Season 3 Episode 26: Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure

Our story starts with the introduction of a town deep in the heart of Sodor. It is December and Christmas is near. Thomas promises the villagers they will receive their letters and gifts from him soon. 

And Jane Slicker is getting the present of not having to deal with a jag off on Youtube anymore. Yahoo!

A week later the snow starts falling. Sodor is snowed in. Working was difficult for the engines. They were getting stuck and had to plow everywhere. (I live in Montana, this is life.) 

Thomas and Percy are setting up for their post trains. Thomas mentions that he is so full with Christmas goodness that he will have take an extra truck to the village. Percy gets all bummed that Thomas is not leaving any work for him.

Just then the plans change, Thomas' driver drops the bomb that Thomas is to work at the big station and Percy will take the post train. 

That's a butt hurt face if I ever saw one.

Percy heads down the line with the train. On his way, he is stopped by the fog man with a red light. (Hookers!) Nope, it wasn't hookers. The village is snowed in. He orders Percy to leave his trucks in the siding and get help.

Likely story...

Percy heads to the airfield, to get Harold. Harold is all over the emergency. It must have made him feel wanted and needed. After all, he is kind of a prick.

Before Percy can gather anymore help, Thomas comes up with Terence and the works train. He commands Percy to follow him.

Percy is a people pleaser.

They reach the village where Harold has already arrived. He was dropping food down to the people. Terence meanwhile, was plowing away.  

Yeah he is a little bit dangerous.

The work was done and the village people were please. They call Thomas and Percy the best Santa Clauses ever! Percy was confused about who Santa Claus was even though, he met him last season. (Yep, Percy is starting his downward spiral of dumbness for sure now.)

Thomas sends Percy back to get his post train from the siding. 

It only gets worst from here.

Toby arrives with Henrietta filled with drinks. The villagers drink all night until Toby is the only engine left who was not in his shed. 

The villagers load up Henrietta with gifts and themselves before Toby leaves. They were planning a surprise for the engines.

There better be a Christmas puppy in there.

Toby arrives late, to find everyone is sleeping. He had no idea what the villagers were planning. 

When the engines woke up, they were surprised that the village people had painted and decorated their shed. They even had gifts! (Really, they didn't wake up anyone, kill them, or at least make them goofy with paint flumes?) 

I take that back, they do look high.

And with that we finish season 3.

Season 3 Episode 3: Time For Trouble

If you name an episode, "Time For Trouble" it has to be snark worthy!

It is still tourist season on Sodor. The Slave Driver is working his engines tail ends off. Gordon of course, is grumping at the coaches to pick it up. The Fat Controller has been extra demanding on him. He has been doing trains one after another. 

Being a nice slave driver, one particular day, The Fat Controller gives Gordon a break.

Psst.... James, is this a test of some kind?

He decides to have James do Gordon's work. (Aw, here it goes!)

James was thrilled to be doing Gordon's very important work. He wanted everyone to see that red coat of his and how fast he could be. (Wait, I figured it out. James is suppose to be for the red haired kids)

James rolls up to Toby. James goes all Gordon on Toby. He starts to brag about being so important. Toby really doesn't give a flying mongoose. 

As usual, The Fat Controller just appears out of nowhere.

I love the look on his porter's face. He is cereal.

He sends Toby to The Works to get his old man parts mended. Toby begs to brings Henrietta Pussycat with him. The Fat Controller is like, "Ah hell no!" and leaves. 

Toby on his way out, runs into Percy. Percy agrees to take care of Henrietta for him.

Toby makes his way down the mainline. Due to Toby being a tram, he has a hard time making it the full way without water. He begins to feel thirsty.

Toby makes it to a station with a water tower. He starts to fill up when a new signal man comes up. He needs the line clear for The Express. Toby has to fill up at the next station. Toby's driver tries to argue but, the noob will not agree to let him finish.

Elder abuse!

Toby was trying to hurry but, hurrying was using up more water then it should. Thanks to the noob signal man, Toby ran out water and became stranded on the mainline. 

Percy puffs up with Henrietta Pussycat. The Fireman flags him down and demands to be taken back to the station to warn James about Toby on the line. He should probably kick the signal man's butt too.

I'm up for an ass kicking.

James, still pretending to be Gordon, hears the news and all he can do is complain about being late. Never mind Toby, sitting on the tracks dehydrated. 

The noob signal man admits it was his fault. And James' driver informs James that he is going to have to push Toby. 

I don't want to be down wind from an old man.

James sets off, grumbling the whole time. He finds Toby and rather rudely bumps him and sets back off.  

They pull into The Works' station. James at this moment is pooped out. But the kids on the platform don't care. They begin to make fun of James by joking that it took two engines to pull The Express. 

Toby reassures James that they are only joking. But, James is ticked.

The moral of the story....

Kids are heartless...

Season 2 Episode 20: Percy's Perdicament

Daisy is working along Thomas' branch line. Interesting tidbit about Daisy, she is scared of bulls and cows and is still lazy. So, I better not call her a lazy cow. 

I can not unseen Kim Kardashian as a Diesel now.

One day, Toby and Henrietta Pussycat pull up next to Percy at the station. They find Percy rather grumpy shunting some trucks. Toby points out that Daisy still won't deliver milk. Poor Percy has to make an extra run to deliver it. Toby seeing that Percy is about to loose it offers to deliver it and Percy can take his trucks at quarry. 

Zombie sighting on Sodor!

Now, Percy is a new kid of the block when it comes to the quarry. Percy who still hasn't figured out that you can't bump trucks around angrily and he does just that. The trucks quit rightly this time, are furious. They go on about this being Toby's place and Percy has no right giving them smack. They chant, "Pay Percy out!"

This truck is terrifying.

Percy hooks up to some trucks. Those sneaky bastards, follow him quietly as to not arouse suspicion. 

Along the line, lays a sign.

Rabbit season!

Percy peeps for the guard to pin the brakes. The bastard trucks push Percy forward. The poor sap working at the crossing waved his flag at Percy to warn him. Percy ran right pass him, it was too late to switch him lines. Percy panicked rushes through the yard and kills a brake van that was parked on the line.  

It's though being a brake van on Sodor

The poor brake van is crushed. The only thing that remains is the base. Percy lands perfectly on that base though.

Cause he's all about that base

They let Percy sit there until the next day. The Fat Controller arrives to see his latest catastrophe on the railway. Toby and Daisy also arrive to help. As usual, The Fat Controller does not blame the trucks. It is all on Percy. He chews Percy out and whines about trying to run the branch line with just Toby and Daisy. The Fat Controller decides to let Percy sulk on the brake van until he is ready to take him off.   

And there is the reason I never liked you as kid.

But the chewing out isn't just reserved for Percy, Daisy gets one too. He shames her with the very useful bit and tell her that if she doesn't turn into his slave, she will be set away. But since Toby said she worked hard to clear the mess, she gets a second chance. 

The next day, Thomas came back from the works and Percy is sent off to have his turn there. See, The Fat Controllers' tantrum about having two engines was for nothing. I think the stress is getting to him. He already lost his hair.

We end with Daisy being schooled by Toby and everyone being good old buddies. 

But they didn't give Thomas a new brain. Not until season 8.

Season 2 Episode 19: Daisy

The Fat Controller introduces Toby and Percy to a hot little number named Daisy. You can tell by the sexy stripper theme she is given that she is pure sass. Daisy is going to be Thomas' temporary replacement. The Fat Controller wants the two of them to show Daisy around. 

You wait and see boys, the way I work those rails. Meow!

Toby and Percy show Daisy the engine shed. Daisy thinking she is classier then that disapproves of the horrid conditions. She swears the smell is bad for swerves. 

The two of them try to show Daisy the carriage shed. Daisy thinks it is better but, dislikes the rubbish that happens to be named Annie, Clarabel, and Henrietta. MEOW! Naturally, this insults the coaches. Percy and Toby end up hauling them away so, Daisy can have the shed to herself. 

The Kim Kardashian of Sodor, folks!

The next morning, Toby and Percy are exhausted. Daisydashian however is cheerful. She even exclaims, "Oooooooo Oooooooo" as she backs out of the shed. 

At the station, Daisy boosts to the passengers about how up to date and beautiful she is. 

The passengers wait for her to stop being vain and go but, nope. Daisy sees that a milk van is about to be coupled on her and freaks. She refuses and requests that Percy take it. When that doesn't work she begins to twerk.

Where's Robin Thicke?

All the twerking in the world, would not work on the driver. Daisy then lurched backyard and literally blew a fuse. The passengers and crew began to argue with her. But Daisy, has an excuse. She claims the fitter told her never to pull anything. She took that one right out of The Fat Controller's handbook. I seem to remember back in the first season, him claiming his doctor forbade him to do a lot of things. 

The passenger in the background sums it up perfectly. 

The Station Master calls her bluff. The Shunter says it best, "Why did The Fat Controller send us this feeble engine?"

That sets Daisy in rage. And guess what? She gets her way. They uncouple the van and she goes on her way. 

Daisy then realizes that she can get away with anything with that story. And so can The Fat Controller.

Season 1 Episode 23: Dirty Objects

Today we find out that James is a tram racist. Whenever he sees Toby and Henrietta he calls them, "Dirty objects."

James one day finally makes Toby snap. And what does Toby do to get back at James? Well, he brings up the bootlace incident. I personally would have went with a lot kids think James is a lady but, bootlaces work. 

Oh but you make such a pretty lady.

James snorts off to drop his coaches off and switch to trucks. He was set to pull a slow good train, which he hates more then Toby. They are also dirty.

James goes about picking up more and more trucks until he has a long train. And of course James in his mood, bumps the trucks so roughly they want to pay it forward.

He starts up Gordon's hill where he should have pinned his breaks but, being an angry guy in this episode he forgets it. 

I can't wait for disaster!

James' driver tries to remind James. James just goes on ignoring him. He has to think of the next nasty  thing he can say to Toby. The trucks see their chance and start to push James down the hill.

Oh shit!

James hurls down the hill and through the station. And we see some tar trucks ahead. Disaster is bond to happen. And wait for it.... We get it!

Ah, here it goes!

I must note that this may be the best crash this season/series. James had a lot of bounce in this one. 

So beautiful I had to make a GIF

Luckily or unluckily depending on how you look at it, James is more dirty then hurt. Toby and Percy arrive to help with the clean up. 

Once Toby sees James, he goes in for the kill. He tells Percy, "That he sees a dirty object."

Drum roll please

Toby and Percy help with the clean up and then help a crippled James home. At home, The Fat Controllers pops out of nowhere late in this episode. The Fat Controller mocks James a bit and tells him  that he is too dirty to be seen. And he awards Toby and Henrietta Pussycat new paint. 

Toby unhitches from James and runs off. We are left with the image of James pouting. 

Season 1 Episode 21: Toby & The Stout Gentleman

We start this story with footage of this odd looking little tram traveling around the country side. It is Toby! I loved him as a wee little lass. I have thing for old men. Ringo tells us all about Toby. Toby takes trucks to the mainline and has a coach named Henrietta Pussycat. 

Toby are you in Montana?

Henrietta complains about the lack of passengers and goods. She remembers the good ol' days when she had nine trucks behind here. But, now that the mean old lorries are in town they have been taking over. Their jobs have been outsourced.

Toby arrives at a station. There at the platform is a stout gentleman, his lady, and the spawn of spawn. Oh geez, I wonder who can it be? 

Who can it be knocking at this tram?

Well I be damned, it is The Fat Controller. Toby doesn't know this yet. The Fat Controller's grandspawn are interested in this square piece of machinery. One of them even asks if he is electric. Which really grinds Toby's gears.

Oh no she didn't?

The grandspawn beg to ride of this weird steam tram. The Fat Controller gives in and they board Henrietta. Toby takes them off.

After the ride, The Fat Controller speaks with Toby and he thanks him for the ride. This causes Toby's eyes to bug out. 

The Fat Controller's grandspawn spend everyday of the vacation riding on Toby's train. They even rode in the cab on the last day. Everyone was so sad when it was time to go.

How do these engines cry? How does any of this work?

Months pass and more outsourcing happens. So much, that is time to lock Toby up in a retirement shed. They have a "Farewell Toby, You Sexy Tram" last ride day. 

I hope they treat you well in the nursing home

After the ride, the passengers say their goodbyes. Toby is then banished to the shed. But not for long, his crew has good news. They have a letter from the stout man. And then we get cut off. No fair!

No prunes, yay!