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I'm Banishing You To The Shadow Realm is a quote from the 2021 YouTube video "The ENTIRE Model Series Timeline of Thomas & Friends – Every Major Event from Seasons 1-12 in Order" by The Unlucky Tug. The scene is used as a redraw or exploitable meme and inspired several YTP-styled edits in the latter half of 2021.

Origin

The original video was posted to YouTube by The Unlucky Tug on June 11th, 2021.^[1] In the scene, The Unlucky Tug talks about Sir Handel's disappearance until season 10 of the show and included a joke scene of Sir Topham Hatt sending Sir Handel to the "shadow realm," a concept popularized by Yu-Gi-Oh! (reupload shown below).

On June 13th, 2021, the clip was taken from the video and reposted to YouTube by O Face, where it received over 1.2 million views in five months (shown below).^[2]

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On July 9th, 2021, Twitter^[3] user Nictrain123 posted an edited version of the original clip where Sir Handel banishes Sir Topham Hatt to the shadow realm using a reverse UNO card. Nictrain123 soon followed with an epilogue scene on the same day, receiving over 340 likes in four months (seen below).^[4]

epilouge pic.twitter.com/msxiKAYX33

— Nictrain123 (@Nictrain123) July 10, 2021

On September 3rd, 2021, YouTuber^[5] nickwiththehat (Nick Catalano) posted an animated version of the original clip. The video (shown below) received over 800,000 views in over two months.

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