The Sad Story of Henry

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“Once, an engine attached to a train was afraid of a few drops of rain. It went into a tunnel and squeaked through its funnel and wouldn't come out again!”

― The narrator

The Sad Story of Henry, retitled Come Out, Henry! in American releases, is the third episode of the first season. It first aired in the US on the Shining Time Station episode Does It Bite? in 1989, re-aired on Mysterious Stranger in 1993 and on the Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales episode Paint the Town Red in 1996.

Plot

It is a very rainy day on Sodor and Henry the Green Engine is pulling some coaches full of passengers. He runs into a tunnel and stops, unwilling to go any further.

Henry's driver and fireman argue with him but he refuses to come out, claiming that the rain would spoil his green paint with red stripes. The guard blows his whistle and waves his flag, but Henry instead blows steam at him.

Just then, an important man arrives in another train. It is Sir Topham Hatt; better known as the Fat Controller. He decides that Henry will be pulled out of the tunnel. Attaching a rope to Henry, all the passengers try and pull him - except for the Fat Controller, citing that it is his doctor's orders - but Henry does not move. Moving to the other end of the tunnel, the passengers try to push Henry out (again, the Fat Controller does not help), but with the same results.

Thomas arrives to help and the passengers try telling Henry that the rain has stopped. Henry still refuses to move, believing the rain will begin again soon, so Thomas tries to push Henry out, but even with another engine pushing, Henry remains in the tunnel.

Soon, the Fat Controller admits defeat and tells Henry that he is going to get what he wanted. Soon, the rails are taken up and a brick wall is erected in front of Henry.

All Henry is able to do now, is watch the other engines pass through the other tunnel. Henry soon regrets his actions, as he sees Edward and Gordon run by. Edward always toots a hello with his whistle, while Gordon always laughs saying it serves him right. Henry has no steam to answer them and the soot and dirt from the tunnel ruins his green paint with red stripes anyway.

Henry is left in the tunnel cold, dirty and lonely. He now wonders if he will ever be let out to pull trains again.

Characters

Edward
Henry
Gordon
Sir Topham Hatt
Thomas (does not speak)
James (cameo)

Locations

Henry's Tunnel

Trivia

This episode is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, The Three Railway Engines.
This story was originally adapted live for television in 1953.
James appears briefly, but he is not introduced until Thomas and the Breakdown Train.
A CGI recreation of the scene where Henry is bricked up in the tunnel was made for Blue Mountain Mystery and some parts of this episode were recreated for The Adventure Begins.
The US narration of this episode states that Henry being shut up in the tunnel is a temporary punishment until he is ready to come out (with it being stated that Henry had to overcome his 'fear' of the rain), while the UK version stays faithful to the original story in which the Fat Controller intends to leave Henry in the tunnel for good.

Goofs

In the first scene, the ground sinks slightly.
In a few close-ups of Henry in the tunnel, the tracks in front of him have already been taken up.
In the first scene of Henry having stopped at the other end of the tunnel, the points in front of him appear to be misaligned from the connector track. They are properly connected in subsequent scenes, however.
In some shots, purple marker is visible on the Fat Controller's hand, such as when he says, "My doctor has forbidden me to pull".
When the passengers try to pull Henry out of the tunnel, almost all have Blu-Tack on their feet.
At some stages, the level of the wall decreases and Henry changes position.
When the guard tries to get Henry out by blowing his whistle and waving his flags, the scene is played forwards and then backwards.
At first, the buffers of Henry's last coach are at their normal height. But when Thomas comes to push, the buffers have been lowered to accommodate Thomas' buffers. Also, in the close-up of Thomas buffering up to the coaches, his buffer housing is black instead of red and the detail of his buffer housing and lamp are different.
When the workmen are walling up the tunnel, the buffers have no track connected to them. But in close-ups, there is.
When James moves after bringing the Fat Controller, the edge of the set is visible. Also, the puffing noise can be heard before James starts to move.
When the workmen take away Henry's track, part of the track is already taken away.
In the close-up of Edward, his whistle is wonky.
James' first coach appears to be derailed as it wobbles when he arrives at the tunnel and again when he leaves.
When Thomas pushes Henry's train, the yellow lining around his cab window is bent.

Merchandise

Wooden Railway (discontinued)
Books - Henry's Bad Day
Magazine stories - The Sad Story of Henry
Ladybird Books - The Sad Story of Henry/Thomas's Train/Thomas and the Guard

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish	El Orgullo de Henry/La triste historia de Henry	Henry's Pride/The Sad Story of Henry
Norwegian	Henrys Triste Historie	Henry's Sad Story
French	Les Mésaventures de Henry	The Misadventures of Henry
Dutch	Het Droevige Verhaal van Henry	The Sad Story of Henry
Brazilian Portuguese	Quanto Maior a Altura, Maior o Tombo	The Higher the Height, the Greater the Fall
Japanese	でてこいヘンリー	Come Out, Henry
Welsh	Henri	Henry
Croatian	Tužna Priča o Hrvoju	The Sad Story of Henry
Finnish	Henrin Surullinen Tarina	Henry's Sad Story
Hebrew	הסיפור העצוב של הנרי	The Sad Story of Henry
Italian	Paura Della Pioggia	Fear of the Rain
Slovenian	Žalostna Zgodba o Henriku	Sad Story of Henry
Polish	Smutna Historia Henia	The Sad History of Henry
Chinese	亨利的悲惨故事	Henry's Tragic Story
Korean	굴속에 긷힌 헨리	Henry Trapped in the Cave
Russian	Боязнь дождя	Fear of Rain
Romanian	Trista Poveste a lui Henry	Sad Story of Henry
Hungarian	Henry Szomorú Története	Henry's Sad History
German	Die Traurige Geschichte von Henry	The Sad Story of Henry
Slovak	Smutný Príbeh o Henrym	Sad Story about Henry
Swedish	Henrys Sorgsna Historia	Henry's Sad History
Czech	Henryho Smutný Příběh	Henry's Sad Story
Serbian	Tužna Henrijeve priča	Henry's Sad Witness
Danish	Henrys sørgelige historie	Henry's Sad Story
Thai	เฮนรี่ถูกทำโทษ	Henry Punished