Where in the World Is Thomas?

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Where in the World Is Thomas?
Writer(s)	Andrew Brenner
Singer(s)	Keith Wickham Rob Rackstraw Teresa Gallagher Nicola Stapleton Kerry Shale Steven Kynman Tim Whitnall Matt Wilkinson Bob Golding (dialogue only) Nigel Pilkington (UK) Christopher Ragland (US) William Hope (US) Jules de Jongh (US) John Hasler (UK; dialogue only) Joseph May (US; dialogue only)
Composer(s)	Kevin Roberge Carl Taylor Noah Berg
Director(s)	David Stoten

"Where in the World Is Thomas?" or "Where's Thomas?" is the first song featured in Big World! Big Adventures!.

Lyrics

Bertie (spoken): Thomas?

Percy (spoken): Thomas? Has anyone seen Thomas?

Toby (spoken): Thomas? (Thomas? Thomas?)

Gordon: He could have bashed into some buffers

Diesel: Or dropped down into a mine

Percy: Or rolled into the ocean 'cause he passed a danger sign

Rosie: He could be stuck inside a tunnel with no steam to move at all

Edward: Or crashed into a stationmaster's house

Knapford Stationmaster: Right through a wall

Toby: He could've strayed into a woodland on a track that's overgrown

Paxton: Or found a secret tunnel to some island that's unknown

Sidney (spoken): That doesn't make any sense! How could there be an island around here that's unknown?

Paxton (spoken): What if it was always covered in mist?

Sidney (spoken): That sounds very mist-erious!

Marion: He could be caught up in a landslide

Bill: Or have fallen off a bridge

Ben: Or tried to climb a mountain

Timothy: And be stuck up on a ridge!

James: He could've been derailed when he was trying to win a race

Imprisoned in a Steelworks!

Percy: Or be lost in outer space!

The Fat Controller (spoken): Fat Controller to Major Thomas... come in Major Thomas

Stop messing around, you're causing confusion and delay!

James: He could've gone up to some other place that we don't even know!

Henry: He could be almost anywhere!

The Fat Controller Oh, where did Thomas go?

Percy (spoken): We don't know, sir!

The Fat Controller (spoken): Well, keep looking!

All: He could be anywhere, anywhere, anywhere (Where's Thomas?)

He could be anywhere, anywhere, anywhere (Where's Thomas?)

He could be anywhere, anywhere in the world

Emily (spoken): Sir, sir, sir! I found out what happened to Thomas!

The Fat Controller (spoken): Alright, Emily. Calm down, and tell me slowly.

Emily (spoken): Thomas went down to the Docks, sir. And... and Carly loaded him onto a ship!

The Fat Controller: She did what? But... that means... he could be anywhere in the world!

He could be checking out the pyramids while floating down the Nile

Or in the outback of Australia with a crocodile

He could be in Paris, sitting by the Eiffel Tower

Or chilling in Antarctica...

Dowager Hatt: He wouldn't last an hour!

The Fat Controller: He could be in the Himalayas taking in the mountain air

Or acting like a tourist in the heart of Time's Square!

Percy (spoken): Are there tracks there?

James (spoken): Of course! The subway goes right through it.

Percy (spoken): You mean he's gone underground?

Thomas (spoken): Hello! Hello?

The Fat Controller: He could be in Rio de Janeiro as the carnival goes by

Or out on Easter Islands saying "hi" to a moai

Thomas (spoken): Hi!

Moai Head (spoken): Hi.

The Fat Controller: He could be on an African safari racing a zebra

Or in Venice on a gondola!

Dowager Hatt (spoken): Don't be preposterous! He's a tank engine. He can't fit in a gondola!

The Fat Controller (spoken): Well he could if it was a rather large gondola

He could be wrestling a sumo in a match in Tokyo

He could be almost anywhere

Oh, where did Thomas go?

Henry (spoken): We still don't know, sir!

The Fat Controller (spoken): Well, we have to find him. He's my number one engine.

All: He could be anywhere, anywhere, anywhere (Where's Thomas?)

He could be anywhere, anywhere, anywhere (Where's Thomas?)

He could be anywhere, anywhere in the world

The Fat Controller: Oh Thomas, where could you be?

Characters

• Thomas
• Edward
• Henry
• Gordon
• James
• Percy
• Toby
• Emily
• Bill and Ben
• Rosie
• Timothy
• Diesel
• Sidney
• Paxton
• Marion
• Bertie
• Harold
• Captain
• Cranky
• Big Mickey
• Sir Topham Hatt
• Dowager Hatt
• Carly (does not speak)
• Duck (cameo)
• Stanley (cameo)
• Charlie (cameo)
• Mavis (cameo)
• 'Arry and Bert (cameos)
• Norman (cameo)
• Philip (cameo)
• Stafford (cameo)
• Winston (cameo)
• Henrietta (cameo)
• Ferdinand (portrait cameo)

Locations

• Island of Sodor
  • Knapford
    • Knapford Yards
  • Ffarquhar Quarry
    • Mavis' Shed
  • Maron
  • Arlesburgh Harbour
    • Arlesburgh Maritime Museum
  • Conrad's Bridge
  • Crosby Tunnel
  • Sodor China Clay Company
  • Vicarstown
    • Vicarstown Dieselworks (map only)
  • Sodor Search and Rescue Centre
  • Brendam Docks
  • Maithwaite (portrait)
  • The Lead Mines (mentioned)
  • Misty Island Tunnel (mentioned)
  • Tidmouth (map only)
    • Tidmouth Sheds
    • The Tidmouth Stationmaster's House
  • Harwick (map only)
  • Arlesburgh West (map only)
  • Arlesdale (map only)
  • Ulfstead Castle (map only)
  • Wellsworth (map only)
  • Blue Mountain Quarry (map only)
  • Ballahoo (map only)
  • Norramby (map only)
  • Sodor Castle (map only)
• China
  • Himalayas
• United States
  • Times Square
• Brazil
  • Rio de Janeiro
• Easter Island
• Egypt (map only)
  • River Nile (map only)
• Australia (map only)
  • The Outback (map only)
• France (map only)
  • Paris (map only)
  • Eiffel Tower (map only)
• Japan (mentioned)
  • Tokyo (mentioned)
• The Mainland (mentioned)
  • The Steelworks (mentioned)
  • Barrow-in-Furness (map only)
• Misty Island (mentioned)

Cast

UK

• John Hasler as Thomas
• Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, Bertie, Captain, the Fat Controller, Dowager Hatt and the Knapford Stationmaster
• Rob Rackstraw as James, Toby and Big Mickey
• Nigel Pilkington as Percy
• Teresa Gallagher as Emily and Marion
• Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
• Tim Whitnall as Bill, Timothy and the Moai Head
• Matt Wilkinson as Ben
• Kerry Shale as Diesel and Harold
• Steven Kynman as Paxton
• Bob Golding as Sidney

US

• Joseph May as Thomas
• William Hope as Edward and Toby
• Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon, Diesel and Harold
• Rob Rackstraw as James and Big Mickey
• Christopher Ragland as Percy
• Jules de Jongh as Emily
• Keith Wickham as Bertie, Captain, Sir Topham Hatt, Dowager Hatt and the Knapford Stationmaster
• Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
• Tim Whitnall as Bill, Timothy and the Moai Head
• Matt Wilkinson as Ben
• Steven Kynman as Paxton
• Bob Golding as Sidney
• Teresa Gallagher as Marion

Trivia

• Numerous references to past episodes and specials are made throughout the song:
  • A reference to the first series episode, Down the Mine is made by Diesel.
  • A reference to the second series episode, Percy Takes the Plunge is made by Percy.
  • A reference and a CGI recreation of a scene from the second series episode, Thomas Comes to Breakfast are made by Edward.
  • A reference to the fourth series episode, Thomas and the Special Letter is made by Gordon.
  • References to the seventeenth series episode, Thomas' Shortcut and the 2017 special Journey Beyond Sodor are made by James.
  • A reference to the first series episode, The Sad Story of Henry is made by Rosie.
  • A reference to the 2009 special Hero of the Rails is made by Toby.
  • A reference to the 2010 special Misty Island Rescue is made by Paxton and Sidney.
  • A reference to the seventh series episode, Something Fishy is made by Bill.
  • A reference to the 2012 special, Blue Mountain Mystery is made by Ben and Timothy.
  • A reference to the seventh series episode, Percy Gets it Right is made by Marion.
• The Fat Controller says, "Fat Controller to Major Thomas," which is a reference to the lyric "Ground Control to Major Tom" from the David Bowie song, Space Oddity.
• On Spotify, the UK dub of this song was released, but then deleted. It was re-released on 5 September 2018, but the US dub replaced it. The same happened to We're Friends, Sometimes You Make a Friend, Wake Up, and the reprise of We're Friends.
• This song has similarities to the song Where, oh Where is Thomas? from The Great Discovery.
• The English dub of this song was uploaded on Mattel Korea's official channel on Junior Naver and Naver TV in South Korea.
• This song was never dubbed in Korean and Albanian, however, subtitles were added.
• The song's title may be a reference to the series, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?.

Goofs

• When Percy enters the yard at the beginning of the song, a loading bay can be seen beside him, but in the next shot, it is gone.
• In the overhead shot of Knapford Yards, Norman, Stanley and Stafford's eyes are not animated and appear closed.
• Harold has his US voice in the UK version.
• Ben's body has been raised noticeably higher compared to his chassis, probably to match in height with the truck's buffers.
• Thomas' running board and smokebox are red on the map.
• When the Fat Controller's map of the world is shown, Sodor is missing.

In Other Languages

Language	Title
Czech	Může být kdekoliv, kde je náš Tomáš?
Finnish	Olla kuin missä vaan missä vaan Tuomas?
German	Sagt mir wo Thomas ist, wir suchen Thomas
Japanese	どこなのトーマス?
Korean	토마스 어디에?
Latin American Spanish	En Cualquier Parte Pudiera Estar Thomas
Polish	Gdzie na Świecie jest Tomek?
Spanish	¿Quién Sabe Donde Está Thomas?

Music Video

Where in the World is Thomas? Music Video - Big World! Big Adventures! - Thomas & Friends

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