Spills and Thrills DVD Ep.2:The Smelly Kipper

THESE ARE SOLEY MY OPINIONS AND NOT FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FAN BASE

THE SMELLY KIPPER

Written by

Andrew Brenner

Directed by

David Baas

Produced by

Robert Anderson (Arc)

Ian McCue and Haliam Jabbour (HIT)

Plot

One evening at Tidmouth Sheds, James was teasing Percy about being afraid in the dark. So Henry challenges him to pull the Flying Kipper for tonight.

PRO:
- The fish accident
- It has the plot like No Joke For James and the RWS story 'Sliding Scales'
- Moral: A promise is a promise

CON:
- The open wagons were missing the first time James was at the docks
- There was no bravery or ghost in the story for James to deal with.
- Henry being a bit dimwitted about James' promise. 

By no means it's terrible but this story seems to be a bit weak by Andrew Brenner. It has that classic feeling towards itself and it has that feeling of 'No Joke For James' and 'Sliding Scales' fused together. It also has a nice plot towards it about making promises. Though I would go through Arc's spot the goof nitpick, but they're all the same and we're humans, we make mistakes. Plus with the ghost story that James was talking about, there was no ghost or bravery to deal with at first, although it could be that James wasn't brave enough to haul the Flying Kipper. Plus Henry wouldn't be that dimwitted about James' promise, he was right there in the shed talking to him about it. The episode is not terrible, but it wasn't great it was good and there are few tweaks need to be done.

Rating: 4.5/5