Skarloey Storms Through

"I'm braver than I thought."

- Skarloey

Skarloey Storms Through is the twenty-first episode of the eleventh series.

Plot
One rainy day, Skarloey is delivering slate trucks when he sees a farmer flagging him down. The farmer warns Skarloey that a storm is approaching, and sheep need to be taken from the hills into the barn. Skarloey sets off to the depot to warn the other engines of the emergency situation. Upon arrival, he meets Rheneas and Peter Sam, along with The Thin Controller. Skarloey warns the three about the incoming storm. The Thin Controller informs the engines to take the trucks to the top of the hill and then take the sheep back down to the farmer. While Rheneas and Peter Sam are excited to work, Skarloey is immediately scared from the thunder, and decides not to tell his friends so that he will not look silly.

When the three engines arrive with empty trucks at the bottom of the hill to load the sheep, Skarloey is immediately frightened by a louder thunderclap and he shivers. Rheneas and Peter Sam continue up the hill, but Skarloey stays behind, as he does not feel as brave as the other engines, and reverses back down the hill and hides in a shed. Meanwhile, the other two engines are coming up and down the hill with loads of sheep. Skarloey watches the sheep being unloaded, all the while too scared to help his friends.

Later, Rheneas and Peter Sam have taken so many trips that they have run out of coal in their bunkers. Skarloey notices the two looking very tired and sad. He also notices the farmers concerned about the sheep, who may also be scared of the storm, and have let them all down. Skarloey exits from his retreat and Rheneas and Peter Sam are happy to see him. Rheneas notes that he has not seen him for a long time and Skarloey admits that he was too scared of the thunder and lightning to help everyone. Plucking up courage, Skarloey does not notice the thunder and lightning and heads back to work.

This time, Skarloey bravely puffs up the hill to find the remainder of the sheep waiting for him. The farmer is very pleased to see him. With the sheep loaded, Skarloey puffs down the hill. Despite being hard work, Skarloey does not give up on the work and soon finishes the job just in time. He then realises that he is much braver than he had thought. Rheneas and Peter Sam are waiting for Skarloey at the bottom of the hill, where both the two and the farmer give him three cheers for his bravery. Skarloey still remains very happy, and the thunder and lightning no longer scare him a bit.

Characters

 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Peter Sam
 * Mr. Percival

Locations

 * Rocky Hill Beside Narrow Gauge Runby
 * The Depot
 * The Sheep Farm

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the tenth episode of the eleventh series.
 * This was the last episode written by Neil Richards.
 * Two of the farmers reuse Old Bailey's body. Another reuses Tiger Moth's pilot's body.
 * One farmer reuses the head of a Skarloey Railway driver from the fourth series.
 * The plot is similar to the seventh series episode The Old Bridge.
 * Skarloey's fear of the rain has similar plot elements of the first series episode The Sad Story of Henry, where an engine takes shelter to stay protected from rain, but is actually getting out of doing an important job.
 * This is the second episode to feature only four characters, the first being in the second series episode, The Diseasel.
 * One of the locations is filmed next to The Lumber Mill.

Goofs

 * In the beginning, when Skarloey is shown passing the farmer, he is wearing Rheneas' smiling face. Then, in every shot of Skarloey hiding in the shed, he is shown wearing one of Rheneas' sad faces. Due to this, his nose and eyebrows also change shape in those scenes.
 * When the lightning strikes the second time, Skarloey rattles so much that he derails.

Merchandise

 * Books - Oh! Terrible Thunder
 * TrackMaster

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * Engines and Escapades
 * The Complete Series 11

DVD Boxsets

 * 5 Exciting DVDs
 * Classic Collection
 * The Ultimate Collection

US/CAN

 * Engines and Escapades
 * The Greatest Stories

DVD Boxsets

 * 4-Disc DVD Box Set

AUS

 * Engines and Escapades
 * The Best of Thomas and Friends - Volume 2
 * The Complete Series 11

DVD Boxsets

 * The Essential Collection
 * The Great Adventures of Thomas and Friends

SPN/NL/GER/NOR/SWE/DK/FIN

 * Engines and Escapades

ZA

 * Smoke and Mirrors
 * Engines and Escapades

ARA

 * Hero of the Rails

KOR

 * Thomas the Little Engine and Friends Season 6 Vol. 2

JPN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine Series 11 Vol.2

MYS

 * Thomas and the Storyteller and Other Adventures

THA

 * Engines and Escapades
 * Thomas and the Storyteller

HK

 * Thomas and Friends Volume 37

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 * Thomas and Friends Volume 23

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