Note Diesel 10 smiling in non-evil fashion.
Calling All Engines! is the first feature-length Thomas & Friends special, released in 2005.Thomas tries to get the steamies and diesels to help build Sodor's new airport.
Calling All Engines! contains examples of:
- The Bus Came Back:
- Daisy makes a rather brief first appearance since season 4.
- Diesel 10 has returned, and this time he's here to stay.
- Lady also appears in Thomas' dream.
- Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them: Emily was dismissive of Thomas' company in the sheds since she wanted some sleep, but she learned how comfortable it is to have the company of friends and once Tidmouth Sheds was rebuilt, she was transferred there to be with the other engines.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: Thanks to the engines and diesels working together, Sodor's airport is completed on time.
- Enemy Mine: The engines and diesels learn to put aside their differences and work together to built Sodor's airport.
- Fantastic Racism: A huge plot point of the special. Even after this, it still remains throughout the rest of the series.
- Fate Worse than Death: James, Gordon, Edward, and Percy dream about what might happen to them if the railway closed down:
- James is turned into a carnival game and humiliated over and over.
- Gordon has been turned into a playground slide and is unable to show his strength.
- Edward becomes a scarecrow under the ownership of a neglectful farmer.
- Percy is turned into a roller-coaster with goggles over his eyes.
- Jerkass Ball: Emily is depicted as being uncomfortable with Thomas' company when he need to find a place to stay. She does have a change of heart however near the end.
- Loud Sleeper Gag: The engines have to sleep in other places on the Island of Sodor while Tidmouth Sheds is under renovation. Thomas stays in Knapford Sheds with Emily, who gets annoyed with him telling her about his day and tells him to go to sleep. When Thomas does, he whistles in his sleep, which keeps Emily awake. When Thomas is too tired to head back to Knapford Sheds one evening, he sleeps in a siding. Emily is pleased to have Knapford Sheds to herself again at first, but soon finds it lonely without Thomas to tell her about his day. She even begins to miss the sound of his sleep whistle. At the end of the special, when Tidmouth Sheds is rebuilt, a seventh berth is added for Emily to stay in.
- The Movie: The first feature-length production to be such.
- Musical Chores: "Busy".
- Nightmare Sequence: The engines dream what would happen to them had the railway closed forever: James turns into a coconut shy, Gordon turns into a playground slide, Edward turns into a scarecrow, and Percy turns into a roller coaster.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: This happened when Thomas unintentionally moved the trucks off the rails, knocking down the water tower towards the airport. This prompts him to go and find Diesel 10 for help.
- Opinion-Changing Dream: Thomas had a dream where Lady and Rusty worked together, and it showed him that steamies and diesels can and should work together.
- Spice Up the Subtitles: One pirated Indonesian DVD (commonly sold at stalls in markets) translated Thomas' exclamations "Cinders and ashes!" and "Bust my buffers!" as something that roughly means "Son of a bitch!" in English.
- Tempting Fate: Thomas tells Emily that he and his friends will be back in Tidmouth Sheds after they’ve done their jobs. A hurricane suddenly hits a few seconds after he said that.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Diesel 10, while still grumpy, is now a helpful engine who wants to be "really useful", which is a complete 180 from his characterization in Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
- Trash the Set: The original Tidmouth Sheds seen up to now is demolished, and rebuilt at the end with an extra berth for Emily.
- We ARE Struggling Together: The steam engines and diesels biff each other to various things, causing them to become dirty. As a result, nothing gets done and The Fat Controller angrily lets them know it.
- Wham Episode: Tidmouth Sheds is demolished and rebuilt with an extra berth so Emily can stay.
