Percy and the Funfair

"The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt was right; delivering the coal is a very important job."

- Percy

Percy and the Funfair, retitled Percy and the Carnival  in North American releases, is the fourth episode of the tenth series.

Plot
Every year, the Fat Controller's funfair comes to Sodor much to the excitement of all of the children and engines, especially Percy. At Tidmouth Sheds, the Fat Controller gives the engines their jobs; Edward is to haul the carousel, Henry is to pull the roller coaster, Gordon is to take the fairground folk, Toby is to bring the bumper cars, Emily and James are to bring the Ferris wheel and Thomas is to collect the fireworks and the Chinese Dragon. Percy is hopeful that he will be given a special job, but the Fat Controller tells him to deliver coal to all the coal bunkers on the railway.

Percy is disappointed as he thinks that delivering coal is not an important job at all. After collecting the coal trucks, Percy sets off with his deliveries. However, whilst waiting at a red signal by a school, Percy sees Edward and Toby pass by. Thinking that helping his friends is much more important, Percy leaves his coal trucks behind.

However, neither Toby nor Edward need Percy's help, nor do James, Emily, Gordon, Henry or Thomas. After trying to help his friends, Percy quickly remembers that he has not delivered any of the coal. To make matters worse, Emily and James have run out of it. Percy realises how wrong he was to abandon his job and rushes away to collect his coal trucks.

Very soon, thanks to Percy, the coal bunkers are refilled and all of the engines are on the move again. At last, the funfair is ready and Percy arrives there just as the entertainment begins. Now Percy knows that delivering the coal is a very important job.

Characters

 * Edward
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Emily
 * The Chinese Dragon
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * Sodor Brass Band
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Stephen Hatt
 * Bridget Hatt

Locations

 * The Bridge over the Rocky River
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Dryaw School
 * The Coaling Plant
 * Maron
 * The Lumber Mill
 * Wellsworth Bridge
 * Three-Track Hay Field
 * Maithwaite
 * Maithwaite Showground

Trivia

 * This episode marks the first of several things:
 * The first appearance of the Chinese Dragon since the third series episode, Thomas, Percy and the Dragon.
 * The first appearances of Edward, Henry and Gordon's new brass models that were built for this series.
 * The first episode since the seventh series episode, Three Cheers for Thomas, in which an episode has a different title in the US dub than the UK dub.
 * The first time (and only time in the model era) to show an engine's tender completely empty.
 * In some rare photos, Toby's trucks are different colours.
 * Due to scenes on one particular set across the season being filmed in one go, during the scene of the engines at Tidmouth Sheds, the engines are in the same berths as in Thomas and the Colours.
 * A deleted scene of Henry pulling the roller coaster over the bridge which was used i the music video Strength likely hinted that he was to have a larger role when Percy asked him for help, only for him to decline.
 * This episode marks the last appearance of Percy's depressed facemask.
 * During the end of the episode, an instrumental rendition of "Ain't We Got Fun" is heard.
 * Like Thomas Tries His Best, each Steam Team member have a specific job for the funfair:
 * Thomas - Pulling the fireworks and the Chinese Dragon.
 * Edward - Pulling the merry-go-round.
 * Henry - Pulling the roller coaster.
 * Gordon - Taking the fairground folks to the fair.
 * James and Emily - Taking the Ferris wheel.
 * Percy - Delivering coal to the stations.
 * Toby - Pulling the bumper cars.

Goofs

 * In the UK dub, Toby was pulling flatbeds of bumper cars, but he was actually pulling open wagons.
 * When Percy heads to the coaling plant, he passes a red signal.
 * When Percy arrives at the funfair, he is seen to Henry's right which is where Toby was earlier.
 * Henry's theme plays when Edward passed Percy.
 * When James says "There's no coal at the stations" his right (viewers' left) lamp iron is oversized, and his dome has a paint scratch.
 * Percy is on the outer track before he goes up to James who ran out of coal. But when he pulls up next to him, he is on the middle track.
 * In the Latin American Spanish dub, after James' line "There's no coal at the stations", James is mistakenly referred as Henry.

Merchandise

 * Take Along
 * Capsule Plarail
 * Books - Thomas, Percy and the Funfair

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * Carnival Capers
 * The Best of Thomas
 * The Complete Series 10
 * The Best of Percy

DVD Packs

 * 10 DVD Boxset
 * Classic Collection
 * The Best of Friends

US/CAN

 * Carnival Capers
 * The Greatest Stories

DVD Boxsets

 * Whistle Express Collection!
 * Celebrate with Thomas

HUN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine 12 - The Most Important Task

AUS

 * Carnival Capers
 * The Complete Series 10

DVD Boxsets

 * Complete Series 1-10
 * The Essential Collection
 * The Great Adventures of Thomas and Friends
 * Series Nine and Series Ten Double Pack
 * The Complete Series Ten and Hero of the Rails Double Pack
 * Carnival Capers and Bashing Crashing Benny Double Pack

NOR/FIN/SWE/DK

 * Percy and the Funfair

DVD Boxsets

 * Danish DVD Boxset

SAU DVD Boxset

 * Hero of the Rails

NL

 * Fair in the City

THA

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 40

HK

 * Thomas and Friends Volume 30

POL

 * Thomas and Wind

JPN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine Series 10 Vol.1
 * Sing! Dance! Thomas
 * There Are Lots Of Thomas & Friends

SPN

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 9

DVD Boxsets

 * Second Season

MYS

 * Thomas and the Jet Plane and Other Adventures
 * Skarloey the Brave and Other Adventures

KOR

 * Thomas the Little Engine and Friends Season 5 Vol. 1

TWN
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 * Thomas and Friends Volume 17

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