Hector the Horrid!

"His name is Hector, but we call him Hector the Horrid."

- Bill introducing Hector to Thomas and James

"Hector the Horrid" is an eleventh season epsiode.

Plot
Bill and Ben bring a new coal hopper, Hector, to the coal yards, and warn Thomas that he is very aggresive. Hector proves that point when Thomas tries to shunt him, to which he replies by roaring "KEEP AWAY!" He later scares Rosie, and Thomas resolves to shunt Hector. Unfortunately, he bumps Hector so hard that he derails. When he helps Hector back on the rails, Hector reveals he was aggresive so he wouldn't have to carry coal, as he was scared. Thomas, however, shows him it is no hardship, and now Hector is the best-behaved coal truck in the yard.

Featured Characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Bill and Ben
 * Rosie
 * Hector
 * Edward (does not speak)
 * Rocky (does not speak)

Trivia

 * Introduces Hector the Coal Hopper.
 * Hector is only the second named truck in the television series. The first was Scruffey.
 * All railway engines see trucks as being troublesome and reckless. But, this is the first time we see that trucks do have feelings deep inside them.
 * There seems to be two versions of this, only in the UK. You can tell because some scenes are brighter than the regular scenes.

Goofs

 * After Thomas bumps Hector off the rails, Hector's eyes are looking in different directions.
 * It is said that Thomas and Hector shunt together, but Hector has no motor.
 * There seems to be two scenes when Hector is rolling backwards into the buffers: One scene shows the buffers flying in the air as Hector crashes and rolls over. The other scene (as shown on Channel Five's Milkshake in the UK) shows Hector's back end going up and then down, then rolling over- but no sign of the buffers flying!