Crazy credits, and other trivia about Thomas The Great Discovery.
Crazy Credits[]
- The O in the DreamWorks logo transforms into Thomas's face.
- No Trains were harmed during the making of this film.
- This is the only Thomas film to open with the DreamWorks Pictures logo; later films would have the DreamWorks Animation logo.
- Train Whistles can be heard during the end of the closing credits.
Other Trivia[]
- This is the first DreamWorks film to be based off existing media.
- This is the third DreamWorks Animation film to be Composed by Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell, after Antz and Chicken Run.
- This also marks the only Thomas film to be composed by John Powell.
- Sir Topham Hatt never interacts with the other engines besides Thomas, however he does so in the sequels.
- Thomas mostly refers to Sir Topham Hatt as Sir for most of the film.
- This is the only DreamWorks Animation film directed by Tom McGrath to be rated G, unlike the Madagascar films, Megamind and The Boss Baby which are rated PG.
- Mark Motherbugh was considered to compose the music, but dropped out.
- This is the second DreamWorks Animation film to have opening credits, after Chicken Run, followed by Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of Were-Rabbit.
- This is the only computer animated DreamWorks film to have opening credits.
- The song Your the Leader, used in the actual Thomas series was originally written for the film, by Kanye West and he sings it on the soundtrack.
- Early in the film when they’re in the woods, Thomas offers Sir Topham Hatt a stick to eat and Sir Topham Hatt refuses, later toward the end when Sir Topham Hatt thinks Thomas is dead, he picks a stick off the ground and eats it. This is done out of respect for Thomas.
- This is the first computer-animated DreamWorks Animation film to use Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros. and Cartoon Trax Volume 1 sound effects.
- Although this film was rated G in the United States, it was rated PG in the United Kingdom, most likely because of some violence and peril. It is also the only Thomas film to have that rating in the UK as the sequels were rated U.
- Is the only DreamWorks Animation film directed by Tom McGrath not to feature any voices by Ben Stiller until The Boss Baby released sixteen years later.