Respect for Gordon

"Gordon's a mess, Gordon's a mess! He's the largest and jelliest!""

- Thomas teasing Gordon

"Respect for Gordon" is a ninth season episode.

Plot
Gordon has a rattle in his firebox and when Percy, Emily and Diesel begin teasing him about Gordon decides the engines don't respect him as much as he thinks they should and begins pushing to the front at the water-towers, claiming sole right to docking at platforms and insisting on being greeted with a whistle. When Emily ignores his demands, Gordon is furious and doesn't look where he's going, crashing into some jam tankers. Gordon is sent to the works and Emily and Henry take turns to pull the Express. The two engines realise pulling the Express is an imprtant job, and so when Gordon comes back everyone accepts his apology and starts a tradition of whistling to each other as they pass.

Featured Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Emily
 * Diesel
 * Edward (does not speak)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Martha and Jennifer (cameo)
 * Fat Controller (mentioned)

Goofs

 * In the close-up of Diesel, the windows of the toy shop - which not built for several episodes - can be seen behind him.
 * How did Thomas, Emily and Percy all get time to get in front of Gordon and turn around?
 * The narrator says it was hard to remove the jam from Gordon's engine, but Gordon is a steam engine.

Quotes

 * Diesel: I hope your "click clong" gets better. See you later, rattler. Ha ha ha ha!


 * Percy: You're a boastful bossy big blue boiler!