Pouty James

> No engine is better at making a pouty face than James."
> "What about this face?"
> "Ooh, how about me?"
> "Never mind James, whatever is bothering you will probably seem better in the morning.
>
> Thomas, Henry, Gordon and Percy to James

**Pouty James** is the eighth episode of the twentieth series.

## Plot

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James the Red Engine likes being the centre of attention and is always showing off to the others. This often leads to him overshooting the platform or undershooting it. One day, the latter happens to James and he is told off by the stationmaster, but James just shrugs it off. He continues to show off for the rest of the day and the Fat Controller ends up having enough. He tells James that it is time that he changes his attitude and takes his coaches away until he does so, which horrifies James.

At the sheds, the engines are settling down for the night. They notice James' pouty face and proceed to make silly faces to mess with him. Percy thinks that whatever is bothering James will be better in the morning, but Percy is wrong; James is still pouting. The Fat Controller tries to persuade James to work, but James objects to budge. Emily explains to him that it is not fun to stay in the sheds all day and the engines continue to make faces at him.

It is not much fun sitting in the sheds, so when the Fat Controller comes back, James apologises for his grumpy mood and tells the Fat Controller that he will be on his best behaviour. That is, until he sees that he has to pull dirty waste trucks to Whiff's Waste Dump. James wants his coaches instead of trucks. Stanley explains to him that Edward took his coaches by the Fat Controller's orders. For the rest of the day, James not only returns to his pouty mood, but takes his time to get from place to place. The Fat Controller finds him down at the docks and once again tells him to change his attitude. Everyone starts making faces again, but James soon finds it amusing. Thomas and Emily see that James is changing his attitude.

Whenever James starts sulking again, the other engines remind him with a silly face to brighten his spirits. He begins to enjoy himself, even without coaches. However, this does not last long before he goes back to his old ways again.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Emily
* Stanley
* Porter
* Philip
* Cranky
* Sir Topham Hatt
* The Ginger-haired Boy
* The Wellsworth Stationmaster
* Duck Template:Cameo
* Whiff Template:Cameo
* Scruff Template:Cameo
* Stephen Template:Cameo
* Diesel Template:Cameo
* Salty Template:Cameo
* Sidney Template:Cameo
* Stafford Template:Cameo
* Annie and Clarabel Template:Cameo
* Slip Coaches Template:Cameo
* The Dock Manager Template:Cameo
* The Teacher Template:Cameo
* Dowager Hatt's Friends Template:Cameo
* The Welsh Bird Watcher Template:Cameo
* Albert's Wife Template:Cameo
* The Great Railway Show Judge Template:Cameo
* Big Mickey Template:Note

## Locations

* Knapford
	+ Knapford Yards
	+ Knapford Station Yard
* Tidmouth Sheds
	+ Tidmouth Goods Station
* Wellsworth
* Whiff's Waste Dump
* Kellsthorpe Road
* Brendam Docks
	+ Sodor Shipping Company
* Sodor Dairy
* Crosby Washdown

## Cast

### UK

* John Hasler as Thomas
* Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, the Fat Controller and the Wellsworth Stationmaster
* Nigel Pilkington as Percy
* Teresa Gallagher as Emily and the Ginger-haired Boy
* Matt Wilkinson as Stanley and Cranky
* Rasmus Hardiker as Philip
* David Menkin as Porter Template:Note

### US

* Joseph May as Thomas
* Kerry Shale as Henry and Gordon
* Rob Rackstraw as James
* Christopher Ragland as Percy
* Jules de Jongh as Emily and the Ginger-haired Boy
* John Schwab as Stanley
* Rasmus Hardiker as Philip
* Glenn Wrage as Cranky
* Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt and the Wellsworth Stationmaster
* William Hope as Edward Template:Note
* David Menkin as Porter Template:Note

## Trivia

* Going by production order, this is the nineteenth episode of the twentieth series.
* This is the only episode where John Schwab voices Stanley in the US dub. It is also the only episode to date to have Schwab as part of the voice cast.
* This is the last episode to date where Stanley speaks in the main episode, as his next few speaking appearances are only in fantasy sequences.
* David Menkin voices Porter in the UK dub for this episode.
* On both the Season 20 Digital Download and the Nick Jr. broadcast of the episode, it is paired with The Way She Does It.

## Goofs

* When Stanley is shunting coaches for James, a part of his tanks is not modelled properly, thus there being a hole in the tanks.
* In the shots of the Fat Controller scolding James at Knapford, there are steps behind him leading into the platform, but there’s nothing underneath it. This is likely because the platform model used in this episode is reused from Vicarstown Station.
* When the Fat Controller says to James that he can stay in the shed, the tracks are floating in mid-air.
* When Stanley shunts James' waste trucks, one of the trucks change from green to red.
* Two actors are not credited in the credits for both dubs, these being:
	+ David Menkin voicing Porter in both dubs.
	+ William Hope voicing Edward in the US dub.