Sticky Toffee Thomas

"The party was a great success, and there was only one thing more popular than the sticky toffee apples. And that was sticky toffee Thomas!"

- The narrator

Sticky Toffee Thomas, retitled Sticky Taffy Thomas in American releases, is the eighteenth episode of the tenth season.

Plot
Thomas sees some children making costumes while delivering some equipment to a party in the countryside and wants to go to the party in costume too. When Percy later sees him at the washdown, he jokingly suggests that Thomas go covered in bubbles. Thomas takes his joke the wrong way and puffs off, still covered in soap suds. Unluckily, they get into his eyes and he cannot see where he is going, and he crashes into Toby, breaking Toby's axle. To make amends, Thomas offers to take the toffee tanker for Toby and puffs off after being cleaned of the suds, but after seeing Jeremy in the air and contemplating going as a plane his concentration drifts. He takes the wrong turning and crashes into the buffers, getting drenched in toffee. Thomas is upset, but spies an old line and uses it as a shortcut. The line has fallen out of use and Thomas is covered with branches and leaves, but gets to the party on time, where he is declared to have the best costume.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Jeremy (does not speak)
 * Emily (cameo)
 * Molly (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Stephen Hatt (cameo)
 * Bridget Hatt (cameo)

Locations

 * Sodor Airport
 * Maron
 * The Lumber Mill
 * Shunting Yards
 * Tidmouth Sheds

Trivia

 * Stock footage from Seeing the Sights is used.
 * A "Mouse Trap" board game, the first place ribbons from Spic and Span, and a medal from Three Cheers for Thomas are on the table near the girl making her clown costume.
 * In Norway this episode is called, "Sticky Thomas". In Denmark its title is "Sticky Caramel". The German title is "The Costume Party".

Goofs

 * A brakevan should have been added to Toby's train.
 * The way Thomas is covered in soap suds is unrealistic.
 * When Thomas is at the airport, his face is slightly loose.
 * Nothing is said about a signalman switching the points for Thomas to go on the old line.

Merchandise

 * Wind-up Trains - Thomas dressed as a plane and Thomas covered in bubbles