RiOa, Thomas the Unstoppable Tank Engine

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RiOa / Thomas the Unstoppable Tank Engine
Season	2
Episode	1 (27)
Original airdate:	Monday, August 22, 2011
Premiere time:	8:30 PM
Previous episode:	Force Code / Flammable
Next episode:	Super 80's / Captain America's Got Talent

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 attempts to stop a sentient train 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. Court orders man to dance (Animated by Mike Wartella)

   

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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)
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 gets home (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 19.
• This is the only episode with 2 Bunko Studios segments.
• 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