History Recap / ThomasTheTankEngineS6E17GordonTakesATumble

'''Air date''': September 16th, 2002
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Gordon brags to Salty that it is not "dignified" for express trains to take trucks, but when The Fat Controller assigns Gordon to take trucks, he makes a point to do it the way express engines do, but things didn't go well after ignoring the "go slow" sign...

!!Tropes featured in the episode:

* AnAesop: Always obey warning signs or else you'll get into trouble.
* BreakTheHaughty: Gordon suffers this massively as he heads to an old rusty branch line, tumbling off the rails and bursting into a shed in the fields.
* DelusionsOfEloquence: Percy pronounces the word "dignified" as "dinghy-fried", and Gordon has to correct him.
* HumblePie: Gordon comes back from repairs humiliated, though cheers up when the other engines are sympathetic, with Salty even apologising for their argument.
-->'''Narrator''': "No one was hurt, but poor Gordon felt very... undignified."
* LaserGuidedKarma: As a result, Gordon tumbles down the hill, into a field, a pile of dirt, a pile of tires and into a barn. (Losing his tender in the process.)
* OhCrap: "OH HEEEEELP!!!" cried Gordon. (As he flies off the tracks.)
* TooDumbToLive:
-->'''The Fat Controller:''' Well, Gordon, you wanted to show Salty a thing or two and [[{{Irony}} you've certainly done that]]. You've shown him how [[{{Understatement}} silly]] it is to ignore 'Go Slow' signs!
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: After accidentally being diverted onto a frail branch line, Gordon ignores a "go slow" sign, leading the rails to break under him and send him off the rails.
* WhatTheHellHero: The Fat Controller chastises Gordon that for proving to Salty that it was silly to ignore "go slow" signs.
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-->'''The Fat Controller:''' Well, Gordon, you wanted to show Salty a thing a thing or two and [[{{Irony}} you've certainly done that]]. You've shown him how [[{{Understatement}} silly]] it is to ignore 'Go Slow' signs!

* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: After accidentally being diverted onto a frail branch line, Gordon ignores a "go slow" sign, leading the rails to break under him and send him off the rails.

* LaserGuidedKarma: As a result, Gordon tumbles down the hill, into a field, a pile of dirt, a pile of tires and into a barn.

* DelusionsOfEloquence: Percy pronounces the word "dignified" as "dignifried", and Gordon had to correct him.
* HumblePie: Gordon comes back from repairs humiliated, though cheers up when the other engines are sympathetic, with Salty even apologizing for their argument.

* WhatTheHellHero: Sir Topham Hatt chastises Gordon that for proving to Salty that it was silly to ignore "go slow" signs.

* AnAesop: Always obey warning signs or else you’ll get in trouble.

* NeverMyFault: Logically, it would be the signalman's fault for sleeping and shirking his duties, as well as Gordon's driver for not slowing him down, yet The Fat Controller blames Gordon for ignoring the sign.

* GenreSavvy: Gordon finally says the line we're all thinking every time there's a railway accident on Sodor.
-->'''Gordon''': ''(after finally coming to a halt in a field)'' What will Sir Topham Hatt say?
-->'''Narrator:''' He found out soon enough.

-->''Gordon (after finally coming to a halt in a field):'' What will the Fat Controller say?
-->''The Narrator:'' He found out soon enough.

* WhatTheHellHero: The Fat Controller tells off Gordon that he proved Salty that it was silly to ignore "go slow" signs.