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- "Aw, that little piglet is looking at me!"
- ― Thomas giggling at a newborn piglet
Thomas and the Pigs is the eighth episode of the thirteenth series.
Plot
Farmer Trotter asks Thomas to collect some straw for his soon to be born piglets. But on the way, Thomas thinks that there are other things the piglets will like. He sees Percy who gives him some of his milk and then goes off to find anything else. James offers him some of his apples and Thomas accepts, but he still thinks that he needs something else and is given chestnuts from the children, completely filling his flatbed.
When Thomas gets to McColl Farm, Farmer McColl tells Thomas that there is no room for the straw. Thomas then takes the unusual cargo to Farmer Trotter, who tells Thomas that piglets do not need just apples, chestnuts and milk and that the straw is the main priority as soon as they are born. Thomas then gets his flatbed emptied and goes to collect the straw.
On the way, Percy and James try to tell Thomas their ideas about what the piglets would like, but Thomas has no time to listen to them as he is running late. Finally, Thomas collects the straw from Farmer McColl and rushes back to the pig farm. Thomas cannot see the pigs and thinks he is too late, but Farmer Trotter tells him that he is just in time. One of the piglets takes a shine to Thomas, so Farmer Trotter names the piglet Thomas.
Characters
- Thomas
- James
- Percy
- Farmer Trotter
- Farmer McColl
- The Ginger-haired Boy (does not speak)
- The Sodor Dairy Manager (cameo)
- The Dairy Employees (cameos)
- Woodsmen (cameos)
Locations
- Farmer Trotter's Pig Farm
- McColl Farm
- Sodor Dairy
- Chestnut Orchard
- The Viaduct
- Kirk Ronan Junction
- Apple Orchard and Bridge Runby
Cast
UK
- Ben Small as Thomas
- Keith Wickham as James and Percy
- Matt Wilkinson as Farmer McColl and Farmer Trotter
US
- Martin Sherman as Thomas and Percy
- Kerry Shale as James and Farmer Trotter
- William Hope as Farmer McColl
Trivia
- This episode was seen in select US theatres in October 2010.
- This episode marks Farmer Trotter's first speaking role in the CGI series and Farmer McColl’s first speaking role since the eleventh series episode, Don't Be Silly, Billy.
- This episode marks the first time Farmer Trotter is referred to by name.
- The music when Thomas tries to look for food that the piglets might like sound like a remix of the music from Emily's Rubbish and Emily and the Special Coaches when Emily was rushing about.
- The piglet being named after Thomas is similar to the Mini Book, Thomas and the Tiger, where one of the tiger cubs were named after Thomas.
- This would happen again in the episodes Thomas the Babysitter (where a baby is named after Thomas) and Banjo and the Bushfire (where a crocodile is named after Thomas).
Goofs
- Thomas' back cab window blinks when he first leaves McColl Farm.
- When Thomas leaves McColl Farm to empty the incorrect food, the tracks next to him ends.
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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 | |