Jack Jumps in

"I'm Jack! I can load, and unload, and carry lots of things!" "I can push and shunt!" "And I can get you two chatterboxes off to the quarry!"

- Jack and Thomas bragging - until Miss Jenny stops them

"Jack Jumps In" is the seventh episode of the sixth season.

Plot
Thomas takes an eager front-loader named Jack to help the Pack clear ground for railway lines. Jack quickly accustoms to his work, but when he foolishly tries to take some rocks up a hill he loses balance and rolls down the hill. Jack is upset and Miss Jenny is cross, but Thomas is sympathetic.

Featured characters

 * Thomas
 * Jack
 * Alfie
 * Kelly
 * Isobella
 * Max
 * Oliver
 * Byron
 * Jenny Packard
 * Ned (cameo)

Goofs

 * Thomas leaves with the wellwagon after delivering Jack, but in the close-up of Jack the wellwagon is still behind him.
 * When the foreman introduces himself to Jack he has a moustache, red hair and a hat. When he says "Oliver, move this rock!" he has no moustache and a hard hat.
 * Oliver shouldn't have moved his scoop while moving at such a speed when near workers.
 * When Jack introduces himself to Alfie, Alfie's front-left tire is flat.
 * When Max arrives he runs over some sort of platform.
 * When Max does a 180 turn, a turntable is used to spin him.
 * In some shots a wire is visible under Alfie's hydraulic arm.
 * Before Jack barrel-rolls down the hill, his two left wheels change colour.
 * None of the Pack have drivers.
 * On the "Chocolate Crunch" VHS, "Thomas and the Jet Engine" DVD and "The Complete Sixth Series" DVD releases this episode is called "Jack Goes to Work".

Quotes

 * Jack: I'm Jack!
 * Isobella: Mind my paint!


 * Max: Can't you take a joke?