- "Sorry, but I have to get this stuff to Vicarstown. Time to waddle on ducks!"
- ― Nia
Nia and the Ducks is the second short of the Short Story Adventures series.
Plot[]
As Nia makes her way to Vicarstown while singing, she stops suddenly to avoid crashing into a family of ducks. Although she adores them initially, the ducks refuse to move out of her way, and to Nia's disappointment they make her miss her clearing as Gordon passes through with an extra long goods train. Not wanting to be delayed further, Nia attempts to make the ducks move and makes multiple noises to try and scare them off, but she succeeds to get them to fly onto her smokebox as Diesel arrives, disappointed in the delay. Gordon soon passes and the light quickly turns green, and much more impatient than Nia, Diesel honks his horn to get her to move, but instead scares her into jumping. This then sends her load of wood skywards, and while she catches half of it, the rest ends up trapping Diesel in a house-like cage. He then reveals he also has to go to Vicarstown, and is less than enthused when Nia's solution is to simply load him (still in his cage) onto her flatbed and head off to Vicarstown, but he relents after a duckling begins tickling his nose.
Characters[]
Locations[]
- Vicarstown (mentioned)
Cast[]
UK[]
- Aaron Barashi as Thomas
- Neil Crone as Gordon
- Sade Smith as Nia
- Henry Harrison as Diesel
US[]
- Meesha Contreras as Thomas
- Neil Crone as Gordon
- Talia Evans as Nia
- Shomoy James Mitchell as Diesel
Trivia[]
- This is the second time Diesel gets made out of a house by wood planks. The first was in the Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go first series episode, A Thomas Promise.
- After Gordon passes with his long train, he is seen pulling some rubbish from the episode, A Thomas Promise, the sand cars from the first series episode, Sandy's Sandy Shipment, and one of the houses from the first series episode, A Wide Delivery.
- This is the first short not to feature any reboot-exclusive characters.
- This short has a similarity to the second series episode Cows and twentieth series episode Diesel and the Ducklings from the original television series.
- Despite this being the second short, it was aired as the twentieth on US television.
Goofs[]
- In the UK dub, Gordon's line "Good morning, Nia!" is reused from the US dub.
In Other Languages[]
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
| Brazilian Portuguese | Nia e os Patinhos |
| German | Nia und die Enten |
| Greek | Η Νία και ο Πάπιες |
| Italian | Nia e le paperelle |
| Japanese | ニアとカモさん |
| Latin American Spanish | Los patos de Nia |
| Polish | Nia i kaczki |
| #01 Diesel's Rules | #10 Surprise! | #19 Confetti Car Kerfuffle |
| #02 Nia and the Ducks | #11 Too Loud Nia | #20 Skiff Upon the Sea |
| #03 Muddy Thomas | #12 Lighthouse Disco | |
| #04 Kana and the Butterflies | #13 Horrible Hiccups | |
| #05 Percy's Perfect Place | #14 The Big Balloon Breakout | |
| #06 Crystal Cavern | #15 Sandy Tidies Up | |
| #07 James and the Dragon | #16 Carly and Cranky's Big Lift Off | |
| #08 Diesel's Seagull | #17 Hay, Now! | |
| #09 Thomas and the Troublesome Trucks | #18 Red Light, Green Light | |