License to Deliver

"You okay, Percy?" "It's even darker in here!" "Well, you know..." "I know. I know. Secret agents love the dark."

- Thomas and Percy

License to Deliver is the third episode of the first series.

Plot
Thomas is sneaking around the big station, avoiding being seen by Gordon, Annie, and Clarabel. He pretends to be a secret agent called Agent #1 and that Tidmouth Sheds is a top secret bad guy base. Then he sees Percy nearby with a covered flatbed and goes to investigate. Thomas asks Percy if he wants to play ‘secret agents’ with him, saying that Percy can be Agent 006, but Percy tells him that he has to deliver a new lightbulb to the lighthouse. He is scared because he will have to deliver it in the dark. Thomas reassures his friend by saying that secret agents love the dark and offers to help Percy with his ‘mission’ to deliver the ‘top secret cargo to their lighthouse headquarters’, fully embracing the secret agent role. Finding some old junk on the track, Thomas and Percy make themselves disguises so no one can recognize them, only for them to be immediately recognized by a passing James.

As the sun starts to set, Percy starts to grow worried. Thomas reassures him, saying all they need are super high-tech night gadgets; tools for getting around in the dark. They both agree that if they need tools, they should go see Sandy. At the Maintenance Yard, Agents #1 and 006 ask Sandy if she can make them night gadgets. She obliges, making them special steam signal smoke stacks and attaches a super slippery gloop spray to Thomas' front. Sandy also gives them a super secret gadget to Thomas on a tarp covered flatbed, telling them it is so secret that she does not even know what it is, just that it is only for emergencies. The two secret agents thank Sandy for the gadgets and head on their way.

As night falls, Agents #1 and 006 sneak past a Troublesome Truck sitting at Knapford Station and hide behind poles as Nia passes by. Once they reach McColl's Farm, they take off their disguises and sneak silently past the cows, only using their special steam signals to communicate. But they run into trouble at the junction leading to the lighthouse. Diesel (or "Doctor Diesel" as Thomas calls him) is there talking to the cows. Agent 006 hides in the bush making animal noises while Agent #1 uses the slippery gloop to pull the squeaky switch quietly so they can sneak away. They make their way through the dark tunnel and the dark forest even with faulty lamps and soon reach the lighthouse right on time. As they head back home, Percy thanks Thomas for coming with him, as it helped him feel really brave. Thomas simply says that is what secret agents and friends do for each other. The two friends then have a good laugh after finding out that the super secret gadget Sandy gave them was an emergency spotlight which they could have used the whole time.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Percy
 * Diesel
 * Sandy
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Gordon
 * Nia
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * The Billboard Engine

Locations

 * Knapford
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * The Maintenance Yard
 * McColl Farm
 * The Tunnel of Zoom
 * The Dark Woods
 * Vicarstown Lighthouse
 * Brendam Docks

UK

 * Aaron Barashi as Thomas
 * Luke Marty as James (Orginal dub)
 * Tom Dussek as James (re-dub)
 * Henri Charles as Percy
 * Henry Harrison as Diesel
 * Holly Dixon as Sandy
 * Catherine Disher as Annie (orginal dub)
 * Linda Kash as Clarabel (orginal dub)
 * Wendy Patterson as Annie and Clarabel (re-dub)

US

 * Meesha Contreras as Thomas
 * Luke Marty as James
 * Charlie Zeltzer as Percy
 * Shomoy James Mitchell as Diesel
 * Glee Dango as Sandy
 * Catherine Disher as Annie
 * Linda Kash as Clarabel

Song

 * Secret Agents

Trivia

 * According to Aaron Barashi's mother, this is his favorite episode.
 * The episode's title is a reference to the James Bond movie License to Kill. Percy's nickname "Agent 006" is a reference to Bond's codename, Agent 007.
 * This episode marks the first of a few things:
 * The first episode of All Engines Go to have the same title in both the Spanish and the US dub
 * The first episode in which Kana and Carly (All Engines Go) do not make any sort of appearances since their introductions.
 * James, Annie, Clarabel and the Troublesome Trucks' first appearances in All Engines Go.
 * The first time since the original series Series 15 episode Tree Trouble that the episode was re-dubbed in the UK.

Goofs

 * At the start of the episode, James has his lamp on the wrong side.
 * James is missing one of his smokebox frames when he greets Thomas and Percy.
 * In one scene, Thomas' cab overlaps with his coal bunker.
 * Percy is missing a wheel in one shot.
 * In Milkshake!'s airing, the US dub credits appear at the end as opposed to the UK dub.

US/CAN

 * Best Friends

Merchandise

 * Magazines - License to Deliver