History Trivia / ThomasAbridged

** Early on [=ToonGuy=] considered making the movie a musical and would’ve adapted a few tracks from Jeff Wayne’s “War of The Worlds”.

** Originally the Fat Director was going to continue to be the main villain, however [=ToonGuy=] felt that this would drag out the Fat Director's character too much so he switched it over to Captain Zero.

** Originally the Top Gear subplot in the Pack spin-off wasn't going to happen, however [=ToonGuy=] felt the Pack episodes were too weak on their own.

** Originally the Fat Director was going to continue to be the main villain, however [=ToonGuy=] felt that he would drag out the Fat Director's character too much so he switched it over to Captain Zero.

** Smudger was originally going to be revealed to be the stunt double, this was cut as he wanted Smudger to play a bigger role.

** Originally the Top Gear subplot in the Pack spin-off wasn't going to happen, however [=ToonGuy=] felt the Pack episodes were to weak.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [=ToonGuy’s=] notes at the end of some of the stories reveal ideas that he scrapped.
** Smudger was originally going to be revealed to be the stunt double, this was cut as he wanted Smudger to play a bigger role.
** Had [=ToonGuy=] not used time travel in Paint Pots and Queens, amnesia would have been used instead.
** Thomas and the Magic Railroad has quite a few.
*** Originally Inspector Norris was going to die instead of [[spoiler: Percy’ Driver (Alec Baldwin)]] however due to the introduction of the Norris Clan, [=ToonGuy=] felt the death wouldn't be meaningful.

*** ‘Arry and Bert were originally going to get hit in the head by Boulder giving them a personality change like Percy. However [=ToonGuy=] felt this punishment wasn’t good enough.
*** Another idea was for Splatter and Dodge to go under a witness protection program and become ‘Arry and Bert however that also fell through due to being to confusing.
*** Originally Duck was going to show the engines a video of his briefing instead of having a flashback.
*** Originally D199 was going to be a recurring villain in seasons 4 and 5.
*** Truro’s reason for not having a face was originally different;

*** Caroline was originally one of the characters who was going to die in Thomas and Magic Railroad, however her cameos in later seasons saved her.
*** A plot point [=ToonGuy=] thought about having was the original kids from Shining Time Station being kidnapped, but it was cut.
*** Edward was originally going to kill [[spoiler:'Arry]] instead of Bill and Ben.
*** Spiteful Brakevan and company were originally going to die early on in Thomas and The Magic Railroad, however [=ToonGuy=] felt having them go out in a semi-blaze of glory was cooler.
*** Had TUGS Abridged been finished by the time Thomas and Magic Railroad Abridged was written, there would have been a huge tie-in between the two explaining what happened to the Star Tugs and Z-Stacks and how Captain Zero survived to the present day. The Two Green Eyed Tugs in Magic Railroad Part 4 are remnants of this idea.

*** Had this happened, Carlin would have stayed at Shining Time Station, except possibly coming back around Season 12 to die [[TheChracterDiedWithHim as that was around the time the real George Carlin died]].

*** Originally the issue wasn’t going to be talked about at all.
*** However, [=ToonGuy=] then toyed with the idea of making it a disease, which would also explain why Butch didn't have a face in Horrid Lorry, but that also fell through.

*** Originally the issue wasn’t going to be talked about at all.
*** However, [=ToonGuy=] then toyed with the idea of making it a disease, which would also explain why Butch didn't have a face in Horrid Lorry, but that also fell through.

*** Originally the issue wasn’t going to be talked about at all.
*** However, [=ToonGuy=] then toyed with the idea of making it a disease, which would also explain why Butch didn't have a face in Horrid Lorry, but that also fell through.

WordOfGod: [=ToonGuy=] has confirmed Thumper died in Thomas and The Magic Railroad, he just forgot to write that in.

*** Originally the issue wasn’t going to be talked about at all.
*** However, [=ToonGuy=] then toyed with the idea of making it a disease, which would also explain why Butch didn't have a face in Horrid Lorry, but that also fell through.

** Originally the Top Gear subplot in the Pack spin-off wasn't going to happen, however [=ToonGuy=] felt the Pack episodes were to weak.

** Had the author not used time travel in Paint Pots and Queens, amnesia would have been used instead.

*** Truro’s reason for not having a face was originally different.

*** Originally the issue wasn’t going to be talked about at all.
*** However, [=ToonGuy=] then toyed with the idea of making it a disease, which would also explain why Butch didn't have a face in Horrid Lorry, but that also fell through.

** A minor one, but originally It's Only Snow was going to be set around Christmas time so [=ToonGuy=] could move the series to 2003 to avoid continuity problems. Then [=ToonGuy=] discovered there were two more winter episodes in season 6 and the idea was scrapped.

*** Originally the issue wasn’t going to be talked about at all.
*** [=ToonGuy=] then toyed with the idea of making it a disease, which would also explain why Butch didn't have a face in Horrid Lorry, but that also fell through.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [=ToonGuy’s=] notes at the end of some of the stories reveal ideas that he scrapped

*** Had TUGS Abridged been finished by the time Thomas and Magic Railroad Abridged was written, there would have been a huge tie-in between the two explaining what happened to the Star Tugs and Z-Stacks and how Captain Zero survived to the present day. The Two Green Eyed Tugs in Magic Railroad Part 4 are remnants of this idea.

*** Originally the issue wasn’t going to be talked about at all.
*** [=ToonGuy=] then toyed with the idea of making it a disease, which would also explain why Butch didn't have a face in Horrid Lorry, but that also fell through.

* ActorAllusion: [[Creator/MaraWilson Lily]] mentions that she has an aunt named {{Matilda}}.

* ScheduleSlip: TUGS Abridged hasn't been updated in over a year. Toon Guy has said this is due to the series being harder to write than Thomas Abridged.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Toon Guy’s notes at the end of some of the stories reveal ideas that he scrapped

*** Originally Inspector Norris was going to die instead of [[spoiler: Percy’ Driver (Alec Baldwin)]] however due to the introduction of the Norris Clan, Toon Guy felt the death wouldn't be meaningful.
*** ‘Arry and Bert were originally going to get hit in the head by Boulder giving them a personality change like Percy. However Toon Guy felt this punishment wasn’t good enough.

*** Toon Guy then toyed with the idea of making it a disease, which would also explain why Butch didn't have a face in Horrid Lorry, but that also fell through.
*** A plot point Toon Guy thought about having was the original kids from Shining Time Station being kidnapped, but it was cut.

* ScheduleSlip: TUGS Abridged hasn't been updated in over a year. ToonGuy has said this is due to the series being harder to write than Thomas Abridged.

*** Originally Inspector Norris was going to die instead of [[spoiler: Percy’ Driver (Alec Baldwin)]] however due to the introduction of the Norris Clan, ToonGuy felt the death wouldn't be meaningful.
*** ‘Arry and Bert were originally going to get hit in the head by Boulder giving them a personality change like Percy. However ToonGuy felt this punishment wasn’t good enough.

*** ToonGuy then toyed with the idea of making it a disease, which would also explain why Butch didn't have a face in Horrid Lorry, but that also fell through.
*** A plot point ToonGuy thought about having was the original kids from Shining Time Station being kidnapped, but it was cut.