A Foggy Day for Hugo

**A Foggy Day for Hugo** is the fifth episode of the first season.

## Plot

Every summer, Hugo the rail zeppelin travels to Sodor to take holidaymakers around the island, as his propeller makes him very popular. One day, Spencer was sent to Crewe (where Henry got rebuilt after his flying kipper accident) for some boiler repairs, so the Duke and Duchess of Boxford used Hugo as their transportation to Sodor. When he stopped at a junction, Diesel was passing by with a goods train and began to make rude comments about Hugo's propeller, which hurt his feelings. He went to Knapford after dropping off the Duke and Duchess at their summerhouse, where the Fat Controller ordered him to take some railway inspectors to the Steamworks. Hugo then tells Thomas about Diesel teasing him earlier, as the little blue engine only tells him that Diesel also boasts about other things, not just Hugo's propeller.

Hugo wanted Diesel to think that his propeller really was special as he took off to the Steamworks. When he arrived at the Steamworks, he told the inspectors that he had to go and take passengers around the island, much to their annoyance. Later, Diesel arrived with spare parts, as Victor told him to take the inspectors back to Knapford, as there was a spare coach inside that had been refurbished. As Diesel took the inspectors back to the big station, he saw Hugo again and was more rude than ever. Hugo tries to comfort Diesel by saying that the steam engines used to be rude to him when he first arrived on the island, but now Diesel is getting worse than the steam engines were.

A few days later, an eerie fog was spreading over the island, and the engines had to stay in their sheds until the fog was cleared. Hugo was at Ulfstead Castle as Stephen warned him not to go out in the fog as he wouldn't see where he was going. Hugo promised Stephen as he left the castle grounds and into the foggy weather that his propeller would blast the nearest fog parts away. Meanwhile, Diesel was out in the fog with his goods train, rushing to complete his tasks. But the fog was too thick for his lamp to shine through. But as he stopped at a junction, the fog was getting worse, and Diesel thought he was lost. So he blasted his horn to call for help. Luckily, Hugo heard his voice nearby and arrived at the junction. Hugo explained that his propeller was very useful at blowing the fog away, so Diesel thought he was a monster. Now Diesel realises that Hugo's propeller really was special, and apologises for teasing him. Later that day, Hugo went to Tidmouth Sheds to tell the engines that his propeller had blasted the fog away, and they gave him three cheers. Soon, the fog was clear enough for the engines to go back to their jobs. Diesel even had to admit that his propeller really was something special after all. Suddenly, Hugo's propeller stopped spinning as his engine coughed and sputtered and black smoke billowed from his vents. Diesel suggests to Hugo that he should go to the Dieselworks to have his propeller fixed, which would lead into the next story.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Emily
* Stephen
* Diesel
* Hugo
* Victor
* Sir Topham Hatt
* The Railway Inspectors
* Spencer (*does not speak*)
* Kevin (*does not speak*)
* The Duke and Duchess of Boxford (*do not speak*)
* Caitlin (*cameo*)
* Glynn (*cameo*)
* Hurricane (*cameo*)
* Philip (*cameo*)
* Frankie (*cameo*)
* Millie (*cameo*)
* Den (*mentioned*)
* Dart (*mentioned*)
* Sir Robert Norramby (*mentioned*)
* Franz (*mentioned*)

## Locations

* Island of Sodor
	+ Vicarstown Bridge
	+ Tidmouth Hault
	+ Knapford
	+ Sodor Steamworks
	+ Tidmouth Sheds
	+ Ulfstead Castle
	+ Vicarstown (*mentioned*)
	+ The Duke and Duchess of Boxford's Summerhouse (*mentioned*)
	+ Vicarstown Dieselworks (*mentioned*)
* The Mainland
	+ Crewe

## Cast

* Bikliqi Studios as Thomas
* Crane Engine Studios as Percy
* DockTankDylan as Edward
* Electro Gamer as James
* Elliot Killick-Ward as Henry and Stephen
* Mason Hagen as Diesel and Hugo
* SteamTeam3211 as Gordon, Sir Topham Hatt and the Railway Inspectors
* TheGermanofSodor as Victor
* Yilin Zhou as Emily

## Trivia

* This was actually the first episode to have a script written during pre-production of the first season.
	+ This is also the first episode have a story arc span over more than one episode. In this case, this episode arc spans over The Propeller and the Storm and Hugo the Hero. (The latter is actually the *ninth* episode instead of the *seventh*.)
* This is the second and last episode to feature Yilin Zhou as Emily. Beginning with The Runaway Express, the role was given to HeartCloud Productions as she also wanted to voice Emily when she first joined the cast. She would eventually make her series debut in the next episode.
* References to the episodes The Flying Kipper, Engine of the Future and Hugo and the Airship are used.
	+ This episode also uses footage from the Season 20 episode, Hugo and the Airship.

## Watch Episode

A Foggy Day for Hugo (Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures; Season 1; Episode 5)