Halloween

"The ghost! It's got me!"

- Emily after the tarpaulin falls on her

Halloween is the twenty-first episode of the eighth season.

Plot
Thomas and Emily are sent to do an errand at the smelters on Halloween. But 'Arry and Bert scare them knowing they're afraid, but when a tarpaulin falls onto Emily, Thomas, 'Arry and Bert get frightened away with Emily following them thinking a ghost got her. The chase ends back at Tidmouth Sheds where the tarp flies off Emily after going under a signal bridge. After Sir Topham Hatt comes to see what the noise is about, Bert admits about the trouble he and 'Arry caused and they are sent back to the smelters to do Thomas and Emily's chores as punishment.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Percy
 * Emily
 * 'Arry and Bert
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Edward (cameo)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Gordon (cameo)
 * James (cameo)

Locations

 * Sodor Ironworks
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Henry's Tunnel
 * Wellsworth

Trivia

 * The ghost engine is Gordon with Murdoch's cylinders and wheels and City of Truro's tender.
 * Going by production order, this is the twenty-first episode of the eighth season.
 * For unknown reasons, the UK and US versions have different endings. The UK features a ghost coming out of a pile of scrap, while the US just has an extra scene with Thomas and Emily.
 * Scrap models of Toad and Donald or Douglas are seen.

Goofs

 * When 'Arry and Bert were bumping the flatbeds a wheel falls off.
 * If Emily was looking up she should have noticed the tarpaulin.
 * In a close-up of Thomas he lurches slightly to a side.
 * In real life, 'Arry and Bert could not be going as fast as they were when they race away from the Smelters as their prototype, the class 08 shunters, have a maximum speed of 15 miles per hour.