Halloween

***Halloween*** is the fourteenth episode of the eighth series.

## Plot

It was Halloween and the engines excitingly hurried to finish their work. That evening at Tidmouth Sheds, the Fat Controller told Diesel and Daisy to pick up a delivery of iron from the smelters. Dennis, worried for them, warns them to watch out for ghosts, though Diesel and Daisy both tell Dennis that ghosts don’t exist before setting off.

On their way there, Diesel and Daisy discussed what was scarier: ghosts or the smelter's yard. By the time they get there, night had fallen, and both diesels were spooked by the jagged steel and twisted scrap. Unbeknownst to them, Donald and Douglas were hiding behind the Breakdown Train and planned to scare them knowing they were afraid. Moaning and bumping a flatbed, they successfully scare Diesel and Daisy, who raced to the main shed. Both started to wonder if there were any ghosts as they entered the smelting shed where the chains, falling sparks, several noises, and shadows from the grabber made it scarier. Diesel tried to stay as brave as he could, but it was no use. As Daisy turned around on a turntable to shunt trucks, a big wave of sparks caused a white tarpaulin to fall onto her, though she was convinced a ghost has got her. Daisy raced away while Diesel, who was in front of her on the same track raced away, mistaking she was a ghost. As both engines rushed out of the smelting shed. Donald and Douglas saw them, and also got frightened also thinking Daisy was a ghost, and they also ran away with Diesel and Daisy following right behind them.

All four engines raced through the dark countryside and through Class 40's Tunnel and headed back to Tidmouth Sheds. As they arrived, the other engines were asleep. But then, a blast from Diesel's horn wakes them up. Dennis yelled out at them to stop before they crashed. Diesel, Donald and Douglas applied their brakes and stopped just in time before they crashed into some trucks. While Diesel informed him on what was happening. Then, the tarpaulin flew off of Daisy after she rolled under a signal gantry. The engines were no longer scared, but they felt foolish. After the Fat Controller arrived in his pajamas and came to see what was going on, Douglas admited the trouble he and Donald had caused and they were sent back to the Smelters to do Diesel and Daisy's work as well as their own as punishment.

Nowadays, whenever Diesel and Daisy returned to the Smelters, they know there was nothing to be scared of ghosts and that they didn’t exist... or do they?

## Characters

* Diesel
* Dennis
* Daisy
* Donald and Douglas
* Sir Topham Hatt
* The Halloween Diesel (*does not speak*)
* BoCo (*cameo*)
* Class 40 (*cameo*)
* Diesel 10 (*cameo*)
* Diesel 199 (*cameo*)
* 'Arry or Bert (*scrapped model cameos*)
* The Spiteful Brake Van (*scrapped model cameo*)

## Trivia

* This episode has a similarly to the twenty-first episode from the eighth series of *Thomas & Friends* with the same name.
* Scrapped models of 'Arry or Bert and The Spiteful Brake Van are seen at the Smelters Yard.
* This is the second time Diesel and some of his friends go to the Smelters Yard on Halloween. The first being in the sixth series episode, Scaredy Engines.
* A deleted scene from the seventh series episode, Derek Breaks the Rules is used.
* The Halloween Diesel is recycled from Diesel 10's scrap model with Shane's chassis.