- “I was trying to find you a welcome present, Hiro - something special from Sodor, but I couldn't find anything. I'm sorry."
"Thomas, my friend. You must not worry. My welcome present is right here. Being here with my friends is the biggest present of all, and the most special present from Sodor, there is nothing more special!” - ― Thomas and Hiro at the welcome party
The Biggest Present of All is the sixteenth episode of the thirteenth series.
Plot
Thomas and Percy are very excited. Hiro is coming back to Sodor because the engines need help with the summer holidaymakers. The Fat Controller tells Hiro to be go to the Steamworks to be checked over and then go to Knapford, where the Fat Controller is secretly throwing a surprise welcome party at Knapford for him. He then tells Percy to collect Lady Hatt and Thomas to tell all the other engines about Hiro's party.
Along with the party, Thomas wants to get Hiro a wonderful gift to celebrate his visit. Thomas first puffs to McColl's Farm where he sees Emily and tells her Hiro is back and wants to get a gift for him. She wishes him good luck, but he unfortunately forgets to tell her about the party. Looking around, Thomas considers giving Hiro a barn to put items in until he thinks that it is too big to take. He then chuffs to the quarry and tells Henry, James, Mavis and Toby about what he is doing, and they wish him good luck but again forgets to tell them about the party. Thomas also looks around the quarry, but all he can see is slate which he sees as too small and leaves.
Thomas soon gets to the Steamworks where he notices a bell and thinks Hiro would like that, but it clangs very loudly when Kevin picks it up and Thomas dismisses it. Later, Thomas arrives at Knapford, but no one is there, as Thomas had not told anybody about the party. Thomas quickly races around the island to tell them, this time not focusing on gifts and soon, they all arrive at Knapford. Thomas apologises for not finding a gift, but Hiro states that he has the best present of all — having all of his friends together. And all the engines know that Hiro is right.
Characters
- Thomas
- Henry
- Percy
- Toby
- Emily
- Hiro
- Victor
- Kevin
- Sir Topham Hatt
- James (does not speak)
- Mavis (does not speak)
- Lady Hatt (does not speak)
- Farmer McColl (does not speak)
- Edward (cameo)
- Gordon (cameo)
- Cranky (cameo)
- Sir Topham Hatt's Assistants (cameos)
- The Teacher (cameo)
- The Bird Watcher (cameo)
- The Ginger-haired Boy (cameo)
- The Blond-haired Boy (cameo)
- The Lady with the Big Hat (cameo)
- The Welsh Bird Watcher (cameo)
- The Female Puppet Show Entertainer (cameo)
- Big Mickey (faceless, cameo)
Locations
Cast
UK
- Ben Small as Thomas and Toby
- Keith Wickham as Henry, Percy and the Fat Controller
- Teresa Gallagher as Emily
- Togo Igawa as Hiro
- Matt Wilkinson as Victor and Kevin
US
- Martin Sherman as Thomas and Percy
- Kerry Shale as Henry, Kevin and Sir Topham Hatt
- William Hope as Toby
- Jules de Jongh as Emily
- Togo Igawa as Hiro
- David Bedella as Victor
Trivia
- This episode was shown in select US theatres in January 2010.
- Kevin still mistakenly calls Thomas "boss", which began when he took over as manager in Steamy Sodor for a short while.
- This is Hiro's first episode appearance.
- In Poland, this episode premiered before Hero of the Rails, so the audience would not have known about Hiro, Victor, Kevin or the Sodor Steamworks.
- This episode as seen in episode compilations from the official YouTube channel is titled The Biggest Present of Them All.
Goofs
- Emily's tender is not rendered properly as it is transparent when Thomas returns to tell her about the party.
- James and Henry swap their whistle sounds as they puff away to shunt trucks.
- Thomas has Henry's whistle sound at the end of the episode.
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| #01 Creaky Cranky | #08 Thomas and the Pigs | #15 Splish Splash Splosh |
| #02 The Lion of Sodor | #09 Time for a Story | #16 The Biggest Present of All |
| #03 Tickled Pink | #10 Percy's Parcel | #17 Snow Tracks |
| #04 Double Trouble | #11 Toby's New Whistle | #18 Henry's Good Deeds |
| #05 Slippy Sodor | #12 A Blooming Mess | #19 Buzzy Bees |
| #06 The Early Bird | #13 Thomas and the Runaway Kite | #20 Hiro Helps Out |
| #07 Play Time | #14 Steamy Sodor | |