Flour Power

"It's the ghost engine! It's coming to get me!"

- Diesel

Flour Power is the twenty-sixth episode of the ninth season.

Plot
Thomas and Diesel are collecting flour on Halloween. Diesel tries to scare Thomas, but Thomas scares Diesel instead by covering himself with flour. On his way back, Thomas realizes the things that Diesel used to scare him are nothing to worry about.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Diesel
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Henry (does not speak)
 * James (cameo)
 * Emily (cameo)

Locations

 * Sodor Flour Mill
 * The Scottish Castle
 * Knapford Yards
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Sodor Bakery
 * Henry's Forest

Trivia

 * This episode's name is an homage to the 60's saying "Flower Power".
 * When the camera looks beside the boy's bed, an ERTL Percy and a Thomas and the Magic Railroad poster are visible.
 * The episode's plot is similar to that of Ghost Train's.
 * In the US narration, Thomas screamed "Whoa!!" when Diesel scared him.
 * In Germany, this episode is called "The Ghost Locomotive". In Norway, it is named "The Flour". The Japanese title is "Power of Wheat and Thomas". In Gaelic, it is called "The Ghost Engine".

Goofs

 * No one is seen coupling Thomas' trucks together.
 * The flour is loaded into open trucks without any protection.
 * The narrator says "Suddenly, Thomas felt something touch his tender", but Thomas is a tank engine. "Bunker" would be the proper term.
 * No one is seen pulling a chain to release the flour from the chute when Thomas rolls underneath it.
 * When Thomas rolls under the chute he biffs some trucks out of the way. Then, when Thomas comes out covered in flour, Diesel is in front of Thomas, not the trucks.
 * The narrator says "Thomas set off for the bakery all alone", but he was not alone. He has a driver, fireman and guard.
 * Thomas should not have left the flour mill with the flour covering his front windows as his driver and fireman would not be able to see.

Quotes

 * Diesel: Woooooooooo! Thoooooomas!


 * Diesel: Look out! The ghost engine is after your funnel!


 * Thomas: Cinders and Ashes!