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- "That reminds me of a story. It was a bitter cold winter. The brave little ship was stuck, until the ice melted the next spring. He barely made it around the cape. After 100 scary days at sea without a scratch, he sailed into port and crashed his bow, not 15 feet from my buffers! Luckily, no one was hurt."
"Except my ears!" - ― Salty and Cranky
No Sleep for Cranky is the third episode of the sixth series.
Plot
Brendam Docks is one of the busiest places on Sodor. Visitors come and go and cargo comes to be unloaded. However, Cranky the Crane, who is forced to work day and night without any breaks, considers this inconvenient. The only company he has is the seagulls who rest on his crane arm, which is all why Cranky is always cranky.
One day, Salty arrives late and Cranky snaps at him. Bill and Ben pull up and Cranky demands them to hurry up. The twins tell him he is no fun, to which he retaliates. The twins suspect that he is lonely and Salty compares this hypothesis to an old, lonely Grand Banks lighthouse keeper, which leads to a story, much to Cranky's dismay. Bill and Ben ask Salty to tell it, which he does but Cranky becomes so cranky that his mood gets the better of him so much, causing him to swing his arm around and accidentally drop some pipes onto the tracks instead of the flatbeds. They roll into the shed and collapse it, trapping everyone. Bill and Ben tease Cranky and let him know he is going to be in trouble, much to his annoyance.
The Fat Controller is being measured for a new suit when he receives the news. Knowing that any mishap at the docks can cause trouble, he sets off. He reprimands Cranky for his careless behaviour and tells the engines that they will have to wait for help in the morning. Cranky groans as Salty states that it reminds him of a story. All through the night, Salty tells sea stories, hurting Cranky's ears and delighting the twins.
In the morning, Salty is still telling tales. Cranky is about to lose it when Harvey finally arrives. Cranky is happy and claims he will never misbehave again in exchange for ignoring Salty's stories. Soon, Cranky is a happy crane, saying "please" and "thank you." Thomas and Percy are amazed and Thomas is quick to point out the new development. However, he speaks too soon, as all of a sudden, Cranky turns back to old ways very fast once again as he cannot help dropping pipes again. Thomas, Percy and Harvey find this funny, although there is no denying that Cranky himself is still cranky no matter what.
Characters
- Thomas
- Percy
- Bill and Ben
- Harvey
- Salty
- Cranky
- Sir Topham Hatt
- The Tidmouth Lighthouse Keeper (pre-filmed footage; does not speak)
- Gordon (cameo)
- James (cameo)
- Sir Topham Hatt's Assistants (cameos)
- The Tailor (cameo)
- The Second Dock Manager (cameo)
- Stephen Hatt (pre-filmed footage cameo)
- Bridget Hatt (pre-filmed footage cameo)
- Refreshment Lady (pre-filmed footage cameo)
- Cyril the Fogman (pre-filmed footage cameo)
- One Stone-dropping Boy (pre-filmed footage cameo)
- The Storyteller (pre-filmed footage cameo)
- The Hot Air Balloon Pilot (pre-filmed footage cameo)
- Big Mickey (faceless, cameo)
- Henry (extended scene cameo)
- Bulstrode (deleted scene cameo)
Locations
Trivia
- Going by production order, this is the first episode of the sixth series. As a result, this episode is often aired before Salty's Secret and Harvey to the Rescue in various territories, so viewers would not know who Salty and Harvey were.
- This episode marks:
- The first to air on CiTV since the third series episode, Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure.
- The first written by Paul Larson.
- The first where Thomas' chuckling face from the third series is used as his current grinning face.
- The only time that Salty's clenched face mask is used.
- A pre-filmed deleted scene from Gordon Takes a Tumble, reversed stock footage from Something in the Air and extended stock footage from Cranky Bugs (with one of which being sped up) is used, as well as some deleted scenes and a flashback from the episode.
- The scene when the Fat Controller was driving to the docks was the only scene in this episode filmed in 16:9 widescreen, excluding the stock footage from Harvey to the Rescue.
- When the episode aired in the half-hour airing, Night and Day on Nick Jr. and PBS Kids, the widescreen version is used as the top and bottom of the scenes are cropped, as are the left and right sides of the scenes.
- This is one of the six episodes of the sixth series re-narrated by Michael Brandon in the US and Michael Angelis in the UK with music composed by Robert Hartshorne.
- The scene where Cranky drops the pipes for the second time is the first scene sped up.
- In Salty's story with the stock footage from Cranky Bugs, it is obvious that the waves pelting the steamer are being sprayed with a hose.
- Salty refers to "The Grand Banks", a series of underwater plateaus off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- The shed that Cranky knocks over was never rebuilt following this episode, possibly as a result of its placement being deemed too dangerous and the risk of having this kind of accident occur again.
Goofs
- When Cranky "swung his arm around", a wire is used to swing him around.
- Salty's right eye moves improperly throughout the episode.
- In Alec Baldwin's narration, Harvey's voice changes drastically compared to the previous episode.
- The camera shakes a bit when Salty says, "Reminds me of a lonely old Grand Banks lighthouse keeper!"
- In the close-ups of Cranky, his eye mechanism is visible in his cab.
- The man who told the Fat Controller about the news does not have any eyebrows.
- In a close-up of Thomas, wires can be seen in Percy's right window.
- Bill's eyes are misaligned and his pupils are also smaller than usual when he and Ben are at the docks at night.
- The truck that Cranky places the pipes on in front of Salty disappears after he arrives.
- Because stock footage is used, at the start of the episode, the chains' positions on Cranky's load of wood change between shots and the metal strips supporting Cranky's arm are replaced with chains and Brendam Docks has four tracks next to Cranky.
- In the US dubs, both Alec Baldwin and Michael Brandon say "trucks" instead of "cars" when Cranky drops the pipes onto the line.
Quotes
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Merchandise
- Books - No Sleep for Cranky and Excitement at the Port (Germany only)
- Magazine story - No Sleep for Cranky
Home Video Releases
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Episode
#01 Salty's Secret | #10 Twin Trouble | #19 Buffer Bother |
#02 Harvey to the Rescue | #11 The World's Strongest Engine | #20 Toby Had a Little Lamb |
#03 No Sleep for Cranky | #12 Scaredy Engines | #21 Thomas, Percy and the Squeak |
#04 A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter | #13 Percy and the Haunted Mine | #22 Thomas the Jet Engine |
#05 Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry | #14 Middle Engine | #23 Edward the Very Useful Engine |
#06 The Fogman | #15 James and the Red Balloon | #24 Dunkin Duncan |
#07 Jack Jumps In | #16 Jack Frost | #25 Rusty Saves the Day |
#08 A Friend in Need | #17 Gordon Takes a Tumble | #26 Faulty Whistles |
#09 It's Only Snow | #18 Percy's Chocolate Crunch | |