Spills and Thrills

**Spills and Thrills** is a US/UK/AUS/Dutch DVD containing six episodes from the seventeenth season. The Australian DVD features a fourteenth season episode and the iTunes release a different seventeenth season episode, replacing one seventeenth season episode from the initial lineup.

## Description

The Island of Sodor is always bustling with activity, yet when the engines try to be "Really Useful" they often find themselves in some messy muddles!

James tries to prove he's not afraid of the dark, or too vain to haul smelly fish, but when he pulls the nighttime Kipper Express he gets more than he bargained for!

Stephen's need for speed, and Salty's need to impress sends them both into some sticky, slippery situations. Hiro shows Diesel that nice engines do finish first and Sir Topham Hatt shows you can't cry over spilled milk... twice!

It's full steam ahead for *Spills & Thrills* on Sodor!

## Episodes

### US/UK

1. Away From the Sea \*
2. The Smelly Kipper \*
3. No More Mr. Nice Engine \*
4. Gone Fishing \*
5. Thomas' Shortcut \*
6. The Afternoon Tea Express

*\*Followed by a Bonus Feature*

### AUS

1. The Smelly Kipper
2. The Afternoon Tea Express
3. Away From the Sea
4. No More Mr. Nice Engine
5. Gone Fishing
6. Jitters and Japes\*/The Thomas Way\*\*

*\*DVD Only*

*\*\*iTunes Only*

## Bonus Features

### US

* Biff Bash Bosh Game from Sticky Situations
* Go, Go Thomas Karaoke Music Video
* Guess Who? Puzzles - Porter, Harvey and James
* Mr. Perkins' Postcard - Blue Mountain Quarry
* Mr. Perkins' Story Time - Trucks!

### UK

* Calling All Engines! - Stephen and Rosie
* Mr. Perkins' Postcard - Knapford Station
* Mr. Perkins' Story Time - Thomas and Gordon
* Who's That Engine? - Hiro
* The Earl's Quiz - Percy's Parcel and Pop Goes Thomas
* Really Useful Certificate (DVD ROM Print Off; Awarded from "The Earl's Quiz" and "Who's That Engine?")

## Trivia

* This release was shown in select Australian theatres.
* The UK version comes with a free storybook.
* This is the first episodic widescreen DVD release in the US.
* This was the first in a new series of annual DVDs whereby six episodes from each season would be set aside for a direct-to-DVD premiere.
* Despite these episodes being produced as part of Season 17 they were sold to broadcasters as its own "mini-season".
* This is the last Thomas DVD to date to feature a DVD Game.

## Goofs

* Reginald Payne is credited for providing the illustrations in the Mr. Perkins' story time segment, but it is actually C. Reginald Dalby's illustrations that are used.
* On the US Episode Selection menu, an image from Percy's Lucky Day is used for Gone Fishing.
* In the Australian release, Porter is featured in The Smelly Kipper before his introductory episode, Away From the Sea.
* In the US Language Menu, the image shows Thomas' wheels coming off the track a bit.
* The UK back cover lists Away From the Sea and The Smelly Kipper round the wrong way.
* Music is absent during the Mr. Perkins' postcard segment about the Blue Mountain Quarry in the French narration.

## Merchandise

### Books

* The Rocket Returns
* Spills and Thrills/No More Mr. Nice Engine!

### Wooden Railway

* Porter
* Hiro's Sticky Spill
* Celebration Salty
* James' Fishy Delivery

### Take-n-Play

* Spills and Thrills on Sodor
* Edward and the Dairy Spills (cancelled)
* James and the Flying Kipper
* Whiff's Banana Blooper
* Stanley's Construction Clash
* Bash's Tree Tumble
* Stephen's Sticky Delivery
* Harvey's Heavy Hauler
* Porter's Dockside Dash
* Paxton's Blizzard Blunder
* Special Edition Spills and Thrills Thomas

## DVD Packs

### UKEdit

* 10 DVD Boxset (2014)
* Limited Offer DVD Box Set
* Special Edition Box Set