Double Trouble

"Please, sir. We can't stay long. The children mustn't be late for the party." "Oh, party, schmarty, Thomas. We have plenty of time! You worry too much!"

- Thomas and Sir Lowham Hatt Double Trouble is the fourth episode of the thirteenth series.

Plot
It is the Fat Controller's birthday, and Thomas is sent to Maithwaite to collect him and Lady Hatt to take them to his party. However, Thomas arrives early, and is very surprised to see the Fat Controller already there - and that he has a moustache and calls Thomas his friend. The Fat Controller is very jolly too and tells Thomas to take him to Whispering Woods. Thomas finds the Fat Controller's behaviour very strange and wants to ask him about his moustache, but does not so as to avoid looking silly.

At the Whispering Woods, the Fat Controller decides to play Hide-and-Seek with the children, much to the confusion of Thomas and Edward as they know the Fat Controller does not usually play with children. Once the Fat Controller is back on board Annie, he tells Edward to let the children have some more play time even though Edward is taking them to the party. Then, when Thomas stops at Kirk Ronan Junction, the Fat Controller jumps out and goes up to the signalbox and messes around with the levers, causing Gordon who is taking the important visitors to the party to go on the Kirk Ronan Branch Line. Thomas finds this very strange indeed, but once again, he does not ask the Fat Controller about his behaviour because he does not want to look silly.

Thomas goes back to Maithwaite, where the stationmaster tells him Sir Topham and Lady Hatt were waiting for him. However, as he did not turn up, they ended up taking Bertie who later broke down. Thomas is very confused, but realises that his passenger cannot be the Fat Controller; so he asks the question that he wanted to ask all day, and, to Thomas' surprise the passenger reveals himself to be Sir Lowham Hatt, the Fat Controller's brother. Sir Lowham Hatt wants to have some more fun, but Thomas knows that this is not the time for playing games, as they are late.

Thomas finds Bertie broken down in the middle of the road. The Fat Controller is cross with Thomas until he sees his brother and scolds him instead for causing so much confusion and delay. Once the Hatt family are at the party, Thomas finds Edward and Gordon and helps them get to the party just in time. At the party, the Hatt brothers have a lot of fun, which makes Thomas happy.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Gordon
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Sir Lowham Hatt
 * The Maithwaite Stationmaster
 * Lady Hatt
 * Annie
 * Bertie
 * The Ginger-haired Boy
 * James
 * Percy
 * Clarabel
 * The Bird Watcher
 * The Blond-haired Boy
 * The Schoolchildren
 * The Lady with the Big Hat
 * The Female Puppet Show Entertainer
 * Emily

Locations

 * Rail Under Road Bridge and Signalbox
 * Knapford
 * MC BUNN
 * Maithwaite
 * Whispering Woods
 * Whispering Woods Halt
 * Kirk Ronan Junction
 * Great Waterton
 * Sodor Suspension Bridge
 * Black Loch

UK

 * Ben Small as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Gordon, the Fat Controller and Sir Lowham Hatt
 * Matt Wilkinson as the Maithwaite Stationmaster

US

 * Martin Sherman as Thomas
 * William Hope as Edward and the Maithwaite Stationmaster
 * Kerry Shale as Gordon, Sir Topham Hatt and Sir Lowham Hatt

Trivia

 * This episode marks the only appearance of Sir Lowham Hatt, as well as Bertie's only appearance in the thirteenth series.
 * This episode marks the first appearance of the Rail Under Road Bridge and Signalbox since Thomas and the Magic Railroad, its first appearance in an episode since the first series episode, Thomas in Trouble, although it was in a deleted scene from the twelfth series episode, Rosie's Funfair Special, and not counting stock footage from Down the Mine and the second series episode, The Runaway.
 * This episode shares the same title as the US dub of the first episode of the second series, which was originally titled Thomas, Percy, and the Coal in the UK dub.
 * In the US dub, Gordon's line "Oh, the indignity!" was reused from Hero of the Rails.

Goofs

 * Maithwaite is painted in dark brown instead of beige.
 * Clarabel faces forwards in some shots.
 * Bertie's radiator and windows are missing.
 * Gordon's brake coach is in front of his composite coach throughout the episode. This was fixed when some footage of this episode was reused for Thomas and Scruff and O the Indignity.

Merchandise

 * Magazine Stories - Double Trouble

Home Media Releases
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UK/IRL

 * The Birthday Express
 * The Complete Series 13
 * Journey with Thomas

DVD Boxsets

 * 10 DVD Boxset

US

 * The Birthday Express
 * Awesome Adventures Vol. 4: Preschool Party Surprise

AUS

 * ABC For Kids - Counting 1, 2, 3
 * Thomas in Charge!

FRA

 * Splish, Splash, Splosh!
 * Series 13

MYS

 * A Blooming Mess

JPN

 * Outstanding Performances of Hiro and Thomas

NOR/SWE/DK/FIN/THA/ITA

 * Creaky Cranky

CHN

 * Slippy Sodor

GER

 * The Lion of Sodor

KOR

 * Thomas and Friends Five Specials Set

DVD Boxsets
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 * With 15 Great Stories

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