Twin Trouble

“Did you shunt those trucks on the other line?"
"I thought you wanted them on the other line!"
"Not that other line! The other other line!”

― Donald reprimanding Duck for shunting his trucks in the wrong place

"Twin Trouble" is a sixth season episode. It first aired on August the 24th, 2002.

Plot

Trevor breaks down on a crossing and Douglas runs into his haycart, blaming Donald, who was double-heading a goods train with him. The twins fall out, and so Donald jumps at the oppurtunity to help Duck at the scrapyards. One day, Donald isn't looking where he's going and falls into a ditch. Duck gets Douglas to help, and the twins make up.

Featured characters

• Thomas
• Duck
• Donald and Douglas
• Trevor
• Sir Topham Hatt
• Henry (cameo)
• Gordon (cameo)
• James (cameo)
• 'Arry or Bert (cameo)
• Annie and Clarabel (do not speak)

Goofs

• When Trevor cries "Oh no!" the studio is reflected in his paintwork.
• In the close-up of Donald and Douglas' wheels sliding across the rails, wire is hanging beneath Donald's cab. Later, when Douglas shunts just before Duck arrives, wire is hanging underneath him.
• In the shot from Donald approaching the cart, a third rail is visible to his left.
• When the cart is hit it is pushed aside and the hay is spilled, but in the next shot the hay is falling from the sky.
• Douglas' tender and the wellwagon behind him slightly bounces up after the collision. The latter derails too, so Douglas wouldn’t be able to puff up beside Donald.
• In the close-ups of Donald in the bushes, a small support props him up.
• In one shot the tracks leading to the ditch going on after the buffers.
• A ball of fishing line is visible next to the track leading into the ditch just before Donald has his accident.
• A small bramble of weeds catches in Donald's wheels as he is pulled out of the ditch.
• In one shot, Donald is pulled out with his wheels off the track, but in the next shot of him, his wheels are on the track.
• Just before Donald falls into the ditch, tracks can be seen behind the buffers.
• The narrator says that Donald wasn't hurt, but when he is pulled back on the line his tender is badly scratched and dented!
• Donald and Douglas act as though they've never worked apart and can't work separated, but they have worked apart several times previously.
• In the American narration, Alec Baldwin does not even attempt a Scottish accent for the twins' voices.

Quotes

• Donald: Thank you, and . . . I'm sorry.
• Douglas: No! I am!
• Donald: No, I am!

Episode

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Magazine story

A "Thomas" annual, released in 1998, also featured a story named "Twin Trouble".

In the story, Bill and Ben were cross when Donald and Douglas teased them for being dirty, so they bumped their trucks, causing dust and dirt to go all over the Scottish twins. The following morning, Donald and Douglas got their own back on Bill and Ben, and in the end Bill and Ben decided not to play any more tricks on the Scottish twins.