History Recap / ThomasAndFriendsS1E1ThomasAndGordon

* BreakTheHaughty: Gordon does this to Thomas.

** In Gordon's closeup while pulling the Express, there is studio equipment and the edge of the set behind him, Thomas and the Express are nowhere to be seen, and his tender is bouncing.

* DownerEnding: After getting tricked by Gordon, Thomas sadly returns home, learning his lesson not to tease him again.

* InsultedAwake: This happened with Gordon after Thomas disturbs his sleep for the second time, leading to his plan to pay him back.
* KarmicTrickster: Gordon when pulling Thomas with the Express to pay him back for teasing him.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Gordon pulls Thomas along the line after the latter's continuous teasing.
* NameAndName: Averted in the US version.

'''Gordon:''' *Plotting his plan* Yes, I will.
* ThePrankster: As the narration puts it, Thomas thinks no engine works as hard as he does, and likes to play tricks on them, especially Gordon.
* TheRival: Gordon to Thomas.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Thomas thinks no engine works as hard as he does. He doesn't think so now after Gordon's trick.

* {{Pilot}}: The first episode of the series, although in the books, it chronologically takes place after [[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS1E4EdwardGordonAndHenry "Edward, Gordon, and Henry"]]. This is entirely entirely justified due to Thomas being the BreakoutCharacter.

** SpaceWhaleAesop: ...or you will be dragged along the express by another engine.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Gordon pulling Thomas along the line after Thomas' continuous teasing.

* NameAndName: But averted in the US version.

* BullyingADragon: Thomas teasing the big Gordon can be seen this way, which leads to Gordon getting his revenge.

** In the ending the UK narration states that Thomas returns home slowly learning never to be cheeky to Gordon again, but in the US narration, it is dubbed "'Maybe I don't have to tease Gordon to feel important,' Thomas thought to himself".

** While Thomas debuts in this story from ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'', it is aired before the stories of ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB1TheThreeRailwayEngines The Three Railway Engines]]'' (which he later cameos in) so this episode revolves around [[BreakoutCharacter the title character.]]

Thomas, a blue tank engine working at Knapford Station, thinks himself as more hardworking than the other bigger engines and constantly teases them by blowing his whistle. One of his victims, a tender engine named Gordon, is also subject to Thomas's whistle blowing. Annoyed by Thomas abruptly waking him up from his nap after pulling his train, Gordon plots to get back at the tank engine.

Thomas is a blue tank engine who acts as a station pilot for the bigger engines. His job is to fetch coaches for the other engines and then take them away when the engines need to go to the sheds and rest. Thomas thinks no engine works as hard as he does and is often very cheeky to the bigger engines, especially Gordon, the big blue engine who pulls express trains.

One day, Gordon returns from a long journey and wants a rest, so he finds a siding to sleep in. Then Thomas comes up in his cheeky way, telling Gordon to wake up and work harder. This wakes the big engine up, but instead of falling back asleep, he plots revenge on Thomas to show him what hard work really is.

The next morning, Thomas' crew is unable to make him start. Gordon impatiently waits outside the station for Thomas to bring him his coaches. Finally, Thomas starts. He hurries to get the express coaches and brings them to the station platform behind Gordon. Gordon then enacts his plan and quickly backs down and couples to his train. Thomas usually pushes from behind to help the trains get a good start, but they always uncouple him from the train first. This time, however, Gordon has rushed him so much, Thomas' crew forgot to uncouple him and Gordon quickly starts off, with little Thomas behind. Gordon races through the Sudrian countryside as fast as he could to show Thomas how hard it is to pull the express. It is not long before Thomas is quite out of breath.

After a while, the two blue engines come to a stop at a station. Thomas had never gone that fast before and is very tired and feels very silly. He has a nice long drink from the water tower and puffs wearily home. Thomas learned to never be cheeky to Gordon again.

* DownerEnding: After getting tricked by Gordon, Thomas humbly returns home, learning his lesson not to tease him again.

[[caption-width-right:275:"Wake up, lazybones! Why don't you work hard like me!]]

* DownerEnding: After getting tricked by Gordon, Thomas humbly returns home, learning the lesson of never teasing him again.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: What you all need to know about Thomas is that he's a mischievous engine who teases other engines like Gordon.

* {{Pilot}}: The first episode of the series, although in the books, it chronologically takes place after "Edward, Gordon, and Henry". This is entirely entirely justified due to Thomas being the BreakoutCharacter.

** James, who made his debut in the story [[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB2ThomasTheTankEngine "Thomas and the Breakdown Train"]] from the books, made his first appearance here before being properly introduced [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS1E7ThomasAndTheBreakdownTrain six episodes later]].