RiOa/Thomas the Unstoppable Tank Engine

Season 2, Episode 1: RiOa/Thomas the Unstoppable Tank Engine

Aired: August 22, 2011

Previous: Force Code/Flammable

Next: Kung Fu Blander/Destroy Bob the Builder, Destroy!

RiOa/Thomas the Unstoppable Tank Engine is the first episode of MAD Season 2, and the 27th overall episode of MAD.

Episode Summary
RiOa: Blu recruits a team of flightless birds to save Jewel.

Thomas the Unstoppable Tank Engine: Frank Barnes and Percy attempt to stop an unstoppable Thomas the Tank Engine from crashing.

Segments

 * 1) MAD News - The MAD News anchor announces that with new jokes, new sets, and new surprises, Season 2 of MAD will start off with a bang!
 * 2) Opening Scene
 * 3) RiOa (Movie Parody of Rio / Spoof on Planet Oa from Green Lantern)
 * 4) Animated Marginals segment
 * 5) Sentenced... to dance (Animated by Mike Wartella)
 * 6) Jedi Negotiator (Ad Parody of Priceline Negotiator / Spoof on Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 7) Alvin looking for Simon and Theodore (TV Parody of Alvin and the Chipmunks)
 * 8) Man becomes Rocky's punching bag (Animated by Don Martin) (Movie Parody of Rocky)
 * 9) Hole in the Great Wall (Game Show Parody of Hole in the Wall / Structure Parody of the Great Wall of China) (Ad Parodies Segment) (Animated by Mark Marek)
 * 10) Ketchup gets placed between two tomatoes (Stop-motion Cartoon segment)
 * 11) Spy vs. Spy - Balloon ([Spy vs. Spy segment)
 * 12) Animated Marginals segment
 * 13) The Sleepy Cloud (Ad Parody of Sleepy's) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 14) Evil Medieval comes home and forgets the milk (Spoof on Evel Knievel) (Animated by Mike Wartella)
 * 15) Thomas the Unstoppable Tank Engine (Spoof on Thomas the Tank Engine / Movie Parody of Unstoppable)
 * 16) Credits
 * 17) 5-second Cartoon - (from RiOa) Rigby is still waiting for Oa to beam him up. (5-second Cartoon segment)

Trivia

 * This episode is the actual MAD Season 2 Premiere, but not Episode 13 nor Episode 17.
 * This is the very first time Angry Birds gets spoofed, and also the first time MAD does two movie parodies instead of just one.
 * This episode of MAD marks the re-appearance of Star Wars, Regular Show, The Smurfs, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Unstoppable, and Sesame Street / the Muppets.
 * Hole in the Great Wall was originally going to be previous episode of MAD (Force Code / Flammable, the actual MAD Season 1 Finale), but it was shown in this episode of MAD.

Voices

 * Chris Cox - Frank Barnes, Hal Jordan, and Lightning McQueen
 * Hugh Davidson - Marcel, Guardian, Rocky, Tomato, and Evil Medieval
 * Ben Diskin - Mongolian, Guardian, and Big Bird
 * Keith Ferguson - Sir Topham Hatt, Han Solo, and Hole in the Great Wall Announcer
 * Dan Milano - Guardian, Luke Skywalker, and Man with Sleepy Cloud
 * Nolan North - Abin Sur, Mongolian, and Narrator
 * Rachel Ramras - Jewel, Mumble, and Evil Medieval's Wife
 * Kevin Shinick - Blu, Thomas, Kermit the Frog, Percy, Harold, Nigel, Mater, Mordecai, Rigby, Judge Melvin Qwerty, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Tomar-Re, Road Runner, Teck Holmes, Alvin, C-3PO, Sleepy Cloud Announcer, and the MAD News Anchor