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Thomas & Friends: Race for the Sodor Cup is an American-Canadian 2D animated film that serves as a feature film for '[https://terribletvshows.miraheze.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends:_All_Engines_Go! Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!]' It was in cinemas in the UK on September 17, 2021, the film aired on Treehouse in Canada on October 11, 2021, it premiered on Cartoon Network's preschool-block, Cartoonito in the United States on December 27, 2021 and it will release on Netflix worldwide on March 18, 2022. Much like All Engines Go, the film received a widespread of negative reactions from fans and parents alike. Even one of the scenes from this movie have made it onto the front page of a newspaper article.

Plot
Super-fast Kana is convinced that her speed is all she needs to win the Race for the Sodor Cup, a competition that draws engines from all over the world. However, when a racing practice gone wrong causes her partner, Kenji, to get hurt, Kana ends up paired with Thomas. Kana and Thomas will discover that it takes teamwork to become the best racers they can be, but is it enough to defeat the international champions and win the Sodor Cup?

Why It Loses The Sodor Cup
'Note: The same problems were carried over from [https://terribletvshows.miraheze.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends:_All_Engines_Go! Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!]'


 * 1) The main problem with this film is the animation itself, it looks like as if it came straight out of ToonBoom Harmony. While Misty Island Rescue, Day of the Diesels and Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie have suffered from problems themselves (leading to having their own articles on this wiki), the same cannot be said for this film, as if it suffers a lot of animation problems, including animation errors, missing engine parts, etc. Even the three Thomas' related films (Misty Island Rescue, Day of the Diesels and Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie) have way better animation than this. It's surprising since Nelvana has animated films based on their shows with slightly better or even great animation.
 * 2) *Another problem is Mattel themselves, because during the outrage between the kids, parents, grandparents and fans of the original series, stating that they did not at all like the new Thomas, they responded to them with the "It's made for kids" excuse (as stated in the controversy section). Which proves that they nowadays want attention from them.
 * 3) As stated in WIS #1, there are a bunch of animation errors. It clearly shows that the writers at Nelvana are too lazy to fix them. Examples include:
 * 4) *Nia missing her coal bunker in one scene of the movie.
 * 5) **It normally doesn't happen in the actual show, but in this movie, it does.
 * 6) *James missing his buffers, couplings, dome, whistle, cab windows, cab side cutouts, lamp, lining and one of his tender axles in the overhead view of Brendam Docks.
 * 7) **Although James doesn't appear as one of the main characters in the series, but this is indeed surprising.
 * 8) *Emily missing her tender in one scene
 * 9) *Thomas and Kana switch places when they are behind Farona and Frederico with the ice cream van.
 * 10) **It seems like Thomas and Kana have jumped tracks even if it wasn't shown because most of the time, it would be shown that engines would bounce/jump from one track to the other. This is surprising since it normally happens in the series (and also the film), but in that one particular scene, it didn't show them doing it at all. This animation error is common and is likely to happen in some of the next episodes that appear after this one.
 * 11) *In a scene where Riff, Jiff, Farona, Frederico, Kana and Thomas couple up to their flatbeds with a boat, Jiff, along with Frederico couple up behind their flatbeds even though their front couplers are absent therefore should be rear-facing.
 * 12) *Riff and Jiff's voices swap when they say that the track broke in one scene of the film.
 * 13) The musical numbers, including "When I Go Fast," "The Training Song" and "Look It's Us" are cringe-inducing to the point where they become underwhelming songs that could never be heard from again.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) It was nice to see Kenji and Hiro again after the episode from Season 24 of the original series "Kenji on the Rails Again." As they were likeable and tolerable throughout the movie. Not only they were likeable, but some of the other characters are also likeable in this movie, for example: Bulstrode.
 * 2) *The characters all have scenes where they are all likeable and tolerable. Examples:
 * 3) **Kenji introduced Thomas to Kana, and Kana to Thomas.
 * 4) **Hiro helped Thomas and Kana train to win the Sodor Cup.
 * 5) **Bulstrode was never like Cranky to the engines.
 * 6) The product management for the film (including the toys), is decent (depending on your view).

Pre-release
Before release and along with All Engines Go, Race for the Sodor Cup was met with negative reactions from Thomas fans, parents and audiences alike. Some even stated that one of the scenes in this film almost made their children cry.

Release
When the film was released, it received a widespread of negative reviews from critics, audiences, parents and fans of the original series. However, some of the fans from the original series watched the movie. The film holds a 3.3/10 on IMDb.

Trivia

 * This film is the first feature-film for Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!
 * Bulstrode returns in this after being absent from the original series for 26 years.
 * This film was the first All Engines Go film in the Thomas franchise to never be in theaters or on any streaming service in the United States nor Canada.

Controversy
On September 10, 2021, a clip from the movie, which showed Thomas saying that he will try everything he can to win the big race, caused controversy when parents stated that their kids did not like the new makeover by calling it "menacing," "frightening" and "making their children cry." In another statement, Mattel responded to that with the "It's made for kids" excuse. The one clip from the film, which made children upset to the point where they almost start crying and made it onto the front page of a newspaper article, can be found here or on the bottom of the article.

Trailers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC-HK3KoX14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRGWH2BZLGQ

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