[bouncy music]
♪ ♪
children:
♪ They're two, they're four ♪
♪ They're six, they're eight ♪
♪ Shunting trucks
and hauling freight ♪
♪ Red and green
and brown and blue ♪
♪ They're the really
useful crew ♪
♪ All with different roles
to play ♪
♪ Round Tidmouth Sheds
or far away ♪
♪ Down the hills
and round the bends ♪
♪ Thomas and his friends ♪
[whistle toots]
[epic music]
male narrator: All In Vain.
♪ ♪
male narrator:
It was a beautiful fall morning
on the Island of Sodor,
and Sir Topham Hatt
had some very exciting news.
- Today is
a very important day.
- Is it your birthday, sir?
- [chuckles] Oh, even more
important than that, Thomas.
- Is it Christmas already?
- No, Percy, not just yet.
Tonight the Mayor of Sodor and I
are to attend a celebratory ball
at Callan Castle.
Ha ha.
all: Oh.
- [clears throat]
Well...
we'll need an engine
to take us there.
- Ooh, ooh, me, sir.
- Maybe I could take you, sir.
- Oh, please pick me.
- I would be honored
to take you both, sir.
- [laughs] Oh, no, now, now,
now, not all at once.
- If it's that important,
you should be carried
by a really splendid engine
like me, sir.
- [chuckles]
Typical James--
always trying to get
the best jobs.
- I know, and the Mayor lives
on my branch line,
near Suddery.
- Well, James was the first
to speak up,
so he gets the job.
- Oh, thank you, sir.
- Just so long as you get
the rest of your work
done in time, James.
- I won't let you down, sir.
[whistle toots]
narrator:
James was as good as his word.
He worked extra hard all day.
[whistle toots]
- Here's James!
- You're looking jolly, James.
- Yes, I have a special job
tonight, Cranky.
I'm taking the Mayor
and Sir Topham Hatt
to an important ball
at Callan Castle.
- Well, I wouldn't want
to keep you
from your special job, James.
- Oh, all my jobs are special,
Cranky, even this one.
[gasps]
- Oh, sorry about that--
leaky sugar sack.
- [spits]
Never mind, Cranky.
It's only sticky
if it gets wet.
Oh!
- Like that, you mean?
- Oh, no,
my beautiful paint work.
[Cranky chuckles]
- [chuckles awkwardly]
narrator: Even though
he was a bit sticky,
James kept smiling
as he went about his work.
[playful music]
But as the day went on,
his bright, shiny
red paint work
got dirtier and dirtier.
[whistles toot]
- Whoa.
Oops, sorry, James.
- [chuckles awkwardly]
narrator: And James
got more and more fed up.
[whistle toots]
- Here's Jame--
Oh!
Hey!
[loud click]
Eh...
Oh.
♪ ♪
Oh.
- Oops.
- [chuckles awkwardly,
stammers]
Oh.
♪ ♪
[whistle toots]
[whistle toots]
- Hello, James.
Looking forward
to your special job tonight?
- Yes, but I need to get to
the wash-down to clean up first,
and I'm still not finished
for the day.
- Well, would you like me to do
one or two of your jobs
so you can finish early?
- No, thanks, Edward.
I can manage.
I told Sir Topham Hatt
I can do all my work
and the special tonight,
and I will.
[whistle toots]
- Mm.
[whistle toots]
Suit yourself.
♪ ♪
narrator: James was exhausted
but excited,
having been cleaned up
at the wash-down.
- Hmm.
- What is it?
- Um, uh, nothing, James.
Just a...
just a little scratch
on your paint work.
- Oh, a scratch.
A scratch?
That isn't nothing!
I-I can't pick up the Mayor
looking like this.
[whistle toots]
[exciting music]
[whistle tooting]
- Victor, Victor,
I have a special job tonight,
and I need to be repainted
right now.
- But your paint
won't be dry.
- Don't worry.
I thought about that.
It's a very windy evening,
so that, plus my speed
should dry my paint
in no time.
Please, Victor, I don't want
to let Sir Topham Hatt down.
- [sighs]
Well, all right, my friend,
if you're sure.
- [sighs]
Thank you, Victor.
It's going to be
a wonderful evening.
[whistle toots]
narrator: James's paint
was still wet and sticky
as he left the steam works.
♪ ♪
As James had predicted,
it was very windy indeed,
but, unfortunately,
that didn't help at all.
♪ ♪
[whistles toot]
- Here's James!
Well, Edward,
what do you think?
What?
What's the matter?
- Oh, James, your paint work.
- I know.
It's splendid, isn't it?
- You've got dust
stuck all over it.
- Dust?
- And leaves.
- Leaves?
- And twigs.
- Twigs?
Oh, I should've ignored
that little scratch.
I can't pick up the Mayor
looking like this.
Edward, I don't suppose...
[clears throat]
Could you take the Mayor
to the ball for me?
Please?
- Oh, I'd be happy to, James.
[whistle toots]
- Oh, thank you.
[whistle toots]
- Here's Edward!
- Oh.
narrator:
Edward was very proud
to take the Mayor
and Sir Topham Hatt
to Callan Castle,
even though
they'd been expecting James.
The next morning
Sir Topham Hatt
came to find James.
- Oh, stop hiding
back there, James.
I want to see you.
[plodding music]
[trains giggling]
- I don't know about being
a really splendid engine, James,
but you're certainly
a really sticky one.
- Oh, well, I must say,
you do look ridiculous.
And if that wasn't bad enough,
you let me and the Mayor down
very badly last night.
- I'm sorry, sir.
- But Edward told me
all about what happened.
I hear you worked very hard
all day, James,
and completed every job
you'd been given.
If you hadn't have been
so worried about a tiny scratch,
you could've completed
your special job, too.
Now, go and get cleaned up.
- Yes, sir.
Sorry, sir.
[whistle toots]
[trains giggling]
narrator: James was sent
back to the steam works
to be repainted
all over again.
And while he was waiting
for his paint to dry,
he had a surprise visitor.
- Oh, hello,
Your Worshipfulness.
- [chuckles]
Hello, James.
Your friend Edward told me
how disappointed
you were last night
not to be able to take me
to the ball at Callan Castle.
- That's very kind of him,
Your Highness.
- You can call me
Mr. Mayor, James.
Will James's paint be dry
by this evening, Victor?
- Oh, yes, sir--
Mr. Mayor.
[bell dings]
- Then would you like
to take me
to a dinner
in Vicarstown tonight, James?
- I'd be honored, Mr. Mayor.
- We both would.
- Actually, I'll only be needing
James tonight, Sir Topham.
- Oh.
narrator: That night,
James felt very proud
to be taking the Mayor
to Vicarstown.
[whistles tooting]
- [gasps]
You do look splendid
tonight, James.
[whistle toots]
- Thank you, Edward.
I know.
[whistle tooting]
[bouncy music]
♪ ♪
[children singing]
[whistle toots]
[whistle blows]
♪ ♪
[whistle toots]
20x16 - All in Vain
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British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.
British series Based on The Railway Series books that follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other friends Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby.