The Green Controller

“You have to pull... very slow trucks."
"Oh, the indignity!”

The Green Controller is the fifth episode of the tenth season.

Plot

The Fat Controller has lost his voice and so Lady Hatt asks Percy to give the engines instructions. However, when Percy refuses Thomas' advice he gets confused and causes Gordon to take a goods train, Toby to pull the Express and James to be painted like a bee! With advice from Thomas, Percy searches Sodor to jog his memory and he sorts everything out.

Characters

Thomas
Gordon
James
Percy
Toby
Sir Topham Hatt
Lady Hatt
Emily (cameo)
The Refreshment Lady (cameo)
The Storyteller (cameo)
Edward (cameo)
Henry (deleted scene cameo)

Trivia

One of the trucks is wearing Bulstrode's surpised face.
The image of James (painted in his "buzzy bee" livery) and Gordon (you can just see one of his bogie wheels and part of his cylinder to the right) derailed, suggests that, originally, Percy's muddle would cause an accident.

Goofs

A lady wearing a yellow hat and a blue dress is seen with Lady Hatt when she meets Percy. This lady is later seen amongst the passengers waiting at Maithwaite.
It would take more than a day to paint James from red to yellow and black and then back to red.
In the British narration, throughout this episode trucks are referred to as coaches.
It seems odd that James and Gordon would actually believe that Percy was controller, given that he played tricks on them in Percy and the Signal.
Percy's driver should have been able to remember what Lady Hatt said.