History WesternAnimation / ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad

* BigDamnMovie: For Thomas, of course.

* TheCameo: The base of Cranky the crane can be seen as set dressing at Knapford. Butch (who was still basically an extra before Series 15) also appears.

** Though in most cases, it seems like a [[BlatantLies blatant lie]] on Diesel 10's part. He tries to deny his accidents he unintentionally causes and gets himself into, just to not make him look stupid, though Splatter and Dodge don't buy it.

On October 2020, two decades after the film's release, Creator/{{Mattel}} (current owners of the brand) have announced another attempt at a new theatrical film featuring ''Thomas'', this time with Creator/MarcForster (of ''Film/WorldWarZ'' fame) attached to direct the film. It remains to be seen if the film actually comes to fruition. Also in 2020, a 3-hour parody of the movie (appropriately titled ''WebVideo/MagicRailroadParody'') was released on [=YouTube=].

''And so, we've come to the happy ending of our story, and it's time for all of us to go home, just like Thomas.''

!!Tropes featured in the film:

->''"Little engines CAN do big things!"''
-->-- '''Thomas'''

The film was released in theaters on July 14th, 2000 in the United Kingdom and July 26th, 2000 in the United States. However it was a BoxOfficeBomb, only making 19.7 million worldwide against a 19 million budget. The film's critical and financial failure would cause Destination Pictures to shut down shortly afterwards and would later cause Britt Allcroft to distance herself from the franchise and sell her company, Gullane Entertainment (and along with it, the rights to ''Thomas & Friends''), to Creator/HitEntertainment just a couple of years after its release.

* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: "I notice you left your thinking cap behind. Try these instead. They're good for the brain. Gone Fishin', Rabbit."

* CloseOnTitle: Unlike the original movie, the parody jumps straight into the story after the production credits, and

* CloseOnTitle: Unlike the original movie, the parody jumps straight into the story after the production credits, and putting the title at the end.

Perhaps the most infamous aspect of the film however isn't what made it in, but what ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen didn't]]'' make it in, as the film has became notorious in the years following its release for its hugely TroubledProduction and the large wrath of content that was scrapped last minute, most notoriously an entire BigBad in the form of P.T. Boomer, who was cut so late that scenes featuring him were shot and glimpses of him are still present in the final film. This has led fans to demand for a directors cut for the film. While a directors cut was never released[[note]]however, a workprint cut did get leaked onto the internet in 2020[[/note]], Shout Entertainment would compile many of the film's deleted scenes and release them on a blu-ray release of the film in 2020, leading fans to finally get a glimpse of the magic railroad that never was. This subsequently lead to fan-made reconstructions of the original vision.

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

* SneezeOfDoom: Thomas twice from getting coated with sneezing powder.

On October 2020, two decades after the film's release, Creator/{{Mattel}} (current owners of the brand) have announced another attempt at a new theatrical film featuring ''Thomas'', this time with Creator/MarcForster (of ''Film/WorldWarZ'' fame) attached to direct the film. It remains to be seen if the film actually comes to fruition.

* PowerUpFood: Mr. Conductor eats a carrot an a stick of celery [[ItMakesSenseInContext (apparently left by a Rabbit for any weary traveler in need of some inspiration)]] which give him the idea to contact Cousin Junior for help. See EurekaMoment above.

Perhaps the most infamous aspect of the film however isn't what made it in, but what ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen didn't]]'' make it in, as the film has became notorious in the years following its release for its hugely TroubledProduction and the large wrath of content that was scrapped last minute, most notoriously an entire BigBad in the form of P.T. Boomer, who was cut so late that scenes featuring him were shot and glimpses of him are still present in the final film. This has led fans to demand for a directors cut for the film. While a directors cut was never released[[note]]however, a workprint cut did get leaked onto the internet in 2019[[/note]], Shout Entertainment would compile many of the film's deleted scenes and release them on a blu-ray release of the film in 2020, leading fans to finally get a glimpse of the magic railroad that never was. This subsequently lead to fan-made reconstructions of the original vision.

Perhaps the most infamous aspect of the film however isn't what made it in, but what ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen didn't]]'' make it in, as the film has became notorious in the years following its release for its hugely TroubledProduction and the large wrath of content that was scrapped last minute, most notoriously an entire BigBad in the form of P.T. Boomer, who was cut so late that scenes featuring him were shot and glimpses of him are still present in the final film. This has led fans to demand for a directors cut for the film. While a directors cut was never released[[note]]however, a Workprint cut did get leaked onto the internet in 2019[[/note]], Shout Entertainment would compile many of the film's deleted scenes and release them on a blu-ray release of the film in 2020, leading fans to finally get a glimpse of the magic railroad that never was. This subsequently lead to fan-made reconstructions of the original vision.

Perhaps the most infamous aspect of the film however isn't what made it in, but what ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen didn't]]'' make it in, as the film has became notorious in the years following its release for its hugely TroubledProduction and the large wrath of content that was scrapped last minute, most notoriously an entire BigBad in the form of P.T. Boomer, who was cut so late that scenes featuring him were shot and glimpses of him are still present in the final film. This has led fans to demand for a directors cut for the film. While a directors cut was never released, Shout Entertainment would compile many of the film's deleted scenes and release them on a blu-ray release of the film in 2020, leading fans to finally get a glimpse of the magic railroad that never was. This subsequently lead to fan-made reconstructions of the original vision.

The film was released in theaters on July 14th, 2000 in the United Kingdom and July 26th, 2000 in the United States, to much negative reception, with critics and fans slamming the film for its lack of faithfulness to the source material (most notably inserting magic into a setting that was previously meant to be realistic) and its messy, confusing plot. The film was also a BoxOfficeBomb, only making 19.7 million worldwide against a 19 million budget. The film's critical and financial failure would cause Destination Pictures to shut down shortly afterwards and would later cause Britt Allcroft to distance herself from the franchise and sell her company, Gullane Entertainment (and along with it, the rights to ''Thomas & Friends''), to Creator/HitEntertainment just a couple of years after its release.

That said, the film has grown a bit of a small cult following in the years that followed and certain elements, most notably Diesel 10, would later make their way into the show (even if the show understandably [[CanonDiscontinuity ignores the film's events for the most part]]).

* * AmbiguouslyEvil: Whereas Diesel 10 is evil and scheming, Splatter and Dodge are basically dumb and more or less harmless -- which could be a playing factor as to why they turn against him in the end. If Diesel wasn't around, they probably wouldn't even be villains.

Perhaps the most infamous aspect of the film however isn't what made it in, but what ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen didn't]]'' make it in, as the film has became notorious in the years following its release for its hugely TroubledProduction and the large wrath of content that was scrapped last minute, most notoriously an entire BigBad in the form of P.T. Boomer, who was cut so late that scenes featuring him were shot and glimpses of him are still present in the final film. This has led fans to demand for a directors cut for the film. While a directors cut was never released, Shout Entertainment would compile many of the film's deleted scenes and release them on a blu-ray release of the film in 2020, leading fans to finally get a glimpse of the magic railroad that never was.

* ContinuitySnarl: To the point that it's all but considered an AlternateContinuity from any of the previous versions of the characters. In the books and television series, the island of Sodor is off the coast of England. ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' put it in another dimension. The film placed Sodor in another, ''magical'' dimension, kept afloat by [[spoiler: Lady and her gold dust,]] making this the only installment of the franchise to use magic ''at all''. This not only whittled down the show's [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters massive cast]] to about six, but also did away with all of the regular human characters, including the drivers themselves. It also did away with plot points from previous episodes, such as why Henry needs special coal, which is given a completely different reason here. This was less of a problem in the original script: Lady was only keeping the Conductor Family's Railway alive, which was which connected to Sodor, rather than the entire island itself. It would still have been an island far away, working like a real railway as usual, though it still would have lacked drivers.