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| Title = Thomas and Gordon<br />Thomas Gets Tricked |
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| Image = Thomas and Gordon at Knapford.png |
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| Episode = 1 |
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| Season = [[Thomas & Friends (series 1)|1]] |
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| Airdate = {{start date|1984|9|4|df=y}} |
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| Runtime =5 minutes |
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| Director = [[David Mitton]] |
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| Writer = [[Reverend W. Awdry]] (original)<br />[[Britt Allcroft]]<br />David Mitton (adapted) |
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| Narrator = [[Ringo Starr]] (UK/US)<br />[[George Carlin]] (US) |
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| Producer = David Mitton<br />[[Robert D. Cardona]] |
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| Next = Edward and Gordon<br />Edward Helps Out |
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| Episode list = [[Thomas & Friends (series 1)|''Thomas & Friends'' (series 1)]]<br>[[List of Thomas & Friends episodes|List of ''Thomas & Friends'' episodes]] |
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'''Thomas and Gordon''' (also known as '''Thomas Gets Tricked''' in the US) is the [[Television pilot|series premiere]] episode of the British [[children's television series]] [[Thomas & Friends]]. It originally aired on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] in the United Kingdom in 1984. The episode follows the main protagonist, a blue [[train]] named Thomas and his various friends in the Island of Sodor. |
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Thomas is a blue tank engine who works at a big station on the Island of Sodor, shunting coaches to their proper places. He enjoys teasing the other engines, especially Gordon, the biggest and proudest engine. When his teasing goes too far, Gordon decides to teach him a lesson in retaliation. |
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The episode is directed by [[David Mitton]], produced by David Mitton and [[Robert D. Cardona]] written by [[Reverend W. Awdry]], [[Britt Allcroft]] and David Mitton and narrated by [[Ringo Starr]] in both the UK and US and [[George Carlin]] in the US. |
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==Plot== |
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A blue tank engine named Thomas acts as a station pilot for the bigger engines and his job is to fetch coaches for them and then take them away when the engines need to go to the sheds and rest. Thinking that no engine works as hard as he does, he usually plays tricks on them, especially a big blue express locomotive named Gordon by whistling rudely at him. One day, Gordon returns from a long journey and wants a rest, so he finds a siding to sleep in. Then Thomas comes up in his cheeky way, whistling and telling Gordon to wake up and work harder. This wakes the big engine up, but instead of falling back asleep, he plots revenge on Thomas to show him what hard work really is. |
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The next morning, Thomas' crew is unable to make him start; Gordon impatiently waits outside the station for Thomas to bring him his coaches. Thomas finally starts and hurries to get the express coaches and brings them to the station platform behind Gordon, who then enacts his plan and quickly backs down and couples to his train. Thomas usually pushes from behind the big trains to help them get a good start, but they always uncouple him first, but this time, Gordon has rushed him so much, Thomas' crew have forgotten to uncouple him and Gordon quickly starts off. Gordon races through the countryside as fast as he could to show Thomas how hard it is to pull the express; it's not long before Thomas is quite out of breath. |
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After a while, the two blue engines come to a stop at Wellsworth. Thomas has never gone that fast before and is very tired and feels very silly, and after a long drink from the water tower, he puffs wearily home and learns to never be cheeky to Gordon again. |
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==External links== |
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*{{imdb episode|1472913}} |
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[[Category:Television pilots]] |
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[[Category:1984 television episodes]] |
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[[Category:Thomas & Friends episodes]] |
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Thomas and Gordon (also known as Thomas Gets Tricked in the US) is the series premiere episode of the British children's television series Thomas & Friends. It originally aired on ITV in the United Kingdom in 1984. The episode follows the main protagonist, a blue train named Thomas and his various friends in the Island of Sodor.
Thomas is a blue tank engine who works at a big station on the Island of Sodor, shunting coaches to their proper places. He enjoys teasing the other engines, especially Gordon, the biggest and proudest engine. When his teasing goes too far, Gordon decides to teach him a lesson in retaliation.
The episode is directed by David Mitton, produced by David Mitton and Robert D. Cardona written by Reverend W. Awdry, Britt Allcroft and David Mitton and narrated by Ringo Starr in both the UK and US and George Carlin in the US.
Plot
A blue tank engine named Thomas acts as a station pilot for the bigger engines and his job is to fetch coaches for them and then take them away when the engines need to go to the sheds and rest. Thinking that no engine works as hard as he does, he usually plays tricks on them, especially a big blue express locomotive named Gordon by whistling rudely at him. One day, Gordon returns from a long journey and wants a rest, so he finds a siding to sleep in. Then Thomas comes up in his cheeky way, whistling and telling Gordon to wake up and work harder. This wakes the big engine up, but instead of falling back asleep, he plots revenge on Thomas to show him what hard work really is.
The next morning, Thomas' crew is unable to make him start; Gordon impatiently waits outside the station for Thomas to bring him his coaches. Thomas finally starts and hurries to get the express coaches and brings them to the station platform behind Gordon, who then enacts his plan and quickly backs down and couples to his train. Thomas usually pushes from behind the big trains to help them get a good start, but they always uncouple him first, but this time, Gordon has rushed him so much, Thomas' crew have forgotten to uncouple him and Gordon quickly starts off. Gordon races through the countryside as fast as he could to show Thomas how hard it is to pull the express; it's not long before Thomas is quite out of breath.
After a while, the two blue engines come to a stop at Wellsworth. Thomas has never gone that fast before and is very tired and feels very silly, and after a long drink from the water tower, he puffs wearily home and learns to never be cheeky to Gordon again.