Thomas & Friends: Season 6 (2002) in Retrospect - The Thomas Retrospective
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
1:25 Production History
7:49 Overview
20:23 Characters
28:53 Episodes
33:57 Conclusion
35:40 Channel Updates
♫ MUSIC
/0:09 A Tale of Sea Dragons - Marcus Warner
• A Tale of Sea Dragons
/1:25 Intro Theme - ImRuscelOfficial, Nico Mendoza, Linus Kühl
• Intro Theme
/7:49 Title - Alec Holowka
• Title
/12:05 Zeta - Vincent Rubinetti
• Zeta
/15:30 Any Trash Professor Abacus? (Instrumental) - Torpedo Boyz
• Any Trash Professor Ab...
/18:16 Bubblaine Seaside Kingdom - Makir
• Bubblaine Seaside Kingdom
/20:23 Colour Rise - Jacob Monatgue
• Colour Rise - Jacob Mo...
/24:31 The Tryst After Death - The Olllam
• The Olllam - The Tryst...
/25:52 Ascending Dawn - Emile van Krieken
• Emile van Krieken - As...
/28:04 Percy's Theme Season 5 - Ace of Trains Music
/ 1csbf
/28:53 Runescape ▸ Sea Shanty 2 Remix - High Tide Lofi, GameChops
• Runescape ▸ Sea Shanty...
/30:15 Korok Forest - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild OST
• Video
/32:48 Steven's Shield - aivi & surasshu
• Steven Universe Soundt...
/33:57 Luftschloss - Rosentwig
• Luftschloss
/39:10 Hold - Home
• HOME - Hold
Gorden: "Peasant."
Percy: "Yes I am pleasant!
BEST LINE EVER LMAOOOO
Yeah, but it is only in the UK version.
"Peasant." "Yes I am pleasant!" Is probably the BEST interaction I have ever heard from anything. I never understood it as a kid and after hearing it again I was dying for a couple minutes and burned my hand on hot glue lol
The exchange in the US dub of that scene makes no sense at all, we were so robbed man
@@brightredmogul1912 Howcome?
"But he's filthy!"
"But I clean up nice!", said Percy. He was glad somebody had noticed
- this is what the us dub gives us. what does this even mean???
Yes that arrested me with such humour I did not know still existed in the sixth series.
@@brightredmogul1912leaning up nice" is a really weird term (i guess only in the usa and canada?) used to describe someone that dressed nicely. Even then the quote makes 0 sense because percy didn't clean up nice, literally or figuratively he's dirty as hell
I like how the episode “The Fogman” gives us a little glimpse into the engines’ worldview. After Sir Topham Hatt shows the engines the foghorn, Thomas asks what will become of Cyril. Sir Topham Hatt says he will be getting rest for the foreseeable future. It’s Thomas’s reply that stands out to me. He feels sorry for Cyril and adds that he’s been “scrapped.” Thomas doesn’t say “fired,” “canned,” or “made redundant.” He uses a word that makes sense to him given the situation. Engines can’t be fired from their job. They can be relieved of their duties or moved somewhere else but they can’t be fired. As far as they know, once something has outlived it’s usefulness, the next stage is scrapping. Thankfully, it all works out in the end for Cyril.
When I was a kid, I thought that Thomas had assumed that The Fat Controller murdered Cyril as a part of some contract and I thought that assumption was stupid. However this defiantly cleared things up.
@@buzzytrombone4353 lollllll
@@buzzytrombone4353holy shit dude
@@buzzytrombone4353 "Damn, Topham is ruthless!"
@@buzzytrombone4353" I am sorry little one:
Can we all agree that the night time scene in this season were great?
Yes I can agree with you it was a great seasons I do have good memories of season 6.
Yes
Absolutely.
Absolutely
Heck yeah!
I love how in the thumbnail Salty isn’t shocked at all at Thomas going super fast
Just be another day on the railway for Ole Salty! Yo Ho Ho!
“Hi Gordon! Bye Gordon!”
…
“Looks like little Thomas is having another one of those days!”
it almost looks like he's cheering him on lol
@@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho LOOKS LIKE THOMAS IS BLASTING OFF AGAIN!
Remember Salty no-selling a line of fish trucks crashing into his backside? ("Reminds me of the sea." XD)
"Peasant."
"Yes, I am pleasant!"
Line of the season, hands down.
And that line wasn't in the American dub
@@baribabe17 Why?
@@ThomasFisher-jr6bn 🤷 idk. But it's not.
He was glad somebody noticed
@@ThomasFisher-jr6bnI would say it’s a different language so things might get a bit missed up, but both dubs are in the same language even if America use different words and phases compared to England.
This season isn't my favorite per se, but it is where most of my nostalgia for the series lies. It was the season being heavily marketed back when I was just barely old enough to remember things. I love the addition of Salty, episodes like "Salty's Secret" and "Gordon Takes a Tumble" are some of my favorites in the show, and Alec Baldwin still does a great job as the narrator. Overall, not the best, but not the worst either.
To an extent, I can agree. The most exposure I had to this season was the Red Balloon VHS. Kinda unsettling that means it was also my first exposure to the Skarloey engines. I liked the stories, but now think they were better in 4/5.
It would make more sense for Rusty to want to give up instead of Skarloey, but whatever, whole episode doesn’t make sense now.
Same here
I still remember watching Jack Frost for the first time as a kid. I think episodes like that and It’s Only Snow contributed to winter being by favorite season.
@@David_Mattox Actually that VHS was one of the first I ever had. When I was four, I would watch it until I fell asleep almost every night. I think I actually wore it out. 😅
Same here
I like to think that Mavis's growth came from saving Toby. She realized that silly little tricks can put somebody's life in danger, and to never have something like ever happen again, she needs to take her job seriously.
On the one hand, I miss Mavis' fiesty tomboy who thought she was better than every-one else. But on the other, I get the need for character development. I just don't think Mavis' arc was as "organic" as Thomas' and a bit more forced.
Still not as bad as Edward's character change, I guess.
If I can say one good thing about Edward the Very Useful Engine, it's that it has probably my favourite rendition of Edward's theme.
@CeeBee88 I wholeheartedly agree. All these years later and I still get serotonin from it.
Literally so true
@Romans Railway Who's your favourite character
True you can count on Edward anytime
It's such a good one!
This may not a "Classic" season to some, but it's a classic in my heart.
If some people are not going to call S6-7 as Classic seasons, then why can't they just call them their own era as "The Gullane era"?
And given the fact Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell still scored the music until Season 7, David Mitton directed most of the show until you know what (Steve Asquith directed the Pack episodes), and Britt Allcroft (albeit uncredited) was executive producer for Season 6 along with Peter Urie and a creative consultant for Season 7. It seems redundant to not call them as such.
@@BriceGum138 I agree. 6 & 7 are classic in my mind. Mitton is what made the show special, and the direction, set design, music, and model work was still fantastic, so it's all good in my eyes.
@@ScotterationRetard They even were fantastic because the model crew, even in the HiT run, still cared until the end.
@@ScotterationRetard absolutely
And mine
Alec Baldwin really dropped the ball this season because he was going through a nasty divorce from Kim Basinger and the colossal bomb that was Magic Railroad
Omg damn
intel he got marred to Hilaria
Magic Railroad had nothing to do with it, he enjoyed his time working on it.
@@buzzytrombone4353But the movie was a failure, therefore he wouldn't be that happy.
@@nordnow Doesn't matter. He enjoyed working on it with Britt.
My man the unlucky tug, after his channel was terminated, he pressed on and rose up from the rubble with the passion of creativity still burning in his veins. This man is a legend. I'll be honest, i left this show after juorney beyond sodor and never intended on looking back. I had lost the magic of awdrys creation and the classic series. But this legend brought me back to the wonderful and magical island of sodor and its charecters with his return to youtube in 2020. I will forever thank him. Long live tug, the Fandom, the railway series, and Thomas the tank engine and friends, ❤
10:29 "Gordon is a very good express." He sure is.
“The SpongeBob and Squidward of Thomas.”
… Holy shit he’s right.
I always found Season 6 to be so fascinating and exciting. Kind of wished we got more episodes with characters like Oliver, Toad, Duck, Stepney and even Peter Sam and BoCo.
They did plan on doing stuff with those characters, but strangely it never materialised.
Yeah I agree
Same here.
Agreed.
It was very strange, especially with Oliver and Toad having been as prominent in the last ten years. Still, at least this series brought Donald & Douglas, Edward and even Diesel back to the forefront!
As someone born in 2000, Season 6 was probably the season I grew up with the most on DVD/VHS, sprinkling in Season 5 or 7 episodes on there as well. I loved it growing up, and still do to an extent.
Season 6 to me is the Cartoonish season.
The season's biggest flaw to me is its cartoonish nature. There are multiple instances of characters doing foolish things that you'd expect to see Yosemite Sam, Bugs Bunny, any of the Looney Tunes gang do, not Thomas The Tank Engine.
Duncan going up the incline and acting like an idiot before flying and falling into a swamp, Diesel not putting 2+2 together when trying to pull the troublesome trucks and falling off the edge into a barge, Thomas flying down the tracks with a Jet Engine (entertaining and funny, but still cartoonish), Percy getting afraid of.... gnomes...., James dealing with a Red Balloon crashing down on him, Percy crashing into a chocolate factory, Gordon derailing and having a ridiculous minute long crash into a farm...
Thomas for its first five seasons was a show that rode the line of realism, but things like the Jet Engine and Chocolate Factory crash were very unrealistic. With that said, Season 6 did at least have the heart and soul of Seasons 1-5, and that's mainly the reason I look back fondly on it.
Season 5 has a bit of the cartoony vibe with some of its more unrealistic episodes.
@@joshuaW5621 Yeah but it does so in a clever and unforgettable way. Season 6 doesn’t really.
@@gnnascarfan2410 season 6 kinda toned down the unrealism of the previous season. It was mainly going for the more laid back relaxing vibe of the first 4 seasons.
And that toning down only got more apparent with season 7 and the following.
Season 6’s moments is where what happens if you inject some SMG4 humor into Thomas every once in a while. Percy & the Haunted Mine is retarded.
I grew up on season 6 specifically. Brings back a lot of great memories and nostalgia.
Same. I grew up on just about all the classic series but season 6 always has a special place in my heart.
@@wishbonefan I grew up with Season 6 as well. Good times...
How did I never realise until now that Salty referenced the USS Maine blowing up? As a history buff, I find that hilarious such a reference made it in🤣
Timestamp?
when does he reference it?
“Let’s blame the Maine on Spain!” tooted Salty, eagerly. And they did.
I honestly am very fond of Season 6. It hasn't aged that well, but I was really little when it came out and I vividly remember all the DVD, VHS and merchandise releases around that time. It's great to see you back up and running!
Same here
Favorite season 6
Thomas and the jet engines
Percy chocolate 🍫 crunch
James and the hot air balloon
Salty secret
I think the reason so many people are connected to this season is because its when the series really started going all out in terms of marketing thanks to the global popularity of the movie. DVDs, toys, that was when the marketing REALLY expanded itself and for a lot of people that era was their first exposure
18:05 hundreds of children's ears were bleeding on that day.
Season 6 just has some charm to it. I love the visuals, and the episodes are fun! The more "industrial" look isn't that bad in my opinion. Thomas and the Jet Engine is probably THE best episode of this season for me. Season 6 is fantastic
Fun Fact: Michael Brandon surprisingly narrated No Sleep for Cranky, Gordon takes a tumble and A bad day for Harold and a little more.
There seems to be this unreleased archive of Brandon narrations for Season Six and Seven, along with variations using the original or Hit revised soundtracks.
@@e-122psi3 nah they're just re narrations made during season 9, Angelis renarrated the same season 6 episodes during that time too
This man knows how to stage a comeback. Tug, I'm so happy you didn't give up on CZcams even though the platform gave you every reason to. Let's see how fast we can get you back to 250K 💪💪
yeah he is pretty good doing his job i love thomas the tank engine movies and stuff and this Channel is awesome!!!! Let's go and give Yt a smack on there a$$
I think the reason so many people are connected to this season is because its when the series really started going all out in terms of marketing thanks to the global popularity of the movie. DVDs, toys, that was when the marketing REALLY expanded itself and for a lot of people that era was their first exposure
I mean, I seen season 6 when I was a kid, and it was enjoyable
Welcome back, Mr. Unlucky Tug! I missed all your retrospective videos of the entire Thomas series for quite some time and can finally revisit your peak work from the year prior. Sorry you’ve been falling behind on schedule, but I’m glad you’re able to make a comeback. So, here’s to an ongoing future of inspiring me as much as animation expert AniMat.
I can’t wait for season seven. I can’t wait for our Arthur talk
Agreed! Real Talk though, Arthur is a criminally underrated Non-Awdry character, and I wish he got to stick around.
It'll be a wonderful kind of day.
I really wish he got to stick around.
I really wish I checked in my replies here I would’ve talked earlier
The Jet Engine episode will always be my favourite season 6 episode. I will admit it was a bit unrealistic. But combining with how bizarre, thrilling and funny the episode was, it really did kept me engaged with the story. Also Michael Angelis really did gave his best. I genuinely love how energetic and enthusiastic he was in the episode, it really did sounded like he having so much fun with the story, this is why Angelis had always be my favourite Thomas narrator. While the jet engine episode really isn't a perfect episode, but still it was the one that stood out to me than most the season 6 episodes, and it never left my mind since.
Yeah, that was a funny episode.
Angelis is my favourite narrator too
This is the first of all Thomas seasons where fans do NOT unitedly agree that this is the one of the best, golden, untouchable seasons. The first 5 seasons are all on that list, but not Season 6. This is why I have been looking forward to this retrospective the most.
Actually I've seen people say that Season 5 doesn't deserve to be on that list
Ah Yes! Season Six! Nostalgic for some! Aged Poorly for Others! Responsible for introducing hands down one of the best Non-Awdry Characters ever created!
Salty singlehandedly redeems the whole season for me and I still can't get enough of Salty's Pirate Voice!
Alec Baldwin as salty was a pirate 🏴☠️ voice
"It's good to be back!" Said Edward
Also, I realize that season 6 has lots of similarities to the Brenner era if you think about it. One is just with models and one is cgi
Tug will probably make some comparisons in the Season 17 retrospective
This Season have some of the most beautiful music yet.
Narrator: After 1998, the people and engines on sodor couldn't stop having flashbacks
I’ll always have a soft spot for this season, as it was the first one I was watching as it was on TV, since Season 5 premiered a year after I was born. Season 2 is my favorite, but the Baldwin seasons I like a lot, too. His and Carlin’s voice will always be so soothing to me. Much Love, God Bless from Iowa, Tug!
Season 6 is still an enjoyable season, but it's very much where Thomas truly became a kids show, instead of something serious that had lots of respect for itself and it's audience.
Yeah, compared to nowadays, it's definitely a better watch
@FanofCityWok It definitely got worse, but to me even the jack and the pack episodes felt more childish. Like, it was always something that kids could enjoy, and that was always the primary target audience, but even in seasons 6 and 7 it felt that was the only target audience rather than just a target audience, at least to me.
23:44 Edward should have of had Thomas' role. Because he would never say that about a new addition to the railway since hes kind and friendly and would be willing to make Harvey feel welcome to Sodor and he would be proud of a crane engine helping out on Sodor.
Exactly! 29:36 here doesn’t even look like the Edward we know and love
I grew up with Season 6. Episodes like “Percy’s Chocolate Crunch” and “Gordon Takes A Tumble” were some of my favourites back then. Although I’m not the biggest season 6 fan, I do enjoy revisiting it from time to time, as there were a lot of great stories.
Tug, psyched to see you’re moving forward with new content. Me, and I know many others will all be sticking around for the ride
Season 6 definitely doesn’t hold a candle compared to Season 5, but I remember it having the best episodes that were marketed at the time I was little.
I originally watched the show during the release of Seasons 11-13, so Seasons 6 & 7 were a shining beacon of quality and entertainment for me. Episodes such as Gordon Takes A Tumble will always have a soft spot in my heart.
Also for me, "Thomas and the Jet Engine" and "Percy's Chocolate Crunch" because of how ridiculous and memorable they were.
Don't tell me you didn't want to recreate those crashes yourself lol
I always liked to simulate the Gordon Takes A Tumble accident.
@@superbird4351 Same
Yeah, I can agree with most of your criticisms here for season 6. Not a bad season imo, but not the best either. However, I personally love that they started referring to locations by name instead of generic titles. Yeah, maybe it was a corporate thing to sell toys, but it also just makes the world feel a lot more lived-in and tangible to me.
I never noticed that they hardly ever used place names in "THE" classics until I watched this video when it came out. The only instance I can think of is that one scene in "Baa!".
The narrator says Brendam Docks in Double Teething Troubles.
32:03 Another reason why Percy's Choclate Crunch could be called the sum up is because of how much merch of it was made. I mean there's was a Trackmaster version, a Plarail version, a Trackmaster Revolution version, a Take Along, Wooden Railway. If some Season 6 episodes were made to sell toys, Percy's Chocolate Crunch is 100% one of them.
Probably my most unpopular take is that Seasons 6 and 7 are my favorite seasons overall. Not the best seasons by any means, be it in a cinematography or character sense, but they just draw me in. Season 6 and its drab atmosphere reminds me of home. I live in Ireland it is quite desaturated and gray a lot. Season 7 has a laid back and quiet feeling to it, making it soothing to watch. They just make me feel at ease.
Season 6 was “technically” my first season. I was born in 1997 and I was too young to watch season 5 when it came out, but TATMR came out and that basically got me addicted to Thomas. Season 6 came out shortly after and I loved it as a kid. Nowadays as an adult, I have a distinct nostalgic fondness for it but as you said in your review, the cracks definitely show.
I feel bad for you. You should’ve watch season 5 first. That season is superior and was the last legit Classic series season because it’s made before the year 2000.
Classic = old
@@thecaledoniansleeper2648 Season 6 was being marketed by the time I was old enough to sit down and watch Thomas post TATMR. It wasn’t until later years that I discovered earlier seasons.
@@JustAnotherNerd850 Well anyway, Seasons 1-5 are GOAT
I was also born in 97, but unlike you I didn’t see Thomas on tv until years later. Instead my mom would read the rws to me when I was 2-3 years old and my first exposure to the tv series was magic railroad in theaters, although I barely remember that day. I was also lucky enough to have seen episodes of s1-3 on vhs after that when I was 4-6 years old. Shortly after I would witness s4-5 on vhs.
Season 6 was THE favorite season for me of Thomas and Friends. From Devious Diesel’s “The World’s Strongest Engine” to Salty’s entrance in “Salty’s Secret” to “James and the Big Red Balloon” 🎈 to Donald and Douglass’ “Twin Trouble” and so on>>>
I did remember having a dvd copy of Thomas and the Jet Engine and for reasons unclear I didn’t know that Alec Baldwin did the narrations. Mostly because I was attached to Michael Brandon’s narrations.
Yeah I like the Alec Baldwin version of Thomas and the jet engine
@@vanessasandoval96 Same here. I mean it helps build the mood of the short.
@@inaciosthirdstudio it brought out the best performances for Baldwin and Angelis here.
It is the only release to feature episodes from Season 7 with Michael Brandon narrating alongside the Original Music, making those 3 episodes Classic material in the US (which I prefer listening to, and not their later Hit Style with the New Music).
At least "Edward the Really Useful Engine" gave us one of my favourite CZcams Poops.
"The engines on the Island of Souos are good at being TRXN's playthings. Gordon is a good station demolition man. Percy is good at NOTHING. And when he's not pulling trucks, Edward is a good bastard."
"Retired means taken out of service."
"Why the fuck are you smiling you sadistic bastard."
"Duck found a Muk while playing Pokémon Go."
What’s the video called?
@@BH-98 Edward the Useless Old Steampot by TheRealXboxNerd.
@@NitroIndigo Can you link it please
@@fanofeverything30465 czcams.com/video/ZK_O9dD9wtA/video.html
That's a classic.
Being a 2005 kid and having seen thomas from season 6 onwards till 11 on tv, this has such a golden place in my heart. Seeing steam engines just talking and being so real was the best thing the kid version of me could ever witness. But if u ask me now, i would say the golden era was much better framed and stuff. Oh well, im 18 and i still at ramdom tkmes watch a random episode of thomas without hesitation ❤😂
6:16: That shot of Salty makes just that one scene feel like it’s the other way ‘round. HERE, it feels like most of the picture is lost in the 4:3 full screen crop. Other than that, I can understand about the rest of the shots.
I’m gonna call it right now, that the standout episode is Thomas and the jet engine
I'll hold you too it lol
You were half right
Finally, we can resume the Thomas Retrospective!!! Having been born in 2001, season 6 holds some fond memories for me (so does most of the model season but still).
It’s great to have you back to back on track (haha) making original content again! The Jet Engine episode has to be my favorite from season 6 because it’s a fun “what if” scenario… even if the locomotives are really multiple hundreds of tons and it’s probably not likely a heavy steam engine could have been rocketed along the rails that quickly anyways.
I love the Thomas and jet engine episode including the dvd 📀
If Tug liked Edward the Very Useful Engine more he'd probably say 'It's good to be back'
I disagree on Percy’s Chocolate Crunch being a meh episode, I love seeing pissed off Percy just like in Put Upon Percy
Edit: the point about the writers making inconsistancies occur is also something that happened with Futurama after the movies era
We need a video about Thomas's eyebrows. It looks like this is the season where it looks like they added the triangle eyebrows to all of Thomas's various facial expressions. I grew up with classic, regular eyebrows Thomas and I hate the triangles. I could picture the higher-ups thinking the triangle eyebrows are better for toys, backpacks, and other merchandise. An indepth video on Thomas eyebrows season by season would be greatly appreciated. 😋
The season that introduced me to Thomas!!! Man this brought back so many great memories. Easily one of my favorite seasons for that reason. Really great work Tug
Despite its flaws, Season Six will always hold a special place in my childhood. During its premiere in Australia, my parents recorded many of the episodes on VHS. As a result, it was the first Thomas series I was exposed to.
I have a lot of nostalgia for Season Six. It was the first new season that was coming out after I was born, so the US Season Six releases were my first "brand new" episodes of Thomas, and even to this day, I still love this season. It's probably my fourth favorite season of the show.
That scene from "Twin Trouble" at 14:34 gave me the idea for the "when you and the annoying kid in class are forced to work on a project/assignment together but want nothing to do with one another" meme. That's really the only highlight of that episode for me, aside from Douglas pulling Donald out of the ditch. I get it, friends and siblings are going to have arguments, spats, and splits that will make them want to work separately, only to realise that they work best together.
I have huge nostalgia for this one, as this was the first new season I remember coming out when I was little.
Season 6 is my all time favourite Thomas Season.
32:38 yuck he groan I never been this dirty he cover from footplate to firebox in sticky gooey chocolate
Despite the drop in quality and lack of real life influences, Season 6 in my opinion is still fairly decent enough to say that it's what modern Thomas & Friends should at least aspire to be.... minus the character flanderizations.
The Unlucky Tug's original videos have made a grand return, and boy did they come back with a bang. Season 6 is kinda whatever in comparison to the previous season, but it did bring me some great memories with episodes like Scaredy Engines. Super happy to know that quite a few of your old videos are on this Drive archive, and I hope to see more added to it, as I know myself and other people have indeed saved the ones currently not on the Drive yet, like your favorite 10 episodes, thoughts on JBS, TAB, etc. I truly am excited for where this channel will lead to next.
The grand return! Glad these are continuing, Tug! You’re a saint for keeping so dedicated to all of these amazing projects! Hope all is well in your personal life and God Speed!
Can’t wait to see what you have for us in the future, now that all the re-uploads are done…
Honestly, I think another reason Baldwin wasn't trying nearly as hard this season compared to the fifth season was a mixture of Magic Railroad flopping as well as his divorce from Kim Basinger, which I think was going on at the time.
I might be wrong, though!
It’s speculation, but also would toll Baldwin’s reputation and career within the years (which is a movie where he accidentally shot a camera-women for his upcoming movie.)
Season 6 was really where i was old enough to really remember alot of it. And for some reason as a kid and even today Percy’s Chocolate Crunch has always been my favorite episode of the entire series. Idk why i just always revert back to that episode when i think about this show
So happy you're back despite your misfortunes. You're my favorite Thomas CZcamsr, and one of my favorites in general. I look forward to your future videos. :)
I’m definitely glad you’re still around and most of your work has been saved. Your absolutely one of my favorite creators on CZcams and you have articulated into words & video what I’ve always felt about Thomas and friends. So thank you 😊 Also glad that this is not the end but merely a continuation. See you later 👋 & good luck 🍀👍
Thanks to Season 6, we got a new season every year than before, where it was every 2-3 years. 😊❤😂❤
And is it a bad or good thing?🤔
I would say that (like Tug) the story's and consistency took a hit, and I myself think it's a shame too that the environment and detail of it also took a hit. I also really hate/dislike the decision to stick with the mat colors instead of repainting the models back to their glossy and more realistic state.
Surely a more capitalistic approach to the series.
Like Adwdry said, when we take Thomas to America they will ruin it.
Great to see these videos coming, Tug! And it's great to see The Thomas Retrospective episodes continuing on as per usual. Keep up the content you always do, bro!
Imagine if George joins the pack and be friends with max and Monty
@@vanessasandoval96 I would love to see a story based on that concept
Calling it now: The standout episode for Season 20 is Useful Railway.
And the worst is Diesel and the Ducklings 🐥
Cool! We'll see if your predictions are right in about a decade!
And the MVP award, once again, goes to the green character
What a way for you to get back on your feet, to the season that I'm really nostalgic for as I started watching Thomas at the time! Had the Chocolate Crunch and the Red Balloon VHS Tapes back in the day! This was great as always! Welcome back!😁👌
So glad to see you’re back, Tug. I wish nothing but the best for you and your new channel.
Imagine someone who just discovered The Unlucky Tug and not knowing the situation. They'll wonder how you made so many high quality videos in a short amount of time 😂
LOL
Well, the reuploads have their original upload dates in the descriptions.
@@NitroIndigo yea but not everyone checks the descriptions lol
They might not see the upload dates of the videos
Man I remember watching the U.S. version when Alex Baldwin was narrating every episode from Season 5 and 6. Nostalgia goggles on
Me too.
7:49 Holy crap I was NOT expecting to hear Night in the Woods music in a Thomas retrospective of all things! Great to see you back making new content!
Welcome back! I'm personally glad to rewatch all the episodes I've already watched a second time.
Dude I LOVE these retrospective videos! I didn’t care for them on the original channel but after watching them, these are AWESOME! I’m excited to watch the premiere of the first new video since the channel deletion :DD
Can you imagine if George can join the Sodor construction 🏗️ 🦺 🚧 crew and be friends with max Monty
Season 6 was the most nostalgic for me since I was a young kid I had it on dvd since I am a gen z and I never saw the season 2-5 I rarely got 1 episode from random episodes in the season but season 6 was the one I got nostalgia from it season 6 is very special to me
18:12 Gordon should be a comedian :)
Glad to see you back my friend. Always been a big fan of your content and it helps so many content creators improve their craft. Well done my friend and thanks for the update at the end 🚂🚃
Of the post-movie seasons, Season 6 was definitely my favorite.
It was the closest to being like the classic seasons before the movie.
It’s really shitty that you lost your channel, I’m so glad that you didn’t give up the channel and continuing it by making a new channel, seriously, you put alotta effort in your videos and please never stop. Good job on this video man!
- CTTE06 💙
It's ironic because CZcams allows inappropriate animations but will terminate anyone for the slightest copyright
It's fitting that Percy got the MVP award in season 6, because Percy is number 6.
And hey Edward got MVP for Season Two. XD
Any other characters who are in seasons they share numbers with? Does Emily count?
@@NitroIndigo I’m not sure if Emily counts.
I'm surprised he didn't bring it up when explaining why Percy deserves the MVP award of the season
@@e-122psi3 And Peter Sam got the MVP award for Season 4
Glad you're back and still keep on kicking. It's been a while watching the Retrospective as well.
your editing and pacing is amazing , so glad you've decided to keep going !
Season 6 is brilliant and is the last great season
And just like that, the king is back on track.
Ha, back on track. cause train pun.
So glad you got your channel back dude, I missed these videos and a few of your other ones!
This season had some of my favorite Thomas episodes. Thomas and the Jet Engine, A friend in need, Worlds Strongest engine. These were some of the first Thomas episodes I watched through CZcams and have fond memories of
I guess this explains why every new season took so long to make at first. People literally took the time and effort to make all of the episodes, and didn’t stress about deadlines like they did in future seasons.
Our first new video on this channel! Let’s get hyped!
Glad you're back! Despite your recent setbacks with the channel getting deleted and having to start over, I know you will grow bigger and better than before!
love watching these, best of luck with the new channel tug, hope everything eventually gets sorted out
1:26 - don't know if it was just me, but I couldn't help but have a smile on my face listening to the music in this part of the video. Sounded like the pvz theme :)
Haha, check the description mate xD
It's a jazz remix
@TheRockBrick ah yes, found it. Ty my friend
For me, Salty is right alongside Duck, Cranky, and Murdoch as characters who I have enjoyed ever since their introductions. And Salty being paired with Cranky just made both of them that much better.
Looking forward to the Top 10 Hidden Gems video. I’m curious to see what you consider hidden gems.
Percy's Chocolate Crunch is one of the few times the narrator says "No One Was Hurt" after a crash. so Percy probably has some blood on his buffers.
So glad to finally see this retrospective. Not just because this series is great, but also because I am glad that you are still fighting the good fight and keeping up with all this after the s***storm that YT did to you (and personally I don't believe it to have been an accident on their part either...)
Looking forward to all your future videos Tug!!!
Fitting that Percy, No 6, gets the MVP spot in Season 6
I respect fans’ opinions of Season 6 being the first “black sheep” season of Thomas. But for me as someone who was born in 2002, Season 6 is a special season in my heart.
Keep in mind, it wasn’t *the* first season I was introduced to, i have 2 older brothers that were born in the 90’s so my early introductions to Thomas were the VHS tapes they grew up including Thomas Comes To Breakfast and Thomas’ Trackside Tunes and a couple others sprinkled in between like 10 Years of Thomas and Best of Percy, and i have seen the rest of the video tapes and DVD’s each year as i grew up as a toddler into a kid. And Season 6 was also part of those DVDs and Videos, as well as the following seasons. Season 9 was probably the season where I started losing interest in buying new DVDs and was more interested in the videos and DVDs with Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin.
So yeah, I’m probably gonna defend Season 6 more than most. It’s possible that i might be blinded by my nostalgia, but it still feels like classic Thomas to me. And the color palette the characters had in Magic Railroad feels like it was carried over into Season 6 and 7, which I actually like more than most
13:19 Also, I get frustrated when people complain Season 6 was the start of the downfall, because honestly Season 5 has been starting to lose its sheen for me. It’s a very entertaining season for sure, but that’s where Thomas started to lose its intelligence that the previous 4 Seasons had as well as The Railway Series. It was the first season to just show engines crashing just for the sake of action on screen, and was just for investors to finance the movie. If you watch any episode from Seasons 1-4, whenever there was a crash, it pushed the story forward, they’d focus on the process on how the engines get back on the rails, how the other engines worked together and it was treated with realism. Every episode in Season 5 just felt like Michael Bay directing Thomas, episodes like Bye George would show Thomas crash into a barn and then just go to the next scene so we can have another crash happen with Gordon. It’s a fun episode to watch for sure, but it’s no longer the thoughtful and intelligent show that it was before. I’m not saying that it excuses the crashes in Season 6, but I think we should start to take off our nostalgia glasses and admit that Season 5 started to feel like Thomas was trying to appeal to marketers. Now, I don’t dislike Season 5 because there are episodes I legitimately love. Duncan Gets Spooked, while it has very little logic to it, had a real atmosphere to it that I remember feeling even as a 4 year old watching it and I still love it. I think the Make Someone Happy VHS is the one Season 5 video that feels the most like Classic Thomas from the previous 4 seasons, because the stories feel more down to earth and I get frustrated when that video is referred to as the “leftover season 5 stories” because it feels really dismissive and I honestly love all the episodes on that video. But the first 4 Seasons are totally timeless and can be enjoyed at any age with either Ringo Starr or George Carlin narrating.
Honestly season 6 is probably my favorite classic season of Thomas because it was the first new season that came out when I was a really little kid. I’ll admit it’s not perfect, like the inconsistencies but I didn’t know this was the sixth season back then so it didn’t bother me.
I think you meant to say it’s not perfect.
Oh I did! I don’t know how I missed that? thanks.
@@GumRobber my pleasure.
Wow, this was interesting. Season Six has always been a complex season due to the factors of Narration from the US and the new form of filming. But it was very educational in actually getting some further information I never knew before, like how the names of places on Sodor started in this season. Never knew that ever. So, yeah, and also great first new vid on the channel. When I heard what happened to the previous one I thought it was fake at first but once I saw everything I could not believe it. But that is in the past and you have made a comeback once more with the new channel all I have to say is god bless you and hope for a bright future for your channel. Hope you have a good one.
You know, Tug? You did make a good point about how the models in season 6 going forwards looked kinda toy like. Me personally I notice that as well. I mean the lack of metal like shining on the engines kinda explains it all.