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* TechBro: P. T. Boomer is the wealthy CEO of a tech company that's involved in unethical practices [[spoiler:such as the creation of Pinchy which got people killed]], and uses a veneer of progressiveness as an excuse to recklessly redevelop Shining Time without regard for how it will hurt the lives of the locals. He's much older than the usual example but clearly never grew out of it.

The film starred Dovydaitus, Magee, Michaud, Jarrett, Neil Leighton, Will Stark, Wylie Queenan, Matthew Tillman, Brady [=McGrath=], Eugene Dovydaitus (Nicky's father), Zoe Rose (Nicky’s sister), Kestutis Povilauskas (their late grandfather), and Alex Lanham. Released in 2020 after a 4 year long production process, the film has received acclaim from the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' fandom and is generally seen as the biggest fan project ever.

** Henry’s crash from ''The Flying Kipper'' is mentioned to have happened only recently (explaining why the island still has a supply of his special coal, which he no longer required after his rebuild in said episode but suddenly needed again in the original film).
** One of the cereals Mr. C finds is called “[=BoCo=] Puffs.” As Mr. C points out, “he hasn’t been in the show in years.”
** When Mr. C is floating on the river, Dodge sees him and quips “If he goes over that waterfall, he’s doomed,” a quote taken verbatim from ''Toby and the Flood''.

-->'''Mr. Conductor''': I stood on Edward’s front and threw a rope over the buffer of a runaway James. I watched Toby nearly plummet over a waterfall during a flood. I’ve been put upon and pushed aside while you run this railway off the rails.

* NoodleIncident: Schemer’s absence [[spoiler:until TheStinger]] (and by extension, his absence from the original film) is because he is in prison. A deleted scene reveals that Stacy evicted him from Shining Time Station beforehand.
-->'''Billy''': Thanks for getting rid of him, by the way. He was ''way'' too much at the end.\\
'''Stacy''': Oh my god, don’t remind me.

** The music numbers "I Want to be a Controller" and "One Last Puff" are direct parodies of "I Want to be a Producer" and "One Day More" from Film/TheProducers and Theatre/LesMiserables, respectively. A parody of “White Rabbit” by Music/JeffersonAirplane is also heard when Mr. Conductor smokes on his remaining gold dust.

-->'''Dodge''': Splatter, look! I’m moonwalking!\\
'''Splatter''': You’re just backing up.\\
'''Dodge''': But my wheels are [[Music/MichaelJackson Smooth Criminals]]!

** Mr. Conductor finds a poorly drawn map of Sodor signed "''by Sam, age 35''". This is a clear jab at Sam Wilkinson, a ''Thomas'' fan who was hired as the show's "railway consultant" when Mattel bought the brand. Part of Wilkinson's role entailed creating an updated map of the Island of Sodor, which was notably cluttered and poorly done. Mr. Conductor exclaims “whoever drew this map should be lined up and ''SHOT!''”, referencing an incident where Wilkinson said that anyone who pirates Thomas episodes “deserves to be lined up and shot.”

** Mr. Conductor learns that he has been passed over for a promotion in favor of "Seamus O'Connely". It is mentioned that a few years prior, O'Connely set up a fundraiser to pay for repairs to James, only to steal the money and invest it in his tugboat company instead. This references the real-life 2014 fundraiser by ''Thomas'' fan Sean O'Connor, who attempted to purchase and restore one of the original James props from the show; upon being unable to buy the model, he refused to issue refunds and instead invested the money towards his company “''The Star TUGS Exhibition''”.
* TheStoner: Gold dust in this movie is also a powerful opioid, and Mr. Conductor and Junior use their whistles to get high off of it. Mr. Conductor goes throughout the movie trying to overcome his addiction. [[spoiler:Lady and Burnett Stone also liked to get high off of gold dust in the [=60's=], and Lady produces more by smoking weed]].

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Burnett and Boomer used to be best friends before Boomer realized Tasha was cheating on him with Burnett, leading to him taking Lady out for a joyride and crashing her to get even.

** A junction box outside Shining Time Station has a sign that reads "IND.VAL.RR. [[{{Creator/{{Pixar}} A113]]".

** The first part to Ringo Starr Mr. Conductor's line "Hey, smoke enough of that grass and pop enough of those pills, you'll get yourself some 18-inch tall Liverpudlian men!" is a reference to Music/{{Steppenwolf}}'s "The Pusher".

** The first part to Ringo Starr Mr. Conductor's line "Hey, smoke enough of that grass and pop enough of those pills,you get yourself some 18-inch tall Liverpudlian men!" is a reference to Music/{{Steppenwolf}}'s "The Pusher".

** In a deleted scene, which served as Lily's introduction, Junior as the Narrator points out Lily is listening to a cover of "Suffragette City" by [[Music/DavidBowie]] on her headphones and we get this gem:
-->'''Junior:''' What, is she listening to [[Music/DavidBowie]] or whatever, what kind of movie does she think she's in? [[Film/GuardiansoftheGalaxy2014 Guardians of the fucking Galaxy]]?

** The first part to Ringo Starr Mr. Conductor's line "Hey, smoke enough of that grass and pop enough of those pills,you get yourself some 18-inch tall Liverpudlian men!" is a reference to [[Music/Steppenwolf]]'s "The Pusher".

** In a deleted scene, which served as Lily's introduction, Junior as the Narrator points out Lily is listening to a cover of [[Music/DavidBowie]]'s song "Suffragette City" on her headphones and we get this gem:
-->'''Junior:''' What, is she listening to [[Music/DavidBowie]], what kind of movie does she think she's in? [[Film/GuardiansoftheGalaxy2014 Guardians of the fucking Galaxy]]?

* RuderAndCruder: This film is ''far'' more profane and ridden with adult jokes than the original film, its TV series predecessor, and the book series that inspired the TV show

** In a deleted scene, which served as Lily's introduction, Junior as the Narrator points out Lily is listening to a Music/DavidBowie song on her headphones and we get this gem:
-->'''Junior:''' What, is she listening to David Bowie, what kind of movie does she think she's in? [[Film/GuardiansoftheGalaxy2014 Guardians of the fucking Galaxy]]?

* RuderandCruder: This film is ''far'' more profane and ridden with adult jokes than the original film, its TV series predecessor, and the book series that inspired the TV show

'''''Magic Railroad Parody''''', as the title would suggest, is an R-Rated parody of the 2000 family fantasy film ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad''. The film was directed by Nicky Dovydaitus, who also edited the film, served as cinematographer, and wrote the script alongside Matt Michaud and producers Robert Magee and Jacob Jarrett (the latter of which also served as art director and animation supervisor).

The film starred Dovydaitus, Magee, Michaud, Jarrett, Neil Leighton, Will Stark, Wylie Queenan, Matthew Tillman, Brady [=McGrath=], Eugune Dovydaitus (Nicky's father), Zoe Rose, Kestutis Povilauskas, and Alex Lanham. Released in 2020 after a 4 year long production process, the film has received acclaim from the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' fandom and is generally seen as the biggest fan project ever.

* InevitableWaterfall: Mr. Conductor and Rabbit fall into a river after confronting with Diesel 10 at the viaduct. Said river ends in a waterfall.

** The music numbers "I Want to be a Controller" and "One Last Puff" are direct parodies of "I Want to be a Producer" and "One Day More" from Film/TheProducers and Theatre/LesMiserables, respectively. A parody of “White Rabbit” by Music/JeffersonAirplane is also heard when Mr. Conductor smokes on his remaining golf dust.

** The music numbers "I Want to be a Controller" and "One Last Puff" are direct parodies of "I Want to be a Producer" and "One Day More" from Film/TheProducers and Theatre/LesMiserables, respectively. A cover of “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane is also heard.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[ArcWords Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle]]!"'']]

* ArcWords: Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle!

* DeathByAdaptation: Boomer is killed when he and Diesel 10 fall off the collapsing viaduct (although we don't see the body, only his helmet sinking into the river) whereas in the original film's director's cut, he simply lands in the barge of sludge with Diesel 10 and is carried off Sodor.

'''Dodge''': But my wheels are Smooth Criminals!

** Sir Topham Hatt. The show and original film depicted him as the benevolent head of the North Western railway company, while the parody portrays him as a greedy, borderline fascist bureaucrat who cares little for the lives of his railway's employees and patrons and is willing to resort to illegal and sometimes life-threatening business practices to save money. Among other things, he has imported lead paint from China to paint the engines with, ignored a viaduct on the verge of collapsing, and mass marketed the engines without their knowledge or consent.
** Gordon. This version has much less (if any) respect for Thomas, whereas their original counterparts became VitriolicBestBuds by the end of the first season.
** Henry, who is much more prone to condescension and trying to push the smaller engines around.

* NoodleIncident: Schemer’s absence [[spoiler:until TheStinger]] (and by extension, his absence from the original film) is because he is in prison. A deleted scene reveals that Stacy evicted him from Shining Time Station beforehand.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Sir Topham Hatt. The show and original film depicted him as the benevolent head of the North Western railway company, while the parody portrays him as a greedy, borderline fascist bureaucrat who cares little for the lives of his railway's employees and patrons and is willing to resort to illegal and sometimes life-threatening business practices to save money. Among other things, he has imported lead paint from China to paint the engines with, ignored a viaduct on the verge of collapsing, and mass marketed the engines without their knowledge or consent.

* DeathByAdaptation: Boomer is killed when he and Diesel 10 fall off the collapsing viaduct (although we don't see the body) whereas in the original film's director's cut, he simply lands in the barge of sludge with Diesel 10.

** When Mr. C is floating on the river, Dodge sees him and quips “If he goes over that waterfall, he’s doomed,” a quote taken almost word-for-word from ''Toby and the Flood''.
** A portrait of Duke the Lost Engine is seen hanging in Tidmouth Sheds; this was a common sight in seasons 4 and 5 of the show.

** When Toby travels from Knapford to the scrapyard, the music is from a similar scene in the episode ''Ghost Train''.

** The music numbers "I Want to be a Controller" and "One Last Puff" are direct parodies of "I Want to be a Producer" and "One Day More" from Film/TheProducers and Theatre/LesMiserables, respectively. A cover of ''White Rabbit'' by Jefferson Airplane is also heard.

** Mr. Conductor, upon finding the poorly drawn Sodor map, exclaims "whoever drew this map needs to be lined up and ''SHOT''". This is a reference to Garfield's MadLibsCatchphrase from WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends

** Mr. Conductor finds a poorly drawn map of Sodor signed "''by Sam, age 35''". This is a clear jab at Sam Wilkinson, a Thomas fan who was eventually hired as the show's "railway consultant". Part of Wilkinson's role entailed creating an updated map of the Island of Sodor, which was notably cluttered and poorly done. Mr. Conductor exclaims “whoever drew this map should be lined up and ''SHOT!''”, referencing both Garfield and Friends and an incident where Wilkinson said that anyone who pirates Thomas episodes “deserve to be lined up and shot.”

** Mr. Conductor learns that he has been passed over for a promotion in favor of "Seamus O'Connely". It is mentioned that a few years prior, O'Connely set up a fundraiser to pay for repairs to James, only to steal the money and invest it in his tugboat company instead. This references the real-life 2014 fundraiser by ''Thomas'' fan Sean O'Connor, who attempted to purchase and restore one of the original James props from the show; upon being unable to buy the model, he refused to issue refunds and instead invested the money towards his company ''The Star TUGS Exhibition''.
* TheStoner: Gold dust in this movie is also a powerful opioid, and Mr. Conductor and Junior use their whistles to get high off of it. Mr. Conductor goes throughout the movie trying to overcome his addiction. [[spoiler:Lady and Burnett Stone also liked to get high off of it in the [=60's=], as this is how Lady produces more]].

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Burnett and Boomer used to be best friends before Boomer realized Tasha broke up with him in favor of Burnett, leading to him taking Lady out for a joyride and crashing her to get even.

** Mr. Conductor, upon finding the poorly drawn Sodor map, exclaims "whoever drew this map needs to be lined up and ''SHOT''". This is a reference to Garfield's Mad-Libs catchphrase from WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends

* MythologyGag: far more than the original film.

** One of the cereals Mr. C finds is called “BoCo Puffs.” As Mr. C points out, “he hasn’t been in the show in years.”

** Mr. Conductor finds a poorly drawn map of Sodor signed "''by Sam, age 35''". This is a clear jab at Sam Wilkinson, a Thomas fan who was eventually hired as the show's "railway consultant". Part of Wilkinson's role entailed creating an updated map of the Island of Sodor, which was notably cluttered and poorly done. Mr. Conductor exclaims “whoever drew this map should be lined up and ''SHOT!''”, referencing an incident where Wilkinson said that anyone who pirates Thomas episodes “deserve to be lined up and shot.”

* AdaptationalJerkass: Sir Topham Hatt. The show and original film depicted him as the benevolent head of the North Western railway company, while the parody portrays him as a greedy, border-line fascist bureaucrat who, besides caring little for the lives of his railway's employees and patrons, is willing to resort to illegal and sometimes life-threatening business practices, including importing lead paint from China to paint the engines with, ignoring a viaduct on the verge of collapsing, and mass marketing the engines with their knowledge or their consent, to save money.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The mural at Shining Time Station now features a hot air balloon with the Mattel logo on it. [[TakeThat Which is on fire.]]

%%* MythologyGag: Including a few pertaining to the show's cult following.

** The music numbers "I Want to be a Controller" and "One Last Puff" are direct references to "I Want to be a Producer" and "One Day More" from Film/TheProducers and Theatre/LesMiserables, respectively

** Mr. Conductor finds a poorly drawn map of Sodor signed "''by Sam, age 35''". This is a clear jab at Sam Wilkinson, a Thomas fan who was eventually hired as the show's "railway consultant". Part of Wilkinson's role entailed creating an updated map of the Island of Sodor, which many realized was self-contradictory and poorly done.

* KilledInTheAdaptation: Boomer is killed when he and Diesel 10 fall off the collapsing viaduct (although we don't see the body) whereas in the original film's director's cut, he simply lands in the barge of sludge with Diesel 10.

** The music numbers "I Want to be a Controller" and "One Last Puff" are direct references to "I Want to be a Producer" and "One Day More" from Film/TheProducers and Musical/LesMiserables, respectively

* AdaptationalJerkass: Sir Topham Hatt. The show and original film depicted him as the benevolent head of a railway company, while the parody portrays him as a fascist bureaucrat who is willing to resort to illegal and sometimes life-threatening business practices to save money.

* IWantSong: "I Want to be a Controller"
* LampshadeHanging: Several, including Junior as the narrator saying how the audience has [[ViewersAreGeniuses probably already seen the original movie]].
* LemonyNarrator: Junior serves as this.

* OhCrap: Young Burnett's reaction when he realizes P.T. Boomer's planning to take Lady out for a joyride and crash her as revenge cheating on his girlfriend.

** Mr. Conductor finds a poorly drawn map of Sodor signed "''by Sam, age 35''", a clear jab at Sam Wilkinson, a Thomas fan who was eventually hired as the show's "railway consultant". Part of Wilkinson's role entailed creating an updated map of the Island of Sodor, which many realized was self-contradictory and poorly done.

** Mr. Conductor learns that he has been passed over for a promotion in favor of "Seamus O'Connely". It is mentioned that O'Connely set up a fundraiser to pay for repairs to James, only to steal the money and invest it in his tugboat company instead. This references the real-life 2014 fundraiser by ''Thomas'' fan Sean O'Connor, who attempted to purchase and restore one of the original James props from the show; upon being unable to buy the model, he refused to issue refunds and instead invested the money towards his company ''The Star TUGS Exhibition''.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Sir Topham Hatt. The show and original film depicted him as the benevolent head of a railway company, while the parody portrays him as a [[spoiler:fascist bureaucrat who is willing to resort to illegal and sometimes life-threatening business practices to save money]].

* TwistVillain:
** [[spoiler:Sir Topham Hatt is a greedy bureaucrat who cares little for the lives of his railway's employees and patrons. Among other things, he has been painting the engines with lead paint from China, ignored a viaduct on the verge of collapsing, and mass marketed the engines as toys without their knowledge.]]
** [[spoiler:Diesel 10 was only evil because Pinchy was manipulating him, and thus was using Diesel 10 as an unwilling pawn.]]

* MythologyGag: Including a few pertaining to the show's cult following.