History Recap / ThomasTheTankEngineS1E15TendersAndTurntables

* CompressedAdaptation: The first half of this episode is mostly taken from "Henry And The Elephant" from ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB5TroublesomeEngines Troublesome Engines]]'' (that would be adapted more fully in the [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS4E19HenryAndTheElephant fourth season]], albeit with a new introduction as a result of this).

Later that day, Gordon heads for the turntable by the sea, but the wind is so strong that this makes the big blue engine not perfectly balanced on the turntable and it becomes very difficult for it to turn. Neither his driver nor his fireman can get him in a proper position; they try so many times until they give up and decided to pull his next train tender first.

When Gordon arrives at the junction, a group of boys joke around and tease Gordon by calling him a tank engine. Thomas, who is waiting at the junction, laughs and suggests that Gordon should "scrap his tender and get a nice bunker". James, who passes by with his passenger train, laughs at Gordon, too. Gordon warns James that he, too will stick on the turntable, but James claims that he won't stick because he's not as fat as Gordon.

When James arrives at the sheds, he carefully lines up on the turntable and his crew slowly rotates it. But the strong wind begins to spin James around uncontrollably like a top. Gordon arrives just in time to see the whole thing and as the turntable finally stops, Gordon asks James if he was playing roundabouts. James doesn't say a word and backs into the shed feeling very dizzy and completely humiliated.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Averted with James who had spun on the turntable due to the strong wind, feeling very dizzy afterwards while Gordon watches on.

* GoneHorriblyRight: James hopes that he won't get stuck on the turntable like Gordon, and he finds out that he was right, except the turntable spun around too easily thanks to the strong winds.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Gordon believed that he was given a tender to show how important he was.
* TemptingFate: Gordon warns James that he will stick on the turntable just like he did, but James assures that he won't because he isn't as "fat" as Gordon. And James was right, except that turntable spun around too easily thanks to the strong wind and James spins around like a top. Gordon looks on with an amused look on his face.

!![[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Tenders, Turtables, and]] [[RuleOfThree Tropes]]:

* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: In the beginning, Gordon and Henry were alone in the shed, and missed Thomas, who was previously cheeky to them, after he went to run his branch line.

* CompressedAdaptation: The first half of this episode is mostly taken from "Henry And The Elephant" from ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB5TroublesomeEngines Troublesome Engines]]'' (that would be adapted more fully in the fourth season, albeit with a new introduction as a result of this).

* VitriolicBestBuds: Despite that Gordon and James laughed at each others' misfortunes with the turntable, the two engines, along with Henry, then made an agreement to go on a strike.

When James arrives at the sheds, he carefully lines up on the turntable and his crew slowly rotates it. But the strong wind begins to spin James around uncontrollably like a top. Gordon arrives just in time to see the whole thing and as the turntable finally stops, Gordon asks James if he was playing roundabouts. James doesn't say a word and backs into the shed feeling very dizzy and humiliated.

That night, Gordon, James, and Henry hold an indignation meeting. They made a decision that it's best that, tomorrow morning, they start going on strike.

'''Air date''': November 27th, 1984 (UK), March 19th, 1989 (US)

Life in the yard has become harder since Thomas left to run his branch line. Without a tank engine to shunt or be a station pilot, Henry, James, and Gordon must fetch their own coaches. Soon, the big engines begin to express their outrage by shouting "Tender engines don't shunt!" Their complaining didn't please the Fat Controller.

At the junction, Gordon tells Thomas about how tender engines are important and shouldn't be shunting coaches from dirty sidings. Thomas, however, wasn't quite concerned about his issue and the two leave with their respective passenger trains.

Later that day, Gordon heads for the turntable by the sea, but the wind was so strong that this made the big blue engine not perfectly balanced on the turntable, and it becomes very difficult for it to turn. Neither his driver nor his fireman could not get him in a proper position; they tried so many times until they gave up and decided to pull his next train tender first.

When Gordon arrives at the junction, a group of boys joke around and tease Gordon by calling him a tank engine. Thomas, who was waiting at the junction, laughs and suggests that Gordon should "scrap his tender and get a nice bunker". James, who flew by with his passenger train, laughed at Gordon, too. Gordon warns James that he, too will stick on the turntable, but James claims that he won't stick because he is not as fat as Gordon.

When James arrives to the sheds, he carefully lines up on the turntable and his crew slowly rotates the turntable. But the strong wind begins to spin James around uncontrollably like a top. Gordon arrives just in time to see the whole thing, and as the turntable finally stops, Gordon asked James if he was playing roundabouts. James doesn't say a word and backs into the shed feeling very dizzy and humiliated.

That night, Gordon, James, and Henry held an indignation meeting. They made a decision that it's best that, tomorrow morning, they start going on strike.

'''Air date''': October 18th, 1984 (UK), March 19th, 1989 (US)

When James arrives to the sheds, he carefully lines up on the turntable and his crew slowly rotates the turntable. But the strong wind begins to spin James around uncontrollably like a top. Gordon arrives just in time to see the whole thing, and as the turntable finally stops, Gordon asked James if he was playing roundabouts. James didn't say a word and backs into the shed feeling very dizzy.

That night, Gordon, James, and Henry held an indignation meeting. They made a decision that it's best that, tomorrow morning, they start going on a strike.

!!Tropes featured in the episode:

* VitriolicBestBuds: Despite that Gordon and James laughed at each others' misfortunes with the turntable, the two engines, along with Henry, then made a agreement to go on a strike.

* CompressedAdaptation: The first half of this episode is mostly taken from "Henry And The Elephant" from ''Troublesome Engines'' (that would be adapted more fully in the fourth season, albeit with a new introduction as a result of this).

* CompressedAdaptation: The first half of this episode is mostly taken from "Henry And The Elephant" from ''Literature/TroublesomeEngines'' (that would be adapted more fully in the fourth season, albeit with a new introduction as a result of this).

'''Air date''': October 21st, 1984 (UK), March 19th, 1989 (US)

* CompressedAdaptation: The first half of this episode is mostly taken from "Henry And The Elephant" from the same novel (that would be adapted more fully in the fourth season, albeit with a new introduction as a result of this).

* NoSympathy: The coaches showed no concern about the big engines having to fetch them by themselves:

* TemptingFate: Gordon warns James that he will stick on the turntable just like he did, but James assures that he won't because he isn't as "fat" as Gordon. Cue to James spinning around like a top and Gordon looking on with an amused look on his face.

Gordon, Henry, and James grumble about having to shunt their own coaches after Thomas left the yard to run his branch line, but this didn't pleased The Fat Controller, however. Later, Gordon goes to a turntable which is located by the sea, but because of the wind, he is unable to stay properly balanced on the turntable, so to his dismay, he has to pull the express backwards like a tank engine. Meanwhile, it was James' turn to get on the turntable. He fits perfectly until the wind blows, spinning James around uncontrollably. That night, the tender engines share their misfortunes and decided to go on strike.

* TheFreelanceShameSquad: Thomas and James laugh at Gordon having to pull the Express backwards. Then it was Gordon's turn to laugh at James for spinning around the turntable.

* TemptingFate: Gordon warns James that he will stick on the turntable just like he did, but James says that he won't stick on the turntable because he isn't as "fat" as Gordon. Cue to James spinning around like a top and Gordon looking on with an amused look on his face.

Gordon, Henry, and James were complaining about having to shunt their own coaches after Thomas got his own branchline. Their complaining didn't suit well with The Fat Controller, however. Later, Gordon goes to a turntable which is located by the sea, but because of the wind, Gordon had a difficult time to stay properly balanced on the turntable, so to his dismay, he has to pull the express backwards like a tank engine. Meanwhile, it was James' turn to get on the turntable. He fits perfectly until the wind blows, spinning James around uncontrollably. That night, the tender engines share their misfortunes and decided to go on strike.

* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: In the beginning, Gordon and Henry were alone in the shed, and missed Thomas, who was previously cheeky to them, after he went to run his branchline.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Averted with James who had spun on the turntable due to the strong wind.

* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: In the beginning, Gordon and Henry were alone in the shed, missed Thomas after he went to run his branchline.

* TerribleTrio: Gordon, James, and Henry establish this.