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* JustTrainWrong: When Duncan races past Rusty, the {{Narrator}} mentions Rusty whistled. Rusty is a diesel and doesn't have a whistle, but rather a horn.

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A new park is being opened and Duncan is bossing the other engines about and telling them to do their work quicker. When Duncan finishes his jobs, he is asked to take an elephant statue down to the park, but carelessly leaves without a brake van. As a result, Duncan is unable to slow down and thus runs out of control until he finally derails after hitting the buffers at the park, which catapults the elephant statue into the pond. The Fat Controller then scolds Duncan for his carelessness. Thankfully, Duncan is repaired in time for the opening, but is surprised to find the elephant still in the pond due to general favour of the elephant's position, and embarrassed to be lauded by the others for his fortunate mistake.

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A new park is being opened and Duncan is bossing the other engines about and telling them to do their work quicker. When Duncan finishes his jobs, he is asked to take an elephant statue down to the park, but carelessly leaves without a brake van. As a result, Duncan is unable to slow down and thus runs out of control until he finally derails after hitting the buffers at the park, which catapults the elephant statue into the pond. The Fat Controller then scolds Duncan for his carelessness. Thankfully, Duncan is repaired in time for the opening, opening but is surprised to find the elephant still in the pond due to general favour of the elephant's position, and embarrassed to be lauded by the others for his fortunate mistake.
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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: When Duncan discovers that the elephant he has to take to the park is a statue.



* NecessaryFail: Duncan's accident with the elephant statue. It was set perfectly on the pond, and the other narrow gauge engines applaud Duncan for his mistake.
-->'''Narrow gauge engines''': Hooray for Duncan's mistake!
* RunawayTrain: Actually, runaway elephant statue.
* WhatTheHellHero: The Fat Controller scolds Duncan for going too fast with the Elephant.

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* NecessaryFail: Duncan's accident with the elephant statue. It was set statue ends up perfectly on setting it in the pond, and the other narrow gauge narrow-gauge engines applaud Duncan for his mistake.
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-->'''Narrow gauge engines''': Gauge Engines:''' Hooray for Duncan's mistake!
* RunawayTrain: Actually, runaway Duncan and his driver decide to take the elephant statue.
statue without a brake van to save time. Unfortunately, the statue is too heavy, and without the added braking power, Duncan is unable to stop and crashes into the buffers at the end of the line.
* WhatTheHellHero: The Fat Controller scolds Duncan for going too fast with the Elephant.elephant, leading to his accident.
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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: When Duncan discovers that the elephant he has to take to the park is a statue.
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* NecessaryFail: Duncan's accident with the elephant statue. It was set perfectly on the pond much, and the other narrow gauge engines applauded Duncan for his mistake.

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* NecessaryFail: Duncan's accident with the elephant statue. It was set perfectly on the pond much, pond, and the other narrow gauge engines applauded applaud Duncan for his mistake.
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'''Air date''': October 27th, 2003 (UK)

A new park is being opened and Duncan is bossing the other engines about and telling them to do their work quicker. When Duncan finishes his jobs, he is asked to take an elephant statue down to the park, but carelessly leaves without a brake van. As a result, Duncan is unable to slow down and thus runs out of control until he finally derails after hitting the buffers at the park, which catapults the elephant statue into the pond. The Fat Controller then scolds Duncan for his carelessness. Thankfully, Duncan is repaired in time for the opening, but is surprised to find the elephant still in the pond due to general favour of the elephant's position, and embarrassed to be lauded by the others for his fortunate mistake.

!!Tropes featured in the episode:
* LuminescentBlush: Duncan blushes in embarrassment after getting praised for his mistake.
* NecessaryFail: Duncan's accident with the elephant statue. It was set perfectly on the pond much, and the other narrow gauge engines applauded Duncan for his mistake.
-->'''Narrow gauge engines''': Hooray for Duncan's mistake!
* RunawayTrain: Actually, runaway elephant statue.
* WhatTheHellHero: The Fat Controller scolds Duncan for going too fast with the Elephant.
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