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Referenced in 

Cool It: Episode #2.1 (1986)
Mentioned by Phil Cool
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Castle of Fu-Manchu (1992)
Joel: "Oh no, It's Thomas the Tank."
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Rebel Set (1992)
Crow: "Maybe Thomas the Tank Engine will come to save the day."
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Girl in Lovers' Lane (1993)
Joel: "This happened on 'Thomas the Tank Engine' one time."
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Red Zone Cuba (1994)
Crow: "I'll bet they're gonna pistol-whip Thomas the Tank Engine."
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Invasion of the Neptune Men (1997)
Mike: Hey, it's Thomas the Tank Spaceship.
Heartburn Hotel: Blood (1998)
referenced by name
The Office: The Quiz (2001)
David tries to impersonate Ringo Starr as the narrater of this show
Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do (2003)
A small toy Thomas train appears
Six Feet Under: Making Love Work (2003)
"Thomas the Tank Engine" mentioned
The Mighty Boosh: Bollo (2004)
The theme tune is played to replace another song about a train.
Doogal (2006)
during the race zeebad refers to the train as thomas the tank engine
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: Episode #10.12 (2006)
Jonathon talks about playing someone at the Queen's birthday party and how he's been cast as the Fat Controller from this show, a still from the show appears on the screen behind him.
Little Children (2006)
Aaron and his dad play with toy trains from this show
After Thomas (2006)
Kyle's favourite series on TV and name of his dog.
Room 101: Episode #11.6 (2007)
Referenced by name
Fred Claus (2007)
A Thomas the Tank toy can be seen at Santa's workshop.
Weeds: The Love Circle Overlap (2008)
Nancy mentions a Thomas Train
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Episode #8.15 (2009)
Subject of a $500 question
Jeopardy!: Episode #26.92 (2010)
Subject of a $600 clue in the category "Toys & Games"
The Simpsons: Postcards from the Wedge (2010)
Bart says that the subway is "like a Thomas the Tank Engine we can go inside."
Jeopardy!: Episode #26.153 (2010)
Subject of an $800 clue in the category "The 4 Beatles"
The Big Bang Theory: The Irish Pub Formulation (2010)
Raj buys Sheldon a talking Thomas the Tank Engine toy.
Saturday Night Live: Scarlett Johansson/Arcade Fire (2010)
Mentioned by Denzel Washington (Jay Pharoah) in the "Unstoppable" trailer
30 Rock: College (2010)
Jack mentions his voice being used for Thomas the Tank Engine. Alec Baldwin was one of the narrators on the show.
Skins: Franky (2012)
Thomas toy seen
The Nostalgia Critic: The Top 11 Nostalgia Critic Fuck-ups: Part 3 (2012)
The Critic admits never having seen the show

Featured in 

The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows (2001)
Clips are shown
Breakfast: Episode dated 11 June 2010 (2010)
Clip shown to introduce today's guests Christopher and Hilary Awdry.
The Nostalgia Critic: Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2012)
Critic shows clips of the show and comments he never watched it as a kid.

Spoofed in 

Brødrene Dal og mysteriet med Karl XIIs gamasjer: Episode #1.2 (2005)
A toy train is shown while music similar to the one on Thomas the Tank Engine is heard
Drawn Together: The Lemon AIDS Walk (2006)
A train resembling Thomas is among the characters playing badminton against the Drawn Together team.
The Cleveland Show: Brown History Month (2010)
"Uncle Thomas the Train Engine"
Mad: Rio-A/Thomas the Unstoppable Tank Engine (2011)
Thomas the Unstoppable Tank is a spoof of this show.

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