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- “Jet planes don't have to stop for cows!”
- ― Thomas
Thomas and the Jet Plane is the third episode of the tenth series.
Plot
While Thomas is on his way to take a group of children to a picnic, he meets a jet plane named Jeremy who states about how wonderful it is being a jet plane. Thomas thinks that Jeremy is being boastful and decides he does not want to talk to him again. Thomas becomes even more upset when he has to stop for a signal and wait for a cow blocking the line to move. When Thomas arrives at the picnic, he recaps the day's events to Percy. Despite Percy's attempts to comfort Thomas and tell him about things engines can do, Thomas is still sad.
Meanwhile, Jeremy notices a storm brewing and warns Thomas about it. Thomas picks up the children once he finds out and despite his reluctance asks if they can have the picnic in Jeremy's hangar. Jeremy agrees and he and Thomas soon become good friends, while the Fat Controller praises Thomas and Jeremy for saving the picnic.
Characters
- Thomas
- Percy
- Jeremy
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Annie and Clarabel (do not speak)
- James (cameo)
- Lady Hatt (cameo)
- Stephen Hatt (cameo)
- Bridget Hatt (cameo)
- Tiger Moth's Pilot (cameo)
- The Airport Manager (cameo)
Locations
- Wellsworth Bridge
- Sodor Airport
- Tidmouth Sheds
- Kellsthorpe Castle
- The Windmill
- The Mainland (mentioned)
- Three-Track Hay Field (deleted scene)
Trivia
- Going by production order, this is the first episode of the tenth series.
- On Twitter, script writer Abi Grant referred to this episode as the hardest she ever had to write[1] and described it as taking more rewrites and edits than any of her others.[2] The reason being that it was difficult to find ways for Thomas and Jeremy to meet and interact given that one is rail-bound and the other is an aircraft, but Jeremy's model had already been built.[3]
- Stock footage from Thomas Saves the Day and the eighth-tenth series opening are used.
- This episode marks the following of several things:
- The only episode of the HiT model era to use footage from the series' intro.
- Jeremy's first appearance and his only speaking role in the series.
- Sodor Airport's first appearance in an episode and its first appearance since Calling All Engines!
- The first appearance of Percy's new brass model that was built during the series.
- The first episode not released on any home media form in the US.
Goofs
- During the storm, it is obvious that Annie and Clarabel's nameplates are stickers.
- When the narrator says "Jeremy flew right over Thomas' funnel," Clarabel has no pupils.
Merchandise
- Wooden Railway - Thomas and the Jet Plane story pack (discontinued)
- Books - Thomas and the Jet Plane and Electronic Reader and 8-Book Library
- My Thomas Story Library - Jeremy (discontinued)
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References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220425175617/https://twitter.com/Abi_Grant1/status/1518650019225927680
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220425180700/https://twitter.com/Abi_Grant1/status/1518652606733824003
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220703032026/https://twitter.com/Abi_Grant1/status/1518654733061431298
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