History WebAnimation / Shed17

-->''They were the stories that have charmed an entire generation. From the books to the television series, people around the world have grown up with the railways stories, and all their cheerful characters. But the truth behind Thomas and his friends was no children's fantasy. The truth would be horrifying.''

''Shed 17'' is a fan-made half-hour video done by Platform/YouTube user Paul Vids, which is done as a black comedy/horror {{Mockumentary}} of the '''real''' ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.

''Shed 17'' is a fan-made half-hour video done by Website/YouTube user Paul Vids, which is done as a black comedy/horror {{Mockumentary}} of the '''real''' ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.

* PinocchioSyndrome: Somewhat inverted. Thomas is built to be a steam locomotive with all of the real Thomas' memories and personality, but still functions like a real engine.

* BlackComedy: The infamous Jimmy Savvile appears in a commercial to advertise Sodor railways with a child with a look of terror on his face.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:[[MadScientist Professor Owen Routh]]]] is the head of [=HiT=] Logistics' secret military project who experiments on the engines and is responsible for their suffering and the chaos that follows. [[spoiler:However, the ending he's still working for Sir Topham Hatt, who was giving orders to him in carrying out further experiments.]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler:MadScientist Professor Owen Routh]]]] is the head of [=HiT=] Logistics' secret military project who experiments on the engines and is responsible for their suffering and the chaos that follows. [[spoiler:However, the ending he's still working for Sir Topham Hatt, who was giving orders to him in carrying out further experiments.]]

* BrickJoke: One of the tells for a Biofused Tank is that they yell in pain whenever they fire their turrets. Later, when[[spoiler:Project G-1 is amok, some Biofused Tanks act as defense yelling in discomfort as they open fire.]]

* KarmaHoudini:
** [[spoiler:Professor Owen Routh, the man responsible for Project G-1, faces no consequences for his actions and succeeds in biofusing Keith Hartley into a truck.]]
** Similarly, [[spoiler:Sir Topham Hatt, who is revealed to still be alive, also escapes consequences.]]
* LaResistance: [[spoiler:Following the death of his wife Annie, Diesel forms the Sodor Liberation Front to get the government to formally recognise the rights of biofused engines and to recognise Sodor as a refuge for them. The movement ultimately succeeds in doing this, resulting in Sodor eventually seceding from the UK and cutting off all diplomatic ties.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Diesel [[spoiler:(assumed to be unintentionally) let Project G-1 loose during his kamikaze attack on HiT Logistics.]]

* TheScapegoat: With all the major players in the biofusion operation having disappeared, Keith Hartley became this after the release of ''Shed 17'' as he was the most public figure.

* SingleMindedTwins: An interesting spin on the trope, as it's revealed that most of the twin engines were the result of a single person's cells splitting during the biofusion process.
-->'''Professor Routh:''' Of course, these are essentially the same person.

** Hit Logistics is pretty much Hit Entertainment if it was the Umbrella Corporation.

* TwinTelepathy: The experiments at Hit Logistics reveal that biofused twins have a particularly powerful telepathic link owing to their single shared mind. [[spoiler:This means that if one is subjected to torture or death, the other experiences the same fate, as shown with Donald and Douglas, and Annie and Clarabel.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While [[spoiler:Diesel]]'s intentions were noble, using himself as a kamikaze to bring down the Hit Logistics building, he had no idea what he'd be unleashing by doing so. [[spoiler:Diesel skidded and crashed into the containment cell holding Project G-1, allowing it to break free and go on a rampage]].

* AdaptationalVillainy: Sir Topham Hatt. In the source material, he's a stern yet fair railway controller who is very close to his engines. Here he's a rude, unethical, money-obsessed, corrupt executive from British Rail who owned a controlling share of Sodor Research and spearheaded the mass-biofusion projects that the Gotzes wanted to avoid.

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Turns out the converted Thomas was a clone. As the narration explains, every one of the failed clones, while mutated and horribly mutilated from the countless experiments, is exactly the same as the 'real' Thomas, and are no more real than he is. The shock of this experience kickstarts Thomas's descent into [[GoMadFromTheRevelation going insane]] and bursting free from his metal components.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sir Topham Hatt.

* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Wilhelm might be a Nazi, but after he realizes what Hatt is doing with the engines, he is [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide.]] Then this is DoubleSubverted in the case of why he came to Sodor from Germany. He had stated he feared the rumors of what the Third Reich was doing, but the truth is that his superiors (the ''[[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]]'' mind you) were unsettled by his scientific research.
** The Fat Controller actually decided to ban the use of biofused diesels after [[spoiler:Mavis' gruesome death]].
* FatBastard: Sir Topham Hatt.

** [[spoiler:Similarity happens with Keith at the end of Project G-1 when he got bio-fused into a Truck for revealing too much.]]
* HerrDoktor: Wilhelm Gotze and his son Hans, since they are both German scientists.
* InSeriesNickname: Sir Topham Hatt is known by some as "The Fat Bastard" and "The Fat Fuck".
* InsistentTerminology: Sir Topham Hatt is only as "The/That FatBastard(Fuck/Shite)".

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Hans Gotze is a science professor, just like his father, Wilhelm. In a similar vein, Thomas likes trainspotting, like Hans.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Sir Topham Hatt vanished after Thomas discovered the inside of Shed 17.]]

* SubvertedKidsShow: This video parodies Thomas and Friends, and fucks up your childhood.

* VocalDissonance: Thomas Gotze has a feminine-sounding voice.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** It was never explained what happened to Hans after he resigned. Although[[invoked]] WordOfGod says that he went into the world of medicine whilst [[DrowningMySorrows hitting the bottle hard]].
** PlayedStraight about [[spoiler:Sir Topham Hatt.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: Downplayed with Diesel. While he's not really depicted as heroic, he's not a villain like he is in the original series. After research at Hit Logistics resulted in the gruesome death of his beloved wife, Diesel formed a civil rights crusade for biofused engines. [[spoiler:However, his [[SuicideAttack actions]], while [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intended]], did result in [[NiceJobBreakingItHero releasing]] [[FromBadToWorse Project G-1.]]]]
* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler:Project G-1 is a culmination of all biofused engines, including Gordon, James, Donald, Douglas, Percy, Toby, Duck, and Oliver to name a few. It's also implied Project G-1 contains [[ItCanThink their collective consciousnesses too]]]].

* TheAssimilator: [[spoiler:Project G-1 is able to assimilate any biofused matter it comes in contact with. Upon its release, it drags several engines still imprisoned at Hit Logistics into itself to allow it to grow to titanic proportions in an alarmingly short period of time.]]

** Hit Logistics' treatment of the remaining engines, including [[spoiler:horrific experiments, especially centred around twins, and their later extermination of said engines by [[KillItWithFire "the most efficient way possible"]] certainly draws some Holocaust parallels.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: While it was never clear where he stood morally, [[spoiler:Doctor Routh seemed to show contempt towards The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt and some of his actions regarding Gordon's death. Here he seems to have no qualms with doing these monstrous experiments.]] Also, [[spoiler:Thomas himself turns on Keith and mauls him at the end.]]
* FatBastard: The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt natch.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:After Thomas' DespairEventHorizon, he grabs Keith Hartley in a fit of rage and tears him in half.]]