History Recap / ThomasAndFriendsS2E14ACloseShave

* HopeSpot: When the runaway trucks reach Duck, the first plan of action is to let them run out of momentum in a mile. However, that all changes when the crew sees James pulling out from the station in front of them.

* OhCrap: When Duck sees James pulling out on his line from the station ahead, realizing at any moment there will be a deadly crash.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: The trucks are more dangerous here than in most episodes, where they are usually LaughablyEvil. This is because they try to push Duck into the back of a passenger train, which would have likely resulted in the deaths of many innocent passengers had Duck not held them back in time to be diverted into a siding.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: While not directly stated, the illustrations of the book imply the barber shop is a good distance from the end of the track, as the crashed Duck and brake van are sitting on soil with grooves Duck's wheels created (which would have slowed him down compared to the smooth rails). Due to the models in the show being track-powered, the track leads straight into the barber shop, making one wonder what was going through the barber's head when he set up shop and leaving no opportunity for outside forces to slow down Duck such that he wouldn't just barrel through the shop and kill everyone inside.

[[caption-width-right:280:[[SkewedPriorities "You frightened my customers!]] [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment I'll teach you!"]]]]

* LethallyStupid: The barber endangers his customers [[TooDumbToLive and himself]] by setting up shop at the end of a train track without any buffers. Fortunately, ArtisticLicense prevents them from being killed by Duck crashing through the wall.

* LethallyStupid: The barber endangers his customers by setting up shop at the end of a train track without any buffers. Fortunately, ArtisticLicense prevents them from being killed by Duck crashing through the wall.

* CompositeCharacter: In the original Railway Series story, the engine leaving the station that Duck and his crew barely avoid crashing into is an unnamed foreign engine. Here, the character's role is taken by James.

** In the book, Duck's time spent in Edward's station lasted for a few days (with a mention of Gordon, James and Henry ignoring Duck as they pass by), but in this adaptation, it was only one.
** The number of runaway trucks were five and not 20.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The barber lathering shaving cream all over Duck's face.
* DeusExMachina: It seems that the trucks are going to push Duck into the coaches, but he gets diverted into a siding. Subverted in that he crashes into the barber shop.

* LethallyStupid: Seriously, who builds a barber shop ''at the end of a train track''?! Bonus stupidity points for the ''lack of any buffers''.

** Diesel was sent packing because he was caught spreading MaliciousSlander about Henry [[StupidEvil for no good reason]], causing the Fat Controller to conclude that he was a petty engine who would gladly cause trouble just for the fun of it. In this adaptation, he was sent packing because the Fat Controller never believed Diesel in the first place.

* TheBarber: The Crosby barber.

* TooDumbToLive: The barber and his customers conduct their business at the end of a train track, with no buffers for protection. [[FailedASpotCheck They never realise anything wrong with this.]] They would have all been seriously injured at best and most likely killed, if the same accident happened in real life.

* TraumaCongaLine: As if Duck being accused of calling other engines names wasn't enough, he ends up in a situation where he has to hold back a RunawayTrain, with the trucks pushing him to the barber shop. As if to add insult to injury, the barber puts shaving cream all over him.

* HumiliationConga: If the trucks pushing Duck to the barber shop wasn't enough, the barber puts shaving cream all over him.

Duck crashes into the barber shop. He apologises to the barber for crashing into the building, but the barber doesn't accept his apology and lathers shaving cream all over his face, leaving Duck embarrassed. As Thomas arrives with the breakdown train to clear the mess, the Fat Controller arrives too and explains that Duck and his crew prevented a serious accident, referring to it as "A Very Close Shave". The barber realises his mistake and washes Duck's face with water, apologising for misjudging him.

* LethallyStupid: Seriously, who builds a barber shop ''at the end of a train track''!? Bonus stupidity points for the ''lack of any buffers''.

* FailedASpotCheck: You do have to wonder how nobody InUniverse noticed the obvious danger of a barber shop being built ''at the end of a train track without any buffers''.

* FreezeFrameBonus: The brake van it gains the face of a troublesome truck in the first and third Suddery Junction scenes.