21x04 - Stuck in Gear

[bunniefuu]

[bouncy music]

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children:

♪ They're two, they're four ♪

♪ They're six, they're eight ♪

♪ Shunting trucks

and hauling freight ♪

♪ Red and green

and brown and blue ♪

♪ They're the Really

Useful Crew ♪

♪ All with different roles

to play ♪

♪ Round Tidmouth Sheds

or far away ♪

♪ Down the hills

and round the bends ♪

♪ Thomas and his friends ♪

[whistle toots]

[light music]

male narrator:

"Confused Coaches."

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narrator: It was

a beautiful winter's morning

on the Island of Sodor.

[whistle toots]

- Express coming through!

[whistle toots]

- Well, well, well,

if it isn't

my old friend, Gordon.

Still slowly chugging

along the mainline, are you?

- Oh, Spencer it's you.

What brings you back

to Sodor?

- I'm taking the Duke

and Dutchess

to their summer house,

of course.

- [laughs]

But it's winter.

- So it is.

See you later, slow coach.

- Oh.

[upbeat rock music]

♪ ♪

[laughs] I'm winning,

I'm winning!

- Why bother? You know you'll

have to stop soon, Gordon.

Unlike you regular engines,

I don't have to keep stopping

at stations.

- [gasps]

Ohh!

- Mind you, you probably need

a little rest!

[laughs]

- Ohh.

narrator: The next morning,

Spencer was at Knapford again.

- Still here, Spencer?

- The Duke speaking

to Sir Topham Hatt

about a very special

trip tomorrow.

- Oh, really?

What's that?

- Well, the Boxfords have

arranged for Sodor's

most important people

to celebrate the New Year

up at Callan Castle.

That's the sort of job only

a private engine gets to do.

- Uh! If you were that special,

you'd be leaving

from Platform .

I always leave from Platform

because I pull the express!

[whistle toots]

If numbers are so important,

then why is Thomas number one

and you are only number four?

- Uh, well, you don't even

have a number.

- Oh! I have a number.

[blows horn]

I'm number .

- [laughs]

- [groans]

narrator: The next day,

Spencer brought the Boxfords

back to Knapford

for their special trip

to Callen Castle.

They were having Spencer's

coaches cleaned

before they set off.

- Welcome, sir, ma'am.

Would you care for some tea

while you're waiting?

- Oh, thank you, Sir Topham.

- How lovely.

- Ahh! Ooh!

[laughter]

- Hmm.

Hmm. Ahh.

[laughs]

[whistle toots]

- Spencer, move!

That's my platform.

- But it was your idea, Gordon.

You said that if

I were that special,

I should be leaving

from Platform .

- Ah! But I--I didn't mean that.

- You can argue all you like.

But we'll both be delayed

unless you move to platform two.

- Ohh, the indignity.

[whistle toots]

narrator: The engines had

barely settled into their

their platforms,

when their coaches arrived.

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And suddenly, the station

was full of passengers.

- What larks.

- This is so exciting.

- It's Grandfather!

- Welcome, everyone.

We're almost ready to leave.

- [grunts]

[playful music]

- Oh, I can confidently promise

you a very smooth

and pleasant trip today,

Mr. Mayor.

Whoa!

Ohh.

[laughter]

- Thank you for teaching me

the better engine

should always be

on Platform , Gordon.

- You know that's not

what I was--ah!

[whistle toots]

- Ohh.

[gasping]

- Ohh.

[blows whistle]

- Do excuse me, madam.

narrator: Neither Spencer

nor Gordon realized

they had the wrong coaches.

- Spencer! Gordon! No!

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- I'll show you who's

the better engine, Spencer!

[laughs]

- We both know

who that is, don't we?

♪ ♪

- [laughs] I'm winning!

I'm winning!

- No!

- Ugh, I feel sick.

- Oh, my coaches have never

felt this heavy before.

narrator: Soon, Gordon was

approaching Wellsworth,

the express' first

scheduled stop.

[all exclaiming]

- Oh!

[brakes screeching]

- Who's fastest and best, now?

- Spencer! Those are my coaches!

- Ooh!

- Whoa!

- But how-- [gasps]

Uh-oh.

- Gordon? Where's Spencer?

- Uh, sir, there seems

to have been a mix-up.

- This is a disaster!

We shall all be late.

[blows whistle]

- Everybody back on board.

Quickly.

[whistle blowing]

- Oh, no.

- Gordon!

Follow that engine!

narrator:

The poor express passengers

were missing their stops.

♪ ♪

- Stop! Stop that express!

[whistle blows]

Silly Gordon.

Doesn't he ever give up?

narrator: Gordon chased Spencer

all the way to Callan Castle.

♪ ♪

- Now who's number one?

- Why have you stolen

the express?

- But--but I didn't.

[whistle blows]

- Spencer, explain

yourself at once.

- Ohh, Thomas and Philip

must have got

our coaches confused, sir.

- Is that what happened, Gordon?

- Yes, sir. But it wouldn't

have happened

if Spencer hadn't been

at my platform.

- Well, you told me

that special engines

always leave from Platform .

- [chuckles] I may have given

him that impression, sir,

but I didn't--

- Oh, enough excuses.

You are both to blame.

Your arguments and racing

have caused

confusion and delay.

And you've brought the express

passengers here,

where they didn't want to go.

- Sorry, sir.

- Yes. Sorry, sir.

narrator:

So Gordon and Spencer were set

to take the passengers back to

the stations they had missed.

When Gordon returned

to Knapford,

it was almost midnight.

He was exhausted and didn't care

which platform

he was on anymore.

Neither did Spencer,

who had just returned

with the Duke's guests.

- I hope you two know

how silly you've been.

Go on, apologize to each other.

It's a new year and a new start

for you both.

- Yes. You first, Spencer.

- I'm sorry I took your platform

and upset all

your passengers, Gordon.

- And I'm sorry I teased you

about which platform

was the best.

There's not that much

of a difference, really.

Whether it's the number --

[whistle toots]

- Or the number !

[chuckles]

- Or the number .

[fireworks booming]

[whimpering]

[fireworks whistling, crackling]

all: Happy New Year!

[bouncy music]

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[children singing]

[whistle toots]

[whistle blows]

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[whistle toots]