Put Upon Dennis

***Put Upon Dennis*** is the fourth episode of the fifth series.

## Plot

One day, Dennis rolls into the yards, feeling "put upon." He tells Diesel, who is at first confused as to what Dennis means, but believes it is a silly saying. However, the express coaches sing about it. Later that day, he is sent to collect metal from the foundry, coal from the coal yards, flour from the mills, rocks from the quarries and fuel from the fuel depot, all of which he then has to deliver to the Docks. He later collects empty trucks who tease him about being dirty and want Diesel or Class 08 instead; Dennis just ignores them. When he returns to the sheds, Dennis is exhausted, but the other diesels are quite unsympathetic towards him and laugh at his misfortune. However, the Fat Controller silences them and tells Dennis to get a good night's rest, as he has done a good day's work.

The next day, Dennis brings some trucks to the coal mine. When he gets to the mineshaft, the foreman tells his driver some trucks have become stuck on a piece of mining equipment and Dennis is asked to give them a good push to get them moving again. Dennis rolls back to a large canvas barrier - which is used to protect the track from loose rocks - and charges the trucks. However, he pushes the trucks too fast and too hard; the trucks break free, but they run out of control into the mine and soon crash into a support beam and derail, causing the mine to collapse and burying them. The mine is evacuated, but Dennis is too late to get to safety and has to make a run for it. Unfortunately, the shaking causes a rockslide, and the track Dennis is on begins to crumble. However, he remembers the canvas barrier and takes refuge underneath it just before it is buried under the rubble.

Dennis and his driver are alright, but the miners do not realise that and they immediately set for a rescue. Diesel and Class 08 arrive with the Breakdown Train to free him, after which the Fat Controller rewards Dennis for his bravery by sending him to be cleaned and repainted at the works. After he returns, Diesel apologises for teasing him, and remarks that Dennis was certainly put upon by the rockslide. Dennis agrees, but smiles at his new paint, and states he does not mind *that* being put upon him.

## Characters

* Diesel
* Dennis
* Express Coaches
* Troublesome Trucks
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Class 08 (*does not speak*)
* Class 40 (*cameo*)
* Diesel 10 (*cameo*)
* Diesel 199 (*cameo*)
* Big Mickey (*cameo*)
* Cranky (*cameo*)
* Hector (*face mask only*)

## Trivia

* The episode is based off the ninth episode of the fifth series from *Thomas & Friends*, Put Upon Percy.
* Hector's face appears on the front truck of the runaway train in the mine.
* A scrap model of Diesel can be seen at the scrapyard. A scrapped cab roof from Diesel is also seen at the entrance to the mine.
* The three berth garage and a scrap OBB boxcar from TUGS appear in the episode.
* In a deleted scene, Dennis is shown in the landslide buried in coal. In the actual episode, however, the canvas barrier prevented Percy from being covered in the coal himself.
* This episode marks the last time the Fat Controller commands "Silence!"