Every Thomas Movie Is The Same

Every Thomas movie is the SAME? Get OUTTA here with that!

This video will be an exploration of how the Hero's Journey applies to the Thomas movies! ENJOY!

CHAPTER
0:00 Intro
0:48 Hero of the Rails
3:42 Misty Island Rescue
6:24 Day of the Diesels
8:13 Blue Mountain Mystery
10:41 King of the Railway
12:26 Tale of the Brave
14:22 The Adventure Begins
16:43 Lost Treasure
19:17 The Great Race
20:59 Journey Beyond Sodor
22:26 Big World Adventures
24:28 Magic Railroad
26:02 Calling All Engines
27:54 The Great Discovery
29:57 The Royal Engine
31:21 End

MUSIC CREDIT

[NitroIndigo]

Once I showed Hero of the Rails to a friend for the first time, and then Blue Mountain Mystery a few weeks later, and he noticed that they both have a plot point where Thomas & co have to keep the spotlighted new character hidden from authority figures.

[fairlyoddenginecreations]

I like this way of tackling the movies instead of just reviewing what you like and dislike about them. The hero's journey is a very well-tested formula and Thomas can do it very well if it's got the right minds behind it. I also think TGD was Thomas' best film as a character alone, We see all sides of his personality and his arc is absolutely brilliant. Good stuff!

[Argoaaa]

No joke, my mum called me exactly after you said "all you have to do is answer the call" at the end of the video.

[UsefulEngine]

This is kind of weird because despite every single Thomas movie being about something different in reality that are all really not too different from each other. The same thing goes for other movies that use this type of trope as well. This was a great video Adam and it really enlighten me on this type of writing that the people on the show use to actually create these movies. Keep up the good work man.

[jeremiahsisaias]

Something I've always noticed in the CGI Thomas movies and TATMR from as a kids' perspective is that the climax to the very end is always in the let's go sequence there is always a rescue sequence or a battle between the main villain.
They kinda feel repetitive unlike Miller era season logic, its the choices of main characters.

Villain: "Day of the diesels", "Hero of the rails", "Blue Mountain Mystery", "Sodor's legend of the lost treasure", TATMR and "Journey beyond Sodor".

Rescue: "Misty Island rescue", "King of the railway", "Tale of the brave", "The Adventure Begins", "The Great race" and "Big world big adventures".

[ryanclaydon]

I wish Gordon was the protagonist of the Great Race, James and Henry were the protagonists of Journey Beyond Sodor, Diesel was the protagonist of Day Of The Diesels, Edward was the protagonist of The Adventure Begines and Bash Dash and Ferdinand were the antagonist of Mysty Island Rescue

[glitchygamer]

I’d say Mike, Rex and Bert are the mentors in SLOTLT

[DavidBContentExtravaganza]

Wow. That's amazing. Veey interesting of you breaking down hero's journey in the Thomas movies.

[liamconnollyst]

That was a very unique way to present the movies and seeing your own creative wheel for the Hero's Journey does help me out with some structures for my own connected media world and its lore.

[Trickshotter]

Calling Bash, Dash and Ferdinand mentors is something I thought I would never hear😂

[FrankFrancis]

Great work. 9/10. I think for some films you stretched the boundaries for what the hero cycle really meant, but you made a great point. Excellent job.

[amitysluzara]

This is my first time hearing of a Heros journey. Really interesting to see this

[Gamebuilder]

18:21 this also applies to Diesel 10 in Day of the Diesels though it wasn't really explicitly brought attention to

[rashidsamah]

0:30 No way!! Did anyone hear the Gravity Falls Theme song in the background??

[HyenaCoreStudios]

"Call to Adventure"

Well, being a machine, he'd have to kick into overdrive first.

Sorry I couldn't help myself-

[jackdragon_official]

Such a concept like this, i never would have thought of. My mind is BLOWN! Great Video! You learn something new each day...

[Somebody]

10:11 in this scene you can see likes driver going “Should I jump out?”

[Nic_]

I do like how much more in depth the Adventure Begins feels knowing how much influence it had later, even if it’s just a retelling

[thomtub]

Honestly the idea that every story is the same doesn't stick right with me, I know that's not exactly what's being stated and the reason the hero's journey applies to a lot of stories is because it's kinda vague, but I dunno. Another great vid covering something I didn't expect to see in a Thomas video.

[IsleofPigsStudios]

We’ve had James as the Foe and as the Treasure, now how about James as the main or as the mentor? /j