The Irelanders' Adventures of Thomas and Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor/Transcript

[The film opens with an overhead view of Sodor before panning down and showing various locations on the island and the engines]

Narrator: The Island of Sodor is the home of the North Western Railway, with engines of all shapes and sizes, working hard to deliver goods and passengers to their destinations. There are branch lines that run along the coast of the island, serving the docks, the fishing villages and the seaside towns. There are branch lines that run to the farms, quarries and ancient castles of the island's heartland. And there is the main line.....

Gordon: Express coming through!

Narrator: ....which runs all the way from Knapford on the west coast of the island, to Vicarstown, in the east. The line continues over the Vicarstown Bridge, where it connects to the mainland beyond.

[Henry is then shown pulling a goods train towards Vicarstown]

Narrator: Henry was pulling a very important goods train on his way to the mainland.

[Henry whistles as he pass Connor on the viaduct of Vicarstown]

Van: Faster! Faster! Hurry up, Henry!

Troublesome Trucks: We haven't got all day! (giggling)

Narrator: A faulty signal should have warned Henry there was another goods train stuck on the track up ahead.

Henry: Oh!

Narrator: Then, everything happened at once!

Troublesome Trucks: Whoa! Argh!

Henry: No!

[Henry rams into the back of Hiro's train as everything plays out in slow motion]

Troublesome Trucks: (groans and yells)

Henry: (yelling) Ahh!

[Henry smashes through the wall and tilts forward but doesn't fall and left dangling above the road. Cars screech to a stop, people gasp and policemen run over to see what's going on]

Narrator: Poor Henry wouldn't be going to the mainland now.

Henry: Ohh.....

[The opening credits play and the title The Irelanders' Adventures of Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor appears. The scene changes to the tree where the birds and the squirrels went down from the tree and run and fly with the rabbits as Thomas puffs into view]

Thomas: Whoo-hoo! Whoo! Hello, bunnies! Hello, squirrels! Hello, birds! Hello, trees! Hello, sky!

Toby: Morning, Thomas!

Thomas: Good morning, Toby!

Jem Cole and workman: Hi, Thomas! Thomas!

[Trevor whistles in reply]

Thomas: Ah, what a lovely day! It's bright and sunny and everybody on Sodor seems happy! Don't days like this make you feel like bursting into song?

[He opens his mouth to sing when James cut in, singing Somebody Has To Be The Favourite]

James: Somebody has to be the favourite!

The one that everybody wants to see!

Thomas: James!

Somebody has to be better than the rest!

Somebody has to be so good that they're the best!

Somebody has to be the favourite

Somebody has to be me!

James: Here's James! (chuckling)

Thomas: You're not the favourite, James!

James: Of course I am, Thomas. Ask anybody!

Thomas: No, you're not! And anyway, I was going to sing a song then, not you!

James: Well, go ahead and sing if you want to. I'm not stopping you. Quiet, everybody!

[Everyone stops what they're doing and look at James and Thomas]

People: Huh?

James: Thomas wants to sing a song!

Thomas: Oh, ha-ha. No, James! I'm not.... (sees a girl holding a yellow balloon who smiles at him) Oh, OK.

[He opens his mouth again and inhales to sing but James whistles and starts singing again while everyone dances along]

James: Sometimes you have to blow your whistle!

To let the other engines know you're near!

Sometimes you have to make a racket and to shout!

In order to ensure that they're not left in any doubt!

Somebody has to be the favourite!

Say hello! The favourite is here!

Philip: Hello, James!

Thomas: You're not the Fat Controller's favourite engine, James!

James: Really? Then how come I keep getting all the best jobs? Isn't your next job collecting pigs from Farmer Trotter's? (doing pig's grunting)

Thomas: Well, yes, but......

James: Want to know what my next job is?

Thomas: Well....

James: My next job is transporting beautiful music! (whistles)

Thomas: That's not true! You're just making that up! (whistling)

[The scene changes to Thomas picking up pigs at Farmer Trotter's farm, feeling quite glum as the Irelanders arrived]

Connor Lacey: Hi, Thomas.

Thomas: Oh. Hi, Connor.

Twilight Sparkle: What's wrong, Thomas? Aren't you happy to see us again?

Thomas: Well, I am happy to see you, guys.

Chris Kratt: Then why the long face?

Thomas: It's James. He keeps boasting about being the Fat Controller's favourite engine. I know showing off and conceited is who James is every now and again but the favourite stuff is just so annoying, especially he boasted about always getting the best jobs while I do boring ones like collecting pigs!

Maisie Lockwood: Thomas! Just because James acts the way he does, it doesn't mean that you need to be cross with him about it.

Thomas: I know, Maisie, but it is annoying.

Lightning McQueen: Well, Thomas is right. There's no way James is the The Fat Controller's favourite.

Dusty Crophopper: Yeah. If any engine's his favourite, it would be Thomas since he's the number one engine.

Princess Pearl: Oh, great. Now we're gonna have to deal with a debate of who's The Fat Controller's favorite.

Mewtwo: Indeed, Pearl.

Kion: Any chance you know what job James' doing, Thomas?

Thomas: Well, he claims to transport some beautiful music but I think he's making it up.

Ono: (seeing some engine coming) Uh, I don't think he was making it up. Look.

[Thomas and the Irelanders look to see James puffing past with passengers and the brass band on board the open topped carriages, much to their surprise]

James: (humming)

Applejack: Didn't see that one coming.

Fuli: Now, I've seen everything.

Captain Jake: Yep. No doubt about it.

Connor Lacey: Guess James wasn't making it up after all, Thomas.

Thomas: (sighs)

Zazu: Well, you guys would not believe what happened on my morning report.

Sunset Shimmer: What's that, Zazu?

Zazu: Well, it turns out, Henry has had an accident at Vicarstown.

Irelanders: What?!

Fluttershy: Oh, the poor thing. I hope he's not too badly hurt.

Zazu: Well, it turns out he crashed into the back of Hiro's train, crashed through a wall and dangles over the side of the viaduct.

Scooby-Doo: Roh, boy.

Aviva Corcovado: That's not good.

Zazu: But don't worry, help will be on the way.

Connor Lacey: Good. Hopefully, he'll be fixed soon.

Discord: I quite agree. I mean this isn't the first time an engine has derailed by an accident and dangled over something dangerously high.

[Flashbacks of Misty Island Rescue, Blue Mountain Mystery and Philip to the Rescue plays by Discord's chaotic magic]

Raven Queen: Yes, thank you, Discord. That will do.

Maisie Lockwood: Now, we better deliver the pigs.

Spike: Good idea, Maisie.

[The scene changes to Henry being lifted by Judy and Jerome]

Railway worker: Bring it up.

Henry: Oh....

Railway worker: Keep coming! Nice and easy. Turn it around, turn it around.

Henry: Oh.

[Henry was lowered onto the flatbed and moans. The Fat Controller is in his office, talking on the phone and moving models of Edward and James over to the other end of the Sodor map besides Henry's model to monitor the situation and Edward, Henry and James' positions in Vicarstown]

The Fat Controller: Oh, dear. Well, thank goodness nobody was hurt! That's all I can say. (chuckling) That's right, expect Henry to be arriving at the Steamworks shortly. Edward is already at Vicarstown collecting him with the breakdown train. Oh, I'm used to swapping engines around, it's what I do all the time. I'll find another engine to take James' passenger coaches and he can collect those trucks first thing in the morning.

[Thomas was puffing through Knapford when he heard The Fat Controller talking about James taking the goods train to the Mainland. He giggles, getting an idea]

Thomas: (chuckling) I bet James won't like that job! James doesn't like pulling trucks!

[Thomas and the Irelanders head to the yard where James is reversing his coaches into a siding]

Thomas: Guess what, James? You're going to be pulling a goods train tomorrow morning!

James: (gasps in shock)

Thomas: While I will be working with my faithful coaches again, Annie and Clarabel.

Annie: Naturally!

Clarabel: As usual! (giggling)

Rarity: Sorry if you didn't get another one of those "best jobs", darling.

James: A Goods train? A goods train? A..... (stop, realizing something) Oh, wait. You must mean that very important goods train that's bound for the mainland. (laughs)

Irelanders: Huh?!

James: That's a great job, Thomas! What an adventure!

[He puffs forward as he starts singing Somebody Has to be the Favorite again]

James: Somebody has to be the favourite!

That's just the way it is, you must agree!

Some get to see the world and travel far away!

While other engines have a place they always have to stay!

Somebody has to be the favourite!

Somebody has to be me!

Somebody has to be me!

[He puffs away]

Sunset Shimmer: That's strange. James doesn't usually like pulling trucks.

Bob Parr/Mr Incredible: Well, that went poorly.

Annie: Oof. Don't even listen to him, guys. He's only teasing.

Clarabel: Again!

Fred Jones: He sure can sing. I'll give him that.

Koki: He sure can. But our plan to get back at James failed.

[The Fat Controller is with the stationmaster when Thomas and the Irelanders arrive]

The Fat Controller: Ah, right, thank you.

Thomas: It's not fair! James gets all the important jobs!

The Fat Controller: Important jobs? What important jobs? Are you talking about taking that goods train to Bridlington?

Connor Lacey: Yes, sir. Is Bridlington a place in England?

The Fat Controller: Yes, Connor, it is.

Twilight Sparkle: Well, I've looked on information about Bridlington. It's a place in England that is located on the Holderness Coast of the North Sea, a town just at 28 miles (45 km) north of Hull and 34 miles (55 km) east of York.

Iago: Wow. You really look on stuff in books on our adventures, Twilight.

Twilight Sparkle: I know, Iago.

The Fat Controller: That is great smarts, but that's hardly the only important job! What about The Flying Kipper? Or the Mail Train? Or delivering the milk? Or collecting passengers from the cruise ships?

Thomas: I know, sir. But James says...

The Fat Controller: Even looking after your branch line is an important jobs, Thomas! Now, if you'II excuse me, I have some important jobs of my own to attend to, what with Henry out of action and James off to the mainland tomorrow! Who can I get to deliver those cheese vats to Vicarstown?

[The scene changes to Tidmouth Sheds at night]

Narrator: That night in the sheds, Thomas was still very cross about James.

Thomas: It's just so annoying, Percy! He keeps saying he's the Fat Controller's favourite engine! And tomorrow he's going off to the mainland to have a big adventure, while I'm stuck here doing the same jobs I always do! (seeing Percy turning on the turntable) Huh? Percy! You're not even listening!

Percy: Oh, I am, Thomas. But I have to take the Mail Train now!

[Percy puffs off]

Thomas: Oh, it's not fair.

Connor Lacey: Thomas, I know it's not fair, but sometimes, you have to put up with things that life throws your way.

Mushu: Yeah. (He saw James coming) And look who's coming.

[James spin around on the turntable to reverse to his berth]

James: Some get to see the world and travel far away!

While other engines have a place they always have to stay!

Violet Parr: Ugh, there he goes again with that annoying song.

Mewtwo: Violet, I know the song's annoying but we have to deal with it.

Fuli: Well, hopefully James will sing something else and see that he's not the Fat Controller's favorite engine.

Fireman Sam: Oh, great, now Fuli's in on the debate.

James Jones: There's a debate? About my red engine counterpart?

Fireman Sam: Apparently, James, yes.

Ash Ketchum: Well, everyone's right, Sam.

Fireman Sam: What do you mean everyone's right, Ash?

Ash Ketchum: There's no way James' the favourite to The Fat Controller.

Pikachu: Pika.

Fireman Sam: Oh, not you two as well.

Twilight Sparkle: Um, maybe we can discuss this in the morning.

Connor Lacey: Twilight's right, guys. It's getting late.

Fireman Sam: Night, everyone.

James Jones: (yawns) Night, Uncle Sam.

Ash Ketchum: Night, Pikachu.

Pikachu: Pikachu.

Twilight Sparkle: Good night, Spike. (giggles) Sweet dreams, number one assistant.

Connor Lacey: Well, good night, everyone.

[The Irelanders went to sleep, except Thomas who stays awake and sighs]

Thomas: Hmph! Oh, why can't I go to the mainland?

Narrator: But then, an idea flew into Thomas' funnel.

Thomas: (giggling)

[He giggles cheekily, getting an idea. The scene changes to early the next morning when James arrived at Vicarstown Goods Yard to collect Henry's goods train but he can't find them]

Narrator: The next morning, James went to Vicarstown goods yard to collect his trucks.

[He saw Rosie shunting some trucks nearby]

James: Rosie, where are my trucks? What have you done with them?

Rosie: Uh, which trucks do you mean, James?

James: The trucks that Henry was pulling when he had his accident! The Fat Controller said it was very important to take them to the mainland today!

Rosie: Oh! Those trucks! Yes. I know those trucks are important. That's why Thomas came so early! As well as Connor and the Irelanders.

James: (surprised) Thomas? Irelanders? What's Thomas and the Irelanders' got to do with it?

[The scene changes to Thomas puffing over the Vicarstown Bridge with James' goods train]

Thomas: Sometimes you have to get up early!

If there's some place you really want to be!

Sometimes you have to be awake before the dawn!

Sometimes you're up and out before they know you're gone!

Somebody has to be the favourite!

And this time it's going to be me!

This time it's going to be me!

This time it's going to be me!

Van: Are we there yet?

Troublesome Trucks: (giggling)

[The scene changes to the Steamworks where Henry is being repaired]

Narrator: Meanwhile, poor Henry was in the Steamworks, waiting to be repaired.

The Fat Controller: Oh, dear, oh, dear. How long do you expect him to be out of action?

[James arrives looking very cross]

James: He's taken my train, sir! Oh, yes! That's what he's done!

The Fat Controller: Who's taken what train? What on Earth are you talking about, James?

James: Thomas! I'm talking about Thomas! He's taken my goods train, sir. The one that had to go to the mainland! The Irelanders are with him too.

[The Fat Controller brightens up instead of being cross as usual which is different and strange]

The Fat Controller: That's excellent! Then you can work on Thomas' branch line toady, James!

James: Thomas' branch line? But you said I was going to the mainland! That was my job!

The Fat Controller: Well, it's my job to swap engines around.

James: Yes, I know.....

The Fat Controller: That's what a railway controller does!

James: Well, of course, but....

The Fat Controller: He keeps all his engines busy.

James: What if.....

The Fat Controller: Being useful.

Victor and Kevin: Huh?

[Victor and Kevin hurry away to get back to work]

The Fat Controller: Now, who can I get to take all those coconuts back to Arlesburgh?

James: Ohh....

[The scene changes to the mainland where Thomas is puffing along the viaduct with James' goods train]

Thomas: (whistling) Whoo-hoo! (laughing) Whoo!

Narrator: Meanwhile on the mainland, Thomas was having an adventure.

Thomas: Wow! Look at that big building over there. Oh, I wonder what that factory makes? Ha-ha! Oh, did you see the colour of those houses? Bright blue! Ha-ha! Nobody on Sodor would paint their house bright blue!

Van: What are you going on about, Thomas?

Thomas: Everything! Just look around you! We're on the mainland now!

Van: (Sarcastically) Ooh! What's so special about the mainland?

Tanker: It's all just grass and trees as far as I can see.

Truck: Lucky you! All I can see is another truck's backside!

Troublesome Trucks: (giggling)

Rarity: Oh, would you all please quiet down back there?!

Maisie Lockwood: Yeah. You're giving us a headache!

Thomas: There are lots of new things to see here! The buildings are different and the bridges and the..... Oh, look!

[He and the Irelanders look to see a big junction up ahead]

Dusty Crophopper: Holy Smokes!

Kion: Hevi kabisa!

Misty: Wow!

Thomas: I wonder what junction that is up ahead?

Van: I'd say it's Lostville!

Tanker: Maybe it's Confusington!

Truck: Castle Who-Knows-Where!

Thomas: I'm not lost, you silly trucks!

Troublesome Trucks: Off the Map Central!

Thomas: I know exactly where I'm going.

Truck 1: But do you know where you are?

Truck 2: He's trying to be important!

Truck 3: Is it important to go the wrong way!

Truck 4: I think you need to go left!

Truck 5: Don't listen to him, he's facing backwards. Turn right!

Thomas: Would you all please be quiet?

[The trucks stay silent for a few seconds then....]

Van: Are we there yet?

[The trucks start laughing again, much to the Irelanders' frustration and annoyance]

Van: Use your brain!

Truck: Doesn't have one!

Thomas: Stop trying to confuse me! You're distracting the driver!

Station Officer Steele: Cut the chatter down back there! You're putting him off course!

Thomas: Whoa! Oh!

[Thomas got more confused by the signs, points and engines around him until he went into a tunnel. Back on Sodor, James races out of another tunnel pulling Annie and Clarabel on Thomas' branch line, very fast]

Annie and Clarabel: Slow down! Slow down, James, slow down!

James: The faster I go, the sooner I can get back and ask the Fat Controller for a better job!

Annie and Clarabel: (yelling) A better job?

[James approaches Maithwaite]

James: Hello, Maithwaite!

[He screeches to a stop]

Annie and Clarabel: (groaning)

Clarabel: James! You've stopped beyond the platform again!

[James look back to see that she's right and the stationmaster glaring at him]

James: (sighs) Yeah, yeah, yeah....

[He reverses to the platform to let his passengers off]

James: I know, I know. It was an accident. Okay?

Annie: I do hope Thomas gets back soon.

Clarabel: So do I.

James: What are you all muttering about back there? I can hear you, you know.

[The scene changes to a small bridge over a river where a swan is swimming as Thomas and the Irelanders go across the bridge]

Narrator: But Thomas was far away on the mainland and he wasn't going to be back anytime soon.

Thomas: (laughs) You know, I still can't believe how I tricked James this morning.

Van: And I still can't believe we haven't reached that goods yard yet.

Truck: I can!

[The trucks laugh]

Van: Are we there yet?

Fred Jones: No! Soon!

Thomas: I know it's taking a bit longer than I thought, but why don't you relax and enjoy the journey? It can't be that much further.

Voice: Halt!

[A boat drops down in front of them, making Thomas slam on his brakes and the trucks to tilt forward]

Truck: What's the big idea?

Voice: Who goes there?

[They look up and see a big blue gantry crane staring down at them with a suspicious look on his face]

Thomas: Hello there. Is this Bridlington Goods Yard?

Beresford: Bridlington? No! Bridlington's miles from here. (chuckles)

Connor Lacey: But, are we going the right direction?

Beresford: How should I know? Sometimes I go back here. (goes backwards) Whoo-hoo! (chuckles) And sometimes I go up here. (laughs while moving forward) And I can spin around and look at the view from every direction.

[His hook hits him on the nose, making a clown nose honk sound]

Beresford: Ow! But I've never been to Bridlington. What's it like, eh?

Van: Don't ask him!

Truck: He hasn't been there, either.

Truck: And at this rate, he's never going to to get there!

Troublesome Trucks: (laughs)

Discord: (putting his antler and goat horn in his ears in annoyance)

Thomas: Oh, these trucks are very annoying. But they're right. Please, Mr Crane. I really have to keep going.

Beresford: And why exactly should I let you go? You haven't even answered my question yet!

Twilight Sparkle: And what question is that may I ask?

Beresford: Who goes there? Meaning, who are you?

Thomas: Oh... I'm Thomas.

Connor Lacey: I'm Connor Lacey.

Twilight Sparkle: My name is Princess Twilight Sparkle.

Kim Possible: I'm Kim Possible.

Kion: I'm Kion, leader of the Lion Guard.

Captain Jake: Captain Jake of the Neverland Pirates.

Maisie Lockwood: I'm Maisie Lockwood.

Brock: My name's Brock. and I'm a Pokémon breeder.

Misty: And I'm Misty. My specialty is water Pokemon.

Ash Ketchum: My name's Ash Ketchum and I'm trying to be a Pokemon master.

Pikachu: Pika!

Ash Ketchum: Oh, yeah, and this is Pikachu.

Pikachu: Pikachu!

Fireman Sam: I'm Fireman Sam of the Pontypandy Fire Service.

Ladybug: I'm Miraculous Ladybug.

Mewtwo: I am Mewtwo.

Martin Kratt: I'm Martin Kratt.

Chris Kratt: I'm his brother, Chris Kratt.

Jiminy Cricket: Cricket's the name. Jiminy Cricket.

Irelanders: We're the Irelanders.

Beresford: Thomas? Who's Thomas? Hmm....

[He starts to sing Who's Thomas?, much to Thomas and the Irelanders' confusion]

Beresford: Thomas? You're Thomas? Well, I don't know who Thomas is,

So why should I let this Thomas simply hurry on his way?

Thomas? You're Thomas? Speak up now I'm asking you,

Who's Thomas, what's Thomas? What have you got to say?

Thomas: I'm Thomas, I'm a tank engine, I'm from a place called Sodor,

I'm heading for the goods yard where these trucks are meant to go,

I don't know why I've stopped here, apart from the thing you dropped here,

So if you could lift it up again...

Oh, what do you want to know?

Troublesome Trucks: He's lost, he's lost, and Thomas is his name!

He wanted to be important, now he's only himself to blame!

[The trucks laugh with everyone glaring at them. Beresford starts lifting the boat up to let them pass but as Thomas starts to move forward, he drops it in front of them]

Beresford: Thomas? Who's Thomas? I've never heard of Thomas,

Nor me. I know. You're me. That's true. I'm talking to myself!

Now Thomas, little Thomas. You say that's what your name is,

But I still don't know who you are, so tell me something else!

Thomas: I'm Thomas, I'm a tank engine, and some would say I'm cheeky,

And maybe I am cheeky cause I took these trucks from James.

Troublesome Trucks: Yeah!

Thomas: But I was stuck on Sodor, where it's the same old railway,

So I took them to the Mainland which I thought would make a change.

Troublesome Trucks: He's lost, he's lost. He'll have to tell his boss!

If we don't get a move on, then Sir Topham will be cross!

[The trucks laugh again, making everyone glares at them. Beresford looks down at them with a sad expression on his face]

Beresford: So many places you could go, so many things to see.

And like the birds up in the sky, an engine's life is free...

[A flock of birds flew by and Beresford sings free went off-key which makes the Irelanders and Thomas cringe while the trucks look up at him in surprise]

Beresford: Ahem.

So engines always rush about, they never like to wait.

They always have some reason like they're late, or late, or late...

But if you'd like to travel on, you must do something more,

You'll have to tell me something new I've never heard before!

Thomas: Something new?

Beresford: Something new!

Thomas: Does it have to be true?

Beresford: It has to be true!

Thomas: Ohh...

Troublesome Trucks: He's lost, he's lost, he hasn't got a clue!

He doesn't know what to say at all, he doesn't know what to do.

Beresford: Ha-ha! Is that right!?

Thomas: Could you be quiet back there, I'm trying to think!

Ash Ketchum: Yeah, try something like how I told him I wanted to be a Pokémon master.

Troublesome Trucks: Don't try too hard! You'll burst your boiler! Poor Thomas, on the Mainland, nobody even knows his name!

Thomas: That's it!

I'm Thomas, I'm Thomas, but you've never heard of Thomas?

Beresford: No, I've never heard of Thomas.

[Thomas and the Irelanders starts to reverse to the points]

Thomas: That's my name, it's true!

I'm Thomas, I'm Thomas,

Beresford: Yes?

Thomas: And if you've never heard of me, then when I said I was Thomas,

I was telling you something new!

Beresford: Something new?

Thomas: And having told you that I think we're through!

Beresford: Wait What did you do? Thomas, come back! My name's Beresford, by the way! (his hook hits him on the nose again) Thanks for asking! Mmm....

[Thomas and the Irelanders disappear from view and later on, they went into a dark wood which is very dark]

Narrator: There was still no sign of Bridlington Goods Yard. And by late afternoon, Thomas's coal bunker was nearly empty!

Thomas: Oh, dear.

Van: Now what?

Truck: We're lost in the woods.

Truck: I told you he didn't have a brain.

Truck 1: Or a map!

Truck 2: Or any coal.

Thomas: Shh! Look! There's a place up ahead. (gasps) Maybe we'II find some coal there.

Tanker: I don't think so.

[Then, they came to a sign to a goods yard]

Truck: This doesn't look like a goods yard.

Van: No. It looks like a bads yard.

Van: A very bads yard.

Shaggy Rogers: Like, this place gives me the creeps.

Scooby Doo: Re too.

[Just then, Thomas comes to a stop and so do Dusty and McQueen who's tanks are empty]

Van: (nervously) Uh..... Are we there yet?

Raven Queen: For the last time, no!

Zog: (sighs) They're getting so annoying.

Lightning McQueen: Oh this is great! Just great! I can never forget the last time that this happened!

Dusty Crophopper: What do you mean, McQueen?

Lightning McQueen: It happened right before we even met you or Thomas, Dusty.

Thomas: Hello? (echos)

Norman Price: That's funny. There's no one about. (he calls into a old pipe very loudly) HELLO?

[The echo of his loud call scares Maisie who leaps behind a pile and the heroes cringe by the noise]

Fuli: Norman! You've scared Maisie with your shouting!

[Maisie pops out, shaking with fear and hyperventilating with shock]

Norman Price: Oops. Sorry about that, Maisie.

Maisie Lockwood: It's alright, Norman. Just didn't expect that coming.

Van: Ha, great job, Thomas!

Van: You are a really useless engine!

Daphne Blake: He is not! He just ran out of coal, that's all.

[Then, Thomas saw a puff of steam moving beside one of the buildings]

Thomas: Hello? Huh?

[Then, they saw a seemingly odd-looking steam engine with a funnel at the back coming backwards towards them]

Lexi: Hi! Hi! Hi! Pleased to meet ya.

Thomas: Huh?

Lexi: Well, hello-o-o there.

Thomas: Hello.

Lexi: Come on out, Theo! It's a visitor! Another engine. We have company!

[A geared traction engine comes into view shyly]

Lexi: That's Theo. He's shy. Lack of confidence. He thinks he looks awkward and uncoordinated.

Fluttershy: A bit like me since my name has the shy word in it and I'm shy most of the time.

Brock: I get what you mean, Fluttershy.

[Theo comes over to Thomas and the Irelanders]

Theo: Are you being scrapped?

Thomas: (surprised) Scrapped?

Lexi: Dumped. Dissembled. Taken to pieces.

Theo: Yes. Engines get scrapped when they're not useful and nobody cares about them any more.

Lexi: Don't be preposterous, Theo. This one here is a useful engine! He's pulling trucks.

Van: Not very well.

Thomas: Now, that's not fair. I have had a few problems but... Oh! Maybe you can help me out?

Theo: Us, help you?

Lexi: Huh, I doubt it.

Theo: Oh, sorry, no.

Lexi: I don't think so! Nope. Nope. Nope. You're barking up the wrong branch line there, buddy boy.

Mushu: But Thomas only needs coal and water.

Fireman Sam: And McQueen and Dusty need some fuel.

Lexi: Oh... we can help with that! Back up, Theo! Back up! Coal and water is no problem at all! We're fully stocked in the coal and water department, in case our drivers come to try new parts for make improvements.

[When they reached the coal hopper, they saw that Thomas was not following them]

Theo: Why isn't he following us, Lexi?

Lexi: Hmm. I'm not sure. (shouting) Why aren't you following us?

Thomas: I can't. I don't have any coal!

Lexi: He doesn't have any coal!

Theo: Ah!

Lexi: Come on! You'II have to tow him to the coal hopper!

Theo: Me? Ohh.....

Lexi: Come on, Theo! Whoo-hoo, all right! Hey! OK, start pulling, Theo!

Theo: (grunts)

Thomas: Maybe you should uncouple my trucks first?

Theo: Ah!

Lexi: Good idea.

[They uncouple his trucks]

Lexi: OK, Theo, give it the old one-two.

[Then, he started to pull Thomas towards the coal hopper]

Theo: (grunts)

Thomas: Thanks, Theo! My name is Thomas! I'm a tank engine. What kind of engine are you?

Theo: We are experimental engines, Thomas.

Thomas: Experimental engines? Wow! What does that mean?

Lexi: It means we're different! Test models. Trial and error. I'm cab forward! And Theo's... something experimental, too!

Theo: (chuckles)

Connor Lacey: That is quite cool.

Aviva Corcovado: Excellente.

[Theo manages to get Thomas to the coal hopper]

Theo: Oh, and there's Merlin, too!

Thomas: Merlin?

Lexi: Oh, you won't have seen Merlin! He's a stealth engine.

Misty: A stealth engine? What's that?

Lexi: (in a French accent) Stealth engines are designed to be hard to see. Out of sight! Invisible!

Thomas: Ah! An invisible engine?

Theo: Well.....

Lexi: (laughing) Let's just say he's always disappearing!

[Theo saw that water is spilling over Thomas' tank]

Theo: Uh.... Your water tank is overflowing.

Lexi: Whoa, Nellie! Up to the brim.

Applejack: Hey, you're talking like me.

Lexi: Oh, am I? I didn't know. Sorry.

Applejack: That's OK, sugarcube. It's nice that you're trying out new accents.

Thomas: Thanks for your help! But I still have my very important job to finish.

Theo: Does that means you have to go?

Lexi: He's got trucks, Theo, remember? Trucks needs to be delivered! That's what they're for!

Thomas: Oh, I almost forgot. Do either of you know where Bridlington Goods Yard is?

Lexi: Bridlington? (laughs) No idea.

Theo: Mmm, sorry, no.

Thomas: Oh.

Koki: Well, that's disappointing.

Connor Lacey: Thanks for helping us.

Twilight Sparkle: We'd better be going.

[The scene changes to Thomas and the Irelanders continuing on their way to Bridlington Goods Yard]

Narrator: So with coal in his coal bunker and his water tank full, Thomas set off once more in search of the goods yard.

Van: Are we there yet?

Van: I don't think so!

Tanker: Thomas still doesn't know where he's going!

Truck: And those other engines didn't know, either!

Darling Charming: Hey!

Windblade (PWT): He's trying to know where to go.

Mandy Flood: Brock, which track do we take to get to Bridlington?

Brock: According to my calculations, that means.....

Ash and Misty: What? What does it mean?

Brock: We're lost.

[Ash and Misty got shock and fell down]

Aviva Corcovado: (to Brock's calculations) He's right. We don't know where we are or where Bridlington is.

Samurai Jack: She does have a point.

Thomas: (gasps) But look! There's a light!

[They saw a light ahead of them in the distance]

Thomas: That's probably the goods yard now.

Van: And if it's not?

Thomas: Well, if it's not, then we can stop and ask for directions again!

Salt Van: Ha-ha. Or get another engine!

Slate Truck: Who knows where he's going!

[The trucks laugh but then stop when they see something]

Thomas: (gasps)

Troublesome Trucks: (gasps)

[In front of them is a big gate to a huge Steelworks]

Van: Thomas, I have a feeling we're not on Sodor any more.

[Thomas and the Irelanders puff inside the yard and look at the Steelworks with awe]

Van: Wow!

Truck: Would you look at that!

Irelanders: Whoa!

Thomas: Ohh.... (he saw a big sign on the building) Wow, I bet James has never been any place like this.

Deep Voice: Hello?

[Thomas stops, hearing the voice]

Female voice: Who's there?

[Two engines, a diesel who is painted black and light blue and a big tank engine who is painted brown rolled out of the Steelworks building]

Frankie: Oh, what's your names, fellas?

Thomas: Oh... My name is Thomas.

Connor Lacey: I'm Connor Lacey.

Twilight Sparkle: My name is Princess Twilight Sparkle.

Fireman Sam: I'm Fireman Sam of the Pontypandy Fire Service.

Maisie Lockwood: I'm Maisie Lockwood.

Lightning McQueen: I'm Lightning McQueen.

Dusty Crophopper: Dusty. Dusty Crophopper.

Kim Possible: I'm Kim Possible.

Bob Parr/Mr Incredible: I'm Bob Parr. Also known as Mr Incredible.

Captain Jake: Captain Jake of the Neverland Pirates.

Kion: I'm Kion, leader of the Lion Guard.

Brock: My name's Brock and I'm a Pokemon breeder.

Misty: And I'm Misty. My specialty is water Pokemon.

Ash Ketchum: My name's Ash Ketchum and I'm trying to be a Pokemon master.

Pikachu: Pika!

Ash Ketchum: Oh, yeah, and this is Pikachu.

Ash Ketchum: Pikachu!

Raven Queen: I'm Raven Queen.

Spud the Scarecrow: I'm Spud. I'm a scarecrow.

Martin Kratt: I'm Martin Kratt.

Chris Kratt: I'm his brother, Chris Kratt.

Shaggy Rogers: But like everybody calls me Shaggy. And that's Scooby Doo.

Fred Jones: Fred Jones. This is Velma Dinkley and Daphne Blake.

Zog: I'm Zog.

Princess Pearl: My name is Princess Pearl.

Sir Gadabout: Good evening. My name is Gadabout. Sir Gadabout the Great.

Mai Lacey: I am Mai Lacey, Connor's mother.

Hurricane: And my name is Hurricane. You know, like a storm. Whoosh!

[Sparks fly behind him for the effects of whooshing]

Thomas: Wow!

Irelanders: Whoa!

Frankie: And I'm Frankie. But you look like you must be a very important little engine!

Thomas: That's not what my friend James says! He keeps boasting about how he's the Fat Controller's favourite!

Hurricane: Oh, really?

Frankie: And what do you do when he says something like that?

Thomas: I get up extra early and take the trucks he was supposed to deliver to the mainland!

Frankie: (giggling) Well, isn't he a clever little tank engine, Hurricane!

Hurricane: And a cheeky one too, Frankie! (laughs)

Frankie: I'd say he's a keeper, wouldn't you?

[Violet looks at Frankie and Hurricane suspiciously by Frankie's mention of Thomas being a keeper]

Thomas: Do either of you know where Bridlington Goods Yard is? We have to deliver these trucks and it's nearly night-time.

Frankie: Of course we know Bridlington!

Hurricane: I deliver goods there all the time.

Thomas: You do?

Frankie: You mustn't worry about getting to the goods yard tonight. Uncouple those trucks.

Hurricane: Leave them here in the yard. We'II look after them for you and your friends, Thomas! No problemo.

Frankie: Yes. Come on inside. We'II keep you nice and warm.

Hurricane: This is the hottest place in town. (laughs) Yeah.

[The song The Hottest Place in Town starts playing as Frankie and Hurricane begin showing Thomas and the Irelanders around the Steelworks]

Frankie: I don't know where you thought you were going,

But here you are!

Hurricane: I don't know what you thought you were doing,

But you've come so far!

This is the place you were meant to be being!

Frankie: These are the sights you were meant to be seeing!

Hurricane: We'll lift your thermostat up

A degreeing or two

Hurricane and Frankie: And we're guaranteeing

That you'll be agreeing it's true (Hurricane: Woo!)

This is the hottest place in town

We'll warm you up when you're feeling down

We'll make a smile out of every frown

Hurricane: Just take a look around

At the joy we've found!

Hurricane and Frankie: This is the place you can have some fun!

Where you can feel like a number one!

We've got more sunshine than the sun!

Frankie: There's a light in our eyes

We simply can't disguise

Hurricane and Frankie: This is the hottest place in town!

(Hurricane: Yeah!) Come in and come along for the riding

Shunting lovely ladle trucks up the sidings

Rails so smooth that you'll be gliding along

And before you know it you'll be joining us in our song

This is the hottest place in town (Hurricane: Woo!)

No other like it anywhere around

You'll be king and you'll wear a crown (Hurricane: I say)

What we're trying to say

Is that we hope you'll stay

This is the place you can shine like gold!

Our jobs are cool but we're never cold!

We really think you could fit the mould!

Frankie: You'll be part of the team

You'll be living the dream

Hurricane and Frankie: This is the hottest place in town

Come in and come along for the riding

Shunting lovely ladle trucks up the sidings

Hurricane: Rails so smooth that you'll be gliding along

And before you know it you'll be joining us in our song!

Thomas: This is the hottest place in town (Frankie: Yeah!) (Hurricane: You know it!)

You'll warm me up when I'm feeling down

You'll make a smile out of every frown (Frankie: You've got it!)

Hurricane: You know you're keeping it real

When you're working with steel

Thomas: This is the place I can have some fun! (Hurricane: That's it, Thomas!) (Frankie: Woo!)

Where I can feel like number one

I've got more sunshine than the sun (Hurricane: You're number one!) (Frankie: Yeah!)

Frankie: There's no looking back now!

You're on the right track now!

Frankie, Hurricane, and Thomas: This is the hottest place in town!

[The song ends as everyone laughs]

Hurricane: Just think how jealous your friend James will be when he hears about your new job, Thomas.

Thomas: New job? I already have a very important job! I'm delivering trucks to the mainland instead of James!

Mewtwo: True but it's nighttime so you can't deliver them now. It's very late.

Frankie: Oh, quiet now, little tank engine. Your friend here is right. We can worry about those trucks of yours in the morning. What you need is a nice comfy shed where you can relax and let that busy boiler of yours cool down.

Maisie Lockwood: And a nice place to sleep for the night.

Frankie: Of course, Maisie. You and your friends can sleep here for the night too.

Connor Lacey: (yawns) Well, good night, everyone.

Irelanders: Night.

[Thomas follows Frankie to a shed with the Irelanders following them. The scene changes to Tidmouth Sheds on Sodor where the engines are resting and worried about Thomas and the Irelanders even Edward who is staying there until they return, despite that he now lives at Wellsworth with Philip ever since James crashed into the sheds and that Wellsworth is right at the start of his branchline]

Narrator: That night in Tidmouth Sheds, the other engines were wondering what had happened to The Irelanders and Thomas.

Percy: They really should have been back by now.

Emily: I know. I'm feeling worried.

Edward: So am I. Do you think something's happened?

James: Oh, knowing Thomas, he probably got lost on the mainland or fell down a mine or crashed into a stationmaster's house! (he laughs until he saw Percy and Emily glaring at him) Uh? What?

Emily: It's not funny, James!

Percy: Thomas and the Irelanders could be in trouble.

James: Hmph! It serves Thomas right if he's in trouble! It was never his job to go to the mainland at all! He took my trucks without asking! And the Irelanders as well.

Percy: Maybe you could go and look for them, James.

James: Me? Why me?

Percy: Because I'd be scared. And, well, I thought you wanted to go to the mainland.

James: Hmm.

[James ponders about this while Percy look at Thomas' empty berth in concern. The scene changes to the next morning and Thomas and the Irelanders are asleep in a shed when a loud horn startles them awake]

Irelanders: Agh!

Thomas: Argh! What was that?

Clawdeen Wolf: I'm not sure, Thomas.

Frankie: (giggles) Time to start work, little tank engine!

[Hurricane rams into Thomas, pushing him out of the shed]

Thomas: Whoa! Give me a chance to wake up first. Ha-ha.

[He saw that his goods train is gone from the siding]

Thomas: Hey! What happened to my goods trucks?

Hurricane: Oh, I took care of them. I took them to Bridlington in the night.

Thomas: Did you? Thank you.

Connor Lacey: That is very helpful of you, Hurricane.

Chris Kratt: Guess we don't get a chance to go to Bridlington after all.

Martin Kratt: We'II go there another time, bro.

Thomas: If my trucks have been delivered to Bridlington, then my very important job has been completed so I need to head back to Sodor.

Frankie: But we helped you deliver your goods trucks, little tank engine. Surely you don't mind helping us in return.

Twilight Sparkle: Of course not.

Thomas: Well, OK..... I suppose I.... Whoa!

[Hurricane bump Thomas inside the Steelworks, laughing]

Frankie: You're too kind! (laughs)

Sir Gadabout: Indeed.

Mai Lacey: Why wouldn't we be?

[They went to work, pushing the trucks to the cauldron]

Narrator: Thomas was put to work in the Steelworks, shunting ladle trucks and taking molten slags out to the slag heaps.

[The cauldron tips over and molten slag pours out onto ladle trucks then Thomas push them to the slag heaps where they're emptied out and pours down the side of the slope]

Thomas: Cinders and ashes!

Irelanders: Wow!

[Hurricane and Frankie watch them from a distance with delight]

Hurricane: Good job, Thomas. (laughs)

Frankie: He is good, isn't he? (giggles) In fact, I'd say he might be my favourite new engine! And the others are perfect helpers too.

[Frankie and Hurricane laughs while Thomas and the Irelanders look at the molten slag sliding, feeling warm by the heat. A second later, Thomas is reversing into the Steelworks, singing the Hottest Place In Town song]

Thomas: This is the hottest place in town~

You really warm me up when I'm feeling down~

This is the hottest place in.........

Frankie: Whoa! Watch out there!

Thomas: Ow!

[He bumped into some ladle trucks and they fell over, spilling their contents onto the floor and the slag spreads across the ground. Frankie, Hurricane, The Irelanders and the workman rush away from the molten slag to avoid getting burned or smoldered