Air date: September 4, 2019 (UK), July 6, 2019 (US)
Everyone fears the worst when Rebecca works with the Troublesome Trucks, but she finds that the naughty trucks can be highly entertaining.
Tropes:
- Achievements in Ignorance: Rebecca's given a long train of troublesome trucks to deliver to the other side of the island, who tease her with singing and try bumping her off the rails. Having no idea what they're trying to do, she joins in with the singing and goes faster. It works, leaving the other engines and the trucks baffled.
- A Day in the Limelight: For Rebecca and the troublesome trucks.
- An Aesop: If you go looking for trouble, you'll find it.
- Continuity Nod: In the life lesson segment, Thomas recalls the events of "Duncan the Humbug".
- Flashback: There are three flashbacks: one to Thomas being pushed down the rails by the trucks, one to James crashing into some tar tankers, and another where Percy gets pushed into the water.
- Imagine Spot: All the engines at Tidmouth Sheds have one where Rebecca gets pushed down the line by the trucks, crashes into tar tankers, and sinks into the water.
- The Pollyanna: Rebecca, so much so that she was excited to work with the trucks and befriends them.
- Rule of Three: Thomas, James and Percy each have humiliating accidents in this episode thanks to focusing on Rebecca and the trucks. Thomas ends up running late, James crashes into tar tankers (again), and Percy crashes into a pond.
- Stock Footage: Thomas' flashback features stock footage from the "Thomas and the Trucks" segment of The Adventure Begins.
- To the Tune of...: Rebecca and the trucks sing a song to the tune of "Polly Put the Kettle On".
