Emily Knows Best

 "I'll do what you say, Queen Emily."

- Percy Emily Knows Best is the seventeenth (fifteenth in Australia) episode of the ninth season.

Plot
Emily takes visitors to the ruined castle, where a queen once lived. Emily wishes to be a queen, as queens tell everyone what to do. She decides to visit Toby and Percy in the shunting yard, just down the line from the castle whilst waiting for the visitors to explore the castle.

Toby and Percy are waiting to take away some trucks, and Emily decides to play a game by being "Queen for the Day." But, Toby thinks that Emily's idea is silly, as she needs to be clever and know the right thing to do. Emily said she always knows what to do, but Toby laughs at her and mad Emily cross wanting to prove Toby that she knows best. Before leaving with his trucks, Toby tells Percy, if he needs help, to wait until he comes back. Not long after Toby departs, Percy is struggling to move his line of trucks. This gives Emily the perfect chance to prove that she knows best; she tells Percy to take his trucks along her track, which he does. However, Emily soon hears a crash in the distance and goes to investigate.

Emily realises that by telling Percy to go on her track, he had crashed into Mavis who was on the same line and the trucks knocked over a telegraph pole on the line. Then Toby runs into the wreckage too, and Emily knows that she isn't as clever as she thought. With Toby's advice, Emily gets the stationmaster at Maithwaite to call for help. Soon, Percy and Toby are back on the rails, though Toby's front cowcatcher is badly damaged. The Fat Controller is very cross with Emily for causing trouble, but Emily has learned her lesson; from now on, she will leave the "knowing the right thing" job to Toby.

Characters

 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Emily
 * Mavis
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Thomas (cameo)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Gordon (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Henrietta (cameo)

Locations

 * Castle Loch
 * Sodor Suspension Bridge
 * Maithwaite
 * The Ruined Castle

Trivia

 * A deleted scene from Calling All Engines! is used.
 * The music at the end of the episode is omitted in the UK narration.
 * This is the first time the camera is shaken to simulate an accident scene.
 * When Percy gets the trucks moving, the front truck is wearing Toad's face masks.
 * This marks the last time until King of the Railway where a crash is caused by trucks.
 * Going by production order, this is the fifteenth episode of the ninth season.

Goofs

 * The front truck's eyes are already shut before there is any thought of crashing into Mavis.
 * Mavis is nowhere to be seen when Toby and Percy are back on the rails.
 * Because stock footage is used, the Sodor Suspension Bridge is rusty.
 * When Percy starts again to push his trucks along Emily's track, Emily's driver and fireman are not in her cab.
 * When Emily is thinking to herself, her eyes are wonky.

Merchandise

 * Tomica (discontinued)
 * Magazine Stories - Emily Knows Best

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * Together on the Tracks
 * The Complete Series 9
 * The Best of Thomas

DVD Packs

 * 10 DVD Boxset
 * 5 Exciting DVDs
 * Classic Collection
 * The Best of Friends
 * The Ultimate Collection

AUS

 * Together on the Tracks
 * The Complete Series 9

DVD Boxsets

 * Complete Series 1-10
 * The Essential Collection (5 DVD Boxset)
 * Series Nine and Series Ten Double Pack
 * Series Nine and The Great Discovery Double Pack

US

 * Come Ride the Rails
 * The Greatest Stories

DVD Boxsets

 * Discovery on the Rails
 * Let's Explore with Thomas
 * Steam Engine Stories

NOR/DK/SWE/FIN

 * We're Together

CZ

 * Together on Track

NL

 * Thomas and the New Locomotive

GER

 * The Most Courageous Locomotive in the World

MYS

 * Best of Thomas Collection
 * Flour Power and Other Adventures
 * Henry and the Flagpole and Other Adventures

HUN

 * Thomas and the New Locomotives

SA

 * Thomas and the Golden Eagle (DVD)

JPN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine Dictionary
 * Thomas the Tank Engine Series 9 Vol.2
 * Thomas' Surprise!

SPN

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 5 (Spanish DVD)

DVD Boxsets

 * First Season (Spanish DVD)

THA
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 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 30 (Thai DVD)
 * Thomas and Friends Volume 27 (Thai DVD)

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