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- "I was happy to be really really useful pulling goods and taking passengers and it was like I had my very own musical soundtrack!"
- ― Thomas
Batucada is the sixth episode of the twenty-third series.
Plot
People are getting ready for the carnival and its music (which is known as Batucada) is heard at the Docks where Thomas and Gabriela are working. Thomas enjoys the music and wishes he could stay to listen, but he has some vehicle parts and iron pellets to deliver. While Thomas is delivering his trucks, his loads begin making a rhythmic noise that Fernando compliments Thomas on and tells him he could do it for the carnival.
Thomas soon comes across a batucada band playing their music. Unfortunately, they have missed their train, so Thomas gives them a lift in his brake van. This makes Thomas feel happy to be really useful and to have the music playing along with him. After Thomas drops the band off, they offer to have him be part of the carnival and start once he comes back around.
Thomas soon drops off his trucks and leaves to get to the carnival, but is dismayed that he does not have his musical trucks with him and tries to take something else. He then bumps into a tanker and thinks he can use it, but it makes a horrible clanking sound just as he arrives at the carnival. The people do not like the sound of it, and the band leader tells Thomas that they did not need his musical trucks to kickstart the carnival; they just needed his whistle. This makes Thomas happy to be part of the carnival.
Characters
- Thomas
- Gabriela
- Fernando
- Cassia
- The Batucada Players
- The Teacher (cameo)
- The Indian Fashion Designer (cameo)
- Gordon (cylinders only)
- Theo (cogs only)
Locations
Cast
UK
- John Hasler as Thomas
- Monica Lopera as Gabriela
- Laura Cucurullo as Cassia and Female Batucada Player
- Gabriel Porras as Fernando
- Francisco Labbe as a Batucada Player
- Federico Trujillo as a Batucada Player and a Workman
US
- Joseph May as Thomas
- Monica Lopera as Gabriela
- Laura Cucurullo as Cassia and Female Batucada Player
- Gabriel Porras as Fernando
- Francisco Labbe as a Batucada Player
- Federico Trujillo as a Batucada Player and a Workman
Trivia
- Going by production order, this is the eighth episode of the twenty-third series.
- During Thomas' fantasy, he plays a variation of Big World! Big Adventures!.
- This is the first time a one-word title has been used for an episode since the eighth series episode Halloween and also the last episode to feature a one-word title in the original series until the Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go episode, Blackout!.
- This episode is named after the Batucada, a substyle of Samba with a percussive style.
- This episode marks a few things for Fernando:
- His first appearance in an episode.
- His only speaking role in an episode.
- His only speaking role in the twenty-third series.
- The only time he is referred to by name.
- His last speaking role.
- Federico Trujillo joins the cast.
- The top part of the calliope that was used in Thomas' fantasy was taken from the sixteenth series episode, Percy and the Calliope.
- Amongst the parts on Thomas' flatbed are some of Theo's cogwheels and one of Gordon's cylinders painted grey.
- On the Nick Jr. US airing of this episode, it was paired with Gordon Gets the Giggles.
Goofs
- In the first scene of Thomas talking to Gabriela, he is sunken into the rails.
Merchandise
- Magazine Stories - Batucada (2023)
In Other Languages
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
| Arabic | المهرجان |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Batucada |
| Czech | Batukáda |
| Dutch | Batucada |
| Estonian | Batucada |
| German | Karneval in Rio |
| Indonesian | Batucada |
| Italian | Batucada |
| Japanese | トーマスとカーニバル |
| Korean | 바투카다 |
| Latin American Spanish | Batucada |
| Latvian | Batukada |
| Lithuanian | Samba |
| Polish | Batucada |
| Romanian | Batucada |
| Russian | Батукада |
| Spanish | ¡Batucada! |
| Turkish | Batucada |
| Vietnamese | Bữa Tiệc Âm Nhac Batucada |
Home Media Releases
UK
NL
External Links
| #01 Free the Roads | #09 Diesel Do Right | #17 Lorenzo's Solo |
| #02 Crowning Around | #10 Grudge Match | #18 Deep Trouble |
| #03 Chucklesome Trucks | #11 Panicky Percy | #19 Too Loud, Thomas! |
| #04 The Other Big Engine | #12 Laid Back Shane | #20 Diesel Glows Away |
| #05 Heart of Gold | #13 Rangers of the Rails | Special #01 Steam Team to the Rescue |
| #06 Batucada | #14 Wish You Were Here | Special #02 All Tracks Lead to Rome |
| #07 Gordon Gets the Giggles | #15 Out of Site | Special #03 Mines of Mystery |
| #08 Thomas Makes a Mistake | #16 First Day on Sodor! | |