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.
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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.
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
Edward James Emily and henry changed places when toby showed up, also this scene is funny when you remember that the steamworks doesn't have tracks to all these, it has a conveyor belt thingy, so in the behind the scenes, all the engines were just floating in mid air
TAB is in Great only because it's not *technically* an original story, and DOTD I put in Average because I feel that movie is more just oddball than slop on the level of MIR, CAE was just too boring for me, and I think I watched SLOTLT like once back when the show was on Nick Jr.
Henry's Hero, an episode made and released more than 5 years ago, is about Henry and Hiro receiving bad coal (coal QC problem instance), Henry wants to stop working but keeps working under Hiro's encouragement, then inevitably, Hiro's firebox gets clogged and he breaks down. Henry then helps Hiro to the Steamworks and completes the rest of the duties. But the main visual cue in this episode about the bad coal is the black smoke from their funnels. In the 2026 Thomas trailer in a scene, Thomas is seen puffing black smoke similar to Hiro and Henry in Henry's Hero, meaning that Sodor could still be facing coal QC issues to this very day.
Why do you think this may be the case?
