Wash Behind Your Buffers

"Goodness! You're a real mucky buffers!"

- Madge to Skarloey

Wash Behind Your Buffers is the twenty-sixth episode of the eleventh season.

Plot
There is to be an Engine Rally and Country Show and Skarloey and Rheneas are to lead the rally. Mr. Percival asks Madge to deliver brushes and soap to make sure the two engines are clean for the event. However, Madge spends too much time making sure they are clean that she does not have time to clean herself. She arrives at the rally looking filthy and sprays the two engines with mud. However the workmen begin cleaning them up again and the two engines return the favour and the instruct the workmen. They are soon polished in time for the rally to begin.

Characters

 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Madge
 * Mr. Percival
 * Sodor Brass Band (does not speak)
 * The Policeman (does not speak)
 * Sir Handel (cameo)
 * Peter Sam (cameo)
 * Duncan (cameo)
 * Mighty Mac (cameo)
 * Freddie (cameo)
 * Rusty (cameo)
 * Elizabeth (cameo)
 * Bridget Hatt (cameo)
 * Mrs. Percival (cameo)

Locations

 * Skarloey Railway Slate Quarry
 * Village Square
 * Skarloey Railway Engine Sheds
 * Skarloey Coal Yard (mentioned)

Trivia

 * This episode's title is based on the saying "wash behind your ears".
 * This was supposed to be Michael Angelis and Michael Brandon's last episode as narrators in the UK and US respectively, but both returned for the twelfth season after it aired without Pierce Brosnan's narrations.
 * This episode was the last of a few things:
 * Sharon Miller's last episode as script editor.
 * The last episode to exclusively use models before using CGI.
 * The last episode narrated by Erik de Zwart in the Netherlands.
 * Going by production order, this is the twentieth episode of the eleventh season.
 * This episode marks Madge and Elizabeth's last appearances to date.

Goofs

 * It is said that Mr. Percival came to see Madge, but it is really Madge going to Mr. Percival.
 * Madge is carrying the brushes and soap when she goes over the hill in the beginning of the episode.
 * Skarloey is wearing one of Rheneas' face masks in all of the shots at the quarry.
 * After Madge leaves Skarloey, the road she is on bounces up and down.
 * When Madge sprays mud onto Skarloey and Rheneas' faces, their eyes are covered with mud. In the next shot, their eyes are clean.
 * The short stout member is not present with the rest of the Brass Band.

UK

 * Engines and Escapades
 * The Complete Eleventh Series

DVD Boxsets

 * 5 Exciting DVDs

US

 * Engines and Escapades

AUS

 * Engines and Escapades
 * The Complete Eleventh Series

DVD Boxsets

 * 4-Disc DVD Box Set

GER/SE/DK/NOR

 * Engines and Escapades

SAU

 * Hero of the Rails