Misty Island Rescue

"That must be Misty Island!"

- Percy

Misty Island Rescue is a feature-length Thomas and Friends special. It was released as a DVD/Blu-ray combo pack in the US on September 7th, 2010 and on DVD in the UK on October 11th, 2010.

Plot
A new Search and Rescue Centre is being built on the Island of Sodor as a base of operations for Harold, Rocky, and a new lifeboat named Captain. Special super strong, deep red Jobi wood, from Hiro's homeland, is being used to make the Center. All the engines are very excited and all want to help deliver the Jobi wood to the Rescue Center. Diesel, determined to prove his superiority over the steam engines, decides to take the Jobi wood to the rescue center himself and races down the tracks with the Jobi wood. Thomas sees that Diesel is going too fast and chases after him. The chase results in an exciting rescue as Thomas saves Diesel from falling over a cliff edge but the Jobi wood crashes into the sea below - now there is no wood to build the Rescue Center.

As a reward for his daring rescue Thomas is given the job of collecting new wood from the mainland. He is then told there is no room on the steam boat, but Thomas asks to be carried on a raft behind the boat. Thomas waves goodbye to his friends at Brendham Docks and heads across the sea to the mainland. That night the raft carrying Thomas becomes separated from its tugboat and Thomas ends up alone and stranded on the mysterious Misty Island - a wild and wonderful island with a multitude of secret hide outs, rickety tracks, and bridges. Thomas discovers that the island has its own railway, and meets the three engines, known as the "Logging Locos", who run it - Ferdinand, and two small twin engines named Bash and Dash, who were sent to the island after causing trouble on the mainland. Thomas also finds that Misty Island has plentiful supplies of the rare Jobi wood! With the help of his new friends, Thomas attempts to find his way back to Sodor and uncovers more of Misty Island's mysteries - including a tunnel that connects the two islands! Meanwhile, out at sea, Harold and Captain carry out a search party to look for Thomas.

Thomas decides to go through the tunnel back to Sodor, but he and the Logging Locos get trapped after the tunnel falls in. Thomas then tries the smoke signals Salty told him about. After being spotted by Percy, the Fat Controller, James, Edward, and Gordon sail to Misty Island in hopes of finding Thomas while Percy and Whiff go through the tunnel. They eventually come to the blockade, break through to Thomas, and they all puff back to Sodor. Thomas sails back to the island again to find the Fat Controller and the engines.

After the Logging Locos are given the Sodor treatment at the Steamworks, they help to build the Rescue Centre. They finish it in time and it is soon opened.

As the engines are laughing with their new friends at the Search and Rescue Centre, Diesel 10 rolls up on the mountain ledge, sniggers ,and glares down at the engines remarking that they will laugh on the other side on their boilers soon.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Emily
 * Whiff
 * Hiro
 * Victor
 * Bash and Dash
 * Ferdinand
 * Diesel
 * Diesel 10
 * Salty
 * Rocky
 * Harold
 * Kevin
 * Captain
 * Cranky
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * The docks manager
 * Spencer (does not speak)
 * Rosie (cameo)
 * Stanley (cameo)
 * Mavis (cameo)
 * Bertie (cameo)
 * Butch (cameo)
 * Lady Hatt (cameo)
 * The Duke and Duchess of Boxford (cameos)
 * Sodor Brass Band (cameo)

Locations

 * Misty Island
 * Shake Shake Bridge
 * The Search and Rescue Centre
 * Sodor Steamworks
 * Brendam
 * Whiff's Waste Dump
 * Echo Valley
 * Misty Island Tunnel

USA

 * Michael Brandon as the narrator and Diesel
 * Martin Sherman as Thomas and Toby
 * Kerry Shale as The Fat Controller, Henry, Gordon, James, and Kevin
 * William Hope as Edward and Percy
 * Glenn Wrage as Rocky and Cranky
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * Keith Wickham as Captain and Salty
 * Togo Igawa as Hiro
 * David Bedella as Victor
 * Rupert Degas as Diesel 10

UK and AUS

 * Michael Angelis as the narrator
 * Ben Small as Thomas, Toby, and Ferdinand
 * Keith Wickham as Percy, James, Gordon, Henry, Edward, The Fat Controller, Harold, Captain, Dash, Salty, and Whiff
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily
 * Matt Wilkinson as Rocky, Victor, Cranky, and Kevin
 * Kerry Shale as Diesel
 * Togo Igawa as Hiro
 * Rupert Degas as Diesel 10

Bonus features
US DVD:
 * "The Search for Thomas" game
 * Misty Island Rescue Karaoke music video
 * Sir Topham Hatt Karaoke music video

UK DVD:
 * Misty Island Rescue sing-along song
 * Water (Down at the Station)
 * "The Search for Thomas" game
 * "The Fat Controller" song (only after completing the Search for Thomas game)

Trivia

 * This special was shown in select US and UK theaters.
 * This is the first special to be released on Blu-ray.
 * Ferdinand says "That's right!" sixteen times during the special.
 * This special marks Diesel 10's first speaking role since Calling All Engines, although he made a cameo in The Great Discovery.
 * Diesel has a different horn sound.
 * The narrator reads the title at the start of the movie, but no title card is shown as he says it, like it did in Hero of the Rails.
 * Jules de Jongh is mentioned in the UK credits despite not having a role.
 * In the Fat Controllers trailer, while he is on the phone, his calender has a promo picture of Thomas. And, apparently, the events of this special take place in April.

Goofs

 * It's said that this is the first time Thomas left Sodor. He has, however, left at least three times before.
 * The way Thomas is transported off of Sodor is very dangerous; Thomas should not have been in steam, and his driver and fireman should not have stayed in his cab.
 * In real life, neither the Shake Shake Bridge nor the zip line would be able to hold an engines weight.
 * The way Thomas transfers from his raft to the Misty Island railway is unrealistic. There should be buffers at the end of the line.
 * It seems illogical that none of the engines on Sodor knew about the logging locos. As Misty Island seems to only be a few miles away.
 * Diesel wouldn't have been able to outrun Thomas, as Class 08 shunters have a max speed of 15 or 20 mph.
 * Diesel would never have been able to keep his balance on the edge of the bridge. His spinning wheels would have caused the rails to bend, making him fall.
 * When Diesel leaves the docks, he wasn't coupled to the flatbeds. However, when the flatbeds are hanging ever the edge of the bridge, they're coupled up to him.
 * Why would a railway line be built through a hollow tree?
 * There seems to be no people living or working on Misty Island, yet there's a logging camp, machines, a railway, and locomotives.
 * The logs hitting Thomas would have caused a lot more damage than shown.
 * When Hee-Haw starts, it just splutters and shakes. There isn't a crew controlling it, and its pistons don't even move.
 * It's unsafe for steam engines to travel underground over long distances. The smoke and steam would make the air toxic and suffocate the engine's crew.
 * The length of the Misty Island Tunnel seems to be shorter than the distance between the two islands.
 * The logging engines run out of oil, but they still have plenty of logs in their bunkers. Why didn't they burn that instead? And if they're oil-burning locomotives, why do they bother carrying logs at all?
 * When Whiff and Percy first go into the tunnel, they are facing Thomas with Whiff in front, and Percy behind. But as they're leaving, Whiff and Percy are facing the exit, with Percy between Thomas and Whiff.
 * Wouldn't hitting the blockade have caused damage to Thomas and Whiff?
 * How come two engines can easily break the blockade away when four engines couldn't?
 * What was the point of bringing Gordon, James, and Edward to Misty Island?
 * When the Fat Controller peers into the Misty Island tunnel, Whiff has no lamp. In the next shot, he does.
 * A breakvan should have been added to the train of Jobi Wood.
 * Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt don't know anything about the Misty Island Tunnel, but they've been on Sodor longer than Whiff.