THESE ARE SOLEY MY OPINIONS AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FANDOM
BAD LUCK BOXCAR
Written by
Eva Konstantopoulous
Directed by
Campbell Bryer
Produced by
Suzie Gallo
Air Date
8/07/23 - CAN
4/09/23 - USA
19/09/23 - UK
10/08/23 - AUS
Plot
When Thomas and Percy must transport an unlucky boxcar of bananas, Thomas seems to have bad luck. Percy's positive attitude helps Thomas see the luck in each scenario, breaking the myth of the curse for a successful delivery.
This is basically 'Thomas' Not-so-Lucky Day', at least that one was more interesting given that it was teaching kids about Italy's own way of dealing with supersition. Here it is just a bland, everything bad happens to Thomas and all it just is is that he was having an off day along with bad, annoying, uncreative puns and another boulder run from the canyon. One of these days, Mattel would have to change up this sort of humor they want because these will be getting old for viewers I believe, if they want this iteration of Thomas to be a running success.
I'd research to see if Banana's can bring bad luck, as I did for Skiff's land sickness, and Banana's can be part of supersitions but on boats and it got me thinking, why not make the episode for Salty, Bulstrode and Thomas? Let's say Vicarstown bridge was closed due to it being damaged in a storm and Thomas and Salty were to deliver some banana's on the mainland. But Salty thinks the Bananas are what caused the bridge's damage but Bulstrode, being the adult, think Salty was just being silly and told Thomas not to listen to him and offered to take him and Salty to the mainland. As they crossed the ocean towards the mainland things were going wrong and Bulstrode began to think maybe Salty was right but it all turns out that the things going wrong were all caused by the aftermath of the storm.
It would be the same episode but at least it would be interesting to see Bulstrode with a story and it could give us a different dynamic between him and Salty. I personally hate it when the adult characters are dumb to believe something like supersitious tales, they are suppose to be adults!
Series Rating:
Fast Friends - 1/10
Percy Disappear - 5/10
Ashima's Amazing Arrival - 3/10
Tri-and-a-Half-a-Lon - 3/10
Carly's Magnificant Magnet - 5/10
New Mail Engine In Town - 4/10
Hot Air Percy - 2/10
Carly's Screechy Squeak - 1/10
Shake, Rattle & Bruno - 8/10
Blackout - 2/10
Brand New Track - 5/10
Stink Monster - 3/10
Christmas Mountain - 7/10
Whiteout! - 4/10
Good as New - 4/10
More Than a Pretty Engine - 9/10
Snowplough Struttin' - 4/10
Thomas In Charge - 3/10
Kana Recharges - 3/10
The Big Skunk Funk - 3/10
Off The Rails - 1/10
Diesel's Dilemma - 5/10
Bring It On Beresford - 2/10
What's in a Name? - 1/10
Sheep Shenanigans - 4/10
Tunnel Troubles - 4/10
The Case of the Missing Crane - 1/10
Not-So-Secret Mission - 5/10
A Very Percy Valentine - 3/10
Valentine's Hearts - 2/10
Speedster Sandy - 7/10
For All the Marble - 9/10
Salty's Sea Shanty - 8/10
Retrieve the Kraken - 5/10
Rocket's Fall - 4/10
Details? What Details? - 3/10
Blue Engine Blues - 7/10
Hay Fort Frenzy - 4/10
Percy in the Middle - 1/10
Bad Luck Boxcar - 3/10
Overall Rating (So far):
160/410
