No Joke for James

"Some jokes are funny, James, but not this one!"

- The Fat Controller

"No Joke for James" is the eleventh episode of the third season.

Plot
James gloats to Gordon that the Fat Controller has plans for him, but in fact James is only bragging. One day, after seeing Thomas arrange the Express for Gordon, James lies that he is taking the Express, but is soon found out and banished to the shed. James is soon let out, and does his to best to redeem himself in the Yard. Then, when a man asks for a lift in James' cab, James and his driver realize that he is a railway inspector, and let him climb in. When James arrives at Knapford, the inspector speaks warmly of James to the Fat Controller.

Featured characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Troublesome Trucks (do not speak)
 * Edward (cameo)

Goofs

 * In the first scene and the scene where James pulls up beside Gordon, studio equipment is slightly visible in the top centre.
 * When James talks to Gordon, James' eyes are wonky.
 * When James says "Actually Thomas" the smoke coming from the chimney in the background disappears and reappears.
 * James' driver says that he and James ("just [us] two", in his own words) will go home after James shunts at the harbour. He was obviously forgetting the fireman.
 * In the restored version, near the end of the episode, James pushes three trucks. Two are wobbling.