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"Mud, glorious mud!"
― Alfie

A Happy Day for Percy, originally titled Byron Saves the Day is the twenty-second episode of Jack and the Sodor Construction Company.

Plot

One grey cloudy day, Percy is taking Jack and Alfie to Cronk station. Jack and his friends are going to build a new repair shed, but the rain has made the ground very muddy. Miss Jenny warns them to be careful, and tells Max and Monty not to goof off. But Max and Monty only make her think they are listening to her.

While Jack and Alfie are filling up Monty's loader, Alfie is having fun in the mud and Byron is making a trench while being very careful. Unfortunately, the workers aren't taking notice to his work which makes him very sad. He asks Oliver what he thinks of the trench, but Oliver doesn't notice as he is trying not to sink in the mud. Byron is upset as nobody is saying "Well done."

Meanwhile, Max and Monty are being reckless as usual as they splash Percy's face with mud. But then Max breaks a water pipe where Alfie is standing near and Alfie starts to sink into a mudhole. A workman shuts the water off, but Alfie can't get himself out. Jack volunteers to rescue him, but the foreman tells him to stay put, as he could sink too. Instead, Miss Jenny sends Byron to rescue Alfie, so Byron rushes out of his trench to save Alfie and tells him to grab his bulldozer blade. Alfie can't reach it at first, but Byron inches closer until Alfie grabs his blade. With everybody watching, Byron revs his engine, pulls as hard as he can and at last he pulls Alfie out of the mudhole. Everyone shouts "Well done!" to Byron, which makes him feel proud of himself.

That night, Miss Jenny severely reprimands Max and Monty for putting Alfie in danger, and as punishment for their actions, shuts them up in their shed for the next three days.

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Trivia

  • This episode's number was revealed by a document confirming that all 13 completed episodes of Jack and the Sodor Construction Company had been filmed by 27 January 2003.[1]
  • This is Byron's only episode with a leading role, due to his other one being cancelled.
  • This is the first time Byron's sixth series sad, worried and straining faces are used on-screen.
  • The original title for this episode was going to be Byron Saves the Day, although that title is still listed on Virgin TV Anytime's website.
  • Alfie's line, "Mud, glorious mud!" comes from the chorus of the popular Flanders and Swann song, The Hippopotamus. This reference is also made by the title of another episode.
  • Despite being the title character, Percy only has two lines in this episode, similarly to Percy Helps Out.
  • This was the last episode of several things:
    • Max and Monty's final episode with a leading role until the twentieth series episode, Mucking About.
    • Byron's final appearance, as well as the last time until he is indirectly mentioned in Mines of Mystery that Byron is acknowledged, not counting his indirectly mentioned appearance.
    • The last appearance of Cronk, though it would later be mentioned in Gordon Runs Dry.
  • This is the only Jack and the Sodor Construction Company episode where Thomas does not appear.
  • The scene of Alfie shouting "Watch out!" appears to be moved from later in the episode due to his arm moving but remaining in the same spot when he starts sinking, and the messy pool of mud seems to have formed around him already.

Goofs

  • When Byron is cutting out the trench, his treads keep moving after he stops.

In Other Languages

Language Title
Dutch Een gelukkige dag voor Percy
German Ein schöner Tag für Percy

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