Panicky Percy (Thomas & Friends)

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"Panicky Percy"

There's a lot to panic about if this is the episode you're watching.

Series:	Thomas & Friends
Part of Season:	23
Episode Number:	11
Air Date:	August 17, 2019 (US) December 16, 2019 (UK)
Writer:	Camille Ucan Rose Johnson
Director:	Dianna Basso David Stoten (stock footage)
Previous episode:	Grudge Match
Next episode:	Laid Back Shane

Panicky Percy is the eleventh episode of the twenty-third series of Thomas & Friends.

Plot

Percy causes confusion and delay by panicking when he thinks Thomas had an accident.

Percy is extremely stupid in this episode as he instantly believes that Thomas has gotten into an accident without any prior indications other than Thomas returning later than usual and getting all the other engines involved.
- His character's flanderization, first seen in "Day of the Diesels" and Seasons 15 and 16, reemerges in this episode.
The episode primarily focuses on Percy's anxiety over an event that has yet to occur, offering little in terms of plot development.
Percy's panicked screaming is extremely infuriating.
This episode exaggerates the concept of fear and anxiety to a degree that it may come across as disrespectful.
Although it imparts a valuable lesson about avoiding hasty judgments and undue worry, the delivery is somewhat lackluster and contrived.

It does teach a moral that you shouldn't jump to conclusions or constantly worry too much.
Percy does realize his mistakes and apologizes.
The winter theme is decent.
The imaginative sequence where Percy envisions Thomas tumbling down an icy cliff is both thrilling and impressive.

Going by production order, this is the fourth episode of the twenty-third series.
This is the first episode of a few things:
- The first episode is to have three fantasy sequences.
- The first episode with Percy's name in the title since the seventeenth series episode Percy's Lucky Day.
This episode marks the only of a few things:
- Duck, Stephen, and Bridget Hatt's only appearances in the twenty-third series.
- The only episode to feature both Henry and Rebecca in the same shot.
- The only appearance of Knapford Overpass.
This episode marks the last of a few things:
- Duck's last speaking role in the original series.
- The last appearance of Tidmouth Tunnel.
- The last episode was released in the 2010s in the UK.
- The last episode to use stock footage.
This is the only twenty-third series episode where the snow appears.
Two characters do not have any dialogue apart from some exclamations such as:
- Henry, who only laughs at the end of the episode.
- Duck, who:
  - Is humming when he first appears.
  - Says "Oh" when he hears Percy call for him.
  - Laughs at the end of the episode.
Stock footage from Big World! Big Adventures! is used. Similar scenes from the special were used during the fantasy sequences, but with Thomas replacing Nia.
As of this episode, Gordon's snow plow changes to one in the same design as Emily's.
On the Nick Jr. US airing of this episode, it was paired with Diesel Do Right.

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