Line #16 Trivia/ThomasAbridged


1	* ActorAllusion: [[Creator/MaraWilson Lily]] mentions that she has an aunt named {{Film/Matilda}}.
2	* CreatorsFavorite: [=ToonGuy=] states in his [=FAQ=] that his favorite characters to write are Gordon and James.
3	* ScheduleSlip: TUGS Abridged hasn't been updated since 2016. [=ToonGuy=] has said this is due to the series being harder to write than Thomas Abridged.
4	** No episodes have been released since 2019, the most recent being “Percy’s Big Mistake”, leaving Season 8 unfinished.
5	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Thomas and the Magic Railroad had quite a few ideas dropped.
6	** 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.
7	*** Had this happened, Carlin would have stayed at Shining Time Station, except possibly coming back around Season 12 to die [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim as that was around the time the real George Carlin died]].
8	** ‘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.
9	** 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.
10	** Originally Duck was going to show the engines a video of his briefing instead of having a flashback.
11	** Originally D199 was going to be a recurring villain in seasons 4 and 5.
12	** Ivo Hugh was going to have a bigger role in Season 5, however that went out the window when [=ToonGuy=] realized there were only a few episodes with the narrow gauge engines.
13	** Donald, Douglas,and Butch's battle against Arry, Bert, and George wasn't going to happen, it was originally going to end with Douglas' line about getting Duck down. However [=ToonGuy=] decided he wanted to give the twins something to do before the big battle, Arry and Bert a moment in the sun, and expand on George and Butch's rivalry.
14	** Truro’s reason for not having a face was originally different;
15	*** Originally the issue wasn’t going to be talked about at all.
16	*** 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.
17	** The bit with Daisy at the end of Part 5 was almost cut.
18	** A plot point [=ToonGuy=] thought about having was the original kids from Shining Time Station being kidnapped, but it was cut.
19	** Early on [=ToonGuy=] considered making the movie a musical and would’ve adapted a few tracks from [[Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionofTheWaroftheWorlds Jeff Wayne’s “War of The Worlds”.]]
20	** Edward was originally going to kill [[spoiler:'Arry]] instead of Bill and Ben.
21	** [=ToonGuy=] was originally going to kill off [[spoiler:Ivo Hugh]]/Stunt Double during the battle of Sodor, however [=ToonGuy=] felt his death wouldn't be as emotionally effective due to the lack of character building [=ToonGuy=] had done with him.
22	** 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.
23	** 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.
24	*** As of season 7 this idea has been revisited, albeit from Zero's perspective.
25	** Smudger was originally going to be revealed to be the stunt double, this was cut as [=ToonGuy=] wanted Smudger to play a bigger role.
26	** [[spoiler:Smudger's]] reveal as [[spoiler:Bertram]] was originally going to happen in Mind That Bike, but [=ToonGuy=] felt the episode was long enough already.
27	** Originally The Fat Director was going to be revealed to be [[spoiler:Lowham Hatt]] in Season 13, however [=ToonGuy=] decided to do the reveal earlier to avoid making the mystery boring or not seem worth it in the end.
28	** Had [=ToonGuy=] not used time travel in Paint Pots and Queens, amnesia would have been used instead.
29	** 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.
30	** Originally the ''Series/{{Top Gear\|UK}}'' subplot in the Pack spin-off wasn't going to happen, however [=ToonGuy=] felt the Pack episodes were too weak on their own.
31	** Originally there was only supposed to be one Juggernaut, that being [[spoiler:Albert/98462]], with [[spoiler:Cecil/87546]] being introduced later. However [=ToonGuy=] realized he had written the Juggernaut differently in two different stories so he decided to have it be that there were two Juggernauts instead of only one.
32	** Originally the Fat Director was going to be the main villain after Thomas And The Magic Railroad, however [=ToonGuy=] felt that this would drag out the Fat Director's character too much so he switched it over to Captain Zero.
33	** "In Which A Dinner Party Is Held" was originally going to be about "Comedy Night with Billy and Charlie" but it got scrapped due to [=ToonGuy=] being unable to come up with a satisfying ending for it.
34	* WordOfGod: [=ToonGuy=] has confirmed Thumper died in Thomas and The Magic Railroad, he just forgot to write that in.

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