James Gets a New Coat

James Gets a New Coat is the fifth episode of the eighth season.

Plot
James has been repainted and when he is sent to work at the coal mines with Percy, he makes several detours to show off his reflection. When James finally arrives, Percy is exhausted so James has to take a long train of trucks, which deliberately bump around to make an unhappy James dirty.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Percy
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Edward (does not speak)
 * Gordon (does not speak)
 * Emily (does not speak)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Cranky (cameo)
 * Toby (deleted scene)
 * Henrietta (deleted scene)

Locations

 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * The Coaling Plant
 * Brendam

Trivia

 * If James had been pulling the trucks, he wouldn't have gotten covered in coal.

Goofs

 * When Henry puffs past the camera at the beginning, a wire is visible underneath him.
 * How could James' paint dry so quickly?
 * As Percy puffs past the camera with three trucks the first one is missing its right buffer and, although the trucks appear to be coupled together, their couplings are really dangling.
 * The signalman directs James, so James should have gone straight to the coal mines.
 * The truck in front of James' train has a face at both ends.
 * When James passes Emily, she has Henry's whistle sound.
 * When Thomas is working with Emily, Thomas' eyes are wonky. At the end of the episode, Percy's right eye is a bit wonky. And in the next scene, James' are too.
 * James' driver should have made James go to the coaling plant.