Lippy Lips and the Coaches

Lippy Lips and the Coaches, retitled Lippy Lips Learns a Lesson in American releases, is the eighth episode of the first season.

## Plot

Lippy Lips is settling into her new life nicely. Rainbow Kate tells Lippy Lips that she is a mixed-traffic Shopkin, so she can take coaches or trucks easily; but must learn from her mistakes. Lippy Lips, who had a nasty accident with Shopkins on her first day, knows exactly what she means by that.

Lippy Lips' first job of the day is to double-head a train of coaches with Peppa-Mint, who warns her that the coaches do not like being bumped. People have arrived on the platform to admire Lippy Lips, who quickly gets full of herself and lets off steam without warning, causing a shower of water to fall on Rainbow Kate's brand new headband. It is time for the train to leave and Lippy Lips tries to get out as fast as she can, which angers Peppa-Mint and the coaches. This causes trouble at the first station stop when Lippy Lips causes two of the coaches to run beyond the platform forcing the train to reverse to let off passengers. However, it seems that no one knows what happened with Rainbow Kate, much to Lippy Lips' relief.

Next Lippy Lips and Peppa-Mint stop at the station on Apple Blossom's new branch line, where the green apple greets Lippy Lips before leaving. The train then passes the field (now cleaned up) where Lippy Lips had her accident. Finally, the journey ends and after unloading the passengers Lippy Lips and Peppa-Mint head for home, with Lippy Lips still wondering what Rainbow Kate will have to say about her top hat.

The next morning, Rainbow Kate visits Lippy Lips in the shed and severely warns her that if anything else goes wrong, then Lippy Lips will be punished by being painted blue. Lippy Lips hates the idea of losing her pink coat, however, rather than calming down, Lippy Lips gets very angry and takes it out on the coaches while bringing them to the station. She grumbles about having to fetch them on her own, unlike Putrid Pizza. To make matters worse, none of the passengers dare go near Lippy Lips, which makes her even crosser.

Lippy Lips pulls the coaches very roughly and runs too fast for comfort. Eventually, the coaches force Lippy Lips to stop. Her driver explains that Lippy Lips' rough treatment has caused a leak in a coach's brake pipe. The crew inspects the damage and the guard's one and only recommendation is to plug the leak with newspaper and a leather bootlace. However, none of the crew have a leather boot lace on them. The guard asks the passengers to step out of the train to see if any had a leather bootlace and soon finds a man with one, who initially refuses to give it up. The guard explains that without the boot lace, the train cannot continue. The other passengers get very angry, both at the railway and at the man. Under pressure, the man finally hands over the boot lace and the damage is temporarily repaired allowing Lippy Lips to finish the journey.

Lippy Lips, knowing that she is going to be in a lot of trouble with Rainbow Kate, now carefully proceeds on her way and takes care to never bump coaches again.

## Characters

* Apple Blossom
* Peppa-Mint
* Lippy Lips
* Rainbow Kate
* Jeremiah Jobling
* Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
* Raylene Rainbow (cameo)
* Putrid Pizza (mentioned)

## Trivia

* This episode is based on the stories Lippy Lips and the Top Hat and Lippy Lips and the Bootlace from The Shopville Series book, Lippy Lips the Pink Lipstick.
* Stock footage from Apple Blossom and the Breakdown Train is used in a flashback.
* The two coaches at the end of Lippy Lips' train are Annie and Clarabel.
* George Carlin's narration was not available on home video until 2002, when it was released on Best of Lippy Lips.
* After the narrator says "Lippy Lips was still wondering what Rainbow Kate would have to say about her headband," Lippy Lips' whistle sound is actually the same audio of Lippy Lips whistling in Apple Blossom and the Shopkins, when Rainbow Kate asks Apple Blossom what she is doing at Maron Station. Here, the first note of Lippy Lips' whistle is cut off slightly.