Ding-a-Ling

This article is about the episode. You may be looking for the magazine story.

"Ding-a-long, ding-a-ling, find the bell with the very best ring."

— Freddie

Ding-A-Ling is the twenty-fourth episode of the eleventh season.

Plot

James has delivered a new bike for Mr. Percival's hiking trip, but it does not have a bell. Freddie does not know where to find one, but so as not to look silly, he pretends he knows where to find one, and sets off.

He sees a cow's bell and has it put on the bike, but Mighty Mac notes that the cows do not look at it. Freddie quickly sets off for the station and borrows Kuffy the Clown's necklace of bells. Peter Sam remarks that the children are not taking any notice, and Freddie runs off. He decides to return to the wharf, but when he sees James, Mighty Mac, and Peter Sam, he backs off. He sees a bell destined for the school and has it put on too, but it falls over, and it creates such a noise that the others come to investigate.

Freddie sheepishly leaves, when he sees Thomas with an old foghorn. He has an idea and once it is cleaned and polished, the bell from Mr. Percival's old bike is attached to the new bike.

Characters

Locations

Trivia

Going by production order, this is the twenty-fifth episode of the eleventh season.

Goofs

As Freddie arrives at the farm and stops, his steam platform is visible.
Red and blue wires can be seen underneath Freddie's tank when he is standing outside Mountain Village Station.
This episode is out of production order as Mr. Percival's new bike was seen in the previous episodes.

Merchandise

TrackMaster - Freddie and the bicycle on a flat truck (discontinued)
Magazine Stories - Ding-a-Ling!

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Norwegian	Plingeling	Pling-a-Ling
Spanish	Ding-a-Ling / Ring, Ring	Ding-a-Ling / Ring, Ring
German	Klingel gesucht	Bell Sought
Finnish	Soittokello	Bell
Japanese	じてんしゃのベル	Bicycle Bell
Dutch	Ting leng	Ting Ling
Hungarian	A biciklcsengő	The Bicycle Bell
Romanian	Ding Dong	Ding Dong
Polish	Dzyń-Dzyń	Clang-Clang
Czech	Cinky link	Cinky Linky
Slovak	Cinky linky	Cinky Lines
Danish	Dingeling	Ding-a-Ling
Chinese	车铃响叮当	Car Jingle Bell
Thai	กริ๊งๆ	Jingle All