Meet the Characters!

Meet the Characters!, also known as Meet Thomas' Friends, are a series of promotional videos that tie into Big World! Big Adventures! and Season 22. The videos are narrated by John Hasler and Joseph May as Thomas in their respective dubs and focus on a specific character, their personality and country of origin, with some specific scenes using specially-shot footage if there is not footage in the archives. They are available as DVD extras and are uploaded to the Thomas & Friends US and UK channels. The first video was released on August 24, 2018.

Description
Meet Ace, a super cool super fast racing car from Australia! It was released on August 24, 2018.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Ace
 * Flying Scotsman (cameo)
 * Nia (cameo)
 * Sidney (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)

Episodes

 * Big World! Big Adventures!

Description
Meet Nia, a steam engine Thomas met on his big world adventure! It was released on August 31, 2018.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Nia
 * Gordon (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Emily (cameo)
 * Porter (cameo)
 * Rebecca (cameo)
 * Salty (cameo)
 * Cranky (cameo)
 * Carly (cameo)
 * Big Mickey (cameo)

Episodes

 * Big World! Big Adventures!
 * Counting on Nia

Goofs

 * In the "scrapbook" scenes, the flag of South Africa is used instead of the flag of Kenya.

Description
Meet Beau, a really cool mining engine that works in the wild west! It was released in the UK on September 7, 2018 and on October 4, 2018.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Beau
 * Cowboys and Cowgirls

Episodes

 * Big World! Big Adventures!

Goofs

 * When Beau rotates around, his leading pony truck does not move, and thus faces the same direction throughout as Beau spins.

Description
Meet Hong Mei, a blue tank engine just like Thomas! It was released on September 14, 2018 in the UK and on September 27, 2018 in the US.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Hong-Mei
 * An An and Yin-Long
 * Yong Bao (cameo)

Episodes

 * Number One Engine

Description
Meet the beautiful and majestic Yong Bao from China! It was released on September 20, 2018 in the US.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Yong Bao
 * James (cameo)
 * Emily (cameo)
 * Rajiv (cameo)
 * Carlos (cameo)
 * Shane (cameo)
 * Lei (cameo)

Episodes

 * The Great Race
 * Yong Bao of China
 * Runaway Truck
 * Thomas and the Dragon

Description
Noor Jehan is so elegant & glamourous! It was released on September 21, 2018 in the UK.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Rajiv
 * Noor Jehan (does not speak)

Episodes

 * Trusty Trunky
 * Tiger Trouble
 * Thomas Goes to Bollywood

Description
Meet Rajiv - the most glamorous steam engine on the railway! It was released on September 28, 2018 in the UK.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Rajiv
 * Ashima (cameo)
 * Noor Jehan (cameo)
 * Charubala (cameo)
 * The Indian Actor (cameo)

Episodes

 * Trusty Trunky
 * Tiger Trouble

Description
Shane is a large and powerful steam engine! It was released on October 5, 2018 in the UK and on October 25, 2018 in the US.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Shane
 * Aubrey and Aiden

Episodes

 * Outback Thomas

Trivia

 * Tim Bain voiced Shane in this video as opposed to Shane Jacobson.

Description
Meet Rebecca, a steam engine who has recently come to work on the Island of Sodor! It was released on October 12, 2018 in the UK.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Marion
 * Rebecca
 * Gordon (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Emily (cameo)
 * Nia (cameo)
 * Winston (cameo)
 * Sir Topham Hatt (cameo)

Episodes

 * Confusion Without Delay
 * What Rebecca Does

Description
Meet Shankar, a hardworking diesel engine from the Indian railway! It was released on October 19, 2018 in the UK.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Shankar
 * Tiger Hunters (do not speak)

Episodes

 * Trusty Trunky
 * Tiger Trouble

Description
Meet Tamika, a historic steam engine from Australia! It was released on October 26, 2018 in the UK.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Tamika

Episodes

 * Banjo and the Bushfire

Description
Isla is from Australia, just like Shane! She's brave and flies!

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Aubrey and Aiden
 * Isla
 * Dr. Claire (not named; does not speak)
 * Shane (cameo)

Episodes

 * Outback Thomas
 * Kangaroo Christmas
 * Cyclone Thomas