Helping out with this video has to be one the highlights of the year so far! I'd say you gave a respectful (but fair) analysis of the series. So many Thomas fans are so bias, I feel they dislike the show for the wrong reasons. Glad to know that this and other videos will help to show Chuggington's true beauty!

@TheSudrianTerrier653

5 ай бұрын

*insert memories of Rudhly Killing decka*

@anthonystrikcani3840

5 ай бұрын

Same here

@CrilG-Games

Ай бұрын

please can you make the cleaned up soundtracks publicly available????!!

@robbiewalker2831

10 сағат бұрын

I believe the main reason Chuggington is hated by the "Railway Series" community is because it breaks Awdry's golden rule: Train Engines are Train Engines, not cartoons. You have to keep in mind, Rev. Awdry make his book series, and agreed to make it into a televised series in the 80s, was because not only were they stories made to be read to children as well as adults, or how they were based on real-life train stories and train engines, but Rev. Awdry wanted his characters to be personified on the outside, but still be actual train engines on the inside; and that's because not a lot of cartoons cared for creative limitations to connect between fantasy and reality, and the more surreal the Train, the less real it is. The unmitigated gaul that Dick Rothkopf would say he wanted a "better version of Thomas" is an insult to all the hard work Rev. Awdry went through, on top of Mattel derailed Awdry's golden rule just to compete with Chuggington!

Remember the original Railway Series never had a main character it was only when Hit entertainment purchased Thomas and friends They decided to make him the main character

@Hercules658

5 ай бұрын

not entirely true. it was always thomas being the main character since day one of the show. hence the name "thomas the tank engine and friends". however, HIT did push thomas being the main character(a hell of a lot too much)

@Nic_2751

7 сағат бұрын

Uh, the show was literally named after him

Chuggington is to Thomas what Family Guy is to the Simpsons and what the Jetsons is to the Flintstones.

@KBY30

5 ай бұрын

That’s a very apt analogy actually.

@Tobytramproductions

4 ай бұрын

Thomas was confused

@mrnobody18472

4 ай бұрын

And what Handy Manny is to Bob the Builder

@mr.meloetta1939

4 ай бұрын

what Palworld is to Pokémon

@WaksWorld05

4 ай бұрын

And what Bendy was to Fnaf

Another thing that makes Chuggington different than Thomas is the faces. Most Thomas characters have the face be a grayish color, while some rolling stock characters, non rail characters, and a few characters in the RWS had their faces be the same color as the engine. Chuggington has the faces as a part of the engine, similar to some RWS characters like BoCo, D199 or Bear

@sockshandle

4 ай бұрын

Daisy bulgy the old bartender character… come to mind when one thinks of “Engines with the faces being part of their bodies”

@OmniMon94

Ай бұрын

Yeah it's kinda better ngl Because there are some characters that just get gray faces Toby for example is just a square face of grey clay

I can't believe Chuggington ripped off the iconic character Gordon's Snow Machine /s

To my knowledge, the reason Season 6 had little main characters was because of low budget, given this was Herschend’s first rodeo with a cartoon.

@julianhudson7811

5 ай бұрын

The same Herschend who owns Dollywood & Silver Dollar City!

Thomas was stuck with realism while Chugginton didn’t have to be

@skarloey1214

4 ай бұрын

Thomas has moved past that for better or worse

@jayvonnoelsmith8445

4 ай бұрын

True

@gb9727

Ай бұрын

My fictional show that i keep envisioning has realism

@ttteproductions7609

Ай бұрын

@@gb9727you don’t have a show

@gb9727

Ай бұрын

@@ttteproductions7609 as I said, it's purely fictional

Here's the thing, it'd be a WAY different matter if Dick was trying to ride the success of Thomas and not trying to "improve" it.

I am glad that we as a fandom are reopening this conversation about Chuggington. I think when the show came out we have always talked about it from an adversarial lens - Chuggington was always a “threat” to Thomas. I found your argument that Thomas was influenced by Chuggington very convincing, and totally agree that Thomas trying to be something it wasn’t crippled its identity. I firmly believe that Chuggington is far better than AEG, in my opinion. This was a very refreshing video. Awesome job!

@ThomasTheorist

4 ай бұрын

That means a lot coming from you! I watched your unboxing of chuggington characters, and tbh, a lot of what you said influence this video!

As somebody who’s a big fan of Chuggington and made a big video on it, I’m glad I’m not alone in covering this show anymore!

I think one of the main reasons Chuggington gets its hate is because of how it tried to overtake Thomas, but in reality, the show isn’t THAT bad. It’s great that you are actually giving it a good analysis. One of your best vids Adam!! 🚂

@TrainBoyOhio

5 ай бұрын

Agreed 👍

@plumberchoochooman

5 ай бұрын

Facts (Also didn't expect to see you here lol)

@toomuchtoby1

5 ай бұрын

@@plumberchoochooman Ofc I’m here lmao

@plumberchoochooman

5 ай бұрын

@@toomuchtoby1 Ik, just still surprising lol

Also Piper is meant to be a young steam engine, because she’s meant to be a more modern eco friendly steam engine (she was said to run on vegetable oil).

@Ninja11125

5 ай бұрын

Bruh what

@gothnerd887

5 ай бұрын

I heard she was a hybrid of steam and electricity

@Imsorrywat

5 ай бұрын

An engine running on a store item… interesting.

@1newfieland

5 ай бұрын

We need an engine to run on baby oil

@InventorZahran

5 ай бұрын

@@ImsorrywatIn the real world, there is a form of diesel fuel that's made from corn oil (or even discarded cooling grease). It's called biodiesel, and most engines can run on it with no modifications. I don't know if anyone has ever fueled a *steam locomotive* with vegetable oil, but it's certainly possible.

Chugginton creator: I want to kill Thomas! Mattel: Hold our train!

@thatphonebastard

5 ай бұрын

Drayton manor: **drops it**

@Shiny_Firey

5 ай бұрын

Hasbro: I can’t let them do this to the childhood tank engine, I must buy him from them

@desenhosanimados2010

5 ай бұрын

​@@Shiny_Fireystop being ignorant, they fired people nowadays for no reason or for stupid and bad reasons

@gabes3dworldofficial

5 ай бұрын

thomas: "hold up lemme just imagine myself as a rocket launcher." ok but now i need to see a death battle (thomas would 100% win tho... totally not biased-)

@Shiny_Firey

4 ай бұрын

@@desenhosanimados2010how am I being ignorant? I only said one thing

I think Chuggington legitimately deserves more credit than we once gave it. Sure, it’s nowhere near Thomas at its best (and comparing it to the Railway Series would be an insult to everything Wilbert and Christopher wrote), but it was competently animated and written, the merchandise was well-made, the designs aren’t that bad (and the decision to focus on modern diesels and electric engines was indeed smart), and the world is pretty unique for a talking vehicle show. Despite it being created with the intent of being “Thomas but modern and better for this generation”, it managed to carve out its own little niche. Also it actually stayed true to what it was meant to be the whole way through. That’s something it’s got over Thomas.

@ChimmyAnimate

Ай бұрын

Thank you for serving justice to my childhood :)

Tbf, I still prefer the classy, quaint, grounded and realistic vibe that TTTE/RWS had as I grew up over the years. I do think Chuggington is fairly good on its own, but it just doesn't compare or hold up to what TTTE/RWS really stood for in my younger phase and so on as I grew up over the years. Edit: Also the points you made about Thomas is mostly about the 9 seasons of the HiT era. In the books and classics, the characters DO progress and the stories are often varied.

@rmgilyard

5 ай бұрын

At least Chuggington has the charm and passion put into it, unlike (AEG, TTG, or PP)

@LazyOldFusspot_3428

5 ай бұрын

@@rmgilyard Tbf it's sad to see corporations strip Thomas of its identity that its current main target demo is what people associate the show with nowadays.

It makes me happy to see more people giving this show the recognition it deserves. Chuggington is a series whose reputation I feel as though was tarnished because of what most Thomas fans have grown to believe. We're all entitled to our own opinions, and it's okay not to like something. But the fact that there's still people out there who will argue the same thing about Chuggington being a "Thomas rip-off" and such and such has become old at this point. While it was made because of Thomas and to compete against it, it shouldn't be constantly compared to Thomas in that regard. It's too easy. But I feel like that aspect is what tainted Chuggington's reputation amongst Thomas fans because you never see people talking about or getting this mad at other train-based shows like Titipo Titipo or Mighty Express. The Little Engine That Could doesn't count as that predates Thomas and the Railway Series, too. I'm not saying people have to like this show, but at the very least, try to give it a proper watch to give an entitled opinion; even if it's just one or two episodes, that's still something. Besides, around the time Chuggington did come out, Thomas wasn't exactly doing good itself, and now look where that series has ended. And even though I don't like All Engines Go like a lot of people, I still watch the series so I can get an opinion on episodes and see if anything good comes out of it. It's nothing good in my opinion, but at least I'm giving it a chance by actually watching it. And I think Chuggington deserves that same treatment, even though I'm not expecting people to do the same for AEG. But if there's people who still refuse to watch Chuggington, just say it's not for you and don't go off by what other people have said about it for years. In the end, it's too easy... again. I'm also just gonna say now that Wilson is my favorite from Chuggington. I don't know why, but I kind of just relate to him in some way. Sometimes on purpose. Don't ask. I'd also like to briefly recommend episodes like Tour Guide Harrison and Delivery Challenge as those are, in my opinion, some of the best episodes to come out not just from Season 5 but the entire series. Both are episodes that are focused on side characters, with all of the mains not having any roles.

@LazyOldFusspot_3428

5 ай бұрын

I wouldn't say it's exactly a ripoff of Thomas per se, but I honestly just prefer the vibe of the classics and Brenner era, and to an extent, the writing style of Wilbert Awdry in his books. I still prefer TTTE over Chuggington, but I'll admit, it did see better days than what it is now.

14:51 she's an AI, like if The Fat Controller got fired and replaced by GLaDOS or Shodan but they were a lot less evil. I like Vee, it's nice to have an AI that doesn’t hate humans for once.

@Mr_FMK

4 ай бұрын

I can still remember how in one episode a fuse box or something was damaged and Vee went completely crazy afterwards. no voice and everything mixed up.

@Northerner_Transport_Hub

4 ай бұрын

I think personally it's a person in a room, maybe the GIANT building above the 4 tunnels in the depot. It'd understand why only 1 chugger at a time can speak with her

@gothnerd887

Ай бұрын

​@@Northerner_Transport_Hubif she's a human maybe she has agoraphobia or photophobia and that's why she has to control everything from inside

I haven't finished the video, but I wanted to share my thoughts. I see Chuggington as a backwards mirror to Thomas. Thomas is set in Britain, and Chuggington is somewhere in America. While Sodor is mostly steam powered with a few diesels, Chuggington is more diesel powered with a few steamers. And where the RWS stuck to Railway Realism, Chuggington throws all logic out the window and has fun with it.

@雪者

4 ай бұрын

Sounds about right

@TTTEclub

4 ай бұрын

And throwing out logic works in chuggington unlike thomas which has felllllll down a 20000 mile hole to the center of the earth

@TTTEclub

4 ай бұрын

With thomas being in the state it is right now chuggington might be able to make a comeback

As someone with both adhd and autism I finally understand why I liked both shows lol. I remember watching Chuggington episodes on KZread back in 2010 or so and I really loved both shows but I think I enjoyed Chuggington more back then compared to today

So I'm gonna be telling my little journey with chuggington. Back when I was like six I was quite the thomas fam but the thing was it barely ever aired where I lived. So every morning I would always wake-up to see an other train show that coincidentally played in my prep time waiting for the schoolbus. What I always liked about the show was the "futuristic" modern look of it, the fact that the protagonists where kids like I was, and let's not forget the overall character designs. Cause I always found them to be very neat and diverse within' the show, you know next to always having a grey face be put on a locomotive and call it a day. Also it was just great fun, even my parents didn't mind catching it with me ( my mother used to sing the opening lyrics of the intro around the house just because😂) and I loved that. I even remember my dad commenting on how the engines in thomas are like super dumb with how much major property damages and crashes they where having.( mind you this was when the CGI-Hit era episodes where comin out fresh) And after eventually thomas eventually came on hours I could watch it I really didn't really care because my 'Anthropomorphic Train' niche was already filled by Chuggington. Later on I would watch the later episodes (s4-5) on the internet and be pretty satisfied with what the show had become and then I just left it at that. Chuggington was a good kid show to watch and I am happy with the time I had spent on it

The only episode of Chuggington I even vaguely remember is the one where they learnt how to switch points by themselves. Even as a little kid I remember just sitting there like "...this wouldn't happen in Thomas..."

@Rusty-the-Protogen

4 ай бұрын

And then the wheel hands thing happend and they started pulling the levers... Yeah, Chuggington did that better.

@garrettsmith2776

Ай бұрын

I believe said episode is called “Koko And The Tunnel”.

Don’t get me wrong, I am a diehard Thomas fan. But I thought I’d give a fair chance to a show looming in the back of my memory

@Metrolink873productions

Ай бұрын

I get you bro.

Another example of Chuggington having respresentation was having Hoot being colourbind, which kids and adults can relate to. Also I think Dunbar leaving and Skylar replacing him was representing when our teachers leave/retire

It’s funny that some would not be a big fan of Thomas decided to make their own show about trains. Chugginton is one of the shows that I was on the hate train slowly because of my Thomas leans, but after this I may consider giving Chugginton a chance

30:12 A little rain never hurt anybody 💀💀💀

@nezzedmeg4856

27 күн бұрын

Once an engine, attached to a train, was afraid of a few drops of rain. He hid in a tunnel and squeaked trough his funnel and never came ou again. And in that dark tunnel, there were brown puddles-

@dorkarrijohnson4738

21 күн бұрын

Chugging to really diknow what they were saying when they said the little rain never hurt anybody. That probably was a reference to Henry.

I love that Dick has a dissected WW Thomas mounted on his wall.

@ThomasTheorist

5 ай бұрын

The man did work on a lot of Thomas toys for HiT, but yes HE SPLIT THE POOR BUGGER

@urtooslow4415

4 ай бұрын

As a broke guy, I really didn't need to see that

The way I see it, Thomas and Chuggington both stole from each other.

@BriceGum138

5 ай бұрын

I think The Fat Controller told me that some of his engines like Thomas, Henry, Gordon, Duck, Ryan maybe, and a few other engines that found out about Chuggington I can think of opposed the show out of jealousy. But with all jokes aside, this is a pretty good point.

I will admit it is weird that a long time ago I used to be a chuggington fan around the time when Thomas was not as good yeah I still watch both and would go back and forth between them. I guess when Thomas did get better I slowly phased out of chuggington. And while I do still see Thomas as Superior in some ways there are some things in chuggington that I can appreciate and yeah I prefer to watch chuggington over AEG any day. This was a great video Adam and something that I wasn't sure I wanted to come back to as I kind of wanted to leave this part of my childhood behind honestly but again I found some things in this video that I can actually appreciate so keep up the good work man!

I remember Chuggington on Disney Junior back in the day. The episode I remember is undercover action chugger.

I've watched a bit of chuggington with my son. Here are my thoughts: The characters and stories are pretty good. I love the idea of a world where everything is built around trains, and I wish they'd done some more world building around that. The human characters felt sort of superfluous - the world almost feels like a "Cars" world but with trains - but I guess passenger chuggers gotta take something, right? The trains felt weightless - in some ways it felt like a toy train world, which isn't a bad thing - kids like toys. Watching the trains follow each other at speed on a single track with no block sections gives me anxiety.

Chuggington was one of the shows I've watched a lot on CBeebies every time I come home from school. Admittedly, I couldn't get enough of it as a kid. Overtime, however, I haven't been up to date with it nowadays. I'm still not fond of Chuggington, but it is an alright show. Also, little fun fact: Dai Tabuchi, Hanzo's voice actor, also voiced Kenji and Hiro in All Engines Go.

I grew up on Thomas, specifically the Jack and The Pack DVD, but eventually it fell off for me, and I found Chuggington, which I fell in love with. I came back to Thomas around SLOTLT, and honestly I've gone back and forth ever since. I have both ADHD and Austism, so both shows speak to me, and there's something to love in both of them. For me, Brewster was extremely relatable with his organization, while Jack the front loader's impulsiveness spoke to me more than Wilson's did. And now I'm going to college for architecture, no wonder I liked The Pack and The Chuggineers so much.

Because of you Adam, you’ve got me on a Father Ted kick! Thanks for the introduction to a great show

I was one of the people who never really understood all the hate Chuggington got from Thomas fans. Like, I get it on a surface level, because it definitely looks like a ripoff on the outside. But if you actually watched the show, you’d be able to tell pretty quickly that it was trying to be its own thing. If you look below the surface, Chuggington definitely was trying to be something completely different than what Thomas was, and I always appreciated it for that. The show definitely has its highs and lows, but I never disliked Chuggington.

@BriceGum138

4 ай бұрын

I couldn't have agreed more.

Can I just say this is the first time i’ve heard and knew of a uk dub for this show, and after knowing their US voices for so long this is so surreal. it’s like finding out Michael Angelis for the first time all over again instead of Michael Brandon.

I've seen the entirety of the original series and some episodes of the reboot, and I think I can safely say the reboot is missing the childlike charm of the original. Speaking of which, I'd much rather have the original Chuggington series over the seasons of Thomas where they're trying too hard to BE Chuggington, the Thomas episode "The Big Freeze" is literally just the Chuggington episode with the exact same name and plot lol

me diagnosed with both ADHD and autism and liking chuggington & thomas equally: "I’m playing both sides, so that I always come out on top"

Chuggington streamed when my brother was still at the age of Disney cartoons and he had the tv most of the time so I watched quite a few episodes of this lolq

To see people giving chuggington a chance warms my heart, as a kid i loved both Thomas and Chuggington, and when I discovered the Thomas side of KZread and saw people bashing chuggington, i kinda made my sad, because even as a kid i could tell Thomas and Chuggington had there own merits that separated them from each other, and yeah, right when bwba came out was the moment I realized Thomas was trying to be chuggington, huge mistake on Mattel's part, but I suppose, from a certain point of view, it was also a blessing in disguise seeing as it's really given more of a frame of reference of what chuggington did to stand out from Thomas... Also as someone who grew up with chuggington's us dub, I now officially expect Scottish Dunbar as the only Voice he has

You’ve brought back a few memories from my childhood. Me and my brother had Chugginton toys when we were young. One we had was a toy of Irvin, who spooked my mother by exclaiming “I like things neat and tidy!” at my mother when she was cleaning my brother’s room. Later on, my aunt bought us a play set of the sheds… but it was somehow a model from France. As a result, it babbled on at us in French, and communicated with our other Chugginton toys in French whilst the other toys spoke in English. I forget if we still have these toys in storage somewhere.

SAY WHAT?! COLIN MCFARLANE WAS ON CHUGGINGTON AND THOMAS AND FRIENDS?! MIND BLOWN!!!!!

I got both ADHD and Autism, and despite the good of Chuggington, it just can't compete with early Thomas

@LazyOldFusspot_3428

5 ай бұрын

And the Railway Series. It's just on another level for me as I grew up over the years.

I think a lot of the failures of chuggington and why it didn’t last can be rooted back to poor decisions regarding the toys. Instead of using the same, similar, or at least compatible track joints and couplings to Thomas, they made their wholly own. This meant a lot of kids (me included) got one chugger, realized it was incompatible the pre-existing Thomas collection, never touched another chugger again.

@garrettsmith2776

4 ай бұрын

Chuggington Wooden Railway: BRUH

@frogmouth2

4 ай бұрын

@@garrettsmith2776 that is a good point. The woods were mostly compatible which makes me think the reason the diecast and battery powered ones weren’t is because of patents. That or it’s cuz they were released a bit later and had some hindsight.

Chuggington always felt so hyperactive. I only ever saw a few episodes and got a headache. I definitely will only ever watch Thomas.

I was recently thinking about something someone said about the artstyle of Chuggington, comparing it with the Bioshock games which caused my brain to go "it's a child friendly Bioshock" but I don't think that's possible😂

@WaksWorld05

4 ай бұрын

I believe it was Wak’s World’s Mighty Express video. Oh yeah, MY video!

Awesome retrospective! Chuggington is strangely one of those shows I've never come back to, didn't even finish the second season. Appreciate the show a lot more now, might have to give it a rewatch 🚅

30:11. This was hilarious! Great video, keep up the good work.

Those are my fav shows too!❤ Reminds me of my childhood :(❤

I really loved this video! I'd be interested to watch a lot more of Chuggington, given that I haven't watched it for years. I think relating to the 'Thomas ripoff' scenario, I think that while yes, it does incorporate a lot of things from Thomas, I don't think there's anything wrong with that per se. It shows that Thomas was an example and an ideas stimulator for another show that just decided to take a different approach. Loved riding the rails with this retrospective!

underground ernie walks in the room. it puts the beer pint on the table "boy"

Great review! I remember watching Chuggington all the time on Disney Junior when I was younger, and was a huge fan of it! Glad someone is talking about this nostalgic show! (Also WILSON'S VA DID WHAT?! OH BUMPERS-)

@toomuchtoby1

5 ай бұрын

TREMBLING TRACKS

@plumberchoochooman

5 ай бұрын

@@toomuchtoby1 This does not Train the tastic

@toomuchtoby1

5 ай бұрын

@@plumberchoochooman This does not honk the horn

@plumberchoochooman

5 ай бұрын

@@toomuchtoby1 This does not wheels to the rails

@toomuchtoby1

5 ай бұрын

@@plumberchoochooman This does not click to the clack

I became a Chuggington fan during the Miller era of Thomas, and when I watched both shows side by side, I bet you can tell which one I enjoyed more. I found Chuggington to be genuinely fun, mainly because of how it did things that Thomas could never do (trains bouncing and jumping off the rails etc). After a while, I went back to Thomas when I rewatched my old S8 and 9 DVDs and remembered the underrated charm the early HiT era had. Nowadays, while I love Thomas a lot, Chuggington does deserve more respect than it gets.

@BriceGum138

4 ай бұрын

I'm quite happy to see that most people in the Thomas fandom have begun to see Chuggington in a slightly better light and that the anti-Chuggington sentiment is starting to slowly die off.

Thinking about it, Chuggington had more character than Thomas of the same era did, blamed squarely at Hit of course

Why don’t the steam trains in Chuggington have tenders…

@WaksWorld05

Ай бұрын

Given the show is set in the future, and the fact that we see Olwin and Speedy load coal directly into their fireboxes, it’s possible the railway developed a system to power steam engines without tenders or drivers.

Wait just a sec That whistle at 18:26 That's not Merlin That's a pitched-down Fergus!

Real nice, would love more longer retrospectives like this

28:13 Aside from the best new job in Season 4, I think Koko also has the greatest mentor. I love Hanzo as a character (Though I think Season 6 pretty much screwed him over). I think Hanzo is the perfect blend of a playful best friend, a wise mentor, and a caring father figure. And his interactions with Koko are so sweet and wholesome. For instance, in "Runaway Koko," he tried to slow Koko down even though rescuing wasn't his job. In the episodes "Snow Patrol" and "Koko Express," he was worried about her when he didn't know where she was, and hoped that she was okay, seemingly more than her jobs that she was doing. And their bond goes both ways. Koko looks up to and admires Hanzo, and does whatever she can to help him, such as helping him when he broke down, getting a new part for him, and taking over his jobs when he was unable to do them. Out of the three trainee/mentor duos, I think Koko and Hanzo are my favorite. They seem to have the strongest bond out of the three of them.

I believe both Thomas & Chuggington should collaborate, because of a youtuber named Milan Prsa (The MilanToon Channel) & his series, The Railways of Crotoonia.

18:24-18:32 The whistle that you think was Merlin’s whistle is actually a lower pitch version of Fergus’ whistle.

i recall growing up watching chugginton. i remember a lot of s4-5 stuff, but somewhy when i watch the show, only the first 3 seasons have that feeling of "yeah that's the show i remember". also i never in my life watched a single bit of s6

I always found it odd as a kid that the engines only pull like 1 wagon at a time.

I’m surprised that the reason behind chuggington was that the creator wasn’t a fan of Thomas (that was pretty funny) I think I remember watching chuggington when I was little and then later at some point stopped watching it, I heard that a lot of Thomas fans were not the biggest fan of the show but for me it had been a while since I gave my opinion of that show but nowadays after the clips I saw of the show it does look pretty good. Thomas is still going to be my favorite show but maybe one day I might watch some of the episodes of Chuggington (and try to be fair with the show and my thoughts on it).

And for more prase, Croatian dub of Chuggington is a bop

37:02 the Nostalgia Critic would say "so Chuggington ripped off Thomas only to have Thomas ripoff Chuggington so both have become the product of animated inbreeding"

Great work on the retrospective mate also since I've been a fan, of Chuggington since I was 7 I do agree that most Thomas fans should give the show a chance.

I am rather nostalgic of the classic chuggington. I have good memories of both watching the show and playing with the toys. But when I stopped watching the show, it wasn't the similarity's of Thomas actually. It was because I was appreciating the more realistic trains, and wiggling bouncing trains didn't fit the mold. maybe I'll give the show another chance one day, but I'm still catching up on the Cgi Thomas seasons I missed out on. Great video!

I must say, that is a great review on Chuggington and you've done a good job on it. It deserves more love, even Season 4 and 5 for having the trainees move up to advanced training. I like Season 4 and 5 the way they are too so you're not the only one. The trainees has to do their new working jobs with the groups on their own despite little interaction with each other so that they can be Really Useful. They can't always work together you know. I don't mind the side characters be minor in Season 4 since the episodes focusing on Chug Patrol, The Chuggineers and Speed Fleet are all good. I also like Season 6 as well despite being different since I'm happy the show came back after so long though I'm not happy about the cast being minimized. Piper and Skylar are fine as they are as characters since not every steam engine character has to be elderly, he or she can be younger too which Piper fits the bill perfectly and Skylar being a crane chugger like Harvey is nice too. I hope you understand my thoughts on those things. It's a shame the show get canceled after making a comeback in Season 6 but oh well, it had a great run and that we get to see it again one last time. I often pair Chuggington characters with Thomas characters like Henry and Chatsworth, Edward, Toby, Dunbar and Old Puffer Pete and Olwin and Spencer. Sometimes I imagine Chuggington having a movie and perhaps even adding antagonists or full fledged villains to it to make it more interesting to try it out since not every character has to be good guys you know and a perfect change of pace, not to mention creating a character based off a Class 08 shunter would be great too. I did not expect to know that Wilson's first UK voice actor did bad things with sex later on in his life. What a downfall since Chuggington. Bet that his fellow actors are appalled by it. Overall a great video on Chuggington and hopefully you'II have it in future videos alongside Thomas and perhaps include Fireman Sam and Bob the Builder in them as well because I would like to hear your thoughts on those two shows too. Best of luck and see you next time.

i completely forgot about this show up until youtube recommended this video to me. i now want to do some investigations on what childhood shows i forgot about with the purpose to rewatch them as an adult

It’s funny how wherever a major children train show appears, Tomy is always in the funding section

Thanks for uncovering this gold mine of a show. The nostalgia you've filled me with is insane. I honestly think Chuggington got more hate than it deserved, the characters and plots were always fun, if a bit unrealistic. (Still better than AEG) Can't thank you enough mate.

Honestly, this kind of changed my mind about Chuggington. I might check it out at some point

I am so glad you gave Brewster’s Greatest Gift some praise! I absolutely love that episode with its amazing music and moral. It was definitely something the show never had done before, like for example how it had some emotion to it, and boy did they achieve it well. Dare I say it, it might be the best episode of the entire show.

Loved the video keep up the good work 👍

Great video, Adam 👍

I used to watch the show when i was a kid and then I went to Thomas and friends

30:26 this got me😂 Great video. Maybe I should rewatch chuggington for nostalgia.

I never really cared for Chuggington before, but after seeing this video, it’s making me have second thoughts about my opinion on the show. I had no idea that the characters progressed the way they did and I like the idea. Also, I noticed that they seemed to do things better than what Thomas was and is doing. Quite fascinating and thanks to this video, I found a new respect for this show. I still prefer Thomas, but the fact that a (somewhat) rip-off of Thomas can actually turn into something unique of its own, is really fascinating to me. Nice job!

Great video, I only seen a few episodes of chuggington and thought it was alright as a kid. I will im considering going threw the series in full at some point

Hong Mei wasn't completely reused from Rosie.

I really like the aesthetic of the locations of chuggington

This was great stuff. Maybe you could also talk about other train shows. How about Underground Ernie next?

I’m loved this show even as a Thomas fan! Both were train shows so that was perfect for me. I watched both and loved both

I quite like Chuggington because it does stuff that trains don't do and no one complains.

I have an idea for a talking train show that's so futuristic no-one would dare call it a Thomas rip off. How is it *more* futuristic? I can't say for now but I'll give you a clue: Hatsune Miku

i love this, because i grew up with chuggington and then i went to thomas so i always loved both so to hear someone saying that its not bad is really great for me

An excellent video, on such an underrated show. Would love to see an Underground Ernie video...

6:40 That OH NO killed me. I was born in 1998 and grew up on Thomas season 5, 6 and 7, mostly. I became terrified of the models eventually (yes really), and in 2005 was diagnosed with ADHD. I continued to play with the Wooden Railway until about 2009. I rediscovered Thomas around 2019. I think if I had been born in 2007, I would have been watching this and probably would have loved it. I knew nothing about Chuggington except that it was often playing on the television in the doctor's office. No real takeaway - that's just my story.

Very well made video. I remember Chuggington more so from Leokimvideo and I did see some episodes on CBeebies back in the day but I didn’t really think much of it. I didn’t hate it but didn’t like it and as of now I don’t have any desire to revisit it anytime soon, it’s just one of those shows that never caught my interest.

Anyone else realise how the building above the coloured tunnels looks like London Charing Cross station?

Could you do more Chuggington videos,? for example Maybe you could rank all the characters from worst the best if you don’t then that’s totally fine I love your content. and I really enjoyed this video. Keep up the good work.

Very interesting and nice

i have adhd and i LOVE thomas and friends

Chuggington Theorist

Personally i think the reason Piper was the youngest was the show's attempt of introducing new build steam locomotives

I love the Chuggington music used for the Chuggington vs Thomas section. It sounds so bouncy and the sounds used are great.

@Ch33s3burger

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Also i know the music was given to you by Rudhly D, but it would be great it if the music was uploaded on KZread or SoundCloud

Chuggington: we need a better gender balance than thomas Emily: am i a joke to you?! every other female character in the show (which is quite a few): what she said!

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Also, I know the big world, big adventures females came after, but there were still quite a bit in the classic series, and the model-cgi season (12)

But that's just a theory... A THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE THEORY!

I find Chuggington quite interesting if you don’t compare it to Thomas it’s actually a really good show I’ve recently rewatched it and started regrowing my collection after selling most of it I’ve nearly got a whole set of the diecasts and have a lot of the interactive chuggers if you haven’t watched it watch it well if you wanna

I think that Vee's existence is also like the chuggers, they are not AI, they are not possessed or anything, they are simply just sentient machines, Vee pretty much checks out in that factor.

I actually remember watching this show way back