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Thomas & Friends Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1991 - 1992
Episode 1
A Scarf for Percy
Tue, Dec 24, 19915 mins
Percy wants a scarf to keep warm. He gets his wish when a prank backfires and a pair of the Fat Controller's trousers become tangled around his funnel.
Episode 2
Percy's Promise
Fri, Nov 29, 19915 mins
Percy tells Thomas he'll take his trainload of the vicar's Sunday schoolers home for him, but has to do so in a fierce storm that makes him blind to where he's going and too cold and wet to run.
Episode 3
Time for Trouble
5 mins
With work-schedules so busy, Gordon is ordered to take some time off and James is eager to replace him to show how fast and good he is. When Toby is stranded on his way for repairs, he has to trust James to help him.
Episode 4
Gordon and the Famous Visitor
5 mins
Gordon is jealous of a visiting train and insults ones like him after he leaves, but gets in an embarrassing situation soon after while trying to go as fast as the visitor can.
Episode 5
Donald's Duck
5 mins
Duck is given his own branch line and won't stop boasting about it. Eventually, Donald loses patience and starts teasing Duck. Thanks to his driver and fireman, Duck is able to get his own back, but it's Donald who has the last laugh.
Episode 6
Thomas Gets Bumped
5 mins
Thomas has a habit of slowing by a bridge to enjoy children's company and Percy hints he may be gotten rid of, but he helps a stranded of group of them return home and worries after that, and when a bad rail strands him.
Episode 7
Thomas, Percy and the Dragon
Tue, Jul 27, 19935 mins
Percy's teasing Thomas about fear doesn't last when he's stuck outside for the night, and goes from being nervous to frightened when he thinks the Chinese dragon Thomas takes to a carnival is a real beast.
Episode 8
Diesel Does it Again
Tue, Sep 14, 19935 mins
Percy and Duck have too much work at the harbor, so help is called in. But it turns out to be Duck's old enemy, Diesel. They're forced to give him a chance, but have to decide whether to speak up when he acts roughly and causes trouble, resulting in his second expulsion.
Episode 9
Henry's Forest
5 mins
Henry loves visiting the forest he, Toby, Terrence, and Trevor helped plant years before. But he is saddened when a storm destroys some of it, and neither Toby nor anybody else can figure out how to cheer him up.
Episode 10
The Trouble with Mud
5 mins
Gordon refuses to have himself cleaned every day since he only wishes to be on time, but lands himself in trouble when he sprays James with mud and loses some of his work for being dirty, so is forced to help him when he can't work alone.
Episode 11
No Joke for James
Tue, Nov 19, 19915 mins
James annoys the others with his boasting so to prove himself to Gordon, he tells him he'll be doing more important work. His trick gets him to take coaches and Gordon stuck with freight-trucks - and in trouble and shame for it.
Episode 12
Thomas, Percy and the Post Train
Fri, Dec 20, 19915 mins
Thomas and Percy are upset to hear the mail-train they both drive will be replaced with airmail when the mail-boat is late to them, so try to save it by going at extra speed.
Episode 13
Trust Thomas
Tue, Nov 26, 19915 mins
Gordon convinces James to pretend being sick so he won't have to shunt. Thomas is forced to deal with the cruel trucks, while trying to keep his promise to get tar delivered so Bertie's road can run more smoothly.
Episode 14
Mavis
Wed, Dec 25, 19915 mins
Mavis is a young diesel who is full of her own ideas. One day, she ignores wise old Toby's advice and causes chaos at a crossing.
Episode 15
Toby's Tightrope
5 mins
Mavis is bitter about not being allowed on Toby's line, but when she asks the troublesome trucks to push her onto it, they do it to Toby instead. Toby is then put in grave danger when he is pushed onto a weak bridge.
Episode 16
Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party
5 mins
Trevor tells Edward the vicar is hosting a garden-party so all Sunday-schoolers can go to the beach in the summer, and he is determined to help in the only way he can: putting up posters announcing it that were forgotten.
Episode 17
Buzz Buzz
5 mins
James ignores Boco's warnings to him and Trevor about handling bees carefully, and boasts how he'd deal roughly with any that stung him. But his words don't come in handy when a broken hive he delivers makes it so he can't get rid of them.
Episode 18
All at Sea
5 mins
Duck loves to watch sailboats at the harbor and wonders what it's like to go elsewhere when Harold tells him he's been there, until he annoys Percy by discussing his wishes. But he's reminded of how good his work is by helping Harold.
Episode 19
One Good Turn
5 mins
A mistake handling their turntable cause Bill and Ben to blame each other for the confusion, until their argument makes everyone else upset enough with their fighting to trick them so they'll be forced to work among each other.
Episode 20
Tender Engines
5 mins
Gordon wishes he had extra tenders, especially when the others warn him against taking too many resources for himself and Diesel acts better than steam engines. Henry wishes so too, so Duck fools him into getting what he thinks he wants.
Episode 21
Escape!
5 mins
When Edward points out to Douglas that Trevor was spared from becoming scrap-metal and that help is needed, Douglas, who narrowly escaped the fate himself, is inspired that night to rescue Oliver, a stranded steam-engine, from diesels.
Episode 22
Oliver Owns Up
5 mins
Oliver gets high praise from the other engines and becomes too proud to listen to Duck's warning about being careful with trucks when he's asked to handle them for his next job. He pays dearly for it.
Episode 23
Bulgy
5 mins
Oliver and Duck are angry when a rude bus who hates engines, "Bulgy", and a friend trick their passengers into going with him instead by falsely claiming they can go quicker, but Duck follows him to see him getting himself into trouble.
Episode 24
Heroes
5 mins
Bill and Ben mistrust a group of trucks into telling them how to set up things at the harbor station so get in trouble for the mix-up. When a rock-slide suddenly strikes the quarry, they're worried they'll be blamed for it, too.
Episode 25
Percy, James and the Fruitful Day
Fri, Apr 2, 19935 mins
James is rude and doesn't care that Percy's freight-trucks are the reason he's late, so Percy is smug when James' brakes stick and he has to help. Trying to hurry himself to show off, he gets into an embarrassing accident with the cargo.
Episode 26
Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure
Wed, Nov 25, 19925 mins
Thomas and Percy aren't happy about dividing the jobs of mail-delivery and visiting a village for Christmas, but things are worse for everybody when they find out that the village is cut off by snow.
