Hobos

**Hobos** is the seventh episodes of the first season.

## Plot

After Gordon returns from the Works, he double-heads the Express with Rachel in James' place. But after their return journey, Rachel is taken off passengers as punishment for her trick, and Gordon is horrified to discover homeless people straying onto the railway. The other engines have unpleasant encounters with the homeless too, but Edward is more concerned with trying to help them.

## Characters

* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* Duck
* Donald
* Rachel
* Daisy
* BoCo
* Sir Handel
* Duke
* Kris Hatt
* Edward's Driver
* Shirley
* Daisy's Driver
* Thomas *(does not speak)*
* Toby *(cameo)*
* Oliver *(cameo)*
* Spencer *(cameo)*
* Remembrance *(cameo)*
* Alice *(cameo)*
* Isabel & Dulcie *(cameo)*
* Jack *(cameo)*
* Ned *(cameo)*
* James *(mentioned, deleted scene)*
* Victor *(deleted scene)*
* Gertrude *(role cut)*
* Millicent *(role cut)*

## Voice Cast

* MallardFan62 as Edward
* Fantastic Mr. S as Henry, Gordon, Duck, BoCo, and Daisy's Driver
* OptimusPrime2471 as Donald
* Michelle Hurtado as Rachel
* SuperDogLover1 as Daisy
* DarthWill3 as Sir Handel
* Victor Tanzig as Duke and a Hobo
* Serena-Leo Harper as Sir Handel's coach
* MaddGirlz Artz as Kris Hatt
* TheWorld'sBiggestThomasFan as Edward's Driver
* Taylor Z. as Shirley
* Brandon Polley as Hobo 2
* MarcLovesTrainz as Hobo 3
* EBranch Productions as Hobo 4
* Toby's Tramway as Hobo 5
* RJ Bandsma as the Homeless Hero
* Trombone2015 as the Knapford Station Announcer

## Trivia

* This episode marks the first of several things:
	+ The first appearances of Duke, Jack and Ned.
	+ BoCo and Daisy's first speaking roles.
	+ The first appearances of SuperDogLover1, Victor Tanzig, Serena-Leo Harper and Taylor Z. as part of the voice cast.

* This marks TheWorld'sBiggestThomasFan's only voice role in the series.
* This episode also marks the last of the following:
	+ MallardFan62's final voice role in the series to date. SteamTeam3211 took his place as Edward starting with episode 15.
	+ The last episode to be edited with AVS Video Editor and iMovie.
	+ The last episode to feature eye animations from JumboGauge to date.
	+ EBranchProductions' last thumbnail contribution until Withdrawal.

* Katie McCatharn originally recorded lines for Shirley, but she left the cast and her lines were unused. Taylor Z. assumed the role instead.
* DuckFan13 was intended to voice Sir Handel's coach in the episode, but she left the fandom, and stopped voice-acting, without doing any recording for it.
* Similarly, Millicent was supposed to be the coach that Serena-Leo Harper lent her voice to, but her's and Gertrude's models weren't made at the time, so one of the red coaches was used instead.
* James and Victor were intended to make a non-speaking appearance, and a cameo respectively, but their footage was ultimately cut.
* Toby's Tramway was first cast to play some of the hobos in the episode, as well as Duke, but he left the cast at one point, and was replaced by Alan Hoang and Victor Tanzig respectively. However, he returned in time to reclaim the role of the hobo who slept in Daisy. Tanzig ended up keeping the other two roles.

## Goofs

* MarcLovesTrainz lent his voice as one of the homeless people, but was mistakenly left uncredited, as was YellowDash1998 for some of his facial work.