[whistle toots]
children: ♪ James, Percy ♪
♪ Mia and Gordon ♪
♪ Rebecca and Emily ♪
♪ And Thomas, number ♪
man: ♪ Let's go, go, go ♪
♪ On a big-world adventure ♪
♪ Let's go, go, go explore ♪
♪ With Thomas
and his friends ♪
♪ Let's go, go, go ♪
♪ And meet
new friendly faces ♪
♪ The world's
just a train ride away ♪
all: ♪ Big world,
big, big adventures ♪
♪ "Thomas & Friends
Big World! Big Adventures!" ♪
[laughter]
[peppy rock music]
♪ ♪
- Whoo-hoo!
[engine sounds slowing]
♪ ♪
Hi, everyone.
Do you like fireworks?
I do.
In fact, I love fireworks!
All those whizzes and whooshes
and bangs!
But not everybody loves them,
as you'll see
in today's story.
[train whistle blows]
All aboard
for a big adventure.
♪ ♪
[easygoing music]
[Thomas narrating]
[whistle blows]
♪ ♪
Samson
and his brake van Bradford
had come over
from the mainland
to help out
at the Blue Mountain Quarry.
- [clears throat]
According to the official
railway rulebook,
birds are not allowed
on goods cars!
♪ ♪
[mysterious music]
[whistle blows]
- [blows whistle]
Hello, Thomas.
- Hi, Samson.
- [clears throat]
- Oh.
Hello, Bradford.
- Are you sure those crates
are correctly secured
to your flatbed, Thomas?
- Yes, thank you, Bradford.
Perfectly secure.
- What have you got there,
Thomas?
- Oh, these are the fireworks
for the earl's
annual fireworks display
tonight at Ulfstead Castle.
- F-f-fireworks?
- My favorites are the rockets.
They're like space rockets,
whooshing up into the sky,
higher and higher
and higher.
Whee!
Bang!
Bang!
[laughs]
[dramatic music]
See you later!
♪ ♪
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
[laughs]
Bang!
Bang!
[laughs]
- Oh, stop it, Thomas.
Stop it.
[deflating noise]
- Samson?
What's the matter?
- Uh, n-n-nothing, nothing.
Why should anything
be the matter?
Not afraid of fireworks
No, not at all.
Just a few loud bangs.
Ha, nothing to worry about.
- Enough nattering.
We're already running
seconds late.
Let's go, let's go.
Come on, move it, move it.
[horn music]
- Later that day,
a thick fog rolled in
over the island of Sodor.
None of us could see
where we were going.
[gasps]
- Watch out, Thomas!
- [strains]
Sorry, Gordon.
I-I didn't see the red
signal.
- Well, you should've
been looking
where you were go--
[both scream]
- Phew.
- Look out!
- Oof!
- Sorry.
- [strains, grunts]
Now, because the fog
is so bad,
and we don't want
any accidents,
I've asked Cyril the Fogman
to come and help us out.
- This is a detonator.
We will be placing these
on the tracks
to warn you that you are
coming up to a signal,
so when you hear a bang,
slow down and look out...
[bang]
- Ooh.
- Because there's
a signal ahead.
- Uh, thank you, Cyril.
Now, off you go,
and be careful out there.
[shrill whistle]
- [blows whistle]
[bang]
[train cars yell]
- Oh, dear.
What's that noise?
- Don't panic.
It's only the fog detonators.
They're warning us that
we're coming to some signals.
Samson and Bradford were on
their way to the quarry,
but nobody had warned them
about the detonators.
- I'm sure this isn't the way
to the Blue Mountain Quarry.
You must have taken
a wrong turn in the fog.
- And then there was trouble.
[bang]
- Ah! What was that?
[bang]
Ah! Fireworks.
Fireworks!
- No, Samson!
Those aren't fireworks.
They're fog detonators--[yells]
[bang]
- [screaming]
Ah!
Help! Ah!
- [yells]
Watch out!
- Sorry!
[yelling]
- Samson, stop screaming.
They're not fireworks.
Get a grip!
- [incoherent gibbering]
- And he's not listening.
- Ah!
Fireworks!
Fireworks!
- [humming absently]
Ah!
Excuse me.
What are you playing at?
This isn't a shunting yard!
- [yelling]
[bang]
[yelling]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Oof!
Finally.
- Sorry, Bradford.
[pants]
Don't know where we are now.
I didn't mean to get lost,
but, well,
I really do not
like fireworks.
- They weren't fireworks.
I've been trying to tell you.
Those bangs
were fog detonators,
to warn you
about signals in the fog.
- Oh.
- "Oh," indeed.
Now we're lost in the fog
in the middle of nowhere.
- But what do we do now?
- Nothing we can do, boy-o,
except sit here and wait
for the fog to lift.
[harmonica playing]
♪ ♪
- [clears throat]
- Uh, sorry.
- Uh, uh,
fog hasn't lifted.
- No, it hasn't,
and now it's dark, too.
[sighs]
[firework screams, bangs]
- W-w-what was that?
[fireworks exploding]
- Fireworks?
- I thought you said
they were detonators.
- Not on the tracks.
Up there, in the sky.
[wondrous music]
- No, no, don't want to look.
Make them go away.
- See, Samson.
They're not scary.
In fact, they look beautiful.
Lovely colors and that.
Oh, look at that one.
- Oh.
I suppose it is quite pretty.
- They're not just pretty,
my lad.
Useful, too.
- Useful?
- That must be the earl's
firework display.
If we follow the fireworks
to the castle,
then we'll know where we are,
and we can find our way home.
- Okay, but--but--
I don't want to get
too close to those fireworks.
- Of course not, but we can't
stay here all night.
Step to it, now.
Follow those whizzes and bangs!
- [blows whistle]
[peppy rock music]
[quavering]
- Oh-ho-ho-ho!
It's working, Samson.
The fireworks are helping us
find our way.
- Oh.
Look, Bradford, look!
It's the castle.
We're here!
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- So what do you think
of the fireworks, then, Samson?
- Ah, well, they're not so bad,
after all,
and most helpful.
[loud bang]
Ah! Oh.
But I do wish
they weren't so loud.
- Well done, Samson.
Section
of the railway rulebook
says engines
who face their fears
are very, very useful.
[bell ringing]
- [toots whistle]
What do you do
when your friends are scared
or upset?
Sometimes, you can help them
feel better.
My friend Henry used to be
scared of the rain.
He thought it would ruin
his paint work,
so he would always try
to find a place
to hide and stay dry.
I didn't like seeing Henry
looking so sad and worried,
so I tried to show him
that rain
was nothing to be
frightened of.
After all, it's only water.
When Samson got scared
of the fireworks,
Bradford stayed with him
and helped him
get over his fear.
Once Samson calmed down,
he realized that he did
quite like the fireworks
after all.
Sometimes, we can help
our friends feel better,
just like our friends
can help us, too,
and friends who help
each other
are the best friends of all.
[whistle blows]
- Come on, Thomas!
- It's time to go.
- See you next time!
[whistle toots]
[peppy rock music]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[children singing]
[whistle toots]
[whistle blowing]
[horn toots]
[horn toots]
[upbeat music]
man: ♪ Let's go, go, go ♪
♪ On a big-world adventure ♪
♪ The world's
just a train ride away ♪
all: ♪ Big world,
big, big adventures ♪
♪ "Thomas & Friends
Big World! Big Adventures!" ♪
[laughter]
[whistle toots]
22x08 - Thomas and the Monkey Palace
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British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.
British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.