Put Upon Percy

"Percy's been put upon, put upon, put upon, put upon, Percy's been put upon. Poor old Percy - tee hee hee hee hee!" "Percy has been put upon. I am, I am, I am!"

- Annie and Clarabel and Percy

"Put Upon Percy" is the ninth episode of the fifth season.

Plot
Percy is exhausted, but the others are quite unsympathetic. One day, a piece of mining equipment blocks the entrence to a mine tunnel and Percy is asked to push some trucks into the mine manually. The trucks push forward though and run down into the depths of the mines, causing it to collapse under Percy's wheels. The mine is cleared, but Percy is too late to get to safety and takes refuge underneath a canvas barrier just before it is buried by rubble. In the end, Percy is cleared out and is sent to be repainted.

Featured characters

 * Thomas
 * Percy
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Duck (does not speak)
 * S. C. Ruffey (does not speak)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Gordon (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Cranky (cameo)

Trivia

 * The leader of the trucks had S. C. Ruffey's face. It is assumed that the truck is indeed S. C. Ruffey.

Goofs

 * When Percy reverses into the shed James' tender is tilted.
 * When Percy reverses to bump the trucks he only reverses a few metres to the canvas barrier. When the mine collapses, he reverses further than before and takes refuge behind the barrier.
 * When the trucks run free in the mine it is clearly seen that they reach the end, but in the next scene they are still running through the mine.
 * When the trucks crash, go back a few seconds and the tracks that Scruffy is on is broken.
 * When Percy goes to take refuge in the canvas barrier he runs into some rocks and a small pop is heard.
 * When Percy backs up he passes a dip in the track. You are still in his point of view when he is about three metres away from the dip. When the view changes to a side view, Percy is less than a metre away from the dip.
 * It is dangerous for standard gauge engines to work in mines.
 * If the collapse was deep within the mine shaft, surely nothing would cause the rest of the coal mine to collapse above Percy.