Potential Plotlines

Potential Plotlines is a fan-fiction thing to make episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.

=Episodes=

Thomas Rescues Rheneas
Thomas warns Rheneas about an old viaduct that was not safe, but Rheneas doesn't listen and puffs away. Rheneas needs coal to get home but breaks down on the old viaduct and it starts to collasp. Thomas races to the rescue, pulling Rheneas off the viaduct just in time.

Returns of the old theme music

 * Thomas' Season 1-2 theme which (Thomas pulls Annie and Clarebel)
 * Narrow Gauge Season 4-6 theme
 * Disaster Season 5 theme (which Rheneas is stranded on the viaduct)
 * Promblems Season 5-7 theme (which Thomas pulls Rheneas off the viaduct just in time)
 * Really Useful theme

Quotes

 * Narrator: Sir Handel saw Rheneas puffing towards the viaduct.
 * Sir Handel: Stop Rheneas! The viaduct ahead is closed for repairs.
 * Narrator: But Rheneas didn't hear Sir Handel. (Rheneas puffs onto the viaduct) Suddenly Rheneas hissed to a halt.
 * Rheneas: Oh no! I'm out of steam!
 * Narrator: Said Rheneas. He had used up all his coal. Suddenly, he heard something.
 * Rheneas: What's that?
 * Narrator: His driver looked down. The viaduct started to collasp.
 * Sir Handel: Thomas.
 * Narrator: Said Sir Handel.
 * Sir Handel: Rheneas' gone across the viaduct.
 * Thomas: I'll better check he's alright.
 * Narrator: The blue tank engine said. But, the creaks in the viaduct were getting bigger. And the stone pieces splashed int the water below.
 * Rheneas: HELP! I'm going to fall.
 * Narrator: Thomas puffed as fast as he could to the rescue. Soon, he reached the viaduct. Rheneas was very scared. Thomas chuffed bravely onto the viaduct.
 * Rheneas: Hurry and be careful.
 * Narrator: Said Rheneas. Soon they were coupled up.
 * Thomas: Hold on.
 * Narrator: Said Thomas. Rheneas closed his eyes. Thomas pulled Rheneasd off the viaduct just in time.

Rosie & The Signal
Rosie likes to tease other engines and knows about it. Soon Spencer and Dennis are making a plan how to pay Rosie out. The next morning, Rosie is careless, and Spencer and Dennis are talking about backing signals. The Fat Controller sends Rosie to take some trucks to Billy's junction. But on the way, Rosie sees a signal that was nicknamed "The Backing Signal". Rosie doesn't know about the signal, so she is late. That night Spencer and Dennis are still talking about backing signals. Rosie feels silly.

Returns of the old theme music

 * Percy's Season 5-7 theme (as Rosie's)
 * The Fat Controller's Season 1-2 theme
 * Season 4-5 Accident theme
 * Season 1-2 sad theme (as Rosie's)

Rosie The Ghost Train (Rosie's Ghostly Trick - US)
Rosie tells Billy and Harvey that driver sees a ghost train last night. But Billy tells her he's not scared of anything. That night Rosie comes back home, but on her way, she crashes into a cart of lime. She was covered in flour and arrives at the Signalbox. Harvey tells Billy about Rosie. Then Rosie scares Billy away with her ghostly voice. Billy and Harvey are at Knapford when Rosie arrives, being cleaned.

Returns of the old theme music

 * Harvey's Season 6-7 theme
 * Season 6-7 danger theme
 * Season 2 ghostly theme

Old Stuck Up Causes Trouble (Oliver, Stepney & Old Stuck Up - US)
Oliver and Stepney meet Old Stuck Up. Old Stuck Up bangs the trucks hard and shunted Stepney into the hopper. The trucks get cross with Old Stuck Up and they push him into some mud. Old Stuck Up feels silly. Oliver brings Rocky and the Fat Controller, and Stepney clears the trucks. The Fat Controller says to Old Stuck Up, "Old Stuck Up, you have caused confusion and delay. You broke the rules by banging the trucks hard and shunting Stepney into the hopper." He sends Old Stuck Up back to the Other Railway.

Returns of the old theme music

 * Diesel's Season 3 theme (as Old Stuck Up's)
 * Season 1-2 runaway theme
 * Breakdown Train's Season 3 theme (as Rocky's)
 * Busy Season 1-2 theme

Cartman Takes Charge
A new tank engine named Cartman arrives on Sodor and Rosie show him around.

Returns of the old theme music

 * Duck's Season 3 theme (as Cartman's)

Sir Handel's New Friends
Thomas and Byron go to Wellsworth to see BoCo, the diesel engine, and Thomas discovers some bats at Wellsworth which need a new home. Thomas tells BoCo about a water tank, who is damaged. Later that day, Sir Handel is puffing to the wharf, and Stepney arrives at the wharf with some pigeons named Tina and Julie. Tina and Julie are loaded into a cage on the platform. Meanwhile Thomas and BoCo arrive. Byron says that the water tank is almost repaired in time. Later Sir Handel's pigeon friends push the door off of the cage, fly out it and into Colin the Crane. Sir Handel runs to Emily at the Transfer Yards and tells her what happened to Tina and Julie. Sir Handel follows Emily to the Wharf and builds a new cage with a large door. Emily goes to see Thomas and The Pack working on Wellsworth repairing the water tank. Meanwhile, Sir Handel calls Tina and Julie to eat dinner, but there's no awnser. As Sir Handel turns his lightlamp on, Tina and Julie are gone! Emily brings the bats to the new cage. Emily, Kelly and Sir Handel wait for Thomas and Byron to arrive. Sir Handel says he's right.

Returns of the old theme music

 * The Pack's Season 6 theme
 * Edward's Season 6 theme (as Sir Handel's)
 * Stepney's Season 4 theme

Pop Goes The Weasel
Percy meets a new diesel engine named Weasel and shows him around.

Returns of the old theme music

 * Percy's Season 1-2 theme
 * Diesel's Season 1-2 theme
 * Breakdown Train's Season 1-2 theme

Weasel's Lies (Weasel's Devious Deed - US)
Weasel tries to tell lies about Percy. When Gordon, Henry and James are at Tidmouth Sheds, Percy arrives. Weasel comes out of the sheds. The Fat Controller arrives at Tidmouth Sheds and tells Percy to work at Duck's branch line. Percy puffed sadly away and Weasel reverses into the shed.

Percy's Close Shave (A Close Shave For Percy - US)
Percy puffed into Duck's branch line and tells Duck about Weasel's lies. Duck smiles to Percy, and Percy backs into the back of Duck's train. Duck and Percy puff up Gordon's Hill. But suddenly, Percy gets chased by the trucks and crashes into a barber shop. Oliver pulls Percy back onto the rails and Percy comes home to Tidmouth Sheds.

Trusty Duck
Duck warns Gordon about an old bridge, but Gordon doesn't listen and when he needs more coal, he breaks down on the bridge. Then, it starts to collasp. Duck races to the rescue and pulls Gordon off the bridge just in time.

Returns of the old theme music

 * Duck's Season 2 theme
 * Gordon's Season 1-2 theme

Sir Handel & Peter Sam
Sir Handel warns Peter Sam about an old bridge, but Peter Sam doesn't listen and when he needs coal, he breaks down. Sir Handel races to the rescue and pulls Peter Sam off the bridge just in time.

Returns of the old theme music

 * Henry's season 4 theme (as Peter Sam's)

Sir Handel To The Rescue (Part 1)
Sir Handel enjoys visiting a forest railway called the "Warehouse Railway", but Sir Handel's driver is concerned that the line needs another engine, and so Sir Handel consults Duck. During the converstation, Duck mentions that only diesels travel to the Other Railway, which is where he found Brock. That suits Sir Handel, and the next day he travels to the Other Railway, slipping past the diesels by lying he is an inspection wise engine. He finds a tank engine named Adam hiding on a siding, and convinces him to travel with him to Sodor. Adam finds a new home on the Warehouse Railway.

Returns of the old theme music

 * Oliver's Season 5-7 theme (as Adam's)

Billy & Adam (Part 2)
Billy is jealous when Adam visits Sodor. Adam has to work with Cartman.

Returns of the old theme music

 * Thomas' Season 3 theme (as Billy's)

Adam & Lorry (Part 3)
Adam puffs past a cricket field when a batter hits a "six" and the only ball lands in a truck. Adam doesn't realize, and when his driver sees Lorry the truck racing after them.

Returns of the old music

 * Bertie's Season 1-2 theme music (as Adam's)

Arnold (Part 4)
A new diesel engine named Arnold arrvies on Sodor and sucks the inspector's hat through a air-take. Cartman and Adam take the train. Arnold is sent away.

Gordon Does It All
Gordon is fed up for pulling hay cars and wants a diffrent job. But he doesn't do his new jobs propley, Thomas and Duck get the blame.

Respect For Spencer
Spencer has a rattle in his firebox and when Rosie, Molly and Weasel begin teasing him Spencer wants to treat the engines right until he crashes into some raspberry vans.

Gordon & The Old Mine
Gordon is excited about taking some vistitors to Sodor Caves, but the Fat Controller has bad news that the machines have broken down and Bertie has to take the visitors to Sodor Caves. Gordon is upset when he has to work with Duck. When Gordon finds an old line and goes in an old mine. But when the roof collaps, Gordon gets stuck in here until he finds some trucks. Gordon pushes the trucks out of the mine and finds a way out, then he and Duck deliver the coal trucks to the Transfer Yards for Skarloey to take them to the coaling plant.

Quotes

 * The Fat Controller: The machines at the main coaling plant have broken down. Mr Percival needs coal until they're mended.
 * Narrator: The Fat Controller told Gordon and Duck to bring coal down from the mine and the hills.
 * The Fat Controller: Then, Skarloey will take them to the coaling plant. And,
 * Narrator: The Fat Controller added.
 * The Fat Controller: Bertie the Bus will take the visitors to Sodor Caves.
 * Narrator: Gordon was very dissapointed. He really wanted to go to the caves. Pulling coal trucks wasn't a exciting job at all.

Sixteen's Bad Smash (Stanley, Billy & Sixteen - US)
S.C.Ruffy and Hector are calling Sixteen "stinky". Stanley and Billy tell them to stop teasing Sixteen. Sixteen then rests in a siding. S.C.Ruffy and Hector bash him off the rails, and Sixteen flies off the tracks, smashes into a building and gets badly damaged. Stanley rescues Sixteen. Sixteen goes to Crewe and gets a new shape with a different cab. When Sixteen returns, he is good as new again and fells much better.

Smudger Takes A Swim
Sir Handel sees that Smudger is brought back to sevice by Mr Percival. Smudger is rude to Sir Handel. Sir Handel tells Thomas that Smudger had said. Thomas says that Smudger is still rude. Smudger is skepitcal and collects some coaches. Sir Handel tells Smudger to be careful. But Smudger doesn't lsiten. When Smudger pulls his coaches, they push him down the line. Smudger falls off a pier and into the water. Sir Handel tells Freddie about Smudger and races to the rescue. Sir Handel pulls Smudger back onto the line. Smudger is very silly. Sir Handel is a really useful engine.

Percy's Funfair Special (Percy's Cavinal Special - US)
Percy and Molly are pulling a train for a fair, but Percy wants to pull it alone. When Percy reaches the Brendam Docks, he tries to pull the train, but the tension caused by Molly at the other end snaps a coupling, and more trucks come loose during the journey, causing problems for Bertie, Adam and Molly. When caught by the Fat Controller, Percy fetches Rocky to repair the damage and he and Molly pull the train together.

Sir Handel Helps Out
Sir Handel and Duncan are sent to the Narrow Gauge coal yards. Duncan teases the coal trucks and bumps them into Peter Sam. Sir Handel tells Duncan that he's supposed to take the trucks to the village. Duncan pushes a truck into a shed. Sir Handel tells him to be careful. Duncan ignores him. Later, Duncan loads his trucks and takes them to the Wharf but the trucks push Duncan out of control. Duncan crashes into Rheneas' train of melons. Rheneas and Duncan are covered in melons. Sir Handel races to the rescue and pulls Duncan back on the rails. Mr Percival scolds Duncan. Sir Handel is a wiser engine.

Smokey Engine
Pink arrives on Sodor while Mandy is away. After Pink runs out of water, Gordon rescues her.

Arthur & Spencer (Arthur Helps Out - US)
Spencer is sent to pull a goods train of trucks to Great Waterton. He grumbles all the way to Great Waterton until he gets stuck on the hill. Arthur pushes Spencer up the hill into Great Waterton.

Duck & The New Tractor
Duck meets a new tractor named Spud. Spud is a rude, yellow tractor. Duck tells Spud about his friend Rusty. Spud has to collect a cart of straw. Duck warns Spud to be careful. But Spud doesn't see Percy's trucks of hay and crashes into it. Duck then helps him. Spud is punished by the Fat Controller, and Duck tells Spud to be careful again.

Cartman, Percy & Weasel
Cartman and Percy are tired of working at the coal yards so the Fat Controller brings Weasel. Weasel bangs the trucks hard into the coal hopper. The Fat Controller tells Cartman and Percy that Weasel is still the avalibale engine to help. Meanwhile Weasel bumps into Percy. Percy says nothing. Weasel bumps the trucks into the pile of rocks. When Weasel is careless and oils away, he crashes into a fence, rolls down a field and crashes into a brick wall! Cartman pulls Weasel back onto the rails and Percy brings the Fat Controller. The Fat Controller is angry with Weasel and sends him away!

Diesel & The Foolish Fish Trucks (Diesel & The Foolish Fish Cars - US)
Diesel wants to show the engines diesels can pull fish cars to the docks, but he ends up falling in water.

Donald To The Rescue (Part 1)
Sir Handel tells Donald about the time he saved Adam from scrap. Donald then goes to the 'Diesel Only' Yard that night with a train. Upon shunting the cars, he stumbles across a small old tank engine called Wallace, who is running away from scrap. He tells Donald his story, and Donald helps him. Donald brings Wallace and his brakevan Frog to Sir Topham Hatt's Railway, and both get restored. Wallace now works on Cartman's branch line, and is very happy.

Wallace Owns Up (Part 2)
Wallace is new to the Island, and all the engines complimenting his braveness is making him conceited. Sir Topham Hatt tells him to shunt freight cars, and he ignores Cartman's warnings about freight cars. Wallace then causes the cars to play a trick on him, and they push him into the turntable well! Wallace soon learns from his mistakes, and when he returns from the Works, he learns to be more careful with freight cars.

Frog Stands By
Since Wallace's accident with a turntable well, the freight cars have lost all respect for him. To make matters worse, a freight car called Ruffey leads them in a song. Frog is worried, and comes up with a plan. For Wallace's next train, Ruffey is marshalled next to the engine. When Wallace starts up, Ruffey orders the trucks to "hold back". But this has an unexpected effect, when Wallace literally pulls Ruffey in half! Sir Topham Hatt explains that the freight car had rotten wood and rusty frames, but nevertheless the freight cars gain a new respect for Wallace. Ruffey is rebuilt and becomes a well-behaved freight car.

Weasel Does It Again
Percy and Wilbert are busy at the Harbour. But there is too much work, so Sir Topham Hatt brings back Weasel, much to Percy and Wilbert's chagrin. Weasel causes trouble, but tells Percy and Wilbert if they tell Sir Topham Hatt, they'll be tattletales. Percy and Wilbert continue to watch Weasel cause trouble, and decide to go on strike. Sir Topham Hatt visits them, and convinces them to go back to work. Soon Weasel causes confusion and delay by pushing China Clay cars off a quay/wharf and into the water. Sir Topham Hatt sends Weasel away again, and Percy and Wilbert continue their work again happily.

Phill, Pete & The Dieasel
Phill & Pete are twins who work at the China Clay Pits. One day, they are aghast when they discover that their cars have gone missing! Down the line, they cause great problems and difficulty with a diesel called Fransworth, who they believe stole the cars. Confusion regains until Arthur explains everything.

Arthur, Spencer & The Wrong Road
Billy and Arthur's branch lines are important, but Spencer believes them vulgar. One night, Spencer is almost ready to leave when the fireman looks back and sees something green waving. It's not the conductor's flag as he had thought, but a lady's hat. Spencer has to be stopped and brought back. By that time, Arthur is late with his train, so leaves first. However, the signalman isn't told of this, and sends Arthur along the main line, and Spencer the Branch...

Next morning, Phill and Pete see Spencer, and discuss between themselves what they could do with them - it's clearly not Spencer, as he says branch lines are vulgar. They decide to drop the "Load of scrap metal" into the sea, leaving Spencer terrified. But Fransworth shows up, and sets the twins right. Spencer is very grateful, to say the least. He still believes Fransworth saved his life - but of course, the twins were only teasing.

Arthur's Exploit
Arthur is taking some visitors to meet Phil and Pete. He has trouble starting and Nevile, Spencer and Dennis mock his struggle. Cartman and Farnsworth defend Arthur and eventually Arthur starts to pull his train. After Phil and Pete get back, Arthur takes them home. The weather gets bad, and suddenly, Arthur's crankpin breaks. His crew removes his siderods and, with some adjustments to the coaches, Arthur manages to take them home, despite being late.

Rosie & The Dinosaur
Some dinosaur bones are uncovered in the hills near the Railway, and Stanley is taking a photographer to the Yard to see them. Sir Topham Hatt needs two careful engines to bring the dinosaur bones down. Rosie manages to prove how careful she is, but Billy is not very careful at first, and Rosie decides to collect the bones by herself. But the heavy load proves too much for her, and drags her back down the hill. So when Billy arrives and offers to help, Rosie gladly accepts.

Quotes

 * Billy: I'm sorry I biffed the freight cars. But, I'm sure we can pull the dinosaur together.
 * Rosie: No! I will show Sir Topham Hatt I can pull the dinosaur on my own.
 * Narrator: Said Rosie. And she puffed away.

Sir Handel & The Christmas Train
Sir Handel has to pull a christmas train to the Wharf and Duncan has to take a dirty train to the station. But Duncan is cross and teases Thomas and Wilbert while Sir Handel talks to Duck and Stanley about Duncan's rudeness. Duncan is more cross and tries to push the dirty train to the station but he gets turned to a siding and crashes into some buffers. The dirty train breaks into pieces. Sir Handel pulls Duncan back to the tracks and takes the christmas train to the Wharf while Duncan is sent to the sheds. Sir Handel is really useful.

Freddie & Rosie
Freddie discovers that one of the viaducts that both the stanard gauge and the narrow gauge engines cross has creaks. He hurrys to the wharf to warn the other engines. Then he warns Mr. Percival and The Fat Controller. They both close the viaduct for repairs. Later, Rosie, who dosen't know about the viaduct, needs more coal. She turns on one of the tracks that lead to the viaduct. Halfway across Rosie runs out of steam. Then, the viaduct begins to collaps. James, who had seen Rosie puff towards the viaduct, tells Freddie, who races to Rosie's rescue. Freddie pulls Rosie off the viaduct just in time. Rosie is punished by The Fat Controller. And Mr. Percival is proud of Freddie.

Quotes

 * Narrator: James saw Rosie puffing towards the viaduct.
 * James: Stop Rosie! The viaduct ahead is closed for repair.
 * Narrator: But Rosie didn't hear James. (Rosie puffs onto the viaduct) Suddenly Rosie hiss to a hault.
 * Rosie: Oh no! I'm out of steam.
 * Narrator: Said Rosie. she had used uup all her coal. Then, she heard something.
 * Rosie: What's that?
 * Narrator: Her driver looked down. The viaduct was starting to collaps.
 * James: Freddie.
 * Narrator: Said James.
 * James: Rosie's gone across the viaduct.
 * Freddie: I'v better check she's alright.
 * Narrator: The little gray engine said. But, the creaks in the viaduct were getting bigger. And stone pieces splash into the water below.
 * Rosie: HELP! I'm going to fall.
 * Narrator: Freddie puffed as fast as he could to the rescue. Soon, he reached the viaduct. Rosie was very scared. Freddie chuffed bravely onto the viaduct.
 * Rosie: Hurry and be careful.
 * Narrator: Said Rosie. Soon they were coupled up.
 * Freddie: Hold on.
 * Narrator: Said Freddie. Rosie shut her eyes. Freddie pulled Rosie off the viaduct just in time.

=Notes=
 * The music by Mike O'Donnel & Junior Campbell and the 'classic' 35mm film return in Thomas Rescues Rheneas and is used for now on.
 * Stick figures of Rheneas' driver can be seen on Rheneas' cab.
 * Stick figures of Gordon's driver and fireman can be seen on Gordon's cab.
 * Stick figures of Sir Handel's driver and fireman can be seen on Sir Handel's cab when Sir Handel arrives at the Other Railway.
 * The ball flies into the one of the trucks on Adam's train.
 * Arnold breaks down while moving toward his coaches and is pushed back to the shed by Cartman and Adam.
 * When Sixteen flies across the canel and crashes into a building, he plunges into the water.
 * He gets a new shape (with a new cab, and is used in episodes for now on).
 * Spud crashes into Percy's hay train and his front wheels come off him.