James and the Coaches

"If you can't behave, I will take away your red coat and have you painted blue!"

- The Fat Controller

James and the Coaches, retitled James Learns a Lesson in American releases, is the eighth episode of the first season.

Plot
James returns from the Works and double-heads a train with Edward. Things start off shaky when James showers the Fat Controller's top-hat with steam, and the next day the Fat Controller threatens to paint James blue. James is furious, and is so careless with his coaches that he causes a leak in a brakepipe. His crew ingeniously fix the leak with some sheets of newspaper and a leather bootlace. but James feels silly and vows never to bump coaches again.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * James
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Annie and Clarabel (do not speak)
 * Gordon (mentioned)

Locations

 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Knapford
 * Dryaw
 * Elsbridge
 * Gordon's Hill
 * Maron
 * Henry's Tunnel

Trivia

 * This episode is based on the stories James and the Top-Hat and James and the Bootlace from The Railway Series book, James the Red Engine.
 * Stock footage from Thomas and the Breakdown Train is used.
 * A train passing Edward and James, when they are in front of the Fat Controller, has a truck with "NE" painted on the side.

Goofs

 * While the Fat Controller is talking to Edward and James, a train passing them has a brakevan in the middle of its train.
 * When James accidentally blows steam at the Fat Controller, Edward is not coupled, or even backed onto James.
 * It is mentioned that the events of the previous episode happened on James' first day. They didn't; James has appeared in every single episode leading up to the airing of the aforementioned episode.
 * Clarabel is facing the wrong way when Thomas leaves the junction.
 * A member of James' crew is blonde at the beginning, but when his crew wonder how to fix the leak all three have dark hair.
 * When James is coming out of the yard his last two coaches are Annie and Clarabel, as there is something white (presumably their nameplates) seen on their sides.
 * When James and Edward overrun the platform, they are on Thomas' branchline.
 * For some reason, when they overrun the platform, Edward appears sad.