Fergus Breaks the Rules

"You don't know the rules!"

- Fergus to Diesel

Fergus Breaks the Rules, retitled Thomas and the Search for Fergus in American releases, is the eighteenth episode of seventh season.

Plot
Diesel is annoyed with Fergus and lies that the Fat Controller has sent him to work at the scrapyards. When Fergus arrives, he is scared by 'Arry and Bert and runs away. In the end, Thomas finds the traction engine hiding on a siding and Diesel is transferred to the smelters.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Fergus
 * Diesel
 * 'Arry and Bert
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Farmer Trotter (cameo)

Locations

 * Sodor Ironworks
 * The Cement Works
 * Topham Hall

Trivia

 * Stock footage from Bill, Ben and Fergus is used.
 * Scrap models of Toad and Donald or Douglas are seen.
 * This episode marks Fergus' last speaking role to date.
 * Diesel says to Fergus after he says "Do it right!" "Don't interfeer!" Just as the twins did in Bill, Ben and Fergus.

Goofs

 * When the narrator says, "And for the first time Fergus broke the rules", the track bounces up after Fergus passes over it.
 * When Thomas looks for Fergus, his taillamp is red. When he finds Fergus and takes him to the Fat Controller, his tail lamp is white.
 * When Thomas and Fergus arrive at the smelters, Thomas' eyes look wonky.
 * Fergus did not actually break any rules: he merely thought he had done so by running away from a place where he wasn't supposed to be.
 * Brakevans should have been added to Percy and Fergus' trains.