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“I was trying to find you a welcome present, Hiro - something special from Sodor, but I couldn't find anything. I'm sorry."
"Thomas, my friend. You must not worry. My welcome present is right here. Being here with my friends is the biggest present of all, and the most special present from Sodor, there is nothing more special!”
― Thomas and Hiro at the welcome party

The Biggest Present of All is the sixteenth episode of the thirteenth series.

Plot

All of the engines on the Island of Sodor are very excited. Hiro is coming back to Sodor because the engines need help with the summer holidaymakers. The Fat Controller tells Hiro to be go to the Steamworks to be checked over and then go to Knapford, where the Fat Controller is secretly throwing a surprise welcome party at Knapford for him. He then tells Percy to collect Lady Hatt and Thomas to tell all the other engines.

Along with the party, Thomas wants to get Hiro a wonderful gift to celebrate his visit. Thomas first puffs to McColl's Farm where he sees Emily and tells her Hiro is back and wants to get a gift for him. She wishes him good luck, but he unfortunately does not tell her about the party. Looking around, Thomas considers giving Hiro a barn to put items in until he thinks that it is too big to take. He then chuffs to the quarry and tells Henry, James and Toby about what he is doing, but again does not tell them about the party. Thomas also looks around the quarry, but all he can see is slate which he sees as too small and leaves.

Thomas soon gets to the Steamworks where he notices a bell and thinks Hiro would like that, but it clangs very loudly when Kevin picks it up and Thomas dismisses it. Later, Thomas arrives at Knapford, but no one is there, as Thomas had not told anybody about the party. Thomas quickly races around the island to tell them, all the while they offer suggestions for gifts (which Thomas turns down) and soon, they all arrive at Knapford. Thomas apologises for not finding a gift, but Hiro insists that the best present of all was having all of his friends together.

Characters

Locations

Cast

UK

US

Trivia

  • This episode was shown in select US theatres in January 2010.
  • Kevin still mistakenly calls Thomas "boss", which began when he took over as manager in Steamy Sodor for a short while.
  • This is Hiro's first episode appearance.
  • In Poland, this episode premiered before Hero of the Rails, so the audience would not have known about Hiro, Victor, Kevin or the Sodor Steamworks.
  • This episode as seen in episode compilations from the official YouTube channel is titled The Biggest Present of Them All.

Goofs

  • Emily's tender is not rendered properly as it is transparent when Thomas returns to tell her about the party.
  • James and Henry swap their whistle sounds as they puff away to shunt trucks.
  • Thomas has Henry's whistle sound at the end of the episode.

Merchandise

In Other Languages

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Language Title
Catalan El millor regal de tots
Chinese Mandarin 最特别的礼物
Czech Nejlepší dárek ze všech
Danish En ganske særlig gave
Dutch Het Allermooiste Cadeau
Finnish Suurin lahja
French A la recherche du meilleur cadeau
German Das tollste Geschenk von allen
Greek Το καλύτερο δωρο απ' όλα
Hungarian Az üdvözlő ajándék
Icelandic Dýrmætasta gjöfin
Indonesian Hadiah Terbesar dari Semua
Italian Il Regalo più Bello del Mondo
Japanese とくべつなプレゼント
Korean 가장 특별한 선물 (dub)
토마스의 특별한 선물 (subtitles)
Latin American Spanish El Regalo Más Grande de Todos
Norwegian Den største gaven av alle
Polish Najwspanialszy Prezent
Romanian Cel Mai Frumos Cadou Posibil
Russian Подарок для Хиро
Serbian Poklon veći od svih
Swedish Den bästa presenten du kan få
Welsh Y Presennol Gorau Erioed

Home Media Releases

UK

DVD Packs

US

CAN

  • Thomas and the Runaway Kite (Direct-to-Home Video)

DVD Packs

  • Steam Team Collection

AUS/POL

AUS DVD Packs

POL DVD Boxsets

THA/MYS/SWE/DK/FIN/ITA

  • Thomas and the Runaway Kite

FRA

NOR

JPN

GER

CHN

KOR


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