to ask james he’d say that the queen of sodor was a slimy old tub.
Emily Knows Best more like Emily Knows how to be a dictator.
10:10 Maybe because Rocky reminds him of James (Red)
10:45 I disagree, Thomas is the most interesting charcacter in my opinion. He and Percy are my favorite characters.
Emily: S7: Good girl. 😊💚
S8 to 11: Im not going to expect this slander on my mom's favorite engine... 😡😠
S13 to 24: Could be better or worse.
Edward: "Edward the great" was the only good Edward episode from the HIT Era from what I can recall.
I easily believe from what others claim to think that James was going to be in "Edward strikes out" but didn't get to due to problems with his model that the writer and producers probably thought "F**k it lets use Edward instead" and that would be why the episode was so hated by tons of people.
Thomas: He has his fair share of mature moments in some episodes in each era depending on how the writing of the episodes he stars in are good or bad.
Henry: 1 theory I have about Henry's CGI characterization in "Ho ho snowman" and "The beast of Sodor" is that I think he may have had some PTSD from his Flying Kipper crash.
Toby: "Signals crossed" gives me migraines...
If they’re gonna rebrand the show in the hit era they should’ve make either Percy or James the main character. Or in the more simplistic way possible write a story about everyone, not all at once but you get the idea.
I'd argue Percy was the true main character in seasons 2,3 and especially 5 considering he had most screentime and leads
A lot of fans theorized that Emily's turning point of character between the HIT era & CGI era started taking shape in "Emily and the Special Coaches". The fact that she was humbled by Diesel setting a new record, proving that steam engines aren't the only ones to do impressive things on the island, gave her a chance to step back and see the bigger picture. She seemed to drop her old habit of putting herself on a pedestal to order others around as she saw fit and became a wiser voice of reason in the later seasons despite struggling with newly developed self-worth issues.
I've always pictured Emily as an engine who is nice and kind, but if you find a way to piss her off she becomes hard-headed, stubborn, and sometimes just outright vile.
As for Edward, Awdry _did_ give him a flaw, but it was only mentioned two or three times in his writings - Edward can be a bit impatient, especially when it comes to running passenger trains on time. The problem is that the TVS only mentioned it once in "Bertie's Chase", and even then it was not directly pointed out.
In an unrelated note, I always find the climax of "Edward Strikes Out" to be especially strange. You have Gordon, flying at top speed light engine, derail over a huge pile of pipes blocking the line. Even if those pipes had already been cleared away, he would have ended up crashing directly into Harvey!
That description of Emily being stubborn and vile when she's pissed off sounds vaguely familiar to me. Wonder why that rings a bell? 🤔
@joeleboeuf It's my way of integrating her bad behavior we see in some seasons.
What u said about Gordon’s opinion on rocky on how he got mad that he can’t move I also agreed on what u said like seriously that’s the point of breakdown trains an engine is supposed to move them and if u leave it next to the track it’s not gonna do anything
I loved the gags in this.
Thankyou! What was your favourite one?
The Soviet Anthem transitioning to UK Anthem one
Mines was the subversion of the station joke
There’s some fanmade videos where Henry is kind of an a**hole. That doesn’t feel right at all, unless he’s angry about something.
One time I was asked to voice Toby but I read the script and Toby was pretty mean spirited. Maybe it isn't just studios with weird interpretations of these characters.
Times where Henry can be an @$$hole.
Maybe he hangs out with James and Gordon too much at times.
"Framed", "Really useless coach", etc by NWR1991.
Any of the Trampy movies.
Scallywags by Maithwaiter
Tedious Tales of Sodor by Biscuit Cat Productions.
@@jeremiahsisaias8677 that’s fair, though he’s usually the more sensible of the three of them.
@@GreyLiamHenry was sensible in the final part of the Dudley arc where it said and showed him scolding James and Gordon for turning against Bear.
@@jeremiahsisaias8677 but did Henry ever doubt Bear himself?
My Headcanon On Why Thomas Is Incosistent: He's Like A Child Who Is Heavily Affected By Environments Created By His Friends. If He's With Edward Too Long He'll Get Bit Of Edward's Personality Traits and If He's With Percy Too Long His Brain Starts To Shrink
My fave episode where James got out of character is the episode Splish, Splash, Splosh when James is more upset about the strawberries getting splashed with the muddy rain water than his paintwork being also splashed with it by Thomas.
4:26 COMMUNIST EMILY
4:33 QUEEN EMILY
Communism disguised as Monarchy.
Ngl i dont think Emily was rlly out of character because unlike Edward she got 1 real season which isnt enough to develop a character but when you have 5 like edward it really tells us his character
Hit era may not be canon to classic but Edward has so many inconsistentes that in the new series
Exactly what I was getting across. 👍 At least Toby & Henry remained the same in the CGI series, though their final roles seemed to be a course correction.
@@dadocta5168 made sense opinions may vary but makes sense
Seriously they might as well make Thomas and Edward girls with the mood swings
Maybe the HIT era is a diffrent canon. Apart from stock footage I don't recall there being any references to classic Thomas
What about James & Hector's story arc? "Every wise engine knows you cannot trust trucks."
LOL At 10:16
A lot of people complain about Thomas either being the voice of reason or being inresponsible. But in Season 5 Thomas was either mature or cheeky (Put upon Percy, Snow, Horrid Lorry and Toby’s Discovery) and not many people complain about it there
Exactly! Albeit, it could’ve been done better in the newer series.
It's why Edward Strikes Out is my least favourite episode of Thomas ever created, Edward is my all-time favourite character and he means so much to me personally. I hated his weak/pathetic side introduced in the HIT era because it's just not him whatsoever and it's so frustrating to see, so to then see him so out of character and be an absolute dick to the new character in Edward's Strikes Out is my boiling point.
FUCK EDWARD'S STRIKES OUT
In and out burger?!?! 🍔
8:39 where did this clip come from?
I have no idea, but it was hilarious. 😂
Emily is almost as old as Edward SO WHY IS SHE BOSSY 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
I will always strongly disagree with the belief that Thomas and Percy were teasing Salty in "Salty's Stormy Tale". They weren't mocking him, they were doing a vocal impression of him. People do voice impressions of people and characters they like, and Percy even says as much at the end of the episode: "We were only copying you because we think you're grand!" Both Salty and Emily simply took it the wrong way.
You're not wrong but doesn't change how Salty did not appreciate the way they seem when his is not around them. Imagine finding out if your friends saw you as a silly billy; their true thoughts about you. It's how Salty feels.
@@dadocta5168 Like I said, he simply mistook their admiration for him as mockery. But I can understand why he didn't realize that, as he probably never had anyone try to do an impression of him to his face before, and wasn't thinking of the old saying "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." And I will admit that Thomas and Percy _were_ in the wrong for not recognizing how their impressions of him were taken the wrong way, but only that. Better communication was needed all-around to resolve the issue, and thankfully Percy explained such at the episode's end.
@@dadocta5168 For Edward, I’ll give you half a point on this. I hear the only reason Edward had a dislike towards Harvey in being crane related was because he was actually knocked over by a Cranky in “Edward’s Brass Band”, and neither that or “Edward Strikes Out” does it state that it took place on opposite events… the reason I’m giving you half the point is that I agree how inconsistent Edward’s strength is portrayed.
@@robbiewalker2831 Big Mickey.
Wow
This is a reupload though.
Are you referring to the Emily portion?
@@dadocta5168 I'm also referring to the Edward portion. I think I remember this from last week.
@@12Snowpeach I wanted to show my audience I have been working very hard on a project and I was reaching burnout so I needed motivation. I put up a voting pole and most of my followers said they wanted to see it. Not sure if that will affect the performance of this video which is why I put up the poll but I hope this answers your question.
That attitude of Emily’s would not fly with Bill & Ben!
Did those two & Emily ever interact with each other?
Send this character combo idea to the burried truck and it will eventually get adapted into Trainz if he likes it.
@@ThomasSirHandel Think we need a story; a reason for the conflict.
@@dadocta5168 nope,but he did interact The Scottish Twins