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- "Remember, we all grow from something smaller into what we are today."
- ― Yong Bao
Yong Bao and the Tiger is the sixteenth episode of the twenty-fourth series. It is the televised adaptation of an original short from the Chinese release of The Great Race.
Plot
Thomas is shunting Lei in the yard when he becomes curious about the tiger on Yong Bao's tender. He asks Yong Bao about it, and he tells Thomas the story of how he became the pride of China.
Yong Bao was stuck working in the yards, while the mean engines got to go out and pull coaches. He was always teased by the other engines who would come to the yard. One day, Yong Bao spots a tiger, but the tiger is frightened away by the mean engines' whistles. Yong Bao looks for the tiger, but he can't find him anywhere. Many months pass until Yong Bao finally decides to venture out of the yard and into the mountains. Up in the mountains, he spots the same tiger. And then, he follows him down the mountains, where he sees one of the mean engines about to fall off the mountain. Yong Bao races to the rescue and pulls everyone to safety. For his bravery, he is repainted red and green with a tiger on his tender.
Characters
Locations
Cast
UK
- John Hasler as Thomas
- Chris Lew Kum Hoi as Yong Bao and the Mean Engines
- Windson Liong as Lei
- Dan Li as a Railway Inspector
US
- Joseph May as Thomas
- Chris Lew Kum Hoi as Yong Bao and the Mean Engines
- Windson Liong as Lei
- Dan Li as a Railway Inspector
Trivia
- Going by production order, this is the fourteenth episode of the twenty-fourth series.
- This episode marks the last of many things:
- The last appearance of Lei.
- The last appearance of Yong Bao in the original series.
- The last episode to not take place on the Island of Sodor.
- The last episode to feature The Journey Never Ends song at the end.
- The last episode written by David Stoten.
- The last episode to have Daiki Kobayashi as part of the Japanese voice cast.
- The last episode to feature an engine wearing a snowplough in the original series.
- The last episode where all characters that appear also have a speaking role in the original series.
- This marks the only with several things:
- The only episode to have Yong Bao as a main character in the original series.
- The only episode set in China in which Hong-Mei, An An and Yin-Long don't appear since their debuts.
- The only appearance of China in the twenty-fourth series and the final appearance of China overall (not counting a mentioned appearance in All Engines Go).
- The only episode to have Yong Bao be voiced by Chris Lew Kum Hoi, as well as the only episode to have him as part of the voice cast. It is also the last episode to have Dan Li as part of the voice cast.
- The only episode since the fourteenth series episode, Henry's Magic Box, to be written by a producer. It's also the last episode that was written by a producer.
- The only episode written by Ian McCue, who previously wrote Thomas & Friends in 4-D: Bubbling Boilers.
- Since Yong Bao was telling Thomas the story of how he got the tiger emblem, this episode didn't have a lot of narrating from Thomas himself.
- The events of this episode are later mentioned by Percy in the All Engines Go episode, The Tiger Train.
- Music from the original 2D short is reused throughout the episode, most notably Yong Bao's theme.
Goofs
- When Yong Bao looks for the tiger the day after he first sees it, one of the 1-Plank Trucks is clipping into two flatbeds.
- The Czech dub translates Yong Bao's name as Young Bao.
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Merchandise
Magazine Story
Home Video Releases
UK
AUS/NZ
- Animal Adventures
External Link
| #01 Emily's Best Friend | #09 Thomas' Not-So-Lucky Day | #17 Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through! |
| #02 Thomas' Fuzzy Friend | #10 Ace's Brave Jump | #18 Kenji on the Rails Again |
| #03 The Great Little Railway Show | #11 Nia's Bright Idea | #19 Cleo the Road Engine |
| #04 Thomas and the Forest Engines | #12 Cleo's First Snow | #20 Thomas' Animal Friends |
| #05 Emily to the Rescue | #13 Sonny's Second Chance | Special #01 Thomas and the Royal Engine |
| #06 Shankar's Makeover | #14 Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop | Special #02 A New Arrival |
| #07 Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant | #15 The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge | Special #03 World of Tomorrow |
| #08 James the Super Engine | #16 Yong Bao and the Tiger | |