The COMPLETE History of Henry the Green Engine – Sodor's Finest

*THIS VIDEO IS A RE-UPLOAD OF THE ORIGINAL posted on July 16, 2021.

A rundown of how Henry is portrayed in all 3 major eras of the Thomas series. Which is the best?

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:23 Henry in The Railway Series
16:12 Henry in the Model Series
21:16 Henry in the CGI Series
30:45 Conclusion

♫ MUSIC
/0:01 The Biggest Pile of Leaves You Have Ever Seen — Lullatone
/1:14 Henry — Thomas Reorchestrated
/2:24 Stasis — Eagle Eyed Tiger
/6:55 That Certain Feeling — Cabaret Novelty Orchestra
/11:07 Distance (feat. Memorex Memories) — Hotel Pools
/16:13 Night in Tokyo Pt. II — Macross 82-99
/21:16 The Quiet Earth — Thomas Barrandon
/27:31 Seaside — Dan Mason
/30:45 Henry — Thomas Reorchestrated
/32:08 Henry's Theme — Thomas the Tank Engine SNES

[AngryWorkman]

“I wanted an Atlantic”, he would fume, “and that f*** son of a b**** sent me that!!” That part is a gem, especially when Tug adds in censor sounds 😂

[emersoninfinitystone]

*"If you ever listen to the sounds of the railway at night, you will hear a thundering whistle, strong wheels pounding the rails, and the happy chortle of a once broken soul reborn. This is the sound of The Flying Kipper. It's engine.... proud, noble, enterprising. Thy name is Henry!."*

[therwsgeek]

Henry is a reminder that no matter what struggles life throws at you or what disabilities you have, you can accomplish anything! That's why he's my favorite character.

[awesomealbertt]

“I’m a steam engine that loves nature! Now, just let me go and call an owl stupid.” - Henry

[thinaphonpetsiri]

For me Henry (model series) is sort of a phrase "No matter how hard your life could be; you'll come back stronger and better." He's a fighter, being a flawed design yet still push through hardship until given an opportunity to be rebuilt and made a come back like a boss.

P.S. I also kinda like his theme too, UpsideNow's orchestra arrangement really made it so epic.

[thebluefool]

Henry’s Hiro is like the CGI version of Super Rescue.

[janmelantu]

Here’s my head canon for how the rebuild could conceivably work. Henry’s cab, firebox, and boiler were severely damaged in the crash, but his frame, wheels, and smoke box managed to survive. I’m thinking a something on the side of the tracks put a large dent in the firebox, which is so small the damage reached the boiler and cab. So at Crewe, they cut out his damaged section and replaced them with an unfinished Black 5 they were building at the time.

[DanGamingFan]

Henry really is the Island of Sodor's ultimate chad. After Gordon, he has probably the greatest character arc in both _The Railway Series_ and the model series. An arc that really makes you feel and root for the guy. Too bad with the exception of a few episodes, they totally butchered him in cgi.

[ladyduchess]

Watching anything post-season 21 is really difficult for me because Henry isn't there. As a newer fan, I connected with Henry instantly because of his personality and love for nature, as well as his inspiring comeback story. I knew only after a few episodes that he would be my favorite.

Anytime I watch Gordon have a moment or a good episode after Series 21, I wonder how it would've been if Henry was there. It's hardly even the same show with your fav character missing.

And what sucks the most was how when they FINALLY found the perfect sweetspot between moody, but kind Model Henry and sensitive, meek CGI Henry... they kicked him off the show.

I miss you Henry. We all do.

[thesudriana]

I think another reasoning why they didn't bring back Henry's nature-loving side in the Brenner era was because Andrew Brenner is still not pleased of how he was left uncredited in the S3 adaptation of Henry's Forest, but to be fairly honest, the magazines don't even credit him as writer either (not sure he was aware of it too) and obviously, Awdry never even read the Thomas Marvel Comics, so imagine if those two ever met and the subject of Henry's Forest is brought up...then they would've hit cards.

[RidiculousRailways]

I had never known just how much Awdry hated Henry initially, and that he intended to write him out of the series. You do a great job really going in depth with these videos, they’re very informative and insightful! Awesome!

[DavidBContentExtravaganza]

If you ask me, the CGI series, especially the Brenner era should have Henry's character being a combination of his grumpy trait and his kinder, softer trait in it along with his nature loving side too.

[SkyFire]

What I don’t get about BWBA is you can just add Nia and Rebecca. It’s not that hard. You had the perfect opportunity too with James destroying Tidmouth. Just make tidmouth how it looks in the later railway series. The giant shed with the indoor turn table. Suddenly you can add nia, Rebecca, Donald and Douglas into the sheds or anyone else! The fans would love that too

[nathanlerma]

You know I started getting into Thomas in the early 2010s by then the CGI season were underway and get this I thought the actual Henry was a scaredy cat thanks for showing me the real Henry

[tugsfan]

Henry has some of the best episodes in the entire classic series the flying kipper and Henry’s forest

[matthewchun]

I honestly find CGI Henry funny at times. The leaves on his eyes gets me everytime XD

[brandonadam]

What I mostly appreciate about Henry's character was that he was still flawed even after he had suffered his disability in season 1. The writers could've easily just made Henry happy and go-lucky after he was rebuilt and had overcome all of his unfortunate hardships. Instead, the writers chose to have Henry become self-conscious of his image and believe that he deserves better (or more than he deserves) because of his hard life.

A theory I have of Henry's character is that he was originally just supposed to be a tool to help solidify the stereotypes of the "big engines" on Sodor in the early books. Henry was probably intentionally written as a second Gordon so that it would become clear to the audience that the big Sodor engines are the most pompous, egotistical engines on the island. I'm glad that they added a new layer of complexity to his character in season 3 in order to differentiate him. His softer side in season 3 really helped break the negative "big engine" stereotypes that he was used to construct in the earlier seasons.

[Douglas]

Out of the original seven engines from Season 1, Henry has always been my favorite. Whether it be his inspiring and feel-good character journey, or the many fantastic stories he led in both the RWS and model series, something about Sodor's big green tender engine has always hit different. Henry is one of the all-time greats of the franchise, and a key character in it.

[Florsnake]

I love this character(specifically modeled version), and Henry walled up in the tunnel is always one of the first images I see when I think of the show

[jjbackon]

Thank you for re-uploading this!
I think Henry's story is very inspiring and interesting.