Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunities is a BE87 Quickie, a subdivision of BE87's Shorts.
==Characters==
*Narrator
*Thomas
*Gordon (not named)
*Henry (non-speaking cameo, not named)
*Felisha (non-speaking cameo, not named)
*Toad (non-speaking cameo, not named)
*Bertie
*Annie (non-speaking cameo, not named)
*Clarabel (non-speaking cameo, not named)
*Jock
*Donald and Douglas (non-speaking cameo, not named, one appears)
*D261 (not named)
*Percy (non-speaking cameo, not named)
*James (non-speaking cameo, not named)
*Oliver (non-speaking cameo, not named)
*Toby 
*Sir Topham Hatt
*Edward (not named)
*Spencer (non-speaking cameo, not named)
*Emily (non-speaking cameo)
==Locations==
*Sheds
*Station
*Railway Gates (mentioned)
*Maintenance Shed (mentioned)
==Trivia==
*The thing that Thomas is seen eating for "breakfast" is titled "Complaints from the Fandom".
*The narrator says that Bertie "steamed into the shed, puffing with excitement", when Bertie can't actually puff or steam, due to the fact that he is not a steam engine.
*The signs that the "women" hold read: "Thomas is a Sexist Pig. oink", "Meh naim iz NIA", "Boot Edward and Henry", "Ban Thomas" and "Engines should fall in love too."
*The figures for Nigel and Stan are reused as protesters, with other figures mixed in.
*D261 is renamed "Damien the Diesel", Jock is renamed "Crazy Bartholemew", Edward is renamed "Edgar", and Spencer is renamed "Alfred".
*Several innuendoes are made towards engine relationships: Thomas asks Bertie to come to the sheds so he can "show you my funnel", Jock tells Topham that Edward is "shunting" Spencer in the maintenance shed, Edward and Toby say that they prefer working with female engines because they have "nicer couplings", James seems to "shunt" Emily, and it is said that "Thomas goes either way".
*This episode takes the modern issue of having more female engines in the series, and sets it back a few years (to around Season 6), but a few references are made to the modern revival of said issue, which can be seen on the protestors' signs.
*This is a remake of a skit from a show called: Fast Forward
==Episode==
Equal Opportunities
Category:Episodes
Category:Shorts
Category:Quickies