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“Hello, Emily! My name's Whiff because I'm a bit smelly. You're going to help me collect rubbish!”
― Whiff

Emily's Rubbish, retitled Emily and the Garbage on North American releases, is the second episode of the eleventh series.

Plot

Emily is asked to help a new engine. Thomas lets her know that the new engine is waiting for her at the shunting yards. At first she is excited, but is mortified to discover he is scruffy and smelly. The engine's name is Whiff, and tells Emily that the two are to collect rubbish trucks. Emily grudgingly sets off with Whiff.

Unfortunately, Emily is teased dreadfully when they meet Gordon, James and Henry, saying that Whiff's name definitely suits him, though Whiff does not realise that he is being teased. Then they pass others engines, they laugh at her as well. Emily runs away from Whiff as fast as she can. Whiff whistles for her to slow down because he is not as fast as Emily, but she does not care. Then Emily stops at a level crossing where Elizabeth is waiting at and wants to meet the new engine. Emily lies and says he got lost, but Whiff arrives saying that he did not and Emily puffs away. She hides down a branch line, in a tunnel and by a water tower in succession but is seen every time, as if it was a game of hide and seek.

She finally manages to lose him when she saw a very cross Spencer, who is supposed to take the Duke and Duchess of Boxford to an important lunch, but some rubbish trucks are in his way. Emily soon realises that they were the rubbish trucks she and Whiff were meant to collect. She tries to move them over, but they are so heavy that she cannot move them by herself. She asks Gordon and James for help, but they refuse to do so since they are busy, and are not even close to be interested in helping moving rubbish trucks. Emily realises Whiff is the only one who will. After finding him, the two pull the trucks away so Spencer can get through. At first, Spencer is disgusted how Whiff looks, but is impressed and calls Whiff a useful engine. Emily replies back that Whiff is her good friend, too.

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Trivia

  • Going by production order, this is the fourth episode of the eleventh series.
  • Salty was intended to have a role in this episode, as he is seen in a deleted scene.
  • This episode marks a few things:
  • In the US dub, Henry gained a Southern accent.
  • This episode was shown in select USA cinemas as part of Thomas and Friends on the Big Screen.
  • The release of this episode and the previous episode in the UK coincided with the release of the forty-first Railway Series book, Thomas and Victoria.
  • Starting from this episode, Elizabeth reuses Bertie's horn sound from the fourth to seventh series.
  • Thomas' plastic model is used in this episode.

Goofs

  • Throughout the episode:
    • Gordon has a small scratch on his running board.
    • Spencer's lamp irons are crooked, and there is a mark below his face.
  • Just before Emily stops at the signal, the tracks in the background lead into some bushes.
  • When Emily puffs into the tunnel, some of her smoke disappears, indicating a film cut.
  • Emily's driving wheels are not turning in a close-up of her after she managed to escape from Whiff.
  • James' lamp irons are crooked when he says "Ugh, no, thank you!"

Quotes

James: Who's your messy new friend with the funny whistle, Emily?
Gordon: We smelled you coming from miles!
Whiff: My name's Whiff!
Henry: It suits you! Phew!

In Other Languages

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Language Title
Arabic قمامة إميلي
Brazilian Portuguese Emily e o lixo
Cantonese Emily的廢物
Chinese Mandarin 艾蜜莉的垃圾
Czech Emily a odpadky
Danish Emily og skraldetoget
Dutch Geen vuiltje aan de lucht
Finnish Emilian roskaa vaunut
German Emily und die Schmuddel-Lok
Hungarian Emily szemete
Japanese エミリーとゴミあつめ
Korean 쓰레기 치우기
Latin American Spanish Emily y la basura
Norwegian Emily og Piff
Polish Śmieci Emilki
Portuguese O lixo de Emily
Romanian Gunoiul lui Emily
Russian Эмили и её мусор
Spanish La basura de Emily
Swedish Emilys sopor

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