Clank, Clank!

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**Clank, Clank!** is the eighteenth episode of the first season of BE87's Shorts.

## Characters

* Hector (non-speaking cameo, not named)
* 2 Orange Coaches (non-speaking cameo, not named)
* Narrator
* James
* Percy
* Gordon
* Henry
* Edward
* God (mentioned)
* Jesus (mentioned)
* Felisha (non-speaking role)
* D261
* Diesel
* Dennis
* Thomas
* Toad (mentioned)
* Bill and Ben
* BoCo
* Derek
* Jack
* Rosie
* Annie
* Clarabel
* Jimmy Neutron (mentioned)
* Old Lady
* Spencer
* Emily
* Cranky (non-speaking cameo, not named)

## Locations

* Station
* Gordon's Hill (mentioned)
* Yards
* Walmart (mentioned)
* Quarry
* Henry's Forest

## Plot

The short begins at a random station, where an infuriated James is waiting impatiently for Edward to arrive. He anger further increases as the Narrator keeps stating just what he's about to say, until James finally has enough and tackles him.

Shortly after, Edward finally rolls into the station, apparently 25 minutes late due to struggling up a hill with only two coaches. James is dumbfounded to learn that Edward's strength has devolved so much, though the latter claims that he's "usually a rocket" when he's not carrying anything. James and Gordon scoff at the idea despite Edward's insistence.

Meanwhile, Henry takes the opportunity to brag about his speed if anyone ever touches his tree, [Felecia]]. Coincidentally, D261 finds Felisha on a siding nearby and takes the tree to Diesel. Sensing something wrong, Henry darts over to their location and proceeds to ram into them.

Back at the station, Edward continues to tell James and Gordon that they'll eventually realize how fast he can be and proceeds to drive away, leaving the two of them to think.

The next morning, Thomas up with James, having been woken up by his screaming over Edward being late again. James continues to scoff at the idea of Edward being "a rocket," as he is too old to even go faster than Toad. However, this gives Gordon an idea, and he goes off to find the other blue tender engine.

He eventually finds Edward on the side of the tracks, as he has made plans to "go to Walmart and party in the Men's section" with Jesus. He invites Gordon to join them, but the latter turns down the offer and proceeds to challenge Edward to a race in order to see if he really is as fast as he claims. Gordon promises to "go easy on him," but Edwards suggests that there should be a penalty for losing. As a result, Gordon decides that the loser will get their livery painted pink for the next two weeks. Edward happily agrees, and once Gordon leaves, he goes off to tell Bill and Ben about the event.

Over at the Quarry, Bill and BoCo are dumbfounded to hear Edward's news, while Ben proceeds to fall over and laugh on the ground hysterically. They all insist that Edward couldn't possibly be able to compete with someone as fast as Gordon, though Derek claims that he has faith in the blue engine. As Edward heads off to the race location, the other engines try to give him support, except for Ben, who still thinks that Edward doesn't have a chance.

Later on at the starting line, James and Thomas meet up with Gordon and Edward to hype the competitors up and give them motivation (though Thomas only tells them not to be a "Wussy Pussy). The race immediately starts afterwards, with taking off a little later than Gordon. James asks Thomas if he got a good audience for the race, only to be disappointed to see that the only engines who came were Percy, Rosie, Bill, Ben, Annie, Clarabel, and Dennis (who Thomas didn't even invite).

Cutting back to the race, Gordon continues to zip along the track, all the while bragging to Edward, who is already short on breath.

The audience continues to sit around, bored, as they apparently can't see what's actually going on. James asks Thomas why he didn't get the Jumbo-tron he requested, only to get a sarcastic reply from the blue tank engine that "Jimmy Neutron" wasn't available to provide him one.

In Henry's Forest, Gordon decides to slow down and take a break in order to save Edward from too much humiliation. Meanwhile, Edward himself is struggling to breath and eventually collapses on the rails from exhaustion.

Not too far away, Spencer comes running down the same line, stopping to make a flirting gesture towards Emily and causing her to faint. As he enters the woods, he finds Edward sprawled along the tracks and calls out from behind him. Unable to see Spencer, Edward mistakes him for God and prays for "Him" to help the Number Two engine win the race. Giving in to his own ego, Spencer decides to help "Edwin" out in order to beat Gordon, going up behind Edward and pushing him along the tracks.

Meanwhile, Gordon is taking a break to help an elderly woman walk across the rails. Just then, Spencer lets go of Edward, sending the letter off at massive speed. Edward manages to catch up and zip right past Gordon, knocking the old woman over in the process. She begs Gordon to help her up, but he panics over Edward passing him and leaves her there in order to catch up.

As much as Gordon tries, Edward proves to be too fast to keep up with as they hurry along the line (tripping over Cranky a few times). They eventually approach the finish line, everyone is shocked to see Edward take first place. Gordon finally catches up from right behind him, demanding to know how the other blue tender engine beat him. Edward insists that one of God's angels carried him along the rest of the way (still not knowing it was Spencer), and reminds Gordon that he also said he was going to go easy on Edward. Gordon just brushes this off as just luck and suggests a rematch. However, Edward doesn't buy into it this time and reminds him of their deal for losing.

Some time later, Edward once again invites Gordon over to Walmart with him and "Jesus." The now-pink Gordon merely replies, "I wouldn't dream of it" as the credits roll.

## Trivia

* Number of times Cranky falls over in the episode: three.
* The old lady's model is a reuse of Lady Hatt's with white hair added.
* According to Kyle, The short was originally gonna be called "Taking On Old Iron" but Kyle didn't want any references of Thomas in his title, so he changed the title and the thumbnail to what it is today.