Thomas, Lightning and Friends at the Salt Flats and leave Ace behind/At San Francisco/Sometimes You Make A Friend

This is how leaving Ace behind goes in Lightning McQueen's Adventures of Thomas and Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie.

[The scene changes to San Francisco where The Fat Controller (wearing a cowboy hat) is asking a diesel shunter named Natalie about Thomas]

The Fat Controller: Uh, he's blue, with a big number one. Perhaps you've seen him? Delivering coffee from Brazil? (he shows Natalie the photo)

Natalie: From Brazil? Oh, yes, of course! I know the tank engine that bought the coffee from Brazil.

[The Fat Controller beams with delight]

Natalie: Oh, but she didn't look like that tank engine. Sorry.

[The Fat Controller's smile fades]

The Fat Controller: Er.... (sighs) Oh, thank you, anyway.

Natalie: Have a nice day.

[She reverses away while The Fat Controller walks sadly to a café]

The Fat Controller: Oh, Thomas, where are you?

[The Cars Antagonist Legion saw this]

Chick Hicks: Look. It's the Fat Railway Owner guy.

Sterling: You mean Sir Topham Hatt/The Fat Controller.

Chick Hicks: Whatever.

Professor Z: It looks like he's been looking for Thomas across the world.

Ripslinger: Yep. No kidding about that.

Jackson Storm: Hopefully he doesn't interfered with our plans.

Arvy: Yep. I banged the little blue guy good.

Chick Hicks: Yes. But did you injure him enough?

Arvy: Well, other than the fact that a western mining engine saved him just now.

Ripslinger: A western mining engine did what?!

Chick Hicks: You were lucky he was able to rescue the tank engine. The next time I tell you to rough our enemies up a little bit show a little more restraint. [sighs in frustration] No matter. We need that puffball to come here just as much as Fatt Hatt does.

Grem: Why's that?

Chick Hicks: We are going to end this. Once and for all.

Acer: And for McQueen and his pals?

Chick Hicks: Same goes for them.

[He smirks evilly. The scene changes to the Salt Flats where Thomas, the cars and Ace are]

Ace: Doesn't it look like the moon, guys? Don't you all feel like you're in outer space?

[Grey cars zoom past them]

Thomas: But, Ace, what about.....

Ace: Welcome to the Salt Flats, guys, the home of speed!

Chug: Wow!

Finn McMissile: Fascinating.

Lightning McQueen: But what about Nia?

Chug: Oh.

Finn McMissile: Right.

Thomas: I'm not supposed to be in the Salt Flats, Ace! And I'm worried about Nia. We must have hurt her feelings, racing off, leaving her behind like that.

Ace: Yeah, well remind me never to do you any favors again, Thomas! Lighten up. You know I have to get here before the next rally.

Lightning McQueen: I know but friends and other things are more important, Ace.

Ace: Whoo! Yeah! These are my people! They can get me fixed up and back on my wheels in no time!

[The other racing cars are talking to one other]

Race Car: Feel the heat, Angelique. My engine is on fire!

Angelique: I'm ready to roll.

Tony: Continent number three, here we come.

Ace: Hey! Tony!

Tony: Ace! Ho-ho, there you are!

Angelique: We thought we lost you back in the Amazon!

[The men gently unloads Ace from his flatbed]

Ace: (laughs) Sorry about that. I...I caught the slow train.

Thomas: Slow?

Dusty Crophopper: No one calls Thomas slow!

Sheriff: He went as fast as he could to get you here only because you told him to.

Ace: Yeah, didn't mean to be an old stick in the mud.

Angelique: Oh. Tony didn't finish the Brazilian course either.

Tony: Uh! Don't remind me. By the time they picked me up, I had tiny frogs hopping all over me.

King: [laughs] That's funny kid.

Ace: Ugh! This is gonna be a hot one. I love the Salt Flats. What a place for racing. (he saw Thomas starting to puff off) Hey, Thomas. Where are you going?

Thomas: I have something important to do.

Ace: Yeah, but what about the rally? I thought you want to be the first railway engine to go all the way around the world.

Thomas: That doesn't matter now. I've got to find Nia and say sorry.

Lightning McQueen: And we're coming with you. [to Ace] And besides, Ace, you don't even have one clue about what it means to be a friend!

Ace: But what about the rally? You'II miss it.

Cruz Ramirez: [turning to him in anger] Who cares if we miss it? You don't get it, Ace! All you wanna do is have fun! But you've gotta understand that other things are just as important than having fun and being a free spirit all the time! I've had the experiences to prove it! And even though I have feelings for you, I'm not sure if you're the right car for me! How come the only one who can't understand friendship and accept others' opinions is you?!

[Ace got surprised by this and suddenly begins to regret his actions]

Ace: Cruz.....

Cruz Ramirez: It's over. Goodbye, Ace. [turns and drives off]

Dusty Crophopper: Ace, friendship means more than having fun and doing your own thing. It means being part of a team and helping others.

Ace: Oh. Really? But... Sure. Maybe I'II see you all in China. Asia. Continent number 4.

Angelique: You have to compete this course first, Ace!

[She and Tony push him away to get fixed]

Car: Bet you're glad it's a dry one.

Ace: Mind my bumper. I think it's a bit loose.

Thomas: Good luck in the rally, Ace. (toots)

[He and the cars set off to find Nia]

Ace: Thanks. See you..... Mates?

[The scene changes to San Francisco where Thomas and the cars are with Natalie]

Natalie: Welcome to California, the Golden State! My name is Natalie and I'II be your shunter today. Anything I can help you with? Coal, water, piston grease?

Thomas: Actually, yes there is. We're looking for a tank engine named Nia. She was bringing coffee from Brazil.

Finn McMissile: She's orange and has two extra cylinder tanks.

Thomas: Yes, thank you, Finn. I was getting to that part.

Natalie: Hmm. Let me see. We do get a lot of engines passing through here, you know.

[Thomas and the cars watch]

Natalie: Ah, yes! I remember that one. From Kenya. Super helpful.

Thomas: Oh, yes! That's her! Do you know where she is?

Natalie: Yes. She said she was going to China.

Thomas and the cars: China?!

Thomas: How are we ever gonna find her now?

Natalie: I guess she wanted to be super helpful someplace else.

[Thomas saw a green crane loading some crates onto a ship nearby]

Thomas and the cars: Thanks!

[Thomas whistles, waking up the Fat Controller up in the café as he had fallen asleep earlier]

The Fat Controller: Ah! Oh, Thomas? Huh? I heard Thomas' whistle!

[He look out the window only to saw Natalie shunting the coffee train to a siding, much to his dismay]

The Fat Controller: Oh!

[The Cars Antagonist Legion heard Thomas and Natalie's conversation]

Chick Hicks: It's the puffball! Come on!

Ned: But we can't get caught.

Zed: What about the rally?

Chick Hicks: That's gonna have to wait. Right now, we've gotta catch him before... [sees Thomas is gone] Huh? Where'd he go?

[Thomas and the cars approach the crane]

Thomas: Excuse us, Mr. Crane.

Crane: Uh-huh.

Lightning McQueen: You have to load us on a ship bound for China straight away!

Crane: Oh, do I now?

Dusty Crophopper: Well, maybe not all of us.

Thomas: Please. We're trying to catch up with someone. Someone we need to talk to.

Crane: That's some distance to go for a talk. Must be a good friend.

Thomas: Yes. She is.

[The scene changes to night with Thomas and the cars on a ship bound for China as Sometimes You Make a Friend starts playing]
 * Thomas: Sometimes you make a friend,
 * the kind of friend who stays.
 * Sometimes you make a friend
 * and you're the one who goes away.
 * Sometimes you're the one,
 * who acts a bit unkind.
 * You didn't think and you did something,
 * you can't forget and can't rewind.


 * I'm sorry, so sorry!
 * And I don't know what to do.
 * With you so far away.
 * I'm sorry, so sorry!
 * And as soon as I see you,
 * that's exactly what I'm going to say!
 * I'm sorry, I hope you're still my friend!
 * I'm sorry, so sorry my friend!

[The scene changes to a map with a red arrow morning across it before changing back to Thomas and the cars puffing through a Chinese countryside with a train of trucks then coaches with bikes attached]

Thomas: Sometimes you make a friend,
 * the kind of friend you need.
 * You try to make them happy,
 * but... you don't always succeed.
 * Sometimes you're the one,
 * who does something that's not okay.
 * Sometimes you hurt a friend,
 * and you don't know what to do or say.


 * I'm sorry, so sorry!

[A guard's whistle blows and Thomas reverses into a siding. Just then, Yong Bao, an engine Thomas and the cars met at the GRS coming puffing in with a snowplow attached]

Yong Bao: Hello! Aren't you Thomas from the Island of Sodor? And aren't you Lightning McQueen and friends? I think I met you at the Great Railway Show.

Thomas: Hello!, We remember you, you're Yong Bao!

Yong Bao: That's right!

Lightning McQueen: It's good to see you again, big guy.

Dusty Crophopper: Long time no see.

Rita: We haven't seen you since the Great Railway Show.

Yong Bao: Of course, but what are you all doing in China, my friends?

Thomas: Oh, we're looking for a friend.

Yong Bao: A friend from Sodor?

Holley Shiftwell: No. A friend from Kenya.