Percy, James and the Fruitful Day

“Percy, you are not to blame for the points failure, but I do not run a jam factory!”

― Sir Topham Hatt to Percy

Percy, James and the Fruitful Day is the twenty-fifth episode of the third season. In the US, it first aired in 1993 on the Shining Time Station episode, Schemer's Alone in 1993 and aired on the last airing of Storytime with Thomas on Fox Family.

Plot

One day, James is waiting at the junction when Percy arrives with some troublesome trucks. James tells Percy that engines should always be on time and he puffs away. Percy thinks James is being bossy and ignores him. It is market day and James arrives at the harbour to see all the wonderful fruits from far away lands. James' trucks are filled and he sets off along the main line. On the way, he meets Thomas, Annie, and Clarabel and can't resist boasting. Thomas knows that there'll be trouble ahead for boastful James.

Back at the yard, Percy is busy shunting when the stationmaster tells his driver that James' brakes are jammed and that Percy has to go and help him at once. Percy quickly sets off and soon finds James stranded on the main line. Percy can't resist laughing and teasing James. Percy's driver soon intervenes and asks Percy if he can push the trucks of fruit. Soon, Percy is coupled to the trucks and sets off. Percy is in a hurry and isn't paying full attention to the line. He hadn't seen that the points had failed and that he had been diverted into a siding - until it's too late. Percy crashes into the buffers and gets covered in sticky fruit! The Fat Controller sternly reminds Percy that while the point failure is not his fault, his railway is not a jam factory!

That night in the sheds, all the engines are silent until Thomas reminds everyone that they are all Really Useful Engines!

Characters

Locations

Trivia

This episode was adapted from the magazine story Percy Gets Jammed by Andrew Brenner.
The truck in front of Percy has NE written on it.
Stock footage from Thomas, Percy and the Post Train is used, as is a deleted scene from Heroes.
Izzy Gomez and Big Mickey from TUGS appear.

Goofs

When James is watching his trucks being loaded, there are four open-topped trucks, but when he leaves the harbour, one of them is replaced with a goods van.
When James leaves the harbour, the first truck is missing a face.
As Percy sets off with James' trucks, James' front wheels are derailed and Percy jerks back before starting.
During the crash scene, Percy's cab's roof is raised.
There are more than the usual six berths in Tidmouth Sheds.
At the end of the episode, a wire of some sort is wrapped around James' funnel.
When James puffs by Thomas, Annie and Clarabel, Annie is missing her name.

Quotes

Percy: "Got yourself into a bit of a jam, eh James? What you might call a 'sticky situation'?"
James: "Be quiet! It's not funny having jammed brakes!"

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Percy, James en de Soep	Percy, James and the Soup
German	Heute ist Obsttag	Today is Fruit Day
French	Percy, James et le Fructeuese Journée	Percy, James and the Fruitfal Day
Spanish	Percy, James y un Día Fructífero	Percy, James & a Fruitful Day
Brazilian Portuguese	James e Percy e um Dia de Fruta	James, Percy and the Fruit Day
Danish	Percy, James og en Frugtbar Dag	Percy, James and a Fertile Day
Norwegian	Percy, James og den Fruktbare Dagen	Percy, James and the Fruitful Day
Swedish	Percy, James och den Fruktbare Dager	Percy, James and the Fruitful Day
Finnish	Hedelmällistä Yhteistyötä	Fruitful Teamwork
Italian	Locomotive nei Pasticci	Engines in Trouble
Hungarian	Percy és James Gyümölcsöző Napja	Percy, James and the Fruitful Day
Catalan	Percy, James i el Fructífer Dia	Percy, James and the Fruitful Day
Romanian	Percy, James și Ziua Lor Rodincă	Percy, James and the Fruitful Day
Polish	Piotrek, Kuba i Owocny Dzień	Percy, James and the Fruitful Day
Slovak	Percy, Jakub a Ovocná Deň	Percy, James and Fruity Day
Czech	Percy, James a Ovocný Den	Percy, James and a Fruit Day
Slovenian	Poldi, Jakob in Uspešen Dan	Percy, James and the Successful Day
Japanese	くだものれっしゃ	Fruit Train
Chinese	培西詹姆士和富有成果的一天	Percy, James and the Fruitful Day
Ukrainian	Персі, Джеймс і плідний день	Percy, James and Fruitful Day
Russian	плодотворный день	The Fruitful Day
Greek	Ο Τζέρι, Ο Τζίμι και η λαϊκή αγορά	Percy, James, and the Public Market
Thai	วันโชคร้ายของเพอร์ซีและเจมส์	Today is Unfortunately Percy and James