Paint Pots and Queens


 * "''Well, you're not a pretty picture."

- The painter sneering at Henry

"Paint Pots and Queens" ("Thomas Meets the Queen" - North America) is a fourth season episode.

Plot
In a follow-up to "Down the Mine", Thomas and Gordon arrive home to discover decorations being put up at Tidmouth Sheds. The Fat Controller tells the engines that HRH Queen Elizabeth II is coming to visit Sodor. Henry brags he'll pull Her Majesty's Royal Train, but when his paintwork is spoilt by a spilt paint pot the Fat Controller decides to make other arrangements and gives Thomas the duty of shunting the coaches and Gordon the Royal Train. The day comes, and Gordon proudly puffs into Knapford with the Queen, who personally greets each and every one of the engines and is sent away with a fanfare of whistles by the delighted engines.

Featured Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Duck (cameo)
 * Donald (cameo)
 * Henrietta (cameo)

Trivia

 * Stock footage from "Down the Mine" and "Off the Rails" is used.

Goofs

 * Michael Angelis says that "The two engines" (Thomas and Gordon) whistle into the shed. Only Thomas' whistle is heard.
 * This story takes place just days after the events of "Down the Mine", so Duck and Donald should not have appeared.