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- “Something's wrong, Clangety Clong! Clangety Clong, something's wrong!”
- ― Annie and Clarabel
Thomas in Trouble is the eighteenth episode of the eleventh series.
Plot
After being sent for maintenance, Thomas is awaiting his final inspection. After Emily exits the shed, James laughs at Thomas and jokes that he has broken down, making him cross. Then the Fat Controller comes to see if he is ready to collect the school choir for a concert. Thomas replies he's nearly ready, but the Fat Controller warns him that being nearly ready is not good enough. Thomas knows that if he's not ready yet, the choir will get taken by somebody else, so he does not listen to him by acting like he is ready and heads off to collect the choir without his final inspection. He soon begins to make very unusual noises, which makes Annie and Clarabel wonder if something is wrong, but Thomas is too excited to care.
At Knapford, Thomas arrives to collect the school choir. Emily notices the noise and asks who is making it. Realising it is Thomas, she asks if he had his final inspection. Thomas just says he is fine, and he sets off to deliver the children. But when he stops at a signal, he is red in the face and feels really tired. Toby asks if Thomas took on enough water at the fitter's yard, but once again, Thomas claims that nothing is wrong with him.
At a level crossing, just after Bertie drives through it, Thomas starts to billow black smoke as he sees Percy. He also asks if everything is alright, but Thomas still refuses to admit that there is something wrong with him. Then he slows down, diverts to a siding, and while grinding to a halt he breaks down. Thomas feels awful, thinking he has let everybody down. He sees Gordon, but he is too busy pulling the express to help him. Then Thomas hears James; James finds it very funny that he has actually broken down, but he promises to get the choir to the concert on time. Later, Henry comes and takes Thomas back to the repair yard to be mended properly. At the repair yard, he is repaired and has his final inspection, before going back to collect the choir to take them home.
Characters
- Thomas
- Gordon
- James
- Percy
- Toby
- Emily
- Annie and Clarabel
- Sir Topham Hatt
- The School Choir (vocalizes)
- Henry (does not speak)
- Salty (does not speak)
- Henrietta (cameo)
- Bertie (cameo)
- Cranky (cameo)
- Sir Topham Hatt's Blond-haired Assistant (cameo)
- Big Mickey (faceless, cameo)
Locations
- Tidmouth Sheds
- Kirk Ronan Junction
- Knapford
- The Windmill
- Brendam Docks
- Three-Track Level Crossing
- Three-Track Road Bridge
- The Lumber Mill (mentioned)
Trivia
- Going by production order, this is the twenty-first episode of the eleventh series.
- This episode shares its title with the twenty-second episode of the first series, Thomas in Trouble. This is the third time this has happened in the UK, after Fish and Dirty Work, and this is the second time this occurrence is exclusive to the UK version, after Dirty Work.
- This episode marks the last appearance of Thomas' depressed and upset face, Gordon's guilty face, James' content and grinning (rare picture only) face, Percy's shocked face, Emily's annoyed face and Bertie's chuckling face (excluding the The Great Discovery appearance).
- This episode marks the a few things for Annie and Clarabel:
- Their first speaking roles since the ninth series episode, Thomas and the Toy Shop.
- Their only speaking roles in the eleventh series.
- Their last speaking roles until Blue Mountain Mystery.
- Their last speaking roles in an episode until the seventeenth series episode, Scruff's Makeover.
- Their last speaking roles in the model series.
- A photograph from this episode was released as a Royal Mail stamp in 2011 to mark the Reverend Awdry Centenary.
Goofs
- The scene of Salty shunting the trucks at the beginning of the episode was clearly mirrored, as Cranky and Big Mickey have switched positions.
- In the aerial shot of Emily leaving the works sheds, her steam platform is visible a second before the scene changes.
- When Toby asks Thomas if he took on enough water at the fitter's yard, his eyes are misaligned.
- Thomas started blowing black smoke long before the narrator said he was.
- When James buffers up to Annie and Clarabel, he does not have a crew.
- When Henry reverses back with Thomas coupled, his steam platform is visible.
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#01 Thomas and the Storyteller | #10 Thomas and the Big Bang | #19 Thomas and the Stinky Cheese |
#02 Emily's Rubbish | #11 Smoke and Mirrors | #20 Percy and the Left Luggage |
#03 Dream On | #12 Thomas Sets Sail | #21 Skarloey Storms Through |
#04 Dirty Work | #13 Don't Be Silly, Billy | #22 Cool Truckings |
#05 Hector the Horrid! | #14 Edward and the Mail | #23 Wash Behind Your Buffers |
#06 Gordon and the Engineer | #15 Hide and Peep | #24 Duncan Does It All |
#07 Thomas and the Spaceship | #16 Toby's Triumph | #25 Sir Handel in Charge |
#08 Henry's Lucky Day | #17 Thomas and the Runaway Car | #26 Ding-a-Ling |
#09 Thomas and the Lighthouse | #18 Thomas in Trouble | |