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Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (1984-) is a British childrens TV series, based on a series of British children books, The Railway Series.

Contents

[edit] Season 1

[edit] Thomas and Gordon/Thomas Gets Tricked

Narrator: Thomas is a tank engine who lives at the big station on the Island of Sodor. He's a cheeky little engine with six small wheels, a short stumpy funnel, a short stumpy boiler, and a short stumpy dome.
Thomas: [to Gordon] Wake up, lazybones! Why don't you work hard like me?!
Thomas: Wake up, lazybones! Do some hard work for a change! You can't catch me!
Narrator: And off he ran, laughing. Instead of going to sleep again, Gordon thought how he could get back at Thomas.
Gordon: Hurry up, you!
Thomas: Hurry up, yourself!
Gordon: [secretly] Yes. I will.
Thomas: Peep! Peep! Stop! Stop!
Gordon: Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
Coaches: You can't get away! You can't get away!

[edit] Edward and Gordon/Edward Helps Out

Trucks: OOH! Whatever is happening?!
Driver: You're not trying.
Gordon: I can't do it! The noisy trucks hold an engine back so!
Narrator: Edward's driver came up.
Edward's Driver: We've come to push.
Gordon: No use at all!
Edward's Driver: You wait and see.

[edit] The Sad Story of Henry/Come Out, Henry!

Henry: The rain will spoil my lovely green paint and red stripes.
Narrator: Everyone pulled except the Fat Controller, because...
The Fat Controller: Ahem! My doctor has forbidden me to pull.
Narrator: But still, Henry stayed in the tunnel. Then they tried pushing from the other end. The Fat Controller said...
The Fat Controller: 1, 2, 3, PUSH!!
Narrator: But he didn't help.
The Fat Controller: My doctor has forbidden me to push.

[edit] Edward, Gordon, and Henry/Henry to the Rescue

Gordon: What has happened to me?! I feel so weak!
Driver: You burst your safety valve. You can't pull the train anymore!
Gordon: Oh, dear! We were going so nicely, too! And look! There's Henry laughing at me!
Gordon: Hmph! That's no use. Edward can't push the train!
[Edward pushes as hard as possible, but the coaches are too heavy]
Gordon: I told you so! Why not let Henry try?
The Fat Controller: Yes! I will!

[edit] Thomas' Train/A Big Day for Thomas

Thomas: I spend my time pulling coaches about, ready for you to take out on journeys!
Narrator: The other engines laughed.
Thomas: Why can't I pull passenger trains, too?!
Henry, Edward, and Gordon: You're too impatient. You'd be sure to leave something behind.
Thomas: Rubbish! I'll show you!

[edit] Thomas and the Trucks/Trouble For Thomas

Thomas: I'm tired of pushing coaches. I want to see the world!

[edit] Thomas and the Breakdown Train/Thomas Saves the Day

The Fat Controller: Hello! Remember, don't be impatient, Thomas. You can never be as strong and fast as Gordon, but you can be a really useful engine. Don't let the silly trucks tease you.

[edit] James and the Coaches/James Learns a Lesson

The Fat Controller: If you can't behave, I shall take away your red coat, and have you painted blue.
Narrator: James didn't like that at all.
Guard: [to a smartly-dressed passenger] You have a leather bootlace there. Please give it to me.
Passenger: I won't!
Guard: Then I'm afraid the train will just stop where it is.

[edit] Troublesome Trucks/Foolish Freight Cars

The Fat Controller: I see you are sorry, James. I hope now that you will be a better engine. You have given me a lot of trouble. People are laughing at my railway, and I don't like that at all.
James: I'm very sorry, Sir. I will try hard to behave.
The Fat Controller: That's a good engine! I want you to pull some trucks for me.
The Fat Controller: I was in Edward's train, and I saw everything. You've made the most troublesome trucks on the line behave. After that performance, you deserve to keep your red coat!

[edit] James and the Express/A Proud Day for James

Gordon: You talk too much, little James. A fine strong engine like me has something to talk about. I'm the only engine who can pull the express. When I'm not there, they need 2 engines. Think of that, I've pulled expresses for years, and have never once lost my way. I seem to know the right line by instinct.

[edit] Thomas and the Guard/Thomas and the Conductor

(Henry arrives at the station late)
Thomas: Where have you been, lazybones?!
Henry: Oh, dear. My system is out of order. No one understands my case. You don't know what I suffer!
Thomas: Rubbish! You're too slow! You need exercise.
Thomas: Peep! Peep! Peep! Where is the guard?!
Annie and Clarabel: We've left him behind!

[edit] Thomas Goes Fishing

Driver: (to Thomas, who often wants to stay at the bridge and watch people fishing) No, what would the Fat Controller say if we were late?
Thomas: I want to fish!
James: Engines don't go fishing!
Thomas: Silly stick-in-the-muds!
(the Fat Controller peers into Thomas' tank)
The Fat Controller: Inspector, can you see... fish?! Gracious, goodness me! How did the fish get there, Driver?!
Driver: We must've fished them from the river with our bucket.
The Fat Controller: Well, Thomas, so you and your Driver have been fishing. But fish don't suit you. We must get them out!
(everyone takes turns at fishing in Thomas' tank; after all fish have been caught, they have a picnic supper of fish and chips)
The Fat Controller: (finishes meal) MMM! That was good! But fish don't suit you, Thomas, so you mustn't do it again.
Thomas: No, Sir, I won't. Engines don't go fishing. It's too uncomfortable!

[edit] Thomas, Terence, and the Snow/Terence the Tractor

Terence: Hello! I'm Terence. I'm plowing.
Thomas: I'm Thomas. I'm pulling a train. What ugly wheels you've got!
Terence: They're not ugly. They're caterpillars! I can go anywhere. I don't need rails.
Thomas: I don't want to go anywhere. I like my rails. Thank you.

[edit] Thomas and Bertie/Thomas and Bertie's Great Race

Thomas: Hello! Who are you?
Bertie: I'm Bertie. Who are you?
Thomas: I'm Thomas. I run this Branch Line.
Bertie: So you're Thomas. Ah! I remember now! You got stuck in the snow. I took your passengers, and Terence the Tractor pulled you out. I've come to help you with your passengers today.
Thomas: Help me?! I can go faster than you!
Bertie: You can't.
Thomas: I can!
Bertie: I'll race you!
Stationmaster: Are you ready?! GO!
(after the race)
Bertie: Well done, Thomas! That was fun! But to beat you over that hill, I should have to grow wings and be an airplane.

[edit] Tenders and Turntables

Gordon: [James is about to go on the turn table] Take care. You might stick too.
James: No fear! I'm not as fat as you.
Gordon: Well, well! Are you playing roundabouts?
Narrator: That night, the three engines had an indignation meeting.
Henry: It's shameful to treat tender engines like this, Gordon has to go backwards and people think he's a tank engine, James spins round like a top and everyone laughs at us! And to add to that, the Fat Controller makes us all shunt in dirty sidings!
Gordon: Ugh! Listen!
Narrator: He whispered something to the others.
Gordon: We'll do it tomorrow. The Fat Controller will look silly.
Narrator: The engines had decided to go on strike.

[edit] Trouble in the Shed

Thomas: Common Tank Engines, indeed. We'll show them!
The Fat Controller: Bless me! What a noise!
Edward: They all hissed me, Sir. They say tender engines don't shunt, and last night, they said I have black wheels! I haven't, have I, Sir?
The Fat Controller: No, Edward. You have nice, blue ones, and I'm proud of you. Tender engines do shunt. But all the same, we do need another tank engine here.

[edit] Percy Runs Away

Gordon: Ohhhh!! GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!
Gordon: Well done, Percy! You started so quickly that you stopped a nasty accident!
Percy: I'm sorry I was cheeky.
Gordon: You were clever to stop.

[edit] Coal/Henry's Special Coal

Henry: I suffer dreadfully, and no one cares.
James: Rubbish, Henry! You don't work hard enough!
The Fat Controller: How are you, Henry?
Henry: Beep-Beep-Beep! I feel fine!
The Fat Controller: Have you a good fire, Driver?
Driver: Never better, Sir, and plenty of steam.
The Fat Controller: No record breaking. Don't push him too hard.
Driver: Henry won't need pushing, Sir. I'll have to hold him back.

[edit] The Flying Kipper

Driver: We'll be out early tomorrow. We've got to take the Flying Kipper. Don't tell Gordon, but I think if we pull the kipper nicely, the Fat Controller will let us pull the express! The special coal they gave you is working well.
Henry: Hooray! That will be lovely!
Henry: Come on! Come on! Don't be silly! Don't be silly!
Vans: Trickety-trock! Trickety-trock! All right! All right!
Henry: That's better. That's better.
[after the accident]
Henry: The signal was down, Sir.
The Fat Controller: Cheer up, Henry. It wasn't your fault. Ice and snow caused the accident. I'm sending you to Crewe, a fine place for sick engines. They'll give you a new shape and a larger firebox. You'll feel a different engine, and you won't need special coal anymore. Won't that be nice?
Henry: [doubtful] Yes, sir.

[edit] Whistles and Sneezes

Gordon: Why should Henry have a new shape? A shape good enough for me is good enough for him. He goes gallivanting off to Crewe, leaving us to do his work, and comes back saying how happy he feels. It's disgraceful! And there's another thing: Henry whistles too much! No respectable engine ever whistles loudly at stations. It isn't wrong, but we just don't do it!
The Fat Controller: Take him away! And stop that noise!
Coaches: (about the boys on the bridge, who dropped stones) They've broken our glass! They've broken our glass!
Passengers: Call the police!
Driver: No! Leave it to Henry and me.
Passengers: What will you do?
Driver: Can you keep a secret?
Passengers: Yes! Yes!
Driver: Well, then, Henry is going to sneeze at those boys.
Driver: Henry has plenty of ashes. Please keep all windows shut till we pass the bridge. Henry's as excited as we are. Aren't you, old fellow?
Narrator: Henry was feeling "stuffed-up".

[edit] Toby and the Stout Gentleman/Toby the Tram Engine

Henrietta: Hip-Hip-Hooray!
Narrator: But Toby didn't sing.
Toby: Electric, indeed. Electric, indeed!

[edit] Thomas in Trouble/Thomas Breaks the Rules

Policeman: Engines going on public roads must have their wheels covered and a cowcatcher in front to protect people and animals from being dragged under the wheels if they stray onto the line. (directly to Thomas) You haven't, so you are dangerous!
Driver: Rubbish! We've been along here hundreds of times and never had an accident!
Policeman: That makes it worse.
(he writes "Regular Law Breaker" in his notebook as Thomas exits)
Narrator: At the station, Thomas' driver told the Fat Controller what had happened.
The Fat Controller: Dangerous to the public, indeed! We'll see about that!
Narrator: The Fat Controller spoke to the Policeman. But however much he argued with him, it was no good.
Policeman: The law is the law, and we can't change it.
Narrator: The Fat Controller felt exhausted.
The Fat Controller: I'm sorry, Driver. It's no use arguing with policemen. We will have to make those "cowcatcher" things for Thomas, I suppose.
Thomas: Everyone will laugh, Sir! They'll say I look like a tram!
Narrator: The Fat Controller stared, then he laughed.
The Fat Controller: Well done, Thomas! Why didn't I think of it before?! We need a tram engine! When I was on my holiday, I met a nice little engine called Toby. He takes trucks from the farms, but the lorries are taking over most of his work and he needs a change. He has cowcatchers and sideplates. I'll write to his controller at once.

[edit] Dirty Objects/James in a Mess

Toby: Look here, Percy! Whatever is that dirty object?
Percy: That's James. Didn't you know?
Toby: It's James' shape. But James is a splendid red engine, and you never see his paint dirty.
Narrator: James pretended he hadn't heard.

[edit] Off the Rails/Gordon Takes a Dip

Gordon: I won't go! I won't go!
Gordon: Oosh! Get me out! Get me out!!

[edit] Down the Mine

Thomas: PHEW! What a funny smell! Can you smell a smell?
Annie: I can't smell a smell.
Thomas: A funny, musty sort of smell.
Gordon: No one noticed it 'til you did. It must be yours.
Narrator: Not long ago, he had fallen into a dirty ditch. Thomas enjoyed teasing him about it.
Thomas: Annie, Clarabel, do you know what I think it is? It's ditch water!

[edit] Thomas' Christmas Party

Annie and Clarabel: It's always the same before Christmas. We feel so full! We feel so full!
Thomas: Oh, come on! Where's your festive spirit? Christmas Day is almost here!
Gordon: Ha! Just look at us. Your driver will have to work fast to get you as smart as us.
Thomas: Never mind that. I have something important to say. Do you realize it's been a whole year since Mrs. Kyndley saved us from a nasty accident?
(he has a flashback of what happened)
Thomas: You remember, when she was ill and bed, and...?
Edward: Yes, of course. You told us how she waved her red dressing gown out of her window to warn you about a landslide ahead.
Percy: And you and Toby gave her presents. And the Fat Controller sent her to Bournemouth to get better.
James: But...
Henry: The rest of us never thanked her properly.
Thomas: Exactly! So, now I think we should all give her a special Christmas party.

[edit] Season 2

[edit] Thomas, Percy, and the Coal/Double Trouble

Percy: Hello, Thomas! You look splendid!
Thomas: Yes, indeed! Blue is the only proper color for an engine.
Toby: Oh, I don't know. I like my brown paint.
Percy: I've always been green. I wouldn't wanna be any other color, either.
Thomas: Well, well, anyway, blue is the only color for a really useful engine. Everyone knows that!
(he huffs away)
Narrator: Percy said no more. He just grinned at Toby.
Thomas: (watches the hopper load Percy's trucks full of coal) Careful. Watch out with those silly trucks!
Trucks: Go on! Go on! Go on!
Thomas: And by the way, those buffers don't look very safe to me!
(too late, Percy accidentally hits the unsafe buffers)
(the last load of coal pours down on Thomas)
Thomas: HELP!!! I'M CHOKING!! Get me out!
Narrator: Percy was worried, but he couldn't help laughing. Thomas' smart blue paint was covered in coal dust, from smoke-box to bunker.
Percy: Ha ha! You don't look really useful now, Thomas. You look really disgraceful!
Thomas: I'm not disgraceful! You did that on purpose! GET ME OUT!!

[edit] Cows/A Cow on the Line

(after hearing about Edward's problem with his trucks)
Gordon: Fancy allowing cows to break your train!
Henry: They wouldn't dare do that to us. We'd show them!
Henry: What this? A cow?! I'll soon settle her. Be off! Be off!
Bluebell: Moo!
Narrator: Henry backed away, nervously.
Henry: I don't want to hurt her.

[edit] Bertie's Chase

Edward: Beep! Beep! We're late! Where's Thomas?! He doesn't usually make us wait!
Fireman: (sings) Oh, dear. What can the matter be? Johnny's so long, and...
Driver: Never you mind about Johnny! Just you climb on the cab and look for Thomas.
(the fireman climbs on top of Edward's cab)
Driver: Can you see him?
Fireman: No. There's Bertie Bus in a tearing hurry. No need to bother with him, though. Likely, he's on a coach tour or something.

[edit] Saved From Scrap

Edward: Hello! You're not broken and rusty. What are you doing here?
Trevor: I'm Trevor. They're going to break me up next week.
Edward: What a shame!
Trevor: My driver says I only need some paint, polish, and oil to be as good as new, but my master says I'm old-fashioned.
Edward: People say I'm old-fashioned, but I don't care. The Fat Controller says I'm a Useful Engine. What work did you do?
Trevor: My master would send us from farm to farm. We threshed corn, hauled logs, and did lots of other work. The children loved to see us.
Narrator: And Trevor shut his eyes, remembering.
Trevor: Oh, yes. I like children.

[edit] Old Iron

James: Edward is impossible! He clanks about like a lot of old iron, and he is so slow, he makes us wait!
Narrator: Thomas and Percy were indignant.
Percy: Old iron?! Slow?!
Thomas: Why, Edward could beat you in a race any day!
James: Really?! I should like to see him do it!

[edit] Thomas and Trevor/A New Friend for Thomas

Narrator: Trevor the Traction Engine enjoyed living in the Vicarage Orcahrd. Edward came to see him every day. But sometimes, Trevor didn't have enough work to do.
Trevor: I do like to keep busy all the time, and I do like company. Especially children's company.
Edward: Cheer up. The Fat Controller has work for you at his new Harbor. I'm to take you to meet Thomas today.
Trevor: Oh! The Harbor! The seaside! Children! That will be lovely!
Thomas: Now I understand how useful a traction engine can be.

[edit] Percy and the Signal

Inspector: Show a wheel, James. You can't stay here all day.
James: The Fat Controller told me to stay here. He sent a message this morning.
Inspector: He did not. How could he? He's away for a week.
James: Oh. Oh! Where's Percy?!
Narrator: Percy had wisely disappeared. When The Fat Controller came back, He did see James and Percy, too. Both engines wished he hadn't.

[edit] Duck Takes Charge

The Fat Controller: What's your name?
Duck: Montague, Sir. But I'm usually called "Duck". They say I waddle. I don't really, Sir. But I like Duck better than Montague.
The Fat Controller: Good. Duck it shall be. (to Percy, who had just arrived) Here, Percy. Show Duck around.
(Gordon, Henry, and James notice Duck as he pulls into Knapford Station)
Henry: He seems a simple sort of engine.
James: We'll have some fun and order him about!
(Gordon and Henry make quacking sounds as they pull out of the station)
Gordon and Henry: WHEEEEEEEEEEEESH!!!!!
Narrator: Smoke billowed everywhere!
Duck: They'll get tired of it soon. Do they tell you to do things, Percy?
Percy: Yes, they do!
Duck: Right. We'll soon stop that nonsense.
Narrator: He whispered something.
Duck: We'll do it later.
The Fat Controller: Stop that noise!
Gordon: They won't let us in!
The Fat Controller: Duck, explain this behavior.
Duck: Beg pardon, Sir, but I'm a Great Western Engine. We do our work without fuss. But begging your pardon, Sir, Percy and I would be glad if you would inform these engines that we only take orders from you.
(the other engines furiously blow their whistles again)
The Fat Controller: SILENCE!!!

[edit] Percy and Harold/Percy Proves a Point

Percy: I say, Toby, that Harold, that stuck-up whirly-bird thing, says I'm slow and out of date! Just let him wait! I'll show him!

[edit] The Runaway

Harold: (after Thomas has finally stopped) Think nothing of it. Glad to be of service. Anytime!
Inspector: Thomas, we must never let this happen again.
Narrator: Wearily, Thomas agreed with him.

[edit] Percy Takes the Plunge

The Fat Controller: You are a very disobedient engine.
Narrator: Percy knew that voice.
Percy: Please, Sir. Get me out, Sir. I'm truly sorry, Sir.
The Fat Controller: No, Percy. We cannot do that till high tide. I hope it will teach you to obey orders.
Percy: Yes, sir!
Henry: Well, well, well. Did you like the water?
Percy: No!
Henry: I am surprised. You need more determination, Percy. Water's nothing to an engine with determination, you know. Perhaps you will like it better next time.
Narrator: Percy is quite determined that there won't be a "next time"!

[edit] Pop Goes the Diesel

Trucks: [groan while Diesel tries pulling them] We can't! We won't!
Trucks: [sing at Diesel]
Trucks are waiting in the yard,
tackling them with ease'll.
Show the world what I can do.
Gaily boasts the Diesel.
In and out, he creeps about,
like a big black weasel.
When he pulls the wrong trucks out
"POP!" goes the Diesel!

[edit] Dirty Work/Diesel's Devious Deed

Duck: Shut up!
(he bumps the trucks hard)
Duck: I'm sorry our trucks were rude to you, Diesel.
Narrator: Diesel was still furious.
Diesel: It's all your fault. You made them laugh at me.
Henry: Nonsense! Duck would never do that. We engines have our differences but we never talk about them to the trucks. That would be dis-dis...
Gordon: Disgraceful!
James: Disgusting!
Henry: Despicable!
James: Keep out!
Duck: Stop fooling! I'm tired!
Gordon, James, and Henry: So are we. We're tired of you. We like Diesel. We don't like you. You tell tales about us to the trucks.
Duck: I don't!
Gordon, James, and Henry: You do!
Duck: I don't!
Gordon, James, and Henry: You DO!
Gordon: Duck called me a galloping sausage!
James: Rusty red scrap iron!
Henry: I'm old square wheels!
The Fat Controller: Well, Duck?
Duck: I only wish, Sir, that I thought of those names myself. If the dome fits...!
[the Fat Controller clears his throat]
Gordon, James, and Henry: He made trucks laugh at us.
The Fat Controller: Did you, Duck?
Duck: Certainly not, Sir! No steam engine would be as mean as that!

[edit] A Close Shave (for Duck)

Barber: I do not like engines popping through my walls.
The Fat Controller: I appreciate your feeling, but you must know that this engine and his crew have prevented a serious accident. It was a very close shave!
Barber: Oh! Oh! Excuse me!
[he fills a basin of water and splashes it on Duck's face, cleaning him up]
Barber: I'm sorry. I didn't know you were being a brave engine.
Duck: That's all right, sir. I didn't know that, either.
The Fat Controller: You were very brave, indeed. I'm proud of you!

[edit] Better Late Than Never

(Bertie's radiator is steaming)
Thomas: What's the matter? You should be at the station now. You're late!
Bertie: I feel dreadful. All upset inside! And driver says he can't make me better. Thank goodness you're late, too. Can you take my passengers, please? They'll never get home, otherwise.
Thomas: Of course!
Narrator: He now felt sorry for Bertie and promised to get help at the next station.

[edit] Break Van/Donald and Douglas

Donald: You're a mockle nuisance! It's to leave you behind, I be wantin'.
Brake Van: You can't! I'm essential!
Donald: Och! Are you?! You're nothin' but a screechin' and a noise when all's said and done. Spite Doggie, would ya? TAKE THAT!!
(he rams the van)
Brake Van: OW! OOH!
Donald: There's more comin', should ya misbehave!
(Donald has crashed into a signal box)
The Fat Controller: I am disappointed, Donald. I didn't expect such clumsiness from you. I had decided to send Douglas back and keep you.
Donald: I'm sorry, Sir.
The Fat Controller: I should think so, too. You have upset my arrangements. Now, James will have to help with the goods work while you have your tender mended. James won't like that.
Douglas: Anyone would think that Donald had had his accident on purpose. I hear a tale about an engine an some tar wagons.
James: Shut up! It's not funny!
Narrator: He didn't like to be reminded of his own accident.
Douglas: Well, well, well! Surely, James, it wasn't you. Ya didn't say!
Narrator: James didn't say. He slouched sulkily away.
Brake Van: James is cross! We'll try to make him crosser still.
Trucks: Hold back!
James: I can't do it! I can't do it!
Douglas: Leave it to me!
Narrator: The guard was anxious.
Guard: Go steady! The van's breaking!
(Douglas smashes the van to bits)
Narrator: The van was in pieces!

[edit] The Deputation

Percy: Edward says we need a... a depostation!
Gordon: Of course! The question is...
Henry: What is a..... desperation?
Percy: It's when engines tell the Fat Controller something's wrong.
Duck: Did you say "tell the Fat Controller"?
Narrator: There was a long silence.
Gordon: I purpose that Percy be our... uh... disputation.
Percy: I?! I can't!
Henry: Rubbish, Percy! It's easy.
Gordon: That's settled, then.
Narrator: Poor Percy wished it wasn't.
The Fat Controller: Hello, Percy. It's nice to be back.
Percy: (jumps) Uh, uh, yes, Sir! Yes, Sir! Please, Sir!
The Fat Controller: You look nervous, Percy. What's the matter?
Percy: Please, Sir, they've made me a "desperation", Sir, uh, to--to speak to you, Sir. I-I don't like it, Sir.
Narrator: The Fat Controller pondered.
The Fat Controller: Do you mean a deputation, Percy?
Percy: Yes, Sir, please, Sir. Uh, it's Donald and Douglas, Sir. They say, Sir, that if you send them away, Sir, well, they'll be turned into scrap, Sir. That would be dreadful, Sir. Uh, please, Sir, don't send them away!
The Fat Controller: Thank you, Percy. That will do.

[edit] Thomas Comes to Breakfast

Driver: You know just where to stop, Thomas. You could almost manage it without me.
Narrator: Thomas had become conceited. He didn't realize his driver was joking.
The Fat Controller: You are a very naughty engine.
Thomas: I know, Sir. I'm sorry, Sir.
Narrator: Thomas' voice was muffled behind his bush.
The Fat Controller: You must go to the works and have your front mended. It will be a long job.
Thomas: Yes, Sir!
The Fat Controller: Meanwhile, a diesel rail car will do your work.
Thomas: A-A-A d-diesel, Sir?!
The Fat Controller: Yes, Thomas. Diesels always stay in their sheds till they are wanted. Diesels never gallavant off to breakfast in stationmasters' houses.

[edit] Daisy

[after a milk truck has been coupled to her]
Daisy: Do they expect me to pull that?!
Driver: Surely. You can pull 1 van.
Daisy: I won't! Percy can do it! He loves messing about with trucks.

[edit] Percy's Predicament

The Fat Controller: My engines work hard. I send lazy engines away! However, Toby says you worked hard after Percy's accident. So, you shall have another chance.
Daisy: Thank you, Sir! I will work hard, Sir. Toby says he'll help me.
The Fat Controller: Excellent! What Toby doesn't know about Branch Line problems isn't worth knowing. Our Toby's an experienced engine!

[edit] The Diseasel

Driver: That's diesel.
Bill: It's a what'll?!
Ben: A diseasel, I think. There's a notice about them in our shed.
Bill: Coughs and sneezles spread diseasels.
Ben: You had a cough in your smokebox yesterday. It's your fault that the Diseasel came.
Bill: It isn't!
Ben: It is!
Drivers: Stop arguing, you 2. Let's go and rescue our trucks.
Narrator: Bill and Ben were horrified!
Bill and Ben: But the Diseasel will magic us away like the trucks!
Drivers: He won't magic us. We'll more likely magic him!
BoCo: Do you mind?
Bill: Yes. I do. I want my trucks, please.
BoCo: These are mine. Go away!
Narrator: Bill pretended to be frightened.
Bill: You're a big bully! You'll be sorry!
Narrator: He ran back and hid behind the trucks on the other side. Ben now came forward.
Ben: Truck-stealer!
Narrator: He ran away too. Bill took his place.

[edit] Wrong Road

Gordon: It's not fair.
Edward: What isn't fair?
Gordon: Letting branch line diesels pull main line trains.
Edward: Never mind, Gordon. I'm sure Boco will let you pull his trucks sometimes.
Gordon: I won't pull Boco's dirty trucks! I won't run on branch lines!
Edward: Why not? It would be a nice change.
Gordon: The Fat Controller would never approve. Branchlines are vulgar!
Narrator: Gordon puffed away. Edward chuckled and followed him to the station.
Bill: What's that?
Ben: SHH! It's Gordon.
Bill: It looks like Gordon but it can't be. Gordon never comes on the branch lines. He thinks them vulgar.
Narrator: Gordon pretended he hadn't heard them.
Ben: If it isn't Gordon, it's just a pile of old iron.
Bill: Which we'd better take to the scrap yard.
Ben: No, Bill. This lot's useless for scrap. We'll take it to the harbor and dump it in the sea.
Narrator: Gordon was alarmed.
Gordon: I am Gordon! STOP! STOP!

[edit] Edward's Exploit

Henry: Did you see him straining?
James: Positively painful.
Gordon: Just pathetic! He should give up and be preserved before it's too late!
Duck: Shut up! You're all jealous. Edward's better than any of you!
Boco: You're right, Duck. Edward's old but he'll surprise us all.
Edward: I've done it! We're off! I've done it! We're off!
Driver: We've loosened the couplings, Edward. Now you can pick up your coaches one by one, just as you do with trucks.
Edward: That'll be much easier.

[edit] Ghost Train/Percy's Ghostly Trick

Percy: And every year, on the date of the accident, it runs again as a warning to others, plunging into the gap, shrieking like a lost soul!
Toby: Percy's had an accident!
Thomas: Poor engine! Botheration! That means I'll be late!
Toby: They've cleared the line for you, but there's something worse!
Thomas: Out with it, Toby! I can't wait all evening!
Toby: I've just seen something! [stutters] It looked like Percy's ghost! It said it was coming here to warn us!
Thomas: Ha! Who cares?! Don't be frightened, Toby. I'll take care of you.

[edit] Woolly Bear

Percy: (whistles as if he were a ghost) WHEEEEEEEESH!!!
Narrator: Percy gave a ghostly whistle.
Percy: Don't be frightened, Thomas. It's only me!
Thomas: Your ugly fizz is enough to frighten everyone. You're like....
Percy: Ugly, indeed! I'm.....
Thomas: A green caterpillar with red stripes. You crawl like one, too.
Percy: I don't!
Thomas: Who's been late every afternoon this week?
Percy: It's the hay!
Thomas: I can't help that. Time's time, and the Fat Controller relies on me to keep it. I can't if you crawl in the hay until all hours.
Percy: Green caterpillar, indeed!

[edit] Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree

Thomas: (in snow) Help!
Donald: Hush! I can hear something.
Douglas: Probably the wind.
Thomas: Help!
Donald: No! Listen!
Thomas: Over here!
Donald: Och! It's Thomas! Come on! The poor wee engine must be frozen to the frames in there!

[edit] Season 3

[edit] A Scarf for Percy

The Fat Controller: [seizes his top hat] Mine! Percy, look at this.
Percy: Yes, Sir. I am, Sir.
The Fat Controller: My best trousers, too.
Percy: Yes, Sir. Please, Sir.
The Fat Controller: We must pay the passengers for their spoiled clothes, and my trousers are ruined. I hope this will teach you not to play tricks with the coaches.

[edit] Percy's Promise

Harold: Sorry, Percy. Can't talk. I'm on high alert.
Percy: Why?
Harold: Bad weather's due. My help's always needed. Mind how you go, Percy.
Percy: Ha! As long as I've got rails to run on, I can go anywhere, in any weather, anyhow. Goodbye!

[edit] Time For Trouble

James: You know, little Toby, I'm an important engine. Everyone knows it. I'm as regular as clockwork. Never late, always on time. That's me!
Toby: Says you!

[edit] Gordon and the Famous Visitor

Gordon: He did it! I'll do it! He did it! I'll do it!
Duck: He'll knock himself to bits!

[edit] Donald's Duck

Donald: [about the egg under Duck's bunker] Well, well, well! Ye must've laid it in the night, Duck. All unbeknownst!
Duck: You win, Donald. It'd take a clever engine to get the better of you!

[edit] Thomas Gets Bumped

Thomas: I've lost my passengers to Bertie! They'll like him better than me.
Thomas: Thank you for looking after my passengers.
Bertie: That's all right, Thomas. I like to make new friends, but I'm glad to share them with you.
Thomas: You're a good friend, indeed, and always will be.

[edit] Thomas, Percy and the Dragon

Percy: Wake up, Thomas! Are you dreaming about the time you thought I was a ghost?
Thomas: Certainly not! Anyway, I was only pretending to be scared. I knew it was you, really.
Percy: I hope the Guard leaves the light on for you tonight.
Thomas: Why? I quite like the dark.
Percy: Oh, really?! I am surprised. I always thought you were afraid of the dark. I wonder why.

[edit] Diesel Does It Again

The Fat Controller: [to Diesel] The harbor master has told me everything. Things worked much better here before you arrived. I shall not be inviting you back! Now, Duck and Percy, I hope you won't mind having to handle the work by yourselves again.
Percy: Oh, no, Sir.
Duck: Yes, please, Sir.

[edit] Henry's Forest

Thomas: Listen! Can you hear a strange whistling sound?
Toby: It's the wind blowing outside our shed. But I've never heard it like this before.
James: Do you know? If Gordon wasn't here now, I'd say it was him thundering by with the Express.

[edit] The Trouble With Mud

Thomas: [sees Gordon covered in mud] Hello, Gordon. You look as if you've had a mud bath. Be a sensible engine and have a shower instead.
Gordon: I haven't time to dawdle over my appearance like fussy tank engines do.
[at the washdown, James is finished]
Driver: Come on, Gordon. You'll feel better, too, after a good hosedown.
Gordon: BAH!!!
[he angrily lets off steam, covering James in mud]
Driver: You're a very naughty engine! Now James will need another shower! You'll have to wait your turn till later!
Gordon: Good riddance! I'm far too busy to waste time with water!

[edit] No Joke for James

Narrator: Thomas was shunting shining new coaches.
Thomas: Good morning, James!
James: Are those coaches for me?
Thomas: No. These are for Gordon's Express. I'll fetch your trucks next.
Narrator: But James was going to play a trick on the other engines.
James: Actually, Thomas, I'm taking the coaches. The Fat Controller asked me to tell you.
Thomas: What about the trucks?
James: Uh, give them to Gordon.
Thomas' Driver: Come on, Thomas. Orders are orders.

[edit] Thomas, Percy and the Post Train/Thomas, Percy and the Mail Train

Thomas: Thank goodness I have a chance to speak to you. Driver says that the person in charge of the post has complained to the Fat Controller about the delay last night.
Percy: But that wasn't my fault!
Thomas: I know! And so does the Fat Controller. But this post person wouldn't listen. Tonight, we'll just have to be quicker than ever before.

[edit] Trust Thomas

James: I'm sorry about your accident. And so is Gordon. We didn't mean to get you into trouble.
Gordon: No, indeed! A mere misunderstanding, Thomas. All's well that ends well.

[edit] Mavis

(upon hearing the bad news about Mavis)
Toby: I warned her!
Driver: She's young yet. And...
Toby: She can manage her trucks herself!
Driver: They're your trucks, really. Mavis is supposed to stay at the Quarry. If the Fat Controller finds out...
Toby: Hmm, yes.

[edit] Toby's Tightrope

Mavis: Manager says I don't listen to his advice. He says I've no business jauntering down Toby's line. Toby's a fusspot.
Percy: Toby has forgotten more about trucks than you will ever know. You must put the trucks where he wants them, then you'll be a Really Useful Engine. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to take these stones to the Harbor.

[edit] Edward, Trevor, and the Really Useful Party

Terence: [sees Bertie stuck in the mud] I'm the one who has to plow fields. We'd better get you out of here!

[edit] Buzz, Buzz/James Goes Buzz, Buzz

BoCo: I remember the first time I met those 2. They nearly made my eyes pop out. Edward soon put a stop to their games.
Duck: Edward is the only one who can keep Bill and Ben in order. I sometimes call them the bees.
BoCo: A good name. They're terrors when they start buzzing around.
(James bustles in)
James: What's that, Duck? Are you afraid of bees? They're only insects, after all. So don't let that buzz-box diesel tell you different.
Duck: His name is BoCo, and he didn't. We--
James: I wouldn't care if hundreds were swarming around! I'd just blow smoke and make them buzz off!
Duck: Buzz, buzz, buzz.

[edit] All at Sea

Bertie: You looked splendid flying along the line, Duck. No wonder they call you Great Western.
Duck: Thank you, Bertie.

[edit] One Good Turn

Edward: All this grumbling spreads bad atmosphere in the yard.
Boco: You're quite right. And that's why I've come up with a plan.

[edit] Tender Engines

Duck: I wouldn't drink too much of that water if I were you, Gordon. It might give you boiler-ache.
Gordon: Pah! What's this? Educating Gordon Day?! First James, and now you, Duck! Big engines have big needs. Little engines are just annoying!
Duck: Don't say I didn't warn you.

[edit] Escape

Edward: Trevor and I are old friends, and you and he have a lot in common too.
Douglas: Aye, and what'd that be?
Edward: Scrap.
Douglas: Don't mention that word! It makes my wheels wobble!

[edit] Oliver Owns Up

Henry: Amazing.
James: Oliver has resource.
Gordon: And sagacity.
Percy: What does that mean?
Thomas: I think it's about being clever and wise.
Gordon: He is an example to us all!

[edit] Bulgy

Oliver: Bulgy's friend has come. He's rude too! He's taking Bulgy's passengers home, leaving Bulgy free to steal ours!
Duck: But he can't!
Oliver: Bulgy says he can get them to the big station before us!
Duck: Rubbish! It's much farther by road!
Oliver: Yeah! But Bulgy says he knows a shortcut!

[edit] Heroes

Gordon: You must behave here. You're on the Main Line now.
Ben: Actually, Gordon, when we saw you, we thought this was the scrap yard.
Gordon: (crossly) Just make sure that my coaches are ready for my evening train!

[edit] James, Percy and The Fruitful Day

James: Really reliable-- That's me! Pity the same can't be said for Percy! Good-bye! (puffs away)
Annie and Clarabel: What was that all about?
Thomas: That was trouble. Trouble for James. Just wait and see.

[edit] Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure/Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure

Percy: Beep! Beep! Wake up, lazywings! The mountain villagers need your help! They're stranded!
Harold: Whizzo! I like an emergency to keep me warm.

[edit] Season 5

[edit] Gordon and the Gremlin

Fireman: What's the dog's name?
The Fat Controller's mother: Well, after today's events, I think I'll rename him Gremlin.
The Fat Controller: In that case, I've met one at last! (laughs)
Thomas: Excuse me, Sir. But who is your very important visitor?
The Fat Controller: Why didn't I tell you? This lady is my mother. And she agrees with me: You are indeed really useful engines. And my mother, of course, is always right! (laughs again)

[edit] Thomas, Percy and Old Slowcoach

Percy: You said the countryside got you all fired up, James. But I didn't think you meant it in this way.
James: PAH! It was this stupid truck's fault! Not mine.

[edit] A (Big) Surprise for Percy

Trucks: You're much too slow to pull all of us. We want another engine, or we'll be struggling up the hill all night!
(chant) All night! All right!
You can puff and blow!
But on that hill, you're still too slow! Ha-ha!
Percy: Slow yourself!
(he bumps the trucks again)
Trucks: Temper! Temper!

[edit] Stepney Gets Lost

(Arry and Bert approach Stepney)
Arry: Got ya this time, Stepney! You'll make very fine scrap, indeed. Buffer him, Bert!
(Bert does so, and he and Arry take him to the smelter shed)
Arry: Bye-bye, Stepney! (laughs)

[edit] Season 6

[edit] Twin Trouble

Donald: Stop bein' pushy!
Douglas: Don't call me pushy!
Donald: You shouldn't have pushed me into the cart!
Douglas: You pulled me, you mean!
Donald: Didn't!
Douglas: Did!
Donald: Did not!
Douglas: Did too!
Donald: May I go, Sir?
The Fat Controller: I only need one engine. Not 2.
Donald: I am only one engine, Sir. And I would like to work with Duck.
Narrator: The Fat Controller was surprised, but agreed.
Thomas: Won't you miss one another? I know I'd miss Annie and Clarabel.
Douglas: I'll work better on my own!
Donald: I have work to do.
Donald: Did you shunt those trucks onto the other line?
Duck: You said you wanted them on the other line!
Donald: Not that other line! The other other line! (to himself) Douglas would've known what I meant.

[edit] Storytellers

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