Thomas and Friends (Galaga Universe)

Thomas and Friends (Officially known as Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends: The Railway Stories) is a British Family Entertainment media franchise, starting from the original RWS books by Reverend Wilbert Awdry, and most famously the Television series by Britt Allcroft and The Allcroft Railway Studios. The franchise is also famous for Merchandising and Video Games. Merchandises include Takara Tomy's Plarail range (The most famous), Hornby and Bachmann (The most Realistic), Takara Tomy's exclusive TTTE Wooden Railway range, ERTL, Golden Bear range (The most simplistic), and LEGO Creators Expert Edition (The most Hardcore)

## TV Series

Most of the TV series follow the usual storyline, except that since The Awdry Family and The Allcroft Railway Studios have ownership of the franchise, there is NO decline in quality whatsoever.

### Season 1: Welcome To Sodor

#### Episode 1: Thomas & Gordon

Thomas likes teasing the big engines all because he thinks they are delusional and that he works the hardest, and he is most merciless to Gordon, and when things go too far, Thomas gets what's coming to him.

#### Episode 2: Wise Old Edward

Edward is the oldest engine in the fleet, and one day he felt left out, and was teased by 3 rude engines: 98462, 87546 and Afton. But Edward was soon let out for a passenger run, which made him happy, and later he helped Gordon up a hill when he was put on Heavy Goods due to the rude engines stealing the Big Express. Edward made friends with Gordon though.

#### Episode 3: Henry's Tunnel

Once an engine was annoyed by rain and hid in a tunnel. Henry is the name and doesn't want to come out because he thinks the rain will ruin his green paint. After many failed attempts to get him out, a man named Sir Topham Hatt (A.K.A. The Fat Controller) decides that Henry was to be bricked up and left in the tunnel until one day, Gordon burst his safety valve because he was delayed and had to make up for lost time. Henry helps Gordon double-head the train to the end of the line, and he was rewarded with a new coat of Green Paint.

#### Thomas' Trains

Thomas was grumbling, jealous because all he does is shunting coaches and trucks for the Big Engines. One day, Henry is ill, and the others are busy with their jobs, so Thomas sets out to do Henry's Job. First he pulls a passenger train, albeit at first shortly only pulled 2 out of 4 coaches by mistake, and then take a goods train on the way back, only for the troublesome trucks to push him down the big hill, but at least he manages to stop the train at a goods yard.

#### Thomas & The Rescue Train

With Henry mended, Thomas was back to his shunting duties, when one day, he saw a new engine named James who is in a runaway situation because his wooden brake blocks caught fire, and Thomas rushes in to save him, and is also assigned to run a Branch Line with two coaches of his own. Thomas was never alone since Edward and Henry are always at the Junction to tell him the news, though ever since Thomas runs on his branch line, Gordon is feeling tired and overworked and is always in a hurry.

#### James the Splendid Red

James was rebuilt into a stronger engine, but he was still scared about his first crash, and the other engines teased him for it, which causes James to make mistakes in his trial runs, but he was determined to do his best, and impress everyone, which is exactly what he did, by making the most troublesome trucks behave.

#### James and the Express

One day, Gordon was boasting about being the fastest and strongest engine in the railway, but one day, due to shunting his own coaches for an Express Run with important people onboard, he was sent away from the mainline and on to the loop line and had to go back to the big station again. James at first wanted to tease Gordon but he felt sorry after hearing the passengers trash talking him, and as Gordon tried to restart the journey, he broke down, leaving James to pull the Express for him.

#### Thomas and the Guard

Thomas was very proud of running his branch line, pulling his two coaches named Annie and Clarabel, and the position made him feel important, but too important for his own good. One day, Henry and James were pulling coaches. Henry was ill, which is why his train is so slow, and James was held up at a red signal because of 87546 refusing to clear the line because he was stuck with Goods Work. This made Thomas very cross that he left his train's guard by mistake.

#### Thomas goes Fishing

One day, Thomas saw some people in the river on his branch line out fishing, and coincidentally, Thomas has a group of passengers who want to go fishing themselves. Thomas wants to try fishing, which is when the Junction station's water tower is out of order so Thomas had to stop at the bridge to take on more water, and that led him to actually go fishing and caught FISH swimming in his side tanks.

#### Thomas, Terence and The Snow

One winter day, Thomas met Terence the Tractor who works at farm fields and has been clearing snow. At first, Thomas and Terence insult each other due to how Terence can move wherever he wants and Thomas sticking to the rails. The next day was a Snowstorm so Thomas has to wear a Snowplow to clear the snow, but even that wasn't enough, as near the end of his Branch Line, a huge snow stack was blocking the line, and Thomas got stuck in it. Though Terence was there to save him and his coaches, Thomas saw a bus taking his passengers, and got very cross, but at least he thanked Terence and Terence also apologized for teasing Thomas.

#### Thomas, Terence and Bertie

Increasing passenger workload means the Engines must work hard, especially when the newly formed Sodor Bus Company is established to steal them all. Among its fleet is an articulated bus named Bertie who saved Thomas' passengers back in Winter, and he was very boastful and insufferable. Everyone was cross with him, especially Thomas. Bertie challenged Thomas, AND Terence to a race one day when Terence volunteers to carry passengers using his tractor wagons. Thomas decides to let Bertie make a fool of himself, so while Thomas keeps to the speed limit, Bertie races dangerously, and later crashed off the road, leaving to Thomas' victory, and Bertie was mended but he was humiliated and cross, and wanted to get back at the Engines one day, hopefully that day never comes.

#### Tenders & Turntables

With Thomas away, James has to do the shunting for the other engines. Gordon doesn't mind fetching his own coaches, but he should have learned not to tire himself out. Henry, 98462, 87546 and Afton were grumbling, and they always bully James into peer pressure despite his accomplishments. Henry berates Thomas for teasing him the other day, and he would later be delayed severely because Gordon has trouble in the Turntable at the Big Station and had to pull his train backwards, with 98462 and 87546 insulting Gordon, only to break down at a Turntable themselves, and James later spins around like a top. Later that night in an Indignation meeting, Afton tells the other big engines that since they have been shamefully mistreated (Henry gets SHUT in a tunnel, Gordon has to pull a train backwards, 98462 and 87546 jammed a turntable, and James spins around like a top), the big engines have to GO ON STRIKE.