Dragon Run

"Dragon's away!"

- Diesel

Dragon Run is the seventh episode of the first series.

Plot
Nia comes steaming into the yard, so excited that she can barely keep her wheels on the tracks. She ends up barreling right into Percy, Diesel and Kana, who are sitting outside Tidmouth Sheds. In their messy pile-up, they all look up to see a mighty dragon coming along down the tracks being pulled by Thomas. Thomas explains in a ‘ye olde‘ voice that he has been given the important role of "Dragon Guard": delivering the dragon sculpture to Kirk Ronan for the medieval fair. After Percy confuses ‘medieval fair’ with ‘evil fair’, Thomas and the others explain all about the medieval times, dragons, knights, and how people used to talk differently. All of Thomas' friends want a turn at pulling the dragon. But Thomas objects, saying that he is the ‘Blue Knight’ and the sole Dragon Guard. He does at least offer to let his friends come along and be fellow ‘Knights of the Turntable’.

Diesel calls himself the Black Knight, Kana calls herself Lady Kana the Fast Knight, Percy calls himself Percival the Green Knight, and Nia calls herself Noble Nia the Orange Knight. With their names decided, they start playing "Capture the Dragon" and chase after the Blue Knight, much to Thomas' confusion. Thomas manages to avoid Nia, Percy, and Diesel as they try to catch him, but he ends up running into a bunch of banners and trash cans outside of the recycling plant. The banners and trash cover his friends, making them look like knights. Suddenly, Thomas' coupling breaks and the dragon becomes a runaway, prompting all five knights to chase after it. It nearly crashes into Edward and Henry, before Noble Nia quickly pulls the bridge lever, sending it the other direction. Lady Kana keeps the dragon from getting dirty by running ahead through the mud, clearing the way. The dragon rushes through the tunnel, giving James quite the fright. After a lot of chasing, Diesel the Black Knight manages to get in front of it and brakes it to a standstill.

Thomas thanks Diesel for stopping the dragon and is just about to take it back when Diesel protests, saying that he has earned at least a little time to pull the dragon. Percy, Nia and Kana agree and want their own turns too. But Thomas is worried about losing the dragon again and wants to stay the sole Dragon Guard. Thomas and Diesel almost break out into a tug-of-war until Nia stops them by blowing her whistle. Diesel begrudgingly gives up the dragon and he and the others leave. Thomas is happy at first until he sees how sad his friends are and decides it is better to share his guard duties with the other Knights of the Turntable. The five friends all take turns pulling the dragon and almost make it to Kirk Ronan without mishap until a loose boulder from the hill knocks the dragon off the flatbed and it goes soaring into the sky towards the castle. It lands in the middle of the fair and everyone cheers. Sir Topham Hatt thanks Thomas and his fellow knights, declaring that they should all deliver the dragon to the fair like that every year.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Percy
 * Nia
 * Diesel
 * Kana
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * Rolf's Castle Knight (does not speak)

Locations

 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Whiff's Recycling Plant
 * Quickdraw Bridge
 * McColl Farm
 * Kirk Ronan
 * Rolf's Castle
 * Gordon's Tunnel

UK

 * Aaron Barashi as Thomas
 * Luke Marty as James
 * Henri Charles as Percy
 * Sade Smith as Nia
 * Henry Harrison as Diesel
 * Chloe Raphael as Kana
 * Bruce Dow as Sir Topham Hatt

US

 * Meesha Contreras as Thomas
 * Luke Marty as James
 * Charlie Zeltzer as Percy
 * Talia Evans as Nia
 * Shomoy James Mitchell as Diesel
 * Ava Ro as Kana
 * Bruce Dow as Sir Topham Hatt

Song

 * Knights of the Turntable

Trivia

 * This episode reveals that Percy's full name is Percival, a fact which was never mentioned in the original series.
 * This episode was released early on Cartoon Network's Video on Demand services on 13th September 2021.
 * This episode's Caribu book adaptation describes the dragon as wooden, while its movements seen in the episode show it to be a more flexible material, such as rubber.
 * This episode marks the first of a few things:
 * Edward and Sir Topham Hatt's first appearances in All Engines Go.
 * The first episode of All Engines Go to feature human characters.
 * The first time that Kirk Ronan has appeared in the franchise since the original series episode, Make Someone Happy.
 * The dragon is wearing the similar colors as the one from Thomas and the Dragon.

Goofs

 * During the scene of Diesel trying to catch up to him, Thomas is missing his bunker before and after he enters a tunnel.
 * Edward's number is facing backwards when he and Henry are going down the hill.
 * Henry's side cab window is missing when he and Edward go down the hill.
 * When Edward and Henry come up to the bridge, Edward's dome and whistle are layered behind his cab. In the next shot of the bridge raising up, his dome is layered behind Henry's.
 * Edward and Henry's wheels do not move when they approach the bridge.
 * Thomas' tail lamp is missing when he and his friends approach the tunnel.
 * Percy's right-hand buffer is missing during certain parts of the episode.
 * When thanking Diesel for stopping the dragon, Thomas' body is separated from his running board making part of the tracks next to him visible through him. Then after he thanks Diesel, his smokebox frames and left wheel arch disappear for a split second.
 * When Sir Topham Hatt thanks Thomas for bringing the dragon, Thomas is seen next to Percy and Percy is seen next to Diesel. But in the next shot, Thomas is seen in between Nia and Percy, and Percy is seen on the other side of Diesel.
 * Thomas' lamp shifts over to his left during the second-to-last shot of the episode.

Merchandise

 * Push Along

US/CAN

 * Special Delivery