Trust Thomas and Other Stories

Trust Thomas and Other Stories (retitled Trust Thomas in some releases) is a US and Canadian VHS/DVD featuring seven third series episodes narrated by George Carlin. It was distributed by Strand Home Video in 1992, Time-Life in 1994, and Anchor Bay Entertainment in 1995 and 2003. It was released on DVD in 2007 with a song included, and it was re-released in 2008 on the Wooden Train Bonus Pack and a double feature, then they got rereleased by Lionsgate in 2009, and re-issued on a DVD Double Feature by Universal in 2014. It was also on Totally Thomas Volume 6 and On-the-Go Pack.

1992/1994 VHS
PEEP-PEEP! Wonders and surprises from the Island of Sodor. On this ride, meet Mavis, a young diesel engine who puts Toby on the spot. Watch along as Percy keeps his promise, and as the engines help Henry rescue the forest. Laugh as Gordon gets splashed, and James' trick backfires.

Get on track for fun and adventure with Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, Volume 6!

1995 VHS
PEEP! PEEP! All aboard. First stop - The Island of Sodor with Thomas and his friends. Bertie learns that he can trust an engine - especially if his name is Thomas. Mavis puts Toby on the spot and watch Terence and Trevor help Henry rescue the forest when a storm damages the trees.

Get your ticket and climb aboard for a magical ride!

2003 VHS/2007 DVD
PEEP! PEEP! Take a journey to the magical Island of Sodor, where fun and adventure lies around every bend. Hop aboard Thomas and see how he finds a new way to cross a river. Watch Toby as he trades his branch line for a tightrope, and help the engines replant Henry's favorite forest after a devastating storm.

Join your friend Thomas on what he says will be a fun and exciting trip --- and like the title says, you can always "Trust Thomas."

Episodes
* Followed by a song
 * 1) Trust Thomas
 * 2) Mavis
 * 3) Toby's Tightrope
 * 4) No Joke for James
 * 5) Percy's Promise
 * 6) Henry's Forest
 * 7) The Trouble with Mud*

Song

 * Harold the Helicopter

Bonus Features

 * Character Gallery from Best of Gordon
 * Sir Topham Hatt's Word Fun Game from James and the Red Balloon

Trivia

 * Despite the distributor's name change to Strand Home Video, the Strand VCI Entertainment logo is featured on the 1992 release. This is likely because it was initially completed before the company's name change.
 * This release is the first of many things:
 * The first Thomas home media release in North America to have the same name as the UK VHS.
 * The first Thomas home media release to feature George Carlin's narration.
 * The first VHS in which the nameboard sequences end with a screenshot of Sir Topham Hatt from Duck Takes Charge.
 * The first US VHS to feature the Thomas stories in a randomized order as opposed to the previous releases where they were in order from their Shining Time Station airdates.
 * The first US VHS to have Cheltenham Bold title cards (the second being Thomas and Bertie's Great Race and Other Adventures and the third being Thomas' Trainyard Adventures though both releases use some of the same stories as this).
 * This is the only release to include a few things:
 * One of two VHS releases (and the only DVD) to feature Mavis' nameboard.
 * The only US release to feature entirely third series episodes.
 * The only George Carlin-narrated VHS to feature the Strand VCI Entertainment logo on the tape.
 * The only US release to have Cheltenham Bold title cards.
 * This is the last VHS release to feature the Strand VCI Entertainment logo on the tape.
 * Some Time-Life editions were packaged with a copy of the Percy's Promise Buzz Book.
 * Some of the 1995 Anchor Bay tapes feature the Britt Allcroft logo or the Strand VCI Entertainment logo instead of the Video Treasures logo. The 1995 release featuring the 1992 Strand Home Video styled program contains the Video Treasures logo.
 * In 1995, Anchor Bay Entertainment released a new master of the tape similar to that of the first release of Thomas Gets Bumped and Other Stories, featuring bold type Rockwell fonts instead of italic. The nameboard sequences feature do not feature Mavis, Harold or Trevor's nameboards. The English soundtracks overlap. The overlapping restores music and sound effects originally not present in the US version of some episodes, including the ending theme in Mavis and music from Percy's Promise.
 * Some 2000 Anchor Bay Entertainment copies came with a blue VHS tape and the 1995 VHS label.
 * Along with the 2003 release of Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and Other Stories, the 2003 VHS was originally copyrighted in late 2002, as evidenced by the Gullane logo on the spine. However, it was not released until February 2003, at the same time as the release of Percy's Chocolate Crunch and Other Thomas Adventures.
 * The 2004 VHS label uses the title "Trust Thomas & Other Adventures."
 * The 2007 DVD cover uses a modified version of the 2003 VHS cover in which Mavis' pupils are slightly moved down.
 * Apart from Toby's Tightrope and Henry's Forest, the DVD does not use the entire program master. Instead, it reuses episodes from the following releases:
 * Trust Thomas from Thomas and His Friends Get Along
 * The Trouble with Mud and Mavis from 10 Years of Thomas
 * No Joke for James from Best of James
 * Percy's Promise from Thomas and His Friends Help Out
 * The entire master source was used for the Netflix and Starz releases.

Goofs

 * The soundtrack to Trust Thomas is warped on the 1992 release.
 * On the VHS with the 1992 program, the Britt Allcroft logo jerks to the left. This is corrected on later releases.
 * Both the 1992 and 1995 back covers mis-copyright the film as 1985 and 1986, and the soundtrack as 1989, but both the film and the soundtrack were made in 1991.
 * The last few seconds of Mavis are cut out on the 1992 release. This is restored on the 1995 echoed Anchor Bay Entertainment VHS.
 * On some 1999 tape labels, Britt Allcroft is misspelled as "Beth Allcroft."
 * The DVD release has Percy's Promise out of sync as it was taken from Thomas and His Friends Help Out.
 * The DVD captions refer "On, On, On!" as "Un, Un, Un!"
 * Because Mavis and The Trouble With Mud were taken from 10 Years of Thomas, Mr. Conductor’s whistle is briefly heard at the beginning of both.

DVD Packs

 * Totally Thomas Volume 6
 * Trust Thomas and Thomas Gets Bumped DVD 2-pack
 * Trust Thomas and A Big Day for Thomas Double Feature
 * On-the-Go Pack