Schemer Presents is a home video spinoff of Shining Time Station. Starring Brian O'Connor as Schemer, and featuring some of the characters from Shining Time Station (Kara Cupper, Dan Jones, Becky and Schemee). Some new characters were introduced in this spinoff. The Jukebox Band, Thomas the Tank Engine, and Mr. Conductor did not appear in this spinoff series. In this spinoff, Schemer makes a series of home video lessons that sometimes teach people stuff. Sometimes he makes a mistake with his own lessons and that's when one of his friends come to help him.