Double Trouble

**Double Trouble** is the second episode of the thirteenth series.

## Plot

It was the Fat Controller's birthday, and Diesel was sent to Maithwaite to collect him and Lady Hatt to take them to his party. However, Diesel arrived early, and was very surprised to see "the Fat Controller" already there - and that he had a moustache and calls Diesel his "good friend". "The Fat Controller" was very jolly too and told Diesel to take him to the Whispering Woods. Diesel found "the Fat Controller's" behaviour very strange and wanted to ask him about his moustache, but didn’t d so as to avoid looking silly.

At the Whispering Woods, "the Fat Controller" decided to play hide and seek with the children, much to the confusion of Diesel and BoCo as they know the Fat Controller never usually plays with children. Once "the Fat Controller" was back on board one of Diesel's coaches, he told BoCo to let the children have some more play time even though BoCo was taking them to the party.

Then, when Diesel stopped at Kirk Ronan Junction, "the Fat Controller" jumped out and went up to the signalbox and messed around with the levers, causing Diesel 10 who was taking the important visitors to the party to go on the Kirk Ronan Branch Line. Diesel found this very strange indeed, but once again, he didn’t ask "the Fat Controller" about his behaviour because he didn’t want to look silly.

Diesel went back to Maithwaite, where the stationmaster told him the Fat Controller and Lady Hatt were waiting for him but, as he didn’t show up, they ended up taking Bulgy who later broke down. Diesel was very confused, but realized that his passenger couldn’t be the Fat Controller; so he asked the question that he wanted to ask all day, and, to Diesel' surprise the passenger reveals himself to be Sir Lowham Hatt, the Fat Controller's brother. Sir Lowham Hatt wanted to have some more fun, but Diesel knew that this was not the time for playing games, as they were late.

Diesel found Bulgy broken down in the middle of the road. The Fat Controller was cross with Diesel until he saw his brother and scolded him instead for causing so much confusion and delay. Once the Hatt family were at the party, Diesel found BoCo and Diesel 10 and helped them get to the party just in time. At the party, the Hatt brothers had a lot of fun, which made Diesel happy.

## Characters

* Diesel
* BoCo
* Diesel 10
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Sir Lowham Hatt
* Bulgy (*does not speak*)
* Lady Hatt (*does not speak*)
* Diesel 199 (*cameo*)
* Dennis (*cameo*)
* The Bird Watcher (*cameo*)
* The Blond-haired Boy (*cameo*)
* The Schoolchildren (*two only, cameos*)
* The Lady with the Big Hat (*cameo*)
* The Female Puppet Show Entertainer (*cameo*)
* Daisy (*poster cameo*)

## Trivia

* This episode has a similarly to the fourth episode from the thirteenth series of *Thomas and Friends* with the same name.
* This episode marks:
	+ The first appearance of the Rail Under Road Bridge and Signalbox since the first series episode, Down the Mine. Though it appeared in a deleted scene from the twelfth series episode, Iris' Funfair Special.
	+ Sir Lowham Hatt's only appearance in the series.
	+ Bulgy's only appearance in the thirteenth series.
* This is the third time Bulgy breaks down. The first being the second series episode, Better Late Than Never, and the second being the tenth series episode, Diesel and the Colours.