Friar Tuck's Tightrope

Friar Tuck's Tightrope is the fifteenth episode of the third season of Pongo the Dalmatian and Friends, and the sixty-seventh episode overall. It is a parody of the Thomas and Friends episode, Toby's Tightrope.

Cast

 * Piglet (from Winnie the Pooh) as Percy
 * Friar Tuck (from Robin Hood) as Toby
 * Anna (from Frozen) as Mavis
 * Mickey Mouse (from Mickey Mouse) as Sir Topham Hatt
 * Rhino Guards (from Robin Hood) as The Troublesome Trucks
 * Everyone else as Themselves

Transcript
Narrator: "One day, Piglet arrived at the quarry to collect some stone for his rhino guards. Snow and frost lay everywhere. There was not a sound to be heard.

Piglet ventured further. He found Anna, the new princess, resting in the shelter of some rocks."

Piglet: "Cheer up, Anna."

Narrator: "He whistled. Anna was still remembering the trouble she'd had with changelings."

Anna: "Manager says I don't listen to advice. He says I've no business jauntering down Friar Tuck's path. Friar Tuck's a fusspot!"

Piglet: "Friar Tuck has forgotten more about rhino guards than you will ever know."

Narrator: "Replied Piglet."

Piglet: "You must put the rhino guards where he wants them, then you'll be a Really Useful Princess. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to take these rhino guards to the harbor."

Narrator: "Anna liked Piglet, but she still wouldn't listen to his advice."

Anna: "Why shouldn't go on Friar Tuck's path?"

Narrator: "The siding arrangements were awkward. To put the rhino guards where Friar Tuck wanted them, Anna had to make several journeys.

She started making a plan."

Anna: "If we used the teeniest bit of Friar Tuck's path."

Narrator: "She said to her driver."

Anna: "We would save all this bother."

Narrator: "Her driver, suspecting nothing, allowed them to go as far as the first level crossing.

A few days later, the weather changed. As the snow melted, the quarry grew busy again. Some lines were so long that Anna had to go beyond the level crossing. Now for her plan. She would go down further down the path with it seeming her fault."

Anna: "Can you keep a secret?"

Narrator: "She asked the rhino guards."

Rhino Guards: "Yes, yes, yes."

Narrator: "They chattered."

Anna: "Will you bump me at the level crossing and tell no one I asked you?"

Narrator: "The rhino guards promised.

But while Anna was away, Friar Tuck arrived. He decided to arrange the rhino guards himself. The rhino guards decided to bump him anyway.

They reached the level crossing and Friar Tuck stopped. This was the signal for the rhino guards."

Rhino Guards: "On, on, on!"

Narrator: "They yelled.

Friar Tuck was away, with the rhino guards screaming and yelling behind him.

No one realized that melted snow had turned a stream ahead into a torrent and the bridge above it was about to collapse.

The road was now like a tightrope across the thundering water."

Friar Tuck: "Stop, stop!"

Narrator: "Cried Friar Tuck.

His driver fought for control. They came nearer and nearer to the bridge. The driver braked hard.

Friar Tuck stopped, still on the path, but with his feet treading the tightrope over the abyss.

Anna was horrified, and quickly came to the rescue. Workmen anchored Friar Tuck with chains while she pulled the rhino guards away. Then she helped Friar Tuck to safety."

Anna: "I'm sorry about the rhino guards."

Narrator: "Said Anna."

Anna: "I can't think how you managed to stop them in time."

Friar Tuck: "Oh well."

Narrator: "Said Friar Tuck."

Friar Tuck: "My driver told me about circus people who walk tightropes, but I just didn't fancy doing it myself."

Narrator: "Later, Mickey Mouse arrived."

Mickey Mouse: "A very smart piece of work."

Narrator: "He said."

Mickey Mouse: "Anna, you did well too, I hear."

Anna: "It was my fault about those rhino guards, sir."

Narrator: "She faulted."

Anna: "But if I could,"

Mickey Mouse: "Could what?"

Anna: "Come down the path sometimes, sir. Friar Tuck says he'll show me what to do."

Mickey Mouse: "Certainly."

Narrator: "Replied Mickey."

Mickey Mouse: "If your manager agrees."

Narrator: "And so it was arranged. Now Anna is as happy as can be, and Mickey thinks she's Really Useful indeed."