List of Thomas the Tank Engine References in Advertisements

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The following is an alphabetical list of Thomas the Tank Engine-related sightings and references in advertisements.

ABCmouse.com

• In one advertisement, a child is seen sitting on a Thomas & Friends chair.

Ann Clark

• The train cookie cutter product has a train-shaped cookie on the back of the card that bears a resemblance to Thomas. The product's page on the website reads:

“

Don't let it leave the station without you! Sound your horn for the 4 5/8" Locomotive Train Engine Cookie Cutter. "Thomas the Train" would approve.

”

The Angry Birds Movie

• A 2016 Facebook post promoting a train themed around The Angry Birds Movie reads:

“

"Watch out Thomas, The Angry Birds Movie train is on its way.

”

Beales

• In 1988, Thomas featured in a Christmas advert for the British department store, Beales (specifically the stores at Bournemouth and Poole). The advert is animated using art by Owen Bell. (video)

Bertha

• Two Australian DVDs of the stop-motion animated series Bertha have "From the makers of Postman Pat and Thomas & Friends" at the top of the front covers. However, no-one who worked on Thomas & Friends worked on Bertha.

Construction Site

Construction Site - Volume 5

• On the back covers of VHS releases of Construction Site, a quote from the Times Educational Supplement says that Construction Site;

"Has more sass than Thomas the Tank Engine"

― The Times Educational Supplement

Doritos

• A TOMY Thomas & Friends Push 'n' Go Thomas V1 appears in one advertisement.

DVD Player

• The Thomas & Friends special The Great Race is featured as a film to play on this DVD player.

E3

• During Bethesda's 2017 E3 presentation, a segment introducing the Creation Club system featured a large purple-coloured Thomas, referencing a popular 2013 mod which introduced various Thomas & Friends characters to Skyrim.

Engrave It

• A Thomas & Friends-themed lunchbox featuring Gordon and Percy appears.

Freeview

• The original CGI models of Thomas, Annie and Clarabel make a brief cameo in a British television advertisement for the Freeview on-demand streaming service, Freeview Play. They can be seen at an Australian railroad crossing as the Freeview car approaches and Thomas' whistle sound is heard. (YouTube)

Fruity Pebbles

• A Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Sodor Bay Bridge was seen in the advert "Parade". (YouTube)

IKEA

• In a 2002 advertisement encouraging parents to keep adult toys out of children's reach, a Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Henry can be seen on the floor. (YouTube)

KAZA

• In a 2021 advertisement, Rotem Sela engages in parkour with some of the advertised furniture as obstacles. A Thomas & Friends Take Along Travel Tote is seen when a boy plays with toy dinosaurs as she jumps in through an open window, lands on the boy's tricycle behind a sofa and rides it to the next shot. (YouTube)

Lewis's

• The Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends stationary set by Kaye & Ward once appeared in a Christmas advert. (YouTube)

NEWSFORCE

• A My First Thomas model of Thomas was seen amongst the gifts advertised for children. (YouTube)

The Little Engine That Could (2011 film)

• The back cover for the film's DVD has the quote:

"Move over Thomas, there's a new train in town!"

― Michael Berick, L.A. Parent Magazine

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Australian version

Loctite

• A Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Clarabel is used on a card of the Stik'N Seal adhesive product.

Perky the Turkey

• A Thomas & Friends book was seen as one of the presents underneath the Christmas tree. (YouTube)

Ronald McDonald House Charities

• A Thomas & Friends Adventures Diamond Run set appears in one advertisement.

Red Nose Day (Australia)

Toys seen at the bottom (centre left)

• In a 2020 Australian Red Nose Day advertisement, a child is seen playing with two Thomas & Friends toys, an ERTL Gordon and a TOMY Sodor Engine Pullback Percy toy.

Smyths

• A CGI Thomas & Friends Push Along Thomas appears in the television advertisement, "Shop Your Way at Smyths Toys". (YouTube)

• A CGI Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go Motorized Thomas with a Fix 'Em Up Friends set truck attached to him, as well as the Building from the same set, with Carly and Sandy, appears in the television advertisement, "Let's Be Kids Together". Thomas also appears to have printed wheels and buffers and a front coupling from the Push Along model of him, along with a lamp and a 3D face instead of a 2D one with printed decals. (YouTube)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

• A few Thomas & Friends toys were seen in an advertisement called "Mia, Mayela y Lucas Cuando Sea Grande Non Awareness" (Mia, Mayela and Lucas When I Grow Up Non Awareness). A Take-n-Play 2014 Thomas, Wooden Railway Molly and a TrackMaster Gator, along with Push Along Thomas, James and Percy appear.

References

Thomas the Tank Engine in Culture

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