Air date: September 4th, 2002
One Halloween, after Edward tells the other engines a story of a ghost engine that returns to the Smelter's Yard in search of his lost whistle, Thomas, Percy, and Duck are sent to collect a special from the Smelter's Yard. Thomas delights in teasing Percy about Edward's ghost engine so when an engine is needed to get another load, Duck volunteers Thomas. Thomas is not so confident when he is all alone, and when he runs into some chains and sets off a whistle, he is petrified and runs away.
Percy is concerned when he cannot find Thomas at the Halloween fireworks display and goes looking for him. He eventually sees Thomas at Tidmouth Sheds and forgives him for his teasing, and they both agree you can be scared some of the time. The two, happy to be friends again, watch the fireworks together.
Tropes featured in the episode:
- Aesop Amnesia: Thomas seemingly forgot about what he said to Percy at the end of "Thomas, Percy and the Dragon" that it's okay in being scared.
- Easily Forgiven: Percy didn't seem to hold any hard feelings for Thomas' teasing after explaining to Duck that he was joking with him. To be fair, Thomas did apologise to him.
- Got Volunteered: The yard manager tells Thomas, Percy, and Duck that he needs one of them to stay back to finish the work, so Duck volunteers Thomas to get back at him for teasing Percy.
- Halloween Episode: The first one in the series, with scary stories and a Halloween fireworks display being included in the plot.
- "Just Joking" Justification: Percy tells Duck that Thomas was only joking with him about being a "scaredy engine", even though Duck said it was naughty of him to tease him.
- Miles Gloriosus: Thomas claims to be unafraid of ghost engines, but when he is left to work in the Smelter's Yard alone, he is easily terrified.
