Calliope Crack-Up

"*How did this happen?"
"Well I couldn't see the cow over your popcorn maker."
"That's not my fault, I had to jump over the cow after Kana lost control of her bouncy castle!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! It never would've popped if I didn't have to swerve to avoid Percy's cow!"
"Don't look at me, the cow only got out cuz Thomas lost his bunny car!*"
— Diesel, Nia, Kana and Percy

**Calliope Crack-Up** is the thirtieth episode of the first season.

## Plot

One morning, Thomas and Percy are playing around with whistle sounds when they hear the calliope playing in the distance. At Knapford, the rest of the engines are dancing to the sounds of the calliope, before Nia explains what the calliope is. She then explains how she's taking it to Norramby, when Gordon offers the other engines jobs as well. Bunny cars for Thomas, a bouncy castle for Kana, a popcorn car for Diesel, and petting zoo animals for Percy. Before the engines leave, Gordon reminds Nia to be extra careful with the calliope.

On the way to Norramby, Nia lands on a bumpy track, which activates the calliope, and all the engines soon start dancing along to the music. Thomas and Percy challenge each other to a race, but Thomas heads too fast up a hill, and one of his bunny cars crashes into Percy, opening his livestock car's loading ramp. The cow escapes and follows a butterfly on the tracks, and is almost run over by Kana. While rail sliding to avoid the cow, Kana's bouncy castle is poked by a pointy branch from a tree, and the castle soon deflates. Meanwhile, the stray cow heads for Diesel and Nia. Diesel avoids the cow, but Nia ends up derailing and lands in a pool of goop. This leads to something unfortunate happening; the calliope falls to pieces. After the engines all argue over who is to blame for the incident, the engines try to think of a way to fix the whole mess.

First, Percy retrieves his cow, then Diesel pulls Nia out of the goop. When Kana pulls up beside her, she finds out the goop is very sticky, and that gives her an idea. Thomas uses some of the goop to fix the bouncy castle, and Kana cleans the goop from Nia using her speed. With just the calliope left to fix, everyone tries to stick it together with the goop, like the bouncy castle, but it doesn't work, as the calliope falls apart again. Nia soon gets an idea, and the engines all make different sounds with their whistles and horns, so they can fill in for the calliope. At the carnival, Sir Topham Hatt is shocked to see some of the mess, and is especially disappointed to see the broken calliope, as he thought he'd heard it playing. The engines soon demonstrate their different sounds to Sir Topham, which he loves. The carnival is a success, even without the calliope.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Gordon
* Percy
* Nia
* Diesel
* Kana
* Sir Topham Hatt

## Locations

* Knapford
* Norramby Beach
* Blue Mountain Hills
* Harwick (*dropped; role replaced with Norramby Beach*)

## Cast

### US

* Meesha Contreras as Thomas
* Neil Crone as Gordon
* Charlie Zeltzer as Percy
* Talia Evans as Nia
* Shomoy James Mitchell as Diesel
* Ava Ro as Kana
* Bruce Dow as Sir Topham Hatt

### UK

* Aaron Barashi as Thomas
* Will Harrison-Wallace as Gordon
* Henri Charles as Percy
* Sade Smith as Nia
* Henry Harrison as Diesel
* Chloe Raphael as Kana
* Bruce Dow as Sir Topham Hatt (*original dub, uncredited*)
* Tom Dussek as Sir Topham Hatt (*re-dub*)

## Trivia

* Harwick was originally going appear in this episode, however, it was ultimately dropped in favor of Norramby Beach.
* The Latin-American Spanish title of the episode translates to, "Fixing the Calliope"
* Some of the storyboards for this episode were briefly posted on Mike MacDougall's website in June 2021, prior to the episode being released.
	+ Additionally, the storyboards also feature deleted scenes, including Percy begging Gordon to let him pull the animals and Gordon accepting to his request, and some shots of Percy, Nia, Thomas and Diesel chugging along. These scenes were likely removed for time constraints.
* The plot of this episode is similar to the original series episodes, Thomas and the Circus, Rosie's Funfair Special and Percy and the Calliope.

## Goofs

* When Diesel says everything is almost all good as new, Percy's lamp is on the left side of his running board.
* In the UK dub when Percy says "No...!" after the calliope falls apart, the line is repeated.
* Milkshake! incorrectly spelled Calliope as "Callipe" in the episode description.
	+ Additionally, the ''Callipe'' is focused on as a character in said description.
* Bruce Dow is not listed in the UK credits despite voicing Sir Topham Hatt.

## Home Media Releases

### US/CAN

* Special Delivery
* Season 25
* Best Friend Adventures