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- "I'll do what you say, Queen Emily."
- ― Percy
Emily Knows Best is the seventeenth episode of the ninth series.
Plot
Emily is taking visitors to the ruined castle, where a queen once lived. Emily wishes to be a queen, since they tell everyone what to do. She becomes bored and decides to visit Percy and Toby in the shunting yard, which is just down the line from the castle whilst waiting for the visitors to explore the castle.
Percy and Toby are waiting to take away some trucks, and Emily decides to play at being "Queen for the Day." Percy liked the idea, but Toby angrily tells her she needs to be clever to be a queen and know the right thing to do. Emily claims she always knows what to do, but Toby cannot help but laugh at her and makes Emily angry, wanting to prove Toby wrong that she does know best. Percy becomes worried that his trucks could be troublesome, but Toby reassures Percy telling him that he will help once he returns soon should Percy struggle with the trucks. Not long after Toby departs, Percy is struggling to move his line of troublesome trucks, who give him a hard time. This gives Emily the perfect chance to prove that she knows best; she tells Percy to take his trucks along her track, to which he agrees. Percy finally sets off with his trucks at high speed and switches onto Emily’s track. Emily feels very pleased with herself, but this does not last long because shortly after, there is a crash sound as well as a debris cloud in the distance, prompting her to investigate.
Emily arrives at the scene in horror, realizing that by telling Percy to go on her track, he has crashed into Mavis, who is on the same line. Mavis and Percy are both derailed, the trucks are destroyed with their loads scattered everywhere, and a telegraph pole had been knocked down onto the line by one of the trucks, preventing anyone from calling for help. Toby then runs into the wreckage too, because his wheels rolled over the telephone pole, causing him to derail. Emily apologizes to Toby for the accident and admits she did not know best. Toby forgives her and tells Emily how she can get help. 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 her friends, even Toby.
Characters
- Percy
- Toby
- Emily
- Mavis
- Troublesome Trucks
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Thomas (cameo)
- Annie and Clarabel (cameos)
- Henrietta (cameo)
- Henry (stock footage cameo)
- Gordon (stock footage cameo)
Locations
- Callan Castle
- Maithwaite
- Kellsthorpe Castle
- Sodor Suspension Bridge (stock footage)
Trivia
- Going by production order, this is the fifteenth episode of the ninth series.
- The title of this episode is likely a reference to the 1954 American sitcom "Father Knows Best."
- A deleted scene from Calling All Engines! is used.
- In the individual version of the episode, the music at the end is omitted, except for in The Greatest Stories US DVD.
- This is the first time of two things:
- The first time the camera is shaken to simulate an accident scene.
- The first time Mavis derails and/or gets to an accident.
- This is the third episode in the ninth series, after Rheneas and the Dinosaur and The Magic Lamp, where Thomas does not speak.
- When Percy gets the trucks moving, the front truck is wearing Toad's surprised and wincing face mask.
Goofs
- 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 misaligned.
- The Maithwaite stationmaster uses the phone for help, but it was stated earlier that the phone line was down, so no one would be able to phone for help.
- The first close-up of the trucks when Percy has trouble to move is filmed after Toby left with his flatbeds, as his first flatbed can be seen on the left side of the screen in the widescreen version.
- The narrator mentions that Mavis could not move because she was stuck amongst the trucks, but she is clearly derailed.
- Toby derailed after he struck the telephone pole in front of him, but there is also another telephone line behind him, so he should had struck that one.
- Due to Toad's faces being used on the front truck, its face changes size and the nose shape changes.
Merchandise
- Tomica (discontinued)
- Magazine Stories - Emily Knows Best
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#01 Percy and the Oil Painting | #10 Rheneas and the Dinosaur | #19 Thomas' New Trucks |
#02 Thomas and the Rainbow | #11 Thomas and the New Engine | #20 Duncan and the Old Mine |
#03 Thomas' Milkshake Muddle | #12 Toby Feels Left Out | #21 Bold and Brave |
#04 Mighty Mac | #13 Thomas Tries His Best | #22 Skarloey the Brave |
#05 Molly's Special Special | #14 The Magic Lamp | #23 Saving Edward |
#06 Respect for Gordon | #15 Thomas and the Statue | #24 Thomas and the Golden Eagle |
#07 Thomas and the Birthday Picnic | #16 Henry and the Flagpole | #25 Keeping Up with James |
#08 Tuneful Toots | #17 Emily Knows Best | #26 Flour Power |
#09 Thomas and the Toy Shop | #18 Thomas' Day Off | |