Musicalis Interruptus: Gordon instantly stops singing his "I Am Great!" Song the moment his boiler bursts, resulting in him out of the race. Unmoving Plaid: The various exotic patterns Thomas is painted in during the beginning of “You Can Only Be You”. All There in the Manual: Some of the international engines whose names were known on the internet and merchandise were not named in the movie itself. Upper-Class Twit: The Flying Scotsman. He doesn't think particularly highly of Sodor's engines. That being said, rather than hurling insults in their faces like Gordon or Spencer, he talks calmly and dismissively at at the same time.

Series 9 - Buffer Up and Share, Day and Night, Party Time, Pride and Every Day's a Special Day on Sodor Animated Musical: The first special to be such. The special was made this in the wake of the positive reception to "Never Overlook a Little Engine" in the prior special. Airship, Everyone's Friend, The Santa Engine, Blown About! ( does not speak), Seeing the Sights, Edward Strikes Out and Emily's Present ( does not speak) Thomas & Friends in 4-D: Bubbling Boilers, Philip of Sodor ( does not speak), Shooting Star of Sodor ( does not speak), The Flying Scotsman ( mentioned) and Thomas of Sodor ( cameo) Ashima's (ahem) very colourful paintwork is commented on by various engines, which even gives Thomas and eventually The Fat Controller the idea of entering an engine for 'Best Decorated Engine', leading up to the assumption that Ashima is going to be an entrant in that category. Turns out it's actually fellow engine Rajiv who also represents India and wins the event, while Ashima was actually entered in the 'Shunting Challenge'.In the same special, Gordon is humming and singing this song whilst being streamlined at the Steamworks.

The music played as Thomas and Ashima first meet is a riff from their duet that happens later on in the movie. Gordon, Henry, Thomas and James are the only engines to appear in every special. The latter three, however, are the only ones to have at least one line of dialogue in every special. Sometimes, Gordon shows a kinder side and gives the engines some advice, usually after he has had some mishap as a result of his foolhardiness. Some of his advice is not exactly helpful or honest, though, as James, Percy, and Sir Handel have discovered. This side resurfaced once Rebecca joined the North Western Railway. But this time, Gordon realised that he was wrong to do so, especially when he ended up smashing through a set of buffers. With Edward gone, Gordon has often found himself acting as the other engines' father figure. His pompous attitude often makes this a difficult role, but he eventually matured enough to give some meaningful advice that helps others. Series 10 - Percy and the Funfair ( does not speak), The Green Controller, It's Good to be Gordon, Seeing the Sights, Toby's New Shed ( does not speak), Big Strong Henry, Thomas and the Shooting Star, Edward Strikes Out, Topped Off Thomas ( does not speak), Thomas' Frosty Friend ( does not speak), Emily and the Special Coaches, Thomas and the Colours ( cameo), Thomas and the Treasure ( cameo), James the Second Best ( mentioned) and Thomas and Skarloey's Big Day Out ( mentioned)Series 24 - Party Train, How Does it Work?, Fall is So Much Fun, The Little Engine Who Believed and New Year's Day with Thomas Some of Thomas' wishes he wants to wish for are some reference to the first series episode, Thomas, Terence and the Snow, the eighth series episode, Fish and possibly the ninth series episode, Flour Power are made. Never Trust a Trailer: The trailer shows Thomas awing at the arrival of the international engines, when really, he is awing at the sight of Flying Scotsman at the beginning; in the actual movie, they arrived on Sodor by mistake. He grows to be a little mad of the international engines, thanks to Vinnie's attitude towards them as they reboard the ferry and Ashima bumping him by mistake. During City of Truro's visit, Gordon heard that the famous engine had reached 100 miles an hour and believed that he could reach that speed. This resulted in him losing his dome on the viaduct. Not long afterwards, Gordon felt devastated to hear that steam engines were being scrapped on the Mainland. He also notched his brother at Brendam, though Gordon did not know who he was at the time.