Best Dressed Engine

"Best Dressed Engine" is the twenty-second episode of the seventh season.

Plot
A "Best Dressed Engine" competition is being held to celebrate May Day. Most of the engines get in on the fun, but Gordon denounces the competition and refuses to participate. Later, Gordon is crossing a bridge when a banner is blown onto his front, but Gordon can't stop and so remains "dressed up" until he reaches Knapford and is announced the winner of the "best dressed" competition.

Featured characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Murdoch
 * Trevor (does not speak)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Oliver (cameo)
 * Salty (cameo)
 * Bulgy (cameo)
 * Harold (cameo)
 * Sir Topham Hatt (mentioned)
 * The hot air balloon (deleted scene cameo)

Trivia

 * Stock footage from "Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady", "Special Attraction" and "Bulgy Rides Again" is used.

Goofs

 * Gordon's smokebox is mistakenly called a firebox.
 * When Trevor is chuffing along studio equipment is reflected in his boiler paintwork.
 * Gordon should have smashed the crossing gates to pieces, but he simply pushes them open.
 * When Gordon breaks through the crossing gates Trevor's cart isn't hit, but in the next scene the cart is smashed.
 * Gordon's left buffer is bent after he hits Trevor's cart.
 * Gordon goes under the same bridge twice. The second time, a shoddy effort is made to disguise it, as the upper part of the bridge is removed.
 * Gordon's driver could have stopped, since he could see what's going on outside.
 * If Gordon was approaching the crossing, the gates should have been in front of the road.
 * Bulgy was painted green in "Bulgy Rides Again", but now he is red again, or maybe it's his brother that Oliver mentioned to Duck in Bulgy.
 * Gordon's driver should have allowed him to stop.

Episode
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