Oh Thomas the Tank Engine Fandom...

*miru* · 01-15-2014, 09:36 PM

Thomas the Tank Engine has a surprisingly large adult fandom on youtube, who have produced many odd videos. These include:

*Thomas/"insert cartoon show here (usually Sonic or TUGS, although Mario, SpongeBob, Disney, and TMNT have become more and more common). Thomas clips synced up to audio from another series.
*"Interviews" with toy trains, not always Thomas ones, but generally in the same scale.
*Thomas's Adventures, an offshoot of the equally bizarre "Pooh's Adventures," in which Thomas clips are inserted into various movies and made to look as if Thomas is interacting with the film's cast.
*Re-Enactments of episodes using Trainz or toy figures.
*And lastly, The Rise of Steam, a fan made sequel to Thomas and the Magic Railroad, in which a murderous engine named only "Steam Engine" tries to wipe out all of dieselkind and brainwashed several engines.
*And then there's all the myriad AMVs, redubs, etc.

Your thoughts on all this?

*Allio* · 01-16-2014, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by miru

Your thoughts on all this?

*The Stryker* · 01-16-2014, 07:25 AM

You are the last person to be calling out other fans for being weird.

*Whatswiththeheadbands?* · 01-16-2014, 07:34 AM

Erm... I got nothin'

*Allio* · 01-16-2014, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by The Stryker

You are the last person to be calling out other fans for being weird.

I don't think TMNT fans are that bad...sure we have the Turtle shippers, but still...no fandom is without their darkside

Peanut · 01-16-2014, 07:37 AM

If the Internet has taught me anything it's that everything, no exceptions, has a weird fanbase.

*BubblyShell22* · 01-16-2014, 08:26 AM

Who cares? You have a weird obsession with Sonic, Venus, and Ninjara, so you really shouldn't be calling anyone else out for their fandom obsessions. I believe that would be the pot calling the kettle black.

*plastroncafe* · 01-16-2014, 10:19 AM

That it's wonderful?

*Raph's Girl* · 01-16-2014, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by miru

Your thoughts on all this?

Sounds like a pretty normal fandom to me.

**Jester** · 01-16-2014, 09:57 PM

Are we sure they're even adults?

*Cure* · 01-17-2014, 04:41 PM

Are we sure YOU'RE an adult? Your avatar suggests otherwise.

**Jester** · 01-17-2014, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Cure

Are we sure YOU'RE an adult? Your avatar suggests otherwise.

Seems a bit extreme...

I just mean that those Pooh's Adventures videos look to be made by teenagers. So how do we know these videos aren't made by teens, too? It wasn't necessarily a condemnation of adult Thomas fans, just that bad Youtube fan videos are generally made by teens.

*sits by and waits for someone to post one of his lame videos with the "adult" question...*

*Cure* · 01-17-2014, 04:48 PM

I was kidding, man, because this thread is dumb. My bad!

**Jester** · 01-17-2014, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Cure

I was kidding, man, because this thread is dumb. My bad!

S'alright. Sarcasm is hard to read in just text. Also not sure why I'm taking this, a miru thread of all things, so seriously.

tmnt transformer · 01-17-2014, 05:36 PM

Leave it to miru to create such a stupid thread...

*ZariusTwo* · 01-18-2014, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Jester

*sits by and waits for someone to post one of his lame videos with the "adult" question...*

Interestingly a 20-something year old did make a full length Pooh's Adventure parody crossing them over with the Toxic Avenger and it was expertly made and frightfully better than anything the teens behind those videos could ever reasonably come up with

I did my own spoof of the genre, but it's pretty bad in comparison

*snake* · 01-18-2014, 09:51 AM

.........Miru.......Stop........Now

**Jester** · 01-18-2014, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Interestingly a 20-something year old did make a full length Pooh's Adventure parody crossing them over with the Toxic Avenger and it was expertly made and frightfully better than anything the teens behind those videos could ever reasonably come up with

I did my own spoof of the genre, but it's pretty bad in comparison

Did it have actual dialogue and not silent movie style title cards?

*Candy Kappa* · 01-18-2014, 02:54 PM

There's a Thomas the Tank Engine fandom?

*ZariusTwo* · 01-19-2014, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jester

Did it have actual dialogue and not silent movie style title cards?

It uses both. Audio of lines from other r-rated movies and dialoge cards for other scenes, but all of it is satirical.

01-15-2014, 09:36 PM	#1
miru Mad Scientist Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,874	Oh Thomas the Tank Engine Fandom... Thomas the Tank Engine has a surprisingly large adult fandom on youtube, who have produced many odd videos. These include: Thomas/"insert cartoon show here (usually Sonic or TUGS, although Mario, SpongeBob, Disney, and TMNT have become more and more common). Thomas clips synced up to audio from another series. "Interviews" with toy trains, not always Thomas ones, but generally in the same scale. Thomas's Adventures, an offshoot of the equally bizarre "Pooh's Adventures," in which Thomas clips are inserted into various movies and made to look as if Thomas is interacting with the film's cast. Re-Enactments of episodes using Trainz or toy figures. And lastly, The Rise of Steam, a fan made sequel to Thomas and the Magic Railroad, in which a murderous engine named only "Steam Engine" tries to wipe out all of dieselkind and brainwashed several engines. And then there's all the myriad AMVs, redubs, etc. Your thoughts on all this? __________________ Proud Digimon nut.

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