The Sad Story of Henry

"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 and re-aired in Mysterious Stranger in 1993.

Plot
It is a very rainy day on Sodor, and Henry is pulling some coaches full of passengers. He runs into a tunnel and stops, refusing to come back out.

Henry's crew argues with him, and tries to make him come out of the tunnel. But Henry refuses, claiming that the rain would spoil his green paint with red stripes. The guard blows his whistle and waves his flag, but Henry still will not budge an inch and instead blows steam at him.

Just then, an important man arrives in another train. It is the man in charge of all the engines, Sir Topham Hatt; although he is better known as the Fat Controller. He decides that Henry will be pulled out of the tunnel, and Henry responds by blowing steam at him. Attaching a rope to Henry, the passengers try and pull him out of the tunnel - the Fat Controller does not help, citing that it is his doctor's orders - but it is no use at all. Moving to the other end of the tunnel, the passengers try to push Henry out - the Fat Controller is again unable to 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 of the tunnel. However, the little tank engine does little better than the passengers, and Henry remains in the tunnel.

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 to watch the engines go through the other tunnel. Henry soon regrets his actions, and often sees Edward and Gordon run by. Edward always toots a hello with his whistle, while Gordon laughs at Henry for his foolishness. 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)

Location

 * Henry's Tunnel

Trivia

 * This episode is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book The Three Railway Engines.
 * A CGI recreation of the scene where Henry is bricked up in the tunnel was made for Blue Mountain Mystery.
 * There are some differences in the US and UK narrations. Some differences are:
 * Sir Topham Hatt's introduction in the UK narration is "Then, along came Sir Topham Hatt, the man in charge of all the engines on Sodor. They call him 'The Fat Controller'." Since the Fat Controller name is not used in US narrations, the introduction is simply, "Then, along came Sir Topham Hatt, the man in charge of all the engines on the Island of Sodor."
 * In the Ringo Starr versions, the line "But Henry only blew steam at him" is said sooner than in the George Carlin version.
 * In the George Carlin narration, the Fat Controller's coughing is omitted.
 * The line "The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt said 'One, two, three! Push!'" is said sooner in the US narrations than in the UK narration. Also, "One, two, three! Push!" is said quicker in the George Carlin version.
 * The lines "Thomas pushed and puffed and pushed as hard as ever he could" and "Poop! Poop! Poop! Serves you right" are said sooner in the Ringo Starr versions than in the George Carlin version.
 * The third "But still, Henry stayed in the tunnel" line is said slower in the George Carlin version than in the Ringo Starr versions.
 * In the UK version, the Fat Controller says "...and leave you here for always and always and always." In the US versions, the punishment is only "until you're ready to come out of the tunnel."
 * In the UK version, the wall was built "in front of him so that Henry couldn't get out of the tunnel anymore." In the US versions, it was built "in front of Henry so that other engines wouldn't bump into him."
 * In the UK version, the line "All he could do was watch the trains rushing through the other tunnel" is changed to "All Henry could do was to watch the trains rushing through the other tunnel" in the US versions.
 * After mentioning soot and dirt in the tunnel spoiling Henry's paint towards the very end, the narrator says in the UK version, "He wondered if he would ever be allowed to pull trains again. But I think he deserved his punishment, don't you?" In the Ringo Starr US release, the narrator says, "How long do you think Henry will stay in the tunnel before he overcomes his fear of the rain and then decides to journey out again?" The word "then" is omitted in the George Carlin US release.
 * In the episode's first US airing, Starr's closing line was more fast paced, it would be retaken in later showings and video releases.
 * The Italian title of this episode is "Fear of Rain". In Japan, this episode is called "Come Out, Henry" (the same as the US title). In Finland, this episode is called "Henry a Sad Story". The French title is called "What Happened to Henry".
 * The BBC originally tried to adapt this episode for TV in 1953 using 00 models, but it didn't fare well. One of the points had not been set so Henry derailed, but the viewers (including the publisher Eric Marriot) were surprised to see a large hand pick up the train and place it back on the rails, while being shown on TV. The next adaption was then scrapped.

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 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."
 * In real life, Henry couldn't have chosen to stop in the tunnel in the first place. His driver would have had to stop him.
 * The passengers have to push and pull Henry out, but they should have known that they couldn't do it to begin with.
 * When the passengers try to pull Henry out of the tunnel, almost all have Blu-Tack on their feet.
 * In one shot, grass appears in front of the tunnel.
 * 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.
 * Since Henry was headed toward Knapford, Thomas would have had to come from Elsbridge or Wellsworth. What was he doing that far away from Knapford? His duties are around Knapford.
 * James appears briefly, but he isn't introduced until Thomas and the Breakdown Train.
 * When Thomas is pushing Henry, his wheels inch forward. In the following scenes, Henry hasn't moved.
 * In the last shot, a pile of taken-up rails reappear next to the buffers in front of Henry's wall, even though the rails were taken away after they left him walled up in the tunnel.
 * When the workmen are walling up the tunnel, the buffers have no track connected to them. But in close-ups, there is.

Merchandise

 * Wooden Railway (discontinued)