What's the Matter with Henry?

"Well, they mended my tubes, but they didn't even look at my brakes, my gauges, my squeaky wheels..."

- Henry

What's the Matter with Henry? is the sixth episode of the seventh season.

Plot
It is the end of another busy day and all of the engines are happy, expect Henry who is feeling ill. He complains that his boiler is grumbling. Thomas teases him about it, but Henry crossly moans that Thomas does not care and leaves. Emily notices a puddle of water where Henry was standing.

The next morning, the Fat Controller tells Henry, Thomas and Percy to collect coal trucks and take them to the docks. The two tank engines puff away quickly, but Henry is still feeling ill. But really useful engines do not complain.

Henry is still leaving a trail of water behind him as he puffs along, which worries Emily even more. Percy and Thomas continue to tease Henry, thinking he is just being lazy. When they arrive at the coaling plant before Henry, they make a plan. Thomas tells the manager that Henry wants to take lots of trucks. The manager agrees. Meanwhile Emily tells the Fat Controller about Henry's problem and he sends her to find him.

Henry arrives at the coaling plant and is horrified to see a long line of trucks left by Thomas and Percy. But he still has to take them, so he sets off and pulls with all his might. However, the trucks prove too much and Henry grinds to a halt in the middle of the line. Emily pulls up alongside and sees that Henry needs help. So she changes tracks and couples up to Henry while his driver uncouples the trucks. They set off towards the docks.

When they arrive, the Fat Controller praises Emily and tells Henry that he was brave for taking the trucks despite being ill. Thomas and Percy are ashamed and apologise to Henry for not believing he was sick. The Fat Controller sends Thomas and Percy to pick up Henry's train.

Soon Henry is mended and back at work. But he moans to Emily that the workmen did not look at his brakes, or gauges or squeaky wheels. Emily just laughs and assures him that these will all be worked out in time.

Characters

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

Locations

 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * The Coaling Plant
 * Brendam Docks
 * Wellsworth
 * Henry's Tunnel
 * The Lighthouse

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the fifth episode of the seventh season.
 * Mirrored stock footage from Henry and the Elephant is used.
 * Henry's front truck does not have a face in the episode, but if inspected closely there is a censor bar that is a piece of the trucks body duplicated and placed over the trucks face area. It can be more noticeable when Emily pulls Henry away from the train. It is unknown why this was done.
 * The UK narration paired with the original music of the episode along with Rheneas and the Roller Coaster did not come out on home video until they were released on DVD in the UK as part of The Complete Seventh Series.

Goofs

 * The New Series title card had a few errors. In the PBS and Nick Jr. airings, a second "with" was added to the title and in the US DVD Percy Saves the Day and the Season 7 (Digital Download), the title does not have a question mark.
 * When Emily talks with the Fat Controller and when Emily talks with Henry at Wellsworth, her voice appears to be cracked.
 * Thomas and Percy leave before Henry, but he still manages to overtake them at some point. Later, when the two overtake him, Percy passes first.
 * In the scene of Henry puffing before Percy and Thomas overtook him, the end of the set can be seen.
 * When Henry arrives at the coaling plant and when Henry grounds to a halt, the end of the set can be seen.
 * In the close-up of Thomas looking gloomy, fingerprints are visible on Henry's boiler.
 * In the episode, Henry's trucks do not have faces, but in rare pictures they do.
 * Henry has James' whistle sound when he leaves the sheds.
 * In a few shots, Thomas' brake pipe is crooked.
 * When Henry's driver says, "We'll still have to take them," there is some blue paint in the inner part of the cab.
 * When Emily pulls up beside Henry after he breaks down, the end of the set can be seen behind Henry's brake van.
 * The narrator says that Emily and Henry puffed into the docks, but Henry was out of steam.
 * It was stated that Emily noticed Henry was leaving a puddle of water, but that was the only scene that actually shows Henry leaving a puddle of water.
 * During Emily and Henry's exchange at Wellsworth, the tracks where they are dead ends at the bushes.

Quotes

 * Henry: My boiler's grumbling!
 * Thomas: Maybe it's grumbling at you!
 * Henry: That's not funny! You just don't care.

Merchandise

 * Magazine Stories - Girl Power!

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * Bumper Party Collection! (Redubbed Music)
 * The Complete Seventh Series

DVD Boxsets

 * Classic Collection
 * Bumper Party Collection/Truck Loads of Fun Double Pack

US

 * Percy Saves the Day and Other Adventures
 * Season 7 (Digital Download)

DVD Boxsets

 * Adventure On the Tracks
 * Totally Thomas Volume 6

AUS

 * The Complete Seventh Series

DVD Boxsets

 * Complete Series 1-10
 * Series Seven and Series Eight Double Pack

JPN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine Series 7 Vol.4
 * Let's Help Each Other, We Are Friends

MYS

 * Emily's New Coaches and Other Adventures
 * School Break with Thomas

DK

 * Hip Hooray for Thomas and Other Stories

DVD Boxsets

 * Danish DVD Boxset (2008)

TWN

 * Thomas and Friends Volume 16

SWE

 * Hooray for Thomas!

ITA

 * The Queen of Sodor (Italian DVD)

THA
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 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 24 (Thai DVD)