Percy, James and the Fruitful Day

"Percy, you are not to blame for the points failure, but I do not run a jam factory!"

- Sir Topham Hatt

Percy, James and the Fruitful Day is the twenty-fifth episode of the third season.

In the US, it first aired in 1993 on the Shining Time Station episode "Schemer Alone".

Plot
James is taking a special train of fruit, but Percy has to do the job for him when James gets, as Percy puts it, "jammed". However, Percy doesn't look where he's going and crashes into some buffers, resulting his being covered in fruit. The engines feel embarrassed, but Thomas makes good humour of the situation and the two realise they are useful after all.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Percy
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Edward (cameo)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Gordon (cameo)
 * Duck (cameo)

Trivia

 * The truck in front of Percy has NE written on it.
 * Stock footage from Thomas, Percy and the Post Train is used.

Goofs

 * James stops to speak to Percy at the beginning, but there were no signals to tell him to stop.
 * When James leaves the harbour, the first truck is missing a face.
 * As Percy sets off with James' trucks, James' front wheels are derailed and Percy jerks back before starting.
 * The fruit juice is clearly squirted onto Percy's face with a hose several seconds after the crash.
 * There are more berths than the usual six in Tidmouth Sheds.