Big World! Big Adventures!

'''Big World! Big Adventures!''' is the 2018 movie.

Plot
A racing rally car called Ace inspires Thomas The Tank Engine to become the first engine to travel the world, so Thomas sets off on an adventure which takes him to five continents, across deserts, through jungles and over dangerous mountains. On his journey Thomas meets Nia, an engine who teaches him that everyone needs a little help from their friends.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Duck
 * Donald and Douglas
 * Oliver
 * Bill and Ben
 * Flying Scotsman
 * Emily
 * Rosie
 * Timothy
 * Marion
 * Sam
 * Carlos
 * Yong Bao
 * Diesel
 * Daisy
 * Sidney
 * Paxton
 * Philip
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Bertie
 * Harold
 * Captain
 * Cranky
 * Carly
 * Big Mickey
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Dowager Hatt
 * Mr. Percival
 * The Knapford Stationmaster
 * The Thin Clergyman
 * Mavis (does not speak)
 * Winston (does not speak)
 * Stanley (cameo)
 * Charlie (cameo)
 * Connor (cameo)
 * Porter (cameo)
 * Vinnie (cameo)
 * Rajiv (cameo)
 * 'Arry and Bert (cameo)
 * Salty (cameo)
 * Norman (cameo)
 * Stafford (cameo)
 * Henrietta (cameo)
 * Sir Robert Norramby (cameo)
 * Captain Joe (cameo)
 * The Fat Clergyman (cameo)
 * The Teacher (cameo)
 * The Bird Watcher (cameo)
 * The Blond-haired Boy (cameo)
 * Dowager Hatt's Friends (cameo)
 * The Welsh Bird Watcher (cameo)
 * The Lady with the Big Hat (cameo)
 * The Grumpy Passenger (cameo)
 * Albert's Wife (cameo)
 * The Female Puppet Show Entertainer (cameo)
 * The Great Railway Show Flagman (cameo)
 * Sailor John (cameo)
 * Victor (portrait cameo)
 * Ferdinand (portrait cameo)
 * The Ffarquhar Stationmaster (mentioned)
 * Ashima (dropped)

Characters Introduced

 * Nia
 * Kwaku
 * Beau
 * Natalie
 * The Brazilian Tank Engine
 * The Brazilian Diesel Shunters (one speak only)
 * The Arizona Diesel
 * The Chinese Diesel
 * Kobe
 * The American Crane
 * Cassia
 * Ace
 * Tony
 * Angelique
 * Two Other Rally Cars
 * Emerson
 * Some Cowboys and Cowgirls
 * The Chinese Breakdown Cranes (do not speak)
 * Shankar (cameo)
 * The Orange Tender Engine (cameo)
 * The Grey Tender Engine (cameo)
 * The White Tank Engine (cameo)
 * The Dark Red Tank Engine (cameo)
 * The Tan Tender Engine (cameo)
 * Charubala (cameo)

Locations

 * Island of Sodor
 * Knapford
 * Knapford Station Yard
 * Knapford Yards
 * Vicarstown
 * Vicarstown Bridge
 * Ffarquhar Branch Line
 * Road and Rail Runby and Road Bridge
 * Ffarquhar
 * The Ffarquhar Stationmaster's House
 * Anopha Quarry
 * Maron
 * Sodor Search and Rescue Centre
 * Arlesburgh
 * Arlesburgh Harbour
 * Sodor China Clay Company
 * Gordon's Hill
 * Brendam Docks
 * Sodor Shipping Company
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Sodor Steamworks (portrait)
 * The Lead Mines (indirectly mentioned)
 * Africa
 * Dakar
 * Dakar Docks
 * Sahara Dessert
 * Kenya
 * Tanzania
 * Dar es Salaam
 * Dar es Salaam Docks
 * Brazil
 * Rio de Janeiro
 * Rio de Janeiro Docks
 * The Amazon
 * The Amazon Rainforest
 * United States
 * The Morenci Loop
 * San Francisco
 * San Francisco Docks
 * Bonneville Salt Flats
 * Sailor's Cafe
 * China
 * Zhangye Danxia
 * The Himalayas
 * India
 * Easter Island
 * Misty Island (mentioned)
 * The Steelworks (mentioned)
 * Australia (map only)
 * Paris (map only)
 * Antarctica (mentioned)
 * Venice (mentioned)
 * Tokyo (mentioned)

UK

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, Harold, Bertie, Captain, Sir Topham Hatt, Dowager Hatt and Mr. Percival
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Toby, Donald, Sam, The Thin Clergyman and the Senegal Race Announcer
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Marion, Natalie, Arizona Diesel, Cassia, Annie and Clarabel
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Bill and Philip
 * Matt Wilkinson as Ben, Cranky, Tony and the American Crane
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Kerry Shale as Diesel and Beau
 * Steven Kynman as Duck and Paxton
 * Bob Golding as Sidney
 * Lucy Montgomery as Carly and some Cowgirls
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Gabriel Porras as Carlos, The Brazilian Tank Engine, The Brazilian Diesel Shunter, the Troublesome Trucks, Emerson, the Brazilian Yard Manager, and Various South American Voices
 * Su-Lin Looi as the Chinese Diesel
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia (Patricia Kihoro as Nia's singing voice)
 * Rufus Jones as Flying Scotsman
 * Rachael Miller as Angelique
 * Abubakar Salim as Kwaku, African Troublesome Trucks and Various African Voices
 * Richie Campbell as African Troublesome Trucks and Various African Voices (Credited as Ritchie Campbell)
 * Akiya Henry as African Troublesome Trucks and Various African Voices
 * Chipo Chung as African Troublesome Trucks and Various African Voices
 * Dona Adwera as Various African Voices
 * Peter Andre as Ace
 * David Menkin as Racing Car #3
 * Christopher Ragland as Racing Car #4, some Cowboys, and the Troublesome Trucks
 * Joe Mills as Douglas and Oliver (uncredited)
 * Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy (uncredited)

US

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * William Hope as Edward and Toby
 * Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon, Beau, Diesel, Harold, and Mr. Percival
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Donald, Sam, The Thin Clergyman, and the Senegal Race Announcer
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy, Racing Car 4, some Cowboys, and the Troublesome Trucks
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * Keith Wickham as Bertie, Captain, Sir Topham Hatt, and Dowager Hatt
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Bill and Philip
 * Matt Wilkinson as Ben, Tony, and the American Crane
 * Glenn Wrage as Cranky
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Gabriel Porras as Carlos, the Brazilian Tank Engine, The Brazilian Diesel Shunter, the Troublesome Trucks, Emerson, the Brazilian Yard Manager, and Various South American Voices
 * Su-Lin Looi as the Chinese Diesel
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia (Patricia Kihoro as Nia's singing voice)
 * Rufus Jones as Flying Scotsman
 * Steven Kynman as Duck and Paxton
 * Bob Golding as Sidney
 * Lucy Montgomery as Carly and the Cowgirls
 * Teresa Gallagher as Marion, Natalie, the Arizona Diesel, Cassia, Annie and Clarabel
 * Rachael Miller as Angelique
 * Abubakar Salim as Kwaku, African Troublesome Trucks, the African Camel Owner, and Various African Voices
 * Richie Campbell as African Troublesome Trucks and Various African Voices (Credited as Ritchie Campbell)
 * Akiya Henry as African Troublesome Trucks and Various African Voices
 * Chipo Chung as African Troublesome Trucks and Various African Voices
 * Dona Adwera as Various African Voices
 * Peter Andre as Ace
 * David Menkin as Racing Car 3
 * Joe Mills as Douglas and Oliver (uncredited)
 * Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy (uncredited)

Japan

 * Kumiko Higa as Thomas
 * Nozomu Sasaki as Edward, Duck, Donald, Douglas, Harold, Captain and Big Mickey
 * Jun'ichi Kanemaru as Henry, Carlos and some Cowboys
 * Kenta Miyake as Gordon and Flying Scotsman
 * Masashi Ebara as James
 * Chie Kōjiro as Percy
 * Tomohiro Tsuboi as Toby, Sidney, Emerson and the Troublesome Trucks
 * Erina Yamazaki as Emily
 * Yuta Odagaki as Oliver, Tony and a Moai head
 * Noriko Shitaya as Bill and Ben
 * Hisayo Mochizuki as Rosie
 * Takuya Iwabata as Timothy
 * Chiaki Mori as Marion
 * Masafumi Kobatake as Sam and some Coffee Trucks
 * Hiroo Sasaki as Yong Bao
 * Yoshino Aoyama as Nia
 * Haruka Jintani as Kwaku, Kobe and some Coffee Trucks
 * Shōto Kashii as Beau and Mr. Percival
 * Ken Sanders as Diesel
 * Keiko Nemoto as Daisy, Dowager Hatt, the American Diesel, Cassia, some children and some Cowgirls
 * Kunihiro Kawamoto as Paxton, the Brazilian Diesel Shunter, the American Crane and some Workers
 * Daiki Kobayashi as Philip
 * Misa Ishii as Natalie, The Chinese Diesel and Carly
 * Sakura Yoshioka as Annie and Clarabel
 * Mitsuhiro Sakamaki as Bertie, the Thin Clergyman and a Cowboy
 * Issa Hentona as Ace
 * Takaya Kuroda as Cranky
 * Yurina Amami as Angelique, some Coffee Trucks and a station speaker
 * Tatsuya Tōjō as Racing Car 3 and the Coffee Trucks
 * Kento Shiraishi as the Brazilian Tank Engine and Racing Car 4
 * Naoto Fuuga as the Troublesome Trucks
 * Kan Tanaka as Sir Topham Hatt
 * Nobuaki Kanemitsu as the Knapford Stationmaster

Songs

 * Where in the World is Thomas?
 * Wake Up
 * Enda Ulale
 * We're Friends
 * Free and Easy
 * Sometimes You Make a Friend
 * We're Friends (Reprise)

UK/AUS

 * Music Videos
 * Meet the Characters! - Nia, Beau and Yong Bao

Trivia

 * This movie ties in with the twenty-second season.
 * This special takes place between twenty-first and twenty-second seasons.
 * This is the longest special to date at a total runtime of 80 minutes.
 * Ashima was meant to appear in the movie, but ended up being dropped. This was most likely they wanted Thomas to explore India a little bit more in depth. So, she ended up appearing in the twenty-second season onwards.
 * Yvonne Grundy, Patricia Kihoro, Peter Andre, Dan Li, Gabriel Porras, Su-Lin Looi, Rachael Miller, Abubakar Salim, Richie Campbell, Akiya Henry, Chipo Chung, and Dona Adwera join the voice cast.
 * This special is the first of a few things:
 * The first special to be fully animated by Jam Filled Toronto.
 * The first and only special to have Micaela Winter as producer.
 * The first Thomas & Friends production not to have Mark Moraghan involved since he was cast as the narrator in 2013.
 * The first special in which Rasmus Hardiker and Matt Wilkinson voice Bill and Ben.
 * The first special in which the Sodor Steamworks does not appear since its introduction in Hero of the Rails.
 * The first special in where Rex, Mike and Bert do not appear since their introductions in Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure.
 * The first special not to receive a DVD release in the United States.
 * The first and only special to date not to have a narrator.
 * The first time the standard Tankers appeared in the CGI Series
 * Yong Bao, Vinnie, Rajiv and Carlos' first appearances since The Great Race.
 * Sam's first appearance on TV.
 * Yong Bao's first speaking role.
 * Duck, Donald, Douglas, Oliver, and Daisy's first speaking roles in a special since The Great Race. This also marks Flying Scotsman and Timothy's first speakings roles also since the 2016 special.
 * Sailor John's second appearance since Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure.
 * This special is also the first time for some new crew members:
 * Tigh Walker’s first production as art director.
 * Shannon Nettleton’s first and only production as executive in charge of production.
 * Micaela Winter’s first and only special as producer.
 * Sarah Serata’s first and only production as production supervisor.
 * Meagan Borosch’s first production as assistant production manager.
 * Mike Kirkwood’s first production as assistant editor.
 * Alexandra Morgan’s first production as in-line editor.
 * Holly Churches’ first production as post production coordinator.
 * Flynn Jarvis’ first production as production intern.
 * The United Nations and The Royal African Society’s first production as cultural consultants.
 * The first production since Series 7 to introduce a new Steam Team member.
 * This special marked the only appearances of several things:
 * The only appearances of new characters to date, except for Nia, one Brazil Diesel Shunter, the Male Breakdown Train, the Grey Tender Engine and Shankar.
 * The only special in where Rajiv, Shankar and Charubala appear, but do not speak before the twenty-second season.
 * The only special in where Rebecca does not appear before her introduction the twenty-second season.
 * This special marked the last of several things:
 * Carlos' last appearance to date, not counting on the stock footage from the twenty-third season episode, Grudge Match and his last speaking role to date.
 * Vinnie and Sailor John's last appearances to date.
 * This is the last special to be written by Andrew Brenner to date.
 * This is the final special to date to air at least 60 minutes, as future specials will have a runtime of 22 minutes.
 * This is the last production to date to feature Edward, Henry and Toby as part of the Steam Team.
 * A CGI recreation of a scene of the second season episode Thomas Comes to Breakfast is used during the song, "Where in the World is Thomas?" as references to said episode, the first season episodes The Sad Story of Henry, and Down the Mine, the second season episode Percy Takes the Plunge, the fourth season episode Thomas and the Special Letter, the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad, the seventh season episode Something Fishy, the specials The Great Discovery, Hero of the Rails, Misty Island Rescue, Blue Mountain Mystery, Tale of the Brave and Journey Beyond Sodor and the seventeenth season episode Thomas' Shortcut are made.
 * A reference to the special The Great Race is made.
 * A reused voice clip of Rob Rackstraw from the Meet the Contenders videos is used for the Senegal Race Announcer.
 * Pictures of Arlesburgh from the third season and of Donald and Douglas with the pirate ship from Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure appear in the San Francisco diner.
 * Recolors of Edward, Henry, Oliver, Ryan, Raul, Dart, Ivan, The Mainland Diesels, Frankie, Bert, Judy/Jerome, Beresford, Carly, and Big Mickey appear.
 * Bertie is seen singing a part of Somebody Has to be the Favourite before Ace races past him.
 * The scrap engine that Beau was talking about was reused from Bert's Model.
 * This special aired on Nickelodeon USA on Friday September 7th 2018.
 * This special was nominated for the 2019 Kidscreen Awards for “Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie”.
 * Yoshino Aoyama, Issa Hentona, Tatsuya Tōjō, Masafumi Kobotake, Yurina Amami, Haruka Jintani, Kento Shiraishi and Naoto Fuuga join the Japanese voice cast.

Goofs

 * Some actors and actresses are not credited for voicing their characters:
 * Joe Mills and Tracy-Ann Oberman in both dubs for voicing Douglas, Oliver and Daisy.


 * When Ace jumps over the fence near Flying Scotsman, his front bumper clips through the rails as he lands. When he lands, his wheels stop moving.
 * When Thomas rerails the tankers, his side rod does not move, resulting in both it and his wheels being out of place.
 * When at Knapford Station, the fish trucks are shown to have no faces, but at Vicarstown Station they have gained faces.
 * "Where in the World is Thomas" has several animation errors:
 * When Percy enters the yard a loding dock can be seen beside him but in the next shot it's gone.
 * During the song Rosie is missing her freckles.
 * Ben's body is rasied noticably higher.
 * After Nia says "I didn't mean to hurt your feelings," Thomas' train disappears before the scene changes.
 * The African crane tells Sir Topham Hatt that he loaded Thomas onto the ship to Brazil, when earlier in the special, the faceless grey crane near him was shown to actually be the one loading the engines.
 * When Yong Bao saves Thomas and Nia, the chain between the latter two clips through his snowplough.
 * In the UK dub, James has his US voice when he says, "Welcome to Sodor!"

Wood

 * Nia
 * Beau
 * Ace

Adventures

 * Thomas & Ace the Racer
 * Nia

TrackMaster

 * Jungle Thomas with Ace
 * Nia and the Elephant
 * Yong Bao the Hero
 * Thomas' Jungle Adventure