Line #26 WebAnimation/Shed17


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: ''Stay away from Shed 17.'']]
3	->''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.''
4	-->-- '''Opening Monologue'''
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6	''Shed 17'' is a fan-made half-hour video done by Platform/YouTube user Pauls Vids, which is done as a black comedy/horror {{Mockumentary}} of the '''real''' ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.
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8	The video can be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=462KBuAhncU watched here]], though you need to be 17+, [[DarkerAndEdgier and for]] [[{{Gorn}} good reason]], as this is ''most definitely not your ordinary fan animation''.
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10	A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4spPWx0y88w sequel]] titled ''Project G-1'' was made, in which Paul collaborated with other [=YouTubers=] to create, and it is [[DarkerAndEdgier even more morbid than its predecessor.]] A day after it was first uploaded, it was taken down for a presumed community guidelines violation, and later reuploaded; the reuploaded version removes the presumed offending scene in which Smudger is "raped" by a fanatical fan.[[note]]Although, a comment from the original upload by Paul confirms that the fan tickled Smudger in reality, and the scene was merely played for horror.[[/note]]
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12	Paul has also been working on a [[LighterAndSofter more humorous]] Thomas parody called ''The Adventures of Roly the Coach'' which is a series of short episodes involving the titular anthropomorphic coach and his numerous misfortunes, from having to deal with unsavory characters to trying and failing to get British Rail reformed. The series uses the same animation style and assets as ''Shed 17'' to the point where some may consider it a spin-off but it's made clear this is not in the same universe and the living vehicle characters are just living vehicles and are not mutated humans. Some crude humor and violence is present in ''Roly the Coach'' but it's mostly played for laughs as opposed to being played for horror in ''Shed 17''. Paul has another parody series called ''Thomas' PC Adventures'' which satirizes PoliticalOvercorrectness with the engines getting into conflicts like Thomas being cancelled for making a supposedly offensive comment about Percy's paint color and the engines getting in trouble for body-shaming Sir Topham Hatt. Like ''Roly the Coach'', this series is mostly played for laughs and is a lot lighter than ''Shed 17'' or ''Project G-1''.
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16	[[folder:Tropes in ''Shed 17'']]
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18	!!''Shed 17'' provides examples of:
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20	* AnachronismStew: See TheStinger below. [[spoiler:If bio-fusion was banned in Europe in the 1980s; how could the Costa Concordia, an Italian ship built in 2005 be a bio-fused person?]]
21	* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The video states the events took place in the 1970s, even though the books Wilbert created were made thirty years prior, and the events of the early books took place in the 1920s-30s.
22	* BigBad: [[AdaptationalVillainy Sir Topham Hatt]] is the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive head]] of Sodor Research LTD who is responsible for all their horrific biofusion experiments on people to turn them into vehicles, leading to all the conflicts that follow.
23	* BigNO: [[spoiler:Thomas lets out a very long one just before his skeleton comes out of the engine, after finding out that he was a clone of the real Thomas.]]
24	* BlackComedy: It's there to lighten the mood somewhat. For example: in a deleted scene of "WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends", Edward was supposed to whistle when he came into the station. He does... [[MoodWhiplash and sprays three actors in a shower of blood]].
25	* BodyHorror: The very concept of [[spoiler:bio-fusion is merging human DNA with inorganic parts, and this means the engines actually have ''living tissue and organs'' in them as well as mechanical components. The process itself was far from perfect, and many of the engines (including Percy, Gordon, and Mavis) suffer horrible deaths as a result of flawed procedures. Worse yet is that the ending reveals that the process is still used in China, where it is a frequent punishment for political prisoners.]]
26	* CaughtOnTape: [[spoiler:A train spotter took several photos of Sir Topham Hatt the night before Henry's accident proving he was responsible. The images were covered up for 10 years afterwards.]]
27	* ClassifiedInformation: The events of the documentary are described as having been this up until now. The [[spoiler:recorded footage of the experiments]] are particularly described as this.
28	* CloneDegeneration: [[spoiler:According to the creator of the video, Hans and Wilhelm cloned their deceased son many times since they wanted to perfect it. The converted Thomas is this perfected clone.]]
29	* {{Deconstruction}}: Shed 17 takes the concept of the talking vehicle that Thomas and Friends are known for and portrays it most realistically and darkly possible. It shows us the real-life problems that come with [[spoiler:people being turned into vehicles with gears and pistons mixed with their beating, organic organs]], such as [[spoiler:Gordon being cooked from the inside-out to Thomas having an ''actual skeletal structure contained inside his steam engine body'']].
30	* EatTheCamera: The post credits scene ends with the camera zooming into the Costa Concordia's screaming mouth underwater.
31	* FreezeFrameBonus: Whenever a newspaper article is briefly shown, the fine print is actually the lyrics of [[{{Music/Aha}} A-ha's]] "The Living Daylights" repeated over and over.
32	* HeKnowsTooMuch:
33	** [[spoiler:When Henry discovers what is inside Shed 17 and confronts Sir Topham Hatt about it, he has Henry assigned to the Flying Kipper run and sets up the accident later adapted into "The Flying Kipper", allowing him to send Henry to be scrapped at Crewe.]]
34	** [[spoiler:Similarity happens with Keith at the end of Project G-1 when he got bio-fused into a Truck for revealing too much of the company to the media.]]
35	* JumpScare: Several, including [[spoiler:Thomas being hit by a train]] and [[spoiler:the horrifically deformed Thomas's hand banging on the glass]].
36	* JustTrainWrong: American rolling stock is seen throughout the video despite taking place in Britain and wheel configurations change on some engines.
37	* Room101: The titular Shed 17.
38	* SceneryGorn: The present day shots of Thomas' branchline.
39	* ScienceIsBad: Pretty much the whole concept of bio-fusion.
40	* ShoutOut: Thomas is friends with a simple-minded man who can only say where he lives: [[Series/GameOfThrones Sodor.]]
41	* TheStinger: [[spoiler:The scene after the credits shows the shipwrecked Costa Concordia, revealing that it was bio-fused as well.]]
42	* StockFootage: The famous 1984 Old Dalby nuclear flask test is shown at the end of the video, where in-universe the Class 46 locomotive involved in the experiment was revealed to be a bio-fused engine.
43	* StupidJetpackHitler: Wilhelm Goetze was a Nazi scientist whose research involving bio-fusion resulted in the talking tank engines.
44	* SubvertedKidsShow: This video parodies ''Thomas and Friends'' by giving the series a horrific backstory where the engines are former humans transformed into engines by the process of Bio-Fusion. The series goes into a lot of gisly details and re contextualizes everything from the original series to give it a much darker, sci-fi horror vibe.
45	* UncannyValley: In-universe, the unveiling of the newly bio-fused Thomas disturbs some of the spectators. A woman faints and Keith Hartley vomits... [[RunningGag repeatedly]].
46	-->'''Keith:''' It took me a moment to realize what it was I was looking at.
47	* VomitIndiscretionShot: A RunningGag is Keith vomiting when he gets nervous, such as the time he's on TV ''four times in a row''.
48	* WhamLine:
49	** A particularly potent example is given right at the end, just before the climax:
50	--->'''Narrator''': "[[spoiler:In Shed 17, Thomas wouldn't discover who he was, but, in fact, who he ''wasn’t''.]]"
51	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The video ends with one of these.
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54	[[folder:Tropes in ''Project [=G-1=]'']]
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56	!!''Project G-1'' provides examples of:
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58	* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Keith Hartley gets turned into a truck. Out of context, this doesn't sound bad...except these trucks don't have mouths, so any noise he makes is muffled...and since it's a truck, he can't move by himself. However, if one looks closely he is the only one with his innards exposed. Very well likely meaning that merciful death will claim him.]]
59	** Something of a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] with Diesel and Annie, who are left to be forgotten about in a shed and can do nothing but gaze into each other's eyes for decades. They are so madly in love that they do not resent this.
60	* AnimationBump:
61	** The models are a bit more refined this time around.
62	** The biomatter monster, from its escape to its demise, has unusually graceful motion.
63	* 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 implies [[HijackedByGanon he's still working for Sir Topham Hatt]], who was giving orders to him in carrying out further experiments.]]
64	* BigNo: [[spoiler:Thomas once again does this.]] Diesel, Douglas and Smudger also have their turns.
65	* BlackComedy: The [[PaedoHunt infamous]] Creator/JimmySavile appears in a commercial to advertise Sodor railways with a child with a look of terror on his face.
66	* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Thomas came out pretty horrific after his 28 operations]].
67	-->'''Keith:''' [[spoiler:That wasn't the Thomas I knew. That wasn't an engine OR a human - it were a creature, multilated by surgeons and engineers alike.]]
68	* BrickJoke: One of the tells for a Biofused Tank is that they yell in pain and swear whenever they fire their turrets. Later, when [[spoiler:Project G-1 is amok, some Biofused Tanks act as defense swearing in discomfort as they open fire.]]
69	* DarkerAndEdgier: A given considering how dark ''Shed 17'' was.
70	* {{Deconstruction}}: Where Shed 17 shows the issues of changing into a talking steam engine, Project G-1 continues from that idea from a political viewpoint. It brings up whether or not these former humans are seen as living beings with rights. The answer? Almost none. [[spoiler:This led to a campaign committed to freeing biofused people from the cruel treatment and practices that made them]].
71	* DespairEventHorizon:
72	** [[spoiler:Thomas, following his betrayal by the military.]]
73	** [[spoiler:Duck also has one after he kills Oliver in a fight to the death.]]
74	** [[spoiler:Diesel naturally has one after witnessing Annie burst into flames. This in turn results in him forming LaResistance later.]]
75	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
76	** Welsh Coal acts as a narcotic on the Engines, which leads to symptoms similar to those found in drugs like cocaine.
77	** In the deleted scenes, the steamies performed "sick fantasies" on both James and Smudger. [[spoiler:Although Paul confirmed that the steamies merely 'tickled' them]], most saw this as something else entirely (moreso for Smudger) which led to Project G-1 being temporarily removed from [=YouTube=].
78	** [=HiT=] Logistics' treatment of the remaining engines, including [[spoiler:horrific experiments, especially centered around twins, on dehumanized second-class citizens, and their later extermination of said citizens by [[KillItWithFire "the most efficient way possible"]], certainly draws some parallels with UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust, especially since the experiments are canonically based on the work of a former Nazi]].
79	* EldritchAbomination: The escaped biomatter monster.
80	* ExplosiveDecompression: [[spoiler:When Donald is sealed in a pressure chamber, the scientists experience Douglas suffer this fate thanks to their psychic links.]]
81	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: "And don't worry, Mr. Hartley. You're among friends here. This is where everyone ends up once they've become... troublesome."
82	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Keith Hartley mentions he can't imagine a worse hell than being a truck. [[spoiler:Guess what happens to him at the end.]]
83	* FourthDateMarriage: Annie Clarabella and Kevin Diesel marry within weeks of meeting each other.
84	* GoryDiscretionShot: Subverted. [[spoiler:While we don't see it happening to Donald we are shown what being in a pressure chamber does to an Engine as its effects happen to Douglas.]] Played straight for [[spoiler:Annie]] however.
85	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Cranky due to going insane from witnessing both Thomas's engine corpse and his hand in ripping Smudger out. He attacks Hit logistics' headquarters with a wrecking ball resulting in the veins within his turning mechanism to be severed causing him to collapse into the Building. Diesel somewhat does one too by rushing into the building.]]
86	* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler:Keith is delivering his interview directly in front of Thomas, leaving little wonder as to why Thomas lashes out at him since he was in earshot of nearly 40 minutes of recounting all the horrors of the previous years, as well as countless reminders of just what this entire endeavor caused and cost him. Of course, the fact that it ''is'' Thomas back there is only revealed at the very end.]]
87	* InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath: [[spoiler:Duck and Oliver are forced into one after they flee to Japan, resulting in Duck killing Oliver.]]
88	* ItCanThink: [[spoiler:Project G-1 is heavily implied to be controlled by the consciousnesses of many biofused engines and are fully aware of what's happened to them. It went straight to Blue Mountain Quarry to seek out its kind and managed to calm down when it recognized Thomas. Also, when it was about to get hit by Boulder, it expressed fear and tried covering itself with its arm. Considering the [[GoodTimesMontage montage that comes shortly after]], it's safe to assume that ''Gordon's'' consciousness was controlling Project G-1, or at least the central one]].
89	* JumpScare: Again, such as [[spoiler:Thomas's clone roaring at the camera at the beginning]] or when [[spoiler:Thomas grabs Keith Hartley]].
90	* LivingWeapon: As part of their research into Project G-1, several soldiers are biofused into tanks.
91	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The anonymous whistle blower is Ringo Starr.
92	* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Project G-1]] right when it was about to get hit by [[spoiler:Boulder]].
93	* PutOnABus: Hans Gotze doesn't appear at all in Project G-1 despite the major role he played in Shed 17.
94	* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:Thomas's]] eyes glow red for a brief moment after [[spoiler:he angrily rips Keith in half.]]
95	* ShoutOut: The death of [[spoiler:Project G-1]] brings to mind the ending of ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'', though in the latter case, Godzilla survived falling into Mt. Mihara and returned in the [[Film/GodzillaVsBiollante next film]].
96	* TheStinger: [[spoiler:In the year 2069, two individuals try to enter Sodor, only to be confronted by Diesel 10 who's acting as a guard.]]
97	* TakeThat:
98	** [=HiT=] Logistics is pretty much [=HiT=] Entertainment if it was the [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Umbrella Corporation]].
99	** Mattel (the current owners of the ''Thomas'' franchise) sponsors the deadly Japanese boxing match Duck and Oliver were forced into.
100	* ThousandYardStare: During British Rail's [[Creator/JimmySavile "ill-advised celebrity endorsement"]] to promote Sodor, the boy who Savile has almost certainly molested by that point blankly stares into the camera.
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104	!!''The Adventures of Roly the Coach'' provides examples of:
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106	* TheDogBitesBack: In "Roly and Timmy," Roly is greeted by a local boy named Timmy every day on his way to school. But Roly eventually tires of Timmy's constant mood swings throughout his life, and when Timmy (as an old man) greets him in a friendly manner after doing nothing but yell at him throughout his adulthood, Roly [[spoiler:slams one of his doors on him and presumably kills him.]] BewareTheNiceOnes indeed.
107	* ImStandingRightHere: In "Roly's Morning" the camera pans across the engine sheds, with all the main characters badmouthing Roly. The narrator comments "It's a good job Roly's not around to hear this... Oh, no, there he is!" as the pan reaches the final shed.
108	* LoudOfWar: Billy the Boy Racer and his girlfriend Sara Subwoofer are employed for this purpose in ''Roly's Christmas Special''
109	* TheVoiceless: Roly never actually speaks, and rarely even changes his facial expression.
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112	[[folder: Tropes in ''Thomas' PC Adventures'']]
113	* CompanyCrossReferences: When Henry gets electrocuted from the rain after converting into an electric engine, a skeleton can be seen inside of him, a reference to ''Shed 17''.
114	* HypocriticalHumor: From the trailer, Thomas calls out the narrator for what he sees to be profiling for his appearance... only to mutter to himself, "No wonder you live alone."
115	* PoliticalOvercorrectness: Parodied. The many news articles in the intro satirize the political correctness of some stories.
116	* TakeThat: The second episode has Edward dress up in an animal costume along with Percy and one of the Scottish Twins. They appear to be innocent enough until Gordon, Thomas and James stop by to cheer him up. We aren't seen what's going on behind closed doors, only for Gordon, James and Thomas to back out of the meeting, screaming. This is an obvious jab at certain groups in the Furry fandom.
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