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- “Two, four, six, eight!
We're the team that won't be late!
Sodor United!” - ― Emily's football chant
Pingy Pongy Pick Up is the third episode of the fourteenth series.
Plot
The Fat Controller gives Thomas the task of handing out jobs on the day of the big football tournament. Thomas gives the job of collecting the half-time apples to Percy, James to collect the fans, Thomas himself to collect the Sodor United football team and Emily is left with the job of picking up the dirty washing and getting it cleaned. Emily thinks she deserves a bigger job and goes to find Percy at McColl Farm. She offers to be his back engine, but Percy objects. Emily decides to help Percy anyway and pulls the truck one way whilst Percy pulls it the other. The truck's coupling snaps and bounces off the rails, spilling the load of apples. This leaves Percy cross and he reminds Emily of her job to collect the soiled washing.
Emily then finds James and blocks the junction so she can ask to help him, but James is going too fast to stop and quickly veers into a siding. He applies the brakes and hits the buffers with a jolt. Luckily, the fans are not hurt, but James is cross with Emily, reminding her to pick up the dirty washing before he puffs away once she clears the junction.
Emily sees Thomas with the team and follows him to the Town Square. When she gets there, she finds that the Fat Controller and the Sodor United team are cross with her. The dirty washing was Sodor United's kits and now they have nothing to wear. Emily feels awful and immediately sets off to put things right. She collects the washing from Maithwaite and takes it to Maron, where the laundry lady quickly washes it. She tells Emily that the washing is still soaking wet, but Emily has an idea; remembering the flag that was attached to Clarabel's roof blowing in the wind, she asks for the washing to be hung on a rope which has been tied to her funnel. As she puffs along, the washing dries and the team are delighted. Emily wishes them good luck and sings them a football chant, much to the team's amusement.
Characters
- Thomas
- James
- Percy
- Emily
- Sir Topham Hatt
- The Laundry Lady
- Sodor United Football Team
- Annie and Clarabel (do not speak)
- Henry (cameo)
- Gordon (cameo)
- Toby (cameo)
- Henrietta (cameo)
- Sir Topham Hatt's Assistants (cameos)
- The Teacher (cameo)
- The Ginger-haired Boy (cameo)
- The Bird Watcher (cameo)
- The Lady with the Big Hat (cameo)
- The Female Puppet Show Entertainer (cameo)
- The Maithwaite Stationmaster (cameo)
- The Duchess of Boxford (cameo)
- Farmer McColl (mentioned)
Locations
- Tidmouth Sheds
- Tidmouth Town Square
- McColl Farm
- Maithwaite
- Maron
- The Coal Hopper
- Chestnut Orchard
- Knapford Iron Bridge
- Great Waterton (poster)
Cast
UK
- Ben Small as Thomas and the Sodor United Football Players
- Teresa Gallagher as Emily and the Laundry Lady
- Keith Wickham as James, Percy, the Fat Controller and the Sodor United Football Players
- Matt Wilkinson as the Sodor United Football Players
US
- Martin Sherman as Thomas, Percy and the Sodor United Soccer Players
- William Hope as the Sodor United Soccer Players
- Jules de Jongh as Emily and the Laundry Lady
- Kerry Shale as James, Sir Topham Hatt and the Sodor United Soccer Players
Trivia
- Going by production order, this is the fourth episode of the fourteenth series.
- Edited stock footage from Slippy Sodor is used.
- This episode marks the first time Nozomu Sasaki voices a character other than Edward in the Japanese dub, in which are the Sodor United Football Team.
- The events of this episode were later mentioned by Bill and Ben and Emily in the eighteenth series episode, Emily Saves the World.
Goofs
- When Emily moves out of James' way, she is puffing steam out of her whistle instead of her funnel.
- In the US dub, when Emily says "Soccer is my favorite game," her lips still move to say "football".
- When James brakes, all of his wheels spark, including his tender wheels. But only the driving wheels are fitted with brakes.
Merchandise
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Home Media Releases
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| #01 Thomas' Tall Friend | #08 Pop Goes Thomas | #15 Jumping Jobi Wood! |
| #02 James in the Dark | #09 Victor Says Yes | #16 Thomas and Scruff |
| #03 Pingy Pongy Pick Up | #10 Thomas in Charge | #17 O the Indignity |
| #04 Charlie and Eddie | #11 Being Percy | #18 Jitters and Japes |
| #05 Toby and the Whistling Woods | #12 Merry Winter Wish | #19 Merry Misty Island |
| #06 Henry's Health and Safety | #13 Thomas and the Snowman Party | #20 Henry's Magic Box |
| #07 Diesel's Special Delivery | #14 Thomas' Crazy Day | |