The kracatoa is a volcano responsible for a famous eruption in 1883. The ship was named kracatoa and exploded. The reference to tugs was also incredible. Genius writing there Victor.

Another well made adaptation *Sigh* Poor Benson. Prat as he was, nobody deserves that. He chose to be a fool around explosives and paid. And Thomas...good god, I saw it coming since the trailer but I still wasn't ready...Sodors going to be in a state of deep mourning from this

Nope. You did not kill that beautiful blue bastard. Not gonna believe it. Still a good episode. But he’s not dead. I refuse to believe it.

I’m sure everyone else here has noticed the different tone and vocabulary in the dialogue of this episode since it’s one big Tugs reference

We all know What happened in Tugs. Maybe Thomas isn’t dead 🤞🏻. He cant be, he is so importend and a true legend! Cant wait for part 2. another 10/10 episode! Brilliant Victor

The most anticipated episode of Stories of Sodor. I remember this episode being hinted back in season 1 but at the time I think a Thomas styled episode of this particular Tugs episode wasn't going to be one of the episodes. However considering Munitions is probably the most popular episode of Tugs it was bound to be a idea suggested from everyone. Heck even the opening titles confirm that. Anyways onto the episode itself: Admittingly I had a feeling there was going to be some 'copied word for word' bits which technically there was but it still had some of it's own bits in there, like the bit with Donald and Henry talking with Terence about Henry's accident and the weapon used on Mr Zorro. Speaking of which, I remember getting replies to my comment on the previous episode regarding Rob's history with Mr Zorro. Some said that it was actually Rob's brother who shot Zorro and after watching this, I think they might be right. Because at one point, Rob says his father had a weapon that had the exact description of the weapon used. With that in mind, Rob is most likely not the culprit, but his brother. I did have a feeling Benson was gonna get killed off next and goodness me that cliff-hanger. Whether or not that engine is Thomas or a faceless E2 is something that will be revealed in the final episode. But I also hope 'Fallout' will reveal the culprit, I'd hate for this season to end on a cliff-hanger or for the culprit to get away scot free. There's just something unsatisfying about those possibilities.

When I saw that this episode had the same as the Tugs episode I knew things were about to get serious

Our thoughts and prays go to the people that died, Benson was a power-hungry lunatic but he didn't deserved to die and we all hope that Thomas survive the explosion. Excellent episode Victor. With 1 episode left, I hope we finally found out who is behind all of this evil, death and destruction.

This can’t be, his my childhood hero!

The episodes maybe shorter than your prior works Victor, but you pack these shorter run times with so much great material i's truly amazing! Well done good sir!

Nooooo victor! You can’t end the episode like that! We need to know what happened. I can’t wait a whole week for the new episode!

I kinda find it funny that everyone was worried about Thomas, while no one was talking about Benson dying a few minutes earlier

Full disclosure: I did watch the leaked episode, but only because after last week's surprise, I didn't want to go in blind. And I'm glad I did so this one time, as this is a lot to take in. First off, after last episode, I was second guessing my theory on Robert Hall being responsible for everything that had happened. But after the mention of the gun going missing, I think he's shocked about this, not feigning innocence here. I then remembered that Robert's brother was more of a violent one, so it's likely that the brother is responsible for things. As for Thomas, I have a theory about how he could be alive after that explosion. I think when Thomas had to stop because of the brake blocks melting together, the fuel would've been sloshing around inside the tanker, so there's a chance the fuel was mostly at the back of it when it exploded. Given that, there's a possibility that Thomas looks dead, but is barely alive. Either way, I feel like he'll have to undergo the diesel conversion to survive, and will be moved to being the works as a shunter while also getting therapy after what happened. It would allow him to still be alive while also not being on the branch line. The memorial could be for Benson and honoring his service. Regardless of whether Thomas is alive or not, Percy is definitely gonna need therapy after losing his best friend

0:55 “Story idea by Everyone” Basically everyone has been wanting this adaptation for years

GREAT!! First Geoffrey, then Peter, then Mr.zorro and now Thomas! WHO’S NEXT?!?

Thomas show without Thomas is crazy 💀

Even after his nice conversation with Stanley, Benson hasn’t changed at all.

So I was watching this with my little brother and cousin and at 4:12 when diesel said: BLOW EM UP! We looked at each other for 2 seconds before then brusting into laughter, and i swear when diesel said that it was the best thing. Sentence in the series!

Edward:Sorry Benson but this engine number 2 aint talkin.😏Talk to my tender😏

Oh my god I wasn't expecting this.

He was the most famous engine we knew. No one expected that.🙀

i like how benson was treated like station master jeffries where no one cared about his death and no one showed up

A few things: It’s interesting how Terrence gets around. He’s always known to know supposed legends and now even deep in police investigations when he clearly shouldn’t. The Tugs reference to that episode integrated well in my opinion. Once again death strikes agains this season. Benson was a douchebag, but you kind of feel like he didn’t deserve to blow up with his arrogance getting the better of him. 2 theories as to how Thomas’ death goes. Either it’s a red herring and that flaming husk and skeletons don’t belong to him and his crew, or Rob can someone be able to find a faceless E2 (considering if they were scarce at the time) and Thomas can be brought back whether with old memories or not. But this could very well be our first Nor-Easter death. I have a theory that Thomas could be resurrected through some Shed 17 nonsense, can’t say i’d be a fan though. Thomas’ death doesn’t emotionally hit me to be honest. Thomas has been absent for the past few episodes and hasn’t done anything notable, there hasn’t been any obvious death flags and he hasn’t even done much once he finally returned in this episode. That goes for Benson too, both their long absences make their deaths kind of lacklustre, and it only hurts by knowing their name. Henry’s accident this season at least emotionally hit me, because Geoffrey paid the price, and we know that Rob’s been after Henry this whole season and Henry’s been around since. Overall, still a decent episode that I think has an appropriate pacing and is fine even if under 15 minutes. Edit: After relaxing from the hype, I think the climax is just way too sudden, especially as everything before lacked visual setup. Look at Season 2’s episode Smuggling. That had decent intensity pacing with the climax building up appropriately.

Wow. Interesting story of the same of Tugs. Can’t wait for the last episode coming up. Hopefully Thomas is shield protected from the blast just seconds before the explosive

2 comments: In a previous episode from the War mini series, Collin's death is a subversion of Tugs. That said, if we're subverting it again, then the canon characters' living streak may be over. Also, prior to Revenge, all clues pointed to Robert, but while the cold open and the end tag of revenge threw a wrench pointing instead to his brother, it's quite possible that both brothers are responsible for the recent streak of deadly violence, with Robert potentially manipulating his brother by feeding him the information he has, and intentionally setting him up to go on a killing spree.

Oh my god that ending made my Heart Skip a Beat. I hope Thomas was lucky and survived that. And only Thomas of course, its obvious his crew probably got incinerated

I might have known this would happen. Considering the trailer for this season. Thomas was suspiciously absent from it

I LOVED THAT BLUE TANK ENGINE!

I was originally baffled to see that Munitions was gonna be less than 14 minutes (including opening and ending credits) but after seeing this, it makes perfect sense why. This has got to be the most suspenseful episodes ever even including SoW.

Let the carnage begin Edit: Oh my god they killed Thomas...

“Story idea by everyone” I’m sorry but that gave me a good chuckle

here we go this gonna be a blast. Pun completely intended

Best episideo ever and with the tragic moments

Fingers Crossed 🤞that Thomas Lives, We have a finale remaining, Fallout. Victor’s use of cliffhangers is having us at the edge of our seats to say the least.

Two more days…I can’t wait for 2 days!!!

If he actually did kill off Thomas Than victor has some massive balls of iron I guess we’ll have to see in Fallout

YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE US WITH THAT CLIFFHANGER!!!!!! JUSTICE FOR THOMAS!!!!!

I don't think it's Robert, I think it's his twin brother Shawn. If Robert was the killer, then why would he mention that his father used to have the same kind of gun that used to killed Mr.Zorro? Plus, in the flashback of the Revenge story, we find out that Shawn was a bit of a troublemaker growing up.

Eric and Diesel acting as a duo was not something I was originally expecting but it is a joy to watch.

Love when Tugs stories and references come in! ❤️

Wtf dude! Benson, I understand, but Thomas!!!😢 Nooooooooooooo!!!!! Please bring him back in a twist, isn't he around it the Scot's of sodor? So surely he must still be alive here too, right? Right?

NAH, VICTOR HIT US WITH THAT UNO REVERSE CARD!!!!!!!

Jesus Christ.... What a episode... I knew that Benson would be killed. And that ending... Though, I don't think that Thomas is truly dead. I think that he is alive, albeit really damaged. Next week, we'll see the devastating fallout...

wow wasnt expecting that at (insert time frame here) it was amasing

Oh no I hope Thomas is okay. Not sure if Benson even survived that goodness

Thomas is blown up point blank. Of all the explosion He and Colin got the same level of blast. And if Lily die by just being near a shell. I don’t believe for a second he’s alive.

Don’t you dare end it with the lost of Thomas!! He lived through the two world wars and fought in the second one to just die from a tanker?! (Great episode like always but holy carp that happened)

I can't believe it first Geoffrey then Peter and Mr Zorro and now Thomas!

Oh God no! I refuse to believe that thomas died 😢

When Francis said “The only fire is the fire I’ll light under your heels if you don’t get a move on!” Coupled with the “OOooh” from the workmen killed me😂😂😂

Omg, we might already seen this coming

The entire start of the episode was a whole reference

NOTE: My thoughts here will contain some spoilers so if you haven't watched the whole episode or seen the full leak from another imposter Victor Tanzig account, please make sure that you do before commenting. Time for the penultimate episode of the season before we say goodbye to those that have fallen. To be completely blunt and honest, this adaptation of Munitions is just incredibly rushed. Like too rushed and too fast. For an episode that everyone has been expecting for a long time, to see it led to this... is honestly disappointing because I was really scared yet excited for this episode. So in the first half, we see Henry returning and him working with Donald with the scrap, which also leads to Robert's surprise when Terence mentions about the World War 1 gun that went missing and that Robert mentioned his father had it. Very interesting. I'm still suspecting that he might be somewhat involved but I guess maybe the missing gun was stolen by his brother or it could be that Robert is lying. I'm not fully sure. Hopefully we will get some answers in the final episode since... I suspected that we weren't going to see what happened with Donald until Fallout. The second half with Benson acting like Bluenose, bang on and everyone just not liking him was expected but fine. The bomb ticking, more proof that this whole Munitions attack was planned, especially that Robert definitely had to cause that. Benson got blown up, not surprised that was expected. But what is surprising is the cliffhanger at the end that sees... Thomas blown up and... we see his burnt out body along with his crew. That is a lot different compared to Ten Cents presumed death in the actual show. Here, we do see his body and... that explains why Annie and Clarabel are at the end of the 1965 trailer. Poor Thomas… Though if it does turn out that Thomas did survive this, I'm going to be surprised because it honestly feels like he shouldn't have. Just my opinion. Surprised that Mickey didn't die, though. I thought we would see him sacrifice himself. Very interested to see what's going to happen next week in Fallout that will hopefully answer everything, including seeing what actually happened with Donald since he was shown damaged in the trailer, but for this episode, I wished it was longer and wasn't rushed. I also wished there was a bit more emotional drama to this as it would've really made the episode feel more grim, which would help towards Fallout in my personal opinion. It's not bad of an episode, it should've been longer and slower.

Someone needs to do something about the official who decided naming a munitions ship after the second worst volcanic eruption of all time was a good idea. Kinda like naming a dirigible the Hindenburg or a battleship Bismarck. Sidenote; although the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora technically killed more, the majority of those were due to the resulting Year Without A Summer. Krakatoa I believe has the most deaths caused directly by an eruption. Another fun fact; in both the Tugs episode and by extension this, the sinking of the Kraka-Toa is a weird homage to the infamous sinking of the Normandie. To anyone unaware, it was a French passenger ship operated by France's national cruise line that caught fire in New York Harbour under mysterious circumstances where the Manhattan Cruise Terminal now lies It burnt out of control, capsized due to the damage fire hoses, was salvaged, deemed unusable, sat around for another four years and was then scrapped in the Port Newark shipyard, Very different causes but, especially in the original version, they sink virtually identically.

A faithful adaptation of the TUGS episode. Benson, its sad you didn't have much of a character arc but still, may you peacefully rest.

A lot of people say that “the main character died”. Well, I’m very sad that Thomas went through this. Though, I kinda feel like Edward is the main character in this series. I mean he narrates the stories, appears in almost every episode and is the engine that we’ve followed since the prologue.

It was nice knowing Benson. At least, in this version, it wasn't his fault the explosion happened. Looks like Thomas will have to go the Darth Vader treatment; if not, he'll have to undergo the General Grievous kind, which is more extensive. Meanwhile, I really love how you used "Munitions" for your show.

This is a great episode. Kind of a Big tugs reference but great job

I bet in the future of stories of sodor A replica version of Thomas will be in the series

I really really hope Thomas will be okay hopefully Mr. Hall will be able to bring Thomas back to live

Honestly, I’m quite glad that the kaki cad snuffed it.

Jesus….not Thomas. Alright. The Mongrel’s has gone too far here. I don’t care if it’s Mr. Hall, his brother, or any other bastard. They’re gonna pay. We lost Geoffrey, nearly lost Henry, Peter dies while suffering from metal fatigue, Mr. Zorro gets murdered, and now Thomas and his crew. Amazing job as always, Victor. But now we’re dreading about Thomas as while Henry was near death, he did have a chance, despite it being at the last minute. Here…I’m not sure what could be done.

Yay new episode keep it up victor 👏 THO-

Poor Thomas is damaged this is very tragic so sad

Bloody hell, what an episode!

As soon I heard Krakatoa I knew where this was going

Threat was very unexpected good job victor 👍

Thomas! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO! NO! NO! NO! He can't be dead. He's too important! 😢

It was at 10:33 that I remembered the end of 'Fire' "It was a good long time before another fire happened on Sodor; at least one that was the fault of an engine."

I would say Thomas isn't dead based on tugs logic, but he's literally a rusted husk. Rest in peace old boy, Sodor won't be the same without him.

3:35 to think at first Mr star and sir topham scolded any engine or diesel who tried to stand up to Benson, but now topham is on the engines side instead of bensons.

Oh my please i cant wait till next friday im gonna be wondering if hes actually dead

3:32 The cut to the music made me chuckle

Awesome job 😊❤

if thomas is truly dead i will cry

This went out with a bang

"emergency emergency clear the area immediately" the fact i heard this line from a fnf game is so funny! victor either you heard that or your just so flippin clever

I know this episode got leaked already so I ain’t surprised one bit but all I gotta say is, I feel this season has been more degrading I can’t see why all these characters needed to die but whatever. This series peaked at season 1 and 2

8:05 The buildup in music here is so awesome and it just shows that something very bad that is gonna happen, moments before disaster, Just hearing the drums enhanced this sequence

This came out on my birthday:)

There’s no way you can just kill Thomas I mean he’s not the main character in these series Edward is but you can’t just kill him like that it should have probs been like Erik

A month later and I still feel the same way I did watching it on release day

“First off you desperately need therapy” 10:05 Well Benson definitely isn’t getting any therapy now, except maybe some in hell I guess but who would give it there

Wow a great video

Oh thank goodness that the Comments are back…

Great episode, but I just know Thomas isn’t dead. I simply refuse to believe it

I thought Benson was a General and a Sir? Anyway, he and the other engines were funny together. I think he should come back.

This episode shows that even the mc can't escape death

The intro's back!

(SPOILERS) 13:13 Maybe this is a fake out, maybe Thomas really did survive… we’ll just have to wait for the finale

I like how Francis got a bit of a redemption

13:09 Thomas noooooooooooooo😮😮😮😮😮😮

Final verdict: Reverse psychology! Geoffrey Sambursky is an innocent person!!!

Edward sounds a bit different compared to previous episodes, He sounds more monotone and tired

Dude, the way thomas died shit is getting real

NO! NOT THOMAS!!! VICTOR TANZIG!!!! How no, why did you kill Thomas! You've killed the main character of the Thomas and Friends franchise! How could you! I hope that Fallout does get leaked so I can see what happens next!

VICTOR YOU CANT DO THIS TO ME I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HEPPENDS NEXT

Looks like Benson won’t be giving out anymore orders now, he’s dead.

That credit scene was crazy 💀 and kinda evil

No no nnnnno no no, Thomas can’t be dead, this isn’t one of cactus190706 Halloween special, he can’t come back 😢