Surprises
Air date
29th August 2004 (UK; Short ) 25th September 2004 (CAN; Short ) 3rd October 2004 (US; Short ) 3rd May 2005 (US/CAN; Extended ) 7th July 2005 (AUS ) 30th November 2007 (KOR; Musical/CD ) 1st March 2008 (KOR; CD/DVD ) 23rd April 2015 (UK; Extended )
Surprises is a polka song from the eighth series , dedicated to accidents and incidents that occurred during the series portrayed in the music video. This is the second song to be dedicated to these events, the first being Accidents Will Happen .
Lyrics
Surprises, Surprises
They come all shapes and sizes.
You never know
What's round the bend.
It might delight, it might offend.
That's why there's surprises
With all their highs and lows.
D'you come out top
Or come full stop?
Who knows, who knows, who knows!
You're half way up a hillside
And all is going fine
When all at once a snow slide
Comes right across the line.
You think you're really done for
But help is on its way.
You'd be surprised how often
That someone saves the day.
Surprises, Surprises
They come all shapes and sizes.
You never know
What's round the bend.
It might delight, it might offend.
That's why there's surprises
With all their highs and lows.
D'you come out top
Or come full stop?
Who knows, who knows, who knows!
A day of no surprises
May be dull and flat.
Cause no one knows
What's down the line,
You can be sure of that.
Surprises, Surprises
They come all shapes and sizes.
You never know
What's round the bend.
It might delight, it might offend.
That's why there's surprises
With all their highs and lows.
D'you come out top
Or come full stop?
Who knows, who knows, who knows!
That's why there's surprises
With all their highs and lows.
D'you come out top
Or come full stop?
Who knows, who knows, who knows!
Surprises, Surprises
They come all shapes and sizes.
You never know
What's round the bend.
It might delight, it might offend.
That's why there's surprises
With all their highs and lows.
D'you come out top
Come full stop?
Shine and gleam
Need a clean?
Take the mail
Come off the rail?
Who knows, who knows, who knows!
Characters
Locations
Deleted and Extended Scenes
Snow Engine:
An extended faded beginning of Oliver going past the church.
An extended ending of Oliver and Toad passing the level crossing .
An extended beginning of Oliver applying his brakes.
Not so Hasty Puddings - An edited scene of Elizabeth in the snow without any snow falling.
Thomas and the Tuba - An extended scene of Thomas passing Trevor.
Percy's New Whistle:
A deleted scene of the snowball rolling (short version).
A deleted scene of the snowslide.
An extended shot of the snowball about to hit Percy.
Trivia
This is the only song in the HIT Era to be winter-themed in terms of the shorter version.
A full lyric-less version of the original video was uploaded on the official YouTube channel on June 4th, 2015.
The full version was not released in the UK until it came on the UK official YouTube page on April 23, 2015.
An alternate cut of the shortened version with lyrics aired on television during the eleventh series airing, The Unexpected .
A portion of the song's instrumental intro was heard in the 2006 PC game, Special Delivery where James takes a shortcut to Knapford , and later where he follows Thomas and Harold to the zoo.
In Other Languages
Language
Title
Brazilian Portuguese
Surpresas
Korean
가슴이 두근두근 (DVD ) 비밀놀이 (Musical/CD )
Spanish
Sorpresas
Home Video Releases
UK/AUS
UK DVD Boxsets
AUS DVD Boxsets
US
CAN
DVD Boxsets
ZA
DVD Boxsets
HK
KOR
CDs
Music Video
Series 3
Thomas' Anthem
Series 4
Gone Fishing | Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover | Really Useful Engine | The Island Song | Let's Have a Race | Toby
Series 5
Night Train | Percy's Seaside Trip | Come for the Ride | Harold the Helicopter | Donald's Duck | Sir Topham Hatt | Accidents Will Happen | Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining | It's Great to Be an Engine | The Snow Song
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Shining Time | I Know How the Moon Must Feel | The Locomotion | Some Things Never Leave You | Summer Sunday | The Whistling Song | Girl in Green
Series 6
Boo! Boo! Choo-Choo | Little Engines | Never, Never, Never Give Up | James the Really Splendid Engine | Winter Wonderland | Down by the Docks
Series 7
Five New Engines in the Shed | Troublesome Trucks | The Red Balloon | Salty | The Whistle Song | There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away
Series 8
Sounds | Engine Roll Call | A World Around You | Emily | Surprises | Determination | Patience | Ode to Gordon
Calling All Engines!
Busy | Trying to Do Things Better | Together | The Dream Song
Series 9
Brave | Day and Night | Party Time | Pride | Every Day's a Special Day on Sodor | Buffer Up and Share | Togetherness
Jack and the Pack
The Work Song | One Friendly Family
Series 10
Doing It Right | Favourite Place | H Is for Harold | Navigation | There's Always Something New | Responsibility | Strength
Series 11
The Narrow Gauge Engines
The Great Discovery
Thomas and James are Racing | There's a Job for Everyone | Where, oh Where Is Thomas? | Thomas, You're the Leader
Hero of the Rails
Go, Go Thomas
Series 13
Roll Along
Misty Island Rescue
Misty Island Rescue
Series 14
All You Need | The Fat Controller
Day of the Diesels
Day of the Diesels
Series 15
Hear the Engines Coming
Blue Mountain Mystery
Working Together | Blue Mountain Mystery
Series 16
Thomas and Percy
King of the Railway
Searching Everywhere | It's Gonna Be a Great Day
Series 17
Hey, Hey Thomas! | On a Journey Today
Tale of the Brave
Monsters Everywhere | Tale of the Brave | Let's Be Brave
Series 18
It's Christmas Time | The Best Friends Express
Thomas' YouTube World Tour
Rules and Regulations | That's What Friends are For
Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
Never Overlook a Little Engine | We Make a Team Together
Series 19
There's Snow Place Like Home | Let's Go! | Race with You | Spring is Here!
The Great Race
Will You Won't You | Streamlining | Full of Surprises | You Can Only Be You | The Shooting Star is Coming Through | Be Who You Are, and Go Far
Series 20
Glynn's Christmas Wish | It's Halloween
Journey Beyond Sodor
Somebody Has to be the Favourite | Who's Thomas? | The Hottest Place in Town | I Want to Go Home | We Can't Do Anything | The Most Important Thing Is Being Friends
Series 21
Set Friendship in Motion
Big World! Big Adventures!
Where in the World Is Thomas? | Wake Up | Enda Ulale | We're Friends | Free and Easy | Sometimes You Make a Friend
Series 22
Big World! Big Adventures! | The Journey Never Ends | All the Girls Around the World | The Steam Team | Let's Dream
Series 23
Legend of the Lost Engine | The Sodor Construction Crew | Don't Stop
Series 24
Party Train | How Does it Work? | Fall is So Much Fun | The Little Engine Who Believed | New Year's Day with Thomas
Nursery Rhymes
Six Little Trains | Percy! | Tunnels, Bridges, Tracks and Hills | The Wheels on the Train | Chuff, Chuff, Chuff Along | If You're Happy and You Know It | Another Day on Sodor | Old McColl's Farm | Hickory Tickory Tock | Pop Goes the Diesel! | Thomas Found a Little Lamb | Twinkle, Twinkle Sodor Sky | My Name is Thomas | Five Little Railway Friends | Happy Birthday to You
Miscellaneous
I'm Thomas the Tank Engine | Thomas' Christmas Song | The Official BBC Children in Need Medley | Kids for Character | Courage | Teamwork | Problem Solving | Responsibility | He's So Brave | Friendship | A Thomas Birthday Wish | A Sodor Summertime | Watch Out, Thomas!
Series 1
I'm Gonna Chug | Secret Agents | Chugga-Chugga Snooze Snooze | Knights of the Turntable | I Sure Am Feeling Lucky | A Partner on the Rails | Music is Everywhere | Chasing Rainbows | The Mail Delivery Song | If I Was a Super Train | Get on the Laugh Track | On My Own | Everyone is Afraid a Little | What Brave Engines Do | Between You and Me | Feet, Tailbone, Ribs and Claws | The Number One Engine | What's Awesome About This Place | Blowing Off Steam | A Gift to Remember | Fall Fun | My Rusty Can | Together We Can | He Should Have Given You Back | Celebrate | Song of Sodor
Race for the Sodor Cup
When I Go Fast | The Training Song | Look It's Us
Series 2
You Can't Stop Me! | Fast to Go Slow | Welcome to Sodor | A Mistake is What it Takes | This Was Unexpected | Stuck in the Mud at Night | Christmas Spirit | Good as New | Plow to Have Fun on the Job | Feel the Hush | The World Has a Mind of its Own | What's Really Real | What I Can Do and What I Can't | Peep Peep, We're Counting Sheep | How to Solve a Mystery | Sandy's Strength | The Sodor Shanty | When You Go to Sea | Blues Buddy | Good Sports | Work Together | Friendship Map | Talking Makes it Better | Take a Closer Look | The Waiting Game | The Sights of Sodor
The Mystery of Lookout Mountain
Warning: Biggest Adventure Ahead | A Whole New Place | Job to Do
The Great Bubbly Build
Focus on the FUNction | Put the Fun in Function
Series 3
Worth Doing Right | Abraca-Diesel | Stuff | Instead | I Wish | Make Things Right | Find a New Way | Building Better for Everyone | Slow It on Down | When the Night Comes on | Quackity Quack | Winter Games | The Smells of Sodor
The Christmas Letter Express
Christmastime on the Rails | A Christmas Wish | Ho-Ho-Hold on Santa Claus!
Series 4
Stay on Track with Yourself | The True You | I'm A-Okay
Miscellaneous
Theme Song | Train School Song