Scaredy Engines

"THE GHOST ENGINE IS AFTER ME!"

- Thomas

Scaredy Engines is the twelfth episode of the sixth series.

Plot
The Fat Controller sends Thomas, Percy, and Duck to collect a special from the smelters one Halloween night after Edward tells the other engines a story of a ghost engine that returns there in search of his lost whistle. Percy, however, cannot stop thinking of Edward's ghost story, which leads to Thomas teasing Percy; after making him look up to see twisted scrap hanging from the ceiling, Thomas keeps on teasing Percy about being scared of ghosts. Duck tries to comfort Percy, but Percy claims he is not scared and goes back to work.

The yard manager is pleased with their work, but asks for one engine to remain to finish up, so Duck volunteers Thomas to give him a taste of his own medicine. With high confidence, Thomas agrees, but once the smelter’s shed doors close and he is all by himself, his confidence quickly dwindles. He begins to get frightened after seeing the twisted scrap metal and hearing sparks going off. After he ends up reversing into the back of an abandoned smelting shed, he runs into some chains, wheeshes, and sets off an old steam whistle. This terrifies Thomas, and he dashes out of the Smelters, thinking the ghost steam train is after him. He even races past Duck and Percy at Callan Station. Duck is very convinced his trick had worked.

Percy is concerned when he cannot find Thomas at the Halloween fireworks display, although Duck believes Thomas deserves to miss the fireworks after his teasing. Percy dismisses this and goes looking for Thomas. He eventually finds Thomas at Tidmouth Sheds, and Thomas apologises to him for all his teasing. Percy happily forgives him, and they both agree everyone can be scared from time to time. The two, happy to be friends again, watch the fireworks together.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Duck
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * The Smelter's Yard Manager
 * Edward's Ghost Engine
 * Toby
 * Oliver
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Bertie
 * Charlie Sand
 * Sidney Hever
 * Bridget Hatt
 * Stephen Hatt
 * Jem Cole
 * Refreshment Lady
 * Farmer Trotter
 * Nancy
 * Cyril the Fogman
 * The Storyteller
 * The Boy with his Father
 * The Portly Man
 * The Mid Sodor Railway Manager
 * Mrs. Last
 * The Railway Society
 * Bertie's Driver
 * The Lighthouse Keeper

Locations

 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Callan
 * Tidmouth Bay
 * The Smelter's Yard
 * The Watermill

Trivia

 * The ghost engine uses either Donald or Douglas' model without the tender and nameplate, as well as one of the twin's shocked faces.
 * A few of the firework explosion sound effects at the end are absent in the US dub.
 * Despite their appearances in the episode, Henry, Gordon and James do not appear in the nameboard sequence at the end of the episode in the Japanese dub.
 * This episode marks the first appearance of Thomas' horrified face from the second series. Unless a promotional picture from Thomas the Jet Engine is counted this is the last episode where this face appears on-screen.
 * In both dubs, the narrators' voices provide a reverb effect to have Thomas, Percy and Duck's voices echo in the Smelters.
 * When Thomas, Percy and Duck arrive at the Smelters, the music heard is a remix of the theme heard in Duncan Gets Spooked when at the Old Iron Bridge, only in a lower pitch. Also, once Thomas is alone, the music there is a remix of the theme from Haunted Henry when Henry passes through the fog at the beginning of the episode.

Goofs

 * Duck's eyes are wonky for almost the whole episode.
 * In the scene of James and Toby at the beginning of the episode, they are both parallel to each other. But in the next shot featuring the fireworks setting off. James and Edward have moved forward.
 * In the rear shot of Percy and Duck arriving at the castle, a red wire is visible underneath Duck.
 * A steam platform is visible on Percy's track when he puffs out of the shed and in one shot of him working at the smelter's.
 * In the US dub, it is said that Thomas sets off an old steam whistle long before he actually does.
 * Between leaving Callan and arriving at the castle, Duck gains a lamp.
 * In the shot of Thomas saying "There's no such things as ghosts," the tracks next to him are clear. However, in the next shot up close and him reversing, there are trucks next to him on both sides.
 * While at the smelter's yards, the engines have their voices echoed, but when Duck says, "Please sir, I'm sure Thomas wouldn't mind staying," there is an echo when the narrator says "he said."
 * In one shot of Duck, an exposed hole can be seen on his running board. This is because whenever Duck is seen with a lamp, the wires from the latter thread through this hole to connect to the hidden battery pack.

Quotes
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 * Edward: [tells one of his Halloween stories]'' They say that on Halloween, the ghost engine returns to the smelters, looking for his lost...
 * UK: ...Lost – "whoo, whoo" – whistle.
 * US: ...Lost whistle. "Whoo! Whoo!"
 * Gordon, Henry, James, Thomas, Percy and Duck: Ooh! Ahh! Spooky!
 * Duck: It was naughty of Thomas to tease you, Percy.
 * Percy: He was only playing. I hope he hurries up. I wouldn't want him to be late for the fireworks.
 * Thomas: [races past] HE'S AFTER MEEEEEEE!!!
 * Duck: I don't think he'll be late!

Merchandise

 * Books - Thomas and the Ghost Engine

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * Brave Little Engines
 * The Complete Series 6

WAL

 * The Brave Machines

DVD Packs

 * Peep Peep Party/Brave Little Engines Double Pack
 * Brave Little Engines/The Chocolate Crunch Double Pack
 * Classic Collection

AUS

 * Twin Trouble
 * The Best of Thomas and Friends - Volume 1
 * The Complete Series 6

DVD Boxsets

 * Complete Series
 * 60th Anniversary - Limited Edition Boxset
 * 3 DVDs
 * Series Five and Series Six Double Pack

US

 * Thomas and the Jet Engine and Other Adventures
 * Thomas' Halloween Adventures
 * Thomas & Friends Classic Volume 6

CAN

 * Thomas and the Jet Engine and Other Adventures
 * Thomas' Halloween Adventures

DVD Packs

 * Adventure On the Tracks
 * Play Date Pack
 * Totally Thomas Volume 8
 * Percy's Ghostly Trick/Thomas' Halloween Adventures Double Feature
 * Thomas Gets Tricked/Thomas' Halloween Adventures Double Feature

ITA

 * Percy and the Haunted Mine

NOR

 * Scaredy Engines

JPN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine Series 6 Vol.5
 * Fuss Today!

KOR

 * Character Special Edition Series Vol. 1
 * Friends Love Story

PHL

 * The World's Strongest Engine

MYS

 * Scaredy Engines and Other Thomas Adventures
 * Scaredy Engines and Other Adventures

SWE/DK

 * The World's Strongest Engine

THA

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 21

HK

 * Thomas and Friends Volume 14
 * Thomas and Friends Volume 8

TWN
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 * Thomas and Friends Volume 15

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