Mysterious Stranger is the nineteenth episode of the third season.
Plot
Everyone is scared when things start to disappear in the station. The kids want to stay late at the station to catch the thief, but Stacy thinks it is dangerous so she won't let them. However, it turns out to be a monkey that has been accidentally left behind by a circus train.
Cast and Characters
Main Cast
- George Carlin as Mr. Conductor
- Didi Conn as Stacy Jones
- Tom Jackson as Billy Twofeathers
- Erica Luttrell as Kara Cupper
- Ari Magder as Dan Jones
- Danielle Marcot as Becky
- Brian O'Connor as Schemer
Guest Starring
- Chas Lawther as Circus Ringmaster
The Flexitoon Puppeteers
- Jonathan Freeman as Tito Swing
- Olga Felgemacher-Marin as DiDi
- Craig Marin as Rex
- Peter Baird as Grace Bass
- Kenny Miele as Grace Bass
- Alan Semok as Tex
Thomas Stories
Jukebox Band Segment Song
Cartoons and Songs
- Everyone's Afraid of Something
- Cartoons used in this song:
Trivia
- This episode had several changes to the Fox Family and Nick Jr. variants:
- In the Fox Family version:
- Checkpoint from Stacy saying she can't find her cap up to Dan asking Mr. Conductor what's going on is cut.
- All Jukebox Band segments are removed.
- Mr. Conductor disappears earlier so the banner to the commercial break could be added to better segway to when Schemer arrives in his spooky mask.
- Schemer showing the kids his soda trap is cut.
- The segments to introduce "Henry to the Rescue" were shortened.
- The shot of the kids sneaking away from Schemer for being his "human shield" is shortened.
- Becky exclaiming "Felicity!" when Felicity is discovered to be the culprit is cut.
- The end scene of the Ringmaster coming back to claim Felicity is removed and the episode just ends on the scene before it.
- In the Fox Family credits, "Come Out, Henry!" uses its US title since the original credits kept the original UK name.
- Come Out, Henry! is slightly sped up. The scene where Henry is being bricked up is also shortened.
- In the Nick Jr. version:
- The episode was shortened to permit advertising breaks. Tito's initial segment with Didi and the "Waltzing Matilda" song were removed from the same version of this episode.
- Come Out, Henry! is slightly sped up. The scene where Henry is being bricked up is also shortened.
- In the Fox Family version:
- Despite some of the items being disappeared, Schemer's missing comb isn't mentioned at all during the episode.
- "Come Out, Henry!" was given its UK title, "The Sad Story Of Henry," in the credits. The Thomas stories are also listed in reverse order. This was later corrected for the Fox Family version credits.
- This is the first episode where the Jukebox Band acknowledges Mr. Conductor.
- The second airing of this episode on Nick Jr, airing August 11, 2000, makes this the last time to date that Shining Time Station aired in the United States.
| #01 Becky Makes a Wish | #10 Schemer Goes Camping | #19 Mysterious Stranger |
| #02 Schemer's Alone | #11 Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin | #20 Dan's Big Race |
| #03 Bully for Mr. Conductor | #12 Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station | #21 Mr. Conductor Gets Left Out |
| #04 Stacy Cleans Up | #13 Mr. Conductor's Fourth of July | #22 Mr. Conductor's Big Sleepwalk |
| #05 Schemer's Robot | #14 Stacy Forgets Her Name | #23 The Mayor Runs for Re-Election |
| #06 Billy Saves the Day | #15 Schemer's Special Club | #24 Stacy Says No |
| #07 Billy's Party | #16 Mr. Conductor's Movie | #25 How the Station Got Its Name |
| #08 Fortune Teller Schemer | #17 The Joke's on Schemer | |
| #09 Billy's Runaway Train | #18 Dance Crazy | |