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Stories and Stunts

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Stories and Stunts is a series of online videos featuring merchandise of the characters on a homemade diorama-style background in the middle of a plot point. The videos are narrated by children, and unlike past videos, the characters interact with the narrator. Homemade figurines were also used as human characters, much like the Thomas Creator Collective. Speaking of the TCC, this series got the TCC cancelled and replaced it. It is inferior to the TCC. The first video was uploaded to the official YouTube channel on 31 August 2019.

Despite the video titles saying that the videos are stop-motion, it's actually not stop-motion.

Thomas in the City

Thomas in the City is the first Stories and Stunts video, uploaded on 31 August 2019.

Plot

During a passenger round in the big city, Thomas gets caught up in a race with Bulstrode.

Characters

Merchandise

Trivia

  • Throughout the video, a remix of Thomas's original theme can be heard.
  • Thomas' drawbridge jump is similar to his jump over Vicarstown Bridge in The Great Race.
  • Much of the footage is sped up during the race, with the stunts being filmed in slow motion.

Goofs

  • As Thomas tells the narrator his job, he passes a set of points with one side having no buffers despite being a dead end. The footage is also mirrored as his lamp is on the left-hand side, and for a split-second, his number is backwards.
  • When Thomas leaves the station, his wheels move before he actually departs.
  • Emily is missing her tender during a transition.
  • Fishing line is visible throughout many of the movement scenes.
  • For a split second, Rebecca's tender is missing and she has a open wagon in its place.
  • When Bulstrode meets up with Thomas, James' tender can be seen on its side, and there are wooden tracks piled beside Cranky. Cranky also has tracks leading underneath him that end without buffers.
  • Adhesive can be seen in front of Thomas' rear wheel and behind his funnel whenever he talks to Bulstrode.
  • The drawbridge opens all the way, but when Thomas jumps it, the halves are farther apart, and the pieces are only raised by a fraction.
  • During the race, as Thomas is jumping onto tracks on skyscrapers, he lands with his rear wheels derailed.

Video

Thomas' Mountain Run

Thomas' Mountain Run is the second Stories and Stunts video, uploaded on 7 September 2019.

Plot

Thomas's joyride through the mountains gets jeopardised when his loud singing creates an avalanche.

Characters

Merchandise

Trivia

  • The boulders and building at the top of the mountain are from the TrackMaster "Cave Collapse Set."

Video

Gordon's Tall Tales

Gordon's Tall Tales is the third Stories and Stunts video, uploaded on 14 September 2019.

Plot

Gordon tells the other engines about a loop-de-loop track that some engines weren't able to pass by. However, Thomas, on the other hand thinks that he can manage it.

Characters

Merchandise

Trivia

  • A cat appears during Charlie's loop attempt and the final scene.
  • A snippet of Thomas' original theme can be heard after the Steam Team head for the loop.

Goofs

  • At the start, Hurricane could be seen with Lexi's chassis and Emily's tender.
  • When Gordon tells his stories, he is on the roof with no clear way to get up there and Thomas, James, Percy and Emily are not on the track. The tender engines are also missing their tenders.
  • Adhesive and visible fishing line can be seen whenever the engines move.
  • The loop track is clearly meant for a diecast car range and the James model in the sequence is missing the tender. Victor also has his rear wheels derailed.
  • When everyone reacts to Thomas' declaration, the turntable has visible adhesive patches.
  • When Thomas jumps the loop, the others are off the track and while adhesive is seen on Percy's boiler, Gordon's has clay. Thomas also has adhesive below his coupling when he goes down towards the loop (some can also be seen on the track before he drops). Adhesive can also be seen on Gordon's wheels towards the end.
  • Diesel 10 makes chuffing noises when he goes on the loop de loop track, despite him being a diesel locomotive and not a steam locomotive.

Video

Thomas the Explorer

Thomas the Explorer is the fourth Stories and Stunts video, uploaded on 21 September 2019.

Plot

Thomas and his nervous sidekick Percy explore the old forest to find the loudest whistle ever.

Characters

Merchandise

Trivia

  • The title is reminescint of Dora the Explorer.

Goofs

  • Percy's TrackMaster model has a Henry/Flying Scotsman chassis during the first half of the video. Due to this, he has six wheels instead of four.
  • When Percy lands after falling through the trapdoor, he lands with his front wheels derailed, which the set obscures.
  • The vines in real life would've snapped under the weight of Thomas and Percy.
  • Visible adhesive and fishing line can be seen whenever Thomas and Percy move while stationary.
  • The fallen tree has a track built into the trunk, which also has no tracks leading to it before Thomas tries to jump it (which again are obscured).
  • The hill only has one track near the top, but at the cliff, it gains a second row, both of which don't end in buffers.
  • The whistle has visible fishing line when thrown.
  • Percy's mouth is smaller than the whistle's lip.
  • Thomas has visible adhesive under his magnet near the end. He also manages to turn around without track.

Video

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