ThomasNATION Classic Reviews - Thomas and the Jet Plane
February 04, 2023
Anyone who's ever known Thomas the Tank Engine knows that he can be described as being a cheeky engine who is often getting into scrapes usually by being over-eager to do things best left to bigger and more sensible engines. But clouds never last long in Thomas' life and he is soon bustling about again, playing his part in the yard and on his very own branch line of which he is extremely proud. A friend to all engines and a popular member of Sir Topham Hatt's Railway, Thomas is Number One and does his best every day to live up to that through helping his friends and those that he cares about. He lives to be a Really Useful Engine and encourages everyone else to do the same, but that might pose a problem for our little blue tank engine when he is jealous of a new friend who can soar to new heights than Thomas ever could. Will Thomas leave his rails and take up a career in flying instead? Let's find out what happened when we meet 'Thomas and the Jet Plane'!
THOMAS AND THE JET PLANE: Thomas meets a jet plane named Jeremy and gets upset about what he does.
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Comparing my thoughts on Season 10's premiere episode 'Follow That Flour', I personally think this episode would've gone better as the season's opener since I think this is better than the former as well as 'A Smooth Ride' which debatably kinda ruined Sir Handel's character but that's a story for another day. What's truly great in terms of what this episode presents is the return of the 'engine versus vehicle' rivalry since it was never used a lot in the series as we hadn't seen that since Season 5 if I remember correctly. Plus, I like Jeremy's design since it's very sleek and modern (though I do have to wonder, how does his pilot see out of him?) and I love his character in how he may have an inflated view of himself, but he is able to put those aside in order to help someone in need like in the third act when he warns Thomas about the summer storm and even lets the picnic take place in his hangar.
It's a real shame that we did not get much with Jeremy following this episode thus making him fall into the category of one-off characters made solely for the toy market since I feel like there could've been something special with this character. But speaking of the rest of the episode, I have to wonder where the parents of the children are. The kids need parental guidance for their picnic, don't they? Not to mention that Thomas' whining about how jet planes are better than being a steam engine and wanting to be a jet plane got annoying, but this episode overall is better than the other two that kicked off this very season like I said before and is one of the rare exceptions that I can enjoy from the Hit Era without being annoyed by its riddled writing format thus I'm gonna give 'Thomas and the Jet Plane' a rating of a 4 out of 5.
Final Rating: 4/5
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