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* CatchPhrase: Gordon's "I'm not sleeping at (location)!" and describing why.

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* CatchPhrase: EpisodeTagline: Gordon's "I'm not sleeping at (location)!" and describing why.



* NeatFreak[=/=]ThePrimaDonna: Gordon turns down each and every other shed due to some nitpick that will keep him awake (the Rescue Centre will wake him up if there's an emergency alarm, the Steamworks remind him of breaking down, and the Dieselworks are too oily).

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* NeatFreak[=/=]ThePrimaDonna: ThePrimaDonna: Gordon turns down each and every other shed due to some nitpick that will keep him awake (the Rescue Centre will wake him up if there's an emergency alarm, the Steamworks remind him of breaking down, and the Dieselworks are too oily).
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Not an intentional Continuity Nod.


* ContinuityNod: [[WesternAnimation/CallingAllEngines This isn't the first time the engines have had to sleep in new places on the Island of Sodor when Tidmouth Sheds was under renovation]].
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Gordon.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Gordon.Gordon boastfully declares about sleeping on the berths despite the turntable being stuck, not considering other engines who may need it.

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* ContinuityNod: [[WesternAnimation/CallingAllEngines This isn't the first time the engines have had to sleep in new places on the Island of Sodor when Tidmouth Sheds was under renovation]].



* LaserGuidedKarma: Due to Gordon's selfishness in not saving the berth for Percy, the Fat Controller punishes him by having him to pull the mail train.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: LaserGuidedKarma:
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Due to Gordon's selfishness in not saving the berth for Percy, the Fat Controller punishes him by having him to pull the mail train.train. This is partially because the Fat Controller ended up giving Percy the job of pulling James' coaches and James the job of pulling the Express.
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* RuleOfThree: Gordon rejects the Search and Rescue Centre because it would be too noisy if the alarm goes off, the Steamworks because it makes him think of breaking down, and the Deiselworks because he doesn’t like the oil and smell of their fuel.

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* RuleOfThree: Gordon rejects the Search and Rescue Centre because it would be too noisy if the alarm goes off, the Steamworks because it makes him think of breaking down, and the Deiselworks Dieselworks because he doesn’t like the oil and smell of their fuel.
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The engines discover that the turntable of Tidmouth Sheds is frozen stuck, and they have to sleep in other places for the night. Gordon wanted to sleep in the turntable berth, but Thomas insists that it should be saved for Percy after his mail run. However, the big blue engine decides to sleep on the berth anyways, but this lead to some problems for him.

!!Tropes featured in the episode:
* CatchPhrase: Gordon's "I'm not sleeping at (location)!" and describing why.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: After the Fat Controller makes a pun on how the tables have turned on Gordon and that he has to pull the mail train.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Norman rather politely offers Thomas a space in the Dieselworks to sleep.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Gordon.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Due to Gordon's selfishness in not saving the berth for Percy, the Fat Controller punishes him by having him to pull the mail train.
** In a more cosmic manner, Gordon is made to regret taking the berth in every manner possible, given the workers not only keep him up all night fixing the turntable, but accidentally get him stuck attempting to move it again.
* NeatFreak[=/=]ThePrimaDonna: Gordon turns down each and every other shed due to some nitpick that will keep him awake (the Rescue Centre will wake him up if there's an emergency alarm, the Steamworks remind him of breaking down, and the Dieselworks are too oily).
* RuleOfThree: Gordon rejects the Search and Rescue Centre because it would be too noisy if the alarm goes off, the Steamworks because it makes him think of breaking down, and the Deiselworks because he doesn’t like the oil and smell of their fuel.
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