22x19 - Cyclone Thomas

[bunniefuu]

[whistle toots]

children: ♪ James, Percy ♪

♪ Nia and Gordon ♪

♪ Rebecca and Emily ♪

♪ And Thomas, number ♪

man: ♪ Let's go, go, go ♪

♪ On a big-world adventure ♪

♪ Let's go, go, go explore ♪

♪ With Thomas

and his friends ♪

♪ Let's go, go, go ♪

♪ And meet

new friendly faces ♪

♪ The world's

just a train ride away ♪

all: ♪ Big world,

big, big adventures ♪

♪ "Thomas & Friends

Big World! Big Adventures!" ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

- Whoo-hoo!

[distorted thrumming]

[music resumes]

Christmas is

my favorite time of year,

but one year,

it was so different,

it almost didn't feel

like Christmas at all.

[whistle toots]

All aboard for a big adventure.

♪ ♪

[Thomas narrating]

[whistle toots]

It was Christmas Eve

and I was working in Australia

pulling passenger coaches.

- Ho, ho, ho.

- Santa?

[whistle toots]

[chuckles]

Hi, Shane, it's you.

- G'day, Tommo!

Bet you're excited about your

first Christmas in Australia.

- Oh, yes.

I hope it snows.

I love seeing children

wrapped up warm

in knitted hats and scarves

playing in the snowy fields...

[gasps] Filled with

the joy and excitement

of presents

on Christmas morning.

- Well, you're in

for a big surprise, mate.

[laughs]

- [yawning]

Great.

I love surprises, Shane.

Especially Christmas-y ones.

[whimsical Christmas music]

♪ ♪

[gasps]

Hey, look, wooly jumpers!

[giggles]

[gasps]

It's finally Christmas!

♪ 'Tis the season

to be jolly ♪

♪ Fa-la-la-la-la ♪

♪ La-la-la... ♪

[dramatic music]

♪ La ♪

[groans] Where are all

the children making snowmen?

And the snowflakes falling

onto snowy fields?

- Ha, a snowflake wouldn't

stand a chance today, Tommo.

It's way too hot.

We Aussies have Christmas

in summer.

- Summer?

[whistle toots]

[children laughing]

It was my first Christmas

without snow,

and I was very disappointed.

[light music]

But then a new friend

helped cheer me up.

[whistle toots]

♪ ♪

- Hello, t*nk engine.

Happy Christmas!

[gasps]

Look what Santa gave me.

His name is Hoppy.

Boing, boing, boing.

- [giggles]

He's very cute.

[laughs]

- Come on, Madeleine.

Help me bring these presents

onboard, please.

- Hoppy, you wait here.

[gasps]

Oh!

It's a real-life Hoppy.

Only he's a lot bigger.

- She's a girl kangaroo,

Thomas.

See?

She's got a pouch for a baby.

- Oh, yeah.

Sorry, madam.

[gasps]

Oh, no!

She took Hoppy!

- [gasps]

Hoppy!

- Don't worry, Madeleine,

I'll get Hoppy back.

[whistle toots]

- Oi!

- Go, Thomas, go!

- Stop that kangaroo!

[exciting music]

♪ ♪

Ha, got you.

[boings]

[distorted thrumming]

[gasps]

Oh, bust my buffers.

Aw, I'll never catch her now.

I'm so sorry, Madeleine.

- You tried your best, Thomas.

- Oh.

[gasps]

Thomas, look!

Up ahead.

- [gasps]

It's the kangaroo.

That's odd.

She seems smaller

than she was before.

- That's not the mom kangaroo,

Thomas.

It's a joey.

- How do you know

his name's Joey?

- [giggles]

No, Thomas.

A baby kangaroo

is called a joey.

- Oh.

Oh, he's all alone

on Christmas Day.

Where's your mom,

little joey.

- I think we've seen his mum,

Thomas.

- Oh, the kangaroo

we've been chasing.

- Maybe she thought Hoppy

was her lost joey.

- Now we really must find

that kangaroo.

Come on, little fella,

we'll find your mom.

[whistle toots]

[upbeat music]

- There she is!

♪ ♪

- No, that's just a cactus.

Oh, but there she is!

- Nope, that's a termite mound.

- Ooh, what's that?

[groans]

My mistake.

- Nothing is going right today.

[sighs]

How can we possibly find her?

She could be anywhere.

[plane engine rumbles]

- G'day, Thomas!

- [gasps]

- Isla!

- You're not lost again,

are you?

- [laughs] No, but we found

a little joey who is.

He can't find his mom.

Can you help?

She's got a fluffy toy

in her pouch.

- Okay, Thomas, I'm on it.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Hello, roos.

Any of you got a fluffy toy

in your pouch?

[gasps]

There she is.

Now I just have

to lead you back to Thomas.

Yeah, that's it.

Keep moving.

♪ ♪

- [gasps]

She did it!

Isla found her!

- Go on.

Almost there.

- Mother kangaroo,

I've got your baby.

Look!

Oh, no, she doesn't understand.

Does anyone speak kangaroo.

- They make clicking noises.

Like this...

[clicking tongue]

- [gasps]

It worked.

♪ ♪

[all cheer]

- She did it!

- Hoppy Christmas.

- [clicking tongue]

[bright Christmas music]

- Next Christmas, I'm asking

Santa for a real kangaroo.

[dramatic musical flourish]

- As I saw Madeleine reunited,

I realize Christmas

isn't really about snow

or sleds

or presents under the tree.

It's about something

much more important.

all: Happy Christmas, Thomas!

- Happy Christmas, Tommo!

- It's about spending time

with those you love.

[bell tolling, train chugging]

[whistle toots]

Christmas doesn't always

work out the way you imagine.

[whimsical flourish]

Once, Daisy's Christmas

was almost ruined

because nothing went the way

that she expected it to.

But her friends

helped cheer her up.

And one Christmas Eve,

the snow nearly stopped Connor

from taking his passengers

home to their families.

So the other engines

helped him.

I was very disappointed

that there was no snow

in Australia at Christmas.

But I realized in the end,

that the most important thing

about Christmas

is spending time

with those you love.

[steam hisses]

So no matter what happens

this Christmas,

I hope you get to spend it

with your loved ones--

whether it's your family

or your engine friends

or your baby kangaroo.

[whistle blows]

- Come on, Thomas.

- It's time to go.

- See you next time!

[whistle toots]

[upbeat musical flourish]

[upbeat music]

[whistle toots]

- Come on!

- Yeah!

- Let's go!

- Yeah!

- Come on!

[steam hisses]

[upbeat music]

man: ♪ Let's go, go, go ♪

♪ On a big-world adventure ♪

♪ The world's

just a train ride away ♪

all: ♪ Big world,

big, big adventures ♪

♪ "Thomas & Friends

Big World! Big Adventures!" ♪

[laughter]

[whistle toots]