Squeak, Rattle and Roll

"So you're not going to scrap me?" "Scrap Gordon? The fastest engine on Sodor? Who would pull the Express?"

- Gordon and the Fat Controller

Squeak, Rattle and Roll is the fifteenth episode of the eighth series.

Plot
Gordon thinks pulling the express makes him the most important engine on Sodor. While departing from Brendam Docks with the Express, he ends up making Diesel cross when he has to move to let Gordon through and, to spite him, tells Gordon that steam engines will soon be scrapped. Gordon dismisses the claims as nonsense, but when he starts to hear a squeaking noise from his wheels, he starts to fear that Diesel may be telling the truth. However, when he has to get up his hill, he discovers that the squeak disappears if he goes slowly.

The next day, Gordon is given the job of taking the Fat Controller and some children to Brendam for a boating trip, and as he is on his way to Knapford, he picks up speed and his squeaks begin again, and eventually starts noticing a rattle. Gordon starts to slow down again while having to choose between being late for going slowly or being scrapped when he starts to pick up speed. This results in the Fat Controller questioning Gordon for going slow and reminds him that he is the fastest engine on Sodor. Proud at these words, Gordon picks up speed and hears his squeak and rattle, followed by a knocking noise. However, Gordon ignores them as he ends up thinking that if this is going to be his last trip, he is going to make it count by going as fast as he can.

At Brendam, the children make it on time, while the Fat Controller notices the noise and does not have Gordon scrapped, but instead be sent to the repair yard. Gordon spends the following day in the repair yard having his pistons polished and his axles and wheels thoroughly lubricated. He finally no longer makes any more of the noises when he has to run quickly.

Characters

 * Gordon
 * Diesel
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Stephen Hatt
 * Henry
 * Salty
 * Cranky
 * Bridget Hatt
 * Refreshment Lady
 * Big Mickey
 * Thomas
 * Annie and Clarabel

Locations

 * Brendam Docks
 * Gordon's Hill
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Tidmouth Engine Works
 * Three-Track Bend and Signalbox
 * Knapford
 * Knapford Yards

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the sixth episode of the eighth series.
 * This episode is named after the Joe Turner song "Shake, Rattle and Roll".
 * A deleted scene implies that Thomas, Annie and Clarabel were due to appear in the episode. Had the scene not been deleted, the eighth series would have been the first series in which Thomas appears in every episode. It marks the second episode where Thomas only appears in a delete scene. The first being in the fifth series episode, A Surprise for Percy.
 * In the All Aboard with the Steam Team DVD, the narrator saying "One day, Gordon was pulling the express out of Brendam Docks. But Diesel was on the same line," is heard later than in television airings and other DVDs with the UK dub.
 * This episode marked the last of several things:
 * The last episode until the tenth series episode, Duncan Drops a Clanger not to feature Thomas.
 * The last appearance of the arched bridge on the other side of Gordon's Hill until Hero of the Rails.
 * The last appearance of Gordon's shocked and tired/embarrassed faces, as well as the last appearance of his depressed face in an episode.
 * The last appearance of the Rolling Gantry Cranes in an episode.
 * An edited scene shows the Fat Controller smiling in Gordon's cab.
 * This episode aired on 7th March 2005 when repeated on CiTV.
 * Gordon's squeaking noise was originally a Disney sound effect that was sourced from Cartoon Trax Volume 1; the sound was used in other sources, such as the Shaun the Sheep episode, Two's Company and the Mickey Mouse short, Doggone Biscuits.
 * When the Fat Controller questions Gordon for going slow, the Fat Controller's Gauge 1 figure head from the third to seventh series can be seen in Gordon's cab.
 * In the first MiniMini airing of this episode, Michael Angelis' dub can be heard in the background as a dubbing track was not used, but it was fixed and in later airings and DVD Michael Angelis' dub is not heard.

Goofs

 * Studio equipment is visible in the second scene.
 * When the narrator says "something was wrong," Gordon hits a branch above the track.
 * Near the end, the Fat Controller says that Gordon needed to have his engine looked at, but Gordon is the engine.
 * When Gordon was worried if Diesel was right about the Fat Controller scrapping him, he loses a coach. In the next shot, he regains it.
 * When Gordon pulls into Knapford, the clock reads 10:10, but the boat was to leave at 9:00.
 * When the narrator said "If he went slowly, the children would miss their boat trip," steam suddenly disappears from Gordon's face because of the face mask change, and in the shot of the children looking out the window, the scenery is moving the wrong way, as the coach window is not a bay window. The same mistake happens again when all the children are on board, the passenger window is facing the station.
 * When Gordon is being repaired, his eyes are misaligned.
 * When Gordon tells Diesel to move, his lamp irons are crooked.
 * Diesel jolts down at one point when he backs up.
 * In the German dub of this episode, Henry is called Harry by mistake.

Merchandise

 * Magazine Stories - Squeak, Rattle and Roll

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * All Aboard with the Steam Team
 * Playtime Children's Favourites
 * The Complete Series 8

DVD Boxsets

 * Triple Pack
 * 5 Adventurous DVDs
 * Classic Collection
 * The Ultimate Collection

AUS

 * All Aboard with the Steam Team
 * The Complete Series 8

DVD Boxsets

 * Complete Series 1-10
 * 60th Anniversary - Limited Edition Boxset
 * The Essential Collection
 * The Great Adventures of Thomas and Friends
 * 3 DVDs
 * Series Seven and Series Eight Double Pack

US/CAN

 * Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures

VHS/DVD Boxsets

 * Adventure On the Tracks
 * Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures/Thomas' Sodor Celebration! Double Feature
 * Steamies vs. Diesels/Bob the Builder: Bob Saves the Day! VHS 2-Pack
 * Action Pack
 * All-Aboard for Adventure!

ZA

 * Happy Little Helpers

DVD Boxsets

 * 5 DVD Boxset

MYS

 * Thomas Saves the Day and Other Adventures
 * Percy's New Whistle and Other Adventures

NOR/SWE/DK

 * Ready to Go!

FIN

 * All Aboard!

ROM

 * Steam Locomotives
 * Thomas and Friends - Vol. 2

DVD Packs

 * Triple Pack 2
 * Six DVD Set

CZ

 * New Stories
 * Rise and Shine

NL

 * Thomas Saves the Day

GER

 * Powerful Locomotives Traveling

POL

 * Fireworks Show

HUN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine 2 - First Prize

DVD Boxsets

 * Thomas the Tank Engine & Gift Keys extension box

IN

 * Thomas and the Firework Display

IDN

 * Thomas and the Firework Display and other stories

JPN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine Series 8 Vol.4

KOR

 * Thomas the Little Engine and Friends Season 3 Vol. 1
 * Character Special Edition Series Vol. 4

THA

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 34

TWN

 * Thomas and Friends Volume 8

SPN

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 1

DVD Boxsets

 * First Season

HK
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 * Thomas and Friends Volume 20

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