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- "Cinders and ashes!"
"Exactly! Leaving a campfire burning could start a bushfire which could spread through the whole rainforest!" - ― Thomas and Ranger Jill
Banjo and the Bushfire is the twenty-fourth episode of the twenty-second series.
Plot
While delivering food supplies, a careless Thomas almost squashes a Kuranda tree frog when one of his food bags come loose from one of the trucks and is warned by another engine called Tamika to be careful, because of how the tree frogs are endangered. She then tells Thomas about it being amongst several animals that are endangered and hopes that they can keep it like that.
While getting some water, Thomas befriends a koala named Banjo before encounters a ranger called Jill who is trying to rescue a kookaburra. Whilst trying to find it, she hears its cry in the distance and asks Thomas for a lift, for which he agrees. Ranger Jill finds the kookaburra with some rubbish on its head that was not thrown away, as well as a campfire that was not put out. She then attempts to warn Thomas about whistling loudly in the forest for fear of scaring the animals.
After rescuing a baby crocodile that has not hatched yet, Jill travels to return it when Thomas attempts to shoo Banjo, the same koala he met at the water station, from the tracks. After Tamika and Jill tell Thomas that he is not treating the animals in the right way, Jill thinks that maybe Thomas should not help her.
Whilst delivering his trucks, Thomas notices a campfire that looks quite big, only to find that it is actually a bush fire and the animals are in danger. With the koalas being too slow to evacuate, Ranger Jill sets out to rescue them. She is able to get them all, but Thomas notices that Banjo is not with the others and attempts to find him. He does so and brings him back to Jill. After she and Tamika congratulate Thomas for what he has done, the baby crocodile that Jill found hatches out of its shell and she decides to name it "Thomas".
Characters
- Thomas
- Tamika
- Ranger Jill
- Annie and Clarabel (fantasy)
- Sir Topham Hatt (fantasy)
- Little Thomas (fantasy)
- Albert's Wife (cameo; fantasy)
Locations
- Australia
- Island of Sodor (fantasy)
- Knapford (fantasy)
- Knapford Station Yard (fantasy)
- Knapford (fantasy)
Cast
UK
- John Hasler as Thomas
- Rose Robinson as Tamika
- Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
- Keith Wickham as the Fat Controller
- Tariro Mavondo as Ranger Jill
US
- Joseph May as Thomas
- Rose Robinson as Tamika
- Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
- Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt
- Tariro Mavondo as Ranger Jill
Trivia
- Going by production order, this is the twenty-fifth episode of the twenty-second series.
- This is the only episode of the twenty-second series for two things:
- The only episode set in Australia where Shane, Isla, Aubrey and Aiden are absent.
- Tamika and Ranger Jill's only appearances in the twenty-second series while being the only episode of the twenty-second series set in Australia not to have Shane Jacobson, Rachael Miller, Genevieve McCarthy and Tim Bain as part of the voice cast.
- This is the last episode to be written by Tim Bain.
- Tariro Mavondo and Rose Robinson join the voice cast.
- This is the third time in the television series a newborn or living thing has been named after Thomas, with the first being one of Farmer Trotter's piglets in the thirteenth series episode, Thomas and the Pigs and the second being Albert and his wife's baby in the nineteenth series episode, Thomas the Babysitter.
- Before its UK broadcast, this episode was shown at the Princess Anne Theatre (BAFTA) in London alongside Number One Engine, Forever and Ever and What Rebecca Does on Saturday, 1st September 2018.
- The design of the bag caught on the bird resembles the standard design manufactured by Lay's.
- This episode focuses on Goal 15: Life on Land as it was part of Mattel's partnership with the United Nations to promote 6 of the chosen Sustainable Development Goals.
- On the Nick Jr. US airing of this episode, it was paired with Counting on Nia.
Goofs
- When Thomas is speeding down the line, the chuffing sound effect does not match with how fast he is going.
Merchandise
- Magazine Story - Banjo and the Bushfire (2024)
Home Media Releases
UK/AUS
GER
In Other Languages
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| #01 Number One Engine | #10 Outback Thomas | #19 Cyclone Thomas |
| #02 Forever and Ever | #11 School of Duck | #20 Kangaroo Christmas |
| #03 Confusion Without Delay | #12 Tiger Trouble | #21 Thomas and the Dragon |
| #04 Trusty Trunky | #13 Seeing Is Believing | #22 Rosie is Red |
| #05 What Rebecca Does | #14 Apology Impossible | #23 The Case of the Puzzling Parts |
| #06 Thomas Goes to Bollywood | #15 The Water Wheel | #24 Banjo and the Bushfire |
| #07 Thomas in the Wild | #16 Samson and the Fireworks | #25 Counting on Nia |
| #08 Thomas and the Monkey Palace | #17 Runaway Truck | #26 Hunt the Truck |
| #09 An Engine of Many Colours | #18 Thomas' Animal Ark | |