Taran and John Smith/Taran Gets Tricked

Taran and John Smith, retitled Taran Gets Tricked for American audience, is the first episode of Taran the Disney Character and Friends. It is a parody of the Thomas and Friends episode, Thomas and Gordon/Thomas Gets Tricked.

Cast

 * Taran (from The Black Cauldron) as Thomas
 * John Smith (from Pocahontas) as Gordon
 * Flowers (from Alice in Wonderland) as The Coaches
 * Captain Phoebus (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame) as Henry (Cameo)
 * Kuzco (from The Emperor's New Groove) as James (Cameo)
 * Amelia (from The Aristocats) as Clarabel (Cameo)
 * Mickey Mouse (from Mickey Mouse) as Sir Topham Hatt (Cameo)
 * Tipo (from The Emperor's New Groove) as Stephen Hatt (Cameo)
 * Everyone Else as Themselves

Transcript
Narrator: "Taran is a warrior who lives in a big house in Disneyland. He's a cheeky little boy with two brown boots, a pair of green pants, a yellow long-sleeved shirt and a green vest.

He's a fussy little warrior too, always bringing flowers about ready for the big Disney Characters to take on long journeys.

And when Disney Characters come in, he takes the flowers away so that the big Disney Characters can go and rest.

Taran thinks no Disney Character works as hard as he does. He loves playing tricks on them, including John Smith, the biggest and proudest man of all.

Taran likes whistling rudely at him."

Taran: "Wake up, lazybones, why don't you work hard, like me?"

Narrator: "One day, after taking some flowers on a journey, John arrived back at the sidings, very tired. He was just going to sleep when Taran came up in his cheeky way."

Taran: "Wake up, lazybones, do some hard work for a change! You can't catch me!"

Narrator: "And off he ran laughing.

Instead of going to sleep again, John thought how he could get back at Taran.

One morning, Taran wouldn't wake up. His driver and fireman couldn't make him start. His stamina was low and there was not enough strength. It was nearly time for the express. People were waiting, but the flowers weren't ready.

At last, Taran started."

Taran: "Oh dear, oh dear!"

Narrator: "He yawned.

He fussed into the station where John was waiting."

John Smith: "Hurry up, you."

Narrator: "Said John."

Taran: "Hurry yourself!"

Narrator: "Replied Taran.

John began making his plan."

John Smith: "Yes."

Narrator: "Said John."

John Smith: "I will."

Narrator: "And almost before the flowers stopped moving, John reversed quickly and held the first flower's petal."

John Smith: "Get in quickly, please."

Narrator: "He whistled.

Taran usually pushed behind the flowers to help them star, but they always let go of him first. This time, John started so quickly, they forgot to let go of Taran. John's chance had come.

John Smith: "Come on, come on!"

Narrator: "Puffed John to the flowers.

The line went faster and faster, too fast for Taran. He wanted to stop, but he couldn't!"

Taran: "Hey, hey, stop, stop!"

John Smith: "Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Narrator: "Laughed John."

Flowers: "You can't get away, you can't get away!"

Narrator: "Laughed the flowers.

Poor Taran was going faster than he had ever gone before. He was out of breath, and his feet hurt him, but he had to go on."

Taran: "I shall never be the same again."

Narrator: "He thought sadly."

Taran: "My feet will be quite worn out."

Narrator: "At last, they stopped at a station.

Taran let go, and he felt very silly and exhausted.

Next, he went onto a turntable, thinking of everyone laughing at him.

And then he ran onto a siding, out of the way."

John Smith: "Well, little Taran."

Narrator: "Chuckled John."

John Smith: "Now you know what hard work means, don't you?"

Narrator: "Poor Taran couldn't answer. He had no breath. He just puffed slowly away to rest, and had a long, long drink.

He went home very slowly, and was careful afterwards never to be cheeky to John again."