- "Emergency!"
"Judy!"
"Jerome?" - ― Judy and Jerome
The Missing Breakdown Train is the twenty-fifth episode of the twentieth series.
Plot
The breakdown train consists of a small coach, two little flatbed cars, and two large green cranes, whose names are Judy and Jerome.
Judy and Jerome are sleeping on their siding at Knapford when Ryan wakes them up. Believing there is an emergency, they rush to attention, but Ryan explains that he is only saying hello. They introduce themselves as the Breakdown Train. Since Ryan is still a new engine, he compares them to Rocky. Judy and Jerome explain that after the Search and Rescue Centre was built, they fell out of use and have been left on their siding for several years. Ryan offers to take them to Arlesburgh Harbour for a change of scenery, which they gladly accept.
Ryan leaves the cranes at Arlesburgh and goes off to work. Judy and Jerome enjoy the view and watch the harbour for the rest of the day. By the evening, however, they grow tired of it, as the sea air jams their gears and seagulls keep leaving droppings on their roofs. They fall asleep, and when they wake up the next morning, they discover that their gears are not working properly.
When Oliver arrives, they ask him to move them, and he takes them to a siding out on the branch line. They soon grow bored there as well, so when Duck passes by, they ask him to move them somewhere else.
Meanwhile, Daisy is returning to the shed but notices a bull on the line in front of her. A signalman quickly changes the points to prevent her from hitting the bull, but the points switch just as Daisy runs over them, causing her to derail.
Thomas arrives at Knapford to collect the Breakdown Train when he hears about the accident, but he cannot find Judy and Jerome. This means he must fetch Rocky from the Search and Rescue Centre, which is halfway across the island. Ryan tells Thomas not to, and instead goes to Arlesburgh to find Judy and Jerome. When he arrives, Skiff tells him that Oliver had taken them down Duck's Branch Line. Ryan cannot find them there either, but Oliver, passing by, tells him that Duck moved them somewhere else.
Judy and Jerome are at the Blue Mountain Quarry, but they cannot hear each other over the noise of the machinery. Ryan arrives, quickly collects them, and brings them to Daisy. They put her back onto the tracks and are delighted to have another chance to be useful.
A seagull on top of Judy
That evening, Judy and Jerome are taken to the sheds on Ryan's branch line. The Fat Controller praises them but insists that from now on, he must know where they are. He therefore decides to relocate them permanently to Arlesburgh, allowing them to handle emergencies on the west side of the island while Rocky covers the east. Everyone cheers... at least until a seagull perches on Judy, who immediately tries to shoo it away.
Characters
- Thomas
- Oliver
- Ryan
- Daisy
- Skiff
- Judy and Jerome
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Duck (does not speak)
- Emily (cameo)
- Skarloey (cameo)
- Rheneas (cameo)
- Sir Handel (cameo)
- Luke (cameo)
- Merrick (cameo)
- Owen (cameo)
- The Great Railway Show Judge (cameo)
- Albert's Wife (cameo)
- Captain Joe (cameo)
- The Arlesburgh Maritime Museum Manager (cameo)
- Rocky (mentioned)
Locations
Cast
UK
- John Hasler as Thomas
- Joe Mills as Oliver
- Steven Kynman as Ryan
- Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Skiff
- Teresa Gallagher as Judy
- Tim Whitnall as Jerome
- Keith Wickham as the Fat Controller and the Signalman
US
- Joseph May as Thomas
- Joe Mills as Oliver
- Steven Kynman as Ryan
- Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Skiff
- Teresa Gallagher as Judy
- Tim Whitnall as Jerome
- Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt and the Signalman
Trivia
- Going by production order, this is the fifteenth episode of the twentieth series.
- As the episodes air out of production order, Judy and Jerome appeared previously in Mucking About, and this episode, along with Hugo and the Airship, which likewise lacks the mermaid figurehead on the pirate ship, and Skiff and the Mermaid, in which the figurehead is added, aired after Blown Away and The Railcar and the Coaches, in which the figurehead is visible on the ship.
- This episode marks:
- The first time the title has been on the top of the screen since the model series.
- The only time that Daisy has had an accident in the television series.
- Tidmouth Tunnel's last appearance until the twenty-third series episode, Panicky Percy.
- On the Nick Jr. US broadcast of the episode, it was paired with Skiff and the Mermaid.
- After noticing Judy and Jerome at Arlesburgh Harbour, Oliver breaks the fourth wall by looking at the audience.
- Ryan's line "Oh dear!" is re-used from Ryan and Daisy, an episode of this series.
- The signalman's line "Oh, no! Look out!" is re-used from the nineteenth series episode, Rocky Rescue.
- Jerome talking to Ryan about the time the Search and Rescue Centre was built references the events of the special Misty Island Rescue.
- When Judy first sees Skiff at Arlesburgh Harbour, she says "I've never seen anything like it!" This may be a reference to a line from the Wallace and Gromit short film, A Close Shave.
Goofs
- When Daisy comes off the tracks, she is far away from the tracks after derailing, but in the next scene, she is near the tracks.
- Daisy is dirty after she derails, but is clean when rescued.
- Matt Wilkinson is credited in the US credits, despite none of his characters speaking in that dub.
- Steven Kynman is listed in the US credits twice.
- Andrew Brenner is mistakenly credited as this episode's writer in the Polish dub.
- The Nickelodeon US airing with Skiff and the Mermaid credits William Hope and Glenn Wrage for voicing Rocky and Cranky, respectively, but neither characters appear in either episode.
- When Ryan pulls Judy and Jerome through the tunnel by the lake, part off Jerome's cab is invisible.
Merchandise
- TrackMaster - Ryan and Jerome
Home Media Releases
UK
- Extraordinary Engines
- The Complete Series 20 (Extraordinary Engines Bonus Disc)
US/AUS
- Extraordinary Engines
US DVD Boxsets
- Extraordinary Engines and Railway Friends Double Pack
In Other Languages
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