Bridge (Episode)

"Things dont go well for Smeg when karma reels it's head once again as a favor for bertie lands him in a sticky situation" - (Episode Description)

### Plot:

It is in the peak of summer tourism season and we see Bertie dropping off some holiday makers next to Smeg. Bertie proclaims his love for doing the holiday maker route to Smeg who couldn't care less about what he's talking about. Afterwards Smeg leaves but not before remarking about Bertie’s “pathetic attempts at poetry”. The next day we see Bertie isn't feeling very well. Smeg then tells him to not take so many holiday makers. Bertie then asks him to take the holiday maker route to which smeg is reluctant about at first but eventually caves after being pressured by both Bulgy and Bertie. Before leaving to do his work Bulgy warns him about going under low bridges while recalling a past incident. Smeg rudely cuts him off and insults Bulgy’s bodysize while promptly leaving.

Smeg then arrives at the station and collects the holiday makers who he’s quite rude to. Then after carrying on his merry way he is halted by Butch the tow truck who tells Smeg about the roadworks. As Smeg is quite impatient and would rather not wait in traffic he asks Butch about any alternative roads. He is directed to one such route nearby the roads but is warned by Butch how narrow the route is. Smeg being the reckless buffoon he is, ignores Butch and sets off. He soon reaches the top of a steep hill and decides to race down it and abruptly stops, likely giving the passengers whiplash in the process. He then notices that he is stuck under a low hanging rail bridge. Butch comes by and sees the pickle Smeg’s gotten himself in.

Just then Billy arrives and is stopped at the bridge. Butch tells him that he’ll have to wait until the bridge is safe to cross. Billy impatiently crosses the bridge anyway with Smeg as the only thing supporting it. Afterwards Smeg asks Butch to pull him out but is told that he can't until they can determine that the bridge is stable enough after getting damaged. Butch then leaves Smeg there who is quite annoyed. To add insult to injury Emu shows up and teases the miserable plaxton and then jumps repeatedly on the bridge with smeg under it. After Emu goes away laughing, a brick then hits Smeg.

Meanwhile back at the bus depot Bertie is feeling better from his illness and wonders how Smeg is dealing with the route which he doesn't have to wait long until finding out as Butch arrives and explains the incident and how they need another bus to take Smeg’s passengers. Bertie volunteers along with Bulgy who finds the ironic karma Smeg has received quite humorous. Soon they arrive at the scene to pick up the holiday makers. Smeg, who is quite angry that he is not getting pulled off the bridge, is taunted further by Bertie and Bulgy who leave laughing. Smeg yells at Butch who tells him to be patient. A short while afterwards Derek arrives who needs to collect a train from the other side of the bridge. Butch permits Derek to cross as long as he goes carefully to Smeg’s dismay. Derek then breaks down right on the middle of the bridge straining Smeg even more who gets hit by another brick. Some time passes and Murdoch arrives to recover the broken down diesel. Smeg complains but Murdoch is having none of it and tells him to be quiet.

After the two engines go over the bridge Butch tells Smeg to lighten up as they are now ready to free Smeg from the bridge he trapped himself under. Smeg sarcastically cheers and still grumbles because of how long he had to wait to get pulled out. Despite that everything seems to be okay until they hear a whistle. It's Thomas who is running late and going at quite a high speed. With no support on the bridge it starts to weaken and Thomas can't be stopped in time because of this an unwilling Smeg goes back under the bridge to support it but doesnt centre himself under it. Thomas, who is racing, notices what is going on and puts on his brakes but it is too late. The bridge collapses on Smeg leading to a massive pile up. We then see the wreck in full with a rather surprised Butch who witnessed the whole accident.

### Cast:

* Smeg
* Bertie
* Bulgy
* Urine
* Butch
* Billy
* Emu
* Derek
* Murdoch
* Thomas
* Donald (Cameo
* Holidaymakers(These include cameos and references to other things)

### Trivia

* This episode is the first one to not use animated eye movements in favour of cleaner and better drawn facial expressions.
* The holidaymakers that Smeg collects are mainly references and cameos to other things. These include from left to right, Maya Fey from Ace Attorney, Lucas Edmund one of the main characters from LoganDrawsStuff's series Rodneys Wacky Wolrd, Mary Laurent the main protagonist from MaxineDoodle's upcoming series The Misadventures of Mary and Co, Eric Cartman from South Park, Jeremiah Jobling and Stuart another character of MaxineDoodles.
* The plot for Bridge was intially inspired by the episodes Bulgy and A Friend In Need and even the episode High Tide from Tugs