Cyclone Thomas

"I can fly much faster than you can roll, Thomas. It's hard for a train to beat a plane to an emergency."

- Isla

Cyclone Thomas is the nineteenth episode of the twenty-second series.

Plot
While working in Australia lugging rocks in an outback mine, Shane comes up alongside Thomas and points out to him Isla, a flying doctor's plane who transports Doctor Claire to help out people who are too far away to get to the hospital for treatment. Thomas becomes admired by Isla and imagines he can fly so he can help out people as well.

In an attempt to try and be like Isla, Thomas attempts to go and pick up a sick patient at Pine Tree, despite Shane attempting to tell Thomas that Isla can deal with it. Unfortunately for Thomas, he is disappointed to see Isla already there, since she is much faster than Thomas. He later tries to help a man with a broken leg at Adelaide River, but Isla decides that it is best left for her to deal with (being a medical expert) and takes the man onboard.

While Thomas is talking to Shane, Aubrey and Aiden, Isla flies in to say that there is a cyclone at Katherine and she and Doctor Claire are going to rescue the people. Unfortunately, the strong winds of the cyclone forces Isla to turn back. Thomas sees this as his chance to try and help rescue people, and is able to brave the cyclone to go through it. Isla later congratulates Thomas for successfully evacuating the people, for which Thomas feels like a hero like Isla.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Shane
 * Aubrey and Aiden
 * Isla
 * The Teacher
 * Madeleine's Parents
 * Doctor Claire
 * Skiff

Locations

 * Australia
 * The Outback
 * Adelaide River Station
 * Pine Tree Station
 * Katherine
 * The Outback Mine
 * Shane's Station
 * The Old Rickety Bridge

UK

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
 * Tim Bain as Aiden and Madeleine's Father
 * Rachael Miller as Isla
 * Rob Rackstraw as Isla's radio

US and CAN

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
 * Tim Bain as Aiden and Madeleine's Father
 * Rachael Miller as Isla
 * Rob Rackstraw as Isla's radio

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the twenty-third episode of the twenty-second series.
 * A reference to the episode, Outback Thomas is made.
 * Skiff's model is used to represent a capsized boat in Thomas' fantasy sequence, though to make it less obvious on the identity, his face was not shown on camera.
 * The fantasy was modified and reanimated from the nineteenth series episode, The Other Side of the Mountain.
 * This episode focuses on Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities as it was part of Mattel's partnership with the United Nations to promote 6 of the chosen Sustainable Development Goals.
 * On the Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. US airings of this episode, it was paired with Samson and the Fireworks. Both episodes were the last to premiere and air on Nickelodeon in the US until 30th December 2019, when the twenty-third series episodes Deep Trouble and Rangers of the Rails premiered on there.

Goofs

 * In the fantasy sequence, the man Thomas saves from the sinking boat is there in the second to last scene, but in the last he is gone.

Merchandise

 * Motor Road and Rail

UK/AUS

 * Monkey Trouble!

GER

 * Big World! Big Adventures! - Australia

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