Tugs quotes

Ha, Forget them; Unclean. Ugghh!

Captain Star

Broken down again?!

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.

Captain Star

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.

Captain Star

Yes, don't. You'll have me in tears…

But honestly, Captain, you've gotta believe us, we're only reporting the facts!

Captain Star

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!

Captain Star

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!

See if we care!

Captain Star

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.

Captain Star

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!

(Toots) Hey! Hey! Nantucket, I left you with your Quarantine flags up! Where are they, eh? Eh? You're breaking the law, you're under arrest. Get those flags up again and fast!

What's this? I didn't know he was quarantined, officer! No flags were flying at all, as you just saw!

Well that's your bad luck, Zorran. Whether you knew or not makes no difference. You're infected!

But I'm innocent! I'm completely innocent, I-

Get quarantine flags up, right now, Zorran!

You're a real villain, Dirtbucket, know that?

I wanted to get into port, didn't I?!

Yeah, and now I might get microbonic plague.

Mr. Burke, I think there might be some spots on Zorran…

I think you're right, Mr. Blair. We'll come back and check for rust later… [The Scrap Dealers Both laugh Maliciously!]

Captain Star

[narrating] Ten Cents would have been in quarantine if it haven't been for O.J. and O.J. would have been scrapped if it haven't been for Ten Cents. As for Zorran (short chuckle), he saw out his full term.

Captain Star

[narrating] There were times (believe it or not) when the Star Tugs and Z-Stacks took on a big job together. One of those times I remember was when timber and tanning bark had to be brought down from the saw mills up river. And this year, it was especially important that we worked together. But Zug was making heavy going of towing an old hulk on its last journey.

Hi, Zug!

Hey, Zug! Zorran's going mad waiting for you! Where you been?

Captain Zero told me to deliver this old rustbucket to the breaker's yard.

You'll see Zorran at Mittsville before you get there. He's not gonna' like it…

I'm only carrying out orders! Zorran can't blame me!

Ha! Don't you believe it!

Captain Star

[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]

Eh?!

No, it's safe. Only joking.

You'd better be..!

What are you doing with that? We're all on Log Detail. Remember?!

Oh, heh heh, er, sorry Zorran, I did remember. Captain Zero, er said to take it to the Breakers Yard on my way.

On your way?! It's a mile further up river. I've been waiting for you like I've anchored 'ere til' I rust!

Oh, yeah, heh heh, but, We've gotta' do what the Captain says Zorran. Unless they get it today, they won't take it. They've a lot of breaking up to do.

Including You, if you don't get moving!

It- It- It's blocked the river!

Course it's blocked the river, you idiot!

I'm trapped! This side. what can I do?

Wait there and claim salvage. [chuckles]

But…help could be ages getting here!

You've got company. All the Stars are on your side. I've had plenty of time to see who was there, haven't I? That means Z-Stacks have got all the harbour to ourselves, haven't we? Captain Zero will be pleased!

[now scared] D-Don't leave me here!

Sorry, Zug. We'll have to manage without you!

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.

Yeah…

O.J.

Well, they're heavy with logs already! Then we get behind them and ram the tramper!

Great, O.J.! Yeah!

Might work… Well, let's try it.

Well, I'll try Anything. However unlikely…

Oh I Say! Oh!

Help, I'm trapped!

What? Well, no more then the rest of us? Hmm…

I hope we won't get sucked under.

I wouldn't try that little fella on a tramper that size, it might crush him! [cackling]

Oi! Zorran? Where's the salvage team? We can't do this on our own! Oi, come back here!

I'll do the best I can, Ten Cents.

Huh? Oh, yeah, of course. Come on, Little Ditcher, you can do it…

Captain Star

[narrating] Ten Cents suspected that Zorran had only pretended to alert the salvage crew. He wanted to keep the Stars trapped up river.

Stand by: 10… 9… 8…-

I hope we're far enough away?!

7… 6… 5… 4…-

We'll soon know…

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.

Captain Star

[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!

Here we go…

Yes, 3-2-1-Go!

Don’t rush me, I do the countdown! 10… 9… 8…-

Zug…

7… 6…-

Zug?

5… 4…-

ANSWER ME, YOU FOOL!

3… 2… 1… FIRE!

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!

Yes!

O.J.

Well done! Let's go!

Ooh, You got a problem there, Zorran.

(sarcastically) Oh yeah?

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?

Yeah. Uh, no….

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?

Aye, true.

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.

Bye, Billy!

Captain Star

[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!

Captain Star

[narrating] [Chuckles] The only thing Zorran succeeded in doing that day, was trapping himself instead of the Star Tugs!

Captain Star

[narrating] The Bigg City Port was in the grips of winter. It had come earlier than expected, and with it came the fog. None of us like fog, but in those days, it was worse: Tugs had no radio and no radar. Long periods of fog had a way of conjuring up old sea stories and superstitions among the boats of the harbour. I remember Big Mac returned quite late. He'd been working all day with Scuttlebutt Pete who'd been telling him old sea stories, of strange things that happened when fog was around. As he passed derelict buildings, they seemed to take on ghostly shapes. They groaned and creaked as if they were alive. As Big Mac got close to an old warehouse, he heard a whisper which grew louder….

[hears creaking and objects crashing down from the old warehouse] Hello? Hello? Who's that out there?! Ooh! [races off] I'm getting home fast! Fog or no fog! [Big Mac stops and sees the White Fleet silently sail by] Oh, tugs! Thanks goodness for... [A ghostly choir plays as the White Fleet pass by Big Mac] Who's that? Who’s that ahead of me tonight? Can’t hear their engines, that’s funny… The ghost fleet! That Scuttlebutt Pete talked about! Ghosts! No! [Big Mac cries out in fear as the White Fleet disappear into the fog]

Captain Star

[narrating] It was too much for Big Mac. Forgetting safety he charged into the fog and made his way through the dark shapes of moored boats and trampers. Trying to make sure, the ghost tugs weren’t following him.