Where In The World Is Thomas?

Where In The World Is Thomas? is a 1951 short film produced by Paramount Animation Studios and Paramount Pictures in the ThomasToons/Oil Orchestras cartoon series. The short film was directed by Jesse L. Lasky. The concept was remade into Thomas and Friends: Big World, Big Adventures!: The Movie in 2018.

Plot
It is evening roll call and Sir Topham Hatt calls for everyone to come to the Steam Works. All the engines come except Thomas, which leaves Sir Topham Hatt concerned and confused. He asks where Thomas last was, but nobody knew. All of the trains gather their ideas (Where In The World Is Thomas?) James, who is known to lie, tells Sir Topham Hatt Thomas went on a ferry to escape from the Steam Works because he hates his job. Sir Topham Hatt questions where Thomas went (Where In The World Is Thomas?) All of the engines go down to the dock to trail down Thomas, but it turns out Thomas was only gathering haddock from the fishing boats for James. When Sir Topham Hatt finds out James was actually lying, he puts James in the "Cabin" for a fortnight.

Song: "Where In The World Is Thomas"
Bold means the lyrics were either changed or removed in Thomas and Friends: Big World, Big Adventures!: The Movie in 2018.

He..

Could...

Have...

Bashed in to some buffers?

Or dropped down into a mine!

Or he rolled into the ocean

Because he passed a danger sign!

He could be stuck inside a tunnel

With no steam to move at all?

Or crashed into a stationmaster's house

Right through a wall!

He could have strolled into a woodland

On a track that's overgrown

Or found a secret tunnel

To an island that's unknown!

He could be caught up in a landslide

Or have fallen off a bridge

Or tried to climb a mountain

And be stuck up on a ridge!

He could have been derailed

When he was trying to win a race

Imprisoned in a steelworks

Or be lost in outer space...

He could have gone off to some other place that we don't even know,

He could be almost anywhere, oh where did Thomas go?

He could be anywhere

Any - where's Thomas?

He could be anywhere

Any - where's Thomas?

He could be anywhere, anywhere in the world!

(spoken) James: Sir! I found out what happened to Thomas!

'''(spoken) Sir Topham Hatt: Okay, James. What happened?'''

'''(spoken) James: Um.... um.... he...... um...'''

'''(spoken) Sir Topham Hatt: It's okay! You can tell me.'''

(sung) James: He went off on a ferry, he wanted to escape, he hates his Steam Works job, let's go get him in one shape!

'''(spoken) Sir Topham Hatt: This means he could be anywhere... in the world!'''

(back to singing) He could be checking out the pyramids while floating down the Nile,

Or in the outback of Australia with a crocodile,

He could be eating collard greens and ugali in Zimbabwe,

I don't know if he could do it but he'd do it anyway,

He could be in the Himalayas taking in the mountain air,

Or acting like a tourist in the heart of Times Square!

He could be in Rio de Janeiro as the carnival goes by,

Or out on Easter Island saying 'hi' to a moai!

He could be on an African safari

Chasing a zebra

Or in Venice on a gondola!

He could be wrestling a sumo in a match in Tokyo,

He could be almost anywhere,

Oh where did Thomas go?

(Repeat chorus)