

In the same scene, Bell sound effects are heard, even though James and Percy are British locomotives and don't have bells (but we don't see them in the sketch albeit Percy has a bell in All Engines Go, but the bell is separate from him). When James and Percy are slowly leaving the yard, James' tender is gone.Thomas' whistle in this sketch was coincidentally used as a temporary whistle sound effect for him in the original storyboard opening of Thomas and the Magic Railroad, which can be found on the movie's Blu-Ray release.The plot is based on The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, which also involves a hijacking on a train that demands a ransom.The scene where Thomas jumps over the unfinished bridge could possibly be the prediction for the 2016 movie, The Great Race.Daniel Radcliffe, known for playing Harry Potter, voices Thomas in this sketch, which is fitting, since both characters are the protagonists of British children's literature of the same names.Also that same year, she was repainted cherry red. Bachmann later released a Rosie model in 2017. A TrackMaster toy of Rosie is used since Rosie did not exist in Bachmann's Thomas range at the time the episode was made, neither the creators made her a custom model, thus making her an apparent non-rail character. Most of the Thomas models seen in this sketch are made by Bachmann.Themes: Bleeped, Death, Explosions, Literature, Money, Motor Vehicles, Television, Violence, Steam Trains

Segment Summary: When Thomas the Tank Engine gets hijacked while doing transportation, he and his fellow Tank Engines prove that steam transportation is not as obsolete as we assumed. Watch Blow Some Steam on videoĬast: Keith David (Bank Robber), Quinton Flynn (Sir Topham Hatt), Seth Green (The Narrator, James the Red Engine, Mayor of Sodor, Harold the Helicopter), Breckin Meyer (Percy the Small Engine), Laura Ortiz (Rosie the Lavender Tank Engine), Daniel Radcliffe (Thomas the Tank Engine), Matthew Senreich (Mayor's Aid)Ĭharacters: Thomas the Tank Engine, Sir Topham Hatt, James the Red Engine, Percy the Small Engine, Harold the Helicopter, Mayor of Sodor, Rosie the Little Purple Engine, Annie ( cameo), Clarabel ( cameo)
