A Scarf for Percy

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“My funnel's cold! My funnel's cold! I want a scarf! I want a scarf!"
"Rubbish, Percy! Engines don't wear scarves"
"Engines with proper funnels do! You've only got a small one!”

― Percy and Henry arguing over scarves.

A Scarf for Percy is the first episode of the third season. In the US, it premiered on the Shining Time Station episode Is Anybody There?.

Plot

The cold winter conditions have woken Thomas and Percy up early, and to keep their mind off the cold they talk about warm things. Thomas jokingly suggests Percy should wear a scarf and Percy takes him seriously.

Percy is later in the yard, trying to sneak up on the coaches. Unluckily, two porters pulling a baggage trolley across the line do not hear Percy coming and the trolley is crushed. Percy, the Fat Controller, and several passengers are showered with jam and the Fat Controller's top-hat and special trousers are ruined.

Percy is given the trousers to use as a scarf and Percy promptly changes his opinion about scarves.

That evening, Percy is cleaned, has the trousers taken away and is told by Henry that the next day will be warmer.

Characters

Thomas
Henry
James
Percy
Sir Topham Hatt
Lady Hatt (not named; does not speak)
Jeremiah Jobling (cameo)
The Firelighter (mentioned)

Locations

Trivia

This episode is based on the story Percy and the Trousers from The Railway Series book, Henry the Green Engine.
This is the first episode narrated by Michael Angelis in the UK and George Carlin in the US as well as Gro Solemdal's first episode in Norway.
This was Britt Allcroft's first episode as producer.
In the restored version, the scene of Percy rolling his eyes just before the trousers fall down on him is slowed down.
In the restored version, when Percy is complaining about his cold funnel, he stops past Henry.
A deleted scene shows a truck getting splashed with jam.
When first broadcasted on ITV, Henry's scenes and the ending were cut out for time.
A CGI recreation of the scene where Percy crashes into the baggage trolley was made for Blue Mountain Mystery.
In the Netherlands, this episode is called "A Tie For Percy". In Japan, this episode is called "Percy's Muffler". In Finland, it is called "Percy's Scarf".

Goofs

Percy's trucks disappear at Dryaw.
When the Fat Controller says, "I shall put them in my trunk and change into them just before the photographs are taken," the Narrator waits an unusually long length of time before adding, "he said to his wife."
When Percy puffs alongside Henry, the track he was on leads to a dead end.
Percy should not have bumped up when he hit the trunk; in fact, he should have crunched it to splinters.
When Percy's wheels bounce after hitting the trolley, one of the porters is wobbling.
One of the porters' trousers keep changing from green to brown.
Percy appears to have derailed after hitting the trolley, but he is still on the track in the next shot.
It shouldn't have taken the porters that long to pull the trolley across the track.
Lady Hatt is seen as one of the people wearing scarves at Dryaw, but she was just seen with Sir Topham Hatt.
The trousers are completely out of scale.
In the restored version, when Percy puffs alongside Henry, he stops a little ahead of Henry, but in the next scene, he is next to Henry.
When the narrator says "Thomas and Percy were cold and cross", Thomas' eyes are wonky.
When Percy pulls up next to James, James' face and Percy's cab roof are loose.
When Percy crashes into the trolley, he seems to have run it over after he jumps. However, in the next shot the trolley is somehow in front of him.