Trucks (episode)

"No one understands our feelings. Now, if you were ill, you couldn't shunt trucks/cars, could you?" "Good idea! I'll try it!"

- Gordon encouraging Sir Handel to feign illness

Trucks, retitled Rusty Helps Peter Sam in one North American release, is the eighth episode of the fourth series. It is based on the story of the same name from the Railway Series book, The Little Old Engine.

Plot
While returning from a daily inspection, Harold the Helicopter spots a little diesel coming round the mountain. The diesel is Rusty, who has come to help on the Skarloey Railway. Despite Harold's friendliness, Rusty has little time to chat and regards Harold as being cheeky after he says "Well done, cheers, and keep up the good work!" Peter Sam and Sir Handel are glad to see Rusty, but the latter remains his usual grumpy self. The trucks dislike Sir Handel, and relentlessly play tricks on him. This makes him dislike working with them, and has finally become fed up of dealing with trucks. One day, Gordon advises Sir Handel to pretend to be ill; if he was, then he could not shunt trucks.

Sir Handel takes the hint from Gordon of lying about being ill, and he readily does so the next day. With no time to examine Sir Handel, Peter Sam and Rusty are allocated to his trucks. However, Peter Sam does not mind the extra work. They take the trucks to the slate quarry and the incline, a contraption that winches loaded trucks down a steep hill, the leverage pulling empty ones up, ready to be loaded with slate tiles. Peter Sam waits for his full ones at the bottom of the hill. But the loaded trucks mistake him for Sir Handel (despite the empty ones' warning) and break their coupling, zooming down the slope and crashing head-on into Peter Sam. Rusty helps Peter Sam out of the mess, but the damage Peter Sam sustained has cracked his funnel and dented his boiler.

After Sir Handel apologises for the accident, the Fat Controller scolds him for malingering and not warning Peter Sam to stand well back since trucks hate him. He then forces him to do Peter Sam's work and his own as punishment, and Sir Handel is left plotting his revenge on Gordon.

After the wreckage has been cleared away, Rusty heads back home, spotting Harold again. This time, Rusty mimics Harold from their previous meeting by using his phrase once more, "Well done, cheers, and keep up the good work!"

Characters

 * Gordon
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Rusty
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Harold
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Narrow Gauge Coaches
 * Thomas
 * Percy
 * Rheneas
 * Duke
 * Harold's Pilots
 * Jeremiah Jobling
 * Mr. Hugh

Locations

 * Skarloey
 * Skarloey Slate Quarry
 * Rheneas Viaduct
 * The Mountain Line
 * Crovan's Gate Yards
 * Skarloey Engine Sheds

Trivia

 * This episode marks Harold's only appearance in the fourth series.
 * This episode marks the last appearance of Peter Sam's wincing face.
 * In the original UK dub, some lines are indicated that they were later re-dubbed or moved in later:
 * In the scene of Rusty arriving at the scene of the accident, Rusty's lines "Bust my Buffers!" and "Never mind, Peter Sam, we'll get you out" respectively are heard earlier.
 * The lines in the last scene of Harold and Rusty meeting each other again were redone.
 * The crawler tractor from TUGS can be seen at the quarry.
 * In the original UK dub and US dub the music at the incline when the trucks crash into Peter Sam is omitted, but is present in all later UK and international dubs.
 * This is the last time that Gordon and Sir Handel interact with each other since their first meeting in A Bad Day for Sir Handel.

Goofs

 * The Korean dub of this episode title, which is "헨리 경의 꾀병" (Henli Gyeong-ui Kkoebyeong), seems like they confused Henry and Handel, so 헨델 경의 꾀병 (Hendel Gyeong-ui Kkoebyeong) should be the correct title.
 * Rheneas appears even though he was supposed to be at the works. Additionally, he has Duke's original whistle.
 * When Harold speaks to Rusty, his battery latch is visible underneath him.
 * When Sir Handel shunts trucks, the audio is noticeably out of sync.
 * As Peter Sam puffs away with the trucks and coaches, he has Skarloey's whistle sound.
 * When the rope is connected to the empty trucks, it becomes taut like it is being pulled. But in the next scene, the trucks at the top of the slope are stationary.
 * The trucks' faces are missing when they crash into Peter Sam.
 * During the crash, the truck that breaks the water canal can be seen fading out of the shot.
 * When Sir Handel says, "I didn't think," his left eye sticks and drops back into his head.
 * Before Peter Sam leaves the yard with his coaches and trucks, a small piece of hair can be seen by his wheels.
 * Before Peter Sam is pulled out of the wreckage (which is not shown), his funnel is not cracked like it is later.
 * When the narrator says, "Not long now had encouraged the driver," the top of Rusty's engine is off-screen when it should be in-front of the cylinder above Rusty's number, and thus should have been onscreen.
 * When the narrator says, "He did so next morning," Percy quickly passes the little engines. In the next shot, however, he is passing them again.
 * In a few rare pictures, Harold's spinning rotors are a transparent disk, unlike in the actual episode.
 * When Peter Sam backs his coaches onto Sir Handel's trucks, his front coach has a face, but when he leaves his coaches at the station, its face disappears.
 * When Peter Sam is at the shed after his accident and the workmen are examining him, Sir Handel is tilted to the left because one of the workmen has his foot lodged underneath Sir Handel.
 * Before the crash with Peter Sam, three trucks are shown rolling down from the incline, but during the crash there is a fourth truck that hits the water canal that was not with the trucks originally; and the truck is not carrying slate.
 * In the shot of the empty trucks going up the incline, there is a truck right besides Peter Sam, but in the shot of Peter Sam shutting his eyes before the crash, the truck is behind him, still on the other track.
 * At the incline, there are three trucks in the line that crash into Peter Sam, but in the shot after the water canal is smashed, there appear to now be four or five trucks that would have crashed into him between the time after said shot and before Peter Sam is pulled out of the debris.

Quotes

 * Harold: (finishing his inspection) All present and correct! Time to return to base.




 * Harold: I'm Harold. Who are you?
 * Rusty: I'm Rusty.
 * Harold: Don't recall seeing you before. What brings you this way?
 * Rusty: The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt sent me to help the other engines.
 * Narrator: This was no time to chat with a helicopter.
 * Harold: Well done, cheers, and keep up the good work!
 * Rusty: Cheeky Chopper!
 * Driver: Not long now, we'll soon be at the top station.




 * Gordon: No one understands our feelings. Now if you were ill, you couldn't shunt trucks/cars, could you?
 * Sir Handel: Good idea! I'll try it! [cut to the following day] I don't feel well!




 * (the full trucks on the incline mistake Peter Sam for Sir Handel)
 * Full trucks: Faster, faster!
 * Empty trucks: No, no! It's Peter Sam!
 * Narrator: But it was no use.
 * (a coupling snaps, causing the full trucks to run down the incline)
 * Full trucks: Hurrah, hurrah!
 * Narrator: Peter Sam shut his eyes.
 * (The full trucks crash into Peter Sam, a channel of water also breaks)
 * Peter Sam: Peep, peep!
 * Narrator: Rusty was working nearby and came to help clear up the mess.
 * Rusty: (arrives at the scene of the accident) Bust my buffers! Never mind, Peter Sam. We'll get you out.
 * Narrator: Peter Sam felt battered. His funnel was cracked and his boiler dented.
 * Peter Sam (heads home) Thank you, Rusty.




 * Sir Handel: I'm sorry about your accident. I always stand well back. Trucks/Cars don't like me.
 * Peter Sam: Why didn't you warn me?!
 * Sir Handel: I didn't think.
 * The Fat Controller: You never do. You can start thinking now while you're doing Peter Sam's work as well as your own. That'll teach you to pretend you are ill.
 * Narrator: Sir Handel did start thinking, about Gordon.




 * Harold: Splendid to you see you again. I'm completing my evening's lookabout.
 * Rusty: Well done! (Cheers, and) Keep up the good work!
 * Narrator: And the little diesel purred back home.
 * (Rusty heads home)

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * Rock 'n' Roll and other Stories
 * Biggest Party Video Ever!
 * The Complete Series 4

DVD Packs

 * Classic Collection

WAL

 * Thomas the Tank Engine: Bumper Special 2

US

 * Rusty to the Rescue and Other Thomas Stories
 * Thomas' Trackside Tunes and Other Thomas Adventures
 * Thomas' Magical Musical Ride
 * Thomas & Friends Classic Volume 4

CAN

 * Rusty to the Rescue and Other Thomas Stories
 * Thomas' Trackside Tunes and Other Thomas Adventures

DVD Boxsets

 * Adventure On the Tracks
 * Thomas' Trackside Tunes and Other Thomas Adventures/Thomas and His Friends Help Out Double Feature

AUS

 * Rock 'n' Roll and other Stories
 * The Complete Fourth Series

DVD Packs

 * Complete Series 1-10
 * Classic Collection
 * Series Three and Series Four Double Pack

NZ

 * Rock 'n' Roll and other Stories

GER

 * Not in the Mood for Work and 4 Other Adventures
 * Thomas and His Friends Vol. 7

JPN

 * New Thomas the Tank Engine Vol.5
 * The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 2 Vol.5
 * Thomas and the Mountain Railway Engines

UKR

 * A Train Thomas and Friends
 * Thomas and Friends - Series 4

GRC

 * A Day at the Station

DVD Boxsets

 * 3 DVD Boxset 2

NL

 * Rock 'n Roll
 * The Greatest Stories: The Adventures of Thomas

PHL

 * Four Little Engines
 * Rock N' Roll

FIN

 * Rock 'n' Roll Locomotive

NOR

 * On New Adventures

DK

 * Four Little Locomotives and Other Stories

ITA

 * The Sleeping Beauty

MYS

 * Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady and Other Thomas Adventures
 * Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady and Other Adventures

IN

 * Trucks and Other Stories

CHN

 * Thomas and Friends Season 1-4

KOR

 * Thomas and Friends Volume 3
 * Stories That Fosters Responsibility

HK

 * Thomas and Friends Volume 9
 * Thomas and Friends Volume 3

TWN

 * Thomas and Friends Volume 1

THA
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 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 13

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