Seeing a lot of comments regarding the unused shot of the ghost engine from Duncan Gets Spooked. I didn't include that because it is just an alternate shot of it traveling, and there isn't much to say about it other than "it's neat seeing it from a different angle". It's an awesome shot though, no doubt!

2008 - 2013 = Golden age of Thomas parodies.
2014 - 2019 = Golden age of Thomas fan stories.
2020 - present = Golden age of Thomas critical analysis.

The model series deleted scenes being repurposed for music videos and whatnot is so wholesome to me
It's allowing these shots that likely took a long time to set up and film, only to be left on the cutting room floor, to have their moment in the spotlight as it were. Not letting the modelwork and camerawork that went into filming them go to waste.

Henry: “Well, Well, Well! Did you like the water?”😂😆
Percy: No.😐🙃

A classic Unlucky Tug video concept! I was surprised not to see Down the Mine get a mention with the reused pilot footage, but I guess that doesn't really count as a deleted scene.

54:20 I like to think Emily is cheerleading Salty and Fergus on, after they came home, probably as a way of paying off her charcater beat from earlier in the episode. Honestly wish they left that in! A solid Emily scene.

As for the deleted BWBA scene, the scene was ACTUALLY shown at the BWBA world premire (as Thomas fans were at it claimed, The Railway Inspector I think?) As for how it leaked on line, what happened was the song "Free And Easy" was put on Youtube before BWBA came out, but no joke, after the backlash from the fandom on Twitter and YouTube about the Carlos scene, they took down the Free and Easy video but fans had it saved, and why we still have it today. (This was when you were on your 2018 hiatus I think). The scene was later removed when being released, all thanks to the nagging of the Thomas fandom!

To see this video go from the magic of the first 5 seasons to that sun worshipper scene at the end is so depressing XD

Alternate title: The Unlucky Tug tries to take about deleted scenes and accidentally explains the plots of half the show

“A Better View for Gordon” clearly contradicts the “No one was hurt” phrase before it started being used so often.

I love the classic series because, due to the nature of filming the props live, every deleted scene is pretty much a complete shot, as opposed to standard live action where there's often missing VFX, or CG animated deleted scenes which are almost always missing textures and look... so gray...

The model series deleted scenes look just as alive as the actual show, and I love that

"Duncan gets spooked is my favorite episode of season 5"

proceeds to forget about the extended footage of the doomed train approaching the bridge

Holy hell that sun worshipper scene. Yeah - these guys wanted to market Thomas to new countries and had no idea how to do it.

Duck's close shave was scary enough - I do NOT want to see that close-up of him barrelling right at the camera!

1:10:49 "Manboobs, bellybutton and all" made me laugh😂😂😂


Also, you forgot to mention the scenes in which they showed Rusty's ghost train traveling towards the old iron bridge

1:00:20 honestly I think they probably cut this scene because the Gordon scene where he congratulates Edward served pretty much the same purpose. Would still be cool to see the twins tho.

The Green Controller's deleted scene has fascinated me since the day I learned of it.

The Harvey To The Rescue Night scene is actually quite easy to explain
If you look at the film slate, it has both a smile and frown drawn onto it, and all the engines that were filmed line up with the characters that insult Harvey in the earlier Tidmouth scene that was set at dawn
It's very likely that the "Harvey insult scene" was originally meant to be filmed alongside the ending scene hence the emotions on the film slate to let the crew know it was meant to be filmed two times
They likely changed it to the dawn version of the scene in the final product cause having both scenes with the exact same camera angles and the engines lined up the same was seen as either too "lazy" or didn't product the result Mitton wanted.

Nobody told me the fat hat was gonna be a devil. Thomas Lore is insane.

My own personal theory for Diesel's presence in Useful Party is to be a Debby-downer but in a different way.

Edward expresses that he wants to help out with the party then Diesel rolls up. "It is a grand occasion, to be certain but without rails, you wouldn't be much help for garden party, will you?" Diesel rolls away and Edward is sad.

I personally like how, in the final cut, Edward is mature and self-aware to acknowledge his own limitations, even if he is upset about it

I love how aces face in that deleted scene from bing world big adventures movie is basically what everyone else’s face is like when they see the scene

49:39 According to Lee Pressman, when writing Gordon & Spencer, he was pressured by the HiT executives to make drastic changes to the script of said episode to fit the 4-minute slot (the scene of James passing Gordon possibly being that). After that he was never asked to write for Thomas again until S17-22.