| For other uses, see Buzzy Bees (disambiguation). |
- "Farmer Trotter is waiting for you, bees. You will like living on his farm."
- ― Thomas talking to the bees
Buzzy Bees is the nineteenth episode of the thirteenth series.
Plot
One morning, Thomas arrives at Brendam Docks; he is to take beehives to Farmer Trotter, and Hiro is to pick up flowers from Farmer McColl. Hiro is very stern and tells Thomas to take the bees slowly and smoothly through the woods so that the bees can rest (which Thomas agrees with), while also stating that he will come and see the bees. However, Thomas takes the route along a large meadow instead as he thinks the bees will like it.
While Thomas is puffing through the meadow, he hears a buzzing sound; the bees escape and will not come back to the hives, as they are too busy with the flowers in the meadow. Thomas decides to borrow Hiro's flower truck that is waiting at Farmer McColl's to lure the bees back. Thomas leaves his truck of beehives in the meadow and takes the flower truck, only for the bees to start swarming around Thomas. He gets rid of them when he leaves behind the flower truck, only to meet Hiro at a junction and he tells Thomas that his truck of flowers had gone missing. Thomas tells Hiro the whole story and vows to put the trouble right.
Thomas collects the flower truck and couples it up to the hive truck. Then he takes the loads and the bees, who are still buzzing around him, through the cold and dark forest. The bees return to their hives as a result of this, and Thomas delivers them to Farmer Trotter. He then returns the flowers to Farmer McColl, apologises to Hiro and promises to take his advice from now on in the future.
Characters
- Thomas
- Hiro
- Farmer Trotter
- Gordon (cameo)
- James (cameo)
- Percy (cameo)
- Emily (cameo)
- Cranky (cameo)
- Big Mickey (faceless, cameo)
- Sir Topham Hatt (mentioned)
- Farmer McColl (mentioned)
Locations
Cast
UK
- Ben Small as Thomas
- Togo Igawa as Hiro
- Matt Wilkinson as Farmer Trotter
US
- Martin Sherman as Thomas
- Togo Igawa as Hiro
- Kerry Shale as Farmer Trotter
Trivia
- This episode was shown in select US theatres in January 2010.
- This is the first episode of the CGI Series not to have Keith Wickham as part of the voice cast.
- This episode is frequently bundled with digital downloads of various Thomas DVDs.
- In Poland, this episode premiered before Hero of the Rails, so the audience would not know about Hiro.
- This episode marks Farmer Trotter's last speaking role outside of the Japanese dub until the sixteenth series episode Happy Birthday Sir!
Goof
- In the first shot of the docks, Hiro's tender is not rendered properly as it is transparent, as are the two metal strips on Cranky's crane arm.
Merchandise
- Wooden Railway - Thomas and the Buzzy Bees (discontinued)
- Take-n-Play - Thomas and the Bees (discontinued)
- Books - Buzzy Bees and Thomas and the Buzzy Bees
- Magazine Stories - Buzzy Bees
In Other Languages
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| #01 Creaky Cranky | #08 Thomas and the Pigs | #15 Splish Splash Splosh |
| #02 The Lion of Sodor | #09 Time for a Story | #16 The Biggest Present of All |
| #03 Tickled Pink | #10 Percy's Parcel | #17 Snow Tracks |
| #04 Double Trouble | #11 Toby's New Whistle | #18 Henry's Good Deeds |
| #05 Slippy Sodor | #12 A Blooming Mess | #19 Buzzy Bees |
| #06 The Early Bird | #13 Thomas and the Runaway Kite | #20 Hiro Helps Out |
| #07 Play Time | #14 Steamy Sodor | |