The Flying Kipper (episode)

"The Flying Kipper" is a first season episode. It first aired on October the 31st, 1984.

Plot


Henry is taking a special train of fish called the "Flying Kipper" on a snowy night when he collides with a goods train. The Fat Controller takes the opportunity to rebuild him, and Henry returns feeling better than ever, and even gets to pull the Express.

Featured characters

 * Henry
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Gordon (does not speak)
 * The Flying Kipper (does not speak)
 * James (cameo)
 * Edward (cameo)
 * Thomas (does not speak)
 * Percy (does not speak)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameos)
 * The workshop engines (cameo)

Goofs

 * Just before he crashes, Henry is in his new shape, minus the neckholders.
 * Play the scene of Henry approaching the brakevan in slow motion: the goods train moves slightly before the crash.
 * The second Henry collides with the goods train a hand appears to be pushing his tender.
 * When Henry crashes he is still on the track, but in the next shot he is on top of the trucks.
 * The track beside the goods train disappears and reappears several times.
 * In the last close-up of Henry he is in his old shape. In the previous episode, there was a nearly identical closeup of Henry in his new shape. From this, it can be judged that the episodes were filmed concurrently and the editors mixed up the footage.
 * The driver and fireman got out of the brakevan before Henry crashes. Whatever happened to the guard?

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