- "So, do you like your surprise party?"
"I love it! So much, that it's really more like a shock party." - ― Thomas and Nia
Nia's Surprising Surprise is the forty-ninth episode of the first series of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go.
Plot[]
Nia is planning a big party to celebrate the anniversary of her arrival on Sodor, but she finds that her friends don't remember her anniversary and are too busy to even talk about it.
Characters[]
- Thomas
- Gordon
- James
- Percy
- Nia
- Diesel
- Kana
- Carly
- Sandy
- Cranky
- Troublesome Trucks (singing only)
- Annie and Clarabel (singing only)
- Sir Topham Hatt (singing only)
- Henry (cameo)
- Bulstrode (cameo)
Locations[]
Cast[]
UK[]
- Aaron Barashi as Thomas
- Will Harrison-Wallace as Gordon and Cranky
- Tom Dussek as James and Sir Topham Hatt
- Henri Charles as Percy
- Sade Smith as Nia
- Henry Harrison as Diesel
- Chloe Raphael as Kana
- Eva Mohamed as Carly
- Holly Dixon as Sandy
- Wendy Patterson as Annie and Clarabel
- Jai Armstrong as the Troublesome Trucks
US[]
- Meesha Contreras as Thomas
- Neil Crone as Gordon
- Luke Marty as James
- Charlie Zeltzer as Percy
- Talia Evans as Nia
- Jenna Warren as Carly
- Glee Dango as Sandy
- Jamie Watson as Bulstrode
- Cory Doran as Cranky
- Bruce Dow as Sir Topham Hatt
Song[]
Trivia[]
- From the episode onwards, Henry regains his whistle sound from the original series.
- This episode marks the first of a few things:
- The first and currently only episode of All Engines Go to be written by a writer from the original series and this is also the only episode to be written by Michael White.
- The first episode in which Carly pulls rolling stock.
- Aside from singing the song, the Troublesome Trucks, Annie, Clarabel, and Sir Topham Hatt have no dialogue in this episode.
Goofs[]
- In the aerial view of Brendam Docks:
- Gordon is missing his tender and in the next scene, his rolling stock disappears.
- James' lamp is on the wrong side of his running board and his number is missing.
- Henry's running board is red, his cylinders, cab windows, some of his wheel arches and his back trailing wheels are missing, and his tender has six wheels as opposed to four.
In Other Languages[]
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
| Brazilian Portuguese | A Incrível Surpresa de Nia |
| French | La surprenante surprise de Nia |
| German | Nias Jubiläumsparty |
| Japanese | ニアのカンペキなパーティー |
| Polish | Niespodzianka dla Nii |
| Spanish | La Sorprendente Sorpresa de Nia |