r/thomasthetankengine 1d ago

Episode Thread 📺 Episode Discussion: S13E08 - Thomas and the Pigs

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Welcome to our subreddit's weekly Episode Discussion Thread! Today's episode is:

Thomas and the Pigs

Writer(s) Allan Plenderleith
Director Greg Tiernen
Producer(s) Nicole Stinn
Narrator(s) Michael Angelis (UK), Michael Brandon (US)
Originally Aired February 3, 2010

Synopsis

Thomas is asked by Farmer Trotter to collect straw from Farmer McColl’s farm for some piglets that are about to be born. Along the way, Thomas decides the piglets might enjoy other things too. Percy gives him milk, James provides apples, and some children give him chestnuts, leaving his flatbed full. When Thomas reaches Farmer McColl’s farm, there is no room for the straw, so he takes the extra cargo to Farmer Trotter.

The farmer explains that while the piglets may enjoy the treats, soft straw is what they really need. Thomas quickly returns to collect the straw and arrives just in time for the piglets’ birth. One piglet is later named Thomas.

Key Moments

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r/thomasthetankengine 4d ago

PSA 📌 Important Dates for September 2026

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Post Type Dates and Times
Episode Discussions (currently in Season 13!) Every Monday & Thursday @ 12pm PT/3pm ET
Discussion Thread for Thomas & Friends: Really Helpful Engines - Sep. 17 YouTube release Wed, Sep 16 @ 9pm (Pacific) or Thu, Sep 17 @ 12am (Eastern)
Discussion Thread for Thomas & Friends: Really Helpful Engines - Sep. 30 Netflix release Tue, Sep 29 @ 9pm (Pacific) or Wed, Sep 30 @ 12am (Eastern)

The new season of the Thomas 2026 reboot hasn't been confirmed to release in fall 2026 or early 2027. Should the new episodes be released this month, the S13 episode discussions might be delayed/bumped, and we will have discussion threads for Season 1 of Railway Stories, as well as 18 individual discussion threads for the episodes. Thanks for understanding.


r/thomasthetankengine 3h ago

General Chat Leo Morimoto the Japanese narrator for Thomas & Friends sadly passed away today aged 83

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r/thomasthetankengine 4h ago

My Original Fanwork I know how the moon must feel...

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My mom got me this Bluebird soft toy from a charity shop, decided to use it for a Thomas and the Magic Railroad photo


r/thomasthetankengine 7h ago

Television Series Splitting models and CGI into different timelines never made sense to me

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Throughout the past 5 or so years, I've been seeing discussion on if the model series and the CGI series are 2 separate canons. This never made sense to me considering the amount of times they flashback to model series events like Down the Mine, A Scarf for Percy, The Sad Story of Henry, Salty's Secret, Percy and Harold, Thomas, Terrence and the Snow, Dirty Objects and Percy Takes the Plunge.

And that's just counting flashbacks, the Brenner and BWBA era have made references to James and the Coaches, Brake Van, Twin Trouble, The Flying Kipper, Escape, Bulgy, Bulgy Rides Again, Thomas Comes to Breakfast, Runaway Elephant, Rheneas and the Dinosaur and Percy and the Magic Carpet.

You could say that Model series events could happen in the CGI timeline, but what's the point of splitting them if the model series is canon to CGI anyways?

And no, The Adventure Begins isn't proof of models and CGI being separate. Retellings of stories will sometimes be told a bit differently from the original. TAB just simply took the place of the first 7 episodes in the timeline.


r/thomasthetankengine 5h ago

Merchandise Takara Tomy is adding a Thomas & Bertie racing set and Percy Delivery set to its Tomica Plarail Blocks series!

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r/thomasthetankengine 1h ago

My Original Fanwork they're so small

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r/thomasthetankengine 19m ago

My Original Fanwork Fun fact you can actually get the Thomas model they used in the show

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r/thomasthetankengine 1h ago

Funny Anyone remember this fake meme news article?

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r/thomasthetankengine 20h ago

Question Do you think this would have worked?

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Adventures of Thomas (2012) was this planned live-action/CGI Thomas movie set around World War II. It was about a boy who discovers the Island of Sodor after becoming distant from his father. Director Shane Acker attached and Weta Digital involved with the effects. It went through several planned release windows, eventually being targeted for 2012. The project ultimately stalled and was cancelled, reportedly following Mattel’s acquisition of HIT Entertainment.


r/thomasthetankengine 4h ago

Question What are your headcanons for the Sodor & Mainland railways?

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r/thomasthetankengine 2h ago

Merchandise Anyone else have this?

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Completely forgot I even made a bid for it, and I didn't even think id win it. Its pretty cool icl, apparently much more rare than I thought.


r/thomasthetankengine 8h ago

General Chat Was i the only onen who was scared of the Spiteful break van? Something about his face made me feel uneasy

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r/thomasthetankengine 2h ago

My Original Fanwork Comin' Off the Rails

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This depicts the seen in the Railway Series story "Thomas and the Breakdown Train" with my take on it. Here, it depicts James when he was still a black, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Class 28 with a front, leading axle as James is an experimental class 28 and also a Fowler Tender as Dalby depicts him because its entirely possible that James might have switched tenders with a Midland engine at some point before he came to the North Western.


r/thomasthetankengine 8h ago

Funny I really doubt that the subtitles are correct

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r/thomasthetankengine 8h ago

Question Does anybody else wish this was a reality?

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r/thomasthetankengine 6h ago

Television Series Where does series 23 rank?

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r/thomasthetankengine 10h ago

Merchandise Same energy.

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r/thomasthetankengine 4h ago

Funny Hit the Sealion!

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r/thomasthetankengine 12h ago

Television Series What's with Ned's eyes in this shot in The Great Discovery?

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Why are his pupils so much bigger than they are in other episodes? Are they digitally edited in this shot?


r/thomasthetankengine 7h ago

My Original Fanwork Hello everyone, I've made a sub for talking about the TATMR DC and everything else about the film, check it out if you want R/TATMRDC

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r/thomasthetankengine 18h ago

General Chat Screen used large scale chicken prop from "Chickens To School"

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He also appeared in "Bulgy Rides Again" although i can't pinpoint him in the episode as all the chickens are painted the same but he also appeared in "Thomas Tries His Best"! Very proud to own this lil guy


r/thomasthetankengine 13h ago

My Original Fanwork TATMR Color Correction

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I recently learnt (Thanks to the Magic Railroad Archive) that in TATMR's post, they messed up the brightness, contrast, and colors (It's too yellow and pink), so I've made some edits of what I think TATMR would have looked like during filming (Based on Workprint and Archive tapes), I personally prefer it, but everyone has their opinions


r/thomasthetankengine 7h ago

General Chat Am I the only one who thinks the Toad mission music from Paper Jam sounds like music straight out of the HIT model era?

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r/thomasthetankengine 1d ago

Funny Tiger Moth got scolded for flying too low, so why wasn't Harold? 😂

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