22x01 - Number One Engine

[bunniefuu]

[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]

[rock music]

♪ ♪

- Whoo-hoo!

[echoing]

[train engine chugging

in slow motion]

♪ ♪

I'm the number t*nk engine,

and I love to race!

When I went to China,

a lot of things

looked different.

But one of the engines

looked just like me!

[whistle toots]

All aboard for a big adventure!

♪ ♪

[steam whooshing]

[light music]

[Thomas narrating]

One day, when I was working

on the Chinese Railway,

I was running

a little late.

[train engine chugging]

I'm late. Oh, I'm late!

Oh, I'm late!

♪ ♪

[whistle toots]

I'm late! I'm late!

I'm late!

- [laughing] Whoa!

Easy, tiger!

- Ah, sorry, Yong Bao.

I took a wrong turn

into a siding.

- [laughs]

That's okay, Thomas.

You're here now--

just in time

for your coaches

An An and Yin Long.

both: Ni hao, Thomas!

- Hi! I mean, uh, hello!

I mean ni hao!

[clanking]

[whistle toots]

[bright music]

Back on the Island of Sodor,

my coaches Annie and Clarabel

love it when I go

really fast.

- Really?

- Oh, yes!

[An An and Ying Long giggling]

- Whoo-hoo!

Go, Thomas!

- Faster, Thomas! Faster!

- Once, I went so fast

that I flew way up

into the sky,

as high as the moon!

- [in slow motion]

Whoo-hoo!

- Go, Thomas!

You're number one!

- It doesn't sound

very believable.

- Are you sure that's

what happened, Thomas?

[An An laughing]

You made that up!

- Maybe it wasn't

quite like that.

But it felt like it.

One thing's for sure:

where I come from,

I'm the number

t*nk engine.

[whistle toots]

- But I'm the number

t*nk engine.

It's right here

on the side of my t*nk.

- That's a number ?

- That's how we write

the number in China.

Only we don't call it "one."

we call it "yi."

My name is Hong Mei,

by the way.

- Oh, my name's Thomas.

- Race you

to the next station!

[rock clangs]

- Hey! Come back here!

[exciting music]

Hong Mei was fun.

She liked racing.

And racing was something

I knew all about.

♪ ♪

- I'm number one!

I'm number one!

[laughs]

Keep up, slow coach!

♪ ♪

- Oh, no!

[wheels screeching]

Ooh!

[groans]

[whistle toots]

Hmph, not fair.

I had to stop

for a silly red signal.

- Here in China,

red is the color for good luck.

But it wasn't very lucky

for you just now.

[laughs]

- No, it wasn't.

But I bet I can beat you

if we race again.

- Okay, Thomas.

You're on!

- Three!

- Two!

- One!

- Kaishi!

[whistle toots]

- Huh?

both: "Kaishi" means "start,"

Thomas!

- Oh!

[whistle toots]

♪ ♪

[rocks clanging]

Oh, ah, ow!

It's no use.

I can't keep up with Hong Mei.

- Don't worry, Thomas.

- We know a shortcut.

- Just take this next turn.

- [laughs]

♪ ♪

Wow!

Are you sure

this is a shortcut?

- Yes, Thomas. Keep going!

- I can't see

where I'm going.

Whoa!

[gasps]

[suspenseful music]

Is this safe?

- Of course it is, Thomas.

- We've been this way

lots of times.

- Okay.

Oh, cinders and ashes!

Oh!

[heartbeat thumping]

♪ ♪

[gasps]

♪ ♪

- Come on, Thomas.

It's okay.

- And you need to keep going

if you're going to beat

Hong Mei.

- Go quickly and show Hong Mei

who's number one.

- Okay.

[inhales deeply]

♪ ♪

- Come on, Thomas.

You said you were

the fastest engine on Sodor.

- Didn't you fly up in the air?

- Didn't you jump

over the moon?

- Here we go, Thomas. Faster!

[An An and Ying Long laughing]

- Whoo-hoo!

- Whoo-hoo,

I'm the fastest engine!

I'm number one!

[exciting music]

Whoo-hoo!

Oh, no!

[screams]

[all yelling]

Oh, no.

I've come off the rails.

both: And no one even knows

where we are.

Help! Help!

- Sorry, Thomas.

We should have stayed

on the main passenger line.

- It's not your fault, An An.

It's all because I wanted

to be number one.

[whistle toots]

Hong Mei!

You took the shortcut too?

- Yes. What happened?

- [sighs] There was a rock

on the tracks.

- Oh, no!

It must have fallen

off one of my cars

because I was going

too fast.

Sorry, Thomas.

- But you could have carried on

and won the race.

- And leave you behind?

I don't think so.

[soft music]

[whistle toots]

- [grunting]

both: Yay!

- Aw! Thanks, Hong Mei!

- No problem, number one.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

- My new friend Hong Mei and I

make a great team.

After all,

what could be better

than two number ones?

[bell tolling]

[train engine chugging]

[whistle toots]

Have you and your friends

ever had a race?

Racing can be fun.

But sometimes I get

so caught up in trying to win

that I forget about

what else is important.

[steam whooshing]

Once, James and I

were having a race

to the football ground.

We were so busy racing,

we forgot to pick up

some of the players.

That wasn't very useful.

When I met Hong Mei,

the number t*nk engine

on the Chinese Railway,

we just had to have a race.

I wanted to win and prove

that I could go faster

than Hong Mei.

But in the end,

it was more important

that we were friends.

[steam whooshing]

They may write numbers

differently in China,

but Hong Mei and I,

we can both be number one!

[whistle blows]

- Come on, Thomas!

- It's time to go!

- See you next time!

[whistle toots]

♪ ♪

[upbeat music]

[whistle toots]

[man singing]

♪ ♪

- Come on!

- Yeah!

- Let's go!

- Yeah!

- Come on!

[steam whooshing]

[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]