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Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station is the twelfth episode of the third season.

Plot

It is Friday the 13th and Schemer encourages Schemee to sell fake good luck charms he made, such as vinyl horseshoes, plastic four-leaf clovers, and rabbit's feet made from a wool coat. However, Schemee takes his uncle's technique of scaring people into buying them a bit too far.

Cast and Characters

Mentioned Characters

Edward (mentioned)
Henry (mentioned)
Gordon (mentioned)
James (mentioned)
Percy (mentioned)
Sir Topham Hatt (mentioned)

Thomas Story

Gordon Takes a Dip

Jukebox Band Song Segment

Engine 143

Trivia

Kara does not appear in this episode.
Billy Twofeathers' act of throwing salt over his left shoulder refers to a superstition that throwing salt over your left shoulder can ward off the Devil who supposedly lurks there.
Schemer claiming Helga Boonswaddle to be a phony due to her outfit possibly references to the episode "Fortune Teller Schemer," which Schemer himself wore a similar outfit to convince people he had mystical abilities.
The title of the episode is a reference to "Bad Day at Black Rock", a 1955 motion picture starring Spencer Tracy as a war veteran confronting racial bigotry.
In the song Engine 143, during the feature railroad stock footage outside The Strasburg Railroad was featured in this song while using two steam engines that operate on the railroad. The Strasburg Railroad also appears in Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin and Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
In the Nick Jr. version, the scene with the little boys teasing Gordon in the Thomas Story, Gordon Takes a Dip was edited out.

Gallery

Episode

Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station

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 |conductor=[[George Carlin]]
 |air date=June 18th, 1993
-|previous episode=[[Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin (episode)|Mr. Conductor<br/>Evil Twin]]
+|previous episode=[[Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin (episode)|Mr. Conductor Evil Twin]]
-|next episode=[[Mr. Conductor's Fourth of July|Mr. Conductor's<br/>Fourth of July]]}}'''Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station''' is the twelfth episode of the [[Season 3|third season]].
+|next episode=[[Mr. Conductor's Fourth of July]]
+}}
+'''Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station''' is the twelfth episode of the [[Season 3|third season]].
 ==Plot==
 It is Friday the 13th and Schemer encourages Schemee to sell fake good luck charms he made, such as vinyl horseshoes, plastic four-leaf clovers, and rabbit's feet made from a wool coat. However, Schemee takes his uncle's technique of scaring people into buying them a bit too far.
-==Characters==
+== Cast and Characters ==
+=== Main Cast ===
-* [[Mr. Conductor]]
+* [[George Carlin|Dennis]] as [[Mr. Conductor]]
-* [[Stacy Jones]]
+* [[Didi Conn]] as [[Stacy Jones]]
-* [[Billy Twofeathers]]
+* [[Tom Jackson|Thomas]] as [[Billy Twofeathers]]
-* [[Schemer]]
+* [[Erica Luttrell]] as [[Kara Cupper]] (''credit only'')
-* [[Dan Jones]]
+* [[Ari Magder]] as [[Dan Jones]]
-* [[Becky]]
-* [[Midge Smoot]]
+* [[Danielle Marcot]] as [[Becky]]
+* [[Brian O'Connor]] as [[Horace Schemer|Schemer]]
-* [[Doris "Helga" Boonswaddle]]
-* [[Schemee]]
+===Guest Starring===
+* [[Jayne Eastwood]] as [[Doris "Helga" Boonswaddle]]
+* [[Bobo Lewis]] as [[Midge Smoot]]
+* [[Jonathan Shapiro]] as [[Schemee]]
+=== Flexitoon Performers ===
+* [[Jonathan Freeman]] as [[Tito Swing]]
+*
+*
+*
+*
+*
+=== Mentioned Characters ===
 * [https://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Edward Edward] (''mentioned'')
 * [[Henry]] (''mentioned'')
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 ==Jukebox Band Song Segment==
 * Engine 143
 ==Trivia==
 * [[Kara Cupper|Kara]] does not appear in this episode.
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 * Schemer claiming Helga Boonswaddle to be a phony due to her outfit possibly references to the episode "[[Fortune Teller Schemer]]," which Schemer himself wore a similar outfit to convince people he had mystical abilities.
 * The title of the episode is a reference to "Bad Day at Black Rock", a 1955 motion picture starring Spencer Tracy as a war veteran confronting racial bigotry.
-*In the song Engine 143, during the feature railroad stock footage outside The Strasburg Railroad was featured in this song while using two steam engines that operate on the railroad. The Strasburg Railroad also appears in [[Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin (episode)|Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin]] and [[Thomas and the Magic Railroad]].
+* In the song Engine 143, during the feature railroad stock footage outside The Strasburg Railroad was featured in this song while using two steam engines that operate on the railroad. The Strasburg Railroad also appears in [[Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin (episode)|Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin]] and [[Thomas and the Magic Railroad]].
-*In the Nick Jr. version, the scene with the little boys teasing Gordon in the Thomas Story, Gordon Takes a Dip was edited out.
+* In the Nick Jr. version, the scene with the little boys teasing Gordon in the Thomas Story, Gordon Takes a Dip was edited out.
-*Mr. Conductor tells Gordon Takes a Dip to Dan and Becky in this episode.
 ==Gallery==