"Baa!" is a fifth season episode. It aired in September 22, 1998.
Plot
Percy is taking some flowers to Maithwaite for a "best-dressed station" competition. On the way, he is stopped by a ram on the tracks. His driver lures it away with some cabbage, and at Maithwaite the stationmaster tells them the ram has a reputation of always being hungry. Percy is later looking forward to a snooze when he heards a commotion at the station and goes to investigate. He discovers the decorations have been ruined and the ram, suspected to be the culprit, has taken three boys "hostage" in the waiting room. The boys beg to be let out if they apologise, and it is discovered they are the vandals. Everything is fixed, and Maithwaite is declared the winner. At the prize-giving ceremony, the Fat Controller gives the ram a pumpkin, but Harold accidentally blows his top-hat away and the contented ram munches on it instead.
Featured characters
- Thomas
- Percy
- Toby
- Harold
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Henry (cameo)
- Gordon (cameo)
- James (cameo)
- Duck (cameo)
- Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
Goofs
- Thomas has Edward's whistle sound at the beginning.
- Thomas stutters when he says "Ffarquhar".
- When Percy reverses into the shed James' tender is tilted.
- Percy's driver keeps switching places in the cab.
Quotes
- Thomas: My favourite station is Ffarquhar.
- Toby: Mine's Maithwaite. Percy, what's yours?
- Percy: The Docks.
- Thomas: Pooh! We can tell!
- Toby: The Docks are full of fish, not flowers!
- Percy: Alright then, Arlesdale End.
- Toby: That's my home!
- Percy: That's why I like it, especially when you're there and not here saying I'm silly. Good night!
- The Fat Controller: If you don't like it (the pumpkin) I'll eat my hat!
(Harold arrives, blowing the Fat Controller's hat away. The ram eats it up)
- The Fat Controller: Well, seems I wouldn't be able to eat my hat, even if I had to!
Episode
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