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“Oops! Sorry!"
"Never mind, me hearty! The smell reminds me of the sea!”
― Thomas and Salty

Fish is the nineteenth episode of the eighth series.

Plot

The Fat Controller sends Thomas to help Arthur at the Fishing Village, as the fishermen have caught a huge catch of fish. Thomas is not too thrilled due to his dislike of the smell of fish and upon arrival, he sees a very long line of trucks waiting for him. Arthur advises him to take five trucks at a time and go slowly and carefully because of rough track-work on the way to Brendam. So Arthur buffers up and carefully takes five trucks, and puffs slowly away. But Thomas wants to get the smelly job over with and buffers up to the entire line of trucks in front of him.

However, the Troublesome Trucks take full advantage of the rough track-work and make fish fly into Thomas' face, making him wish he had taken Arthur's advice. When climbing up Gordon's Hill, the trucks are very heavy and on the way down, they pull Thomas, making him go too fast. Furthermore, Salty is at the bottom of the hill waiting for a signal. The trucks crash into Salty, sending fish everywhere. Thomas apologises to Salty, whom is not bothered by the predicament, as the smell of fish reminds him of the sea.

Soon, Harvey arrives to clean the mess. Thomas wonders what the Fat Controller will say. He soon finds out; he is scolded for causing confusion and delay and warns him to be more safe. Once the mess is cleared up, Thomas takes five trucks and finds it easier. The trucks try to hold him back, but Thomas bashes them, making the trucks behave better afterwards. After the first batch of five fish trucks, Thomas collects another five, and then the final three, arriving at Brendam just in time before the ship leaves. The Fat Controller praises Thomas for a job well done, especially as he knows that Thomas does not like fish. Thomas goes to the washdown where Arthur and Salty are being cleaned and they all agree that being cleaned is the best part of the day.

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Trivia

  • Going by production order, this is the third episode of the eighth series.
  • When some of the fish first splatter onto Thomas, his large scale model made for the Jack and the Sodor Construction Company mini-series is used. The footage is also played in slow motion.
  • In the Nick Jr. UK airing and Peep! Peep! Hurray! Three Cheers for Thomas VHS/DVD, The Fat Controller said "The fishermen are celebrating their biggest catch of fish ever." and "Thomas, you must help Arthur take the fish to the docks." while in The Complete Series 8 DVD and widescreen television broadcasts, the lines were changed to "The fishermen have caught their biggest catch of fish ever." and "Thomas, you must help Arthur take them to the docks."
  • The name is reused from a fourth series episode, thus making this the first episode to share the same title with in the UK and the first time it has happened in both the UK and US dubs.
    • This is also the first episode to have a one-word title since the fifth series episode, Snow.
  • This is the only episode to reuse a name from a previous episode, excluding renames for different countries/territories.
  • When the front truck sees Salty in the distance, it is wearing Bulstrode's shocked face mask. Additionally, just before it crashes into Salty, it is wearing Toad's wincing face mask.
  • Some miniature models of fish were preserved by The Coffey Man Preservation from the Prop Store.
  • This episode marks Arthur's last appearance in an episode until the eleventh series episode, Gordon and the Engineer, excluding his appearance in a ninth series DVD game and his appearance in the tenth series learning segment Help From Your Friends as well as his only appearance in the eighth series.
  • Fish eye lens are used on close ups of two trucks when they try to hold Thomas back.
  • In the US and Canada this episode premiered before The Spotless Record, so the audience would not know about Arthur unless the audience had the VHS/DVD of New Friends for Thomas and Other Adventures. Interestingly, The Spotless Record later aired on PBS Kids as part of the ninth season in 2005.

Goofs

  • Throughout the episode:
    • Arthur's eyes are misaligned.
    • Thomas' trucks keep gaining and losing their faces.
    • The front truck's face changes size and the nose also changes, due to Toad and Bulstrode's faces being used.
    • The troublesome trucks' laughing are omitted in the German dub.
    • The biffing sounds are omitted in both Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dubs.
  • In the European Spanish dub, Arthur is referred to as Thomas when he leaves the fishing village.
  • Arthur and Thomas are not coupled to their trains.
  • A wire is visible under Thomas when he is pushing trucks at the fishing village.
  • Thomas's chuffing sound is out of sync with his wheel movement in the shot of him when the fish fly onto his face and when running down Gordon's Hill.
  • In some close-ups of Thomas, he does not appear to be pushing any trucks.
  • When Thomas puffs up Gordon's Hill, one trucks' face switches place.
  • Thomas is rounding a bend several times before going straight just before they crashed into Salty.
  • When the trucks crashed into Salty:
    • Only two fish flew onto Salty, but in the next scene, there are more than two fish on him.
    • The first truck's face also falls off.
  • Thomas is already messy before the fish fly onto him.
  • In the shot of Salty covered in fish, the signal in front of him disappear, but reappeared when Harvey arrives.

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Brazilian Portuguese Peixe
Chinese Mandarin
Croatian Riba
Czech Ryba
Danish Fisk
Dutch Vis
Finnish Kalakuljetus
French Un Travail Malodorant
German Fisch
Hungarian Thomas és a Halak
Italian Il carico di pesce
Japanese さかな
Korean 물고기 화차 나르기
Latin American Spanish Pescados
Norwegian Fisk
Polish Ryby
Romanian Peștele
Russian Рыба
Scottish Gaelic Lasg
Spanish El Pescado
Swedish Fisk

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