He put on max speed, Cap'n, to save me from quarantine!
O.J.My engine's only good for scrap, Captain, we all know that.
You're right there. And I'm afraid, O.J., for you it means- …What's that about quarantine, Ten Cents?
Well if it hadn't been for O.J., I could've been in quarantine, now. Out of action for forty days!
Aye, he saved Ten Cents, Cap'n, it's true.
O.J.
Don't go on about it.
Yes, don't. You'll have me in tears…
But honestly, Captain, you've gotta believe us, we're only reporting the facts!
Very commendable, but it's one side of the facts, isn't it?
Ahoy, Captain Star, sir! Can we again offer our services?
We happened to see the subject of our previous visit being towed in.
Old O.J., in a worse state than ever, wouldn't you say, Mr. Blair?
Finished, you could say. For a quick sale, let's say; 150?
That's not for O.J.?! Captain, you can't sell him!
I'm not going to, he's not for sale, now go!
Ah well, if that's your attitude, you fork out for engine and refit!
Ten Cents, tow O.J. to Lucky's Yard. New engine, complete refit!
Yes sir, Captain Star, sir! Yeah, right, at once, sir!
O.J.
Thanks, Captain! I'll see you never regret it.
Sunshine, he doesn't need your help. We've got to make money to pay for this! Now, er… get on with your garbage collecting, right away!
Er-Yes, Captain Star, sir! At once, sir!
[narrating] An alligator tug called Billy Shoepack worked up river, delivering essentials like gasoline, ropes, fuses and dynamite from Mittsville to the logging camps. Why an alligator tug? Well, you can see, he's just as low in the water. And in Billy's case; just as dangerous.
O.J.
Ah, look who's here! It's Shoepack, the alligator tug!
Hey, Star Tugs! Don't you wish you carried something more exciting than wood?
No thanks. Just get that stuff away from here, you're welcome to it.
Dynamite's exciting stuff! Makes lovely big bangs! Fairly harmless if you know how to handle it, like I do.
O.J.
You're not unloading next to us, are you?
Afraid so, O.J.. Don't worry, if it goes up, we all go up! [laughing]
No, it's safe. Only joking.
O.J.
What a mess, in't it? Captain Star'll go mad!
Well, I did tell him, O.J. Working with Z-Stacks just doesn't work.
It- It- It wasn't my fault! Ask Zorran!
One of Zorran's little schemes? Hrrgn, I thought as much…
O.J.
Never mind that. Let's just get out of here.
Now for the voice of experience…
O.J.
Tell you what: We'll make a battering ram. Lash up three or four barges.
O.J.
Well, they're heavy with logs already! Then we get behind them and ram the tramper!
Might work… Well, let's try it.
Well, I'll try Anything. However unlikely…
O.J.
Right, nobody push till I give the word, then keep going even when it hits. Ready, Steady, Go!
(Zug, Big Mac and Top Hat starts pushing their battering ram towards the tramper)
Keep Going!
What? Well, no more then the rest of us? Hmm…
I hope we won't get sucked under.
I hope we're far enough away?!
3… 2… 1… FIRE!
[The Fuse burns down, but there's no explosion.]
(Disappointed) ….What's happened?
O.J.
You tell us.
Probably the fuse got damp, that's all. One volunteer to go and see!
What do you mean, one volunteer?
While I fix another fuse wire.
O.J.
Needs an expert, Billy!
That, so you say, is you.
Right, Leave it to me. None of you move.
Anyone going to move? I'm not gonna' move.
[narrating] They began to wonder how it was that Billy Shoepack hadn't blown himself up before this.
I was dead right. Hmm, just a wet fuse.
Or was it never fixed properly?
No problem, it will go this time; sky high!
Sky high is too high by far…
O.J.
Yeah, come on. Get on with it!
Don’t rush me, I do the countdown! 10… 9… 8…-
Ugh! What’s happening?!
(the raging flow forces Zorran back downstream)
Oooaarrgh!!!
GERONIMO! What a sight. What a bang. BRILLIANT!!!
I do believe we have to agree with him. Whoops!
O.J.
Don't fight the flow, go with it!
(cheers) Woo-hoo! Come on lads!
O.J.
Well done! Let's go!
Ooh, You got a problem there, Zorran.
Hey, Zug! Zug! Doesn't Zorran look funny, eh? Stuck up on those rocks!
Well, er- I suppose that er- heh… heh heh… (Zug desperately tries not to laugh, but can't help himself)
Stop laughing! Stop laughing, it's not funny!
Well, we think it is! Don't we, Zug?
O.J.
Alright, joke's over. Back and pick up our barges. Problem solved.
Thanks to me, you didn't believe I'm an expert, did you?
Well, there was an element of luck, I suspect, but I must say, I am quite impressed.
Well, I can't play any more games with you. I've got real work to do.
[narrating] For once in his life, Shoepack had done a great job.
Never mind him. What about me?!
In trouble, Zorran? Looks like you got crushed instead of Little Ditcher!
[narrating] [Chuckles] The only thing Zorran succeeded in doing that day, was trapping himself instead of the Star Tugs!
[narrating] He was soon back at the Star Dock….
Slow down! You know better than to travel in fog at that rate of knots!
OJ
You alright? You look as if you've seen a ghost.
I…. I, Well, I saw something…. I… er… No, I can't tell you, you'll only… laugh.
Oh, come on, we weren't even serious.
Well… I have seen ghosts!
Ghosts! You know Scuttlebutt's story about those tugs that sank in the Great Storm of 1912?
[jokingly] And they come back to get you….
Oh, Big Mac… You're not taking Scuttlebutt's story for real, are you?
Aye, well I'm not going out there again 'til the fog lifts.
Ha, Well I never thought I'd hear that from a harbour tug!
Well, he- He could have seen something…. There could be ghosts! You never know…
Don't be ridiculous. Really…
[narrating] O.J. returned from escorting two tramp steamers out to sea. Tired, and still some way from our pier, he decided to take a shortcut through the inlet where old cranes were kept. The fog gave everything a creepy look. Being out for so long in thick fog was playing tricks with him.
O.J.
[A crane's light flickers on and a crane resembling Big Mickey is seen working in the fog] What's happening? Oh!
[calling through the fog] O.J.!!!
O.J.
Who's that?! Are those Scuttlebutt’s ghosts? Can’t be. Drat this fog! [O.J. hears Scuttlebutt Pete’s engine working in the fog] What’s that? Sounds like an engine! A crane, working in this stuff? [O.J. jumps as Scuttlebutt Pete's arm suddenly swings out in front of him] Oh, it’s you, Scuttlebutt.
Oi! You stupid tug! You sailed right between us! You scared the daylights out of us altogether!
O.J.
Thought I was a ghost tug, did ya?
Don't joke about those things!
[Scuttlebutt Pete raises his arm to let O.J. get past him]
O.J.
Not seeing things, are you? You're beginning to believe those tales you tell.
O.J.
Cheerio! [stops as the ghost fleet passes before him] Now I'm seeing things…. They're there! That's the ghost tugs! Right before my eyes. Ooooh, I hope they don't see me…
[narrating] An early sun had burned off the fog, but Top Hat was still asleep where he'd tied up.
D- Oh! Go away, ghosts! No, don't hurt me! Please! Please! I- Oh, Grampus…
What are you doing here, Top Hat? What's this about ghosts?
Did I say 'ghosts'? Oh, I must've been dreaming. I lost my bearings in the fog and moored here for the night….
[chuckling] Here? That is funny.
You're only 500 yards from the Star Tugs Pier! It's there! Look!
Listen everybody, I've seen Ghost Tugs for myself!
O.J
We've all seen them. Ten Cents and Sunshine have seen a Galleon too.
But these were ghosts, I assure you! I saw them! Really! Silent! Phantoms of the sea!
So, you admit ghosts exist now, Top Hat?
Ghosts? What's that about, m'dears, hmm?
Yeah. White Tugs, and a big galleon!
You're all going crazy! Seeing things that aren't there! [laughs]
I'm not sure. I don't know what I saw now….
Well, I'll tell you: They're the White Fleet, down here from Northern waters on a trail of an iceberg. These Tugs sail, at times, with engines off, listening for cracking ice. There was a wooden galleon frozen in this iceberg which must have melted in our warmer water. That's why you saw the Old Vessel bob up to the surface. I doubt you saw Neptune, Sunshine, he's for fairy tales. You let the fog get to you, m'dears! [laughs]
Well that's your ghostly galleon.
[narrating] They watched with embarrassment as Burke and Blair towed away the rotting galleon. Later on, Star Tugs found they could laugh about it. But they never forgot the fog, that nearly sent them Crazy!
O.J.
Not an idea between us?
O.J.
Anybody got a stupid one then? Come on, say it. Might lead to something, you never know.
….I could set fire to my garbage.
What? What on earth for?!
Well, make a light for Vienna, wouldn't it?
I think that's a smashing idea.
[narrating] Just Lillie's approval was good enough for Warrior. The others stared, speechless, as he quickly towed his barge away and got himself alongside it, Revved his engine to full steam, to make sparks fly out of his stack.
O.J.
Which factory did you say, Warrior?
Captain Star said "take Little Ditcher to the demolition factory."
O.J.
He meant the factory that's due for demolition. Hey, what's that? Puffer, what's up?
A mass of logs! On their way from the lake! Get downriver, fast! I've gotta get to Uptown Station to warn them!
Good heavens! In this current, they'll wreck the whole quayside and us as well!
Well then, let's stop 'em, right here!
O.J.
Be sensible, Warrior! How?!
Well er, I'll stick Little Ditcher across the river, he'll put his spuds down on the riverbed, and he won't move.
No, I'll get smashed to bits instead!
A few days ago, we salvaged the tugboat, Sunshine, and he was taken to Lucky's Yard, and I'm glad to tell you that little damage was done. As for the Star Fleet, we've learned a valuable lesson here.
O.J.
Yes, indeed we have...
A lesson about trust and friendship. I think we have Ten Cents to thank for that. And for the rest of us; about jumping to conclusions before knowing the truth. Now, I know you're all proud of being Star tugs, but the most important thing in my fleet, after hard work, is that my tugs always be true, honest and forgiving.
ASAll six Star Tugs
Aye, aye!/Hear, hear!/Yes, sir!
Now, If you'll look to port... I would like you to welcome our new recruit!
Sunshine, I am proud to have you on my fleet! [narrating (TV version only)] That was the moment I first knew, we had a Great team of Star Tugs.
Yeah, Welcome aboard. You look great, Sunshine!
Thanks, kidda! Bonny new colours, eh?
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