Invasion of the Bulleids

**Invasion of the Bulleids** is the eleventh episode of the first season.

## Plot

Duck tries all day to get Remembrance to explain why she stopped writing letters to him, to no avail. Tired of being avoided, he confronts her about it at the sheds that night. Oliver pretends to question her validity as a war hero, which causes her to snap. She then proceeds to tell Duck and Oliver the story of why the letters stopped. It started when a Bulleid Pacific named Spitfire joined the Southern Railway roster to replace her brother Hackworth; he slyly warns her and the others that they'll all be replaced by engines like him. Indeed, an engine named Rebecca *does* arrive later on, to replace Cudworth. Trevithick is furious about this, and makes a plan to prove to show everyone what the N15X's are capable of... which leads to disaster.

## Characters

* Duck
* Oliver
* Remembrance
* Rebecca
* Stephenson
* Trevithick
* Cudworth
* Spitfire
* Kris Topham Hatt
* The Southern Railway Manager
* Fenchurch *(does not speak)*
* Edward *(cameo)*
* Gordon *(cameo)*
* Alice *(cameo)*
* Stroudley *(cameo)*
* Beattie *(cameo)*
* Alice & Mirabel *(cameo)*
* Hackworth *(mentioned)*

## Cast

* Fantastic Mr. S as Duck & the Bramber Stationmaster
* Michael Schomer as Oliver
* Mika Michelina as Remembrance
* RosietheCutie1995 as Rebecca
* RobtheGreenEngine as Stephenson
* Chase Hutton as Trevithick
* Shunter Productions as Cudworth
* Victor Tanzig as Spitfire
* LizProductions5784 as Kris Hatt
* JumboGauge as the Southern Railway Manager
* TramEngineStudios as a Passenger

## Trivia

* This episode marks the first of several things:
	+ The first appearances of Rebecca and Spitfire.
	+ Oliver's first speaking role.
	+ Beattie's first appearance as a tender engine.
	+ The debuts of Mika Michelina and RosietheCutie1995 as part of the voice cast.
	+ The first episode to be edited and rendered entirely in DaVinci Resolve.
	+ FluteGirl2406's first episode as a script consultant.

* This episode marks the last physical appearances of Cudworth and Trevithick, as well as Cudworth's only appearance as a tender engine.
* The events in the episode were inspired by real life events that occurred to the N15X's on the Southern Railway, including Trevithick's accident. However, the real accident occurred in December of 1955 as opposed to earlier in the year as portrayed in the episode.
* Remembrance, Stephenson, Trevithick and Stroudley's models have received such updates as new sets of wheels, and several other patch-ups as of this episode.
* References to **Escape**, Remembrance's New Shape, and Remembrance & the Great Western Way are made.
* Fantastic Mr. S based his performance of the Bramber Stationmaster on that of actor Liam Neeson.
* GingerCat65 and LizProductions5784 had originally recorded gasp noises for Stroudley and Beattie for the episode, but they were ultimately left out of the final cut, as the creators felt that silent reactions to Spitfire's taunt would be more effective. Liz did however fill in for MaddGirlz Artz as the voice of Miss Hatt; the latter was unable to reprise her role as intended due to prior commitments.
* Annie C. was supposed to reprise her role as Remembrance for the episode, but she could no longer commit to it, and stepped down from the role. Mika Michelina has since taken over for her.
* TramEngineStudios' line as a passenger was initially written when Trevithick told off Rebecca, but it got moved closer to the end of the episode in the final cut.

## Goofs

* Fantastic Mr. S is credited for voicing Duck, but not for voicing the Stationmaster at Bramber.