- “My new friend Hong-Mei and I make a great team! After all, what could be better than two number ones?”
- ― Thomas
Number One Engine is the first episode of the twenty-second series.
Plot
While working on the Chinese Railway, Thomas is late picking up An An and Yin-Long. Later on when he is working on the line, he brags to them about being the fastest No. 1 engine, but Hong-Mei begs to differ that she is the No. 1 engine. The two of them decide to race together to see who is the fastest, but while racing Thomas is going too fast on a different track and is not looking, so he derails and realises how silly he is. Hong-Mei soon comes to help Thomas back onto the tracks and both the engines realise that it is okay for both of them to be No. 1 engines.
Characters
- Thomas
- Yong Bao
- Hong-Mei
- An An and Yin-Long
- A Guard
- Annie and Clarabel (fantasy)
- Sir Topham Hatt (fantasy)
Locations
- China
- The Mainland
- Island of Sodor (fantasy)
- Vicarstown Bridge (fantasy)
Cast
UK and AUS
- John Hasler as Thomas
- Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
- Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt
- Dan Li as Yong Bao
- Chipo Chung as Hong-Mei
- Siu-see Hung as An An
- Windson Liong as Yin-Long and the Chinese Guard
US and CAN
- Joseph May as Thomas
- Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
- Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt
- Dan Li as Yong Bao
- Chipo Chung as Hong-Mei
- Siu-see Hung as An An
- Windson Liong as Yin-Long and the Chinese Guard
Trivia
- This is the first episode of several things:
- The first episode released under the Big World! Big Adventures! rebrand.
- The first episode that uses the new intro and outro titles.
- The first episode to feature an on-screen character (Thomas) as the narrator since the fourth series episode, Granpuff and the first production since Thomas and the Magic Railroad to have a first-person narrative.
- The first episode that does not take place on Sodor and the first episode to take place in China.
- The first episode to feature fantasy sequences.
- Yong Bao's first appearance in an episode.
- The first episode since the twelfth series episode, Best Friends to have a running time of seven minutes.
- The first episode since the twentieth series episode, Skiff and the Mermaid to be dubbed into German.
- The first episode since the nineteenth series episode, Diesel's Ghostly Christmas to be dubbed into Norwegian.
- The first episode since the eighteenth series episode, Millie and the Volcano to be dubbed into Danish.
- The first episode since the fourteenth series episode, Henry's Magic Box to be dubbed into Swedish.
- The first episode since the fifteenth series episode, Fiery Flynn to be dubbed into Finnish.
- Siu-see Hung and Windson Liong join the cast.
- Sir Topham Hatt as the moon is a parody to the moon in Le Voyage dans la Lune.
- Before its UK broadcast, this episode was shown at the Princess Anne Theatre (BAFTA) in London alongside Forever and Ever, What Rebecca Does and Banjo and the Bushfire on Saturday September 1st, 2018.
- On Nickelodeon in the US, this episode was originally due to air with Thomas in the Wild, but What Rebecca Does was featured instead. Future reruns, Nick On Demand and the Nick Jr. website feature the correct episode. Sometime later, it was repaired with Forever and Ever in the airings.
Goofs
- Throughout the episode, Hong-Mei's brake van switches between a BR 20 Ton Brake Van and an SR 25 Ton Brake Van.
- Most of the ground is not flattened properly.
In Other Languages
Language | Title |
---|---|
Brazilian Portuguese | A Locomotiva Número Um |
Chinese | 一号小火车 |
Czech | Lokomotiva číslo jedna |
Danish | Lokomotiv nummer et |
Dutch | De Nummer Één Locomotief |
Finnish | Vetureiden ykkönen |
German | Die Lok Nummer 1 |
Hebrew | קטר מספר אחת |
Hungarian | Az egyes számú mozdony |
Italian | La Locomotiva Numero Uno |
Japanese | いちばんのきかんしゃ |
Norwegian | Lokomotiv nummer én |
Polish | Lokomotywa Numer 1 |
Russian | Отличная команда |
Spanish | La Locomotora Número Uno (LA) Locomotora Número Uno (SPN) |
Swedish | Ånglok nummer ett |
Home Media Releases
UK
AUS
- Here Comes the Steam Team!
GER
- Big World! Big Adventures! - China (German DVD/CD)
FIN/SWE/NOR/DEN
- Here Comes the Steam Team!
#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 | |