S18 Ep.9:Thomas the Quarry Engine

THESE ARE SOLEY MY OPINIONS AND NOT FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FAN BASE

THOMAS THE QUARRY ENGINE

Written by

Andrew Brenner

Directed by

David Baas

Produced by

Robert Anderson (Arc)

Ian McCue and Halim Jabbour (HIT)

Air Date

4/09/14

Plot:

Mavis is sad that she has to stay at the Quarry all the time and all she wants to be by the seaside. So Diesel, with his boastfulness of being revolutionary, made her the front engine, despite that Thomas thought of the offer at first for Mavis being the back engine. 

PRO:
- Another example of Awdry's characters are like children
- Moral: Always help one another

CON:
- Thomas kept on puffing while having his brakes on
- No purpose of the balloons on Mavis

Ever since April, this has always been my favourite episode and it still is five months later. The story feels like another Awdry style story, why? Because the characters act like children, Thomas thinks he can haul the trucks by himself without a back engine (banker) but things turn out wrong in the end, which brings in the moral that you always help one another, which is on Mavis side as she was out and about with Diesel. However there are some problems, but they're mostly nitpicks. The first one is that you can still hear Thomas puffing even though his brakes are on and the balloons have no purpose for the story, that Mavis was carrying nearing the end. There was just no purpose and those balloons would've been deleted instead. However those nitpicks don't deviate my love for the episode. It is good, it has that Awdry feeling and the UK acting is great as well. I love the song at the end too. It's a very British thing to see on Thomas & Friends, 'I Do Like To Be By The Seaside', a British hall song, kudos to Andrew Brenner for adding that.

Rating: 9/10