History Recap / ThomasAndFriendsS1E8JamesAndTheCoaches

Later, the Fat Controller severely warns James that he will paint his red coat blue if he doesn't behave properly. This makes James angry enough to be very rough with the coaches that as they set off, he causes a leak in one of the coaches' pipe. The Guard asks one of the male passengers can hand out a bootlace to repair it, but the man refuses and everyone is angry. Eventually, he gives the bootlace and the pipe is repaired and James sadly continues his journey, knowing that he will be in a lot of trouble with the Fat Controller.

James is enjoying his new life on The Fat Controller's railway, but he has to learn from his mistakes according to The Fat Controller. Later, he and Edward get to double head some coaches. Edward advises James to not bump the coaches too hard, but James is too excited to listen and eagerly blows off steam, causing a shower of water to fall into The Fat Controller's top hat. James quickly wants to leave, but Edward and the coaches are annoyed that he is going too fast. As they complete their journey, he wonders about what would The Fat Controller would say about his top hat.

Later, The Fat Controller severely warns James that he will paint his red coat blue if he doesn't behave properly. This makes James angry enough to be very rough with the coaches that as they set off, he causes a leak in one of the coaches' pipe. The Guard asks one of the male passengers can hand out a bootlace to repair it, but the man refuses and everyone is angry. Eventually, he gives the bootlace and the pipe is repaired and James sadly continues his journey, knowing that he will be in a lot of trouble with The Fat Controller.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Following him getting The Fat Controller's hat wet, The Fat Controller warns James that if he can't behave, he will take away his red coat of paint and have him painted blue. James doesn't like this at all.

* DoomedNewClothes: It's brought up that The Fat Controller's hat that James squirted water over was brand new.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: James complains about how Gordon is the only engine who never has to shunt his own coaches. [[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS1E15TendersAndTurntables 7 episodes later]], he, Gordon, and Henry are shunting their own trains.

Later, The Fat Controller severely warns James that he will paint his red coat blue if he doesn't behave properly. This makes James angry enough to be very rough with the coaches that as they set off, he causes a leak in one of the coaches' pipe. The Guard asks one of the male passengers can hand out a bootlace to repair it, but the man refuses and everyone is angry. Eventually, he gives the bootlace and the pipe is repaired and James continues his journey, knowing that he will be in more trouble with The Fat Controller.

* NoNameGiven: In the original book, the man who eventually gives James' crew his bootlaces to help fix the pipe leak is called Jeremiah Jobling, but here is not referred to by that name and only gets introduced as "a smartly dressed man".
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: James bumps one of the coaches so hard that he made a hole on of them. In order for the train to continue, he needed a passenger's bootlace to mend the hole in the coach. Many episodes after that, engines will remind James of the bootlace incident, much to his annoyance.

!!Tropes featured in the episode ([[YMMV/ThomasAndFriendsS1E8JamesAndTheCoaches YMMV here]]):

* WhatTheHellHero: The Fat Controller lectures James about his bad behavior. After he still causes trouble, the passengers are very vocal about it to him, his crewmen and the passenger unwilling to hand his bootlace to fix the mess. Also, even though James promises to never bump coaches again, it actually won't happen until [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS18E8DuckAndTheSlipCoaches many]] [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS18E15SpencersVIP seasons]] [[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS20E8PoutyJames later]].

* WhatTheHellHero: The Fat Controller lectures James about his bad behavior. After he still causes trouble, the passengers are very vocal about it to him, his crewmen and the passenger unwilling to hand his bootlace to fix the mess. Also, even though James promises to never bump coaches again, it actually won't happen until [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS18E8DuckAndTheSlipCoaches many]] [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS18E15SpencersVIP seasons]] [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS20E8PoutyJames later]].

!!Tropes featured in the episode ([[YMMV/ThomasTheTankEngineS1E8JamesAndTheCoaches YMMV here]]):

* FlashbackCut: The episode shows a flashback of James' accident in the [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS1E7ThomasAndTheBreakdownTrain previous episode.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: James complains about how Gordon is the only engine who never has to shunt his own coaches. [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS1E15TendersAndTurntables 7 episodes later]], he, Gordon, and Henry are shunting their own trains.