BiggestThomasFan's Thomas & Friends Specials Ideas

Here is where I, BiggestThomasFan, will put down my ideas for Thomas & Friends specials.

Plot
The special begins with James and Thomas having new coats of paint at the steamworks. James boasts that he always feels important whenever he gets a new paint job always makes his boiler shine in the sun. He also says that he wouldn't be surprised if he was ever chosen to star in a TV show or movie. Thomas tries to tell James to not get carried away with his boastfulness about his paintwork, and reminds him of all the times he boasted about cleanliness and ended up getting dirty, like when Percy accidentally blew quarry dust on him, the time he had to take a long line of coal trucks to the docks and got covered in coal and even the time he kept his blue trucks cleaned and got hit with a crate of melons. But James replies that he'll be careful, as he doesn't want more bad things happening after having a new coat. Soon, James' paint job is done and he's ready to leave the steamworks and get back to work.

Back at Knapford, James sees Sir Topham Hatt and the Mayor of Sodor talking to David Brown. James asks what David Brown is doing back on Sodor. David Brown replies that he has another project in mind that he wants to do on Sodor, and even tells James that he wants him to play the biggest part of all. This makes James very excited, and agrees to it. David explains that he wants to film a mini series on Sodor that features an engine giving "How to" lessons to other engines.

That night, James tells the other engines at Tidmouth Sheds all about the mini series. The engines are proud of James for getting to be the main star of a series. James becomes quite sure that he'll become the most famous engine on Sodor because of it.

A few weeks later, James goes to Vicarstown and picks up the supplies needed to start filming the series. Meanwhile, a woman had been looking at the trucks that James collected. She then walks over to a white Class 37 diesel named Vickie, and starts to whisper something to her.

Soon, they get everything set up at the Shunting Yards, and before long, it's time to start filming the first episode, which is called "How to Shunt Trucks". In it, James showed Percy how to shunt the trucks into a long line to get ready for a goods train. They film the episode without any interruptions, which makes David Brown, and even James, very glad.

Over the next couple weeks, they are able to film more episodes around the island. In one episode, James showed Thomas how to get quarry trucks filled with stones at the Ffarquhar Quarry. In another episode, James showed Henry how to fill up with coal and water. In another episode, James showed Spencer and Roger the Foreign Engine how to share. And in another episode, James showed how to take construction machines to work. While working on it, James even gets to meet the newest Pack member, a grader named Penny.

While all that had been going on, the same woman from earlier had been watching, along with Vickie, the same white Class 37 diesel from earlier.

Meanwhile, all the filming has made James conceited. Then one day, he gets crossed when Oliver makes a mistake on one of his lines. Then, when Oliver slips on some slippery rails and bumps into some trucks, James snaps and starts to yell at Oliver. Other engines had been watching and are rather surprised by James' reaction. James retorts that everything needs to be perfect for his series. This makes the other engines cross with James and they all refuse to work with him on the series.

The next day, while David Brown is getting everything set up to film the last episode, James puffs around the yard looking for someone who would be willing to appear in the episode with him. He then comes across Vickie and her driver, who introduces herself to James and his crew as Driver Jill. James and his crew introduces themselves. Then James explains about the mini series to them and tells them that he's looking for an engine to appear in an episode with him. Jill and Vickie both agree to help him, but ask to a small favor in return. They ask James to pick up something for them in a siding nearby. James does so, but he sees nothing in the siding. It turns out to be a trap, as Vickie shunts some trucks to block the line, which causes James to get stuck in the siding. Vickie and Driver Jill explain that they've been traveling around Europe for years, looking for a chance to star in a production, but they've never been able to do so. But that will change soon as they will soon try to steal James' series. As Vickie rolls away, she and Jill laugh. James calls out for help, but no one is around to here him.

Meanwhile, David Brown is starting to get impatient as James hadn't arrived for filming yet. He ends up having no choice, but to cancel his plans for the day while Sir Topham Hatt arranges a search for James.

Thomas finds James in the siding, and sets him free. James thanks Thomas, but doesn't tell him about Driver Jill and Vickie, as he fears the other engines won't believe him. But he can't up but wonder what their plan was. So that night, instead of going to Tidmouth Sheds, James decides to find Vickie and Driver Jill.

He finds them stealing all of cameras and other supplies used to film the mini series, and just as they start leaving, James chases after them. He chases them towards Cronk station where the pack is resting nearby. They hear James calling out, and see what's happening. Penny then tries to push some gravel onto the tracks, thinking it might stop Vickie. But the Class 37 diesel charges through it, and ends up with a mouth full of gravel and rather dusty. Driver Jill shouts at Penny, but James thanks her for trying.

James chases Driver Jill and Vickie all the way to the mainland, where Vickie runs out of diesel fuel. Driver Jill tries to run away, but James' driver and fireman manage to catch and keep her in James' cab until the police come.

As the sunrises in the morning, the police arrive and take Driver Jill away. Vickie is taken to be locked up in a shed for quite sometime. Sir Topham Hatt also arrives and congratulates James for stopping Driver Jill and Vickie. He then asks James to take the trucks of camera and filming supplies back to Sodor, so David Brown can film the last episode of the mini series.

Once James arrives back at the yards, he apologizes to his friends for getting cross the other day, and asks all of them to be in the last episode, which called "How to Make New Friends". All the engines agree to be in it.

So they film the last episode of the mini series. David Brown shows all the episodes to the engines, and thanks James for playing the main character. James says that he wasn't the only main character of it; all of his friends were the main characters as well. The special ends with all the engines whistling and cheering.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Duck
 * Donald and Douglas
 * Oliver
 * Emily
 * Murdoch
 * Spencer
 * Rosie
 * Porter
 * Ryan
 * Roger the Foreign Engine
 * Wendy the Light Blue Tender Engine
 * BoCo
 * Carter the Class 40 Diesel/D261
 * Derek
 * Salty
 * Dennis
 * Norman
 * Paxton
 * Victor
 * Kevin
 * Jack
 * Alfie
 * Byron
 * Patrick
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * The Mayor of Sodor
 * David Brown
 * Stepney (cameo)
 * Harvey (cameo)
 * Molly (cameo)
 * Neville (cameo)
 * Hiro (cameo)
 * Caitlin (cameo)
 * Diesel (cameo)
 * Daisy (cameo)
 * Sidney (cameo)
 * Stafford (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Henrietta (cameo)
 * Toad (cameo)
 * George (cameo)
 * Nelson (cameo)
 * Oliver (Pack) (cameo)
 * Max and Monty (cameo)
 * Kelly (cameo)
 * Ned (cameo)
 * Isobella (cameo)
 * Buster (cameo)
 * Cranky (cameo)
 * Duchess the Green Harbor Crane (cameo)
 * Cyril the Fogman (mentioned)

New Characters
 * Vickie the White Class 37 Diesel
 * Penny the Pink Grader
 * Driver Jill

UK and AUS

 * Mark Moraghan as the Narrator
 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Murdoch, Salty, Norman and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Rob Rackstraw as Toby
 * Steven Kynman as Duck, Porter, Derek and Jack
 * Joe Mills as Donald, Douglas, Oliver and David Brown
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Rosie and Penny the Pink Grader
 * Matt Wilkinson as Spencer and Kevin
 * Eddie Redmayne as Ryan
 * Robert Wilfort as Roger the Foreign Engine and Patrick
 * Olivia Colman as Wendy the Light Blue Tender Engine
 * Bob Golding as BoCo, Dennis and Byron
 * Tom Stourton as Carter the Class 40 Diesel/D261
 * David Bedella as Victor and the Mayor of Sodor
 * Nathan Clarke as Alfie
 * Maggie Ollerenshaw as Vickie the While Class 37 Diesel and Driver Jill

US

 * Mark Moraghan as the Narrator
 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * William as Edward and Toby
 * Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon and Kevin
 * Rob Rackstraw as James
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Steven Kynman as Duck
 * Joe Mills as Donald, Douglas, Oliver and David Brown
 * Jules De Jongh as Emily, Rosie
 * Keith Wickham as Murdoch, Salty, Norman and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Glenn Wrage as Spencer
 * David Menkin as Porter, Derek and Jack
 * Eddie Redmayne as Ryan
 * Robert Wilfort as Roger the Foreign Engine and Patrick
 * Olivia Colman as Wendy the Light Blue Tender Engine
 * Bob Golding as BoCo, Dennis and Byron
 * Tom Stourton as Carter the Class 40 Diesel/D261
 * David Bedella as Victor and the Mayor of Sodor
 * Nathan Clarke as Alfie
 * Teresa Gallagher as Penny the Pink Grader
 * Maggie Ollerenshaw as Vickie the While Class 37 Diesel and Driver Jill

Notes/Trivia

 * This special would mark the first appearances of Stepney, Murdoch, Neville, Roger the Foreign Engine, Wendy the Light Blue Tender Engine, BoCo, Carter the Class 40 Diesel/D261, Nelson, Byron, Isobella, Patrick, Duchess the Green Harbor Crane and David Brown in a special.
 * The events of James and the Queen of Sodor, James Gets a New Coat, Thomas' New Trucks and the fan-made episode, The Sodor Christmas Movie are mentioned.
 * The idea of a "How to" series presented by James came from the Shining Time Station spin-off, Schemer Presents.