Thomas and the Runaway Car

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“Oh no!”

― Arthur's horror at upsetting the fish

Thomas and the Runaway Car is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season.

Plot

Thomas has been given the important job of taking the Fat Controller's new car to the Sodor Show. Gordon has been given the job of taking the bandstand to the show and challenges Thomas to a race. Gordon manages to get a head start and Thomas impatiently tells Rocky to hurry up with loading the car onto the flatbed, but Rocky tells Thomas to wait because he needs to be careful. The car was finally placed on the flatbed, but Thomas started so quickly he did not wait for the Dock manager to couple him up to the flatbed. Rocky and the workmen tried to tell Thomas, but he was already gone, determined to beat Gordon.

When Thomas puffed to the top of Gordon's Hill, the flatbed rolled away from him and he chased after it. While Percy was waiting at a red signal, Arthur was pulling into a siding with heavy trucks of fish. Percy saw the runaway car coming and warned Arthur. Arthur, backing up much too fast, biffed the buffers with fish flying in the air and splattering all over him. Up ahead mud was all over the track and Rosie had just left the washdown. The runaway car ran past her, causing mud to splatter all over her; she didn't look too pleased at her predicament.

The flatbed then raced passed Gordon and went into a siding crashing into some buffers with the car then flying off and going into a haystack. When Thomas caught up, he saw what happened and Gordon, feeling triumphant, chuffed to the show. Thomas realises that he lost the race and the Fat Controller's car would never get to the show on time. He set off to the Docks to get Rocky, but he stopped knowing that he was not strong enough to pull Rocky on his own. When Gordon came back after delivering the bandstand and winning the race, Thomas begged Gordon to fetch Rocky. Gordon, taking pity on Thomas, was more than happy to help his old ally as well as show off his strength. He went to the Docks, fetched Rocky, and brought him over to the hay field. After getting the car back on the flatbed, Thomas thanked Gordon by giving him the car to deliver and they arrived at the show together.

Characters

Thomas
Gordon
Percy
Arthur
Rosie
Rocky
Sir Topham Hatt (does not speak)
Lady Hatt (does not speak)
James (cameo)
Cranky (cameo)
Stephen Hatt (cameo)
Bridget Hatt (cameo)
Jem Cole (cameo)
The Mayor of Sodor (cameo)
"Dusty" Dave (cameo)
Sodor Brass Band (cameo)
Alice (cameo)
Farmer Trotter (cameo)

Locations

Trivia

The "new" car model is actually the same old one.
The crowd scene from Toby's Triumph is reused only with the people changed around slightly.
This marks the only time Rosie had faces with an angry expression and shut eyes.
This episode was shown in select USA cinemas as apart of Thomas and Friends on the Big Screen.

Goofs

Gordon's buffer is crooked at the docks.
At the top of Gordon's Hill, the couplings clang and drop before the flatbed moves away; but it was said that the flatbed was not coupled up.
When the flatbed speeds past Arthur, he speeds up after his trucks to clear the points.
When the fish fly out of the trucks on to Arthur, he appears to have two fish stuck on his smokebox before the fish hit him.
When the flatbed passes Rosie it splashes mud all over her, but when Thomas runs by he does not.

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Danish	Thomas go Den Løsslupne Bil	Thomas and the Riotous Car
Norwegian	Thomas og Biljakten	Thomas and the Car Chase
Swedish	Thomas Och Bilen Som Rymt	Thomas and the Car that Escaped
French	Thomas et Le Voiture Emballement	Thomas and the Runaway Car
Spanish	Thomas y El Vagón Fugitivo / Thomas y el Coche Desbocado	Thomas and the Runaway Truck / Thomas and the Loose Car
Brazilian Portuguese	Thomas e O Vagão Fugitivo	Thomas and the Runaway Wagon
Dutch	Thomas En De Weglopen	Thomas and the Runaway
German	Thomas Und Der Ausreißer	Thomas and the Runaway
Hungarian	Thomas és a Szökevény Autó	Thomas and the Runaway Car
Italian	Thomas e Il Auto in Fuga	Thomas and the Runaway Car
Finnish	Karannut Auto	Lost Car
Catalan	Thomas i El Cotxe Fora de Control	Thomas and the Runaway Car
Romanian	Thomas și Mașina Fugară	Thomas and the Runaway Car
Polish	Tomek i Uciekający Samochód	Thomas and the Runaway Car
Croatian	U Bjegunac Automobila	The Runaway Car
Czech	Tomáš a Autíčko na Útěku	Thomas and the Toy Car on the Run
Slovak	Thomas a Autíčko na Úteku	Thomas and the Toy Car on the Run
Japanese	トーマスとにげるくるま	Thomas and the Runaway Car
Korean	폭주 자동차	The Runaway Car
Greek	O δραπέτης αυτοκίνητο	The Runaway Car
Russian	убегающих автомобиль	The Runaway Car
Chinese	托马斯和逃跑的汽车	Thomas and the Getaway Car
Thai	รถคันใหม่ของผู้ควบคุมอ้วน	The Vehicle's Control Obesity