The Lion of Sodor

This article is about 'the episode'. You may be looking for 'the statue, the UK/US DVD or the German DVD'.

“This is the finest statue I've ever seen!"
"And the cleanest!”

― The Mayor and the Fat Controller^[src]

The Lion of Sodor is the second episode of the thirteenth season.

Plot

Thomas is given the job of transporting a crate containing a very special statue called The Lion of Sodor. However, he thinks his cargo is a real lion, so he decides to take extra care of it. Throughout his journey to Knapford, Thomas decides to make sure that the lion is well fed and comfortable, so he collects syrup from Henry, fish from Edward and straw from Toby, which are all placed inside the crate. When Thomas arrives at Knapford station, the crate is opened up and everyone is shocked to see the Lion of Sodor in a terrible mess. Thomas feels very silly and owns up to what he thought of his cargo. The Fat Controller and Henry explain that the Lion of Sodor was a special statue which got broken. Thomas' cargo was the new statue of the Lion. Feeling silly, Thomas agrees to get the statue clean. Taking advice from Henry and Edward, Thomas gets it cleaned at the wash-down and then polished at the Sodor Steamworks. Once the Lion of Sodor looks very clean, Thomas takes Toby's advice to a short-cut via the windmill to get back to Knapford station, where the Mayor of Sodor is very pleased to see the new statue.

Characters

Locations

Trivia

This episode marked the first of a few things:
- The Mayor of Sodor's first speaking role.
- The first appearance of the Viaduct since the seventh season and its first appearance in CGI.
This episode was shown in select US theatres in October 2010.

Goofs

When Thomas arrives at the docks, the flatbed is missing its axles. Also, when he first arrives, it is lighter in colour.
Toby said he only has straw in his trucks, but as he had flatbeds, he should have said on his trucks.
The narrator said Thomas' engineer (driver) put the syrup in the lion's crate, but it's really his fireman (identified by his moustache).

Merchandise

Magazine Stories - A Lion on Sodor

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Norwegian	Løven på Sodor	The Lion on Sodor
Dutch	De Leeuw van Sodor	The Lion of Sodor
Japanese	ソドーとうのライオン	The Lion of Sodor Island
Welsh	Y Lew O Sodor	The Lion of Sodor
Swedish	Sodors lejon	Sodor's Lion
German	Der Löwe von Sodor	The Lion of Sodor
Brazilian Portuguese	O Leão de Sodor	The Lion of Sodor
Finnish	Sodorin Leijona	Sodor's Lion
Danish	Løven fra Sodor	The Lion from Sodor
Polish	Lew Sodor	The Lion of Sodor
French	Le lion de Chicalor	The Lion of Sodor
Italian	Il Leone di Sodor	The Lion of Sodor
Chinese	多多岛的狮子王	The Lion King of Sodor
Korean	소도어의 사자	The Lion of Sodor
Greek	Το λιοντάρι του σοντορ	The Lion of Sodor
Czech	Sodorský Lev	Pean Lion of Sodor
Indonesian	Singa dari Sodor	The Lion of Sodor
Russian	Сидорский лев	Lion of Sodor
Hungarian	Sodor oroszlánja	Lion of Sodor
Romanian	Leul din Sodor	The Lion of Sodor
Serbian	Lav od Sodora	The Lion of Sodor
Spanish	El León de Sodor	The Lion of Sodor
Slovak	Sodorský lev	The Lion of Sodor
Catalan	El Lleó de Sodor	The Lion of Sodor
Thai	ราชสีห์แห่งโซดอร์	Lion Chain of Sodor