Mr. Conductor
[last line] [narrating]
: And so we've come to the happy end of our story, and it's time for all of us to go home, just like Thomas.
Scenes with Mr. Conductor
9 scenes Mr. Conductor
Mr. Conductor
Old Smokey, you stay right here 'til I get back! [to Mutt] There you are. Is something wrong here? [Mutt rolls his face at him] What kind of an answer is that? I'm going to be late. I'll get back as fast as I can. I have to concentrate now; Mutt. I'm suddenly having problems with my sparkle. [Mutt whines, looks away] Mutt? [bends down] Goodbye (Mutt). [Mutt barks] Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle!
Mr. Conductor
[shocked, finding out Shining Time is in deep trouble]
What's going wrong with our railroad and why? My universe is in danger! I've got to find more gold dust!
Mr. Conductor
[voice only, as Lily finds the right train at the station along with Mutt who joins in]
Mutt was feeling pleased to himself. He had put Lily on the wrong train (but he knew he had done so for the right reasons).
Female Singer
[the train chuffs slowly as song plays]
♪ I know how the moon must feel ♪
♪ Looking down from the heavens smiling at the silly things ♪
♪ We put ourselves through ♪ [cues Lily with the passengers]
♪ Missing magic each day and not seeing the wonder ♪
♪ That's how the moon must feel ♪
[cues the number 4 train on a field with some grain] ♪ I know how the moon must feel ♪
♪ When he makes someone happy ♪
♪ That's the feeling I will feel when you smile at me ♪
♪ I'll be floating on air ♪
♪ I'll be beaming with wonder ♪
♪ That's how the moon must feel ♪
Mr. Conductor
[sleeping on the grass in front of some bushes. Images show Shining Time Station with bad weather; voice only, echoing]
The magic is gone! [the ice cream cone on the sign tilts and image shows a road with the word "Stop" on it, a yellow balloon floats past it] Why did I take my gold dust for granted? [the phone booth the juggler was in is empty, balls were scattered all over the place] I can't help without my gold dust. [the bouquet is tilting, the bridge begins to crumble] What is the source of my gold dust? [last shot shows Lady's wheels and coupling rods] Is someone there? Thomas, is that you?
Thomas
Mr. Conductor! Mr. Conductor!
Mr. Conductor
Thomas?
Thomas
Oh (Mr. Conductor); where are you?
Mr. Conductor
[downbeat]
Thomas? [no response] How can I possibly say that I'm really useful now?
Diesel 10
It's time to finally put Twinkle Toes' lights out. This is a job FOR THE BOSS! [Pinchy chomps]
Toby
I've got to delay him, I'm going to distract him. Hmm… hmm… [rings his bell]
Diesel 10
It's the Old Teapot! Smash him! [Pinchy raises up high]
Splatter
Smash him? Hold on boss!
Dodge
You shouldn't push that! [Pinchy pushed the shed, the roof traps them underneath]
Diesel 10
[Pinchy chomps the roof]
Pinchy, get back here! Don't make me come up here! I'd hate it when you do that!
Toby
[chuffs backward]
Good show!
Splatter
Uh, boss?
Dodge
Did you mean to let the roof fall in?
Splatter
All the way in?
Diesel 10
I always mean what I do (you rattletraps)! [groans]
Mr. Conductor
[song plays as Percy pulls the cattle cars in front of the windmill and Toby pulls Henrietta at dawn] [voice only]
Diesel was in a dump (but the steam engines were still right on track).
Singers
[Thomas bumps freight cars as Percy pulls them]
♪ He's a Really Useful Engine, you know ♪
♪ All the other engines, they'll tell you so ♪ [Thomas pulls Annie and Clarabel past a Sir Topham Hatt sign]
♪ He huffs and puffs and whistles, rushing to and fro ♪ [Henry pulls the coaches at Killaban Station]
♪ He's a Really Useful Engine, we adore ♪ [Henry chuffs slowly in a siding behind Butch]
♪ He's a Really Useful Engine, you know ♪ [James pulls out of the Smelter's Yard with a load of pipes who chuffs into the smelter's yard with empty cars while Toby chuffs through the countryside with Henrietta]
♪ Cause the Fat Controller, he told him so ♪ [Thomas pulls Annie and Clarabel past a station]
♪ Now he's got a branch line to call his very own ♪ [James pulls express underneath the water tower and Gordon chuffs out of the tunnel with the express]
♪ He's a Really Useful Engine, we adore ♪ [Thomas pulls Annie and Clarabel passing other trains at Knapford Station]
♪ He's the one ♪ [Thomas pulls Annie and Clarabel behind the windmill]
♪ He's the Number 1, Thomas the Tank Engine ♪ [Thomas pulls Annie and Clarabel over a bridge]
♪ He's a Really Useful Engine ♪
[Thomas pulls Annie and Clarabel passing Toby and Henrietta] ♪ We adore ♪
Thomas
[chuffs backwards past a Sir Topham Hatt sign and passes a sick Henry]
Morning (Henry). What's the matter?
Henry
I've got… [sniffs] boiler ache.
Thomas
And I'm collecting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 trucks of special Island of Sodor coal for you.
Henry
Oh, thank you (Thomas). Special coal will make me feel [sneezes] much better!
Thomas
[backs into the trucks]
I wish I could make Mr. Conductor feel better (too) by finding him.
Bertie
[the 6th truck goes zooming into a pair of buffers with a nearby tumbleweed and disappears into them; Thomas pulls the remaining trucks as Bertie passes by]
Hello (Thomas and your 5 coal trucks)! Vroom-vroom!
Thomas
5? But I'm supposed to have 6.
Hello (Percy).
Percy
Oh (Thomas), I've been worried about you, Bertie says you lost a coal truck today.
Thomas
Yes, it disappeared when I was at the buffers near the little grotto.
Percy
Maybe those are the buffers that leads to the secret railway.
Thomas
And the grotto is the lost engine's special platform!
Percy
Yes!
Thomas
Percy, you protect those buffers from Diesel.
Percy
What?
Thomas
And I'll find Mr. Conductor.
Percy
Me! Why me?
Thomas
Because you're a brave engine (Percy).
Percy
Oh I forgot.
[The scene changes to the viaduct to Mr. Conductor walks along the side of the tracks before the viaduct when Diesel 10 approaches behind him] .
Diesel 10
Hello (Twinkle-Toes), remember me?
[Mr. Conductor gasps and puts his hat on running] .
Fat Hatt won't have much use for you looking like that. [Cackles and turns his claw as Mr. Conductor climbs up the hill and trips] Oh I see you forgot to bring the sugar, how careless of you. [Usies his claw to pick up a panicking Mr. Conductor] Say hello to Pinchy!
[He cackles and chuffs again over to the viaduct before cackling again and moves Mr. Conductor around in his claw] .
[to Mr. Conductor] Okay (Twinkle Toes). I know about the buffers.
Mr. Conductor
[notices the bridge crumbling]
That's what I saw in my dream! It's coming true! My universe is starting to crumble!
Diesel 10
And I know about the Magic Railway, and when I find that engine, you and all those Puffballs will be history. Now tell me where the buffers are now! [Mr. Conductor grabs a blue pair of scissors] You got 10 seconds!
Junior
Hey (Cous)! What's up (enjoying the sun)?
Mr. Conductor
No (Junior). I'm not. As a matter of fact, I just escaped here after a heavy metal monster! Junior, where have you been?
Percy
[puffs into the night by Diesel 10's Mountain]
I am brave. I am brave. Thomas says I'm brave, so I'm brave. Oh, it's not easy being brave. [sees Splatter and Dodge at the buffers] Shiver my pistons. There's Splatter and Dodge. Oh, they found the buffers! Oh, now what's going to happen? [a flock of birds fly by a tree] Ohh!
Tumbleweed
[rolls along]
Hey (partner). Excuse me (coming through) (pardon me).
Percy
Oh, that's just nothing. [a shed door opens slowly (then closes quickly)] That nothing was something!
Splatter
These must be the buffers Diesel's looking for.
Dodge
Are we supposed to go through them?
Splatter
Not we (you).
Dodge
Not me (you).
Splatter
This is a job for the boss. [an owl hoots, scaring them] We'll tell him tomorrow.
Dodge
Yeah, tomorrow's good.
Percy
[backs away]
Oh, I'd better hurry back and warn Thomas.
Mr. Conductor
I was doing my best to keep Lily cheerful, I knew she was worried about being late for her grandpa.
Lily
Mr. Conductor, I was supposed to be back by sunset.
Mr. Conductor
You know (Lily), perhaps your grandpa can guess where you are.
Lily
He can?
Mr. Conductor
Maybe because I think he's been here himself long ago and if he can help, I do wish he'd hurry, I haven't told Junior this but soon he'll grow as weak as I am.
Lily
Junior said there used to be an engine that traveled on the Magic Railroad and if only we could find that we could still head back to Shining Time.
Mr. Conductor
Oh that engine disappeared never to be seen or heard from again.
Lily
I tave to tell you something (Mr. C), I've heard a train whistle and it sounded like it came from the mountain.
Mr. Conductor
Mountain, I just remembered another part of the clue: "Stoke up the magic in the mountain and the lady will smile," but we need more information (Lily) and I know that your grandpa could help if he would just believe that he could.
Lily
Lady?
Diesel 10
[after Thomas comes out of the Magic Buffers, Diesel 10 & Splatter & Dodge can see him with Lady]
Aha! There's the blue puffball, and look who he's with! Splodge, come and destroy!
Splatter
[fed up with his boss's belligerent arrogance his lack of respect appreciation for them]
No, you do it yourself.
Dodge
[Equally disgusted with his boss's attitude behavior]
We don't like you.
Splatter
Yeah, we mean that.
Dodge
Emphatically.
Splatter
Yeah, what does that mean?
Dodge
I have no idea.
Splatter
[Approvingly]
It's a good word.
Thomas
Run (Lady), quickly and I'm going to help you!
Burnett Stone
[walking on board Lady's cab]
So am I my Lady, I'll not let you down again.
Diesel 10
Ahh, who needs you (Splodge)?
Mr. Conductor
Watch out for the viaduct, it's dangerous!
[Thomas & Lady race on as Diesel 10 chases them from behind and evilly laughs, Mr. Conductor realizes something and screams] .
Junior
What's the matter?
Mr. Conductor
Lady, that engine's name is Lady, she's part of the clue to the source of—
Both
The gold dust!
[They both pause and scream, we cut to Diesel 10 chasing Thomas & Lady] .
Diesel 10
Now I'll get you (Burnett Stone).
Burnett Stone
No you won't because the magic you refuse to believe in will get the better of you.
Diesel 10
You can run, but you can't hide. [To his claw] Right (Pinchy)? [Laughs and snaps his claw] Pinchy's hungry.
Thomas
Get back!
Burnett Stone
Come on (Lady).
Burnett Stone
Well done (Thomas)! Well done!
Diesel 10
[Thomas whistles after escaping from the damaged Big Dipper] [seeing the broken Big Dipper]
Huh? What's going on? Hold it! No! Hold it! [falls off and Pinchy grabs the sleeper] Puffball! Teapot! [the sleeper breaks] TIN KETTLE! [lands into a barge filled with sludge] Oh, well. Nice time of a year for a cruise! [chuckles nervously]
Thomas
[back at the Sodor Wishing Well]
But Mr. Conductor, you still don't have your gold dust.
Lady
I think he will soon.
