Percy's Parrot

**Percy's Parrot** is the twelfth episode of the first season.

## Plot

There are different types of animals on the Island of Sodor, but the ones that would normally fly in the air are birds, as there are many different types of them. One morning, the Fat Controller gave Percy a special by taking Daisy's place in doing the passenger runs to Harwick while she was taking holidaymakers to the Sodor Animal Park. Percy arrives at Arlesburgh West as Duck, Oliver, Donald and Douglas are there waiting for him, as he had come to help out with the holiday traffic. Douglas was sent to take Percy's mail train, as the little green engine worked at the yards shunting coaches for Oliver and Duck to take on their passenger trains. Percy helped out transporting passengers along Tidmouth Beach while doing Daisy's Harwick run. When Percy returned to Arlesburgh Junction, he met up with Rex, Bert, and Mike. As Percy tells the miniature engines about Daisy going to the animal park, Mike is fed up as the only animals they get on their small railway are deer and sheep.

When Percy arrived at Arlesburgh Harbour, he stopped when he saw Skiff at the crossing, as the little railboat told him that he saw a parrot flying around the harbor. Captain Joe explains to Percy that one of the parrots had flown away from the animal park because it didn't like it when an engine whistled too loud. Skiff tells Percy that if he sees the parrot, he will make sure to come back and bring it with him. As Percy continued his run to Harwick, he passed Ryan, who was handling the goods traffic as usual. Daisy's passengers did enjoy a ride behind a steam engine. When he finally arrived, the passengers disembarked the train and headed for the beach, while the children played in the sand. But Percy was still confused about the parrot that Skiff had mentioned to him earlier. Later that day, Percy returned to Knapford, where he saw Thomas and Toby dropping off their last load of passengers for the day. As Percy tells his friends about the parrot Skiff told him about, Daisy pulls into view, as she won't stop complaining about how the noisy animals were bad for her swerves. As she tells the Fat Controller that she needs to go and see her fitter, the Fat Controller is puzzled and questions her about her Harwick runs. As he had no choice but to send Percy back again, Percy was pleased to hear this, as that way he would be able to find the missing parrot.

The next morning, Percy woke up early and went to Tidmouth Hault, where he saw the parrot sleeping on the flower window box. Suddenly, he accidentally blew his whistle, which woke up the parrot, which flew away. Percy was shocked when he saw the parrot getting away, so he chased after it along Duck's Branch Line until he reached Arlesburgh Harbour when he didn't look where he was going and ended up off the ramp that leads out into the sea. Percy was stuck in the water, saw the parrot flying towards the lighthouse, and felt silly. When Ryan saw what had happened, he went to fetch Judy and Jerome, as they had lifted Percy out of the water. Skiff and Captain Joe had just found the parrot, as Skiff explained to Percy that Captain Joe knows everything there is to know about parrots. Once Percy's boiler was bubbling again, he and Skiff arrived at the animal park where they would return the parrot back to its habitat. The Fat Controller was pleased with Percy and Skiff, as the parrot started to copy every word he spoke, which caused everyone to burst into laughter.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Percy
* Toby
* Duck
* Donald and Douglas
* Oliver
* Ryan
* Daisy
* Skiff
* Mike
* Rex
* Bert
* Henrietta
* Toad
* Judy and Jerome
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Captain Joe
* Edward (*cameo*)
* James (*cameo*)
* Emily (*cameo*)
* Annie and Clarabel (*cameo*)
* Isabel (*cameo*)
* Bulgy (*cameo*)
* Salty (*mentioned*)
* Mr. Fergus Duncan (*indirectly mentioned*)

## Locations

* McColl Farm
* The Viaduct
* Knapford
* Arlesburgh West
* Tidmouth Beach
* Arlesburgh Harbour
* Harwick
* Tidmouth Sheds
* Tidmouth Hault
* Sodor Animal Park
* Brendam Docks (*mentioned*)
* Vicarstown Dieselworks (*mentioned*)

## Cast

* AngelsandArachnids as Judy
* Bikliqi Studios as Thomas
* Crane Engine Studios as Percy, Ryan and Toad
* CuteYoshiLover as the Parrot
* Electro Gamer as Toby
* Eli J. Brony as Rex
* Holden Stafford as Captain Joe
* Mason Hagen as Bert and Skiff
* Oliver gwr 1995 Thomas the tank engine fan as Oliver
* SpaceyBoi as Donald and Douglas
* SteamTeam3211 as Sir Topham Hatt
* SudrianRailwayStudios as Mike and Jerome
* Tommy Bauer as Duck
* TwilightAngel as Henrietta
* Yilin Zhou as Daisy

## Trivia

* The title card for this episode is placed in the center of the screen instead of the bottom.
* The is the first episode to feature CuteYoshiLover, SpaceyBoi and TwilightAngel in the cast.
* This episode marks the only time of a few things:
	+ Bulgy's only appearance in the first season.
	+ The only appearance of the Sodor Animal Park to date.
	+ The only episode in the first season to feature CuteYoshiLover as part of the cast. However, she would eventually receive the role for Lexi replacing Gingercat65 from Season 2, and would also voice Noor Jehan and Ester as well.
* This episode marks the second and last of a few things:
	+ The second and last episode where Bert and Skiff are voiced by Mason Hagen.
	+ The second and last episode to feature Yilin Zhou as Daisy. In Freezing Frankie, the role was briefly given to SEVP as a special guest before the role would be given to [Dana-Kenzie]] beginning with Season 2 and beyond.
* Percy going off the tracks into the water may have been inspired by the Season 2 episode, Percy Takes the Plunge, and the Season 3 episode, Percy's Promise.

## Watch Episode

Percy's Parrot (Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures; Season 1; Episode 12)