Talk:Thomas & Friends series 5

This article was nominated for deletion on 7 March 2024. The result of the discussion was keep.

Character links

Please note that simply putting the character's name into square brackets (ie. "[[Thomas]]") is not sufficient, and will not link to the corect page. I've taken the time to show how to link to all characters below:

THOMAS: [[Thomas the Tank Engine|Thomas]]
EDWARD: [[Edward the Blue Engine|Edward]]
HENRY: [[Henry the Green Engine|Henry]]
GORDON: [[Gordon the Big Engine|Gordon]]
JAMES: [[James the Red Engine|James]]
PERCY: [[Percy the Small Engine|Percy]]
TOBY: [[Toby the Tram Engine|Toby]]
DUCK: [[Duck the Great Western Engine|Duck]]
DONALD: [[Donald and Douglas|Donald]]
DOUGLAS: [[Donald and Douglas|Douglas]]
DONALD & DOUGLAS (both): [[Donald and Douglas]]
EMILY: [[Emily (Thomas the Tank Engine)|Emily]]

ALL OTHER ENGINES: [[Railway engines (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends)#<name>|<name>]]. NOTE: this includes Narrow Gauge engines!

eg. SKARLOEY: [[Railway engines (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends)#Skarloey|Skarloey]]

THE FAT CONTROLLER: [[The Fat Controller]]
BERTIE: [[Bertie the Bus|Bertie]]
TERENCE: [[Terence the Tractor|Terence]]
TREVOR: [[Trevor the Traction Engine|Trevor]]
HAROLD: [[Harold the Helicopter|Harold]]

ALL OTHER CHARACTERS: link to any of the other TV Series character pages (ie. Rolling stock (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends), Non-rail vehicles (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends), Minor Characters (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends), etc).

eg. ELIZABETH: [[Non-rail vehicles (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends)#Elizabeth|Elizabeth]]

Please follow this format when adding characters to episode descriptions.

UPDATED! Gonzerelli 01:36, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Superfluous edits

This page has been regularly edited recently by unregistered user(s) who seem to want their comments kept, despite the fact that they are superfluous or even false. Some notes on this are below.

This article relates to the twenty-six episodes of the season only. As such, music videos or deleted scenes do not form a part of the season. Any characters appearing in music videos or deleted scenes cannot be considered to have appeared in the season, unless they have also appeared in an episode.
Being absent for a season does not constitute a "final appearance". Significant absences, including final appearances, have been acknowledged already, and so do not need to be changed.
Insignificant characters do not need acknowledgement. As it is, minor characters are noted in the "introduced/featured characters" section. Rolling Stock Introduced is a section I'm not entirely happy with, but will leave in the article. Having said that, in the individual episode outlines, there is no need to acknowledge minor characters such as "the red balloon".
Wikipedia is essentially an encyclopedia. This article is not the place to publish your thoughts on superfluous aspects of the series (eg. "goofs", "third time Emily pulls Express coaches").
One final thing... The correct spelling is "appearance".

Thanks, and happy Wiki'ing :) Gonzerelli 14:03, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Last Appearances (thus far)

Several times over the last few weeks, unregistered users have consistently edited notes such as Last appearance of <character> (thus far) by adding a date to the end of the particular note. Given that these dates are from future seasons, they cannot be confirmed and as such will continue to be reverted. Thehalford 03:04, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can see

The back of Mavis in Oliver's Find.—Preceding unsigned comment added by CourtneyBonnick (talk • contribs) 01:01, March 16, 2007

That's nice... –MDCollins (talk) 04:44, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question

I know that one of the Scottish twins appears in Horrid Lorry, but from my video recording it isn't clear which one (in the flashback of one of the lorries breaking down). Do the gurus know any way that this unclarity could be noted / Should it be noted? Starkiller 12:48, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A Surpise for Percy

Where do you see Thomas and Annie and Clarabel in Surpises for Percy?C.bonnick 11:34, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Snow

This line In the US version, the runaway theme is heard, in the UK version, the runaway theme isn't heard bugs me. May I changed to In the US version, the runaway theme is heard but in the UK version, it isn't? Zeldabalooney2006 01:04, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh no

Someone put the air date next to the episode titles. Can someone fix that mistake? TobytheTramEngine 16:35, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind! An IP address fixed it. TobytheTramEngine 19:26, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

James painted orange

Are you sure James was painted orange from James and the Trouble with Trees to the end of this season? This might be due to the color only used for this season. TobytheTramEngine 17:50, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Fat Controller's Holiday

Are any of you sure The Fat Controller's Holiday is a real UK title to Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday? I removed but I was afraid someone would revert it. TobytheTramEngine (talk) 16:14, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rusty and the Boulder

Rusty and the Boulder is a parody of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and should be written on the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.28.23.41 (talk) 12:12, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not good!

Why did you guys change this page for the worse, removing the plot synopses for the stories and removing the details, this is a wikipedia not a dictionary. It was fine as it was in 2007. --151.225.228.141 (talk) 14:49, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sort it out!

Wikipedia is a Encyclopedia and not a Thomas trivia site, if you want that sort info then goe Thomas the Tank Engine Wikia. CourtneyBonnick (talk) 14:57, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Colour contrast problems

It seems that this article is using colours in the infobox which don't satisfy Wikipedia's accessibility guidelines. The contrast between the foreground colour and the background colour is low, which means that it may be difficult or impossible for people with visual impairments to read it.

To correct this problem, a group of editors have decided to remove support for invalid colours from Template:Infobox television season and other television season templates after 1 September 2015. If you would still like to use custom colours for the infobox and episode list in this article after that date, please ensure that the colours meet the WCAG AAA standard.

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Please be sure to change the invalid colour in every place that it appears, including the infobox, the episode list, and the series overview table. If you have any questions about this, please ask on Template talk:Infobox television season. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:31, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas & Friends: The Complete 5th Series in the US

I'd want you to make, Thomas & Friends: The Complete 5th Series in the US? Narrated by Alec Baldwin, he narrates in the US? The episodes will be in order are; 1. Cranky Bugs, 2. Horrid Lorry, 3. A Better View for Gordon, 4. Lady Hatt's Birthday Party, 5. James and the Trouble with Trees, 6. Gordon and the Gremlin, 7. Bye George!, 8. Baa!, 9. Put Upon Percy, 10. Toby and the Flood, 11. Haunted Henry, 12. Double Teething Troubles, 13. Stepney Gets Lost, 14. Toby's Discovery, 15. Something in the Air, 16. Thomas, Percy and Old Slowcoach, 17. Thomas and the Rumors, 18. Oliver's Find, 19. Happy Ever After, 20. Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday, 21. A Big Surprise for Percy, 22. Make Someone Happy, 23. Busy Going Backwards, 24. Duncan Gets Spooked, 25. Rusty and the Boulder, and 26. Snow? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel B. Choromanski (talk • contribs) 17:32, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]