The Flying Kipper (episode)

"Who cares? This is good cocoa!"

- The fireman

The Flying Kipper is the nineteenth episode of the first season.

Plot
Henry is taking a special train of fish called "The Flying Kipper" on a snowy night when he collides with a goods train. The Fat Controller takes the opportunity to rebuild him, and Henry returns feeling better than ever, and even gets to pull the Express.

Characters

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

Locations

 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Knapford Harbour
 * Wellsworth
 * Maron
 * Elsbridge
 * The Viaduct

Trivia

 * This episode is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, Henry the Green Engine.

Goofs

 * Henry gains two lamps after he leaves the harbour, and loses one near his left side that was seen before he left the harbour.
 * In two scenes, Henry's lamps are obviously small light bulbs, as they stick out.
 * Just before he crashes, Henry is in his new shape, minus the external steam pipes running from the smokebox to his cylinders.
 * Play the scene of Henry approaching the brakevan in slow motion: the goods train moves slightly before the crash.
 * When Henry crashes he is still on the track, but in the next shot he is on top of the trucks.
 * As Henry collides with the goods train, a hand appears to be pushing his tender.
 * The track beside the goods train disappears and reappears several times.
 * In the last close-up of Henry he is in his old shape. In the previous episode, there was a nearly identical closeup of Henry in his new shape. From this, it can be judged that the episodes were filmed concurrently and the editors mixed up the footage.
 * In the US version, the term "guard" is accidentally used at one point.