Trust Thomas and Other Stories

**Trust Thomas and Other Stories**, retitled **Trust Thomas**, is a US and Canadian VHS/DVD featuring seven third series episodes narrated by George Carlin. This is distributed by Strand Home Video in 1992, TV Static in 1993, Time-Life in 1994, and Anchor Bay Entertainment in 1995 and 2003. It was released on DVD in 2007.

## Description

### 1992/1994 VHS

PEEP-PEEP! Wonders and surprises from the Island of Sodor. On this ride, meet Mavis, a young diesel engine who puts Toby on the spot. Watch along as Percy keeps his promise, and as the engines help Henry rescue the forest. Laugh as Gordon gets splashed, and James' trick backfires.

Get on track for fun and adventure with Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, Volume 6!

### 1995 VHS

PEEP! PEEP! All aboard. First stop - The Island of Sodor with Thomas and his friends. Bertie learns that he can trust an engine - especially if his name is Thomas. Mavis puts Toby on the spot and watch Terence and Trevor help Henry rescue the forest when a storm damages the trees.

Get your ticket and climb aboard for a magical ride!

### 2003 VHS/2007 DVD

PEEP! PEEP! Take a journey to the magical Island of Sodor, where fun and adventure lies around every bend. Hop aboard Thomas and see how he finds a new way to cross a river. Watch Toby as he trades his branch line for a tightrope, and help the engines replant Henry's favorite forest after a devastating storm.

Join your friend Thomas on what he says will be a fun and exciting trip --- and like the title says, you can always "Trust Thomas."

## Episodes

1. Trust Thomas
2. Mavis
3. Toby's Tightrope
4. No Joke for James
5. Percy's Promise
6. Henry's Forest
7. The Trouble with Mud

## Bonus Features

* Character Gallery from Best of Gordon
* Sir Topham Hatt's Word Fun Game from James and the Red Balloon and Other Thomas Adventures

## Trivia

* This release is the first of many things:
	+ The first Thomas home media release in North America to have the same name as the UK VHS.
	+ The first Thomas home media release to feature George Carlin's narration.
	+ The first VHS release by Strand Home Video.
	+ The first VHS in which the nameboard sequences end with a screenshot of Sir Topham Hatt from Duck Takes Charge.
	+ The first US VHS to feature the Thomas Stories in a randomized order as opposed to the previous tapes where they were in order from their Shining Time Station airdates.
* This is the only release to include a few things:
	+ The only DVD to feature Mavis' nameboard.
	+ The only US release to feature entirely third series episodes.
	+ The only Strand Home Video release to feature the Strand VCI Entertainment logo on the tape.
	+ The only VHS to have Gloucester Std Bold title cards is used on Strand VCI Entertainment, Time-Life, Video Treasures and Anchor Bay Entertainment.
	+ In 1995 Anchor Bay Entertainment released a new version of the tape alongside their re-release of the 1993 Strand Home Video program, featuring type Rockwell fonts instead of italic. The nameboards do not feature Mavis', Harold's or Trevor's and the credits are changed. Also, the UK/US soundtracks overlap. The overlapping restores music and sound effects originally not present in the US version of some episodes, including the ending theme in Mavis and music bits from Percy's Promise.
* The DVD release includes Toby's Tightrope and Henry's Forest from the original master source, while the other five episodes are taken from the following:
	+ Trust Thomas from Thomas and His Friends Get Along
	+ Mavis and The Trouble with Mud from 10 Years of Thomas
	+ No Joke for James from Best of James
	+ Percy's Promise from Thomas and His Friends Help Out
* The entire master source was used for the Netflix and Starz releases.
* This is the only US DVD and one of the two US VHS tapes to feature Mavis' nameboard sequence.
* Some of the 1995 Anchor Bay Entertainment copies came with a blue VHS tape instead of black.
* Some of the 1995 Anchor Bay tapes features the Britt Allcroft logo or the Strand VCI Entertainment logo instead of the Video Treasures logo.
* The 2007 DVD cover uses a modified version of the 2003 VHS cover in which Mavis' pupils are slightly moved down.
* Some Time-Life editions were packaged with a copy of the Percy's Promise Buzz Book.
* The 2003 VHS, along with the 2003 release of Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and Other Stories, was originally going to be released in 2002, as evidenced by the Gullane logo on the spine. But it was pushed a year later, around the same time as Percy's Chocolate Crunch and Other Thomas Adventures.

## Goofs

* Despite being distributed by Strand Home Video, the 1992 release displays the Strand VCI Entertainment logo on the actual tape itself.
* On the 1992 Strand Home Video and 1994 Time-Life releases, the Britt Allcroft logo jerks to the left.
* The 1995 Anchor Bay release featuring the 1992 Strand VCI Entertainment program does contain the Video Treasures logo.
* The 1995 release featuring the 1993 program does not contain the Strand Home Video logo. It just starts off to the Britt Allcroft logo.
* The DVD release has Percy's Promise out of sync, as it was taken from Thomas & His Friends Help Out.
* The last few seconds of Mavis are cut out on the 1992 Strand Home Video version of the release.
* Because most episodes are taken from other videos on the DVD, the title card for Trust Thomas is played twice.
* Both the 1992 and 1995 back covers miscopyright the film as 1985 and 1986, and the soundtrack as 1989, but both the film and soundtrack were done in 1991.
* The DVD captions refer to the trucks yelling "On, On, On!" as "Un, Un, Un!"
* The soundtrack for Trust Thomas is warped on the original Strand Home Video tape.

## DVD Packs

* Totally Thomas Volume 6
* Trust Thomas and A Big Day for Thomas Double Feature
* On-the-Go Pack