The ULTIMATE Crash Count! - Thomas & Friends

[@TheUnluckyTug_official]

As no one has seemed to notice yet, I'm just going to keep pretending I didn't miss Skarloey demolishing trucks in Season 9's Rheneas & the Dinosaur.. 🙃 This would move him up and place him between Toby and Emily. But, yeah, totally didn't miss it or anything, no way....

[@nobodycares9186]

This man missed something

[@ethanbrayden8941]

i was one of them that didn't notice

[@ethanbrayden8941]

young thomas fans that didn't notice: Ok it's normal i don't even know what episode is Rheneas & the Dinosaur. The old thomas fans that didn't notice: WHAT THE FU--

[@RandomSam-todoroki]

HELLO TUG!!!! BIG FAN!!

[@TDRyan]

Lol I didn't notice aswell

[@tanyax5827]

Something I don’t see people talking about is how almost all of James’ crashes involve a long, tension-filled runaway followed by a sudden bang, accompanied with a banger score.

[@andrew10101lol]

dam your right

[@aJunctionMalfunctionProduction]

James does it with flare and style ✨

[@coledakers6127]

1:06:50

[@susanlua4792]

Maybe cuz he’s splendid and is the best 😂😂

[@Old_Known29]

A dramatic crash for a dramatic engine

[@jonathanadair6847]

It’s quite interesting that in “Peace and Quiet”, Harvey asks Murdoch if he’s ever crashed. Ironically, Murdoch hasn’t had a single crash onscreen.

[@Remnant09]

Quite the spotless record for him!

[@PilloTheStar]

Arthur disliked this

[@Remnant09]

@@PilloTheStar of course he does

[@samjones7834]

Murdoch 🤝 BoCo Some of the only bros to never crash in the show

[@fanofeverything30465]

​@@Remnant09Especially because Arthur has crashed

[@angelplayz02]

25:18 “Farewell me hearties” Salty was ready to fucking die

[@LukeOfSodor22]

And Salty's crash does raise so much questions, like do the engines need oxygen to survive?, does that mean that the ghost engine that fell off the old iron bridge in Duncan gets spooked is still alive?

[@theclearestofcrystals]

​@brendanhanley2741 that's actually a terrifying thought, just sitting at the bottom of a lake or river, rusting away with no one to put you out of your misery

[@asafjuarez1]

@@LukeOfSodor22Fr bro like how tf

[@MatthewsBranchLine]

I mean…Duke survived 20 years or so buried alive. I think the engines don’t need oxygen, but rusting and corroding at the bottom of the sea will certainly kill them eventually.

[@asafjuarez1]

@@MatthewsBranchLinefr, but did yk that he was gonna return in S15 alongside with Sir Handel and Peter Sam before the 2012 special BMM

[@Enterprisingengine93]

I imagine Sir Topham Hatt’s insurance policy would be under some sort of investigation

[@Simon-cy9uu]

he currently is under investigation

[@Opawesum]

He might be paying out of pocket and avoiding claims.

[@tankenginechad]

XD

[@thecpmr6276]

"No officer, I've no idea how that railway union rep ended up in the spiteful brakevan. It's a real shame about the crash. Yes. Real shame. Care for some tea?"

[@ÁrpádoScythoBoyNm4856]

Thats why they cancelled the show, thankfully hes safe in fan aus

[@FitzyCify]

57:35 - Somehow, the animators managed to put Emily in the Yamcha Death Pose... Intentional or not, that's impressive!

[@chefmysterio2006]

Thanks, now I can't unsee that

[@NoahhVazquez-fb9yl]

She looks like a worm or a caterpillar, in the kined of the likes of Yuri from doki literature

[@SparklingJam]

Dang even Thomas has to roast yamcha

[@supremegalaxycentral]

Holy shit your right 😂

[@Murderdrones_fanatic]

I though I was the only one that saw it XD

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

Seasons 1-4: Accidents Happen Season 5: Accidents *WILL* Happen

[@weylinwest9505]

🎶Crashes will haaaappen, again and again! Exactly when you expect.🎶

[@johnathonmcjohn3]

sometimes you think that life is okay then suddenly reality kicks *IN*

[@SparklingJam]

Season 8-12 accidents somehow happen

[@NoahhVazquez-fb9yl]

@@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho in another universe "accidents happen title is treated like a mendela effect

[@ÁrpádoScythoBoyNm4856]

Accidents happen cuz plot conviniwnce, and it is freeaaaaakiiing coooool

[@applechomper2305]

I love how whenever a flatbed or truck has a minor impact, it just gets immediately launched into the air. Never realised how often that happens.

[@adriannash2705]

Basically trademark HiT entertainment for you, making crashes bigger than they should be. Like they had a disposable tank of CO2 sitting under the cars ready to throw them into the air

[@spicypeppers7773]

43:38 Forgot the Show Crew changed Thomas' Whistle sound for this one specific scene in the series lmao

[@weylinwest9505]

Wut

[@robohuntero1828]

thomas and the rest that came along wanted to do some minor trolling

[@bungieman2810]

B A Z I N G A

[@SodorStudiosAndCoProductions]

🗣️🔥B A Z I N G A🔥🗣️

[@LadyTe]

There's actually something incredibly heartwarming about Skarloey taking a crash to protect Rheneas. None of the other engines go out of their way to protect another like this, and it's a really important element of his character. It's wild how despite how often post-classic seasons got Skarloey totally wrong, they did give him a truly standout moment like this and it's just another reason why he's my favorite engine.

[@selinapersaud7629]

He’s mine too, he’s the reason I got back into the series. I was going through a really dark time in my life when I found Tug’s video on him. If you ask me, this is just a testament to the remarkable bond between those two. It’s clear that they’d do anything for each other. That was one of only two sensible accidents he had in the HIT era, the rest of them… I honestly don’t know what the writers were thinking. If we take out those five stupid ones, then he only would’ve had five, because I believe that Tug missed one. He also had an accident in that boulder episode, if I’m not mistaken, I believe that a water tower broke into pieces when he rushed into that siding, and some of them fell on him.

[@joshuaW5621]

I’m surprised he would even do that in the HiT era.

[@fanofeverything30465]

@@selinapersaud7629 I'm sorry you were there and glad you got out

[@rustymidlander05]

What about Rajiv in Crowning Around?

[@ghosttoast69420]

Thomas is basically a British version of Florida man, causing chaos, mayhem, confusion, & delay. Constantly getting into stupid crap he shouldn’t be doing. Sir Topham Hatt sighing every time Thomas gets himself into trouble or Thomas going through a life threatening situation for the 80th millionth time in the row.

[@levidarling5107]

That is hilariously accurate. 😂

[@anggoroario8630]

:jail Thomas (why did i do this for the first try?) (also the ":jail" is a roblox command)

[@JonathanAsiamah]

The Fat Controller (to Thomas, James and Percy): "Why is it when something happens, it is always you three?" Percy: "Believe me, sir, I've been asking myself the same question for years."

[@lesliewright5371]

Same with Gordon and Henry to an extent

[@crisnacho8261]

Hehe I understood the reference.

[@JonathanAsiamah]

@@crisnacho8261 High five! ✋🏿

[@pavlejuranovic3043]

That reference pretty much sums it up.

[@DeadpoolGames19]

I understood that reference

[@killdozer7792]

Henry: "I had a crash in BWBA once." Unlucky Tug: "Quiet, Henry." Also, can we appreciate that Thomas has more crashes in the model era than Percy has in the ENTIRE series!?

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

I was thinking the exact same thing when Thomas’s section moved on to the CGI series.

[@RWSfan2024]

The price he pays for being the “star billing bastard”

[@fanofeverything30465]

@@killdozer7792 Wouldn't that be Mattel

[@SideScrollStudios13]

24:11 “Thomas and the Big Bang BAZINGA”

[@Steamtheamaricanengine]

So thats what i heard

[@SideScrollStudios13]

@@Steamtheamaricanengine yh lol

[@vamoacalmarno3868]

Certified Young Sheldon moment

[@cornchip9991]

39:23 aswell lol

[@mikeavila1054]

Who Says BAZINGA?

[@The_real_indoraptor]

12:10 Gordon was just casually about to outspeed a damn bullet train

[@TripleHakim2]

I guess He really didn’t earn his privilege as an Express Engine for nothing I guess

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

​@@TripleHakim2The first time Gordon crashed since S16. When I first watched Gordon's 2 crashes in S24 I thought to myself "When was the last time in the show Gordon jas crashed?".

[@Lefaid]

I love how everyone in the top 10 has a "let's fuck around and see what happens" crash. Tug of wars, purposely pushing each others, ramming into an already wrecked engine. Fantastic stuff.

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

Remember Percy, with Great Chocolate, comes Great Responsibility. /ref So many crashes. If anything is consistent in Thomas, it’s that there is some sort of crash. In the original series, in Fan Works, in anything.

[@EddieMillerStudios]

_Larry-Boy and the Bad Apple_ (2006)

[@LennonTheThomasAndTVExpert]

Ha ha uncle Edward.

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

Now I'm hungry....

[@mackpines]

How Sir Topham Hatt has never had his railway shut down by the government due to all the crashes over the years is beyond me.

[@ThomasFisher-jr6bn]

After a certain point you just get used to all the chaos that happens in the Thomas universe.

[@sashathetankengine]

I mean… No one was hurt… some bloody how.

[@mattanatior97studios]

The flying kipper crash was probably expensive

[@kwproductions6737]

Because luckily no one was hurt

[@mattanatior97studios]

@kwproductions6737 In the flying kipper that false only the driver and firemen left the breakvan

[@ZAV1944]

Technically Stephen has had three crashes if you count the 1830 accident when The Rocket(assuming Stephen is canonically the IRL Rocket) struck and fatally injured William Huskisson, becoming the first widely reported railway passenger fatality.

[@kirbywithagun-on4pp]

This probley dosnt count Mabey 4 if you count the time when he bumped so hard he spilt jam

[@willemdakevin1681]

Stephen canonically kills someone based

[@kirbywithagun-on4pp]

Stephen talks about how friends blow up to motivate Connor when he barely hurt him self

[@1earedwolf]

That's not a crash. Rocket didn't suffer any damage or derail, only the man was injured- I mean killed.

[@Plasma187th]

Stephans a murdurer. Makes sense

[@nooneiknow2719]

45:35 That slide in Toad did is just comedy gold!

[@mcbombernuggets]

1964

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

How did Toad turn around? 😂

[@catmanthegoat39]

Uh that could've been a little smoother 🤓🤓🤓

[@Wildcatt1999]

Good lord, this railway's safety record is abysmal

[@thecinematicmind]

and worst of all, confusion and delay.

[@Anchovistic]

I'm always worried about the Fat Controller's insurance 😕

[@Daniel_Huffman]

To be fair, these crashes are the exception to the rule. With 365 or 366 days in a year, and with now over a century of operation, the Northwestern Railway will undoubtedly have had times where nothing interesting happens, hence why we never see them.

[@adriannash2705]

Honestly 200 and something accidents over 100 some odd years the railway has been running is actually pretty good if you think about it

[@akintolashekoni4600]

​@@adriannash2705but that's still not counting all of the other incidents that happened and the people who have to have been injured or killed

[@Error_Detected404]

1:02:46 I got one. In Calling All Engines, Thomas pushes the beams for the new suspension bridge instead of pulling, which you can see clearly in the learning segment and the arrival scene, and he never crashes. That is the only time I can think of because I watched that movie too much as a kid

[@anthonyfisher-7090]

Trucks. Peter Sam and Rusty both push some trucks to the top station, there the train is merged together and Peter Sam pushes them to the Quarry.

[@Myeongkee9]

Something Fishy (technically). Arthur is shown pushing Thomas' fish train during his last stretch to the Docks.

[@KianWesternRailway]

And Thomas in down the mine

[@clone151]

Thomas to the Rescue: Thomas pushes the fuel around and doesn’t derail it. Percy and the Baggage: Percy goes really fast with Dowager Hatt’s baggage in front of him and it doesn’t go flying everywhere.

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

James pushing coal trucks to Brendam Docks in "James gets a new coat". Henry pushing and pulling 7 planks and tankers at the same time in "Henry gets it wrong". Gordon pulling his coaches tender first in "Tenders and turntables". Henry pushing one of the destroyed trucks in "Big strong Henry" when Gordon loses his cows. Percy being sandwiched by coal trucks in "Middle Engine". Thomas and Percy pushing stone trucks down Ulfsted Castle in "King of the railway". Percy pulling George on a flatbed backwards from the front in "Bye George". Skarloey pushes a train when he gets chased down by Boulder in "Rusty and the Boulder".

[@LUKERILEY-i5d]

44:19 Accidentally tears Scruffy apart....yeah. Toad planned the whole thing, and we all know it.

[@SamaritanPrime]

It’s always the ones you least expect.

[@MatthewsBranchLine]

You can never tell what demented things that polite little brake van has going on inside his head.

[@LegendaryCaptain]

It's kinda like Donald with the signal box in Break Van we all knew he deliberately did that to stall for Douglas to prove himself

[@fanofeverything30465]

@@LUKERILEY-i5d Still counts because of the damage caused

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

​@@MatthewsBranchLine"I've got a plan Mr. Douglas..." 😈

[@miffedakko9312]

While "James to the Rescue" is a very subpar episode, i think it has my favorite crash of all time just because it's so funny. You have Gordon stuck, and Toby is telling James "this isn't gonna work" and James goes for it anyways. They don't even entertain for a single second that James' plan is going to work. There's not even a moment where they go "it's working!" It IMMEDIATELY fails.

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

1 thing I've never noticed when rewatching the episode was in 1 shot of the aftermath of the crash you can see the drivers climbing out of the cabs. I don't know how they didn't get injured from the violent impact.

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

51:06 I can't believe you didn't mention this in your Sodor's finest on Skarloey. Skarloey literally took the impact of the logs to save Rheneas! He really is a true brother to him!

[@toxicshower]

DUDE IM A MASSIVE FAN OF YOU!

[@rustymidlander05]

Hey, if anyone's going to know about crashes, it's you.

[@thomastrainzfan4444]

Real

[@fanofeverything30465]

@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren Especially because it was one of the only times he was in character in the HiT era

[@Voucher765]

And also Peter Sam's accident which he got his special funnel

[@sulaimaanazoor]

So here are the engines that has the most number of crashes during the Seasons 1 to Season 24. 1) 74 crashes = Thomas 2) 35 crashes = Percy 3) 21 crashes = Gordon 4) 20 crashes = James 5) 17 crashes = Henry 6) 13 crashes = Diesel 7) 11 crashes = Emily 8) 9 crashes = Skarloey & Toby 9) 7 crashes = Duncan & Edward 10) 6 crashes = Oliver 11) 5 crashes = Bill, Duck & Sir Handel 12) 4 crashes = Ben, Donald, Mavis, Peter Sam, Rheneas 13) 3 crashes = Arry, Bert, Douglas, Hurricane, Nia, Paxton, Rosie & Smudger 14) 2 crashes = Arthur, Daisy, Den, Diesel 10, Harvey, Hiro, Luke, Rex, Rusty, Salty, Spencer, Stephen & Vinnie. 15) 1 crash = Belle, Caitlin, Charlie, Dart, Dennis, Fergus, Frankie, Gina, Kenji, Lady, Mighty Mac, Neville, Noor Jehan, Norman, Rebecca, Ryan, Sonny, Stanley, Stepney, Victor & Whiff. So in total 62 engines have crashed in the series. Overall, there has been 335 crashes in the series.

[@lesliewright5371]

According to Unlucky Tug himself, Skarloey actually had 10 crashes as he forgot the one in Rheneas and the Dinosaur, bashing into Rheneas' trucks, meaning he's between Toby and Emily.

[@fanofeverything30465]

@@lesliewright5371 That also means Rheneas has had 5 crashes since it was his trucks that were demolished

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

​​@@sulaimaanazoorTug forgot about James' unknown crash in "The beast of Sodor", Diesel plunging into the sea in "A most singular engine", Gordon making a giant snowball which demolishes Thomas in "Snow tracks", Donald and Douglas causing Toby and Emily to crash in "Emily in the middle", and Thomas derailing Lei 5 or 6 times in "Runaway truck".

[@BlueTheCharredGuy22]

@@sulaimaanazoor there wasnt 335 crashes in the series, that was the amount of all the engines combined there are still non-rail crashes

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

​@@BlueTheCharredGuy22Theres also storm damage, bridge collapses, vandalism, fires, and countless acts of sabotage and theft.

[@AbareKillerFan-yo7pe]

24:13 I lost it when I heard the "Bazinga!" in the background

[@FishyChips-cs1vw]

"Later in the movie he gets picked up by a giant magnet thing, and then it drops him... and he spins out, or something?" I like how increasingly disinterested Tug is while describing this crash.

[@Daniel_Huffman]

In his initial review of _Journey Beyond Sodor,_ Tug described the film's climax as being the sort of cartoon hijinks that would make Wilbert Awdry spin faster in his grave. (I should note that Awdry was cremated following his death, so his ashes would probably form a miniature whirlwind)

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

@@FishyChips-cs1vwIs Tug not going to talk about dispite the cartoony physics in the climax of JBS Thomas almost got incinerated along with Hurricane?

[@SodorTrain1225]

I feel so bad for Mavis in "Don't Go Back". Thomas just bumps her off the track, and he doesn't even notice her, and he probably didn’t care. Plus, she was just minding her own business having a nice break, and a blue baffoon ruins it. I just hate how stupid Thomas is sometimes.

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

@@SodorTrain1225Twice Thomas has gave Mavis greif... Like bro just go do the job you're tasked and just let Mavis do her own thing at the quarry on your branchline. Don't drag her into your problems.

[@SodorTrain1225]

@jeremiahsisaias8677 Come to think of it, he technically isn't meant to be at the quarry. Only Mavis and Toby can go up there. Granted, the law that forbade engines without sideplates could've been be changed. The more likely reason is that HiT didn't care about realism.

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

@@SodorTrain1225The Miller Era had bigger tender engines like Gordon, Spencer and Henry go to the Ffarquhar Quarry and smaller ones like Edward, Emily and James. Even Hiro went there once in "Henry's hero".

[@SodorTrain1225]

@jeremiahsisaias8677 Smaller tender engines make some sense. Edward and James were on the official Ffarquhar Branch layout a few times, after all. I think it's stated in "Wrong Road" that Gordon and Henry wouldn't be able to travel the branch, let alone get to Ffarquhar Quarry, as they are too heavy. The show really likes to contradict itself, doesn't it?

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

@@SodorTrain1225What about Emily since she has the same amount of wheels as James and Edward?

[@whizzolightred7153]

1:28:43 What really happened in "Thomas Comes to Breakfast" was a careless cleaner fiddled with his controls. Thomas didn't know this and he thought he was moving by himself. I think there should've been a moment during the conversation between Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt that went like this. Sir Topham Hatt: "However, the cleaner confessed that he was being careless and will be dealt with immediately, so this was is no way your fault." Thomas: "Thank you, Sir." Narrator: "Replyed Thomas. But he was still upset about the trouble he caused."

[@JourneyTraveler]

“Anytime an engine is pushing a train, there’s going to be a crash” The one exception I can remember is Thomas pushing the breakdown train to rescue James in season 1. Yes they were heading TO a crash but the actual train being pushed got there unscathed.

[@ericremotesteam]

Does being a middle engine count as pushing a train? 🤔

[@henrygoodsengine4719]

Thomas was also pushing his train in the episode Thomas, Percy & the Dragon and he didn't crash.

[@fanofeverything30465]

@@henrygoodsengine4719 And Henry didn't crash while pushing trucks in Henry and the Elephant

[@toby.fan9198]

Here’s a list of all the engines who have not crashed at any point in the series: 1. BoCo 2. Flying Scotsman 3. Duke 4. Class 40 5. Derek 6. Bertram 7. Murdoch 8. Samson 9. Molly 10. Freddie 11. Billy 12. Hank 13. Flora 14. Bash 15. Dash 16. Ferdinand 17. Scruff 18. Sidney 19. Stafford 20. Connor 21. Gator 22. Timothy 23. Glynn 24+ All of the other International Engines.

[@Ich-Existiere-Nicht]

Thank you

[@mr.penguindrewmateo8146]

Am I the only one who finds it weird that the Logging Locos never crashed in the series

[@toby.fan9198]

@@mr.penguindrewmateo8146 maybe these guys aren’t as bad as people say they are

[@tencents6]

​@@mr.penguindrewmateo8146That is just plain ol' blasphemy right there.

[@RWSfan2024]

I find it hard to believe that the logging locos never had an accident

[@EBTheOriginalMaster]

Not even a mile away, I knew the titular #1 blue tank engine would have the most crashes.

[@nicefighter]

he's number 1 for several things

[@robrice7246]

@@nicefighter Like the number of days he's gone without a single accident.

[@duckgooseyswan]

Well, his cheekiness does not help with the matter either.

[@nathanjereb9944]

Safety inspector: *sees the "days since last accident: 3" sign* What accident happened 3 days ago? Sir Toppem Hat: a cart came loose and spilled pink sugar onto another train, but crashes are very rare... *distant crash* STH: somewhat rare... *closer crash and people screaming* STH: not often... *distant explosion and screaming slowly becoming louder* *Thomas breaks through the ceiling and lands in front of the inspector and STH* Thomas: ow my boiler- Oh hey, Sir! Whos your friend? *STH facepalms as the "3" on the sign falls off*

[@UPRailRoad-xg8cb]

Now why can I imagine this as a CGI episode.

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

​@@UPRailRoad-xg8cb(Me watching "Emily to the rescue") Thomas at the beginning of the episode: Sodor is usually a safe place. Me: That's the stupidest bullshit I've ever heard. 😂 (3 to 4 minutes later James, Percy and Rebecca crash at a level crossing) Me: Safest railway ever am I right?

[@LunoTheCheekyBlue1]

21:44 Harvey's crew knew what was gonna happen before Harvey himself did. lmao this is funny

[@dadocta5168]

Funny enough, I think crashes make Thomas one of the best action kids shows ever :) Much like robots in a 4kids anime: "Who cares how hard they get decapitated!"

[@jordandrinkwater1345]

Considering how violent and dramatic some of the crashes were, I'm surprised that the show kept it's "TV-Y" rating.

[@fanofeverything30465]

I agree

[@asteroidrules]

It is very much like a kids anime, those love doing violence and dismemberment to non-living characters for basically the same reason Thomas does it: as they're not living things it's technically not gore, and much like a real life engine in a trainwreck it's possible for them to come back from a significant amount of damage.

[@robrice7246]

Isn't that basically describing how the Vehicons are used in Transformers: Prime?

[@BB_Sebring]

​@@asteroidrulesThe irony was that some kids anime should have not received a TV-Y or TV-Y7 rating if they were in their original uncut form since Japan typically has a higher tolerance for violence in children's media. By most accounts, most childrens anime should be TV-PG or TV-14 (as with most adult anime)

[@Tomehscratch]

Henry must have some some serious dept to the signal mafia, because signals always seem to be broken when Henry is passing by.

[@SparklingJam]

And Mother Nature just hates Percy and tries to kill him anyway possible

[@jmredguppy2799]

@@Tomehscratch and God is just testing how many wounds can Thomas take XD

[@fanofeverything30465]

@@Tomehscratch The signal mafia has put a price on Henry's smokebox so big every bounty hunter on the railway will be looking for him

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

Henry only has 3 crashes that have him having bad luck with delivering The Flying Kipper.

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

14:11 If I had a nickel for every time an engine crashed into the back of the sheds, I’d have at least 3 nickels.

[@Angelblue1302]

Which isn’t much, but it’s weird that it happened 3 times.

[@SmellyTreeProductions]

@@Angelblue1302four if you count the railway series

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

@@SmellyTreeProductionsIs it bad that Old Stuck Up was one of the three that came to mind when I was making the comment?

[@SmellyTreeProductions]

@@IsleofPigsStudios idk

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

​@@Angelblue1302Tidmouth Sheds has been destroyed 3 times. 1st was in TATMR when Mr. Conductor runs out of gold dust, the 2nd was in "Calling all engines" and the 3rd was from James in "The fastest red engine on Sodor".

[@lukeslocomotives]

Can i just point out that Thomas has two side rods at 1:36:28? I get that they were meant to be a blur, but he still has two once he has stopped???

[@thomastrainzfan4444]

Oh my god i never noticed that

[@AtomicTrain]

OMG UR RIGHT WOAH

[@shivamkamil1581]

14:43 Actually, we do see Norman afterwards. When Thomas races to get Gordon his safety valve, Norman can be seen at Vicarstown.

[@SrMechaGojira93]

Norman is CGI Thomas’ NPC anyway, so … ehh?

[@joshuaW5621]

⁠​⁠@@SrMechaGojira93and how does that matter?

[@akintolashekoni4600]

​@@joshuaW5621He's pretty much a background character so they probably used him as a background doesn't really confirm anything

[@shivamkamil1581]

I mean, if Thomas could be fixed relatively quickly, why can't Norman? (Aside from the fact that Den and Dart were too busy chasing Diesel around of course...)

[@ryanfuller912]

My favorite crashes are when Henry crashes into the sea, Gordon rams into the station wall, Oliver crashes into the shed, you get the picture.

[@RascalTrainz]

I guess you like the season 5 crashes. They are my favorite too.

[@Themasktrooper]

The amount of crashes of the series The Fat Controller must have a lot of lawsuits

[@joshuaW5621]

And people claim that he’s a tyrant in SLOTLT.

[@kboy1158]

just another day in a world of talking trains.

[@RedPigSpartan]

Step aside Willy Wonka, Sir Topham Hatt is the most sued CEO

[@gabes3dworldofficial]

​@joshuaW5621 he is near the end, for the beginning of the movie he is right, near the final incident he was wronh granted it's like a parent if you have your child lying or making excuses a lot you're not gonna believe them when it's not actually their fault. Honestly the characters to blame if there has to be any is Thomas's friends I could go on a rant about that but that would be too much

[@Batmanisbestpony]

He's got to have Scrooge McDuck levels of wealth in order to finance the repairs for ALL THESE ENGINES.

[@JupiterthetankengineYT]

1:06:47 Trampy: THEY CALL ME THE RED ROCKET TheUnluckyTug: RED ROCKET

[@nathangitz2674]

I see you're a man of culture too.

[@fanofeverything30465]

@@JupiterthetankengineYT I'll bet it was a reference

[@NoahhVazquez-fb9yl]

Why does trampy (unlucky tugs friend) reminds me of somethingelseyt adamler

[@anchorsaway9500]

Thomas having that many accidents makes Sir Topham hats anger in lost treasure more justified. He’s had enough of him messing up

[@joshuaW5621]

And he also has to pay to have him fixed too.

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

@@anchorsaway9500I've always thought it was his boiling point to finally get the chance to put his foot down on Thomas' shenanigans.

[@JZJ7777]

Agreed.

[@clairebennett9104]

I'd Like To Know How Much The Railway Had To Pay For All Of This

[@jmredguppy2799]

Actually imagine trying to explain it to the guys that gotta fix it, especially to guys that are like “new” to the island XD “So uh this green tank engine came zooming out of control down the hill that apparently had oil spills on it and he crashed right through our factory, getting completely covered in chocolate and may had killed some workers in the progress.” Workers:….wha-

[@fanofeverything30465]

No wonder The Fat Controller is always cross after a crash

[@emersoninfinitystone5785]

They'd of gone bankrupt long ago by this point.

[@robrice7246]

@emersoninfinitystone5785 As Duck in NWR Adventure's once put it: "If it were a common occurrence, the railway would've shut down a long time ago. And goodness knows where we we'd end up!!"

[@emersoninfinitystone5785]

@@robrice7246 In a railway museum most likely.

[@BlueTheCharredGuy22]

“Look out for the train” *CRASHES*

[@Ninja11125]

Lol

[@Jamesoneill28757]

Was that the gwr studios reference

[@BlueTheCharredGuy22]

@@Jamesoneill28757 yes, why?

[@eljugasodemanzana8390]

​@@BlueTheCharredGuy22because he's the goat

[@blueraccoon1088]

Did anyone get the number of that train?

[@visyxl]

Looking forward to part 4 of the model railway!

[@Lucasthetrainfan67]

Me too!

[@Pro94009]

Same

[@TrainRstudios]

It’s here

[@Trainboy-ee4us]

Answer to how Thomas is still in one piece after crashing 74 times: the dude was built like a fucking tank. That’s why he’s called Thomas the TANK Engine.

[@ghosttoast69420]

He’s basically Florida Man, getting himself into trouble, lost, or gets into a dangerous situation. I’m surprised that Sir Topham Hatt and Thomas’ driver didn’t put a GPS Tracker like Life360 or some other device onto him, especially Journey Beyond Sodor and Big World Big Adventures. I bet every time he gets into the Steamworks, the Steamworks all say in unison, “What did Thomas do this time?”

[@ultra6671]

Tug: How are you not dead? Thomas: I have no idea!

[@joeleboeuf]

Diesel 10: OH! Give me a big, fat, break!

[@pedrourbano501]

​@@joeleboeufI read that in Diesel 10's voice.

[@NoahhVazquez-fb9yl]

@@joeleboeuf a reference to the sonic movie from four years ago

[@GordMcscroogleDoodle]

How do the guards in Sodor not have brain damage after the amount of crashes the engines get themselves into

[@kwproductions6737]

T1E2H3 did a video going over how many crew members would die in all the classic series crashes season 1 through 7

[@Randomstuffs261]

Insurance on the Island of Sodor must cost an absolute fortune.

[@danplesea9876]

I doubt they even have insurance since their signals are more for show than for actually controlling train movements.

[@ozziemystery5774]

57:38 Emily out here doing her best Yamcha pose

[@JoeDude1901]

I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one thinking that! 😂

[@Baello999]

So fun fact, "Accidents will Happen" is how I discovered the Classic Series. As a child of the mid-2000s I was born at the worst time for Thomas. Hit acquired the rights several months before I was born, and I was aging out of Thomas by the time Matel was trying to revitalize the franchise with Brenner. My only exposure to Classic Thomas was a few DVDs and one of them contained the "Accidents will Happen" music video. I loved that video, and would often try reenact it as a little kid. During one of these reenactments I got into an agreement with my dad about whether the video showed actual crashs from the show, or just B-roll made specifically for the song. He said B-roll, I said show. So I bet him that I could find all the clips from "Accidents will Happen" (as well as the Hit song "Surprises") in actual episodes. This got preschool and early-elementary me to search through dozens of old DVDs cataloged on Netflix and Amazon prime to find these scenes, which is how I discovered Classic Thomas. I actually managed to find all but one ("Bulstrode") with my dad's help, before "Grandpuff" sort-of scared me away from Classic Thomas.

[@Jeisr4207-bc5ui]

Why did Grandpuff scare you?

[@Baello999]

Smudger's "death"

[@firewolf950tfwgaming7]

Thomas statistically gets into more crashes when it involves work that isn’t directly tied to his primary duty as either a station pilot(which I still don’t know why he still is one in cgi) or running the Ffarquar branch. Conclusion, Sir Topham Hat needs to stop assigning him to jobs that don’t involve those 2 things. Like seriously, this is like asking your chef to be your mechanic, you have him for this thing, use him for said thing.

[@TankEngine97]

With all the crashes that happen on Sodor, you do have to wonder how the railway hasn't gone bankrupt as a result of them.

[@christianpark5155]

I'd like to think it's because STH pays off every lawyer on the island under the table to intentionally lose any cases that come up

[@tobyytlai]

The North Western Railway is a monopoly and faces no competition, so

[@christianpark5155]

@tobyytlai that's actually a good point, without the railway the island's mere existence would be nonprofitable

[@thedevilishduck]

Bro just casually dropped a 100 minute movie on us

[@TessfromKellstorpe]

Fr

[@asafjuarez1]

Fr bro

[@asafjuarez1]

Which I’m lowkey enjoying it😂

[@MatthewsBranchLine]

This is better than Chases, Races, and Runaways!

[@asafjuarez1]

@@MatthewsBranchLine 😂😂😂

[@EscarJoe101]

The quiet "bazinga" at 24:12 made me do a double take it really caught me of guard lol

[@achez793]

Duncan also had 3 more crashes shown in flashbacks in “Dunkin Duncan”. He just loves to rock ‘n ‘ roll there.

[@arctic_fox1173]

45:35 i love how toad just casually slides in

[@ToyFreddyGaming1987]

*The moral:* "Luckily, no one was hurt."

[@jmredguppy2799]

*Unless you’re the workers in the Chocolate Factory*

[@NoahhVazquez-fb9yl]

"yes, well, not this time at least" said by a toxic twin sister, ex girlfriend and a advanced robot/nannybot, ponytail hair girl

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

​@@jmredguppy2799Or the passengers in Gordon's coaches in "Respect for Gordon".

[@Thomperfan]

Correction: Luckily, no one IMPORTANT was hurt.

[@Kingbeat1]

I really hate how they gave Stanley a movie but then in the show they did nothing with him he was just a background engine damn you hit.

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

The crashes in Thomas were just one of the many things I loved about Thomas, I loved how violent and epic they were.

[@joeleboeuf]

1:28:01 Why am I not surprised? It's honestly ironic that the Number 1 engine on Sodor, is the one engine involved in the most accidents.

[@anonymous-rq2lh]

1:22:44 further evidence that percy probably killed/injured several people in this crash: there’s no way that the factory workers would have thought to jump out of the way, because there’s (obviously) no tracks in the chocolate factory and no one would ever think to prepare for the possibility of a *several-ton steam locomotive crashing through the wall of their workplace*

[@Flyingdurito]

I love how whenever you cut to footage of episodes, you alternate between the UK and US dubs, appealing to all viewers

[@JAdg75oo00]

Topham disirves a second Father's Day for even keeping Thomas around after the 5th crash 🚂

[@ryanfuller912]

I'm surprised Unlucky Tug didn’t get mad due to the fact he's mentioning crashes from some pretty bad episodes.

[@RandomSam-todoroki]

Hello

[@robohuntero1828]

if you hadnt notice he called james the red rockets thats pretty damn sus

[@Woodenfan]

He's probably saving that anger for his retrospectives of their seasons.

[@thebeaniestbeanboys5735]

Just wait until Thomas forgets to use his hydration gun when he runs out of water in the desert in AEG

[@jmredguppy2799]

17:08, you can hear hints of it here XD

[@PennsyPappas]

Not only is Thomas the most accident prone but he's also the reason for so many other accidents in this list. If you had included the ones where he was the cause but not directly involved the number I think would've easily passed 100. He's touted as a Really Useful engine but maybe there was a reason to why he was kept as a station pilot for so long.

[@theJamesexpress]

37:24 those trucks were willing to kill themselves to get revenge and somehow screwed that up

[@gordieboi2340]

57:35 What makes it better is it looks like she's doing the Family Guy death pose

[@User-Rusty-R]

Oh my god she is

[@Dylus_KrokYT]

lol fr

[@9coralineTPOM]

My question is, how many crashes involved the Troublesome Trucks? Because seriously, why does Sir Topham Hatt continue to invest in trucks that purposely cause accidents on his railway?

[@llewelynshingler2173]

It seems that the Trucks in this universe are, in general, short-sighted troublemakers.

[@TheNwr1]

It’s down to their construction. Two-axle wagons with somewhat loose chains and generally cheap bodywork and effectively no brakes, are just going to be more trouble to work with than wagons with bogies, air-brakes, and sturdier metal bodies. This holds true for wagons in real life. I mean, it’s mainly the brakes and couplings, but the cheap construction doesn’t help either.

[@kwproductions6737]

But also thinking about it cheese the trucks are suicidal they're more likely to get destroyed in a crash then the engine in fact some of the been shown to have canonically died

[@Avery_Productions]

My headcannon is faceless trucks are too expensive for sir topham Hatt to replace all of the troublesome ones and troublesome trucks are dirt cheap so sir topham Hatt just buys them

[@magnum_pig_2004]

So many crashes...you'd think safety would be a bigger priority on Sodor.

[@ob2kenobi388]

Thomas: (crashes for the seventy-fourth time) Sir Topham Hatt: "Thomas! What the fuck!?"

[@BryGuyXCV]

Gordon absolutely just bought all this crashes on himself when he proudly proclaims he has never had a crash.

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

When I first watched Gordon's 2 crashes in S24 I thought to myself "When was the last time Gordon had a derailment?".

[@karenfan010]

1:16:29 the narrator literally said “luckily no one was hurt” you can’t take real life logics word against his.

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

Luckily no one "important" was hurt.

[@easilyeasy]

Sodor has gotta be one of the most unsafe railroads in the world

[@joshuaW5621]

They call it a railway over there.

[@gamerfan8445]

Penn central?

[@ThomasFisher-jr6bn]

I guess in the Thomas universe people are used to engine crashes not just on Sodor, but the entire world.

[@joshuaW5621]

If Thomas was aimed at older audiences, I can guarantee that some of these crashes would involve some people dying or being seriously injured.

[@easilyeasy]

@@joshuaW5621 take it up with my assistant

[@Nysnek0]

2:07 I bet 20 push ups James is going to crash the most

[@Nysnek0]

And he got 4th time to get down

[@johnathonmcjohn3]

*START EXERCISIN BOI*

[@xtremeyoylecake]

He wasn’t even in top 3 Get to it

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

There's a James crash that will make James have 21. In "The beast of Sodor" James mysteriously goes missing as Spencer takes his spot at Tidmouth until he is found. We later see him being lifted back onto the rails by Edward and Rocky. It's never explained but I'm guessing that James was switched onto the wrong line and crashed.

[@pwsthetankengine3259]

In my headcannon, the actual crash that Lady had which put her out of service for years was this: Diesel 10 one day threatened to destroy her, Lady and Burnett Stone steamed away as fast as they could! At some point during the escape, Lady made it to the magic buffers, but Diesel 10 made her go so fast that she shot straight out of the magic buffers, completely missed the tracks and went tumbling down muffle mountain! Burnett Stone jumped clear though, don't worry about that younger kids!

[@saramcpike2820]

Something I notice from watching this video is that, in the Hit era, if the episode has Thomas' name in the title, it's bound to show him doing something stupid and crashing. Great work Tug! I loved being able to see just how many crashes have occurred by character.

[@Gondarth]

Crashes! Destruction! Pain and suffering! Just what I need on my 31st birthday. I do enjoy a bit of chaos, so I appreciate you thinking of me, Nic 🤣

[@joshuaW5621]

Happy birthday Kee.

[@fanofeverything30465]

Happy Birthday

[@marklincovet509]

Percy's in Percy's chocolate crunch for the classic era. Henry's in big strong Henry for the hit era. James' in James to the rescue for the nitrogen era. James' in Philip to the rescue for the Brenner era. All of Percy's crashes in bwba for that era.

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

Percy did not have any good moments from the BWBA era...

[@SixWingZombi]

I don't remember what the British equivalent to OSHA or NTSB is, but they really need to send some inspectors down to examine the safety procedures on the Sodor lines.

[@snapclub8751]

Accidents Will Happen is just as iconic as Thomas’s main theme song.

[@fieldapple4428]

1:14:51 Ducks reaction is completely valid that truck fucking FLEW.

[@CorgiTheRegularCorgi17]

That was what I thought!

[@M1chael42O1]

58:38 massive respect to you for using a clip with the best audio I ever heard in my childhood.

[@DJDroz-gh5nt]

So basically here a crash is defined as: a sudden and/or unexpected stop or motion that results in something getting trapped, damaged, and/or derailed.

[@bobwalsh3751]

1:10:12 I love the look on Gordon's face here. He's all "Oop, whuh, uh-oh"

[@vamoacalmarno3868]

28:13 "The two grim messengers of doom" lmao

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

They're called that in some supplemental material for season 5 IIRC.

[@CoalChrome]

Ok the fact they made a Springtime for Hitler reference using FUCKING DIESEL during the Brenner era is so goddamn funny theres no words to express it

[@ThomasLover]

I find it interesting that Percy has a total of nearly 36 crashes! That number is his number squared. sqrt36 = 6

[@P1_uh]

46:33 that cry for help is so genuine

[@kingadam69]

I like how when Tug says "Thomas and the Big Bang" you hear the famous words of Sheldon Cooper,'Bazinga', in the background. Edit: Also found it as the noise for Thomas' whistle in the Sir Handel section.

[@SlatyRamen]

Is crazy how it took 13 *EPISODES* to have Thomas do his first crash I was expecting way earlier.

[@kinger7070]

Donald and Bill have virtually the same accident in each season 6 episode where they have a fight with their respective twins.

[@jeremiahsisaias8677]

Though the plot and conflicts are different.

[@trainjacobsweden]

I know one rare scene when a loco pushes a train infront of itself, though it is done because of a crash. In "Thomas and The Breakdown Train" Thomas pushes the breakdown train to where James crashed, and also pushes som trucks without damaging them, but their is also a slightly crash most for the visual when Thomas bumps a truck into a one hangin in the breakdown train.

[@Ich-Existiere-Nicht]

I am autistic and this show became my special interest this April so it makes me happy to see that they are so many channels that still post about this show. And I find it impressive how much effort you put into your videos. You have my respect for going through the entire franchise again to make this video.

[@ValueNetwork]

1:37:18 I know the Later Mattel seasons liked to show the train drivers jumping out of the trains before crashes. And I like that detail, since the CGI show sometimes forgot that Drivers existed… That being said, those drivers are DEAD! They land on the cactus pile and sustain major injuries if they’re lucky. If not, they hit the Rocky cliff at speed and instantly die.

[@ImNotnaloN]

Hear me out, Henry's Tender just exploding for the sillies.

[@nicefighter]

deleted scene/outtake, not canon, probably shouldn't count.

[@ImNotnaloN]

@@nicefighter Yeah I know, would still be funny though

[@thewheel2677]

"HOORAY FOR GORDO- (BOOM)"

[@ThingInTheHall]

Trampy's James:

[@RosaFan161]

I know the HIT era is generally looked down upon, but I have to admit, they got really creative with crashes during that time. As for a favorite? Any crash from Season 6. Over half the episodes have crashes, and particularly Buffer Bother, Dunkin' Duncan, and The World's Strongest Engine made me CRACK UP as a kid. Aside from The Great Discovery, Gordon Takes A Tumble probably has the most insane crash in the model series. It lasts like 20 seconds! What were they smoking when writing the stories for Season 6? Who cares; I love it!

[@tylerkane1238]

i think others have commented, but in SLOTLT movie, you forgot Thomas shunted Ryan’s cars full of dynamite into the buffers, causing them to derail while the lit crate was flung into the cavern, saving everyone from a nasty explosion.

[@joshuaW5621]

That didn’t involve an engine getting hurt though, so it didn’t fit the criteria.

[@tylerkane1238]

@@joshuaW5621 not all crashes involve engines getting hurt. The reason why this should count because “refer to Stanley’s crash”. He didn’t get hurt, and yes, it’s Thomas’s fault, but he was responsible for the trucks for breaking away and crashing into the tower… the dynamite crash in the movie is similar and on purpose.