Respect For Spencer

Respect For Spencer is a Potential Plotlines episode.

Plot
Spencer has a rattle in his firebox and when Rosie, Molly and Weasel begin teasing him Spencer decides the engines don't respect him as much as he thinks they should, so he begins pushing to the front at the watertowers, claiming sole right to docking at platforms and insisting on being greeted with a whistle. When Molly ignores his demands, Spencer is furious and doesn't look where he's going, crashing into some jam tankers. Spencer is sent to the works and Molly and Neville take turns to pull the Express. The two engines realize pulling the Express is an important job, and so when Spencer comes back everyone accepts his apology and starts a tradition of whistling to each other as they pass.

Featured characters

 * Billy
 * Neville
 * Spencer
 * Dennis
 * Rosie
 * Molly
 * Weasel
 * Arthur (does not speak)

Featured music

 * Spencer's Season 7 Theme.

Goofs

 * How did Molly get to Knapford before Spencer when she was last seen asleep at Tidmouth Sheds?
 * Spencer wanted all the engines to give him a friendly "Toot Toot", but all the engines already do that when they see each other.
 * Arthur pushes Spencer to the Works, but in some shots Spencer's bogey wheels appear to be broken.
 * Duane Lawrence says it was hard to remove the jam from Spencer's engine, but Spencer is a steam engine and doesn't have an engine.
 * How did Billy, Rosie and Molly all get time to get in front of Spencer and turn around?
 * Why were there a train of tankers in the middle of the main line?

Quotes

 * Weasel: I hope your "click clong" gets better. See you later, rattler. Ha ha ha ha!
 * Rosie: You're a boastful bossy big silver boiler!