Mountain Marvel



"Mountain Marvel" is a twelfth season episode, narrated by Michael Angelis in the UK, and by Michael Brandon in the US.

Plot
Peter Sam rushes his jobs in order to hear a tale about Proteus from the famous storyteller, Miss Marvel. During this, he stumbles across a neglected statue of Proteus, and vows to hide it until the ceremony. This results in a disaster, but Peter Sam figures out a way to fix everything and make in time to the storytelling- complete with a cleaned up Proteus statue on display.

Featured Characters

 * Peter Sam
 * Duncan
 * Mighty Mac
 * Freddie
 * Skarloey (cameo)
 * Rheneas (cameo)
 * Sir Handel (cameo)
 * Rusty (cameo)
 * Proteus (statue cameo only)
 * Thomas (mentioned)
 * Mr. Percival
 * Mrs. Percival (does not speak)
 * Miss Marvel

Trivia

 * First and only appearance (so far) of Proteus' Statue, which unusually is missing the 'magic' lamp.
 * This is the only episode in Season 12 not to feature the Steam Team, however, Thomas is mentioned.
 * This is the only season 12 episode to have Mighty Mac speaking.
 * This episode is Part One of "Party Time for the Little Engines" because all the narrow gauge railway episodes in Season 12 all have a party theme within them.

Goofs

 * Freddie's accent has changed since last season. He now has a Welsh Accent.
 * When Peter Sam crashes into the buffers when taking the statue of Proteus, the junction seems to be a different layout compared to what it looked like when Peter Sam told the other engines not to take the short-cut as Duncan comes down the line from Peter Sam's left.
 * If Freddie was the expert of shortcuts/hidden tracks, how come he didn't know of the track leading to the statue of Proteus?
 * When Peter Sam discovers the statue of Proteus, his milk churns are gone but they come back when he leaves to warn the engines.
 * It would taken more than a day to get the statue of Proteus cleaned up from being very rusty to a very clean and shiny bronze statue.