Dopey and the Grumpy Passenger (Pongo and Friends episode)

Dopey and the Grumpy Passenger is the eleventh episode of the eighteenth season of Pongo the Dalmatian and Friends, and the four hundred and twenty-fifth episode overall. It is a parody of the Thomas and Friends episode, Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger.

Cast

 * Bashful (from Snow White) as Skarloey
 * Sneezy (from Snow White) as Rheneas
 * Happy (from Snow White) as Peter Sam
 * Sleepy (from Snow White) as Rusty
 * Dopey (from Snow White) as Duncan
 * King Stefen (from Sleeping Beauty) as Mr. Percival
 * Amos Slade (from The Fox and the Hound) as The Grumpy Passenger
 * Baloo (from The Jungle Book) as Henry (cameo)
 * Donald Duck (from Mickey Mouse) as James (cameo)
 * Perdita (from 101 Dalmatians) as Emily (cameo)
 * Gypsy (from A Bug's Life) as The Teacher (cameo)
 * Mowgli's Father (from The Jungle Book 2) as The Bird Watcher (cameo)
 * John Darling (from Peter Pan) as Victor (mentioned)
 * Everyone else as Themselves

Transcript
Narrator: "Dopey the Dwarf works with mermaids. He takes people to work every morning, and brings them home from work again in the evening."

Amos Slade: "Oh, at last! Oh dear!"

Sneezy: "Hello, Dopey. How are you?"

Dopey: "How am I? I'll tell you how I am! I've got an awfully wobbly foot."

Sneezy: "Maybe you should go to the works."

Dopey: "Och, aye! I already did, but John told me there was nothing wrong with it. Typical! How you seen the path near the mine?"

Sneezy: "No, why? What's happening there?"

Dopey: "Don't ask King Stefen, because he says "nothing". But every time I pass through, my legs rattle and my head shakes. And now look at my wobbly foot!"

Sneezy: "But..."

Dopey: "And to top it all, I've this one passenger who's always grumbling and complaining! He's even had the cheek to say I'm not doin' my job properly!"

Sneezy: "Well, you are running a bit late, Dopey."

Dopey: "Och! Don't you start!"

Narrator: "Dopey was a dwarf who liked to complain himself, but what he said about his passenger was true. Dopey's grumpy passenger complained almost as much as Dopey did. He complained if Dopey was running late, and he complained when the mermaids were too full.

He complained when Dopey went too slow."

Amos Slade: "Come on! What's the hold up?"

Narrator: "And he complained when Dopey went too fast."

(Tea spills on Amos)

Amos Slade: "Ahh!"

(Grumblings indistinctly) "Too fast. I don't want tea in my lap. Oh, it went everywhere! Oh!"

Happy: "Hello, Dopey. Everything all right?"

Dopey: "No! I've a very grumpy passenger, Happy. He's never happy, even though he's got nothing to complain about."

Happy: (Laughs) "Really? Is that true?"

Dopey: "What? Hmph! If it's not true now, I'll soon make sure it is!"

Narrator: "Dopey went to the depot to pick up some extra mermaids."

Sleepy: "Hello, Dopey. What are you doing here?"

Dopey: "I'm picking up some extra mermaids for tonight, so there'll be plenty of room for everyone. None of my passengers will have any reason to complain!"

Sleepy: "But Dopey, Bashful needs those mermaids for his passengers."

Narrator: "That evening, Dopey was in good time to pick up his regular passengers."

Dopey: "Hop on board everyone! Plenty of space for all of you!"

Narrator: "But Bashful couldn't take his passengers anywhere."

Bashful: "Hey, Dopey! What are you doing with my mermaids? Come back here!"

Passengers: (Grumbling angrily) "Look at the time. Come on! Do something about it! Are you going to do something?"

Narrator: "As Dopey sped along, he came across some workmen busy on the path."

Dopey: "Och, no! Warning flags. If I slow down, there's going to be complaints from that passenger."

Narrator: "So Dopey didn't slow down, and the workmen were very cross.

Dopey was feeling very pleased with himself. He was happy, and so were all his passengers; except, of course, for one.

But the following morning, the grumpy passenger was not on the platform."

Sneezy: "Hello, Dopey. Isn't it time you set off?"

Dopey: "Aye, but one of my passengers is very grumpy indeed if he misses his ride."

Narrator: "The grumpy passenger had slept through his alarm clock and was running late."

Amos Slade: "Hold that dwarf!"

Narrator: "So Dopey waited on the platform, even after the guard had blown his whistle."

Amos Slade: "Oh, yes! I just made it."

Dopey: "Ha! Well, he cannae say he has anything to complain about this morning."

Narrator: "But the other passengers were not so happy because now they were late, and the stationmaster was cross too."

Bashful: "Oh, hurry up, Dopey! Get of the way! You've made me late too, and my passengers are not happy about it."

Narrator: "Everyone was complaining."

Amos Slade: Oh dear! Oh, uh, this is not good enough. Oh, yes, of course. Oh dear. You call this Disneyland? Oh, dreadful. Everyday something goes wrong. So predictable! Seats uncomfortable. Characters are running late. Ah, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear!"

Narrator: "Dopey was trying to make up for lost time when he came across the workmen once again."

Dopey: "I cannae be late! I cannae hear any more complaints!"

Workmen: (Protesting indistinctly)

Dopey: "I cannae seem to do anything right today."

Narrator: "At the end of journey, King Stefen was waiting for Dopey."

Dopey: "Sir, I know what you're going to say, and I'm truly sorry."

King Stefen: "Thank you for saying so, Dopey. But why did you take Bashful's mermaids and speed through the pathworks and ignore the guard's whistle?"

Dopey: "Because of that grumpy passenger, sir! I was trying to stop him complaining."

King Stefen: "Dopey, I know that passenger well. He's always grumpy, and he always find something to complain about. But today, you made everybody grumpy."

Dopey: "Yes, sir. I, I know, sir."

King Stefen: "From now on, you must do your best to ignore that man, and get on with doing your job properly."

Dopey: "Well do. Thank you, sir."

Narrator: "That evening, when Dopey passed the men working on the path, he decided to slow right down."

Workmen: "Thanks Dopey! Thanks for slowing down! That's more like it!"

Amos Slade: "Oh, come on! Hurry up! I'm going to be late for my tea!"

Sneezy: "Evenin' Dopey. It's surprising to see you smiling at the end of a busy day."

Dopey: "But I've had a good day, Sneezy. Today, I learned a very important lesson. I'm going to change my ways and be a different dwarf from now on, just you wait and see!

Sneezy: "Really? You mean you're going to stop grumbling once and for all?"

Dopey: "No, I mean I'm going to stop listen to that grumpy old passenger, and just get on with being really useful."

Sneezy: "Good for you, Dopey! Good for you!"

Dopey: "All right, all right. I'm goin'.

Stop grumbling, indeed. It's not me who's always grumbling. Ouch!" (Gasps) "There goes my wobbly foot again." (Sighs) "I know this would happen. Why do people always think it's me who's always grumbling? I mean, I've never grumbled in my life! Me, grumbly? Don't think so!"