Snow Help at All

**Snow Help at All** is the ninth episode of Season 2 of Sudrian Stories and nineteenth episode overall.

## Synopsis

The Shunting Yard is busier than ever near Christmas and Stanley finds it hard to get work done with Charlie's constant jokes. When Charlie mixes up deliveries, it's up to him to get everything sorted... if he can make it home before the snowstorm hits.

## Plot

Christmas is nearing, as the engines are harder at work than ever. Mavis arrives in the Shunting Yard one morning, when Stanley expresses his exhaustion at the overcrowded yard. Charlie isn't helping, as he sits under the coal hopper, pouring coal all over himself. Mavis wants to help, but she has her own work to do. Later, Charlie sneaks up behind Stanley and scares him. Stanley suggests Charlie needs to help out or go away, but Charlie takes offense. Stanley feels bad and apologizes, but Charlie says it's fine. It wasn't fine, as Charlie complains out loud to himself about Stanley's nagging. When Edward arrives in the yard, Charlie races ahead to set up his train, and Stanley believes that Charlie took his words to heart. Thanking Charlie for working hard, Stanley compliments him on shunting Edward's scrap train, but Charlie gave him Christmas decorations. Ryan, meanwhile, pulls into the station, as the workmen pull out mangled scrap, unsure of how they can use it for decorations.

Back at the Shunting Yards, Stanley complains to Sir Topham Hatt that he can't get any work done while Charlie jokes around, but Sir Topham Hatt suggests they work together since Stanley is in charge and responsible for sorting everything out. Stafford arrives, and tells them that a snowstorm is coming. Informing Philip about the snowstorm, Philip mentions that Charlie is now nowhere to be found. As the snowstorm nears, Stanley heads out to find Charlie who could be in danger. Charlie, meanwhile, recollects Ryan's train to make things right. Soon, the snowstorm grows worse. Charlie gets stuck in a snowdrift and becomes stranded. Up the line, Stanley stops at a station when the stationmaster lets him know that an engine is stuck ahead.

Stanley and Charlie reunite, but Stanley is unable to pull Charlie out. Fortunately, the stationmaster phoned for a search party, so Stafford, Philip, Emily, Rocky and Dustin arrive to help the engines back home. Charlie and Stanley apologize to each other for ruining Christmas, but when they arrive back home, the snowstorm has passed and the Christmas party is back on. The shunters all head out together, laughing as good friends again.

## Characters

* Edward
* Stanley
* Charlie
* Ryan
* Dustin
* Mavis
* Philip
* Stafford
* Troublesome Trucks
* Reg
* Jack
* Alfie
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Bluff's Cove Stationmaster
* Stanley's Driver
* A Workman
* James (*does not speak*)
* Duck (*cameo*)
* Donald (*cameo*)
* Emily (*cameo*)
* Daisy (*cameo*)
* 'Arry (*cameo*)
* Rocky (*cameo*)
* Bert (*cameo*)
* Jenny Packard (*mentioned*)

## Cast

* Supermariokyle100 as Edward
* EpicLafiteau as Stanley, Charlie, Philip and a workman
* MainlandStudios as Ryan, Stafford, Troublesome Trucks, and Reg
* Chase the Ferroequinologist as Dustin
* Liz Productions5784 as Mavis
* Queen Cynthia as Jack
* Elliot KW as Alfie
* Papa Mainland as Sir Topham Hatt
* TheEngineShed as The Bluff's Cove Stationmaster
* Ilovetrains323 as Stanley's Driver

## Trivia

* This is the first episode written by MainlandStudios.
* The title is a pun on "no help at all".
* Some working titles included:
	+ **Up to Snow Good**
	+ **Takes One to Snow One**
	+ **It's Snow Time, Charlie**
	+ **Letting It Slide**
	+ **An 'Alping Buffer**
* Charlie's line "I'm not Charlie. I am coal lord!" is a reference to Toph Beifong's line in *Avatar: The Last Airbender".'*
	+ "I'm not Toph. I am melon lord!"
* The opening is a parody of *Frosty the Snowman*.
* The end credits music is "Animal Crossing (Winter)" from *Mario Kart 8*.
	+ The end credits also tease Marion Marks the Spot as the next episode.
* A few changes were made while filming the episode.
	+ Charlie was originally going to pick up the scrap trucks nearby Ryan and Daisy's shed.
	+ Ryan was also originally going to be at Harwick instead of Haultraugh.
	+ Charlie was originally going to slip while going down a hill and crash into a snowbank at the bottom.
* Emily and Rocky are part of the calvalcade of rescue vehicles, in case an engine was derailed, albeit not doing anything in the episode.
* Stanley, Charlie and Stafford's models as seen in the episode were released on The Marvellous Mainland Model Works later that month.

## References to the Official Show

* When Alfie says "Christmas means more work! More work means more fun!" it is similar to one of his lines from *Jack Jumps In*.
	+ "More help means more dirt, more dirt means more fun."
* Charlie refers to Edward as "Eddie", much like he did in *Charlie and Eddie*.
* The scrap piece the workman at Haultraugh picks up resembles Reg's scrap star from *The Perfect Gift*.