Dirty Objects

"Dirty Objects", retitled "James in a Mess" in American releases, is the twenty-third episode of the first season.

Plot
James teases Toby for his shabby paintwork, but when Toby cheekily reminds him of the bootlace incident James is furious and vows to pay him out. Unfortunately, he concentrates so much on the matter that he allows his trucks to push him down Gordon's Hill and into some tar wagons. Toby and Percy clean up the mess, and as a reward Toby and Henrietta are given a new coat of paint, while James is left in disgrace.

Featured characters

 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Henrietta (does not speak)

Trivia

 * Stock footage from "Troublesome Trucks" is used.

Goofs

 * When James arrives at Knapford his brake coach is in the middle of his train.
 * A wire pulls James up Gordon's Hill.
 * When James races down the hill the footage is sped up.
 * When James races through Maron his brakevan becomes brown.
 * In the shot of the tar wagons, look back at the station; James isn't there.
 * When James crashes, the truck at the front is missing its right buffer and its face, a hand is seen pushing the brakevan and blu-tak is used to hold James' crew in place.
 * After James crashes, something white appears in his tender.
 * The covered object in James's first truck is replaced with coal.
 * How can the breakdown crane get in the sidings, when the switch is blocked.
 * When James crashs in to the tar wagons he comes off the rails but when Toby comes to help clear the mess James is still on the rails

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