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Thomas and the Magic Railroad Quotes

"Little Engines CAN Do Big Things..."

G 2000 · 1h 26m
53
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53
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31 quotes
Discussion of Destruction and Its Implications
Diesel 10 Not the one I want. She escaped me once before as long as she exists so do the others but if she can be destroyed…
Splatter Destroyed?
Dodge Did you say "destroyed"?
Splatter The "d" word?
Dodge Like hurt?
Diesel 10 Yeah, destroyed!
Splatter Uh, there's one small problem; boss.
Dodge Yeah, Mr. Conductor's coming, and he won't let you destroy her.
Splatter He won't let you.
Diesel 10 I can do whatever I want! I'll get him too, with Pinchy! Ow! Pinchy, I hate it when you do that!
[Pinchy raises up high, makes chomping noises; hits him in the face]
A Journey Concludes with a Happy Ending
Mr. Conductor And so we've come to the happy end of our story, and it's time for all of us to go home, just like Thomas.
[narrating]
Lost Magic and a Call for Help
Mr. Conductor The magic is gone! Why did I take my gold dust for granted? I can't help without my gold dust. What is the source of my gold dust? Is someone there? Thomas, is that you?
[sleeping on the grass in front of some bushes. Images show Shining Time Station with bad weather; voice only, echoing; the ice cream cone on the sign tilts and image shows a road with the word "Stop" on it, a yellow balloon floats past it; the phone booth the juggler was in is empty, balls were scattered all over the place; the bouquet is tilting, the bridge begins to crumble; last shot shows Lady's wheels and coupling rods]
Thomas Mr. Conductor! Mr. Conductor!
Mr. Conductor Thomas?
Thomas Oh, Mr. Conductor; where are you?
Mr. Conductor Thomas? How can I possibly say that I'm really useful now?
[downbeat; no response]
Anticipation of Gold Dust's Arrival
Burnett Stone Well done, Thomas! Well done!
Diesel 10 Huh? What's going on? Hold it! No! Hold it! Puffball! Teapot! TIN KETTLE! Oh, well. Nice time of a year for a cruise!
[seeing the broken Big Dipper; falls off and Pinchy grabs the sleeper; the sleeper breaks; lands into a barge filled with sludge; chuckles nervously]
Thomas But Mr. Conductor, you still don't have your gold dust.
Lady I think he will soon.
Embarking on a Magical Journey
Taglines Take the magic journey.
Challenges of the Journey Ahead
Thomas The journey gets bumpier and bumpier. That's what Mr. Conductor told me.
[thought of what Mr. Conductor said]
Escape from Danger Under the Sun
Junior Hey, Cous! What's up, enjoying the sun?
Mr. Conductor No, Junior. I'm not. As a matter of fact, I just escaped here after a heavy metal monster! Junior, where have you been?
A Day of Mixed Emotions Among Friends
Bertie Smile, you steamers. It's a sunny day. Vroom-vroom!
James It's not sunny, cause Mr. C's not at the windmill, I looked!
Thomas I think his sparkle's all gone.
Henry My smoke box doesn't feel sunny. It feels stuffed up.
[stuffy]
Gordon Nasty fumes from dingy Diesel.
[chuckles]
Henry And Diesel is after the lost engine.
Toby And if he finds her, I fear that will destroy us all.
Gordon What, even an engine as big as me?!
Toby Yes, Gordon, even you.
Thomas Ahh-choo!
James Say it, don't spray it, Thomas!
Thomas I've still got sneezing powder up my funnel. Now I'm going to look for Mr. Conductor!
Toby Let us get back to work. That's the way he would want.
Bertie How about a race, Thomas?
[vrooms]
Thomas Sorry, Bertie. I can't today. I need to be a really useful engine and solve some mysteries too, instead!
Bertie I guess that means I win! Perhaps another day.
Communication Challenges in a Magical Setting
Junior That's my shell phone. Hello?
[wakes up; pulls off his headphones, and answers his shell phone]
Mr. Conductor Junior? Junior, is that you?!
Junior Oh, hi, Cous! Uh, are you in a tunnel? This isn't a very good line.
Mr. Conductor Junior, where are you?!
Junior Um, I'm in paradise. I just got in Cloud 9 and here I am.
Mr. Conductor Junior, listen to me. You've got to come to the Island of Sodor RIGHT NOW!
Junior Now? But I'm waiting on a perfect wave!
Mr. Conductor Oh, no. You're not, you're coming here! You have to help me find the source of all our family's gold dust.
[Junior sighs in annoyance]
Junior What is the source?
Mr. Conductor That's the trouble, Junior. I haven't a clue!
Junior And I've used up most of my gold dust, too.
Mr. Conductor What?! Then go to Shining Time Station first. And in my signal-house in the box under the staircase, you'll find my emergency whistle with the last of my supply. Please take care of this, Junior, and… Don't talk to anyone about the buffers.
[shocked; Junior sighs; quietly]
Junior What buffers? This is a really bad line! Hello! My shell phone's not working properly!
Mr. Conductor Junior, you got to come here right away! I'm counting on you!
Junior Hello?! I want my money back.
[throws out his phone]
Coming to Theaters: July 2000
Taglines Pulling into theaters everywhere July 2000.
A Moment of Reflection and Determination
Junior I'm sorry, Lily. I'm sorry, Cous. I haven't been whatever it is - responsible, reliable and really useful, but I will be! I will be! James!
[smoke hisses from inside the Ironworks; James screams, Diesel 10 skids to a halt and catapults on him; grabs out his whistle trying to escape, but his magic fails]
Diesel 10 Ah! So you lost your sparkle too, huh? Bye bye, Twinkle Toes!
Junior Oh, it's empty.
[realizes his whistle lost all his gold dust]
Diesel 10 Here we go!
James Junior, what are we gonna do?
Junior We'll think of something!
Diesel 10 That's it.
[as James chuffs back away from him along with Junior]
Junior I found you some more, Lily. I promise. If I'm gonna be any help at all, it's now or never. I've got to use up the rest of this stuff.
Diesel 10 Are you ready?
James No, we're not!
Junior James, the brains. Get us out of here!
[blows his whistle]
James Now we are!
Diesel 10 What the…?
[seeing that Junior and James vanished]
Journey to Bufferville Begins
Thomas I promise I'll get you home to your grandpa, Lily.
Tumbleweed Follow me, partner!
[starts leading Thomas to the buffers]
Thomas Whoa!
Tumbleweed Right this way to Bufferville, just a walk in the park!
Thomas We're going though, Lily.
Tumbleweed You're on your own from here on in, little blue buckaroo! Yee-hoo!
[bounces off the track]
Thomas Little engines can do big things!
[passes through the magic buffers]
The Challenge of Bravery and Fear
Percy I am brave. I am brave. Thomas says I'm brave, so I'm brave. Oh, it's not easy being brave. Shiver my pistons. There's Splatter and Dodge. Oh, they found the buffers! Oh, now what's going to happen? Ohh!
[puffs into the night by Diesel 10's Mountain; sees Splatter and Dodge at the buffers; a flock of birds fly by a tree]
Tumbleweed Hey, partner. Excuse me, coming through, pardon me.
[rolls along]
Percy Oh, that's just nothing. That nothing was something!
[a shed door opens slowly, then closes quickly]
Splatter These must be the buffers Diesel's looking for.
Dodge Are we supposed to go through them?
Splatter Not we, you.
Dodge Not me, you.
Splatter This is a job for the boss. We'll tell him tomorrow.
[an owl hoots, scaring them]
Dodge Yeah, tomorrow's good.
Percy Oh, I'd better hurry back and warn Thomas.
[backs away]
Rediscovering the Beauty of Magic
Lady So, Burnett, you didn't forget about magic. It's safe inside you.
[gets her face in the Magic Railroad; later; Thomas toots]
Lily Thomas!
Thomas You found her, and she's beautiful!
Confrontation Over the Magic Railway's Secrets
Diesel 10 Okay, Twinkle Toes. I know about the buffers.
[to Mr. Conductor]
Mr. Conductor That's what I saw in my dream! It's coming true! My universe is starting to crumble!
[notices the bridge crumbling]
Diesel 10 And I know about the magic railway. And when I find that engine, you and all those puffballs will be history. Now tell me where the buffers are now! You got 10 seconds!
[Mr. Conductor grabs a blue pair of scissors]
Debate on Steam Engine Strength and Character
Diesel 10 Help you? You always need help because steam engines are cowardly, cranky worn out hunks of metal who couldn't hurt a fly!
[evil laugh]
James No, we're not!
[a pet peeve (Sandal) is flying around his face]
Diesel 10 Yes, you are!
James Aren't!
Diesel 10 Are! Now, I've come back to find a lost steam engine.
James What?
Diesel 10 I'm gonna destroy her and dominate you! And then, you ain't nothing but useless scrap! Right, Pinchy?
[Pinchy makes chomping noises]
The Power of Helping Each Other
Thomas Lady, you're a helpful engine.
Lady And helping each other brings to life the magic in all of us.
Confrontation Between Diesel 10 and Toby
Diesel 10 It's time to finally put Twinkle Toes lights out. This is a job FOR THE BOSS!
[Pinchy chomps]
Toby I've got to delay him. I'm going to distract him. Hmm…hmm…
[rings his bell]
Diesel 10 It's the old teapot! Smash him!
[''Pinchy raises up high'']
Splatter Smash him? Hold on, boss!
Dodge You shouldn't push that!
[Pinchy pushed the shed, the roof traps them underneath]
Diesel 10 Pinchy, get back here! Don't make me come up here! I hate it when you do that!
Toby Good show!
[chuffs backward]
Splatter Uh, boss?
Dodge Did you mean to let the roof fall in?
Splatter All the way in?
Diesel 10 I always mean what I do, you rattletraps!
[groans]
Mr. Conductor Diesel was in a dump, but the steam engines were still right on track.
[''voice only]
Singers ♪ He's a really useful engine, you know ♪
Thomas Morning, Henry. What's the matter?
[chuffs backwards past a Sir Topham Hatt sign and passes a sick Henry]
Henry I've got… boiler ache.
[sniffs]
Thomas And I'm collecting one, two, three, four, five, six trucks of special Island of Sodor coal for you.
Henry Oh, thank you, Thomas. Special coal will make me feel much better!
[sneezes]
Thomas I wish I could make Mr. Conductor feel better too by finding him.
[backs into the trucks]
Bertie Hello, Thomas and your five coal trucks! Vroom-vroom!
Thomas Five? But I'm supposed to have six.
Surfing Distraction in Unlikely Circumstances
Diesel 10 Aha! Twinkle Toes Junior!
[sees Junior who landed on the roof after riding the Sodor Grain Windmill]
Junior Oh, no! My beach bag!
[as the beach bag falls off his shoulder]
Diesel 10 You won't be doing any surfing up here, Mr. Kahuna!
Junior Really? Watch me.
Diesel 10 Hang on tight, Moon Doggy!
A Gathering of Friends and Tensions
Mr. Conductor So, who dropped the ball then? Oh, there you are. I'd like a nice cup of hot cocoa. Would you fellas care to join me? No? What would you rather do instead? Go outside and play? Well, I can understand that. What do you think? Why do you keep hitting him like that? You're gonna have to have a time out. Just a little sweeter, I think.
[picks up a baseball bat; chuckles; catches a beach ball; to the beach ball; to the bat; makes the bat hit the ball; mock disappointment; throws bat on his bed and makes his hot cocoa; Diesel 10 appears and laughs evilly and Mr. Conductor sips cocoa; adds sugar to cocoa]
Diesel 10 Alright, Pinchy, my little bucket of badness, time to feast yourself.
Mr. Conductor Ahh. Now that's better. Whoa! Ahh! Whoa!
[sips cocoa again, and is satisfied; Diesel 10 tears off part of the sheds; removes his night cap and puts on his conductor's hat, as the steam engines wake up in alarm, and Diesel 10 tears off more of the sheds and laughs evilly]
Thomas Cinders and ashes! It's Diesel!
[alarmed]
Gordon Diesel?! Oh, no!
Diesel 10 Hello, Twinkle Toes! I got a plan and you're not in it!
Mr. Conductor You can't catch me, Diesel!
[blows on his whistle twice, but only a little gold comes out of it]
Diesel 10 Losing your sparkle, huh? What perfect timing. Now where is that lost engine?
[laughs evilly]
Mr. Conductor You won't find her here.
Diesel 10 You're not clever enough to stop me.
Mr. Conductor Oh, yes I am!
Diesel 10 No, you're not! Ah- What–?! Is that…?!
[sees Mr. Conductor hold up a bag of sugar]
Mr. Conductor That's right, it's sugar, Diesel! And if I throw this in your tank, it'll seize you up for good!
Diesel 10 Make the most of tonight, Twinkle Toes, because you won't like tomorrow! Neither will that… that line of tin kettles! Oh, shut up, Pinchy!
[grunts and chuffs away; to his claw]
Thomas Mr. Conductor, but what happened to your sparkle?
[after the diesel leaves]
Mr. Conductor I don't know, Thomas, I'll just have to sleep on that.
Thomas On your sparkle?
[confused]
Mr. Conductor No, Thomas. On the problem of what happened to it.
Percy Oh, but Mr. Conductor, without your sparkle or the Lost Engine, you can't travel here to help us anymore.
Mr. Conductor I'll solve the problem. You just go to sleep now.
Percy Easy for you to say.
Discussion of the Lost Engine Legend
Toby What's important is to stand up on our own wheels to Diesel.
Henry Toby's right. Diesel knows that the lost engine in the legend really exists.
James What engine?
Percy What legend?
Henry Of an engine who's magic makes her more powerful than Diesel will ever be. That's why he wants to find her.
Percy Then we'd better find her, first.
James Leave it to the big engines, Percy.
[puffs out of the shed]
Mr. Conductor's Respectful Exchange with a Sir
Mr. Conductor Oh, good afternoon; sir! A real honor, sir. Like my family before me. And how is Lady Hatt? Yes. Watch out for Diesel, definitely. Keep an eye on Henry's health; sir. Yes, sir. The 3 Rs. Reading, writing and arithmetic. I mean…I will be responsible… reliable… and really useful. Yes, sir, we will all get a good night's sleep. Looking forward to a hard day tomorrow. Goodbye, sir.
[picks up a phone after falling to the floor; stands up]
The Quest for Gold Dust and Safety
Mr. Conductor What's going wrong with our railroad and why? My universe is in danger! I've got to find more gold dust!
[shocked, finding out Shining Time is in deep trouble]
Misguided Choices and Reflective Feelings
Mr. Conductor Mutt was feeling pleased to himself. He had put Lily on the wrong train, but he knew he had done so for the right reasons.
[voice only, as Lily finds the right train at the station along with Mutt who joins in]
Female Singer ♪ I know how the moon must feel ♪
Uncertainty About the Future of the Railroad
Junior We're traveling miles and miles to the Island. But I don't know if this railroad's gonna last much longer. It'll vanish like the engine!
Lily What engine?
Junior The engine that used to travel on this railroad. Cous and I never saw it. I don't know what happened to it. Hey, what's that doing here?
[sees the coal truck Thomas bumped earlier]
Secrets of Discovery and Trust
Burnett Stone How did you find me here?
[sees Patch with a flashlight]
Patch I found the entrance to your workshop ages ago, but I would never tell anybody.
Conflict Among Characters in a Train Adventure
Diesel 10 Aha! There's the blue puffball, and look who he's with! Splodge, come and destroy!
Splatter No, you do it yourself.
Dodge We don't like you.
Splatter Yeah, we mean that.
Dodge Emphatically.
Splatter Yeah. What does that mean?
Dodge I have no idea.
Splatter It's a good word.
Thomas Run, Lady! Quickly, and I'm going to help you!
Burnett So am I, my Lady. I'll not let you down again.
[walking on board Lady's cab]
Diesel 10 Ahh, who needs you, Splodge?
Introduction to the Magic Railroad Adventure
Mr. Conductor Hello, I'm Mr. Conductor and I'm going to tell you a story about trains folks far apart and the Magic Railroad that brought them together. Every story like a railroad has its heroes. Meet Thomas. He's our number one hero.
[voice only; first shot shows Thomas, a tank engine chuffs his way out of a tunnel]
Thomas Hello!
[whistle blows]
Mr. Conductor But he's running a little late today. This is the Island of Sodor where Thomas and his friends live. It's at one end of my special universe. I like helping out here. By the invitation of Sir Topham Hatt, of course.
[voice only; shot shows Henry pulling freight cars under a bridge]
Gordon Five, six, seven, eight…
[waits at the station]
Thomas Who do we appreciate? Practicing your numbers, Gordon. That's a good engine.
[pulls up beside Gordon]
Gordon I'm counting how many seconds late you are. What does that sign say?
Thomas Hmm… "Sodor Railway, really reliable and right on time. Signed, head of the railway, Sir Topham Hatt.
[reads the sign; Gordon scoffs]
Gordon But you weren't on time, little Thomas.
Thomas And you're being bossy, Gordon. Now, please excuse me. I'm meeting Mr. Conductor. He's looking after us while Sir Topham Hatt takes a much needed holiday.
[Gordon scoffs again]
Gordon Oh, I think we can take care of ourselves.
Diesel 10 GET OUTTA MY WAY!!!! I have unfinished business here, and I wanna finish it FAST!
[rushes through the station]
Gordon D-Diesel 10's back!
[quivers in fright]
Thomas Yes, 10 out of 10 for devious deeds and brutal strength! The blast from the past who hates steam engines!
Gordon Maybe we do need Mr. Conductor here after all. On time!
A Heartfelt Gift for Grandpa
Lily Grandpa's been so sad since Grandma Tasha died, and he never comes here to see us.
Mrs. Stone Well, maybe your visit will cheer him up. Did you get his present?
Lily Here. I'm making him a friendship bracelet.
Mrs. Stone Honey, that's beautiful.
Lily But I'd rather just stay here with you.
Mrs. Stone I know. Come here.
[she and Lily hug]
Lily I'm gonna go up this way.
Mrs. Stone Okay. Be careful.
Lily You always say that.
Mrs. Stone See you in a minute.
Lily You're coming with me to Grandpa's, Bluebird. I know how much you like to travel.
Questioning Diesel 10's Intentions and Honesty
Splatter Uh, so Boss?
Dodge How come you let Twinkle Toes escape?
Diesel 10 Oh, that. Uh…why, I did that on purpose; you know. I was testing him to see if he could escape.
Splatter Liar, liar.
Dodge Pants on fire.
Splatter Does he wear pants?
Dodge Well, training pants.
Diesel 10 All right! Playtime's over, Splodge!
Splatter/Dodge Uh oh!
Diesel 10 Now it's time for the next lesson. I call it "How to stop being stupid". Oh, well that's gonna ruin my facial!
[Pinchy raises the high level on the quarry tower, causing the tower to spill coal all over him as the other engines laugh at him]
Mr. Conductor's Urgent Departure and Concerns
Mr. Conductor Old Smokey, you stay right here til I get back! There you are. Is something wrong here? What kind of an answer is that? I'm going to be late. I'll get back as fast as I can. I have to concentrate now; Mutt. I'm suddenly having problems with my sparkle. Mutt? Goodbye, Mutt. Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle!
[to Mutt; Mutt rolls his face at him; Mutt whines, looks away; bends down; Mutt barks]