What a mess, in't it? Captain Star'll go mad!
THTop Hat
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…
Never mind that. Let's just get out of here.
THTop Hat
Now for the voice of experience…
Tell you what: We'll make a battering ram. Lash up three or four barges.
Well, they're heavy with logs already! Then we get behind them and ram the tramper!
Might work… Well, let's try it.
THTop Hat
Well, I'll try Anything. However unlikely…
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!
THTop Hat
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?!
THTop Hat
We'll soon know…
3… 2… 1… FIRE!
[The Fuse burns down, but there's no explosion.]
(Disappointed) ….What's happened?
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.
THTop Hat
That, so you say, is you.
Right, Leave it to me. None of you move.
THTop Hat
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!
THTop Hat
Sky high is too high by far…
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!!!
THTop Hat
I do believe we have to agree with him. Whoops!
Don't fight the flow, go with it!
(cheers) Woo-hoo! Come on lads!
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?
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?
THTop Hat
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….
THTop Hat
Slow down! You know better than to travel in fog at that rate of knots!
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.
THTop Hat
Oh, come on, we weren't even serious.
Well… I have seen ghosts!
THTop Hat
What?! You've seen what?
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.
THTop Hat
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…
THTop Hat
Don't be ridiculous. Really…
[narrating] Top Hat had been out all day too.
THTop Hat
That’s funny. I can't recognize a thing! Not even hear a fog horn. That can't be right. I'll try once more. [Blows his fog horn] No one’s replying! When I get back, I’m certainly going to complain to the port authority… If I ever get there.
[Puffa's loud whistle startles Top Hat as he rushes across the railway bridge with an evening train]
THTop Hat
Oh! Ah! What is it?! Ah, no! Ah, it-it's a… What? Oh, I say. The rail bridge, silly me!
[Puffa's train crosses the bridge and Top Hat continues on his way]
THTop Hat
I never thought I'd get as jittery as the others, but I am! Oh dear, where am I?! But if I steer between these trampers, I should be in open water, yes. Ah. [2 of the White Fleet tugs cross Top Hat's path] Yeh--! Oh! The ghost fleet! It’s true! Oh! Oh no! They haven’t seen me. No, they've missed me. Oh good. [A 3rd White Fleet tug passes the other White Fleet tugs in the opposite direction] Ohh! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! What? Oh no. I’m sorry. That’s enough for me. I’m not moving from here until daylight! [Top Hat hides behind the trampers] It’s far too dangerous out there! I’ll dock here for the night. They won’t see me. Miles from home.
[narrating] An early sun had burned off the fog, but Top Hat was still asleep where he'd tied up.
THTop Hat
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?
THTop Hat
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.
THTop Hat
What's so funny?
You're only 500 yards from the Star Tugs Pier! It's there! Look!
THTop Hat
Listen everybody, I've seen Ghost Tugs for myself!
We've all seen them. Ten Cents and Sunshine have seen a Galleon too.
THTop Hat
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!
THTop Hat
No bright ones, 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.
THTop Hat
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.
Which factory did you say, Warrior?
Captain Star said "take Little Ditcher to the demolition factory."
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!
THTop Hat
Good heavens! In this current, they'll wreck the whole quayside and us as well!
Well then, let's stop 'em, right here!
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!
I hope Big Mac gets here soon, Top Hat. This ain't gonna be an easy one!
THTop Hat
Yes, where is he? We'll never manage without Big Mac!
I'm worried about this! We need help to dock her... (sighs) C'mon, Big Mac! Where are you?
Come on, Zip! Zug, help me out!
I'll have to go ask Captain Zero. It's your salvage.
Never mind salvage! Tugs should help each other!
I'll get help! I'll get Big Mac!
THTop Hat
Ten Cents, you alright? Why aren't those two idiots helping you?
Zip and Zug? They're waiting for me to become a pile of junk!
ZZZip and Zug
Oh no no! No! No!
THTop Hat
Yes, well I'll report them for this!
What for? Ten Cents said it was his salvage. He did. Didn't he, Zip?
Yeah well you said that. not me!
THTop Hat
[Propping Gomez up using Lord stinker] I can't get under there, Ten Cents. I'm too tall! But Lord Stinker can help.
[Taking one whiff at the Garbage barge] Phwoar! What a stink, I'd rather sink!
[Suddenly, a rope holding him weakens, and he slides a little way.]
[Quickly changing his mind] Ay yi yi!
What's up here? Another of Warrior's disasters, eh?
Now look here you guys, it was..!
Ignore them Warrior, we all know it wasn't you're fault. It's you zeroes that are the disasters.
Zip and Zug have lost you your chance of the rock contract. Their behaviour has been despicable.
(as he explains what Zip and Zug have done, the two switchers try to find their words, but they can't)
THTop Hat
I couldn't have put it better myself.
As for you, Izzy; I'll report this. Coming in without a tow means a hefty fine!
(the stars all laugh at Izzy predicament)
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