Ace's Brave Jump

"You may find this hard to believe, Thomas, but I'm actually... a bit scared of animals."

- Ace

Ace's Brave Jump is the tenth episode of the twenty-fourth series.

Plot
Thomas is in Australia when he sees Ace jumping over a ramp. But then, Ace spots a kangaroo, and when he lands on the ground, he goes as fast as he can to avoid it. Thomas is surprised but happy to meet Ace again, and Ace feels the same for Thomas.

Ace tells Thomas that he is going to compete in the Super Stunt Rally and has been practicing. The kangaroo comes again, and Ace, while trying to get away from it, scares it away. Ace confides in Thomas that he is scared of animals.

Thomas wants to help Ace in order to help him get a record-breaking jump of 25 double-decker buses, so he invites Ace along with his job in order to help show him that animals are not scary. At first, Ace is nervous, but as he sees more and more animals, he stops being scared of them and grows to like them.

The next day, Thomas is ready to watch Ace do his jump, but he realises that none of the buses have shown up, likely because they were scared of being jumped over. Thomas, Tamika, Shane, Aubrey, and Aidan decide to position themselves on the track so that Ace can jump over them, and the Super Stunt Rally is a success.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Shane
 * Tamika
 * Aubrey and Aiden
 * Ace
 * The Australian Buses
 * The Teacher
 * The Blond-haired Boy
 * Albert's Wife
 * The Female Puppet Show Entertainer
 * Madeleine's Parents
 * The Indian Fashion Designer

Locations

 * Australia
 * The Outback
 * The Kuranda Rainforest
 * Cairns

UK

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Rose Robinson as Tamika and the Crowd
 * Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
 * Tim Bain as Aiden, an Australian Bus and the Crowd
 * Peter Andre as Ace
 * Rob Rackstraw as the Announcer

US and CAN

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Rose Robinson as Tamika and the Crowd
 * Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
 * Tim Bain as Aiden, an Australian Bus and the Crowd
 * Peter Andre as Ace
 * Rob Rackstraw as the Announcer

Trivia

 * This episode marks last with a few things:
 * Shane, Tamika, Aubrey, Aiden and Ace's last appearances, as well as the only time Tamika is seen after her debut, not counting her mentioned appearance in the twenty-third series episode, Laid Back Shane.
 * The last time (as well as the only episode in which) Peter Andre is part of the voice cast.
 * This marks the only with a few things:
 * The Australian Buses' only appearances.
 * Ace's only appearance in an episode, excluding stock footage from the twenty-third series episode, Rangers of the Rails and his first appearance since Big World! Big Adventures!.
 * The only appearance of Australia in the twenty-fourth series and the last appearance of Australia overall.
 * Thomas quotes Tamika from Banjo and the Bushfire when he says "Animals need to be protected and respected."
 * This episode was never aired in Germany and South Korea.
 * In the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Baltic Russian dubs, the UK dub can be heard in the background as a dubbing track was not used.

Goofs

 * Ace's driver is missing in multiple instances.
 * Ace says the buses did not show up for the jump, but after he does the jump, two of the buses immediately show up.

UK/IRL/AUS

 * The Super Engine