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Books written by Rev. W. Awdry
Tank Engine Thomas Again
- In "Thomas Goes Fishing", Thomas' crew exchange this dialogue:The Fireman: 🎵 There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza! 🎵
The Driver: Never you mind about Liza! You empty that bucket before you spill the water over me!
Henry the Green Engine
- "The Flying Kipper": The Fireman cares too much about his cocoa.
- The conversation between the Guard, the Driver, and Fireman.
Guard: You know, the Kipper is due.
Fireman: Who cares? This is good cocoa!
Driver: Come on, Fireman. Back to our engine.
Fireman: But I haven't finished my cocoa yet!- After Henry's crash, the Fireman of the engine chew him out for spilling his cocoa while waving the cup in the air.
Fireman: You clumsy great engine! The best cup of cocoa I ever had and you bumped into me and you spilled it all!- As a Funny Background Event, one of Henry's crewmen landed headfirst in the snow and struggled so much nobody could pull him out.
Toby the Tram Engine
- In "Dirty Objects", James mocks Toby's shabby paint. Toby has the last laugh in the conversation, which angers James.Toby: James, why are you red?
James: I am a splendid engine, ready for anything. You never see my paint dirty.
Toby: Oh! That's why you once needed bootlaces; to be ready, I suppose?
- In "Off The Rails", we have the the song that the schoolboys sing after Gordon falls in the ditch:🎵 Silly old Gordon fell in a ditch,
Fell in a ditch, fell in a ditch,
silly old Gordon fell in a ditch,
all on a Monday morning! 🎵- Before that, there's Henry waking up Gordon and calls him "fat face".
- Paint Pots and Queens has the painter telling off Henry for spilling his paint instead of causing him to fall off the ladder.
The Eight Famous Engines
- "Gordon Goes Foreign"
- Gordon, Duck, and The Foreign Engine arguing over what the name of London's station is (and then James getting them to stop arguing).
Gordon: Stupid thing! I have no patience!
Duck: Stupid yourself! London's Paddington! Paddington, you hear?!
James: Stop arguing! You make me tired. You both agree on something anyway.
Gordon: What's that?
James: London's not Euston! Now shut up!- In the ending, there's Gordon complaining they've changed London — the station wasn't King's Cross, it's St. Pancras!note
Duck and the Diesel Engine
- In "A Close Shave", the barber tells off Duck for scaring his customer rather then crashing into the barber shop, then covering his face in shaving foam.
- He only got that far because Duck interrupted him tending to a customer by apologising. The customer even tried to look at what had happened, only for the barber to quietly turn his head back to continue his work as Duck sat halfway through the debris that was his shop.
Barber: Calm down. It's only an engine.
Branch Line Engines
- "Thomas Comes To Breakfast" has the Stationmaster's wife telling off Thomas for ruining the family's breakfast instead of destroying the wall.Stationmaster's Wife: You miserable engine! Just look what you've done to our breakfast! Now I shall have to cook some more!
Stepney the Bluebell Engine
- From the beginning of "Bluebells of England", Percy is singing about bluebells, which Douglas finds annoying.Douglas: If ye must sing, Percy, can't ye sing in tune?
Mountain Engines
- The conversation between Culdee and Wilfred about Lord Harry after the latter aggressively told Culdee he was up to date only to later derail on the points.Culdee: Wilfred, who is this wreck?
Wilfred: It's Lord Harry; didn't you know?
Culdee: It looks like Lord Harry. It's as fat as Old Harry. But of course it can't be Lord Harry!
Wilfred: Whyever not?
Culdee: You see Lord Harry's an up-to-date engine. He can go twice our speed in "perfect safety".
Small Railway Engines
- Mike being teased by Bert and Rex in response to comments about Duck's whistle, which is jammed by a bit of egg that his driver and fireman were cooking with his steam.Mike: If engines can't whistle properly, they shouldn't try!
Bert: Then why do you?
Mike: Why do I what?
Bert: Try to whistle, of course.
Mike: Shut up! You're jealous! My whistle's better than yours anyway.
Rex: Listen, Mike. If I had a whistle like yours, you know what I'd do?
[Beat]
Rex: I'd lose it.
Enterprising Engines
- From "Tenders for Henry", we have this dialogue where Henry, James, and Duck assume some reasons why Gordon feels unhappy, much to his annoyance:Gordon: I'm not happy.
James: Your firebox is out of order. No wonder after all that coal you had yesterday.
Gordon: Hard work brings good appetite. You wouldn't understand.
Duck: I know! It's boiler ache! I warned you about that standpipe on The Other Railway, but you drank gallons.
Gordon: It's not boiler ache, it's—
Henry: Of course it is. That water's bad. It furs up your tubes. Your boiler must be full of sludge. Have a good washout, then you'll feel a different engine!
Gordon: Don't be vulgar.
Tramway Engines
- One that might be missed on first read is in Mavis, when one looks at the background of the image where Toby pulls Mavis out. In it, you can see that the Shed where Toby stood refusing to aid; which the text had implied to be some distance away; is actually right there in the background. In other words, Toby was watching Mavis struggle the whole time!
Books written by Christopher Awdry
Gordon the High-Speed Engine
- In the beginning of "Smokescreen", Henry suggests to Gordon to have a good sneeze to clear up his tubes. Gordon's response:Gordon: Certainly not! The Fat Controller wouldn't approve! He didn't like your sneeze, I seem to remember!
Wilbert the Forest Engine
- "Percy's Porridge": After Percy gets covered in porridge, his Driver makes a remark about it, although Percy didn't think it was funny.Percy's Driver: Oh dear. Well, Percy, you found out about porridge the hard way, haven't you? The thing is, you were supposed to eat it, not paddle in it!
