Thomas & Friends: THE GREAT RACE - The Musical!

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**Thomas & Friends: THE GREAT RACE - The Musical!** is an upcoming crossover, created by Team Awesomeness.

It is based on the original Thomas & Friends film, The Great Race!

## Synopsis

After meeting Gordon's brother, the famous Flying Scotsman, Thomas, and his Kerwhizzical companions, Kit and Kaboodle become full of admiration and determination when they hear that the Great Railway Show is coming, and decide to do everything they can to show how great they can be! But when they think they're best isn't good enough, their new friends, Ashima, and two magical genies, Shimmer and Shine, teach them a valuable lesson about being themselves than just using brains and sparks.

But will Thomas and Team Kit become champions by being themselves? Find out in this musical crossover that everyone will enjoy!

## Characters

* Thomas
* Kit and Kaboodle
* Ninki and Pip
* Twist and Snout
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby (cameo)
* Duck
* Donald and Douglas
* Oliver
* Emily
* Bill and Ben
* Flying Scotsman
* Spencer
* Stanley
* Charlie
* Scruff
* Belle
* Stephen
* Connor
* Caitlin
* Porter
* Timothy
* Marion
* Samson
* Diesel
* Daisy
* Salty
* Den
* Dart
* Paxton
* Norman
* Sidney
* Philip
* Flynn
* Stafford
* Skarloey
* Rheneas
* Peter Sam
* Sir Handel
* Victor
* Mike
* Rex
* Bert
* Annie and Clarabel
* Kevin
* Cranky
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Hiro
* Rosie
* Mavis (cameo)
* 'Arry and Bert (cameos)
* Winston (cameo)
* Henrietta (cameo)
* Owen (cameo)
* Bertie (cameo)
* Lady Hatt (cameo)
* Stephen Hatt (cameo)
* Bridgett Hatt (cameo)
* Big Mickey (faceless cameo)
* Harvey (fantasy)
* Alfie (fantasy)
* Oliver (The Pack) (fantasy)
* Harold (fantasy)
* Captain (fantasy)
* Mrs. Kyndley (mentioned)
* Dorothy
* Toto
* Dora
* Boots
* McGee
* Gretchen
* Squirt
* Wenda
* Wu
* Wes
* Ami
* Yumi
* Blooter
* Bobby
* Patty
* Lincoln
* Lori
* Leni
* Luna
* Luan
* Lynn
* Lucy
* Lana
* Lola
* Lisa
* Lily
* Lynn Loud Sr.
* Rita Loud
* Isa
* Benny
* Tico
* Swiper
* Twilight Sparkle
* Applejack
* Rarity
* Pinkie Pie
* Fluttershy
* Rainbow Dash
* Spike
* Timmy Turner
* Chloe Carmichael
* Cosmo
* Wanda
* Wilhelmina
* Buttsquat
* Suzi
* Pooh
* Piglet
* Tigger
* Rabbit
* Eeyore
* Roo
* Lumpy

### Characters introduced

* Shimmer
* Shine
* Ashima
* Axel
* Vinnie
* Raul
* Carlos
* Frieda
* Gina
* Ivan
* Etienne
* Rajiv (does not speak)
* Shane (does not speak)
* The Great Railway Show Flagman (does not speak)
* Yong Bao (cameo)
* The Mainland Diesels (cameos)
* The Mainland Brass Band (cameos)

## Cast

* John Hasler as Thomas and Rheneas
* Eva Bella as Shimmer
* Isabella Cramp as Shine
* Tina Desai as Ashima
* Telka Donyai as Kit
* Yasmin Garrad as Kaboodle
* Alex Velleman as Twist
* Jermaine Woods as Snout
* Kriselle Basilio as Ninki
* Rufus Jones as the Flying Scotsman
* Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Den, Norman, Stafford, Salty, Bert and Sir Topham Hatt
* Rob Rackstraw as James, Donald, Flynn, Raul, Etienne and Axel
* Nigel Pilkington as Percy
* Steven Kynman as Duck, Charlie, Porter, Dart, Paxton and Peter Sam
* Joe Mills as Douglas and Oliver
* Bob Golding as Stephen, Sidney and Ivan
* Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Daisy, Marion, Annie, Clarabel, Frieda and Gina
* Tim Whitnall as Timothy and Mike
* Tom Stourton as Rex (uncredited)
* Jonathan Broadbent as Bill and Ben (uncredited)
* Jonathan Forbes as Connor
* Rebecca O'Mara as Caitlin
* Kerry Shale as Scruff and Diesel
* Matt Wilkinson as Spencer, Stanley, Cranky, Kevin and the Dock Manager
* Rasmus Hardiker as Philip
* David Bedella as Victor and Carlos
* Robert Wilfort as Samson and the Great Railway Show judge
* John Schwab as Vinnie
* Christopher Ragland as Percy (singing voice; uncredited)
* Jules de Jongh as Emily (singing voice; uncredited)
* Kari Wahlgren as Dorothy and Chloe
* Tara Strong as Twilight, Timmy and Poof
* Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy
* Ashleigh Ball as Applejack and Rainbow Dash
* Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity and Spike
* Daran Noris as Cosmo
* Susanne Blakeslee as Wanda
* Kathleen Herles as Dora
* Harrison Chad as Boots and Leo
* Jake Burbage as Benny
* Ashley Fleming as Isa
* Jose Zelaya as Tico
* Marc Weiner as Swiper
* Aiden Pompey as Quincy
* Erica Huang as June
* Natalia Wojcik as Annie
* Ava Preston as Wenda
* Nicolas Aqui as Wu
* Jason Hopley as Wesley Woodchuck
* Jill Talley as Rita
* Brian Stepanek as Lynn Sr.
* Scott McCord as McGee
* Melissa Altro as Gretchen
* Darren Frost as Squirt
* Carter Hayden as Buttsquat
* Bryn McAuley as Suzi and Patty
* Cory Doran as Blooter
* Cameron Amsell as Bobby
* Bentley Griffin as Lincoln
* Catherine Taber as Lori
* Liliana Mumy as Leni
* Nika Futterman as Luna
* Cristina Pucelli as Luan
* Jessica DiCicco as Lynn Jr, Lucy and Wilhelmina
* Grey Griffin as Yumi, Lana, Lola, and Lily
* Lara Jill Miller as Lisa
* Janice Kawaye as Ami
* David Holt as Rudi
* Janet James as Trudi
* Gabe Eggerling as Jake
* Megan Richie as Izzy
* Jadon Sand as Cubby
* David Arquette as Skully
* Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
* Travis Oates as Piglet
* Peter Cullen as Eeyore
* Ken Sansom as Rabbit
* Max Burkholder as Roo
* Kyle Stanger as Lumpy
* Paul Winchell as Tigger (uncredited)
* John Fielder as Piglet (uncredited)
* Cathy Weseluck as Spike (uncredited)
* Grant Palmer, Collin Dean, Tex Hammond and Asher Bishop as Lincoln (uncredited)

## Songs

* Will You Won't You
* Streamlining
* Full of Surprises
* You Can Only Be You
* The Shooting Star is Coming Through (*reprise of Streamlining*)
* Be Who You Are, and Go Far (*partial reprise of You Can Only Be You*)
* He's Full of Surprises (*reprise of I'm Full of Surprises*)

## Trivia

* This is the first crossover film to be a musical.
	+ This is also the first crossover film to feature someone with Thomas, other than Dorothy and Toto as the main deuteragonists. In this case, Kit and Kaboodle.
* References to the fourth series episode, Thomas and the Special Letter and the nineteenth series episode, The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead are made in this special, including how Diesel aspired to be stronger than Henry in the sixth series episode, The World's Strongest Engine.
* A reworked arrangement of the original Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends theme tune is played as fanfare while Ashima and the Sodor engines parade through Vicarstown en-route to the Mainland for the Great Railway Show.
* A reworked arrangement of The Watermill theme from the second series composed by Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell can be heard when Thomas goes back to pick up Annie and Clarabel, after coming back from the Steamworks from his "repaint".
* The station announcement used in Tale of the Brave is heard when Thomas first arrives at Vicarstown.
* When making the special, James was originally going to be voiced by Keith Wickham in the UK version, but Team Awesomeness decided that Rob Rackstraw would voice him at the last minute.
* When Thomas asks Victor to repaint him, one of the liveries seen in the fantasy sequence features a red and blue lightning bolt over his right eye, resembling the late singer David Bowie, who sported a similar lightning bolt on his face for the cover of his album *Aladdin Sane*.
* This special marks the first of multiple things.
	+ The first full appearance of Flying Scotsman in the television series and his first appearance since the third series (not counting his appearance of his tenders as a scrapped model in Thomas and the Magic Railroad).
	+ The first time that Mrs. Kyndley has been referred to by name since the fifth series.
	+ The first special to have Robert Wilfort, Nigel Pilkington and Rasmus Hardiker as part of the voice cast since joining the voice cast in the eighteenth and nineteenth series.
	+ The first special where the title "With the voices of" is shown above the voice actor names during the end credits.
	+ The first special where Nigel Pilkington voices Percy in the UK and Kerry Shale voices Diesel in the US.
	+ The very first speaking role of the Great Railway Show Judge, who had only cameoed since the sixteenth series.
	+ The first appearance of Vicarstown station in the CGI series.
	+ The first special to have music composed by Chris Renshaw and Oliver Davis after Robert Hartshorne and Peter Hartshorne's contracts ended after Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure.
	+ The first special to be a musical, though not the first to have characters sing original songs (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure).
	+ The first special since Calling All Engines! in which the narrator does not read out the title and Toby appears but does not speak.
	+ Norman's first speaking role since the seventeenth series episode, The Frozen Turntable.
	+ The first time the term "locomotive" has been said in the series.
	+ Charlie's first speaking role since the eighteenth series episode, Not So Slow Coaches, as well as the first time Steven Kynman took the mantle of his US voice, following the departure of Ben Small.
	+ The first special in which Teresa Gallagher voices Marion.
	+ Porter's first speaking role and Timothy and Stafford's first appearances in a special since Tale of the Brave.
	+ Hiro, Belle, Stephen, Connor, Caitlin, Paxton, Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel, Peter Sam and Owen's first appearances in a special since King of the Railway.
	+ Scruff's first appearance in a special since Blue Mountain Mystery.
	+ Stanley's first speaking role and Charlie, 'Arry, Bert and Norman's first appearances in a special since Day of the Diesels.
	+ The first time since the sixteenth series episode, Don't Bother Victor!, that a character not already in the CGI series is mentioned by name (that being Mrs. Kyndley).
	+ The first film to be widely advertised in Japan. Sony Creative Products Inc. has published an independent official website, started Twitter for movies and posted promotional videos and song on YouTube.
	+ The first special where Wilbert Awdry's name was correctly spelt in the Korean subtitles again after King of the Railway.
	+ This special also marks the only occurrence of a couple of things:
		- Marianne Culbert's only special as executive producer.
		- Jane Sobol and Lynda Craigmyle's only special as supervising producers.
		- Charlie, Scruff, Samson, Vinnie and Stafford's only speaking roles in a special.
		- Ashima, Axel, Raul, Gina, Frieda, Shane and Ivan's only appearances in the special.
		- This was the only special where Keith Wickham and Rob Rackstraw voiced Stanley and Norman in the US dub, respectively. They swapped roles in the twentieth series.
		- The first and only appearance of Etienne.
		- The only appearances of Axel, Raul, Gina, Frieda and Ivan until the twenty-third series and before the *Big World! Big Adventures!* rebrand, as well as Axel, Frieda and Ivan's only appearance outside of stock footage.
		- The only appearances of Ashima, Shane, Yong Bao, Vinnie, Carlos and Rajiv before the *Big World! Big Adventures!* rebrand and until the movie and the twenty-second series.
		- The only time where David Bedella, Teresa Gallagher and Rob Rackstraw voices Carlos, Gina and Raul, as Big World! Big Adventures! and the twenty-third series replace them with Gabriel Porras, Anna Francolini and Federico Trujillo, respectively.
		- The only special to have Seo Mun-seok as part of the voice cast in South Korea.
		- The only special to does not include English subtitles in the Korean DVD.
	+ This special marks the last of several things:
		- The last special animated by Arc Productions under their original name. They were later re-branded as Jam Filled in Toronto in August 2016 after Arc Productions filed up for bankruptcy.
		- The last special to be produced by HiT Entertainment, which would be consolidated into Mattel Creations, who would produce the specials from Journey Beyond Sodor onwards.
		- The last special until Steam Team to the Rescue where Rosie does not speak.
		- The final time Teresa Gallagher and Joe Mills voiced Daisy and Donald. Tracy-Ann Oberman and Rob Rackstraw later took over the roles in the twentieth series onwards.
		- The last special in which Jonathan Broadbent voices Bill and Ben. Rasmus Hardiker would take over the role of Bill and Matt Wilkinson would for Ben in *Big World! Big Adventures!*
		- The last production to have Jonathan Forbes and Rebecca O'Mara as the voice of Connor and Caitlin and as part of the voice cast before O'Mara left the series. Jules de Jongh later took over the role and she already voiced Caitlin in the twentieth series episode, Engine of the Future.
		- The last time Keith Wickham voices James in the UK dub. Rob Rackstraw later took over the role and he already voiced James in the twentieth series episode, Tit for Tat.
		- The final special in which the non-human characters' bodies are stationary.
		- The final special with a runtime of exactly one hour until the Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go special, Race for the Sodor Cup and Hiro's last speaking role in Latin American in the special until the said special.
		- The final time Javier Olguín voices Thomas and Percy in the Latin American Spanish dub. Héctor Ireta de Alba would take over the roles starting with the twentieth series to Ace's Brave Jump.
		- The final time Rosie is seen in her original lavender livery. From the twenty-first series onwards, she is painted in a new cherry red livery.
		- The last production to have Tracy Blagdon as production manager. She was promoted to producer in the twentieth series.
		- Kallan Kagan's last special as executive producer.
		- Robert Anderson's last special as producer.
		- Marianne Culbert's last production as executive producer.
		- Stephanie Gauthier Watson's last special as assistant production manager.
		- The last special to be released on Blu-ray in the US until the 20th Anniversary Edition of Thomas and the Magic Railroad in 2020.
		- Hiro's last speaking role in Latin American in the original series.
		- Charlie, Scruff, Stafford, Connor, Rheneas and Mike's last speaking roles.
		- Spencer, Belle, Stanley, Stephen, Connor, Caitlin, Porter, Salty, Den, Dart Norman, Flynn, Skarloey, Rheneas, Peter Sam, Sir Handel, Rex, Mike, Bert and Toad's last speaking roles in the special.
		- Owen's last appearance in the special.
		- The last appearance of Sodor China Clay Company, Bertie's last appearance in a special, and Duck, Donald, Douglas, Oliver, Bill, Ben, Timothy, Marion, Diesel, Daisy, Sidney, Paxton and Cranky's last speaking roles in the special until Big World! Big Adventures!.
		- Norman and Peter Sam's last speaking roles until the twenty-third series episode, Diesel Do Right.
		- Sir Handel's last speaking role until the twenty-fourth series episode, The Great Little Railway Show.
		- Caitlin's last speaking role until the twenty-third series episode, Steam Team to the Rescue.
		- The last appearance of the Knapford Iron Bridge.