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* CallBack: The engines' being unknowingly startled by the owl was similar to how Percy was started by it in "Thomas, Percy, and the Dragon".
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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: James' begins to believe in his own story about the Phantom Express after hearing Percy and Stephen's whistling.
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'''Air date''': October 2nd, 2013
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On one foggy night, James plays a trick on Percy by making up a story about the Phantom Express, but later finds out that the trick has gone too far as Percy and Stephen falls off the bridge and into a dry moat.
!!Tropes featured in the episode:
* BelievingTheirOwnLies: James' begins to believe in his own story about the Phantom Express after hearing Percy and Stephen's whistling.
* BullyHunter: Thomas tries to fend off James teasing Percy. Stephen does the same at first, but soon ends up victim himself.
* CallBack: The engines' being unknowingly startled by the owl was similar to how Percy was started by it in "Thomas, Percy, and the Dragon".
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Subverted, when the engines start laughing about James being spooked, only for James to be startled again by an owl.
* HiddenDepths: One of very few James centered episodes that ''doesn't'' revolve around his vanity whatsoever, revealing a cheeky prankster side to his personality.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Although James apologetically admits he made up the ghost story, he was none the less punished by The Fat Controller by having him pulling the mail train for a month.
* LovableCoward: Percy and Stephen, and arguably even James later on.
* MilesGloriosus: James. Also Stephen, despite assuring Percy there are no ghosts, very quickly begins to fall for James' pranks.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: James felt terrible after finding out that Percy and Stephen have fallen on the moat due to his make-believe Phantom Express story.
* ThePrankster: James.
* {{Unishment}}: Oddly inverted, The Fat Controller punishes James by letting him pull the mail train for a month, although this seems more of a punishment for Percy who loves pulling the mail so much (though the latter is still amused regardless).
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[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-thephantomexpress26_1291.png]]
On one foggy night, James plays a trick on Percy by making up a story about the Phantom Express, but later finds out that the trick has gone too far as Percy and Stephen falls off the bridge and into a dry moat.
!!Tropes featured in the episode:
* BelievingTheirOwnLies: James' begins to believe in his own story about the Phantom Express after hearing Percy and Stephen's whistling.
* BullyHunter: Thomas tries to fend off James teasing Percy. Stephen does the same at first, but soon ends up victim himself.
* CallBack: The engines' being unknowingly startled by the owl was similar to how Percy was started by it in "Thomas, Percy, and the Dragon".
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Subverted, when the engines start laughing about James being spooked, only for James to be startled again by an owl.
* HiddenDepths: One of very few James centered episodes that ''doesn't'' revolve around his vanity whatsoever, revealing a cheeky prankster side to his personality.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Although James apologetically admits he made up the ghost story, he was none the less punished by The Fat Controller by having him pulling the mail train for a month.
* LovableCoward: Percy and Stephen, and arguably even James later on.
* MilesGloriosus: James. Also Stephen, despite assuring Percy there are no ghosts, very quickly begins to fall for James' pranks.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: James felt terrible after finding out that Percy and Stephen have fallen on the moat due to his make-believe Phantom Express story.
* ThePrankster: James.
* {{Unishment}}: Oddly inverted, The Fat Controller punishes James by letting him pull the mail train for a month, although this seems more of a punishment for Percy who loves pulling the mail so much (though the latter is still amused regardless).
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