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Post by raptorboy02 Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:05 pm

Here's a fun little idea I had, basically share the misconceptions you had about the show, books, or toys growing up!
I'll start.
1. I thought that Edward was a girl.
2. I thought Frank was standard gauge, since all I had seen of him was the WR toy.
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Post by Diesel 11 Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:09 pm

Well, when I was little, Super Rescue was a favorite story of mine (less today but still great), and I really, really wanted to see the episode version of it. Unfortunately, I could never find one. This is likely due to the fact that A) the stories did in fact come first, and B) not every story had an episode version.

Poor me. Razz
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Post by Guest Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:54 pm

So, this is basically our version of the "Alternate Perceptions" thread. I'm surprised we never had one when the Forums were founded. I suggest the title be shortened to simply "Thomas Misperceptions/misconceptions".

Anyway, here are some of the only ones I can truly remember. When I first discovered the franchise, I was still learning English, so I had difficulties pronouncing and spelling names and even basic words that I found on Thomas products and on other material. For example, I interpreted the ampersand (&) in the show's title as A ("Thomas A Friends"), and read "Percy" with a hard C ("perky") instead of "persee" (dad corrected me, though). I also somehow assumed said engine was female (...)


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Post by ArthurEngine Fri Apr 28, 2017 7:31 am

I thought Mavis was a male.

I thought James was a female.

I too thought Frank was standard gauge.

I thought the treacle that covered Percy was Vegemite.
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Post by mca0004 Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:17 pm

I thought Calling All Engines was a good film.
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Post by raptorboy02 Fri Apr 28, 2017 10:30 pm

mca0004 wrote:I thought Calling All Engines was a good film.
You win, have a cookie.
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Post by Guest Sat Apr 29, 2017 12:55 pm

mca0004 wrote:I thought Calling All Engines was a good film.
Uh.. That is an opinion, not a misconception/perception. Sounds better suited for the "Unpopular Opinions" thread.

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Post by raptorboy02 Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:23 pm

TheIsraeliSudrian wrote:
mca0004 wrote:I thought Calling All Engines was a good film.
Uh.. That is an opinion, not a misconception/perception. Sounds better suited for the "Unpopular Opinions" thread.
hey, just let it be.
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Post by Diesel 11 Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:17 am

Hey, guess what? I thought CAE! was a great film, and still do! Razz
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Post by railwayfan03 Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:51 am

I initially thought Emily was male...before I realized my mistake. Embarassed
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Post by Guest Sun Apr 30, 2017 7:15 am

Assuming you somehow didn't know about male and female names, I could understand that, especially since (nearly) all the other engines are male. At least Daisy had undeniably feminine facial features.

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Post by MainLineEngine112 Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:06 pm

I didn't realize that the narrow gauge tracks were actually, y'know, narrower than the standard gauge tracks. I just thought the engines were really small.

I thought Skarloey actually was a young engine. I misunderstood the line "I feel all excited, just like a young engine!"

Before I understood how seasons worked, I thought Season 1 was all of Seasons 1-4, Season 2 was Season 5-6, and Season 3 was everything onward. I kinda just went based off of the US narrator.
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Post by Frankthetriviaman Mon May 01, 2017 5:28 am

As a kid with my TWR, I thought Ada Jane and Mabel were standard gauge coaches.

Looking back... to be honest that was the only real misconception I had. Thomas was fairly straightforward so for me, there wasn't much to "misinterpret" if you will
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Post by MainLineEngine112 Mon May 01, 2017 1:05 pm

I mentioned this on a different thread, but due to o episode arrangements on my old VHS tapes, I thought Diesel was the diesel engine who came to do Thomas' work after Thomas Comes to Breakfast.
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Post by miipack603 Mon May 01, 2017 1:24 pm

When I started watching the show, I seriously thought Sodor was a real place that you could visit (this was mostly due to the fact that the Isle of Man, the island Northwest of Sodor, was a real island). A single line from 'Island Song' quickly changed that perception ("to a land of make-believe").
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Post by Zeke Tue May 09, 2017 11:06 pm

As a kid who collected Ertls, I was expecting Culdee, Godred, Lord Harry, D199, Wilbert & Sixteen (and possibly more) would end up in the TV series.

I didn't know there was a such thing as Standard and Narrow Gauge until I was older.

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Post by Frankthetriviaman Tue May 09, 2017 11:49 pm

I thought Rusty was Standard gauge for a while; I will admit that.

I got my Rusty before the other narrow gauge engines, and before I saw a single season 4 episode, so that threw me off. I eventually got that straightened out.
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Post by SCampo98 Thu May 11, 2017 2:24 am

For the longest time, I thought of James, Stepney, Skarloey, and Rheneas all as girls. Probably has to do with he colours but I never thought of them as being guys

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Post by Guest Thu May 11, 2017 6:57 am

Actually, Stepney is understandable since his name can (and has) been misinterpreted as "Stephanie". Plus, only someone familiar with (or from) London would be likely to get it.


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Post by ArthurEngine Sat May 20, 2017 3:16 am

So many misconceptions said here. Just goes to show kids think all kinds of stupid things.
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Post by Guest Wed May 31, 2017 12:22 am

I thought Percy and Rusty were a females, and I thought the TV series was based on the books.

Yikes! Good thing I know better know. Very Happy

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Post by Frankthetriviaman Wed May 31, 2017 3:53 am

The TV series is based on the books; that's not a misconception
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Post by Guest Wed May 31, 2017 6:56 am

I don't think he meant the show was not based on The Railway Series; I suppose he was referring to those tie-in books based on specific episodes, and that he thought the show was based on those.

This is one of those book adaptations: Misconceptions you had about Thomas Latest?cb=20100102161047

Either that, or he thought every episode was originally written by the Awdrys (including seasons 5 and after).

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Post by Guest Thu Jun 01, 2017 12:48 am

TheIsraeliSudrian wrote:I don't think he meant the show was not based on The Railway Series; I suppose he was referring to those tie-in books based on specific episodes, and that he thought the show was based on those.

This is one of those book adaptations: Misconceptions you had about Thomas Latest?cb=20100102161047

Either that, or he thought every episode was originally written by the Awdrys (including seasons 5 and after).

Oops! I hadn't realized I made a mistake.

Well, I actually thought the railway series books (the originals before the TV show) was based on the TV show. You are correct in what I was trying to say.

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Post by Guest Thu Jun 01, 2017 7:41 am

Reminds me of the time when I read out Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (book) long after we saw the film series, and Mom thought the book postdated the film because of how similar it was.

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