History Fanfic / ThomasAbridged

** The Juggernaut[[spoiler: s]], heavily modified steam engine[[spoiler:s]].[[spoiler:Two of Edward's old friends from the Second World War, killed by Nazis, then resurrected to work for the other railway. The first dies in the Battle of Shining Time, and the second dies fighting the Duchess.]]

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Captain Zero's interests include making money, taking over the world, and Judge Judy.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: [[spoiler: In Part 10 of "The Magic Railroad", Lady sends the Steam Team inside the Malevolence (figuratively) to take it down from the inside. It responds by manifesting the seven engines' worst fears or sworn enemies as a kind of psychological warfare; most of them are twisted versions of colleagues or relatives, or even themselves in Henry's case. James faces St. Eustace, Gordon faces Flying Scotsman... and then Percy faces ''Mr. effing Blobby''.]]

* AbstractScale: James has two named after him: the James Level Of Smugness meter, which Emily nearly hits an eight on in "In Which No One Gets To Sleep", and the James Hatred scale, which Class 40 ''obliterates'' in "Bowled Out".

* TheAce: Edward and Duck are among the most skilled engines on the railway; the first can be trusted with nearly any job and the second [[spoiler: is part of the Iron Circle.]] On the other hand, you have Thomas, James and Gordon, who ''think'' they're this good, but in fact, they have little to no redeeming qualities.
* AccidentalInnuendo: InUniverse, Caroline is described as being "pounded" up a hill in "Train Stops Play". The narrator actually ''apologises'' for being immature.

* AccidentalMisnaming: Derek calls Bill and Ben "Bodger and Badger" the first time he meets them.

** Duck has been called Goose on two occasions. First by Class 40 in "Bowled Out" and again by Past!Gordon in "Paint Pots and Queens".

* AchievementsInIgnorance: Including, but not limited to:
** The engines being able to shrug, write and punch despite the fact that they can only move their wheels and faces.
** Thomas somehow being accepted as a candidate for the Mayor of Sodor.
** Edward managed to write a book, titled "What Were They Thinking?! 100 Tales Of Stupidity From The Island Of Sodor", despite not having hands.
*** Edward's memoirs in said book include James' endeavours in religion and Gordon's Grand Designs-inspired attempts at building a shed.

** Mavis too, especially towards the end of Magic Railroad.

-->'''Rickety''': Nice color, James!
-->'''U.L.P.''': Pity about your face, though!
* AdaptationalJerkass: Pretty much everyone in the fic is far ruder than their Thomas & Friends counterpart, it’d probably be easier to list the characters that aren’t hit with this.

-->'''Gordon''': Disgraceful!
-->'''James''': Disgusting!
-->'''Henry''': Despicable!
-->({{Beat}})
-->'''James''': That was nice, the way you did that.
-->'''Henry''': You think? You know, maybe that should be our thing, you know, Gordon says Disgraceful, you say...

* TheAlcoholic: Skarloey, to the point where [=BoCo=] gives him the name Drunky in his half-arsed bedtime story for Bill and Ben. In fact, Skarloey Lake got its name after he fell into it when extremely intoxicated.

* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Frequently.

* IKnewIt: InUniverse Toby figured out that Duck was a spy [[spoiler: long before he was forced to reveal it.]]

-->'''Thomas''': WHAT HO YOU LOT!
-->'''Percy''': Oh God, he's back.
-->'''Toby''': Well, it was nice while it lasted.
* IncompetenceInc: Even more so than in the TV series.
** The Fat Director sees the Other Railway as this.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Gordon and Henry make some really bad cow-related ones in "Cows".
-->'''Henry''': They'd have to ''moooo''ve out of the way!
-->'''Gordon''': Yeah! 'Cause we're a ''cud'' above the rest!

* InSeriesNickname: Almost all of the engines call the Fat Controller "Fatty" when he's not listening.
** The drivers and other railway employees tend to refer to him as "The Fat One".

** 8783 is called "Biggles" by Eagle, on the account of him liking to watch the planes go by.

* InsistentTerminology: Bill and Ben don't work with drugs, they work with ''clay''. CLAY.
** Also, it's not a railROAD, it's a railWAY, as stated several times by Thomas in "The Magic Railroad".

* OffModel: Whenever there is a mistake in the TV Series, expect its abridged version to comment on it.

** In "Duncan Gets Spooked", two of the slate trucks are named [[Music/{{Journey}} Steve and Perry]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: All of the characters from the TV series make appearances, plus some RWS-exclusive ones and a lot of people that either made miniscule appearances in the TVS and RWS, plus a few that were invented by the author.

** In "Thomas and the Magic Railroad: Part 4", Lily mentions she has an Aunt Matilda. This could also count as an ActorAllusion, since Mara Wilson, who played Lily in the actual film, "WesternAnimation/ThomasandtheMagicRailroad", also played Matilda Wormwood in Film/Matilda.

** In "Thomas and the Magic Railroad: Part 4", Lily mentions she has an Aunt Matilda. This could also count as an ActorAllusion, since Mara Wilson, who played Lily in the actual film, WesternAnimation/ThomasandtheMagicRailroad, also played Matilda Wormwood in [[Film/Matilda]].

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11527582/1/Thomas-Abridged Thomas]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12454574/1/Thomas-Abridged-Volume-II Abridged]]'' is a WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine FanFiction by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3446187/ToonGuy ToonGuy]], and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as you might expect from the title,]] it's TheAbridgedSeries of the misadventures of everyone's favourite attention-deficit-stricken tank locomotive.

* EarlyBirdCameo: If a characters appears earlier than they should in [[WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine the main series]], such as James, expect [=ToonGuy=] to comment on it.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: 'Arry and Bert.
** Splatter and Dodge.
** [[spoiler:98462 (Alfred) & 87546 (Cecil) a.k.a the Juggernauts.]]

** In "Rusty and the Boulder" [[spoiler: a flashback to 1955 sees the return of the Malevolence (this time back in dragon form, pre-Marklin, who battles it out with Lady and the small engines. Jock is killed while Bert, Mike and Rex are all badly wounded in the ensuing battle. Lady is seriously injured by Boomer and The Malevolence, but still strong enough to move under her own steam. Carlin, Benn and Tasha get involved in the battle too, allowing Burnett to hightail back to the Magic Railroad. Willo is then transformed into Boulder, while the three small seal themselves into a mountain to recover from their injuries while !Boulder/Willo acts as there guardian, as Carlin and Benn chase after the Malevolence.]]

* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler: The Malevolence turns Willo the Wisp into Boulder during the fight at Burnett and Tasha's wedding. A heavily injured trio of the Small Railway engines entomb themselves into a mountain near the quarry, leaving a petrified Willo on the surface to guard them. When the rock around said mountain is quarried, Boulder starts moving to cause havoc and protect Rex, Mike and Bert.]]*

* DarkFic: Far, ''far‘’ darker then the books and the original Tv series. Pretty much ''every'' character is hit with AdaptationalJerkass, more adult themes are featured, and there are many genuinely evil villains (Arry and Bert [[spoiler: murder Boco]], something that their Tv series counterparts would never do.]] If that’s not enough, it’s not afraid to kill off characters.

* ManipulativeBastard: Diesel is this during the "Duck & Diesel Trilogy". [[spoiler: He was possessed at the time, explaining why he isn't like this in future appearances.]]
** S.C.Ruffey also manipulated Bill and Ben into burning down Brendam Docks, as revealed in "Toad Stands By".
* MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover: Every British TV show exists in this universe. Included, but not limited to, [[WesternAnimation/CountDuckula Count Duckula]], ''Series/{{Bagpuss}}'', [[WesternAnimation/PostmanPat Postman Pat]], [[WesternAnimation/WilloTheWisp Will-o’-the-Wisp]], [[WesternAnimation/AliastheJester Alias the Jester]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSagaofNoggintheNog Noggin the Nog]], and ''WesternAnimation/{{Tugs}}''.

* SealedGoodInACan: [[spoiler: WesternAnimation/WilloTheWisp is transformed into Boulder after his fight with the Malevolence.]]

* BadDreams: James has a nightmare in "In Which Bodies Hit The Floor" [[spoiler: where his friends are brutally murdered by a slasher movie villain.]]

* BiTheWay: Henry is revealed to be bisexual in "Percy, James, and the Fruitful Day", but it isn't a major part of his character. Drampf, Thomas' opponent in the Sodor mayoral race, uses this against him in a newspaper article in "Bowled Out".

* DarkFic: Far, ''far‘’ darker then the books and the original Tv series. Pretty much ''every'' character is hit with AdaptationalJerkass, more adult themes are featured, and there are many genuinely evil villains (Arry and Bert [[spoiler: murder Boco]], something that their Tv series counterparts would ''never'' do.]] If that’s not enough, it’s not afraid to kill off characters.