Iris' Funfair Special

**Iris' Funfair Special** is the third episode of the twelfth series.

## Plot

Daisy and Iris were tasked to take a funfair train to Maithwaite station. Iris excitedly hoped that the Fat Controller would ask her to pull it, but much to her disappointment, he gives the job to Daisy and chose Iris to be her back engine.

Iris sadly rolled along the line when an idea flew into her air vents; if she arrived at the docks before Daisy, she would take the funfair train instead, making Daisy go straight to High Farm, hoping it would help her. So Iris raced to the docks as fast as she could.

Soon, Iris arrived at the docks and gasped as she saw how long the train was. Then she coupled up, but didn’t know that Daisy was already coupled up on the other end of the train, waiting for Iris. Iris started to pull as hard as she could, but this caused a coupling to break. Iris left with the train, but didn’t know she had left half of the train behind with Daisy.

Iris rolled happily along, but then there was trouble: another coupling broke and the coconut truck on the end crashed into the level crossing where Bulgy was waiting, blocking him there. It wasn’t long before another coupling broke, which made the sugar truck crash into Bear when the points switched. Iris continued rolling along, but as she climbed Diesel 10's hill, another coupling broke once again and the flatbed with the Ferris Wheel seats crashed into Daisy behind her, who was bringing the rest of the train, causing her to become stuck.

Iris cheerfully arrived at Maithwaite Station, but her mood changed when she saw the Fat Controller, who scolded her for leaving half of the train behind and causing confusion and delay. Iris then promised to set things right. She fetched one of the Breakdown Cranes and brought it to Daisy, who was still stuck. Iris apologized for her silly behaviour and told Daisy that she would take the other trucks when the crane clears the line. Soon, the two engines were coupled up and arrived at Maithwaite just in time.

That evening, Iris and Daisy watched the happy children at the funfair. Iris hoped that she and Daisy could work together again and admited that this was best of all.

## Characters

* Daisy
* Iris
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Bear (*does not speak in UK dub*)
* Bulgy (*does not speak*)
* George (*cameo*)
* Big Mickey (*cameo*)
* Refreshment Lady (*cameo*)
* Farmer Trotter (*cameo*)
* Dowager Hatt (*cameo*)
* The Duchess of Boxford (*cameo*)
* Mr. Giggles (*cameo*)
* Sir Topham Hatt's Assistants (*cameo*)
* Piano Lady (*cameo*)
* Miss Mary Marvel (*cameo*)
* The Bargeman (*cameo*)
* The Balloon Repairman (*cameo*)
* The Ginger-haired Boy (*cameo*)
* The Blond-haired Boy (*cameo*)
* A Schoolboy (*cameo*)
* Cranky (*cameo*)
* Diesel 10 (*mentioned*)

## Trivia

* This episode has a similarly to the third episode, Rosie's Funfair Special from the twelfth series of *Thomas & Friends*.
* This episode marks:
	+ The first episode since the seventh series episode, Derek Breaks the Rules to feature a standard gauge engine outside of the Diesel Team to have a leading role.
		- And also the only episode in the *Hit Entertainment Era*.
	+ Bulgy, George and Iris' only appearances in the twelfth series.
	+ Iris' last leading role.
	+ Iris, Bulgy and George's last appearances in the model series.
	+ The Iron Works' last appearance.
	+ The last episode to feature Bulgy's unused second series shocked face. And the only time it was recasted.
* This episode marks a few things for Bear:
	+ His first appearance since the seventh series episode, BoCo's Brass Band.
	+ His first appearance in new footage since the sixth series episode, BoCo the Very Useful Engine, as both of his appearances in the seventh series were via stock footage.
	+ His first speaking role in the US dub since the fifth series episode, Bear Gets Lost.
	+ His first and only appearance in the *Hit Entertainment Era*.
	+ His only appearance in the twelfth series.
	+ His last appearance.
* In the episode, Bear's horn sound was Diesel's horn one step higher pitch.
* The coconuts that were in the last truck behind Iris' train were actually coffee beans.
* Bear does not have a CGI face when the truck hits him, but in a rare picture, he does. This is presumably due to how hard it would have been to give him a CGI face when he was covered in sugar.