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Thomas & Friends (1984–2021)

Thomas & Friends poster

Thomas & Friends (1984–2021)

Overview

The series is set in the fictional island of Sodor, located in the Irish Sea. Sodor is depicted as located in Cumbria, near the historical town of Barrow-in-Furness Thomas the Tank Engine is an anthropomorphic steam locomotive, with a design loosely based on the LB&SCR E2 class (1913-1963). Thomas and his associates work at the North Western Railway, the main standard gauge rail network of Sodor. The series focuses on their work relationship.


Starring Cast


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
8.3

Overview

The series is set in the fictional island of Sodor, located in the Irish Sea. Sodor is depicted as located in Cumbria, near the historical town of Barrow-in-Furness Thomas the Tank Engine is an anthropomorphic steam locomotive, with a design loosely based on the LB&SCR E2 class (1913-1963). Thomas and his associates work at the North Western Railway, the main standard gauge rail network of Sodor. The series focuses on their work relationship.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film primarily focuses on apolitical themes of individual responsibility, teamwork, and the consequences of actions, promoting universal moral lessons for children rather than specific political ideologies.

The movie features anthropomorphic train characters, which precludes evaluation based on human racial or gender diversity in casting. The narrative maintains a traditional framing, focusing on positive lessons without critiquing traditional identities or explicitly incorporating DEI themes.

Secondary

The 'Thomas & Friends' series, a children's program about anthropomorphic trains, does not include any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Consequently, there is no portrayal of queer identity to evaluate within its narrative content.

Thomas & Friends does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The show's narrative centers on the adventures and lessons learned by anthropomorphic trains, without exploring human gender identity or related social issues. Therefore, its net impact on the portrayal of transsexual individuals is N/A.

Thomas & Friends is a children's animated series featuring anthropomorphic trains. The show does not depict any characters, male or female, engaging in direct physical combat or martial arts. Therefore, no instances of female characters defeating male opponents in such encounters are present.

The 1984-2021 series of Thomas & Friends introduced new female characters but did not alter the established genders of its core, pre-existing characters from The Railway Series books or earlier seasons. No characters canonically established as one gender were portrayed as a different gender.

The primary characters are anthropomorphic trains, which do not possess a race. Human characters like Sir Topham Hatt have consistently maintained their established race throughout the series. New human characters of diverse backgrounds have been introduced, but this does not constitute a race swap of existing, established characters.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.5
The Movie Database logo
10.0

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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