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Meaningful Name: In a very odd example, Gordon. His name was chosen to be meaningful to Christopher Awdry, the late Reverend's son. It was meaningful because the character is bossy, and there was a bossy boy living on the Awdrys' street named Gordon. Thomas' half of "You Can Only Be You" in The Great Race as he pesters just being him and is unsure, while Ashima reassures him.

Karma Houdini: The adapatation of "Old Iron" neglects to mention the fate of the two boys who meddled with James' controls and caused him to run off out of control, whereas in the book they are caught by the police, "soundly walloped" by their fathers, and forbidden to watch trains for quite some time. Later episodes tend to give the older more experienced engines more prominent shortcomings and insecurities, some of which they are unwilling to admit to the younger idolizing engines they usually mentor. "Edward and the Mail" is a standout example. Just in Time: From season 8 onward, this happens all the time. Happens quite frequently to Paxton. The poor guy.Some recurring engines, like Diesel, only appeared in a handful of stories from The Railway Series, but were given bigger roles in the show. The first time since the fourth series episode, Four Little Engines where a coach is seen pushing an engine. Henry borrows Gordon's "Express coming through!" in "Henry Gets the Express". Gordon even lampshades it. Medium Blending: In season 12, CGI faces were superimposed onto the models. Earlier, the 2D-animated bee that stings James in "Buzz, Buzz."

One of the main arcs of Tale of the Brave is Percy finding a new best friend in Gator while steadily growing apart from Thomas. The montage in the special that's set to "Our Tale of the Brave" really doesn't help. And if that's not enough there's also the entire plot of the Season 18 episode "Missing Gator". Ho Yay, anyone? Sounds | Engine Roll Call | A World Around You | Emily | Surprises | Determination | Patience | Ode to GordonDoing It Right | Favourite Place | H Is for Harold | Navigation | There's Always Something New | Responsibility | Strength Adaptational Protagonist: While The Railway Series, the source material, has an ensemble cast with no series-wide protagonist, this animated adaptation puts the titular Breakout Character in the spotlight. The episodes—and until Hero of the Rails, the characters' dialogue as well—are told through a narrator, initially Ringo Starr. Following Starr's departure in 1990, the UK and US dubs acquired distinct narrators, with George Carlin, Alec Baldwin and, ultimately, Michael Brandon wielding the role for US audiences, while the UK dub consistently retained Michael Angelis as narrator. For series 17, both Angelis and Brandon were replaced by Mark Moraghan, reunifying both English dubs' narration for the first time in decades; Moraghan would hold the (progressively less prominent) role until series 22, in which the omniscient narrator was finally eliminated entirely in favour of Thomas framing each episode through Breaking the Fourth Wall. Barsetshire: The whole fictional setting of the Island of Sodor (which is supposed to be between the lake district and the Isle of Man).

The much-advertised trio of James (big), Thomas (thin) and Percy (short). Although, James isn't supposed to be that big. Animation Bump: The characters' facial expressions have gotten much more fluid and exaggerated as the series progressed. The animation is also noticeably faster since Big World! Big Adventures!.

This episode provides examples of:

Rescue Team, Tender Trouble ( does not speak), Edward's Big Rescue, The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 645), Big Belle ( speaks in speech bubble only) and Prize Guys ( cameo) Disneyfication: Some episodes based of The Railway Series books in the earlier seasons were less darker and harsher. Aerith and Bob: Among the engines ond other machines, there are names like Thomas, Percy and Bertie paired with names like Diesel, Whiff and Cranky. The Reverend Awdry made cameos in the Railway Series and in Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, where he was known as, in the Railway Series at least, as the Thin Clergyman. Especially in the later seasons, with Thomas, James, Gordon and Duncan being the worst offenders. Every time they learn their lesson about being arrogant or rude, they forget it in the next episode.

Last of His Kind: The real life engines that Thomas, Toby and Edward were based on were all scrapped, with none of their numbers surviving to preservation beyond replicas of the characters themselves. Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine - Stepney's Special ( cameo), Train Stops Play ( does not speak) and Bowled OutDowner Ending: Some episodes from the earlier seasons end with this such as "The Sad Story Of Henry", "Off The Rails", "Dirty Work", and "Thomas Comes To Breakfast". However, such episodes are part of arcs, and will then be resolved and given a happy ending in their continuation. Also Spencer and City of Truro for Gordon. Spencer and City of Truro are more popular and famous than Gordon, leaving him bitter. Starting in Season 23, the engines became much more detailed, with such things as rivets, handrails, and various other realistic little things that had been missing from the Nitrogen and Arc models.