Thomas and the Colours

“But you pulled the team's carriages last year!"
"And I'm pulling them again this year!”

― Thomas and James

Thomas and the Colours, spelt Thomas and the Colors in American releases, is the twenty-second episode of the tenth season.

Plot

Thomas tries to finish his jobs quickly so that he can take the Sodor football team to a match against the Mainland, but is upset when he finds James being decorated in the team flags. Thomas tries to use James' vanity against him so that he can pull the team, but James does not pay attention and Thomas runs out of ideas. Then, he has a brainwave - have James diverted. Unfortunately, the siding James runs onto is overgrown and the flags are ruined. Thomas goes for help, but is stopped when he sees Bertie broken down, beside the line. Thomas, thinking fast, collects Annie and Clarabel to take Bertie's passengers and then the football team and takes them to James, so he can have James decorated with the team's scarves. The team gets to the match on time and James agrees to let Thomas pull the team the next year - but only if he gets to the yard first.

Characters

Thomas
James
Bertie
Sir Topham Hatt
Annie and Clarabel (do not speak)
Edward (cameo)
Henry (cameo)
Gordon (cameo)
Percy (cameo)
Toby (cameo)
Emily (cameo)

Locations

Trivia

The opening scene of this episode closely resembles the opening scene from the episode eighth season episode Fish.
This episode was not released in US DVD releases until July 14th, 2009 for the HiT Favorites DVD, School Days.
When released on the HiT Favorite's School Days US DVD, the eighth season version of the Engine Rollcall was used, even though, the song was changed after the release of the 2005 direct-to-DVD movie, Calling All Engines! and after the rebuild of Tidmouth Sheds during Calling All Engines.

Goofs

In some scenes, Thomas' face is crooked.
When Thomas arrives at the signal box, his steam platform is visible.
When the kids decorate James, their hats disappear. Though the fact that they just decorated James with their scarfs and flags, no hat is visible on him when he was re-dressed.

Merchandise

Wooden Railway (discontinued)
Wind-up Trains

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Danish	Thomas og Fodboldkampen	Thomas and the Football Match
Norwegian	Thomas og Fotballaget	Thomas and the Football Team
Swedish	Med Känsla för Färger	With Feeling for Colours
Czech	Tomáš a Vlajky	Thomas and the Flags
Polish	Tomek i Barwy Klubowe	Thomas and the Club Colours
Slovak	Thomas a Farby	Thomas and the Colours
Finnish	Tuomaksen Värikäs Päivä	Thomas' Colorful Day
French	Thomas et Les Couleurs	Thomas and the Colors
Spanish	Thomas y Los Colores / Thomas y Los Colores de su Equipo (Hispanoamérica y España)	Thomas and the Colours / Thomas and the Colours of His Team (Two New Versions)
Brazilian Portuguese	Thomas e as Cores	Thomas and the Colours
Dutch	Thomas en de Sodor Team	Thomas and the Sodor Team
Flemish	De Sodor Team	The Sodor Team
German	Thomas und die Fußballmannschaft	Thomas and the Football Team
Hungarian	A Futballcsapat	The Football Team
Italian	Thomas e i Colori	Thomas and the Colours
Catalan	Thomas vs. Colors	Thomas vs. Colors
Japanese	すてきなかざり	Nice Decoration
Russian	Томас и цвета команды	Thomas and the Team Colours
Chinese	托马斯与旗帜	Thomas and the Banners
Thai	โธมัสอยากขนนักกีฬา	Thomas Wants to Transport Athletes
Romanian	Thomas și Culorile	Thomas and the Colours
Croatian	Tomica i nogometna momčad	Thomas and the Football Team