Granpony

Grantug is the first episode of the fourth season of Spike the Dragon and Friends, and the seventy-ninth episode overall. It is a parody of the Thomas and Friends episode, Granpuff.

Cast

 * Spike as Thomas
 * Pipsqueak as Percy
 * Braeburn as Toby
 * Soarin as Duck
 * Big Mac (from TUGS) as Duke
 * Ten Cents (from TUGS) as Sir Handel/Falcon
 * Sunshine (from TUGS) as Peter Sam/Stuart
 * Zorran (from TUGS) as Smudger
 * Big Macintosh as Henry (cameo)
 * Chief Thunderhooves as Gordon (cameo)
 * Hercules (from TUGS) as Skarloey (cameo)
 * Warrior (from TUGS) as Rheneas (cameo)
 * Everyone else as Themselves

Transcript
Narrator: "One winter's night, when the cold wind blew, the animals found it hard to sleep."

Braeburn: "What we need..."

Narrator: "Suggested Braeburn,"

Braeburn: "Is to listen to a story."

Pipsqueak: "Yes."

Narrator: "Said Pipsqueak."

Pipsqueak: "A mysterious story."

Soarin: "But,"

Narrator: "Added Soarin,"

Soarin: "It must have a happy ending."

Spike: "Driver told me a story,"

Narrator: "Said Spike, so everyone listened."

Spike: "Once upon a time,"

Narrator: "Began Spike."

Spike: "There were three little tugs, who lived at their own little dock in their own little harbor. Their names were Big Mac, Sunshine and Ten Cents. Big Mac was the oldest, and was named after his grace, Duke Mac. He was proud of this, and liked to keep the younger tugs in order.

Whenever they did anything that Big Mac thought wrong, he would say,"

Big Mac: "That would never suit his grace."

Spike: "Other tugs came and went, but Big Mac outlasted them all.

Sunshine and Ten Cents used to call him 'Grantug.' They were fond of him, but they got very tired of hearing all about 'his grace.'

Sometimes they would tease him and chant,"

Ten Cents and Sunshine: "Tugs come and tugs go, Grantug goes on forever."

Big Mac: "You impertinent scallywags!"

Spike: "Big Mac would say."

Big Mac: "Whatever are you tugs coming to?"

Sunshine: "Never mind, Grantug. We're only young once."

Big Mac: "Well, you better mind. Unless you want to end up like Zorran."

Ten Cents: "Oh, Grantug? What ever happened?"

Big Mac: "Zorran,"

Spike: "Said Big Mac,"

Big Mac: "Was a show-off!

He rode roughly and often came out of the water.

I warned him to be careful, but he took no notice."

Zorran: "Listen, Macy,"

Big Mac: "He said,"

Zorran: "Who worries about a few spills?"

Big Mac: "'We do here,' I said, but Zorran just laughed."

Zorran: "He he he he he!"

Big Mac: "Until one day, manager said he was going to make him useful at last. Zorran stopped laughing then."

Sunshine: "Well, why? What did he do?"

Big Mac: "He turned him into a generator. He's still out there near our dock. He'll never move again."

Spike: "After that, Sunshine and Ten Cents became really useful tugs, and all three were happy together for many years.

Then, hard times came. The companies near the rivers closed, and the harbor was closed, too. People came to buy the tugs."

Passengers: "We'll take Sunshine and Ten Cents."

Spike: "No one wanted Big Mac. They thought him 'Too old'."

Sunshine: "Cheer up, Grantug."

Spike: "Called Sunshine."

Sunshine: "We'll find you a nice harbor, and then you can come and keep us in order."

Spike: "They tried to be brave and cheerful, but no one really thought their dreams would come true.

Big Mac's driver and fireman polished and greased him one last time. They sheeted him snugly, and said good-bye. Then they had to go away and find work. Big Mac was alone.

Big Mac: "Oh, well."

Spike: "He sighed."

Big Mac: "I'll go to sleep. It'll help to pass the time."

Spike: Winter torrents washed soil from the hills. Trees and bushes grew all around. You wouldn't have known a shed was there, let alone a tug asleep inside."

Pipsqueak: "That's not a happy ending!"

Narrator: "Cried Pipsqueak."

Spike: "Ah,"

Narrator: "Murmured Spike."

Spike: "There will be one, but that will have to wait until next time."