''Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue'' is a 2010 British

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and feature-length special of the British television series, ''

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''. The film is produced by

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and animated by

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. This special takes place in between the thirteenth and fourteenth seasons of the television series.

Plot

A new Sodor Search and Rescue Centre is being built for Harold the Helicopter, Rocky the Crane, and Captain, a new lifeboat. Jobi wood from

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is needed in order to build it. All the engines want to help deliver the Jobi wood.

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inadvertently insults Diesel for being a diesel engine, so Diesel tries to prove himself by taking the Jobi wood, resulting in a chase between him and Thomas, and all the Jobi wood being lost in the sea after Diesel almost falls off an unfinished bridge. Thomas saves Diesel and is rewarded with visiting the rescue centre on the

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. Being told there is no room on the boat, Thomas asks to be carried on a raft behind the boat. However, along the way, the chain to the raft snaps and, after falling asleep, Thomas wakes up only to find himself landing on a nearby island, Misty Island. Thomas explores the island and soon finds it to be inhabited by the "Logging Locos", consisting of a large engine named Ferdinand and two small twins, Bash and Dash, who were sent to the island after causing trouble on the mainland. As Thomas continues exploring the island, Sir Topham Hatt receives a call telling him Thomas is missing, prompting him, Harold and Captain to send out a search party to find him. After seeing the entire island, Thomas discovers a logging station which the Logging Locos are running and learns that Misty Island is the only place other than Japan that grows Jobi wood. He and the others decide they want to go back to Sodor with some of the wood and use a tunnel that connects Misty Island to Sodor. However, as they are halfway through the tunnel, the tunnel caves in on both sides, causing them to get stuck. At the same time, the Logging Locos run out of oil. Thomas finds a hole in the ceiling of the cave which gives him an idea: he can puff smoke out through the hole and alert his friends of his location. The smoke soon alerts the rest of the engines of Thomas's location, convincing his best friend Percy and the garbage dump engine Whiff to go into the tunnel. Percy alerts Thomas of his presence, convincing Thomas he should break through the caved-in rocks himself. However, Whiff sternly corrects Thomas, saying he knows the tunnel more than he does. Thomas is soon convinced, allowing Percy and Whiff to break through. The three then haul the Logging Locos out of the tunnel and take them to be fixed up. However, Sir Topham Hatt, Edward, James, and Gordon have all sailed to Misty Island in order to find Thomas, so Thomas rushes back to Misty Island and finds them just in time. Once he does, the Logging Locos are all welcomed to Sodor and there is a big celebration for the opening of the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre. In a post-credits scene, Diesel 10, the main antagonist of ''

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'', watches the engines from above the rescue centre and vows that he will have revenge on Thomas for insulting Diesel, foreshadowing the events of the following film ''

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.''

Voice cast

UK dub

Michael Angelis Nicolas Michael Angelis (29 April 1944 – 30 May 2020) was an English actor. He was best known for his television roles as Chrissie Todd in ''Boys from the Blackstuff'', Martin Niarchos in '' G.B.H.'' and as a UK narrator of the British child ...

as the Narrator *

Ben Small Benjamin Small is a British voice actor who has acted on animated films and television shows, including Thomas the Tank Engine and Toby the Tram Engine in the UK dub of the children's television series ''Thomas & Friends''. Career Small voice ...

as Thomas, Ferdinand and Toby *

Matt Wilkinson Matthew Wilkinson is a British actor, playwright and director. Acting Wilkinson trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has performed in theatre, film, television and animation. Early theatre work included Alan Bennett's ''The Wind ...

as Bash, Rocky, Cranky, Victor, Kevin, the Dock Manager and Diesel 10 (post-credits scene) *

Keith Wickham Keith Wickham is a British voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for providing the voices of various characters in the children's television series ''Thomas & Friends'', and Polluto in ''Tommy Zoom''. Career Wickham voiced Change ...

as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Dash, Salty, Captain, Harold and the Fat Controller *

Kerry Shale Kerry Shale is a Canadian actor and writer based in London, England. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shale, Kerry Living people 20th-century British male actors 20th-century Ca ...

as Diesel *

Teresa Gallagher Teresa Gallagher is an American-born British actress. Career Gallagher is known for her role as Ellen Smith in ''The Bill'', for her appearances on radio in ''No Commitments'', ''Salem's Lot'', and '' Memorials to the Missing''. She play ...

as Emily *

Togo Igawa , known professionally as , is a Japanese actor who works primarily in British films and television. In recent years, he has had roles in major films such as ''Revolver'', ''Memoirs of a Geisha'', ''The Last Samurai'', and ''A Matter of Size'' ...

as Hiro

US dub

Michael Brandon Michael Brandon (born Michael Feldman; April 20, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for his role as James Dempsey in the British drama series ''Dempsey and Makepeace'' (1985–1986). His theatre credits include the original Broadway (theat ...

as the Narrator and Diesel *

Martin Sherman Martin Gerald Sherman (born December 22, 1938) is an American dramatist and screenwriter best known for his 20 stage plays which have been produced in over 60 countries. He rose to fame in 1979 with the production of his play '' Bent'', which e ...

as Thomas and Percy * William Hope as Bash, Whiff, Rocky, Edward, Toby and the Dock Manager * Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon, James, Dash, Harold, Kevin and Sir Topham Hatt *

Jules de Jongh Jules de Jongh is an American voice actress. She provided the voices of Yugo and Evangelyne in the first 2 seasons of '' Wakfu: The Animated Series'', the voice of the protagonist Faith from the video game ''Mirror's Edge'', and the voice of se ...

as Emily *

Glenn Wrage Glenn Wrage is an American actor and model, who has performed numerous roles in television, film, and video games. Career His film credits include ''Saving Private Ryan'', ''Razor Blade Smile'', ''The First 9 1/2 Days'', '' Thunderpants'' and ' ...

as Ferdinand and Cranky *

David Bedella David Bedella (born September 25, 1962) is an American actor. He is currently based in London and is best known for his Olivier award-winning roles in ''Jerry Springer – The Opera'', ''In The Heights'' and ''& Juliet''. Early life Bedella wa ...

as Victor *

as Salty and Captain *

as Hiro *

as Diesel 10 (post-credits scene)

Reception

''Common Sense Media'' said of the film, "For fans of Thomas & Friends, this is standard fare and follows the formula that is well established."

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas and Friends: Misty Island Rescue 2010 computer-animated films 2010 direct-to-video films Thomas & Friends British computer-animated films Films directed by Greg Tiernan Lionsgate animated films Mattel Creations films 2010s English-language films British direct-to-video films Animated films about trains Lionsgate films British adventure comedy-drama films 2010s American films 2010s British films