Heroes
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- "Listen, Bill. Can you hear something?"
"What sort of something?"
"Something different."
"I can't hear anything different."
"Exactly! Everything is the same; sounds the same, looks the same. What we need is a surprise!"
"Surprise what?" - — Bill and Ben
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Michael Angelis (UK) |
| Air date |
Setember 10th, 1992 (UK) |
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Heroes is the twenty-fourth episode of the third season. In the US, it first aired on the Shining Time Station episode Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin.
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Plot
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Bill and Ben are bored at the China Clay Workings and are delighted to be asked to work at the harbour for the day, but they unwisely ask the trucks for advice. As a result, the yard gets in a mess, causing Gordon to be late with the Express. The next day at the Workings, a rockslide devastates the quarry, but Bill and Ben get all the workmen out just in time. The next day, the Fat Controller arrives on board Edward and praises the twins for saving the day. Bill and Ben think that being called "heroes" is quite a nice surprise.
Characters
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- Gordon
- Bill and Ben
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Edward (does not speak)
- Jem Cole (cameo)
Locations
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Trivia
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- In Norway, this episode is named, "Bill and Ben Become Heroes". The Italian title is "What a Surprise!".
Goofs
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- In the second shot of Bill and Ben shunting trucks at the harbour, a truck with half a load of coal is visible. When the twins shunt this truck the load shifts, revealing it to be a wooden prop made to look like coal.
- When the twins say "Thank goodness we're here," a bug crawls from Bill's line of trucks to Ben's and back.
- The roof of the building is made of cardboard, as seen when it absorbs the water from the water tower.
- In the British narration, the Fat Controller says "Hooray, hooray, hooray" without enthusiasm.
- When the twins enter the harbour, the track on the bridge bobs up and down.
- When the quarrymaster comes to tell the twins to go and work at the harbour, the coat on his small scale model is a different colour than the one on his large scale model.