T:TTA - Short #21 - How Sidney Lost His Memory

Have you ever wondered what caused Sidney's memory loss? Well, so have the other Diesels. Now, it's time that question was answered...before it too, is forgotten.
Hey everyone, this is a silly idea I've had for YEARS in the back of my mind. I'm glad to finally make it a reality. Thanks to the whole cast for helping me make this goofy idea come to life! More content is coming soon as well as S5 still in the works! Hope you all enjoy!
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YOU GOTTA LOVE SIDNEY, THE LIL FUCKIN DUMBASS, ALWAYS FORGETTING SHIT! HE'S STILL KINDA COOL THOUGH, BACHMANN SHOULD MAKE HIM.

[@TankEngineMedia]

It really does make sense that the fire at the dieselworks was the cause of Sidney’s memory loss, it’s unfortunate that did happen but at least he’s still alive so there’s a positive to all that. Fantastic job!

[@DavidScholz-bu1ix]

AGREED; ESPECIALLY SINCE IT ACTUALLY MAKES PERFECT SENSE!!

[@SebastianRangel-j8k]

I knew it

[@thomasawl]

I know that it’s just a throwaway joke, but the idea of diesel bumping engines so hard he basically lobotomises them is just inherently comical, but also kinda sad.

[@davidthomas1417]

In my opinion, Sidney is like Dory from Finding Nemo, he suffers from Short-term Memory Loss But I guess we all have our theories why Sidney is so forgetful

[@nickforgie4290]

He likely is suffering from short term memory loss and the fire just made it worse. As far as I can tell his long term memory is intact.

[@HunterWilliams-le9bk]

@@nickforgie4290there’s a character from Mickey and the Roadster Racers who’s also forgetful as well, and that’s Cuckoo E. Clair, one of Cuckoo Loca’s cousins.

[@DavidScholz-bu1ix]

FANTASTIC; ESPECIALLY WITH INSTANTLY RECAPPING FROM THE EVENTS OF THE MOVIE TITLED DAY OF THE DIESELS WITH THE MONTAGE OF THE FIRE @ THE OFFICIAL WELL-KNOWN VICARSTOWN DIESELWORKS AFTER DIESEL 1O CAUSED IT WITH SPARKS FROM PINCHY RESPECTFULLY!

[@eggsbenedictstudios]

I was bullied for 8 years and I have a little bit of memory loss myself (nowhere near as bad as Syndey's), because of that, I can relate to him

[@Trainmaster16]

Great short!

[@InvisibilityMerlin]

I even googled it, and it's true! Smoke/ smoking can cause us memory loss

[@Spark-lj6ft]

I’d like to see episode about Billy and Charlie having a brotherly lead role, like you did with Dennis and Norman in “Calm Before the Norman”

[@DVR01]

I hope Sydney's memory loss will be resolved at some point.

[@ThomasTogTid]

Bro it just was. Watch the video

[@Detailedstream]

Sydney Lost memory because of Diesel 10

[@ElBuenLauty]

And all Because of the claw of Ten

[@abbeyroadfan94-J.P]

great work nathan

[@LehrerFamilyWest]

Paxton is named after his engine

[@mccarrimusprime1670]

Hey how about a story idea a Sequel to The Middle Engine were Arry and Bert will get their comeuppance by Sir Topham Hatt with James and Percy get their revenge on the two Diesels.

[@عبدالفتاحمروانسرحان]

❤❤❤

[@Jamesbras759]

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[@ilovetrains323]

What?

[@Jamesbras759]

The video you blocked from Miguel's channel was random and he dubbed your video without your permission from the escape and sad story of Henry, please unblock the Brazil

[@Jamesbras759]

Hello?

[@emersoninfinitystone5785]

In real life, too much exposure to smoke leads to *chronic neuroinflammation* and compromises *myelination* in the brain, so this actually makes perfect sense to why Sidney as a character is so forgetful, he effectively suffered brain damage from the fire. Granted we don't know if engines in the series actually have actual brains or any vital organs for that matter, but it's still nice to see the concept of "Acute Inhalation" included here. It's a good reminder to the audience that if there's a fire, the reason we're told to stay well back is for our own health, not just safety.

[@Sodorfan-pd6sj]

Nice research.

[@Rtiiky]

In Something in the Air, Henry spots out water, which means the engines have lungs. The grey faces are also seen blushing, meaning they have blood. We can’t forget the brain, it sends signals to the parts of the body to keep it in check.

[@Sodorfan-pd6sj]

@@Rtiiky but there’s still the question? Where would the brain be?

[@Rtiiky]

@@Sodorfan-pd6sj Right behind the eyes, like a human. I’d just be squished to fit the face, though.

[@Sodorfan-pd6sj]

@@Rtiiky but it would be in the engine and it would burned in there.

[@JonathanAsiamah]

So it was Diesel 10 that worsened Sidney's memory loss!

[@DavidScholz-bu1ix]

YEAH; MAKES SENSE TO ME!!!

[@cinnamonmantrainsareawesom7224]

Maybe diesel 10 was very abusive towards diesels like den, dart Paxton, Norman and Sidney making him more of an abuser and a hypocrite not to mention he nearly committed murder

[@ElBuenLauty]

And that's why Sidney didn't Get angry about the fire, Because he didn't Remember

[@cinnamonmantrainsareawesom7224]

@@ElBuenLauty yeah

[@ElBuenLauty]

@@cinnamonmantrainsareawesom7224 that's right

[@jesusbutterfliesandflowers]

So cool! Great job and story line! SO happy to see Derek back!! I don't know why everyone's "I forgot" cracked me up lol 😆

[@MisterDanielTofu]

I like how you tied Sidney's memory loss to his time being stuck at the Dieselworks. Clever writing, Nathan.

[@snookerdooker471]

That’s what most people think is the reason why Sidney turned into dory with short term memory loss.

[@dylanlyles9453]

"Color me intrigued." - Garfield 2024

[@UsefulEngine11]

This was absolutely brilliant! I never really liked Sidney because of the fact that he was too forgetful but now the fact that this explains everything makes me kind of like him a little bit more. Overall another piece of lore added to the series and I like it. Keep up the good work Nathan!

[@CraneProductions27]

That was a great short. It does make sense on how Sidney became forgetful.

[@joshrankin9700]

An idea to help Sidney is to give him his own brake van that can help him remember his jobs like a personal aid in school

[@joeleboeuf]

Like how Toad helps Oliver when needed.

[@joshrankin9700]

@@joeleboeuf yes

[@Charmaster04]

The irony being that his driver could effectively do the same thing. That's the main plot hole with Sidney's character. He already has a human for a personal aid. (This story does a great job explaining how it happened, though.)

[@Scott_3F]

That’s such cool lore to give an engine, you think it’s wrong that smoke would affect an engine, but then you think about it, and that kinda does make sense. Really do like this little story, and kinda glad it gives a bit more of a story/reason for Sidney!

[@justine23ds62]

That got dark fast

[@DarthWill3]

Aw, man... Poor Sidney. This would explain a lot.

[@noahg9094]

Wow Sidney’s memories were forgotten atfer DAY OF THE DIESELS.

[@ElBuenLauty]

And all Because of the claw of Ten

[@stuartbarclay7940]

Crikey! What a backstory!😮 Very good work by the way!👍

[@mario_master1]

this actualy makes alot of sense

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

Got a $600 2TB Series X Special Edition ready for pre order when they go live…getting the AC fixed in my 87’ D150, and this background story on Sidney’s memory loss; *THIS IS DAMN PERFECTION*

[@Arkay315]

Sidney deserves better.

[@trevortyrrell175]

Brilliant episode as always.

[@Masked429]

This was an amazing short and I feel really sorry for Sidney.

[@FlashCameraStudio]

personally i like to think looking at the episode Sidney sings and DOTD i like to think it was Sidney's accident that caused his absent mindedness if it's getting worse then at least he's got friends to look out for him. And it does make Sidney one of the more complex character's to come out of DOTD so good show.

[@onetrackmind3558]

Personally I have a bit of darker and somewhat more interesting story idea but this is a more grounded theory and it makes sense.

[@gustavodemestres6063]

Sidney, your's job deliverys, the newest Derek's new motor, oh my, silly blue shunter diesel😢!.,😭🤔😥😪😎😠😡🤨😐😑😶🙄

[@gokumasteredultrainstinct1235]

So it was Diesel 10 that caused Sidney's memory lost,not surprising,Diesel 10 is know for causing trouble,that's just part of his crazy nature.

[@sudrianrailwaystudios676]

That was a great one. Although I feel bad for Sidney after he suffered memory loss from what he experienced after the fire in the Dieselworks…

[@zacharyspinks6207]

This is a great Short, so glad Derek is in this one.👍

[@EwanFanstudios]

So Diesel 10 Made fire and all that smoke made Sidney lose his memory

[@Trackstarcoolguy3415]

Is that the truth, eh?" Is it all true? Yes! I thought so, but Diesel 10 shouldn't have caused the fire in the DieselWorks and put Sidney into memory loss.

[@AhmearClayIombo-dj6di]

Awesome Short

[@jaanshersaeed4541]

It has been recently confirmed in canon in the 2013 Writer’s Bible Norman who worked in some marshaling yard along with Paxton got to Sodor by steamship and Sidney mindlessly followed them onto the ship, meaning canonically he already had his memory problems before coming to Sodor but as we know this idea was thought of for quite some time before. I did wonder before if whatever incident he had with his wheels caused his memory problems (we still don’t know how that happened, maybe sometime just shortly a few days or weeks before DOTD he just had an accident with the trucks pushing him off the line and damaging them badly).

[@fatboymb1864]

Keep it up ilovetrains323 Great Short About Sidney and How The Other Diesels Figured out How He Became More Forgetful You Created There

[@pizzaplanettruck9761]

I always thought Sidney suffered the equivalent to a head injury. Sidney wasn't actually in the Dieselworks during the fire. We never heard him calling for help. Plus he was gone when Kevin and Happy Hook were playing.

[@matthewspencer7948]

No wonder Sidney was such a forgetful diesel, it was Diesel 10 that caused the fire and left him behind while the fire was burning and causing Sidney’s memory to be fuzzy and now he’s all muddled with anything that could get him wrong

[@knapfordnation]

I had a feeling it was Diesel 10 that was responsible for Sidney’s memory problems

[@Trainman-rg8gr]

So Diesel 10 was the cause of Sidney’s memory loss can’t say that I’m surprised.

[@DZM0N]

I can actually see this as canon to the tv series, cause it was never explained how Sidney got his short term memory loss.

[@appletrain1007]

❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

[@cvgthedaydreamfairygirl8092]

I really like how they all do realise that sidney was left in the fier, this is a good explanation to how sidney cant remember things, the smoke must have effected his mind.

[@margrethedelacruz3828]

Yeah, That's Right. You Know How Pretty Sad It Was.

[@stephencurtis8236]

First I think it was just a fault in his build that could have caused memory loss, second that was true, it seems that everyone had forgot that he was hanging in there when the fire happened, third I want to see an episode where the diesels try to fix him rather than just talk about it.

[@amitysluzara2022]

Interesting explanation for Sidneys memory loss

[@bostongeis5123]

I always assumed Sydney’s memory was bad cause the corners of his face were smoothed down

[@harrishyatt6283]

derek was gonna appear in bust my buffers (episode) but his role was replaced by paxton

[@traintrack3761]

Thanks for making Sidney the Dory of Sodor, Diesel 10😒😂

[@Toysonicandfriends2]

Derek is back!!

[@Andrew-rd4ig]

That was very good, but I just remembered in the day the diesels movie what happened Why was he just left in the diesel the big fire going on that’s crazy

[@Gordons_Exprezz]

The writers forgot about him

[@MateoAlvarezVillanueva]

That’s so cool I can’t wait to see all of them

[@razvandobos9759]

Man I just wish Derek and Dennis and Splatter and Dodge and BoCo and Bear and D261 were in CGI Thomas, especially Day of the Diesels.

[@eastlancsesteem]

Me too.

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

I already guessed that Sidney lost his braincells from the Dieselworks fire in "Day of the diesels". There's a comic of the same thing. 0:55: Sidney stopped before the track could be connected when the turntable stopped.

[@TheArtmaster67]

I glade to know how Sidney lose his poor memory. I wish Diesel 10 was not be casue teh fire or else it maek worse.

[@rainierbagatsing1073]

No wonder why Sydney became a forgetful engine

[@modelrailfan37]

I never even considered that as a reason for Sidney’s forgetfulness, it never even struck me he was in there during the fire, geez…

[@auraknight1004]

It’s a shame that Sidney has a short term memory loss when the fire at the Diesel Works started when Diesel 10 caused the fire with his claw creaking those sparks.

[@Tonkgerman]

this could have been a good theory of why he have such memories loss

[@JordanFanProductions]

Wow, I really loved this. Good job!

[@kylemaccauley6065]

Why is it that Sidney is so absent minded his lights are on but no one’s home

[@williamseaman176]

How can a fire cause memory loss?

[@garrettsmith2776]

Lack of oxygen can cause a downturn on mental ability.

[@EthanMiller-v4w]

What diesel 10 doing here

[@joshuaW5621]

I always imagined he was built that way.

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

NGL, the tone of that last little bit just felt really off, like it was both meant to be funny and really dark and fucked up at the same time. The way Dart was talking about how maybe they could have done something to help Sydney, then they all pretended to have forgotten what they were talking about, then how it ended with all of them laughing together, it just honestly felt a bit disturbing to me. I think it's because the topic of memory loss is something that's very serious and kinda horrifying if you really think about it, but everything around it was structured like a normal funny Thomas story, so the contrast made everything even more unsettling. Not sure if that's what you were going for or not.

[@ilovetrains323]

You're free to draw your own conclusion but what i meant by it was nothing malicious just simply. Sidney arrives back, The pretend they weren't talking about him, and he just tells them he's glad they're friends. Meant to be an "AWWW how sweet!" kind of moment.

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

@@ilovetrains323 It didn't feel malicious, just dark, and maybe like proper weight wasn't given to the seriousness of what happened.

[@SodorExpressProductions]

Wow…this got dark fast🤯

[@OJtheStink]

Silly Diesel ten.

[@PieceOfJayVA]

such a neat thing that no one remembers is that sidney was in there when the dieselworks was on fire lmao so cool that you made a whole story about it, hella happy to be on board 🩵🩵🩵

[@epiclafiteau]

who's sidney?

[@gtavstepfordcounty1733]

Sidney the forgetful purple diesel

[@justine23ds62]

​@@gtavstepfordcounty1733 uhh i forgot who he is

[@AbbeyYard]

​@@gtavstepfordcounty1733Isn't Sidney _blue?_

[@sly123size]

How on earth did fire make him lose some of his memories like because co2 or carbonized gas plus water can ruin the memory Processor on one diesel i confused now

[@ilovetrains323]

It's meant to be that inhaling all the smoke caused it.

[@sly123size]

@@ilovetrains323 that's good enough for me i hopefully he will get his memory fixed in the future

[@RyanFordham-g8v]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏for sid

[@fishpop]

Wow, memory loss from smoke inhalation.

[@ElBuenLauty]

Well, he lost his memory But no his Life

[@Thomasfan1811]

I always thought that

[@ElBuenLauty]

And that's why he didn't Get angry about the Fire🔥 Because he didn't Remember

[@josephfelizzola9470]

Very cool 😎 dude

[@andrewmcgirt8338]

Great.

[@pokebreeder2517]

wait when did the fire happen?

[@ilovetrains323]

Day of the Diesels

[@DavidScholz-bu1ix]

​​@@ilovetrains323 MM-HMM! SPEAKING OF WHICH, THAT MOVIE TITLED DAY OF THE DIESELS WITH NARRATION BY MICHAEL BRANDON HIMSELF IN THE OFFICIAL US DUB IN 2 DIFFERENT SETTINGS FOR THE ENGLISH AUDIO ALONGSIDE ESPANOL ALONGSIDE FRENCH CERTAINLY HAPPENS TO ACTUALLY BE TOTALLY FEATURED IN MY OWN OFFICIAL COMPLETE MOVIE COLLECTION THAT MOSTLY CONTAINS DVD ALONGSIDE 2 OFFICIAL BLU-RAY COPIES OF 2 OF THOSE MOVIES RESPECTFULLY!!

[@pokebreeder2517]

@@ilovetrains323 ah gotcha. so sidney got some brain damage from all the smoke inhilation if i'm understanding things correctly yes?

[@ilovetrains323]

Yep

[@pokebreeder2517]

@@ilovetrains323 ah i see.

[@SitiSalbiah-um1nj]

❤😊

[@swag-a-dellaman6555]

No wonder he's got short-term memory loss. Just like Dory.

[@HunterWilliams-le9bk]

And one of Cuckoo Loca’s cousins as well.