Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and Other Stories

**Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and Other Stories** is a US and Canadian VHS/DVD featuring three third series episodes and four second series episodes narrated by George Carlin. It was distributed by Strand Home Video in 1993, Time-Life in 1994 and Anchor Bay Entertainment in 1995, again in 2003, TV Static in 1999 on VHS and released on DVD in 2006 including a song.

## Description

### 1993/1994 VHS

PEEP-PEEP! Miles of smiles from Thomas, Percy, and the gang on the Island of Sodor. Ride with Percy when he sees a Dragon! Watch what happens when James lands in an embarrassing situation, Donald and Douglas come to Henry's rescue, and some silly freight cars cause trouble and confusion for Bill and Ben.

So climb aboard, the ride will be great - with Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Volume 8!

### 1995 VHS

PEEP! PEEP! Get ready for trainloads of adventure with Thomas and all his friends. Percy has a terrible scare when he confronts a huge Dragon. See how James lands in an embarrassing situation due to his impatience and silly trucks cause trouble between Bill and Ben and a diesel called BoCo.

So climb aboard for miles of smiles on the Island of Sodor!

### 2003 VHS/2006 DVD

PEEP! PEEP! Boo!!! Have you ever had something scare you? On the Island of Sodor, even the bravest of engines sometimes get scared. Why take Percy - - he said that he's not scared of anything. What do you think? Help Thomas use the carnival Chinese Dragon to play a little joke on Percy. Meet Donald and Douglas, the Scottish twin engines, and watch as Edward proves that, even though he's old, he's still really useful.

So make sure you're "Right on Time" for the next journey through the magical Island of Sodor.

## Episodes

1. Thomas, Percy and the Dragon
2. The Deputation
3. Thomas Comes to Breakfast
4. Time for Trouble
5. A Scarf for Percy
6. The Diseasel
7. Edward's Exploit

## Bonus Features

* Character Gallery from Best of Gordon
* Read Along Story: Thomas and Percy and the Dragon from Percy Saves the Day
* "Paint My Color" game from Salty's Secret

## Trivia

* When first advertised, the original prototype of the cover used an image from Heroes.
* The UK/US audio tracks overlap on one version of the 1995 Anchor Bay Entertainment release featuring only the Britt Allcroft logo. The overlapping restore music and sound effects originally not present in the U.S. version of some episodes, including the owl's shrieking noise is heard twice in Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and a cut music portion at the very end of A Scarf for Percy.
* This is the last VHS release to use the long cloud on the cover instead of the smaller cloud.
* An early release features an image from Pop Goes the Diesel on the front cover. The image is also mirrored and Diesel's face is edited.
* On the 1993 and 1995 back covers, an image from Thomas Gets Bumped is used.
* A prototype of the 1995 Anchor Bay Entertainment releases has a grey cover instead of yellow.
* On the 1995 Anchor Bay Entertainment release, the 1983 Embassy Home Entertainment FBI Warning screen is used before the Video Treasures logo.
* This is the first American video release to not feature Thomas on the original front or back covers.
* The Starz version does not feature any nameboards and includes different title cards.
* Some Time-Life editions were packaged with a copy of the Thomas and Trevor Buzz Book.
* The original version with the Anchor Bay logo came in a 1995 box, which means it was released in 2000, but the 1999-2007 styled box was not released until 2003.Template:Ref
* The 2003 box, along with the 2003 release of Trust Thomas and Other Stories, was originally going to be released in 2002, as evidenced by the Gullane logo on the spine. But it was pushed a year later, around the same time as Percy's Chocolate Crunch and Other Thomas Adventures.

## Goofs

* The DVD front cover shows the brake van copied three times.
* On the 1993 and 1995 back covers, Edward's Exploit is called Edward's Exploit**s** and The Deputation is listed before Donald and Douglas.
* On the DVD version, the end of Edward's Exploit is cut out.
* The VHS release's captions spell Sir Topham Hatt's name as "Sir Top 'Em Hat.

## DVD Packs

* Totally Thomas Volume 7
* Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and Thomas and the Treasure Double Feature
* On-the-Go Pack