24x07 - Shankar's Makeover
Posted: 03/31/24 13:57
[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 Thomasand his friends ♪♪ Let's go, go, go ♪♪ And meetnew friendly faces ♪♪ The world'sjust a train ride away ♪[all]
♪ Big world,big, big adventures ♪♪ "Thomas & FriendsBig World! Big Adventures!" ♪[laughter]
- Whoo-hoo!
- Do you like dressing up?
When I was in India,
the engines all wore
amazing costumes
for a really exciting
competition.
[whistle toots]
All aboard for a big adventure!
[Thomas]
Shankar's Makeover.
[Thomas]
It was the end of another busyday on the Indian railway,and Shankar was finishinghis shunting.
[horn blows]
- Whoo-hoo! The spectacular
Shankar Shimmy!
[laughs]
- Early night for me.
Got to look my best for the
fancy costume contest tomorrow.
- Oh, I can't wait!
I love wearing a costume.
Have you chosen yours?
[whistle toots]
Who do you think will win?
- The winning's not important,
Thomas!
But, between you and me,
I think I have a good chance.
- My theme is flower power!
I'll be the most colorful
engine in India!
- Oh, sounds great!
How 'bout you, Rajiv?
- Ha! Let's just say
my decorations
would be fit for a king.
- What will your costume be,
Thomas?
- Can't decide.
What about you, Shankar?
- Me? Ha!
I won't be taking part.
- What? Why not?
- We ask him every year,
and every year, he says no.
- I can't think of
anything worse
than everyone staring at me.
[shudders]
- I can't think of anything
better!
- Ha! I'm happy shunting
the coal cars
like I do every year.
It's a very important job,
so if you don't mind,
I'm off to bed.
- Psst, Shankar, are you awake?
- Mm, ah, what?
- You have to enter the fancy
costume contest, just once!
- No. I said I don't want to.
- Why aren't you two asleep
yet?
- Because...
Shankar wants to ask
if he could enter the contest
this year.
- Thomas, no, I don't!
- You're just nervous.
Don't worry.
- Well, that's wonderful news,
Shankar.
Of course you can enter.
- But I need to do all the coal
shunting, Charubala, ma'am.
- Well, you can do both
if you like.
- But I don't have
any decorations!
- [Thomas] Well, I can
sort them out for you.
- But--I--well--
[sighs]
I suppose.
- Great! I'll add you
to the list of competitors
straight away.
Now, off to sleep, you two.
- Whoo-hoo!
Sweet dreams, Shankar.
- [engines snoring]
- Me? In a costume?
In front of a crowd?
Oh, no, no, no, no.
I wasn't made for life
in the spotlight.
[dreamy music]- [Emcee]
And now,singing live is Shankar!
[cheers and applause]
- [clears throat]
♪ I'm a diesel train called
Shankar ♪
♪ Shankar is my name ♪
♪ I like to-- ♪ [stammers]
- [coughs]
- [boos and laughter]
- I--
- [Thomas]
Shankar! Wakey wakey!
- Oh, I can't do it.
I can't be in the contest.
I need to tell Charubala.
- It's too late!
You've overslept.
And you've got
a whole morning's shunting
to catch up on before you can
put on your costume!
Ta-da!
- Ah!
- But I don't want everyone
staring at me
in some silly costume.
- It's only a bit of fun,
Shankar.
[whistle toots]
There's nothing to worry about.
See you at the contest!
- Oh.
[elephant trumpets]
- [laughs]
[trumpets]
[Thomas]
Everyone was excitedto put on their costumes.Well, almost everyone.
- Oh.
[lively music]
[camera shutter clicks]
♪ ♪- [Emcee]
Welcome tothe fancy costume contest!Judging will begin soon.
- Where's Shankar?
[gasps]
Aha!
[whistle toots]
[gasps]
Oh.
Shankar!
[laughs]
You look amazing!
- Thomas,
I don't want to do it!
I'm covered
from buffer to buffer.
I look ridiculous!
I don't want anyone to see me
like this.
- Oh, you're just nervous,
Shankar!
Everyone's so excited
to see you!
And you're all
dressed up now, so,
you might as well get
out there!
[whistle toots]
- [sighs]
- Firstly, congratulations
to all the entrants!
Every year, the costumes
seem to get better!
It's been a very tough contest,
but we have made our decision.
And I can reveal the winner of
the fancy costume contest is...
Shankar!
- [gasps]
- Huh?
- [cheers and applause]
- Congratulations, Shankar!
I knew you could do it.
- Do the Shankar Shimmy!
[all] Shankar Shimmy!
Shankar Shimmy!
Shankar Shimmy!
Shankar Shimmy!
- Come on, Shankar,
you can do it!
- [sighs]
[horn blows]
[horn blows]
Ooh. Oh!
[steam hissing]
No!
- [all laughing]
- No!
[both] No!
- Oh, no.
- I didn't want to enter
this silly contest anyway.
- But, you won!
- I don't care about winning!
I care about being useful.
- But you didn't have to enter
if you didn't want to, Shankar.
- Actually, I made him enter
even though he said
he didn't want to.
I thought he'd like it.
- Not everyone likes being
in the spotlight, Thomas,
and that's fine.
- I'm sorry for not listening
to you, Shankar.
- Apology accepted.
Now, please may I go back
to the shunting yard,
Charubala, ma'am?
- Of course,
but those cars still need
shunting.
- [sighs]
[horn blows]
[peppy percussive music]♪ ♪
[all] Whee!
- [cheers and applause]
- Ah.
- Whoo-hoo!
- Hooray!
- Well done.
- Perfect!
- That's how you do
the Shankar Shimmy!
[cheering]
[whistle toots]
- Has a friend ever pushed you
to do something you didn't
want to do?
[steam whooshing]
Once, Philip wantedto have a race,but Toby didn't want to.He had his own slower wayof doing things.Philip didn't respect this,and made Toby race him anyway,which nearly endedin a big crash!Shankar said he didn't want totake part in the contest,but I made him enter anyway.I thought he would like it.He ended up feelingembarrassedin front of everyone,and I realizedI should've listened to himin the first place.[steam whooshing]
Just because we like doing
something,
doesn't mean everybody else
does.
We shouldn't force our friends
to do things
that make them uncomfortable.
- [whistle blows]
- [Annie] Come on, Thomas!
- It's time to go!
- See you next time!
[whistle toots]
[upbeat rock music][upbeat music]
[whistle toots]
[man singing]- Come on!Yeah!Let's go!Yeah!Come on![upbeat music][man]
♪ Let's go, go, go ♪♪ On a big-world adventure ♪♪ The world'sjust a train ride away ♪[all]
♪ Big world,big, big adventures ♪♪ "Thomas & FriendsBig World! Big Adventures!" ♪[laughter][whistle toots]
♪ 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 Thomasand his friends ♪♪ Let's go, go, go ♪♪ And meetnew friendly faces ♪♪ The world'sjust a train ride away ♪[all]
♪ Big world,big, big adventures ♪♪ "Thomas & FriendsBig World! Big Adventures!" ♪[laughter]
- Whoo-hoo!
- Do you like dressing up?
When I was in India,
the engines all wore
amazing costumes
for a really exciting
competition.
[whistle toots]
All aboard for a big adventure!
[Thomas]
Shankar's Makeover.
[Thomas]
It was the end of another busyday on the Indian railway,and Shankar was finishinghis shunting.
[horn blows]
- Whoo-hoo! The spectacular
Shankar Shimmy!
[laughs]
- Early night for me.
Got to look my best for the
fancy costume contest tomorrow.
- Oh, I can't wait!
I love wearing a costume.
Have you chosen yours?
[whistle toots]
Who do you think will win?
- The winning's not important,
Thomas!
But, between you and me,
I think I have a good chance.
- My theme is flower power!
I'll be the most colorful
engine in India!
- Oh, sounds great!
How 'bout you, Rajiv?
- Ha! Let's just say
my decorations
would be fit for a king.
- What will your costume be,
Thomas?
- Can't decide.
What about you, Shankar?
- Me? Ha!
I won't be taking part.
- What? Why not?
- We ask him every year,
and every year, he says no.
- I can't think of
anything worse
than everyone staring at me.
[shudders]
- I can't think of anything
better!
- Ha! I'm happy shunting
the coal cars
like I do every year.
It's a very important job,
so if you don't mind,
I'm off to bed.
- Psst, Shankar, are you awake?
- Mm, ah, what?
- You have to enter the fancy
costume contest, just once!
- No. I said I don't want to.
- Why aren't you two asleep
yet?
- Because...
Shankar wants to ask
if he could enter the contest
this year.
- Thomas, no, I don't!
- You're just nervous.
Don't worry.
- Well, that's wonderful news,
Shankar.
Of course you can enter.
- But I need to do all the coal
shunting, Charubala, ma'am.
- Well, you can do both
if you like.
- But I don't have
any decorations!
- [Thomas] Well, I can
sort them out for you.
- But--I--well--
[sighs]
I suppose.
- Great! I'll add you
to the list of competitors
straight away.
Now, off to sleep, you two.
- Whoo-hoo!
Sweet dreams, Shankar.
- [engines snoring]
- Me? In a costume?
In front of a crowd?
Oh, no, no, no, no.
I wasn't made for life
in the spotlight.
[dreamy music]- [Emcee]
And now,singing live is Shankar!
[cheers and applause]
- [clears throat]
♪ I'm a diesel train called
Shankar ♪
♪ Shankar is my name ♪
♪ I like to-- ♪ [stammers]
- [coughs]
- [boos and laughter]
- I--
- [Thomas]
Shankar! Wakey wakey!
- Oh, I can't do it.
I can't be in the contest.
I need to tell Charubala.
- It's too late!
You've overslept.
And you've got
a whole morning's shunting
to catch up on before you can
put on your costume!
Ta-da!
- Ah!
- But I don't want everyone
staring at me
in some silly costume.
- It's only a bit of fun,
Shankar.
[whistle toots]
There's nothing to worry about.
See you at the contest!
- Oh.
[elephant trumpets]
- [laughs]
[trumpets]
[Thomas]
Everyone was excitedto put on their costumes.Well, almost everyone.
- Oh.
[lively music]
[camera shutter clicks]
♪ ♪- [Emcee]
Welcome tothe fancy costume contest!Judging will begin soon.
- Where's Shankar?
[gasps]
Aha!
[whistle toots]
[gasps]
Oh.
Shankar!
[laughs]
You look amazing!
- Thomas,
I don't want to do it!
I'm covered
from buffer to buffer.
I look ridiculous!
I don't want anyone to see me
like this.
- Oh, you're just nervous,
Shankar!
Everyone's so excited
to see you!
And you're all
dressed up now, so,
you might as well get
out there!
[whistle toots]
- [sighs]
- Firstly, congratulations
to all the entrants!
Every year, the costumes
seem to get better!
It's been a very tough contest,
but we have made our decision.
And I can reveal the winner of
the fancy costume contest is...
Shankar!
- [gasps]
- Huh?
- [cheers and applause]
- Congratulations, Shankar!
I knew you could do it.
- Do the Shankar Shimmy!
[all] Shankar Shimmy!
Shankar Shimmy!
Shankar Shimmy!
Shankar Shimmy!
- Come on, Shankar,
you can do it!
- [sighs]
[horn blows]
[horn blows]
Ooh. Oh!
[steam hissing]
No!
- [all laughing]
- No!
[both] No!
- Oh, no.
- I didn't want to enter
this silly contest anyway.
- But, you won!
- I don't care about winning!
I care about being useful.
- But you didn't have to enter
if you didn't want to, Shankar.
- Actually, I made him enter
even though he said
he didn't want to.
I thought he'd like it.
- Not everyone likes being
in the spotlight, Thomas,
and that's fine.
- I'm sorry for not listening
to you, Shankar.
- Apology accepted.
Now, please may I go back
to the shunting yard,
Charubala, ma'am?
- Of course,
but those cars still need
shunting.
- [sighs]
[horn blows]
[peppy percussive music]♪ ♪
[all] Whee!
- [cheers and applause]
- Ah.
- Whoo-hoo!
- Hooray!
- Well done.
- Perfect!
- That's how you do
the Shankar Shimmy!
[cheering]
[whistle toots]
- Has a friend ever pushed you
to do something you didn't
want to do?
[steam whooshing]
Once, Philip wantedto have a race,but Toby didn't want to.He had his own slower wayof doing things.Philip didn't respect this,and made Toby race him anyway,which nearly endedin a big crash!Shankar said he didn't want totake part in the contest,but I made him enter anyway.I thought he would like it.He ended up feelingembarrassedin front of everyone,and I realizedI should've listened to himin the first place.[steam whooshing]
Just because we like doing
something,
doesn't mean everybody else
does.
We shouldn't force our friends
to do things
that make them uncomfortable.
- [whistle blows]
- [Annie] Come on, Thomas!
- It's time to go!
- See you next time!
[whistle toots]
[upbeat rock music][upbeat music]
[whistle toots]
[man singing]- Come on!Yeah!Let's go!Yeah!Come on![upbeat music][man]
♪ Let's go, go, go ♪♪ On a big-world adventure ♪♪ The world'sjust a train ride away ♪[all]
♪ Big world,big, big adventures ♪♪ "Thomas & FriendsBig World! Big Adventures!" ♪[laughter][whistle toots]