Thomas, Percy and the Coal

"Oh, I don't know. I like my brown paint." "I've always been green. I wouldn't want to be any other color either." "Well.. well anyway... blue is the only color for a really useful engine! Everyone knows that!"

- Toby, Percy, and Thomas

Thomas, Percy and the Coal, retitled Double Trouble in American releases, is the second season pilot.

Plot
Thomas claims to have the best paintwork on Sodor, but it doesn't look so flash when an accident on Percy's behalf causes him to be covered in coal dust. Thomas refuses to speak to Percy for the rest of the night, but laughs the next day when Percy loses control near the water column and runs into a coal pit, and the two make up that night.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Annie
 * Clarabel (does not speak)
 * Sir Topham Hatt (does not speak)

Locations

 * Tidmouth
 * Elsbridge
 * Tidmouth Sheds

Trivia

 * This episode replaced The Missing Coach after Britt Allcroft decided the storyline of "The Missing Coach" would be too difficult for young viewers to understand.

Goofs

 * Underneath the bridge Thomas crosses at the beginning, you can see some black plastic.
 * At the beginning, Clarabel is behind Thomas instead of Annie.
 * The coal hopper pours down too much coal to fill just one truck once Percy has passed.
 * In the panning shot of Thomas being cleaned, look to the back of the shed behind Thomas and you will see a moving shadow, possibly that of a crew member. Thomas' eyes are also looking in different directions, and a truck is visible with a first season-style face.
 * When Toby backs up to Annie and Clarabel his face is hanging slightly loose and blu-tak is sticking from the side of his face.
 * It is implied that the siding at the coal hopper and the siding by the water tower are the same siding, when they clearly aren't.
 * Percy was supposed to be exhausted after pulling his train, so it seems illogical that he was still coupled when he went to the water column.
 * As the signal drops studio equipment is reflected in the middle of the signal.
 * There is some studio equipment on top of the screen when Toby is passing the signalbox and the Fat Controller while pulling Annie and Clarabel.
 * Thomas' face is tilted while he is being cleaned.
 * In the restored version, Percy moves his eyes up and down fast after his accident. Also, Thomas moves his eyes down when the scene fades out.
 * In a rare picture, a black plastic bag which is used to simulate water, can be seen at the bottom while Thomas, Annie, and Clarabel pass the watermill.
 * Percy's eyes are wonky when he says that he's always been green.

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