Oliver Owns Up

"Hello Oliver! Are you being a 'Good-Gracious' engine? Beg pardon, of course, but we really don't like this sort of surprise."

- Duck

Oliver Owns Up is the twenty-second episode of the third season.

Plot
Oliver is still new to Sodor, and when the big engines begin singing his praises he becomes conceited. In the end, a group of disgruntled trucks cut him down to size when they push him into the turntable well.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Duck
 * Donald
 * Oliver
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Douglas (does not speak)
 * Bill or Ben (cameo)
 * Toad (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (deleted scene cameo)

Locations

 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Brendam
 * Rolling River Bridge
 * Haultraugh

Trivia

 * This episode is based on the story Resource and Sagacity from The Railway Series book, Oliver the Western Engine.

Goofs

 * When Oliver crosses the bridge it bounces.
 * The truck who says "Or Donald!" has a scratched left eye.
 * The trucks are facing away from Oliver when he takes them away, but when they force him forward they are all facing him.
 * As the narrator says "Oliver heard nothing" look at the tracks; they lead to a dead end.
 * When the trucks start to push Oliver his wheels aren't moving. Then, in the next shot, his wheels are moving backward. Then, in the next shot, his wheels are moving forward. Then, when he approaches the turntable, his wheels are not moving again.
 * A few seconds after the truck closest to Oliver hits the tracks a boom can be heard.
 * There are more berths than the usual six in Tidmouth sheds.
 * A brakevan should have been added to Oliver's train.

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