TTTE S11E10: Thomas and the Big Bang

Time to start off this year's reviews! They're going to go off with a bang!

Special thanks to Thomas the Tank Engine Wikia for the image.

272. Thomas and the Big Bang.

Written by: Abi Grant.

Aired: UK: 7 September 2007. US: 7 October 2007. AUS: 27 September 2011.

Thomas is very cheeky. He enjoys playing with his friends, like playing hide and peep with Percy or when James spins on the turntable. Despite his playfulness, he always works and gets the job done.

One day, Thomas gets a new whistle fitted, and he whistles it everywhere he goes. Mr. Percival makes Thomas do a job, which was to fill his trucks with bricks, flour and timber with the help of the narrow gauge engines. Thomas is really excited about this job that he blows his new whistle loudly, and scaring Rheneas, which makes the little engine knock his trucks of pilings. Skarloey and Sir Handel finds this very funny. The engines decide to scare Rusty next.

Rusty is pulling trucks full of bricks when the plan falls into place. Thomas whistles loudly and Rusty knocks his trucks, getting covered in red brick dust from the bricks.

The engines decide to scare Sir Handel, who is pulling flour trucks. The engines hide in The Wharf's Transfer station, and they all peep at him. Sir Handel bashes his trucks and gets covered in flour. Despite all the fun, nobody is doing any work.

Thomas now decides to scare Peter Sam. He is pulling a flatbed of timber. After the engines whistle at him, he pushes his flatbed so hard, the timber crashes through some oil drums and splashes into the canal.

Mr. Percival arrives, and is furious when he finds that there is a huge mess of bricks and flour, and that the timber is in the canal and that none of Thomas' trucks had been loaded. Thomas, seeing the error of his ways, works to get everything in order, getting everything in his trucks before teatime.

Thomas however plays one last trick on Mr. Percival and hides his trucks. When Mr. Percival does arrive, he asks where the trucks are. Thomas reveals the trucks filled with bricks, flour and timber. Mr. Percival laughs and declares that Thomas is "a very funny engine."


Well, time to start off this review. It'll start with a big bang. Ugh! Don't say that! I hate The Big Bang Theory.

Well, this episode is just...... dimwitted! The following reasons;

The title is misleading. Where was a big bang? All I saw was Thomas the Tank Engine making the narrow gauge engines jump upon blowing his whistle, making Rheneas knock his loads onto the ground, turning Sir Handel into a ghost, Rusty into a brick ghost, and making Peter Sam push his timber into the canal.

Why would Skarloey and Rheneas join in? They're supposed to be the wisest engines on the railway.

The main redeeming quality of this episode was James the Red Engine spinning on the turntable, like he did in Tenders and Turntables. And even Mr. Percival telling off Thomas. Of course Thomas' trick at the end was more sensible.

But still, this episode was silly in its own way.

My rating: 3/10.

Season 11 scorecard:
11. Thomas and the Big Bang: 3/10.

13. Don't Be Silly, Billy: 1/10.

Season 11 rating so far: 2/10.