Welcome rail fans, to the Great Race!
Is that Percy? Henry? Phillip? It's
Thomas!
Over here! I need to find Gordon! It's an emergency! Is it because you want
to race? I beat Gordon in a race once. I saw him
before, but now I've lost him. That's because the
Great Race is about to start.
He can't race! He hasn't got a safety valve!
His boiler could explode! Explode! Oh no!
Follow me! Okay Phillip!
Maybe we should follow Thomas instead. Ladies and gentlemen, the starting lineup
is ready for the Great Race, and what a lineup it is.
These are some of the fastest engines on our entire channel. On track
number one, we have the French diesel electric, Etienne,
who will be trying to beat his own world record here today!
On track number two, we have Spencer! And just listen to the local fans
go wild!
Spencer! Thank you! Thank you! Good luck, little brother.
I'm not sure I'm the one who needs it.
Gordon! Gordon! Thank goodness I foun.. Stop calling me
Gordon! My name is Shooting Star!
Okay. Sorry Gordon. I mean, Falling Star. Not falling star, Shooting Star!
Rising star? No! Dancing star? Wrong again! Nashville star?
You're not very good at this, are you? Sorry, Facial Scar.
Oh, what is it you are going to tell me, little Thomas?
You have to listen to me! Victor says your safety valve hasn't been assembled
properly! Nonsense, Thomas! There's no
time for this! The race is starting....
NOW!!!
No! No! Gordon, wait! You mustn't race! And look at them go,
folks! But what's this? A little tank engine is trying to keep
up! Aren't you going to race, Etienne?
Yes, my friend! Good bye!
I am magnificent!
And, there you go! Gordon, you can overheat! Your boiler can blow up! Oh
little Thomas, won't you stop your whining!
There's no other engine, I won't be outshining!
It's done! Etienne won! Streamlining! Whoosh!
The Shooting Star is keeping pace! Whoosh! Competing in the Great Race! Whoosh!
My boiler is completely streamlined, and I ended up with Connor's face!
Etienne won, and we took a beating. I don't know why the other trains are
still competing! We all run on coal, we're 80 years old!
Streamlining!
Gordon! That's not my name! You have to stop! There's something wrong!
Gordon! I can't stop! I won't stop!
The Shooting Star is coming through! Whoosh!
You won't believe it's even true! Whoosh! This is the part of the song where my
safety valve finally blew!!
And it looks like the Shooting Star has exploded!
And he's managed to derail all the other trains.
Oh, the indignity. But it doesn't matter, because the race is over! Here to present
the trophy to the winner, is Lady Hatt! The winner of this year's
Great Race is......
Stephen! They call me the Rocket! My goodness!
Later on that evening; Hello Shooting Star.
Oh it's not Shooting Star anymore, little Philip.
It's just Gordon. My racing days are over. That's too bad, Gordon.
I was hoping to have a rematch with you. Oh
Philip, we didn't even race the first time.
Let's have a race right now! One, two, three, GO!
I win! That's not funny, Philip. Okay, okay.
Let's race again; One, two, three, GO! I win again! Oh the indignity.
Ha! How about another race, Gordon? Go away, Phillip. One, two, three, GO!
Haha! I win again! Ouch! I told you I'd get you, squirt!