Thomas Saves the Day

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“Slow down! Slow down! And puff with care!”

― Annie and Clarabel advising Thomas

Thomas Saves the Day is the sixth (fifth in Australia) episode of the eighth season.

Plot

Thomas is helping with the construction of a new station on the Main Line by taking the workmen to the site and back home again. However, there is a difficult bend before the final approach to the station, which makes Thomas nervous. But Annie and Clarabel always advise Thomas to slow down and puff with care. Upon arrival at the new station, Thomas is informed by the Fat Controller that Annie and Clarabel are due for an overhaul at the repair yard, so he must take them there and use other coaches to take the workmen.

However, Thomas is very worried that, without Annie and Clarabel, he will not be able to tackle the difficult bend. The next morning, Thomas' nerves get the better of him as he accidentally bumps into his substitute coaches which roll back into James, making him cross. Also, whilst negotiating the difficult bend, Thomas goes too fast and ends up derailed with the coaches in the bushes. Harvey comes to Thomas' rescue, but Thomas feels that he is not really useful without his coaches. Harvey believes otherwise and takes the workmen and the coaches to the new station.

Thomas heads off for Tidmouth Sheds, longing to be back with Annie and Clarabel. However, Thomas spots some trucks, which have broken away from Edward, heading towards the new station. Thomas gives chase and overtakes the runaway trucks, but he is getting closer and closer to the difficult bend. This time, Thomas remembers Annie and Clarabel's advice to slow down and puff with care. He gets around the bend on his own, but the runaway trucks go around the twisty tracks as well.

Thomas keeps ahead of the trucks and whistles to attract the signalman's attention. Once informed, the signalman changes the points and the runaway trucks crash through the buffers just outside of the new station.

The next day, Thomas is taking Annie and Clarabel to the new station for the grand opening, but this time Thomas finds the difficult bend no longer difficult.

Characters

Thomas
James
Harvey
Annie and Clarabel
Sir Topham Hatt
Edward (does not speak)
Toby (does not speak)
Gordon (cameo)
Percy (cameo)
Stephen Hatt (cameo)
Henry (deleted scene)

Locations

Trivia

Stock footage from Bye George! is used.
Going by production order, this is the fifth episode of the eighth season.
A deleted scene implies Gordon was to have a much bigger role in this episode.
This episode shares its name with the US version for the seventh episode of the first season.

Goofs

Thomas says he will tell the stationmaster, but he tells the signalman.
In a deleted scene, Thomas' face is crooked.

Merchandise

Magazine Stories - Thomas Saves the Day/Thomas Saves the Day

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Italian	Thomas Salva la Nuova Stazione	Thomas Saves the New Station
Danish	Thomas Redder Ragen	Thomas Saves the Day
Norwegian	Thomas Redder Dagen	Thomas Saves the Day
Swedish	Hjälten Thomas	Thomas the Hero
Dutch	Thomas: De Held van de Dag	Thomas: The Hero of the Day
German	In Der Letzten Sekunde	At the Last Second
Spanish	Thomas Salva el Día	Thomas Saves the Day
Portuguese	Thomas é a Salvação	Thomas is Salvation
French	Thomas: Le Héros	Thomas: The Hero
Catalan	Nova Estació a la Victòria	New Station in Victory
Gaelic	Tomas an Gaisgeach	Thomas the Hero
Czech	Tomáš Zachraňuje Den	Thomas Saves the Day
Croatian	Tomica Spašava Dan	Thomas Saves the Day
Slovak	Thomas Zachraňuje Deň	Thomas Saves the Day
Polish	Tomek Spieszy na Ratunek	Thomas Hurries to the Rescue
Finnish	Tuomas Pelastaa Päivän	Thomas Saves the Day
Hungarian	Thomas: A Nap Hőse	Thomas: Hero of the Day
Romanian	Tomas Salvatorul	Thomas' Saviour
Japanese	トーマス、きゅうばをすくう	Thomas Saves the Situation
Greek	νέο σταθμό στη νίκη	New Station in Victory
Russian	Томас спасатель	Thomas the Rescuer
Chinese	托马斯化解危机	Thomas Defuse the Crisis
Korean	용감한 토마스	Brave Thomas
Thai	โธมัสช่วยปกป้อง	Thomas Protects