Ferdinand and the Bull

**Ferdinand and the Bull** is the eleventh episode of the first season.

## Plot

Misty Island is a strange island where the logging locos, Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand live. They shunt logs at the logging station and love to make mischief. They sometimes deliver the jobi wood to the Island of Sodor, where it's needed to build things like the Sodor Search and Rescue Center. One day, the logging locos were making their way back to Misty Island after delivering their last load of jobi logs at Harwick to repair its school, with Ferdinand leading the way. Further down the line, there was a bull gazing in the sun until the logging locos came to a stop just in time. Ferdinand was worried that he didn't know what a bull was and referred to it as a beast. The bull eventually moves out of the way, and the logging locos thanked the tough animal as they continued their way. They pulled into Knapford where they saw Thomas with his coaches Annie and Clarabel, and told them all about the bull. Thomas' coaches even told the logging locos about Daisy's problems with bulls, as the trio had never heard of her. Thomas tells his friends that they'll see her eventually and departs Knapford with the logging locos watching him go.

That night, the logging locos had returned to Misty Island, but they were still thinking about the bull they had encountered while they were on the Harwick Branch Line. Then Ferdinand got an idea of how they knew about bulls by asking Daisy if they went back to Sodor the next day. But Bash and Dash thought that wasn't a good idea. The next morning, Bash and Dash followed Ferdinand back to Sodor to look for Daisy, who was at Knapford collecting her passengers to take up to Harwick until she heard some wild whistles she hadn't heard before. The whistles were indeed from the logging locos, as they had met Daisy for the first time. Then they ask Daisy if she knows anything about bulls, as the diesel railcar told them about her experiences with bulls during her time on Sodor. As she left the station, saying that it was "bad for her swerves," the logging locos laughed as they thought it sounded funny. Later that day, they delivered more jobi logs to repair the school at Harwick with Jack, Kelly, and some of the machines from the Sodor Construction Company. Bash and Dash were hoping not to see the bull again, as Ferdinand tells the twins they should use their whistles to make it move this time.

On their way back, they spotted the bull on the line again, but this time, it was blocking Daisy's track. Ferdinand rushes off to stop Daisy from running over the bull, and she stops just in time. Daisy asks Ferdinand why he was blocking her way, as the frumpy engine tells her about the bull on the line while panting and is thanked by the diesel railcar. Back at Knapford, the Fat Controller and his wife, Lady Hatt, who was onboard Daisy, congratulate Ferdinand for stopping her in time. Ryan even has the bull in his wagon, and he thought Ferdinand was very brave. Everyone gave Ferdinand three cheers as he is now as happy as can be. When the logging locos arrive on Sodor, he is less concerned and always whistles hello to some animals. Even though Misty Island doesn't have any animals, Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand will always see some whenever they're on Sodor.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Bash and Dash
* Ferdinand
* Ryan
* Daisy
* Annie and Clarabel
* Jack
* Kelly
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Lady Hatt
* Duck (*cameo*)
* Rosie (*cameo*)
* Paxton (*cameo*)
* Rocky (*cameo*)
* Trevor (*cameo*)
* Bulstrode (*cameo*)
* Oliver (*cameo*)
* Buster (*cameo*)
* Patrick (*cameo*)
* Captain (*cameo*)
* Judy and Jerome (*indirectly mentioned*)

## Locations

* Island of Sodor
	+ Sodor Search and Rescue Center
	+ Harwick
	+ Knapford
* Misty Island
	+ Misty Island Tunnel
	+ The Logging Station

## Cast

* Bikliqi Studios as Thomas
* Crane Engine Studios as Ryan
* Dueling Express as Jack and Kelly
* HeartCloud Productions as Annie and Clarabel
* LJ Productions as Bash and Dash
* Plunderbird as Ferdinand
* SteamTeam3211 as Sir Topham Hatt
* SuperDogLover1 as Lady Hatt
* Yilin Zhou as Daisy

## Trivia

* This episode marks the first of a few things:
	+ The first episode to feature LJ Productions in the cast.
	+ The first episode to have scenes filmed in the new bedroom, while most of the episode was filmed in the old bedroom.
* This is the last episode to have HeartCloud Productions as Annie and Clarabel. In Freezing Frankie and Thomas Meets the Mountain Engines, Gingercat65 would briefly take over the role before TheChattyEngine would become the official voice actor from Railway Clone Invasion and Season 2 onward.
* This episode marks the only time of a few things:
	+ Bulstrode, Buster and Patrick's only appearances in the first season, despite making cameo appearances in the background.
	+ Kelly and Lady Hatt's only speaking roles as well as the only episode where are voiced by Dueling Express and SuperDogLover1 respectively. Their roles would be given to DockTankDylan and Teags Mid beginning with Season 2.
	+ The only episode to feature SuperDogLover1 in the cast.
* As Daisy talks to the logging locos about her bull problems, she mentions the events of the Season 4 episode, Bulls Eyes, and the Season 20 episodes, Ryan and Daisy and The Missing Breakdown Train.
* In the first scene of the Sodor Search and Rescue Center, Rosie was seen in her original mauve-lilac livery implying that the beginning took place sometime around Season 15 or the seasons between it, whilst the remaining of this episode takes place after the Season 22 episode, School of Duck, as the school outside Harwick was still under repair after the storm in the aforementioned episode.

## Watch Episode

Ferdinand and the Bull (Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures; Season 1; Episode 11)