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This article is about the tenth series song. You may be looking for the 2018 song, the magazine story or the 1988 annual story.

Responsibility, also known as Happy and Sad or What Makes an Engine Happy, is the last song from the tenth series, dedicated to the feelings of happiness and sadness.

Lyrics

[Chorus]
What makes an engine happy?
What makes an engine sad?
It all depends what's happened
and the type of day you've had.
What makes an engine happy
Won't make an engine sad.
So many things can make your day
a good one or a bad.
[Verse 1]
Chuffing children to the sea
will make an engine smile.
Or racing through the countryside
for mile on mile on mile.
Just being really useful
will make an engine's day.
Or going somewhere different
making new friends on the way.
(Chorus)
[Verse 2]
Running out of water?
Yes, it makes an engine sad.
Breaking down or being late
makes an engine feel so bad.
Getting stuck up Gordon's Hill
won't please Sir Topham Hatt.
But, don't despair 'cause everyone
has days that go like that.
(Chorus x2)


Characters

Locations

Footage Used

Learning Segments

Deleted Scenes

  • Thomas and the Tuba - Percy leaving Maithwaite Station
  • Toby Feels Left Out - A deleted scene of Toby rolling his eyes after his accident.
  • Henry and the Flagpole - Henry pulling coal trucks out of the tunnel.
  • Unknown - A scene of Harold flying over all the narrow gauge engines.

Trivia

  • This song was released in theatres in the US on Thomas and Friends on the Big Screen on 8 September 2007.
  • An unused CGI version also exists, in turn it was originally uploaded on YouTube before being deleted.
  • An instrumental of the short version on the China DVD Sing-a-Long 4 DVD.
  • Despite the title, the song never mentions responsibility.

Goof

  • A question mark is put every time the line "What makes an engine happy" is shown. The fifth line of the chorus clarifies that this isn't a question as the sixth line of the chorus says "Won't make an engine sad".

In Other Languages

Language Title
Brazilian Portuguese O Que Alegra Uma Locomotiva
Japanese うれしいこと かなしいこと
Latin American Spanish Responsabilidad (Feliz y Triste)

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