Big Animals and Turntables

Big Animals and Turntables is the fifteenth episode of Spike the Dragon and Friends. It is a parody of the Thomas and Friends episode, Tenders and Turntables.

Cast

 * Spike as Thomas
 * Big Macintosh as Henry
 * Chief Thunderhooves as Gordon
 * Cranky Doodle Donkey as James
 * Buffaloes as The Coaches
 * Apple Bloom as Annie (does not speak)
 * Sweetie Belle as Clarabel (does not speak)
 * Hoity Toity as Sir Topham Hatt (does not speak)
 * Angel as Bertie (cameo)
 * Everyone else as Themselves

Transcript
Narrator: "Big Macintosh and Chief Thunderhooves were lonely when Spike left the yard to run his route. They missed him very much. They had more work to do and had to fetch their own buffaloes. The big animals thought they were too important to fetch buffaloes.

Cranky grumbled too."

Big Macintosh, Chief Thunderhooves and Cranky Doodle Donkey: "We get no rest, we get no rest!"

Narrator: "They all complained, but the buffaloes only laughed."

Buffaloes: "You're lazy and slack, you're lazy and slack."

Narrator: "They answered.

All together, the animals were causing Hoity Toity a great deal of trouble.

The big stations at both ends of the route each have a turntable. Hoity Toity had made them so that the big animals can be turned around, because it is dangerous for them to go fast backwards.

Little animals, like Spike, don't need turntables. They can do just as well backwards as forwards. But to hear Chief Thunderhooves talk, you would have thought that Hoity Toity had made him big just to show how important he was."

Chief Thunderhooves: "You don't understand, little Spike. We big animals have a position to keep up. It doesn't matter where you go, but we are important. And for Hoity Toity to make us arrange changelings, and fetch buffaloes and go on some of those dirty sidings. It's... it's... well, it's not the proper thing."

Narrator: "Spike chuckled, and went off with Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle."

Chief Thunderhooves: "Disgraceful!"

Narrator: "Chief Thunderhooves hissed, as he went backwards to the turntable.

The turntable was in a windy place close to the sea. And if he was not on it just right, he put it out of balance and made it difficult to turn. Today, Chief Thunderhooves was in a bad temper, and the wind was blowing fiercely. His driver tried to make him stop in the right place, but Chief Thunderhooves wasn't trying. The fireman tried to turn the handle, but Chief Thunderhooves' weight and the strong winds prevented him."

Chief Thunderhooves' Driver and Fireman: "It's no good."

Narrator: "They said at last."

Chief Thunderhooves' Driver and Fireman: "You upset the balance. If you were a little animal, you'd be alright. Now, you'll have to take the next line of buffaloes backwards."

Boys: "Look!"

Narrator: "Called some boys."

Boys: "There's a new little animals. Oh, it's only Chief Thundrehooves back to front."

Spike: "Hello."

Narrator: "Called Spike."

Spike: "Playing little animals? Sensible buffalo. Take my advice, lose some weight and have some nice scales."

Narrator: "Chief Thunderhooves said nothing.

Even Cranky laughed when he saw him."

Chief Thunderhooves: "Take care."

Narrator: "Hissed Chief Thunderhooves."

Chief Thunderhooves: "You might stick too."

Cranky Doodle Donkey: "No fear."

Narrator: "Chuckled Cranky."

Cranky Doodle Donkey: "I'm not so fat as you.

I mustn't stick."

Narrator: "Thought Cranky. He stopped on just the right place to balance to the table. It could now swing easily.

Chief Thunderhooves arrived in time to see everything.

Cranky turned much too easily. The wind puffed him round like a top. He couldn't stop."

Chief Thunderhooves: "Well, well."

Narrator: "Said Chief Thunderhooves."

Chief Thunderhooves: "Are you playing roundabouts?"

Narrator: "Poor Cranky, feeling quite giddy, rolled off into the library without a word.

That night, the three animals had an indignation meeting."

Chief Thunderhooves: "It's shameful to treat big animals like this! Chief Thunderhooves has to go backwards and people think he's a little animal, Cranky spins round like a top and everyone laughs at us. And to add to that, Hoity Toity makes us all arrange in dirty sidings. Ugh!

Listen,"

Narrator: "Said Chief Thunderhooves. He whispered something to the others."

Chief Thunderhooves: "We'll do it tomorrow. Hoity Toity will look silly!"

Narrator: "The animals had decided to go on strike."