James and the Queen of Sodor

James and the Queen of Sodor is a seventh season episode.

Plot
James is bragging that he gets to pull the mayor of Sodor, and becomes worse than ever when Percy accidentally sprays Gordon with mud. When the Fat Controller arrives with news of an important job - transporting the Queen of Sodor - Gordon tricks James into volunteering. James thinks he's got his best job yet, but is horrified to find the so-called "Queen of Sodor" is really a rusty old barge. James, however, is determined not to let Gordon beat him, and manages to stay clean throughout the whole journey, even when the barge breaks a pipe full of sludge. Gordon is amazed to find James without so much as a speck of dust on him afterwards, but then Percy arrives and accidentally scatters rock dust all over James.

Featured characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Duck (cameo)
 * Oliver (cameo)
 * Mavis (cameo)
 * 'Arry and Bert (cameo)
 * Salty (cameo)
 * Skarloey (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Toad (cameo)
 * Butch (cameo)

Trivia

 * Stock footage from Oliver Owns Up, Four Little Engines, and James and the Red Balloon is used.

Goofs

 * Percy's whistle was clogged up with stone dust, so stone dust should have sprayed all over Gordon, not mud.
 * When the barge crashes through the pipe, during the facial shots of James he appears to be beside a cement base supporting the pipes, but in back-end shots he is several centimetres from the base.
 * After James returns to the sheds, Henry disappears.
 * James displays a lack of common sense in this episode. If someone as important as the Queen of Sodor was visiting, then the engines would have been polished and the stations cleaned, for instance.
 * The barge loses its funnel when it reaches the smelters shed.

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