Pets

Pets is the 52nd Sodor Short.

Pets/Transcript

## Plot

The short begins with Thomas and Edward bawling because the former had a run-in with Farmer McColl (who was still around due to plot convenience, as Edward pointed out) and he had kicked his ass (Thomas's pet donkey, Tigger). Gordon is outraged and decides to take immediate action, with the added bonus of giving his new pet some exercise.

The three engines meet up with Farmer McColl and Gordon demands that McColl apologizes to Thomas. McColl doesn't want to apologize, so Gordon brings out his pet gorilla, Chesterfield, who promptly beats up McColl after Gordon tells him that the farmer wrote the final episode of Game of Thrones.

Later, Edward is talking to Salty, Duck, and Diesel about the event and their pets. Duck and Diesel argue over one being insensitive after giving the other a pet. In this case, Diesel gave Duck a pet duck for his birthday, much to the Great Western engine's chagrin, while Duck gave Diesel a weasel for Christmas. Salty then shows Edward his own pet, a lobster named Polly. Edward then says "Polly want a cracker?", but not before stating that he knows saying it sound ridiculous, but he doesn't care. He is most surprised to hear Polly speaking (in a deep British accent), stating that he wants a biscuit. Suddenly, Eric excitedly arrives and eagerly introduces the engines to his new pet, Sprinkles, a tyrannosaurus. Eric mentions Whiff had made Sprinkles but doesn't exactly know how he did so because he couldn't hear what Whiff said "in-between the evil cackling and talking about science triumphing over God". Nonetheless, Eric proceeds to reveal his plans to use Sprinkles to promote and sell T-bone steaks. He even shows the others his ad campaign. Suddenly, Sprinkles runs over towards the preschool.

Later, Edward is talking to Henry, James, and Percy about as much as what happened up to that point. Henry expresses his concerns about the issue, hoping that Sprinkles will be contained and not eat his pet elephant, Nelly. James wants Henry to move his elephant away from the shed, but the latter wants the former to move his bees from inside the shed. James protests the bees like the warmth, and Henry protests his pet elephant likes privacy. Percy mentions he got a new pet, since his old pet, Sniggles, had been shot by Edward after one of his trains had run Sniggles over after the cat got hit by Edward's driver's car after Sniggles had been mauled by Edward's fireman's dog, but before Edward can finish, James reminds him that he should quit while he's behind. Presently, Percy's new pet arrives: a tiger. Henry guesses that Percy got the tiger because of Tiger King, but Percy says that it isn't, and that he hasn't seen it yet. Percy reveals he had got the tiger from an American conservationist woman named Carole Baskin who was apparently desperate to get rid of him, but before Percy can find out why, Edward, Henry, and James have left and police sirens are heard.

## Characters

* Edward
* Thomas
* Gordon
* Farmer McColl
* Salty
* Duck
* Diesel
* Eric
* Henry
* James
* Percy
* Kate *(mentioned)*
* Whiff *(mentioned)*

## Trivia

* Gordon mentions Thomas and Kate breaking up. This came to pass in "Relationships".
* Edward is the only engine in this short who is not shown or mentioned to have a pet of his own (not counting his fireman's dog).
* Duck asking if they had already made a joke about Eric's lack of intelligence after Diesel does so is a reference to Teacher.