The Trouble with Mud

"Hello Gordon! You look as if you've had a mud bath. Be a sensible engine, have a shower instead!"

- Thomas

The Trouble with Mud is the tenth episode of the third season. It first aired on the Shining Time Station episode A Dog's Life in 1991.

Plot
Gordon is muddy, but refuses to be cleaned and sprays James with mud after his washdown. As punishment, he is forbidden to pull the Express. James does the job for him, but when Gordon warns him about the slippery rails on his hill the red engine refuses to listen, and pays the price when he slips down the hill. Gordon luckily comes to push James up again, and as a reward is given Thomas and Gordon his job back.

Featured characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry (does not speak)
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Percy (cameo)

Locations

 * Knapford
 * Gordon's Hill
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Wellsworth
 * Knapford Yards

Goofs

 * The cleaners washing Thomas all have skinny flesh-coloured wires for necks.
 * As Gordon says "Mind my eyes!" his right eye is wonky.
 * When Gordon bumps the trucks, he bumps them together but in the next shot they are moving one by one.
 * When James is sliding back down Gordon's Hill, look closely beyond the back of his train and you can see a clear wire pulling him back.
 * When Gordon puffs alongside James, a stick is in James' funnel.

Episode
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