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, re-aired on Mysterious Stranger in 1993 and on the Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales episode Paint the Town Red in 1996.

Plot
It is a very rainy day on Sodor and Henry the Green Engine is pulling some coaches full of passengers. He runs into a tunnel and stops, unwilling to go any further.

Henry's driver and fireman argue with him but he refuses to come out, claiming that the rain would spoil his green paint with red stripes. The guard blows his whistle and waves his flag, but Henry instead blows steam at him.

Just then, an important man arrives in another train. It is Sir Topham Hatt; better known as the Fat Controller. He decides that Henry will be pulled out of the tunnel. Attaching a rope to Henry, all the passengers try and pull him except for the Fat Controller, citing that it is his doctor's orders. But Henry does not move, moving to the other end of the tunnel, the passengers try to push Henry out 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, but even with another engine pushing, Henry remains in the tunnel.

Soon, the Fat Controller admits defeat and having had enough of the engine's selfishness 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 watch the other engines pass through the other tunnel. Henry soon regrets his actions, as he sees Edward and Gordon run by. Edward always toots hello with his whistle, while Gordon always laughs saying it serves him right. Henry has no steam to answer them and the soot and dirt from the tunnel ruins his green paint with red stripes. His fire had already gone out and is left in the tunnel cold, dirty, lonely, and very sad and wonders if he will be let out to pull trains again.

Characters

 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Thomas (does not speak)
 * James (cameo)

Locations

 * Henry's Tunnel

Trivia

 * This episode is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, The Three Railway Engines.
 * This is the first episode to take place in only one location throughout the entire story.
 * This story was originally adapted live for television in 1953.
 * James appears briefly, but he is not introduced until Thomas and the Breakdown Train.
 * A CGI recreation of the scene where Henry is bricked up in the tunnel was made for Blue Mountain Mystery and some parts of this episode were recreated for The Adventure Begins.
 * At the end of the episode, the US narration says "How long do you think Henry will stay in the tunnel until he overcomes his fear of the rain and decides to journey out to the world again?", while the UK narration says "He wondered if he would ever be allowed to pull trains again. But I think he deserved his punishment, don't you?".
 * Recreated and additional scenes of this episode were produced in 1988 for the ladybird book, The Sad Story of Henry/Thomas's Train/Thomas and the Guard.

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 having 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."
 * When the passengers try to pull Henry out of the tunnel, almost all of them have Blu-Tack on their feet.
 * 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. Also, in the close-up of Thomas buffering up to the coaches, his buffer housing is black instead of red and the detail of his buffer housing and lamp are different.
 * When the workmen are walling up the tunnel, the buffers have no track connected to them. But in close-ups, there is.
 * When James moves after bringing the Fat Controller, the edge of the set is visible. Also, the puffing noise can be heard before James starts to move.
 * When the workmen take away Henry's track, part of the track is already taken away.
 * In the close-up of Edward, his whistle is wonky.
 * James' first coach appears to be derailed as it wobbles when he arrives at the tunnel and again when he leaves.
 * When Thomas pushes Henry's train, the yellow lining around his cab window is bent.
 * This episode introduces Henry. However he was briefly seen in the previous two episodes.
 * James is briefly seen in this episode even though he's not introduced until a later episode.

Merchandise

 * Wooden Railway (discontinued)
 * Books - Henry's Bad Day and Henry and the Tunnel
 * Magazine stories - The Sad Story of Henry
 * Ladybird Books - The Sad Story of Henry/Thomas's Train/Thomas and the Guard

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (Betamax/VHS)
 * Thomas and Gordon and other Stories
 * The Sad Story of Henry and Other Stories
 * Bumper Special
 * Thomas and Gordon, Troublesome Trucks and other stories
 * My Little MiniVid
 * Edward and Gordon (DVD)
 * Your Favourite Story Collection
 * Thomas and Gordon (2005 UK VHS/DVD)
 * The Complete First Series

DVD Boxsets

 * Classic Collection
 * 3 DVD Triple Pack (Thomas and Gordon/Thomas and Bertie/The Flying Kipper)
 * The Thomas Collection - 9 DVDs (Thomas and Gordon – Better Late Than Never)
 * The Bumper Collection - 12 DVDs (Thomas and Gordon – Trust Thomas)
 * Head Box Set - 6 DVD Box Set (Thomas and Gordon, Percy Runs Away, Thomas, Percy and the Coal, Woolly Bear, Dirty Work & Trust Thomas)
 * Ultimate Collection - 20 DVD Set (Thomas and Gordon - Henry and the Elephant & Happy Ever After)
 * Muddy Puddles Collection - 4 Pack DVD Set (Thomas and Gordon - The Flying Kipper & Woolly Bear)

WAL

 * Thomas and Gordon and other Stories (Welsh VHS)

US

 * Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories
 * The Early Years
 * Season 1 (Digital Download)

VHS/DVD Packs

 * Special Video Collector's Set
 * Totally Thomas Volume 8
 * Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories/Percy's Ghostly Trick Double Feature
 * Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories/Thomas' Halloween Adventures Double Feature
 * Ultimate Thomas Collection

FRA

 * The Adventures of Thomas

AUS

 * Thomas and Gordon and other Stories
 * The Complete First Series
 * My First Thomas with Henry and Gordon

DVD Boxsets

 * Complete Series 1-10
 * Classic Collection
 * Series One and Series Two Double Pack

JPN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine Volume 1
 * Best of Henry
 * The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 1 Vol.3
 * Gordon and Henry the Large Engines
 * Fun Stories Popped Out from Picture Book
 * The Complete DVD Box 1

GER

 * Thomas and Gordon and 4 Other Adventures

KOR

 * Stories to Raise Cooperation

NOR/FIN/ISL

 * Thomas the Tank Engine 1 (Scandinavian VHS/DVD)

SA

 * Volume 1 (VHS)

SE

 * Thomas and the Guard (Swedish VHS)

BRA

 * Learning with Thomas

NL

 * ...Taken by the Nose!
 * The Greatest Stories: The Adventures of Thomas, James and Henry

DNK

 * Thomas and Gordon and Other Stories (Danish DVD)

NZ

 * Bumper Video Collection Volume 1
 * Thomas Train Set Compilation Video Volume 4
 * Thomas and Gordon and other stories (New Zealand VHS)

ITA

 * A Vicious Train

ROM

 * Thomas and the Trucks (Romanian DVD)

DVD Packs

 * Triple Pack 1

MYS

 * Thomas and Gordon and Other Adventures

SER

 * Thomas the Tank Engine 1

ISR

 * Welcome Thomas!

PHL

 * Thomas Gets Tricked (Philippine DVD)

HRV

 * Thomas and Gordon (Croatian DVD)

IND

 * Thomas and Gordon and Other Stories (DVD)

CHN

 * Thomas and Friends Season 1-4 (DVD)

THA
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 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 1 (Thai DVD)
 * Thomas and Friends Volume 1 (Thai DVD)