Respect for Gordon

"Gordon's a mess, Gordon's a mess! He's the largest and jammiest!"

- Thomas

Respect for Gordon is a ninth season episode.

Plot
Gordon has a rattle in his firebox and when Percy, Emily and Diesel begin teasing him Gordon decides the engines don't respect him as much as he thinks they should, so he begins pushing to the front at the water-towers, claiming sole right to docking at platforms and insisting on being greeted with a whistle. When Emily ignores his demands, Gordon is furious and doesn't look where he's going, crashing into some jam tankers. Gordon is sent to the works and Emily and Henry take turns to pull the Express. The two engines realize pulling the Express is an important job, and so when Gordon comes back everyone accepts his apology and starts a tradition of whistling to each other as they pass.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Emily
 * Diesel
 * Edward (does not speak)

Goofs

 * How did Emily get to Knapford before Gordon when she was last seen asleep at Tidmouth Sheds?
 * Gordon wanted all the engines to give him a friendly 'Toot Toot', but all the engines already do that when they see each other.
 * Edward pushes Gordon to the Works, but in some shots Gordon's bogey wheels appear to be broken.
 * The narrator says it was hard to remove the jam from Gordon's engine, but Gordon is a steam engine and doesn't have an engine.
 * How did Thomas, Emily and Percy all get time to get in front of Gordon and turn around?
 * Why was there a train of tankers in the middle of the main line?
 * Henry has pulled the express many times before and, according to The Flying Kipper hasn't had any trouble with it.

Quotes

 * Percy: Rattle box is awake at last!


 * Emily: Oh, look rattler Gordon's here! He's pulling the "click-clong express"!


 * Diesel: I hope your "click clong" gets better. See you later, rattler. Ha ha ha ha!


 * Percy: You're a boastful, bossy, big, blue boiler!