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* ReCut: At least two different versions exist of the scene from "Tom" where the big engines fire a railgun directly at Tom's face. In the [[https://youtu.be/l_6GMkSsiME?si=CFLLw_Yr0eebUIBT&t=39 version]] uploaded to [=YouTube=], Tom suffers nothing worse than AshFace, and the big engines are completely unapologetic. In [[https://twitter.com/ElliphantG/status/1701434071191064622 this]] version uploaded to Twitter, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Tom's face was blown off]], and the three engines involved in the prank are [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone no longer taking any joy from it]].
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* ReCut: At least two different versions exist of the scene from "Tom" where the big engines fire a railgun directly at Tom's face. In the [[https://youtu.be/l_6GMkSsiME?si=CFLLw_Yr0eebUIBT&t=39 version]] uploaded to [=YouTube=], Tom suffers nothing worse than AshFace, and the big engines are completely unapologetic. In [[https://twitter.com/ElliphantG/status/1701434071191064622 this]] version uploaded to Twitter, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Tom's face was blown off]], the music stops abruptly and the three engines involved in the prank are [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone no longer taking any joy from it]].
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** Finally, The Stout Director is based on The Fat Controller Sir Topham Hatt.
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** Finally, The Stout Director is based on The Fat Controller Sir Controller/Sir Topham Hatt.
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* StockFootage: Out of universe. Some of the footage from Engines of Eight was taken from actual Thomas and Friends episodes, heavily edited to be sure, but still.
** [[https://twitter.com/Engines_0f8/status/1694163305751846934 this]] tweet shows a laserdisc cover of an episode that's edited from a [[https://archive.ph/4Gz51 photograph]] of a [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIVJourneyThroughTheMists The Land Before Time IV]] laserdisc.
** [[https://twitter.com/Engines_0f8/status/1694163305751846934 this]] tweet shows a laserdisc cover of an episode that's edited from a [[https://archive.ph/4Gz51 photograph]] of a [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIVJourneyThroughTheMists The Land Before Time IV]] laserdisc.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: One of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-qZv3sGtpY very first videos]] claims that a network known as [=FiddleTV=] aired Engines of Eight in Spanish. The video "Engines Of Eight FiddleTV Airing" is more or less entirely in English. Also note the screencaps of the opening use an image very blatantly based off the opening of the first few seasons of Thomas and Friends. So far, this specific opening has never been shown in full.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: One of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-qZv3sGtpY very first videos]] claims that a network known as [=FiddleTV=] aired Engines of Eight in Spanish. The video "Engines Of Eight FiddleTV [=FiddleTV=] Airing" is more or less entirely in English. Also note the screencaps of the opening use an image very blatantly based off the opening of the first few seasons of Thomas and Friends. So far, this specific opening has never been shown in full.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: One of the [[screencaps very first videos]] claims that a network known as [=FiddleTV=] aired Engines of Eight in Spanish. The video "Engines Of Eight FiddleTV Airing" is more or less entirely in English. Also note the screencaps of the opening use an image very blatantly based off the opening of the first few seasons of Thomas and Friends. So far, this specific opening has never been shown in full.
* Expy: Engines of Eight has a bunch of these, some bordering on CaptainErsatz.
* Expy: Engines of Eight has a bunch of these, some bordering on CaptainErsatz.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: One of the [[screencaps [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-qZv3sGtpY very first videos]] claims that a network known as [=FiddleTV=] aired Engines of Eight in Spanish. The video "Engines Of Eight FiddleTV Airing" is more or less entirely in English. Also note the screencaps of the opening use an image very blatantly based off the opening of the first few seasons of Thomas and Friends. So far, this specific opening has never been shown in full.
*Expy: {{Expy}}: Engines of Eight has a bunch of these, some bordering on CaptainErsatz.
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* Expy: Engines of Eight has a bunch of these, some bordering on CaptainErsatz.
** Tom is based on Thomas the Tank Engine.
** Eddie is based on Edward the Blue Engine.
** Harrison is based on Henry the Green Engine. Apparently, Harrison has a brother also named Henry.
** Gregory is based on Gordon the Big Engine.
** Yandall is apparently based on, of all characters, 87546 and 98462, both of which were AdaptedOut of Thomas and Friends proper.
** Rob is not mentioned as being inspired by any pre existing Railway Series or Thomas and Friends characters on the wiki.
** Jamie is based on James the Red Engine.
** Red Ted is not directly based off any Railway Series or Thomas and Friends characters, but his face is based off those of Donald and Douglas.
** Finally, The Stout Director is based on The Fat Controller Sir Topham Hatt.
** Tom is based on Thomas the Tank Engine.
** Eddie is based on Edward the Blue Engine.
** Harrison is based on Henry the Green Engine. Apparently, Harrison has a brother also named Henry.
** Gregory is based on Gordon the Big Engine.
** Yandall is apparently based on, of all characters, 87546 and 98462, both of which were AdaptedOut of Thomas and Friends proper.
** Rob is not mentioned as being inspired by any pre existing Railway Series or Thomas and Friends characters on the wiki.
** Jamie is based on James the Red Engine.
** Red Ted is not directly based off any Railway Series or Thomas and Friends characters, but his face is based off those of Donald and Douglas.
** Finally, The Stout Director is based on The Fat Controller Sir Topham Hatt.
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* DenserAndWackier: The in-universe show is this compared to Literature/TheRailwaySeries. Plots involving cannons on railway tracks that can by operated on by trains, trains looking at train porn magazines, and contagious diseases like the ones humans get are not ones you'd expect from Rev. Awdry's more grounded books.
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* DenserAndWackier: The in-universe show is this compared to Literature/TheRailwaySeries. Plots involving cannons on railway tracks railguns that can by operated on by trains, trains looking at train porn magazines, and contagious diseases like the ones humans get are not ones you'd expect from Rev. Awdry's more grounded books.books.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: One of the [[screencaps very first videos]] claims that a network known as [=FiddleTV=] aired Engines of Eight in Spanish. The video "Engines Of Eight FiddleTV Airing" is more or less entirely in English. Also note the screencaps of the opening use an image very blatantly based off the opening of the first few seasons of Thomas and Friends. So far, this specific opening has never been shown in full.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: One of the [[screencaps very first videos]] claims that a network known as [=FiddleTV=] aired Engines of Eight in Spanish. The video "Engines Of Eight FiddleTV Airing" is more or less entirely in English. Also note the screencaps of the opening use an image very blatantly based off the opening of the first few seasons of Thomas and Friends. So far, this specific opening has never been shown in full.
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* RuderAndCruder: The tone of the Engines of Eight series is in some ways closer to classic Looney Tunes than its inspiration.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: "Tom the Tanks Weekend", which consists almost entirely of a shot of Tom not moving, which fades into evening about 3/4s of the way in.
* RuderAndCruder:The tone One of the Engines of Eight series is in some ways closer Tom's bullies, Yandall, outright tells him to classic Looney Tunes than its inspiration.
kill himself at one point.
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* AnalogHorror: Preservation efforts keep turning up footage of things like [[NightmareFace nightmare faces]] and nightmare faces. In the [=QnA=] video, the channel owner briefly mentions accidents having occurred to the show's crew in the past, but refuses to elaborate on them.
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* AnalogHorror: Preservation efforts keep turning up footage of things like [[NightmareFace nightmare faces]] and nightmare faces.[[NoodleIncident whatever happened]] during the show's TroubledProduction. In the [=QnA=] video, the channel owner briefly mentions accidents having occurred to the show's crew in the past, but refuses to elaborate on them.
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* RuderAndCruder: The tone of the Engines of Eight series is closer to classic Looney Tunes than
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In 1945, Creator/WilbertAwdry brought the island of Sodor to the world with the first release of Literature/TheRailwaySeries. Thirty-nine years later, Britt Allcroft successfully brought the trains of The Railway Series to the small screen with WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends. In between those dates, there were other attempts at adapting the books. You had the BBC's live broadcast of "The Sad Story of Henry", which derailed rather quickly (both figuratively, and literally). You also had the 1976 pilot of Thomas the Tank Engine, but that didn't go anywhere either. But those were licensed efforts. What if we looked at unauthorized adaptations?
''Engines of Eight'' is an AnalogHorror series documenting efforts to preserve the show of the same name, which in universe was a loose adaptation of The Railway series produced from 1973 to 2000 that fell largely in the category of lost media. Unfortunately, attempts at preservation seem to reveal things that are... less than nostalgic to say the least.
Information on ''Engines of Eight'' can be found on the main Website/YouTube page [[https://www.youtube.com/@enginesofeight3691 here]], as well as the Twitter [[https://twitter.com/engines_0f8?lang=en page]], the [[https://engines-of-eight.fandom.com wiki]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/@jetchubetcha07 this]] Website/YouTube page documenting some other things of note.
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!! ''Engines of Eight'' contains examples of:
*AnalogHorror: Preservation efforts keep turning up footage of things like [[NightmareFace nightmare faces]] and nightmare faces. In the [=QnA=] video, the channel owner briefly mentions accidents having occurred to the show's crew in the past, but refuses to elaborate on them.
*AffectionateParody: Out of universe, the series could be considered one to both The Railway Series and Thomas and Friends as well as the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation Dark]] Ages of Animation.
*DarkerAndEdgier: In-universe, it is unlikely that Rev Awdry or the writers of Thomas and Friends would produce something with the name and content of "I Hate Myself".
*DenserAndWackier: The in-universe show is this compared to Literature/TheRailwaySeries. Plots involving cannons on railway tracks that can by operated on by trains, trains looking at train porn magazines, and contagious diseases like the ones humans get are not ones you'd expect from Rev. Awdry's more grounded books.
*HorrorComedy: Engines of Eight could easily be considered a mixture of AnalogHorror and shitposting, sometimes at the same time. For example, the Bootleg VHS video was described as "Found in the toilet at Outback Steakhouse", and alongside the actual episodes also includes a home recording of a turtle and a CGI animation of a horse. It also contains [[OminousVisualGlitch ominous visual glitches]] and ends with footage of what appears to be a dead body.
*RuderAndCruder: The tone of the Engines of Eight series is closer to classic Looney Tunes than
*Re-Cut: At least two different versions exist of the scene from "Tom" where the big engines fire a cannon directly at Tom's face. In the [[https://youtu.be/l_6GMkSsiME?si=CFLLw_Yr0eebUIBT&t=39 version]] uploaded to [=YouTube=], Tom suffers nothing worse than AshFace, and the big engines are completely unapologetic. In [[https://twitter.com/ElliphantG/status/1701434071191064622 this]] version uploaded to Twitter, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Tom's face was blown off]], and the three engines involved in the prank are [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone no longer taking any joy from it]].
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''Engines of Eight'' is an AnalogHorror series documenting efforts to preserve the show of the same name, which in universe was a loose adaptation of The Railway series produced from 1973 to 2000 that fell largely in the category of lost media. Unfortunately, attempts at preservation seem to reveal things that are... less than nostalgic to say the least.
Information on ''Engines of Eight'' can be found on the main Website/YouTube page [[https://www.youtube.com/@enginesofeight3691 here]], as well as the Twitter [[https://twitter.com/engines_0f8?lang=en page]], the [[https://engines-of-eight.fandom.com wiki]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/@jetchubetcha07 this]] Website/YouTube page documenting some other things of note.
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!! ''Engines of Eight'' contains examples of:
*AnalogHorror: Preservation efforts keep turning up footage of things like [[NightmareFace nightmare faces]] and nightmare faces. In the [=QnA=] video, the channel owner briefly mentions accidents having occurred to the show's crew in the past, but refuses to elaborate on them.
*AffectionateParody: Out of universe, the series could be considered one to both The Railway Series and Thomas and Friends as well as the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation Dark]] Ages of Animation.
*DarkerAndEdgier: In-universe, it is unlikely that Rev Awdry or the writers of Thomas and Friends would produce something with the name and content of "I Hate Myself".
*DenserAndWackier: The in-universe show is this compared to Literature/TheRailwaySeries. Plots involving cannons on railway tracks that can by operated on by trains, trains looking at train porn magazines, and contagious diseases like the ones humans get are not ones you'd expect from Rev. Awdry's more grounded books.
*HorrorComedy: Engines of Eight could easily be considered a mixture of AnalogHorror and shitposting, sometimes at the same time. For example, the Bootleg VHS video was described as "Found in the toilet at Outback Steakhouse", and alongside the actual episodes also includes a home recording of a turtle and a CGI animation of a horse. It also contains [[OminousVisualGlitch ominous visual glitches]] and ends with footage of what appears to be a dead body.
*RuderAndCruder: The tone of the Engines of Eight series is closer to classic Looney Tunes than
*Re-Cut: At least two different versions exist of the scene from "Tom" where the big engines fire a cannon directly at Tom's face. In the [[https://youtu.be/l_6GMkSsiME?si=CFLLw_Yr0eebUIBT&t=39 version]] uploaded to [=YouTube=], Tom suffers nothing worse than AshFace, and the big engines are completely unapologetic. In [[https://twitter.com/ElliphantG/status/1701434071191064622 this]] version uploaded to Twitter, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Tom's face was blown off]], and the three engines involved in the prank are [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone no longer taking any joy from it]].
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