Lady Hatt's Birthday Party

"Call yourself a car? You're a disgrace to the road! Find yourself a scrapyard!"

- George insulting a furious Caroline

"Lady Hatt's Birthday Party" is a fifth season episode.

Plot
It's Lady Hatt's birthday and the Fat Controller is leaving work early to attend the party at Kirk Ronan. When his car becomes stuck in a pothole, the Fat Controller hitches a lift in Caroline, but the small car brekas down and George is given the job of transporting the Fat Controller, who quickly becomes covered in soot from George's fire. George loses control and crashes into a pond, and the Fat Controller is catapulted into the waist-deep mud. Thomas, luckily, is nearby and the Fat Controller acts as Thomas' "relief" fireman. The Fat Controller arrives on time, and the amused guests are quick to make good humour of the Fat Controller's adventure.

Featured Characters

 * Thomas
 * Percy
 * Bertie
 * Caroline
 * George
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Lady Hatt
 * James (cameo)

Goofs

 * When Caroline overheats, she lurches backwards and overheats again in slow motion.
 * Bulgy’s Bridge is seen in this episode, only with rails underneath it.
 * One of the flowers the Fat Controller buys is really a stem of broccoli.
 * The flowers are much bigger than the fat controller.
 * Rather than the ordinary orange, Lady Hatt's hair is brown at the party.
 * After Lady Hatt says, "I didn't know it was fancy dress", one of the people laughing is missing their eyebrows.
 * There was plenty of Space between Sir Topham Hat's car and the hole in the road so he should have been able to stop in time.
 * If Sir Topham Hatt had turned the car around the hole the accident would not have accured.
 * If Sir Topham Hatt needed his tire changed then why didn't he just ask Caroline's driver to change the tire for him.