History WesternAnimation / Chuggington

* ThreeShorts: This is how the show was packaged in the US, with two regular episodes, and a ''Badge Quest'' short sandwiched between the two to fill time. When the show was released on ''Creator/{{Hulu}}'', all episodes were separated individually as intended, albeit with the "Badge Quest" shorts missing.

* ThreeShorts: This is how the show was packaged in the US, with two regular episodes, and a ''Badge Quest'' short sandwiched between the two to fill time. When the show was released on ''Creator/{{Hulu}}'', all episodes were separated individually as intended, with the US dubbed ''Badge Quest'' uploaded for free on the show's official Website/YouTube channel.

!!''Chuggington'' provides examples of:

** Steam trains need coal from their tenders to be put into their engines to continually operate. Puffer Pete and Olwin, the only steam engines, are able to operate because they obtain their fuel from elsewhere without the use of tenders, something of which steam trains have never been able to do since their debut in the vehicle world.

* SteamNeverDies: Steam locomotives will go on and on and on. Forever. Though one of the newest episodes introduces one that runs on vegetable oil, and the characters comment on the eco-friendliness of this. Downplayed, though, in that there are also plenty of modern diesel and electric locomotives, and in fact none of the three main characters are steam-powered.

** Electric trains need overhead wires and a pantograph to operate, no matter what country. Here, Koko, the only electric train, is self-sufficient, which is impossible. There are also, in general, no overhead wires present whatsoever. It is also worth noting that this is a British show, where ''every'' electric train that exists in the country does indeed need overhead wires and a pantograph to operate, things that Koko completely lacks.

** Electric trains need overhead wires and a pantograph to operate, no matter what country. Here, Koko, the only electric train, is self-sufficient, which is impossible. There are also, in general, no overhead wires present whatsoever.

** Steam trains need coal to be put into their engines to continually operate. Puffer Pete, the only steam engine, is self-sufficient, and doesn't need a constant stream of coal to operate.

* CatchPhrase: There are several. Like with ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', many of them are [[FlintstoneTheming railway-themed puns]]:

* ChaosArchitecture: Mainly between Seasons 3 and 4. Notably the right depot station and restaurant being moved to make space for the Chug Patrol HQ and many human-catering features being removed and replaced with cargo drop-offs.

* PaletteSwap: Tai and Rosa from Season 6 are this to Calley and Skylar.
** Several Dunbar and Harrison recolors appear in the backgrounds of Season 1!

''Chuggington'' started airing in Great Britain in 2008, and debuted on the Creator/DisneyChannel in the United States in 2010. It features three young, talking trains referred to as "trainees", and several supporting characters in the form of either people who work at the station or other anthropomorphic trains. Most episodes revolve around these three learning a new kind of job, including pulling passenger cars or delivering cargo... also, serving ice cream and learning to be superheroes.

* '''Wilson''', a red train who likes to have fun, often at the expense of listening to important directions. He has also been shown to be impatient and impulsive. Presumably used as a way of demonstrating to kids the benefit of taking your time with important jobs and listening carefully.
* '''Brewster''', a blue train that is supposed to be the strongest of the three, but also has a tendency to be overly cautious. He's not used to demonstrate subtle moral lessons so much as the two others, but is the butt of their jokes more often.
* '''Koko''', a green train who is the fastest of the group, and is quite competitive as well. She tends to work faster than the others, then teases them about being slow. This often results in things not going well, or taking longer than normal. The resulting {{Aesop}} is similar to what is taught via Wilson.

%% * AllCGICartoon

%% * AmbiguouslyGay: Chatsworth and Harrison, ''in spades''.
%% * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Wilson.

%% * {{Leitmotif}}: Action Chugger has one that can be heard whenever he shows up on the scene.

%% * MeritBadgesForEverything: Badge Quest!

%% * SentientVehicle

%% * SpotlightStealingSquad: Hoot and Toot in the second season.

* PalleteSwap: Tai and Rosa from Season 6 are this to Calley and Skylar.
** Several Dunbar and Harrison recolors appear in the backgrounds of Season 1!

* ChaosArchitecture: Mainly between Seasons 3 and 4. Notably the Repair Shed being moved to make space for the Chug Patrol HQ and many human-catering features being removed and replaced with cargo drop-offs.

* PlayingSick: Toot does this in Toot’s Tall Tale. [[spoiler:She fesses up when Morgan tells her she’ll have to stay in the repair shed overnight for a new part.]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Despite the fact that this show is relatively new, there's already a substantial cast of supporting characters. There are at least a dozen other trains besides the three trainees, about half a dozen recurring human characters, and a few other humans who were only featured in one episode.

* ThemeTuneCameo: When Vee sounds an announcement, the three-note tune is the same sound as the "Chuggington" heard in the theme tune. Brewster can be heard briefly humming the theme tune during one of his Badge Quests.

Two of the founders of the company that produces this show were previously executives for the company that produces ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine''. [[SarcasmMode Not that there's any similarity between this show and that one.]]

* CatchPhrase: There are several. Like with ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'', many of them are [[FlintstoneTheming railway-themed puns]]:

PlayingSick: Toot does this in Toot’s Tall Tale. [[spoiler:She fesses up when Morgan tells her she’ll have to stay in the repair shed overnight for a new part.]]

PlayingSick: Toot does this in Toot’s Tall Tale. [[spoiler:she fesses up when Morgan tells her she’ll have to stay in the repair shed overnight for a new part.]]

* LostVoicePlot: In one episode, Old Puffer Pete loses his voice and the others try to get it back and find out why he lost it. [[spoiler: It turns out his mouth needed oiling.]]

* SteamNeverDies: Steam locomotives will go on and on and on. Forever. Though one of the newest episodes introduces one that runs on vegetable oil, and the characters comment on the eco-friendliness of this.

** Calley:
*** "''[[MadLibsCatchphrase [insert current task here]]]'' chugger coming through-oo!"