Big Macintosh Takes a Tumble

Chief Thunderhooves Takes A Tumble is the seventeenth episode of the sixth season of Spike the Dragon and Friends, and the one hundred and forty-seventh episode overall. It is a parody of the Thomas and Friends episode, Gordon Takes A Tumble.

Cast

 * Spike as Thomas
 * Big Macintosh as Henry
 * Chief Thunderhooves as Gordon
 * Cranky Doodle Donkey as James
 * Pipsqueak as Percy
 * Cheese Sandwich as Salty
 * Hoity Toity as Sir Topham Hatt
 * Apple Bloom as Annie (cameo)
 * Sweetie Belle as Clarabel (cameo)
 * Royal Riff as Butch (cameo)
 * Everyone else as Themselves

Transcript
Narrator: "Hoity Toity's animals are proud of how useful they are. It makes them feel important. But none of them feels more important than Chief Thunderhooves."

Chief Thunderhooves: "Watch out!"

Narrator: "Chief Thunderhooves wheeshed."

Chief Thunderhooves: "You'll get my fur all sooty!"

Cheese Sandwich: "Working with changelings is a sooty job."

Narrator: "Teased Cheese Sandwich."

Cheese Sandwich: "But then, you wouldn't know."

Chief Thunderhooves: "Of course not!"

Narrator: "Chief Thunderhooves huffed importantly."

Chief Thunderhooves: "Express buffaloes don't take changelings, it wouldn't be dignified!"

Pipsqueak: "Dingy-fried?"

Narrator: "Puzzled Pipsqueak."

Pipsqueak: "What's that?"

Chief Thunderhooves: "Dignified."

Narrator: "Chief Thunderhooves Corrected."

Chief Thunderhooves: "It means..."

Cheese Sandwich: "It means that someone's too big for his hooves!"

Narrator: "Teased Cheese Sandwich."

Chief Thunderhooves: "Pah!"

Narrator: "Said Chief Thunderhooves, and he puffed away.

That evening, fog covered Ponyville. Everything slowed down and soon the docks was packed with waiting cargo. This caused confusion and delay.

Hoity Toity came to see the animals. He was in a great hurry."

Hoity Toity: "Big Mac, Spike and Pipsqueak,"

Narrator: "He said."

Hoity Toity: "You must go to the docks immediately."

Spike, Big Macintosh and Pipsqueak: "Yes, sir."

Narrator: "They whistled.

Then Hoity Toity turned his attention to the big dark grey buffalo."

Hoity Toity: "You too, Chief Thunderhooves."

Narrator: "He said."

Hoity Toity: "I need a big animal to take the changelings where they won't be in the way."

Chief Thunderhooves: "Changelings?"

Narrator: "Huffed Chief Thunderhooves. He could not believe what he had heard!

Chief Thunderhooves wasn't happy to be taking changelings. He waited impatiently for them."

Chief Thunderhooves: "Hurry up! Hurry up!"

Narrator: "Chuffed Chief Thunderhooves crossly."

Spike: "Why the rush, Chief Thunderhooves?"

Narrator: "Asked Spike."

Chief Thunderhooves: "If I must take changelings, then I'll show Cheese Sandwich just how an express buffalo takes changelings!"

Cheese Sandwich: "Careful, Captain."

Narrator: "Cheese Sandwich said."

Cheese Sandwich: "You don't want to get too big for your hooves."

Narrator: "But Chief Thunderhooves ignored Cheese Sandwich.

The next morning, Chief Thunderhooves raced along with his heavy line."

Chief Thunderhooves: "Now this is how you take changelings!"

Narrator: "He puffed.

But the signalman had accidentally left the points switch to the lost forest. Chief Thunderhooves rattled through the junction."

Chief Thunderhooves: "That's strange, I'm on the lost forest!"

Signalman: "Oh, no!"

Narrator: "The signalman cried."

Signalman: "Express buffaloes aren't supposed to go that way!"

Narrator: "But it was too late. Chief Thunderhooves had already raced into the distance.

The old forest was weak and brittle. There were signs warning all the animals to Go Slow, but Chief Thunderhooves ignored the signs."

Chief Thunderhooves: "I'm an express buffalo! I don't 'Go Slow'!"

Narrator: "He said, and he went even faster.

The forest couldn't take his weight, and the ground buckled."

Chief Thunderhooves: "Oh, help!"

Narrator: "Chief Thunderhooves cried as he slid off the hill and into a field."

(Multiple crashes)

Narrator: "No one was hurt, but poor Chief Thunderhooves felt very... undignified."

Chief Thunderhooves: "What will Hoity Toity say?"

Narrator: "He groaned.

He found out soon enough."

Hoity Toity: "Well, Chief Thunderhooves,"

Narrator: "Said Hoity Toity."

Hoity Toity: "You wanted to show Cheese Sandwich a thing or two, and you've certainly done that. You've shown him how silly it is to ignore "Go Slow" signs!"

Chief Thunderhooves: "Sorry, Sir."

Narrator: "Said Chief Thunderhooves, and let out a sad sigh.

Chief Thunderhooves was healed and back at the docks, ready for work, but he was very unhappy with himself."

Spike: "Everyone makes mistakes."

Narrator: "Said Spike."

Spike: "Even you."

Cranky Doodle Donkey: "Cheese Sandwich's sorry he teased you."

Narrator: "Puffed Cranky."

Chief Thunderhooves: "And I'm sorry I was 'too big for my hooves'!"

Narrator: "And all the animals gave a jolly cheer, even Chief Thunderhooves!"