Topped Off Thomas

Topped Off Thomas is a tenth season episode.

Plot
Thomas challenges Spencer to a race, but when they pass a station they create a wind blast that sends the Fat Controller's hat flying, and so Thomas is sent to chase after it.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Spencer
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Gordon (does not speak)
 * Bertie (does not speak)
 * Harold (does not speak)
 * The Duke and Duchess of Boxford (do not speak)
 * Edward (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Lady Hatt (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (mentioned)

Trivia

 * Both Thomas and Spencer are seen with new face masks, which only appear in this episode.
 * From this episode onwards, Spencer is now painted silver.

Goofs

 * The Fat Controller sends Thomas to chase after the hat. This is dangerous and counterproductive, and would never have been done over a mere top hat.
 * The Fat Controller makes an unusually big deal over retrieving his hat, when he has shown in previous stories that he can accept losing a hat, albeit not always with good grace. (Edward, Gordon and Henry, James and the Coaches, and Baa!)
 * The hat should have blown off Thomas's funnel when he started to move.
 * Thomas somehow turns around when he returns to Kellsthorpe, and when he approches Maithwaite for the second time.
 * Thomas's moral of the story does not tie in with the episode.
 * Thomas and Spencer race from Bluff's Cove Junction to Kellsthorpe. There are many miles between the two stations, so their race would've taken at least a whole day.