“I get dirty! I need washdowns, James only does it to feel important!"
"I am important, I'm a spendid engine."
"You're a pouty puffer Percy."
"No I'm not!”
Percy's Chocolate Crunch is the eighteenth episode of the sixth series.
Plot[]
Percy has been frequently working the dirty jobs involving trucks and longs for a washdown as much as any engine. Unfortunately, when he goes to the washdown, the Fat Controller informs the engines that due to a water shortage, they can only have one wash per day and that usefulness comes before cleanliness. This irritates Percy as he thinks that Gordon only needs a washdown to feel important. Gordon points out that he is important as he pulls the express. James teases Percy, who does not see the funny side before going back to work.
Percy returns to work at the Tidmouth Yards, determined not to get dirty. But the trucks are up to their old tricks and pull Percy right under the coal hopper, with coal pouring on top of him. On their way to Callan, the trucks tease Percy by singing a rude song to him. Percy hates it when they make fun of him, so he angrily tells them to stop it.
Once at Callan, Percy shunts the coal trucks into a siding, right alongside Harold who is unloading medical supplies. Harold takes off, spreading cinders and ashes all over Percy, who demands for a washdown, but his driver reminds him of what The Fat Controller said earlier about usefulness coming before cleanliness. After Percy demands a clean job, his driver suggests taking vans of sugar to the chocolate factory, which Percy agrees to do, feeling happy.
Percy, thinking that he finally has a clean job, is unaware that a patch of oil had been caused by a leakage from a truck in the siding at the chocolate factory. Upon arrival, the brakes are applied, but Percy slips on the oily rails, crashes through the wall right into the chocolate factory, goes through the factory and emerges out from the other end, covered in chocolate.
When Sam and Belle bring Percy back to Ffarqhuar Sheds, Thomas, Mavis and Toby tease him saying how chocolatey he is, but Daisy disapproves. The Fat Controller knows how much work Percy had done despite his problems and the accident; and as he proved that usefulness comes before cleanliness, Percy is rewarded with a washdown and a new coat of paint which makes Percy happy.
Characters[]
- Thomas
- Gordon
- Percy
- Toby
- Mavis
- Daisy
- Harold
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Edward (cameo)
- James (cameo)
- Duck (cameo)
- Oliver (cameo)
- Sam (cameo)
- Belle (cameo)
- BoCo (cameo)
- Bill and Ben (cameo)
- Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
- Henrietta (cameo)
- Aurora, Ariel and Anna (cameo)
- Alice and Mirabel (cameo)
- Isabel and Dulcie (cameo)
- Toad (cameo)
- Lola (cameo)
Locations[]
- Tidmouth
- The Viaduct
- Tower Windmill
- The Watermill
- Knapford
- The Washdown
Transcript[]
Main article: Percy's Chocolate Crunch (Pstephen054 version)/Transcript
Trivia[]
- This episode was originally titled Puff Puff Pastry.
- Stephen Patton gives Harold a Cockney accent in this episode.
Goofs[]
- At the beginning, James has Henry's whistle sound.
- In the scene where Percy shunts the trucks into the chute, they are loaded with coal.
Quotes[]
- Percy: [after all his literally dirty work] From now on, I am only doing work where I won't get dirty!
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- (Percy returns to the sheds, covered in chocolate)
- Narrator: Back at the sheds, everyone thought it was very funny.
- Thomas: You look good enough to eat!
- Mavis: UK: Pudding Percy!/US: Bon Bon Percy!
- Toby: Choc ice on wheels!
- Daisy: Disgraceful!
- The Fat Controller: Ahem! You have had a trying day, Percy.
- Percy: (from beneath the chocolate) Yes, sir.
- The Fat Controller: But you showed us all that usefulness does come before cleanliness. So, you shall have your washdown....
- Percy: Oh, sir!
- The Fat Controller: ...and a new coat of paint!
- Narrator: Percy just beamed!
Merchandise[]
- Take-n-Play (under the name "Percy's Sweet Shoppe"; discontinued)
- Wooden Railway (discontinued)
- Motor Road and Rail (UK version discontinued)
- TrackMaster
- Capsule Plarail
- Tomica
- Limited Edition Collection
- Minis
- Motorized Railway
- Ofuro de MiniCar
- Books - Percy's Chocolate Crunch, Percy's Chocolate Crunch and other Thomas the Tank Engine Stories and Thomas, Percy and the Chocolate Express (Germany only)
- Magazine Stories - Dirty Percy! and Dirty Work
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