Misty Island Rescue

In the new Thomas & Friends movie Misty Island Rescue a brand new Search and Rescue Centre is being built on the Island of Sodor as an operations base for Harold the helicopter, Rocky, and Captain the lifeboat. Jobi wood, from Hiro's homeland, is being used to make the new Center and all the engines are very excited and all want to help deliver the Jobi wood to the Rescue Center. Diesel decides to take the Jobi wood to the rescue center himself and races down the tracks with the Jobi wood, Thomas sees that Diesel is going too fast and goes after him resulting in an exciting rescue as Thomas saves Diesel from falling over a cliff but the wood crashes into the sea below leaving no wood to build the new Search and Rescue.

As a reward for his daring rescue Thomas is given the job of collecting new wood from the mainland and is then told there is no room on the steam boat so he asks to be carried on a raft behind the boat. Thomas waves goodbye to his friends and heads across the sea to the mainland. That night the raft carrying Thomas becomes separated from its tugboat and he ends up alone and stranded on the mysterious Misty Island. Misty Island is a wild and wonderful place with a multitude of secret hide outs, old rickety tracks and bridges.

Thomas discovers that Misty Island has its very own railway and meets the three engines who run it, there's Ferdinand and two small twin engines named Bash and Dash, who were sent to Misty Island after causing trouble on the mainland. Thomas also finds that Misty Island has a plentiful supply of the rare Jobi wood and with the help of his new friends he attempts to find his way back to Sodor. Thomas uncovers more mysteries of Misty Island including a tunnel that connects the two islands but meanwhile, out at sea, Harold and Captain carry out a search party to look for him.

   

Thomas decides to go through the tunnel back to Sodor, but he Ferdinand, Dash and Bash get trapped after it falls in. Thomas then tries the smoke signals Salty told him about and after being spotted by Percy, the Fat Controller, James, Edward, and Gordon they set sail to Misty Island in hopes of finding Thomas while Percy and Whiff go through the tunnel. They eventually come to the blockade, break through to Thomas, and they all puff back to Sodor. Thomas sails back to the Misty Island again to find the Fat Controller and the engines.

After Ferdinand and Dash and Bash are given the Sodor treatment at the Steamworks, they help to build the Rescue Centre. They finish it in time and it is soon opened.

As Misty Island Rescue comes to a close the engines are laughing with their new friends at the Search and Rescue Centre, Diesel 10 rolls up on the mountain ledge, sniggers ,and glares down at the engines remarking that they will laugh on the other side on their boilers soon.

Misty Island Rescue Characters;

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Emily
* Whiff
* Hiro
* Victor
* Bash and Dash
* Ferdinand
* Diesel
* Diesel 10
* Salty
* Rocky
* Harold
* Kevin
* Captain
* Cranky
* Sir Topham Hatt
* The docks manager
* Spencer (does not speak)
* Rosie (cameo)
* Stanley (cameo)
* Mavis (cameo)
* Bertie (cameo)
* Butch (cameo)
* Lady Hatt (cameo)
* The Duke and Duchess of Boxford (cameos)
* Sodor Brass Band (cameo)

Misty Island Rescue DVD Trailor;

Misty Island Rescue Cast;

* Michael Angelis as the narrator
* Ben Small as Thomas and Toby
* Keith Wickham as Percy, James, Gordon, Henry, Edward, The Fat Controller, Harold, Captain, Dash, and Salty
* Teresa Gallagher as Emily
* Matt Wilkinson as Rocky, Whiff, Victor, Cranky, Kevin, and Diesel 10
* Kerry Shale as Diesel
* Togo Igawa as Hiro

Misty Island Rescue Trivia;

* Misty Island Rescue was shown in select US and UK theaters.
* Misty Island Rescue is the first special to be released on Blu-ray.
* Ferdinand says "That's right!" sixteen times during Misty Island Rescue.
* This special marks Diesel 10's first speaking role since Calling All Engines, although he made a cameo in The Great Discovery.
* Diesel has a different horn sound.
* The narrator reads the title at the start of Misty Island Rescue, but no title card is shown as he says it, like it did in Hero of the Rails.
* Jules de Jongh is mentioned in the UK credits despite not having a role.
* In the Fat Controllers trailer, while he is on the phone, his calender has a promo picture of Thomas. And, apparently, the events of this special take place in April.

Misty Island Rescue Goofs;

* In Misty Island Rescue it is said that this is the first time Thomas left Sodor. He has, however, left at least three times before.
* The way Thomas is transported off of Sodor is very dangerous; Thomas should not have been in steam, and his driver and fireman should not have stayed in his cab.
* In real life, neither the Shake Shake Bridge nor the zip line would be able to hold an engines weight.
* The way Thomas transfers from his raft to the Misty Island railway is unrealistic. There should be buffers at the end of the line.
* It seems illogical that none of the engines on Sodor knew about the logging locos. As Misty Island seems to only be a few miles away.
* Diesel wouldn't have been able to outrun Thomas, as Class 08 shunters have a max speed of 15 or 20 mph.
* Diesel would never have been able to keep his balance on the edge of the bridge. His spinning wheels would have caused the rails to bend, making him fall.
* When Diesel leaves the docks, he wasn't coupled to the flatbeds. However, when the flatbeds are hanging ever the edge of the bridge, they're coupled up to him.
* Why would a railway line be built through a hollow tree?
* There seems to be no people living or working on Misty Island, yet there's a logging camp, machines, a railway, and locomotives.
* The logs hitting Thomas would have caused a lot more damage than shown.
* When Hee-Haw starts, it just splutters and shakes. There isn't a crew controlling it, and its pistons don't even move.
* It's unsafe for steam engines to travel underground over long distances. The smoke and steam would make the air toxic and suffocate the engine's crew.
* The length of the Misty Island tunnel seems to be shorter than the distance between the two islands.
* The logging engines run out of oil, but they still have plenty of logs in their bunkers. Why didn't they burn that instead? And if they're oil-burning locomotives, why do they bother carrying logs at all?
* When Whiff and Percy first go into the tunnel, they are facing Thomas with Whiff in front, and Percy behind. But as they're leaving, Whiff and Percy are facing the exit, with Percy between Thomas and Whiff.
* Wouldn't hitting the blockade have caused damage to Thomas and Whiff?
* How come two engines can easily break the blockade away when four engines couldn't?
* What was the point of bringing Gordon, James, and Edward to Misty Island?
* When the Fat Controller peers into the Misty Island tunnel, Whiff has no lamp. In the next shot, he does.
* A breakvan should have been added to the train of Jobi Wood.
* Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt don't know anything about the Misty Island tunnel, but they've been on Sodor longer than Whiff.

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