Percy's Ghostly Trick (DVD)

Percy's Ghostly Trick and Other Thomas Stories (later shortened to Percy's Ghostly Trick) is a US VHS/DVD featuring one song followed by two second series episodes and four third series episodes narrated by George Carlin. It was presented by Quality Family Entertainment and originally released on VHS in 1994 (for Strand Home Video), in 1995 and 1999 by Video Treasures, and in 2000 by Anchor Bay Entertainment. It was later released on DVD in 2007 and again in 2008 and 2009, and was released on double feature DVDs in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

An "early master," released on a limited run of blue-shelled videocassette tapes in 2000, does not include the song, but features an additional second series episode.

1994 VHS
PEEP! PEEP! All aboard for ghostly adventures as Percy has Thomas thinking he's just seen a ghost! But on their next escapade, the tables turn, when Percy puffs away into a giant pile of hay! Meet Oliver who soon learns that trucks can be troublesome and help Donald and Douglas rescue Thomas, the cheeky, mischievous engine. So join volume 11's festivities with Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, where there are laughs and surprises around each bend.

1995/1996/2000 re-release VHS
PEEP! PEEP! All aboard for ghostly adventures as Percy has Thomas thinking he's just seen a ghost! But on their next escapade, the tables turn, when Percy puffs away into a giant pile of hay! Oliver learns that trucks can be troublesome and helps Donald and Douglas rescue Thomas, the cheeky, mischievous engine.

So join in the festivities with Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, where there are laughs and surprises around each bend!

2007 DVD
PEEP! PEEP! All aboard for ghostly adventures as Percy has Thomas thinking he's just seen a ghost! But on their next escapade, the tables turn when Percy puffs away into a giant pile of hay! Oliver learns that trucks can be troublesome and helps Donald and Douglas rescue Thomas, the cheeky, mischievous engine.

So join in the festivities with Thomas & Friends™, where there are laughs and surprises around each bend!

2008 DVD
All aboard for ghostly adventures as Percy has Thomas thinking he's just seen a ghost! But on their next escapade, the tables turn when Percy puffs away into a giant pile of hay! So join in the festivities with Thomas & Friends™, where there are laughs and surprises around each bend!

Song

 * Thomas' Anthem

Episodes

 * 1) Percy's Ghostly Trick
 * 2) Woolly Bear
 * 3) Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure
 * 4) Escape
 * 5) Oliver Owns Up
 * 6) All at Sea
 * 7) Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree

Bonus features

 * Character Gallery from Thomas and the Really Brave Engines
 * "Who Am I?" Game from The Early Years

Trivia

 * This release marks the first of several things:
 * The first VHS to include a music video, and one of few releases to have a music video at the beginning rather than the end.
 * The first release where Sir Topham Hatt is referred to as the Fat Controller in the US. The name "The Fat Controller" is heard in the music video.
 * The first VHS not to get re-released by Time-Life.
 * The first VHS captioned by Captions Inc. Los Angeles.
 * This release marks the last of several things:
 * The final DVD to use the 2003 Anchor Bay Entertainment logo.
 * Anchor Bay's final DVD to feature Robin Smith narrating the menus before his death on August 2022.
 * The last Anchor Bay DVD to feature a character at the top of the front cover with a scene from an episode as the foreground.
 * The last Anchor Bay DVD to list the episodes on the back cover.
 * The last Anchor Bay DVD to be authored by Crest Digital.
 * A draft "early master" pre-release can be found on some 2000 ink-label copies. The draft contains an intro title card similar to Daisy and James Goes Buzz Buzz, the title card over Percy's Ghostly Trick is not present, like most first episodes on US VHS/DVDs, and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree is included at the end after All at Sea along with the original credits. Thomas' Anthem is also not present.
 * The 1995 Video Treasures release feature Lubalin Graph Regular title cards. The title card is fixed to "Percy's Ghostly Trick and Other Thomas Stories," an extra nameboard sequence is added after the music video, and the credits are changed.
 * Audio overlapping is heard on the original Strand Home Video release in 1994, which restores the final music cue heard during Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure. The Strand Home Video version under the 1996 re-release has the audio fixed.
 * On the front cover of the 1994, 1996, and 2007 releases, an image from A Scarf for Percy is used. The back cover of the 1994 Strand Home Video VHS uses an image from Henry's Forest.
 * On the back cover of the 1996 release and the front cover of the DVD release, the image of Oliver and Toad from Escape is mirrored.
 * The slipcover on the 2008 release glows in the dark.
 * A prototype cover of the 1994 release features the "Stories as seen on Shining Time Station" sun.
 * George Carlin's name is only featured in the opening on the early master and 1995 Video Treasures releases as the Stand Home Video and Anchor Bay Entertainment copies feature John L. Wright's credit for the music video included on this release.
 * This is the only US VHS/DVD to feature Escape.
 * This is the only DVD in the 2000-07 style to use screenshots from the episodes on the back cover instead of promo stills.

Goofs

 * The description references Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree, but that episode is only on the early master. Furthermore, while the description on the back of the 1994/1995 VHS tells the reader to help Donald and Douglas, later releases incorrectly change "help" to "helps." As a result, the description ends up inadvertently stating that Oliver helped Donald and Douglas in the aforementioned episode.
 * The music and sound effects track in Woolly Bear is warped.
 * In the "Who am I?" game, Clarabel's name is misspelt with an extra L.
 * In some releases, the subtitles in Thomas' Anthem, Escape and Oliver Owns Up often misspell Duck's name as Doc, Dock, or Doug.
 * In some releases, the subtitles say "beat hearts along the way" instead of "he rides along the way."
 * The credits misspell Shining Time Station as "Shinning Time Station" in the 1994 version.
 * In the 1995 Video Treasures ending credits, Junior Campbell was credited as an editor instead of John L. Wright.
 * On the back cover of the 1996 Anchor Bay Entertainment release, most of the episodes are listed out of order.
 * Some of the 1996 Anchor Bay tapes feature the Strand Home Video logo instead of the Video Treasures logo.
 * At the end of the 1995 Video Treasures credits, the "Britt Allcroft Presents" logo is used instead of "A Britt Allcroft Production."

DVD Packs

 * Adventure on the Tracks
 * Percy's Ghostly Trick and Spills and Chills 2-pack
 * Thomas Gets Tricked and Percy's Ghostly Trick Double Feature
 * Percy's Ghostly Trick and Thomas' Halloween Adventures Double Feature