Hide and Peep

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Hide and Peep
Episode Overview
Writer	Simon Spencer
Director	Steve Asquith
Producer	Simon Spencer
Narrator	Michael Angelis (UK) Michael Brandon (US)
Release Details
Series	11
Series no.	11.01 (production order) 11.15 (broadcast order)
Number	263 (production order) 277 (broadcast order)
Released	10 September 2007 (UK) 28 October 2007 (US) 31 March 2008 (GER) 8 April 2009 (JPN) 10 June 2009 (CAN) 29 September 2009 (KOR) 11 July 2010 (HUN) 11 April 2011 (NZ) 2 June 2011 (AUS/NZ, DVD) 9 September 2011 (AUS)
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“You'll never find me! I'm the best hider ever!"
"Well, I'm the best finder!”

― Percy and Thomas

Hide and Peep is the fifteenth episode of the eleventh series.

Plot

It is a busy bustling day at Brendam docks and all the engines are working hard. A ship is taking a while to reach Brendam, so Thomas and Percy decide to play "Hide and Peep" to pass the time. Cranky asks if he can play, but Thomas says that he is too tall to hide, making Cranky feel left out. Percy goes to hide.

Thomas searches everywhere to find him, but Percy is good at hiding. He looks in a shed thinking that Percy is there, but he cannot see him, and so he pretends to have found him. Percy comes out of his hiding place but sees that Thomas did not really find him. He peeps crossly that Thomas tricked him and goes to hide again. Thomas looks for him again, this time pretending that the Fat Controller needs him. He arrives at the Coaling Plant shouting that the Fat Controller is here. Suddenly, Percy comes out from the coal tipper asking Thomas where the Fat Controller is, only to see that Thomas tricked him again. Thomas feels bad and promises Percy that he will not trick him again, so Percy goes to hide again.

Thomas instead finds the Dock manager, who informs Thomas that the ship has finally docked. Thomas cannot find Percy, and when he calls out to Percy that the ship has docked, Percy thinks it is another trick and refuses to come out. Thomas arrives next to Cranky, admitting that he is not a very good finder, and asks Cranky for help, as Cranky had seen the faraway ship. Cranky spies Rocky lowering Percy behind a wall. Thomas finds the little green saddle tank. Percy is surprised that Thomas has found him, but Thomas admits the truth, including that it really is time for their deliveries. They collect their deliveries, and Thomas states that Cranky is the best finder and that Percy is the best hider.

Characters

• Thomas
• Percy
• Cranky
• The Dockyard Manager
• Rocky (does not speak)
• James (cameo)
• 'Arry (cameo)
• Salty (cameo)
• Big Mickey (faceless, cameo)
• Gordon (stock footage cameo)
• Toby (stock footage cameo)
• Sir Topham Hatt (mentioned)

Locations

• Brendam Docks
  • Sodor Shipping Company
  • Brendam Warehouse
  • Brendam Canal
• Knapford Yards
• The Coaling Plant

Trivia

• Stock footage from Gordon and the Engineer and Thomas Sets Sail is used.
• This is the second time that Percy is on the coal loader since the sixth series episode, Middle Engine. But this time, Percy gets on it on purpose.
• Numerous differences were made in the individual airings and DVDs compared to the PBS Kids and Nick Jr. UK airing, Fun and Games as the scenes were either alternate angled or re-filmed:
  • The beginning is different as there is a blue car and some workmen next to Cranky in the original version but were removed in the re-filmed version, the piles of wood and oil barrel between the tracks are removed, one workman has different skin colour in the re-filmed version and the timing of James and either one of the Ironworks Diesel twins approaching each other is different.
  • In the scene of Thomas and Salty, the rolling stocks close to Thomas are replaced with different ones, the timing of Thomas and Salty approaching each other and the cargo in their trucks are different and the two workmen are moved in both versions and there is a caterpillar crane next to the warehouse in the original version, while in the re-filmed version, there are two cars close to the warehouse.
  • A deleted alternate angle of Gordon and the Engineer is used, there are some workmen next to the blue and green cars and Toby has a different face mask.
  • All the scenes of Thomas and Percy at the docks ready to play Hide and Peep are alternate angled.
  • In the scene of Thomas looking for Percy, the workmen at the warehouse are moved and the clouds are in a different position.
  • In the third scene of Thomas looking for Percy is an alternate angle, the caterpillar crane and the flatbed are moved.
  • The fourth scene of Thomas looking for Percy is an alternate angle with the soft-sided Lorries moved and beside the small building, there is a blue car in original version while in the re-filmed version, there are two red cars.
  • An alternate angle of Thomas deciding to pretend the Fat Controller is at the docks is used and the clouds are in a different position. Also, Thomas' brass model is used instead of his plastic model.
  • An alternate angle of Percy leaving the coaling plant is used and the clouds are in a different position.
  • An alternate angle of Thomas arriving at the docks is used, the colour and number of cars next to the warehouse are different and there are two soft sided lorries next to the crane in the original version while there is only one in the re-filmed version.
  • The close-up of Thomas is an alternate angle.
  • An alternate angle of Thomas trying to tell Percy that the ship docked is used with more steam comes out in the re-filmed version when in the original version there is less steam coming out and the crates next to the coal bunker are a different colour.
  • An alternate angle of Thomas going to Rocky is used with Thomas having different face masks, there are different rolling stocks and the materials on the ground are moved.
• The title is a pun on the game Hide and Seek.
• The plot line is similar to the story The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
• According to Simon Spencer, during an interview at the Midlands Arts Centre, he said that the inspiration for this episode was that he wanted to switch the roles of Thomas and Percy's dynamic.
• S.S. Vienna and Big Mickey's models from TUGS can be seen.
• When Thomas goes into the warehouse, Diesel's new engine from the tenth series episode, Emily and the Special Coaches is visible.
• This marks the last of two speaking roles for two characters:
  • Cranky's last speaking role in an episode until the thirteenth series episode, Creaky Cranky. This is also Cranky's only focus role in the Hit entertainment Model Era.
  • The Dockyard Manager's last speaking role.
• This episode marks the last appearance of Brendam Canal.

Goofs

• 'Arry has Dennis' horn sound.
• When Thomas "steamed by sidings and wheeshed alongside warehouses", he appears to be travelling through the same place twice but with a different arrangement of trucks in the shots.

Merchandise

• Books - Train Hide and Seek

In Other Languages

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Language Title Brazilian Portuguese Esconde e apita Chinese Mandarin 藏起来和偷看 Czech Schovávaná Danish Gemmeleg Dutch Verstoppertje Finnish Piilosilla French La partie de Cache-cache German Thomas schummelt Hungarian Füttyös bújócska Japanese みなとのかくれんぼ Korean 꼭꼭 숨어라 Latin American Spanish Ocúltate y Mira Norwegian Fløytegjemsel Polish Zabawa w Chowanego Portuguese Escondidas e Apitadelas Romanian De-a V-ați Ascunselea Russian Прячься и гуди Spanish El Silba - Escondite Swedish Kurragömma

Home Media Releases

UK/AUS The Complete Series 11 UK DVD Boxsets Classic Collection AUS DVD Boxsets The Essential Collection US/CAN Engine Friends THA Hide and Peep GER Thomas and the Spaceship DVD Boxsets 11 Great Stories with Thomas and his Friends Adventure on Rails! SWE/NOR/DEN/FIN Hide and Seek SPN Thomas Is Done to the Sea ARA Thomas Sets Sail MYS Hide and Peep and Other Adventures JPN Thomas the Tank Engine Series 11 Vol.1 Thomas' Surprise! 75th Anniversary Edition: Thank You as Always! Thomas & Friends Masterpieces HK Thomas & Friends Volume 25 (DVD) Thomas & Friends Volume 35 (VCD) KOR Thomas the Little Engine and Friends Season 6 Vol. 1 TWN Thomas and Friends Volume 22

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