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- “Hooray for Diesel! Now we won't be wet! Hip, hip, hooray for Diesel!"
"Well done Diesel!” - ― The schoolchildren
Diesel's Special Delivery is the seventh episode of the fourteenth series.
Plot
It is market day on Sodor and all the engines are taking fruit and vegetables to market. All except Diesel, who is taking slate to the school because the roof is broken and rain had been forecast. At Maithwaite, Diesel sees a group of children clapping and cheering for James because he is pulling a special special - Farmer Trotter's piglets. Diesel - who wants to be clapped and cheered for as well - follows James and soon meets up with Thomas, who is taking shiny apples to the market. Diesel thinks that the apples are just as good as James' piglets, so he offers to take Thomas' load to market, leaving his slates in a siding. Diesel catches up with James at Maron station where once again, children are clapping and cheering at James and no-one claps for Diesel.
Later, Diesel meets up with Rosie at a signal. Rosie is pulling a flatbed of colourful flowers to market, which Diesel also thinks are just as good as the piglets and offers to take the flowers. Rosie agrees and Diesel sets off with both the flowers and the apples. Next, Diesel spots James at a crossing. Stephen, Bridget Hatt and another child clap and cheer for him and his piglets, but still no-one claps and cheers for Diesel.
On the way back from market, Diesel passes Farmer Trotter's Pig Farm, where he spies James' van of piglets. Diesel steals the truck and takes it to show the children at the school. When he arrives at the school, the children do not clap and cheer; they are standing in the rain and are getting wet. Diesel realises his mistake and after the Fat Controller scolds him, he sets off to put everything right.
Diesel takes the piglets back to Farmer Trotter's and apologises. Then, he collects the slate truck from the siding and hurries back to the school. At the school, the children are delighted to see Diesel and they all shout hooray, clap and cheer for him.
Characters
- Thomas
- James
- Rosie
- Diesel
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Stephen Hatt
- Bridget Hatt
- The Blond-haired Boy
- The Ginger-haired Boy
- The Dark Uniformed Children
- Farmer Trotter (speaks only in Japanese dub; does not speak in English and other dubs)
- Edward (cameo)
- Percy (cameo)
- Toby (cameo)
- Woodsmen (cameos)
- The Lady with the Big Hat (cameo)
- The Female Puppet Show Entertainer (cameo)
- Emily (portrait cameo)
Locations
- Maithwaite
- Maron
- Three-Track Level Crossing
- Dryaw School
- Farmer Trotter's Pig Farm
- Crosby Washdown
- The Coal Hopper
- The Viaduct (stock footage)
- Hawin Ab (stock footage)
- Great Waterton (poster)
Cast
UK
- Ben Small as Thomas
- Teresa Gallagher as Rosie, Stephen Hatt, Bridget Hatt, the Ginger-haired Boy and the Schoolchildren
- Kerry Shale as Diesel
- Keith Wickham as James and the Fat Controller
- Matt Wilkinson as the Blond-haired Boy
US
- Martin Sherman as Thomas
- Michael Brandon as Diesel
- Teresa Gallagher as the Ginger-haired Boy
- William Hope as the Blond-haired Boy
- Jules de Jongh as Rosie, Bridget Hatt and the Schoolchildren
- Kerry Shale as James, Sir Topham Hatt and Stephen Hatt
Trivia
- Going by production order, this is the eighth episode of the fourteenth series.
- This episode is similar to the tenth series episode, Percy and the Funfair.
- Edited stock footage from The Lion of Sodor is used.
- This episode marks the first for two things:
- The first time since the sixth series episode, The World's Strongest Engine that Diesel has been the main character in an episode.
- The first episode to feature Teresa Gallagher as Stephen Hatt in the UK dub.
- This is the last episode for a few things as well:
- The last episode where Bridget Hatt and Stephen Hatt are voiced by Jules de Jongh and Kerry Shale in the US dub. This also marks their last speaking roles until the nineteenth series episode, Henry Spots Trouble.
- The last episode involving the concept of Market Day.
- Teresa Gallagher joins the US voice cast.
Goofs
- This episode incorrectly uses a livestock wagon instead a flatbed in the script.
- When Diesel leaves the school with the piglets, he is not coupled to the truck and he is pushing it. In the next shot, however, he is seen pulling it. He also seems to crash into Thomas in the same scene.
- Diesel is said to be coupled up to the piglets' truck, but he just buffers up and pushes it away.
- Throughout the episode, the piglets are depicted as fully grown pigs.
- The truck filled with slate seems to change color from dark red to pink.
Merchandise
- Magazine Stories - Diesel's Special Delivery
- Video Games - Up, Up and Away! Diesel Special Delivery and Exploring Sodor
In Other Languages
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Home Media Releases
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| #01 Thomas' Tall Friend | #08 Pop Goes Thomas | #15 Jumping Jobi Wood! |
| #02 James in the Dark | #09 Victor Says Yes | #16 Thomas and Scruff |
| #03 Pingy Pongy Pick Up | #10 Thomas in Charge | #17 O the Indignity |
| #04 Charlie and Eddie | #11 Being Percy | #18 Jitters and Japes |
| #05 Toby and the Whistling Woods | #12 Merry Winter Wish | #19 Merry Misty Island |
| #06 Henry's Health and Safety | #13 Thomas and the Snowman Party | #20 Henry's Magic Box |
| #07 Diesel's Special Delivery | #14 Thomas' Crazy Day | |