Best of Thomas

**Best of Thomas** is a Thomas and Friends compilation VHS Tape and DVD featuring 8 episodes starring Thomas. It was first released on September 25, 2001.

## Episodes

* Thomas Gets Bumped (previously from the video of the same name)
* A New Friend for Thomas (previously from Daisy/Percy Takes the Plunge and Thomas' Christmas Party)
* Thomas, Percy and the Dragon (previously from the video of the same name)
* Thomas Saves the Day (previously from Thomas Gets Tricked and Thomas' Christmas Party)
* Trouble for Thomas (previously from Thomas Gets Tricked and A Big Day for Thomas)
* Thomas and Stepney (previously from Rusty to the Rescue)
* A Big Day for Thomas (previously from Thomas Gets Tricked and the video of the same name)
* Thomas Meets the Queen (previously from the video of the same name)

### Sing Along Songs

* Really Useful Engine (from The Gallant Old Engine and Sing Along and Stories)
* Thomas' Anthem (previously from Percy's Ghostly Trick and Sing Along and Stories) (DVD Only)
* It's Great to be an Engine (previously from Make Someone Happy) (DVD Only)
* Let's Have a Race (previously from Sing Along and Stories) (DVD Only)

## DVD Bonus Features

* Character Gallery
* What Color am I?
* Find My Number
* Which Engine am I?
* Thomas and the Dinosaur Read Along
* Web Fun

## Trivia

* This marks the first release for a few things:
	+ The first *Thomas & Friends* episodic DVD released in the US.
	+ The first Thomas & Friends DVD release worldwide to feature Flash animation.
	+ The first Thomas & Friends DVD released by DVD Academy in South Korea.
* This is the last US release to be captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH (known at the time as The Caption Center), although they would later caption the PBS broadcasts of the eighth series.
* An extended version of the original theme music is featured on the menus.
* Additional clips from Thomas Gets Tricked, Terence the Tractor, Thomas Goes Fishing, Foolish Freight Cars, Double Teething Troubles, Double Trouble, Thomas Comes to Breakfast, Put Upon Percy, Baa!, Bye George!, James and the Trouble with Trees, Make Someone Happy, Happy Ever After, Thomas and the Rumors, Thomas' Christmas Party, A Scarf for Percy, Percy's Ghostly Trick, Thomas, Percy and the Mail Train, and Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach are used in the intermissions between the episodes, accompanied by snippets from Thomas' Anthem.
* Most of the "Next Story" title cards at the end of each intermission were taken from Best of Percy.
* The sing-along songs on this DVD are also featured on the CD Sampler of Thomas' Songs and Roundhouse Rhythms, which comes as a bonus CD with a rare version of this release and the Thomas' Christmas Wonderland and Other Thomas Adventures DVD.
* This is the only US DVD release to feature Thomas Meets the Queen.
* This is the only one of the “Best of” releases not to have a Trivia game based on the episodes included on this release.
* DVD versions of this release have Really Useful Engine only available through the Sing-Along menu. However, both the VHS and digital releases include Really Useful Engine after the episodes.
* The digital release includes the Gullane Entertainment logo at the beginning and the 2007 HiT Entertainment logo at the end.
* The episodes on the Korean VHS/DVD are voiced over the English audio.

## Goofs

* Trouble for Thomas is out of sync and the final 10 seconds are cut.
* On the 2001 DVD release, during the closing credits, the subtitles show lyrics from Thomas' Anthem.
	+ Also, on the same DVD release, in the scene of the Queen's visit in Thomas Meets the Queen, when Henry and James angrily utter a shush initially (criticising Percy and Toby just for starting to cheer for the Queen), a comma is used instead of exclamation point in the subtitles for Henry and James' line, making it not match up to the tone of voice used.
* On the "Thomas' Best Friends" section in the booklet, Skarloey and Rheneas' pictures have each other's names switched.
* At the start of Thomas, Percy and the Dragon, the last bit of the intro is shown, meaning that it was not cut properly.