Springtime for Diesel

Springtime for Diesel is the first episode of the twenty-first season.

Plot
Diesel is always bumping into the other engines and finds it very funny. It is his way of saying hello, but none of the other engines find it funny at all.

One day at Arlesburgh, Diesel bumps into Daisy while she is getting ready for refuelling. Daisy crossly tells Diesel that the bumping could be bad for her swerves, but Diesel takes no notice.

Out on the branch line, Daisy's springs give way and she ends up slanting to one side. She ca

rries on to the next station to let her passengers off before heading to the Dieselworks. Meanwhile, Diesel bumps into Thomas before noticing Daisy pass by on Judy and Jerome's flatbed. Thomas wonders what happened to Daisy, but Diesel thinks Thomas is about to blame him for Daisy's accident, and hurries away.

At the Dieselworks, the workers cannot find the required parts to fix Daisy, and the news soon spreads that Daisy might have to be scrapped. Mavis tells Arry and Bert, and they tell Diesel, but he again thinks that they are blaming him. Later at a level crossing, Paxton also tries to tell Diesel about the news, but this time Diesel has had enough.

That night, Diesel comes to see Daisy at the Dieselworks. Thinking she is asleep, he apologises for bumping into her, and tells her that he only treats the other engines badly because they treat him the same way.

The following morning, Percy arrives with Daisy's new springs, and the workers fix her in no time. As she leaves for work, she spots Diesel. She tells him that if he wants the other engines to be friends with him, he has to change his ways.

So that's just what Diesel does. Whenever he sees Daisy and Ryan on the Arlesburgh branch line, he wishes them a good morning and no longer bumps into them.

Characters
* Thomas
 * Percy
 * Ryan
 * Diesel
 * Daisy
 * Mavis
 * 'Arry and Bert
 * Den
 * Dart
 * Paxton
 * Sidney
 * Judy and Jerome
 * Trevor (cameo)
 * Jem Cole (cameo)
 * The Lady in the Pink Shirt (cameo)
 * Albert's Wife (cameo)
 * Daisy's Fitter (mentioned)

Locations

 * Arlesburgh
 * Arlesburgh Yard
 * Arlesburgh Harbour
 * Arlesburgh Maritime Museum
 * Anopha Quarry
 * Knapford Yards
 * Harwick Branch Line
 * Harwick
 * Vicarstown Dieselworks
 * The Mainland (mentioned)

Cast
===UK and AUS===
 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Steven Kynman as Ryan, Paxton and Den
 * Kerry Shale as Diesel and 'Arry
 * Teresa Gallagher as Mavis, Judy and some Passengers
 * Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
 * William Hope as Bert
 * Keith Wickham as Den and some Passengers
 * Bob Golding as Sidney
 * Tim Whitnall as Jerome

USA and CAN

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Kerry Shale as Diesel and 'Arry
 * Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
 * William Hope as Bert
 * Keith Wickham as Den and some Passengers
 * Steven Kynman as Ryan, Dart and Paxton
 * Bob Golding as Sidney
 * Teresa Gallagher as Mavis, Judy and some Passengers
 * Tim Whitnall as Jerome

Trivia

 * The title may be a reference to Springtime for Hitler, a fictional musical in Mel Brooks' 1967 film The Producers and Susan Stroman's 2005 remake of the former film.
 * This is the first episode for several things:
 * To be fully animated by Jam Filled Toronto.
 * Micaela Winter's first episode as producer of the series.
 * Ian McCue's first episode as "creative executive".
 * Zahara Andrews' first episode as production co-ordinator.
 * The first episode to be distributed under the Mattel C
 * reations Logo.
 * This episode marks the second time an engine has problems with springs, the first being Four Little Engines.

Goofs

 * When Trevor crosses over the level crossing, he has Stanley's whistle sound.
 * In the overhead shots of Daisy on the flatbed in the Dieselworks, the flatbed's shadow is not rendered properly as it looks like it has been cut off at the back.