Fergus Breaks the Rules

"Fergus Breaks the Rules", retitled "Thomas and the Search for Fergus" in American releases, is a seventh season episode. It first aired on November the 26th, 2003.

Plot
Diesel is jealous of 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 punished.

Featured characters

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

Goofs

 * When the narrator says "And for the first time Fergus broke the rules" the track at the right bounces up after Fergus passes over it.
 * When Thomas looks for Fergus his taillamp is red. When he find Fergus and takes him to the Fat Controller his taillamp 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 that he wasn't even supposed to be at.
 * The description for this episode on the "Pulling Together" DVD/VHS says that Fergus returned to become the pride of the smelters; but he is the pride of the cement works.