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Shining Time Station
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Shining Time Station was a children's television series created and executive produced by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow and presented by WNET New York. It ran on PBS for three seasons, from January 29, 1989 to June 11, 1993, with four hour-long "Family Specials" premiering in primetime throughout 1995. Reruns continued to air on PBS until June 11, 1998.It primarily concerned station manager Stacy Jones (Didi Conn), scheming arcade manager Schemer, and Stacy's nephews, Matt and Dan, both of whom became friends with Tanya and Kara, the granddaughters of Harry Cupper, the titular station's engineer and mechanic. Completing the main cast were engineer Billy Twofeathers (who replaced Harry after Series 1) and Dan and Kara's close friend Becky.The children would often be told stories of Thomas & Friends by the magical Mr. Conductor, a strange six-inch tall man who secretly lived at the station. These stories would occasionally have elements that paralleled events at the station. One of the series' main purposes was to introduce the Thomas brand to America, which it succeeded at doing.In addition, various characters would request songs from the jukebox, and these songs (typically re-arranged versions of classic folk songs like "Jesse James" and "Cannonball Blues") were played by a band of puppets who lived in the jukebox, courtesy of Flexitoons.The show, though geared at children, also appealed to adults, and generated a few "family specials". It also, less felicitously, spawned the movie Thomas and the Magic Railroad and the Spiritual Successor The Noddy Shop. | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: Mr. Richhouse in "The Mayor Runs for Re-Election" is a parody of Richard Nixon. The repairman in "Do I Hear" resembles Elvis Presley (and wears a jacket saying "King Repair"). | |
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Love Potion | |
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Love Potion: Mr. Conductor acts annually as Cupid's helper, carrying a "love dust" that causes someone to fall madly in love with the next person they meet. Unfortunately, he drops some as he's leaving, and Stacy falls in love with Schemer... | |
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The Wild West | |
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The Wild West: This seems to be the period that Becky and Kara travel back to in "How the Station Got Its Name". The math really doesn't work. Don't even try to make it work. | |
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Always Someone Better | |
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Always Someone Better: Schemer gets jealous when Barton Winslow looks after his arcade, finding success by combining it with a general store. | |
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Reformed, but Rejected | |
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Reformed, but Rejected: Just as Kit starts fitting in, he gets accused of spraypainting the baseball scoreboard. Kit runs away, and the adults have a My God, What Have I Done? moment when they learn the board wasn't defaced - it was in the middle of being repainted. | |
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Paranoia Gambit | |
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Paranoia Gambit: Pulled on Schemer in "The Joke's on Schemer". | |
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Framing Device | |
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Framing Device: Mr. Conductor's stories of Thomas & Friends, which were episodes of the television series. The series' VHS releases had an additional framing device; the episodes were being played at the Shining Time Drive-In Theater, and before the main feature began, there'd be, amongst other things, a Kitschy Local Commercial for Schemer's Arcade. After the episodes, there'd be a short film from "Schemer Presents", a series of instructional videos made and presented by Schemer, which the voiceover notes, "We had nothing to do with it". | |
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Cousin Oliver | |
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Cousin Oliver: Schemer's nephew Schemee, added in Season 2. | |
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Personality Swap | |
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Personality Swap: In "Becky Makes a Wish", Schemer wished that he would swap places with Stacy. The wishing star that escaped granted it, not only making the two act like each other, but looking like them as well. This was reversed after Mr. Conductor caught the star and Becky wished everything back prior to the first wish. | |
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Mistaken Identity | |
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Mistaken Identity: The Jukebox Band dresses in costume for their song in "Scare Dares", and everyone compliments what they assume is Didi's ghost costume. Then the real Didi shows up wearing a Carmen Miranda-esque costume, and the ghost flies away. | |
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Baseball Episode | |
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Baseball Episode: In "Field Day", the kids are part of a baseball team and Schemer is their coach, hence they are known as the Schemer Team since Schemer paid for the uniforms. Schemer sends Schemee to spy on the opposing team, the Snarleyville Slashers. In the end, the Schemer Team actually loses to the Slashers, but Mr. Conductor teaches them a lesson in good sportsmanship, so they are determined to do better next time. In the second of the hour-long family specials, "Second Chances", Schemer once again coaches the kids in a baseball team, this one being known as the Indian Valley Scooters, and once again, they play against the Snarleyville Slashers. Sledgebolt, the team of the Slashers, tries to sabotage the Scooters' chances of winning by paying Schemee a nickel for every ball he misses. When Schemer finds out, he disqualifies Schemee, and Billy's visiting nephew, Kit, has to take his place and score the winning home run, which he does. | |
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Too Smart for Strangers | |
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Too Smart for Strangers: A rare aversion for the late 1980s happens on the second episode. The song "Don't be Afraid" is all about having the courage to reach out to unfamiliar, including strangers. It points out a bit of Fridge Logic: "In their eyes, you're a stranger too." | |
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Nephewism | |
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Nephewism: Stacy Jones is aunt to Matt (Season 1) and Dan (Seasons 2 & 3). Schemer is uncle to Schemee. Billy Twofeathers is uncle to Kit in the Family Specials. JB King is uncle to his bullying nephew Buster in the episode "Bully for Mr. Conductor". | |
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Generation Xerox | |
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Generation Xerox: In "How the Station Got Its Name", the ancestors of Stacy, Billy, Schemer, and Mr. King all look similar to the present-day characters. In "Once Upon a Time", Stacy is able to recognize Ned Kincaid's great-grandson. | |
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Sick Episode | |
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Sick Episode: In "Achoo", Mr. Conductor catches a cold, but still wants to go to the South Pole to visit his penguin friends. Because he's sick, his magic causes glasses of water to change people's voices, and a balloon to talk and fall in love with Schemer. | |
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Mythology Gag | |
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Mythology Gag: Before "Come Out, Henry!" starts in "Does it Bite?", Mr. Conductor denotes that it's a very sad story; a reference to the episode's original title, "The Sad Story of Henry". | |
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Spiritual Successor | |
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Spiritual Successor: The "flying saucer" segments from the first season are this to Teeny Little Super Guy from Sesame Street. Same creator, same set, same animation style. Both use stop-motion to depict inanimate kitchen objects as living characters. | |
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Promotion to Opening Titles | |
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Promotion to Opening Titles: Danielle Marcot (Becky), after being credited as a guest star throughout Season 2. Rachel Miner (Vickie) is also credited in the Special Edition Title for the Christmas special. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: Kit's father had recently died when he was introduced. | |
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Impossibly Tacky Clothes | |
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Impossibly Tacky Clothes: Schemer's mother can be recognized (off-screen), by a hat with a plastic skunk on it. | |
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Tomboy and Girly Girl | |
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Tomboy and Girly Girl: Kara and Becky. Their Halloween costumes (train engineer vs. Princess Classic) make it clear which is which in their first appearance. Their everyday clothes are subtler, but if you pay attention to the series, Kara almost always dresses and acts more boyishly. Grace is the more tomboyish of the girls in the band, has more of a rocker personality, and always wears pants, while Didi wears a pink and blue dress, and in the specials, she's a bit of a flirt towards Mr. Conductor. | |
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Big Storm Episode | |
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Big Storm Episode: In "Washout", a fierce rainstorm ravages the Indian Valley Railroad, washing out a train bridge over a river. Since Schemer took out all the signal lights from the store room and put them in the pouring rain, the staff has to find a way to signal the trains that the bridge is out. | |
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Full-Name Basis | |
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Full-Name Basis: Schemer sometimes does to "Miss Stacy Jones" when he is being especially patronizing to her. | |
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Lethal Chef | |
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Lethal Chef: Schemer in one episode tries to make a sandwich spread from his mother's recipe, but mistakes "C. Powder" for cocoa powder instead of chili. | |
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TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers | |
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The Last Of These Is Not Like The Others: Schemer's list of big stars: | |
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Mad Libs Catchphrase | |
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There was also "Schemer's System of Success", which referred to something different every time. | |
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High-Class Glass | |
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High-Class Glass: The turkey who occasionally visits the Jukebox Band. | |
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Delayed Reaction | |
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Delayed Reaction: When Schemer introduces his "pie flinger" in "All's Fair": | |
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Deus ex Machina | |
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Deus ex Machina: Often averted when the kids ask Mr. Conductor to use magic to help out. When the telegraph is broken, he says it would be unfair to fix it after all the work Stacy and Harry put into it (though he does give them a hint about what was wrong with it). When the kids want to help out a struggling magician, he tells them it'd be better for them to give him some words of encouragement. | |
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Drive-In Theater | |
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The series' VHS releases had an additional framing device; the episodes were being played at the Shining Time Drive-In Theater, and before the main feature began, there'd be, amongst other things, a Kitschy Local Commercial for Schemer's Arcade. After the episodes, there'd be a short film from "Schemer Presents", a series of instructional videos made and presented by Schemer, which the voiceover notes, "We had nothing to do with it". | |
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Body Bridge | |
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Body Bridge: In "Mr. Conductor's Big Sleepwalk", Mr. Conductor gets a job as the Sandman's helper. He accidentally sneezes sleepy sand in his eyes, causing him to walk and talk in his sleep. As he wanders around, he walks across the railings of Schemer's arcade. To keep Mr. Conductor from falling off the railings and to keep Schemer from finding out about him, Kara tosses a nickel on the floor and tells Schemer about it. As Schemer is hunched down looking for the nickel, Mr. Conductor walks across his body until he reaches the other railing. After Schemer finds the nickel and leaves, Mr. Conductor turns around and Becky and Kara have him walk across their hands to keep him from falling. | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Schemer, occasionally. Though much more frequently portrayed as a Jerk with a Heart of Jerk, if doing the right thing would be detrimental to his own prospects. | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Jerk | |
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Though much more frequently portrayed as a Jerk with a Heart of Jerk, if doing the right thing would be detrimental to his own prospects. | |
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Stock Footage | |
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Stock Footage: Except for using original songs, many of the picture machine's music videos are remarkably similar in style to modern-day AMVs. | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise: Schemer's attempts to spy on the arcade when Barton Winslow briefly takes over. When the baseball team is short one player in "Second Chances", Schemer tries to pass off Midge as one of the kids. | |
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Scenery Porn | |
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Scenery Porn: Admit it, you really wish you were inside Shining Time Station right now. | |
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Faux Horrific | |
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Faux Horrific: In one episode, Schemer finds a slug in his arcade. | |
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Niche Network | |
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Niche Network: When Schemer introduced the kids to television, one such channel was of footage of babies crying. | |
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Easy Amnesia | |
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Easy Amnesia: Stacy once lost her memory after sniffing some flowers that Mr. Conductor had sprinkled with a "Forgetting Dust" in order to shoo away some bees. Her nephew and Mr. Conductor jogged her memory, and she made a full recovery after taking a nap. | |
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Horrible Camping Trip | |
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Horrible Camping Trip: Schemer's camping trip with Schemee and Dan, because Schemer isn't as great of an outdoors-man as he claims to be. | |
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Green Aesop | |
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Green Aesop: The episode "Stacy Cleans Up." The local dump closes and garbage bags pile up around the station, and an engineer with a trainload of garbage keeps picking up more, but no one wants to let him unload it in their town. The solution ends up being to weed out the recyclable materials, which ends up reducing the volume. In-universe there's an environmentally-friendly superhero toy called "Envirobot". | |
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Mistaken for Prank Call | |
| Shining Time Station / int_5aab58a6 | comment |
Mistaken for Prank Call: J.J. and the Jukebox Band call Schemer a few times in "Once Upon a Time". He has no idea who they are. | |
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Bribing Your Way to Victory | |
| Shining Time Station / int_5c17c12f | comment |
In the second of the hour-long family specials, "Second Chances", Schemer once again coaches the kids in a baseball team, this one being known as the Indian Valley Scooters, and once again, they play against the Snarleyville Slashers. Sledgebolt, the team of the Slashers, tries to sabotage the Scooters' chances of winning by paying Schemee a nickel for every ball he misses. When Schemer finds out, he disqualifies Schemee, and Billy's visiting nephew, Kit, has to take his place and score the winning home run, which he does. | |
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That Syncing Feeling | |
| Shining Time Station / int_5ed94741 | comment |
That Syncing Feeling: Schemer and Schemee try to lip sync to the jukebox. Subverted in that they don't fool anyone. | |
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Implied Love Interest | |
| Shining Time Station / int_5fc3ab7f | comment |
Implied Love Interest: Stacy and Schemer. Depending on how you look at them, they are either really good friends, or something else. In spite of all his sinister ways, she always seems to see good in him, even if she does get angry with him on occasion, and he has shown hints of interest in her. The Valentine’s Day episode "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not" centers around her falling in love with him via a spell to the point where they nearly end up marrying each other. He kisses her on the cheek at the end of "All’s Fair", and she seems amused by it. The family Special "Once Upon a Time" centers around Schemer’s jealousy over Stacy’s new love interest Ned Kincaid. | |
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Heel–Face Turn | |
| Shining Time Station / int_617f0563 | comment |
Heel–Face Turn: J.B. King, the superintendent of the Indian Valley Railroad, where the station resides, goes through this when he initially intends to close down the station in favor of a much larger one in another town, but changes his mind when he finds out that Mr. Conductor lives at the station. In a later episode, he reveals that when he was a boy, he had missed his train home and Mr. Conductor kept him company until adult help arrived. | |
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Bottle Episode | |
| Shining Time Station / int_62907b90 | comment |
Bottle Episode: All the action took place inside the station (except for the specials, which included additional sets and location shooting). | |
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Rich Bitch | |
| Shining Time Station / int_644eca71 | comment |
Rich Bastard: Hobart Hume III, the leader of a club which Schemer tries to join (until Schemer refuses to cut off his hair curl to be accepted in). | |
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Mind-Control Eyes | |
| Shining Time Station / int_65332328 | comment |
Mind-Control Eyes: When Becky, Dan, and Kara, watched too much TV in Mr. Conductor Gets Left Out. | |
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Invited as Dinner | |
| Shining Time Station / int_65786a5a | comment |
Invited as Dinner: Subverted when the Jukebox Band invites a turkey to dinner in "Billy's Party": | |
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Girliness Upgrade | |
| Shining Time Station / int_6924443d | comment |
Girliness Upgrade: In one of the specials, Kara goes through this. She has lost interest in taking after her train engineer grandfather Harry and has gotten more interested in her flute lessons. She remarks that it's because she's growing up. This causes a bit of tension with Harry, but he eventually tells her that he just wants her to be happy. The climax shows that she still has a tomboy streak. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
| Shining Time Station / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Would you buy a used car from Schemer? | |
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April Fools' Plot | |
| Shining Time Station / int_6dbf7c8d | comment |
April Fools' Plot: In "The Joke's on Schemer", on March 31st, the kids are dreading Schemer's April Fools' Day pranks, so they decide to prank him by making him think it's April 1st. At first they find it funny when Schemer pranks confused bystanders, but then he starts mistaking serious things for pranks, like Mr. King trying to get him to renew the lease on his arcade. | |
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Performance Anxiety | |
| Shining Time Station / int_718c561 | comment |
Performance Anxiety: Billy is reluctant to play his guitar in front of other people. He eventually decides the only way to find out if he's comfortable with an audience is to try. | |
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Politically Incorrect Villain | |
| Shining Time Station / int_729c69f3 | comment |
Politically Incorrect Villain: Hobart Hume III from "Schemer's Special Club", who is extremely racist and misogynistic. He wouldn't let any women or minorities join his snobby Nickelaire Club. Schemer defeats him by making him eat some very sticky toffee, and he was kicked off the station and the show for good. | |
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Chroma Key | |
| Shining Time Station / int_743437c4 | comment |
Chroma Key: Used for Mister Conductor. | |
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Put on a Bus | |
| Shining Time Station / int_754df088 | comment |
Matt and Tanya were Put on a Bus both because the actors were getting older and because production had moved from New York to Toronto after Season 1. | |
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Remember the New Guy? | |
| Shining Time Station / int_77b03c0a | comment |
Remember the New Guy?: The Jukebox Band's manager, J.J. | |
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Real Life Writes the Plot | |
| Shining Time Station / int_786bf97f | comment |
Real Life Writes the Plot: Matt and Tanya were Put on a Bus both because the actors were getting older and because production had moved from New York to Toronto after Season 1. George Carlin's schedule was part of the reason why they decided to film four hour-long specials instead of a full fourth season. Max Okowsky comments on the roughness of his voice - his actor, Jack Klugman, had recently had throat surgery. | |
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Superstition Episode | |
| Shining Time Station / int_7ba00b55 | comment |
Superstition Episode: In "Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station", it's Friday the 13th, and Schemer encourages his nephew, Schemee, to sell fake good luck charms he made, such as vinyl horseshoes, plastic four-leaf clovers, and rabbit's feet made from his mother's wool coat. However, Schemee takes his uncle's technique of scaring people into buying them a bit too far. | |
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
| Shining Time Station / int_7d89315b | comment |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Stacy delivers an epic one to Hobart Hume III in "Schemer's Special Club". | |
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Comically Small Demand | |
| Shining Time Station / int_7f6885c4 | comment |
Comically Small Demand: In "Schemer's Alone", the few people Schemer pays are satisfied with a nickel. | |
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Wipe That Smile Off Your Face | |
| Shining Time Station / int_7fa82d2a | comment |
Wipe That Smile Off Your Face: In "Becky Makes a Wish", Billy Twofeathers accidentally wished that Midge Smoot would zip her lips when he meant it metaphorically, which the wishing star causes to actually grant it. This was reversed at the end. | |
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Kids Hate Vegetables | |
| Shining Time Station / int_81c113ae | comment |
Kids Hate Vegetables: In "Double Trouble", after telling the story of the Thomas & Friends episode, "The Diseasel" to the children at the station, Mr. Conductor says he wishes he had a twin of his own so he could eat his peas for him, since he doesn't like peas. He then asks the children if they like peas, and Dan says, "Peas? Yuck!" | |
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Entertainingly Wrong | |
| Shining Time Station / int_81c4faa3 | comment |
Entertainingly Wrong: Schemer does notice the unusual events around the station - people talking to walls, the jukebox starting on its own - and concludes the station is haunted. | |
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Large Ham | |
| Shining Time Station / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Brian O'Connor, the one time stand up comic who plays Schemer is a walking personification of this trope. From his hysterical histrionic breakdowns to the very loud, very ugly suits he wears. | |
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Signature Laugh | |
| Shining Time Station / int_82a60dce | comment |
Signature Laugh: When being sarcastic, Schemer would spell out his laughs. | |
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Where the Hell Is Springfield? | |
| Shining Time Station / int_8504b817 | comment |
Where the Hell Is Springfield?: We never got a clear answer to where Shining Time Station is- there was a real Indian Valley Railroad in California, but it was long gone by the time the series was on the air. Many businesses in the Philadelphia suburbs are named "Indian Valley (x)", but they don't really have any rail service to speak of. Thomas and the Magic Railroad just muddles things further, what with the connection to the Island of Sodor via Muffle Mountain.... | |
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Shining Time Station / int_8504b817 | |
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Tightrope Walking | |
| Shining Time Station / int_8765802e | comment |
Tightrope Walking: When Mr. Conductor showed up towards the end of "Schemer Alone", he was on a bike while hanging on a tightrope. He even did it upside down. | |
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Camping Episode | |
| Shining Time Station / int_8af2a61f | comment |
Camping Episode: Stacy, Kara, Becky, and Mr. Conductor set up a tent in the station to spend the night. At the same time, Schemer takes Schemee and Dan on a scout camping trip in the woods, with disastrous results. | |
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Ultimate Job Security | |
| Shining Time Station / int_8c55e307 | comment |
Ultimate Job Security: Despite renting out space in the station, Schemer does some outrageous stunts, and is often rude to the children and Stacy. Yet, he is rarely punished severely for any of it by Indian Valley Railroad. Schemer came awfully close in one episode to subverting the trope where J.B. King was trying to get Schemer to sign a new lease for the arcade. Schemer is extremely rude to King due to an earlier misunderstanding, to the point where King leaves mad and threatens to evict Schemer. It's only after an "Oh, Crap!" realization and some begging/pleading that Schemer is able to sign the lease and stay at Shining Time Station. Subverted in one episode where Schemer tries to host a live radio show out of the arcade. He goes on unprepared, forgets what he's been asked to announce, and everyone in the station tries to get in on the show. He then gets a call from the station, saying they pulled him off the air. | |
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Back for the Finale | |
| Shining Time Station / int_931fc523 | comment |
Back for the Finale: Harry Cupper guest stars in the penultimate episode, "One of the Family". | |
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Boastful Rap | |
| Shining Time Station / int_95426db4 | comment |
Boastful Rap: Schemer and Schemee perform one while auditioning for Felix's concert. | |
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One Degree of Separation | |
| Shining Time Station / int_959cb9aa | comment |
One Degree of Separation: When Harry first meets Mr. Conductor, they find that years ago, they both worked on the same train when the president was riding on the Indian Valley Railroad. | |
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In the Blood | |
| Shining Time Station / int_97aaa7f3 | comment |
In the Blood: Schemer's nephew Schemee could out-scheme his uncle. | |
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Guardian Entity | |
| Shining Time Station / int_97d575f9 | comment |
Guardian Entity: Mr. Conductor explains that this is his job. | |
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Odd Couple | |
| Shining Time Station / int_985e118a | comment |
Odd Couple: Stacy and Schemer. Also Midge Smoot, the zany town gossip, and Ginny Johnson, the straight-laced farmer, usually end up filling this role. | |
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SpotTheImpostor | |
| Shining Time Station / int_9c6da551 | comment |
Spot the Impostor: Kara was once challenged to use glue to turn Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin into a drawing. She remembered from earlier that the real Mr. Conductor's whistle sounded different than usual that day, so she asked both Conductors to blow their whistles, then dumped the glue on the one whose whistle made the normal sound. | |
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Infinite Supplies | |
| Shining Time Station / int_9f50dbe6 | comment |
Infinite Supplies: Schemer always seems to be able to afford new gear (up to and including a robot) for whatever scheme he's cooked up. This despite the fact that 1) his arcade machines all cost only a nickel and 2) by his own admission, he can't get nickels out of the jukebox. | |
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Secret-Keeper | |
| Shining Time Station / int_9f970427 | comment |
Secret-Keeper: The repairman in "Do I Hear" opens up the jukebox and sees the band inside. | |
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Election Day Episode | |
| Shining Time Station / int_a46eb25d | comment |
Election Day Episode: In "The Mayor Runs for Re-Election", the mayoral election comes to Indian Valley and Mayor Flopdinger desires to keep his position of Mayor. Schemer offers to help Flopdinger by acting as his campaign manager in the election against Richard Richhouse. On the night of the mayoral debate, Flopdinger realizes that Schemer's ideas as campaign manager are to promote his arcade, and fires him, also realizing that in order to be a good leader, you have to keep the promises you make, which results in him winning the election by one vote. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
| Shining Time Station / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Schemer came awfully close in one episode to subverting the trope where J.B. King was trying to get Schemer to sign a new lease for the arcade. Schemer is extremely rude to King due to an earlier misunderstanding, to the point where King leaves mad and threatens to evict Schemer. It's only after an "Oh, Crap!" realization and some begging/pleading that Schemer is able to sign the lease and stay at Shining Time Station. | |
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Thanksgiving Episode | |
| Shining Time Station / int_aec43c5f | comment |
Thanksgiving Episode: "Billy's Party" in the third season takes place during Thanksgiving. | |
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Catchphrase | |
| Shining Time Station / int_b01abe4f | comment |
Catchphrase: Various (especially Stacy): "There's just something about this place..." There was also "Schemer's System of Success", which referred to something different every time. | |
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| Shining Time Station / int_b06bbf4b | type |
Be Careful What You Wish For | |
| Shining Time Station / int_b06bbf4b | comment |
Be Careful What You Wish For: This premise is what fuels the events of "Becky Makes a Wish". Mr. Conductor's wishing star breaks loose when Schemer finds its bag and opens it. The wishing star flies through the station, looking for wishes to grant. When Schemer wishes that he and Stacy could switch places just to see what it's like to be him, it results in the two switching both jobs and personalities. When Mayor Flopdinger wishes that he could rise above petty concerns, he becomes able to fly. When Billy wishes that Midge Smoot would zip her lip, it results in her mouth being zipped shut. Amidst the chaos, Billy wishes he'd stayed in bed, resulting in him falling asleep. Mr. Conductor eventually catches the wishing star, and Becky wishes for everything to be back the way it was. | |
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| Shining Time Station / int_b4a6ae4c | type |
Everyone Has Standards | |
| Shining Time Station / int_b4a6ae4c | comment |
Everyone Has Standards: Some of Schemee's schemes and stunts are so out of line, that even Schemer is appalled, and he will either reprimand or punish his nephew. | |
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| Shining Time Station / int_ba112560 | type |
Throwing the Fight | |
| Shining Time Station / int_ba112560 | comment |
Throwing the Fight: In "Second Chances", the coach of a rival baseball team offers Schemie a nickel for every ball he drops. | |
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1.0 | |
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Shining Time Station / int_ba112560 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_c09dbbbb | type |
Weaksauce Weakness | |
| Shining Time Station / int_c09dbbbb | comment |
Weaksauce Weakness: On one occasion when Schemee is caught misbehaving (insofar as you could call it "misbehaving" given the example he follows), Schemer unfairly, and quite reluctantly, punishes him by combing flat the family cowlick. | |
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| Shining Time Station / int_c1d57cf7 | type |
"The Villain Sucks" Song | |
| Shining Time Station / int_c1d57cf7 | comment |
"The Villain Sucks" Song: "Bad Guy" from "Bully For Mr. Conductor". | |
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Shining Time Station / int_c1d57cf7 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_c2cedc1c | type |
Big "NO!" | |
| Shining Time Station / int_c2cedc1c | comment |
Big "NO!": Mr. Conductor's Evil Twin does this when Kara uses glue to turn him back into a picture. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_c2cedc1c | |
| Shining Time Station / int_c3adb1e8 | type |
Schemer | |
| Shining Time Station / int_c3adb1e8 | comment |
Schemer: No prizes for guessing who fills this role, complete with a new zany Get-Rich-Quick Scheme every episode. | |
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1.0 | |
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Shining Time Station / int_c3adb1e8 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_c3b51bb3 | type |
You Are Better Than You Think You Are | |
| Shining Time Station / int_c3b51bb3 | comment |
When the kids want to help out a struggling magician, he tells them it'd be better for them to give him some words of encouragement. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_c3b51bb3 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_c8d4373b | type |
Mistakes Are Not the End of the World | |
| Shining Time Station / int_c8d4373b | comment |
Mistakes Are Not the End of the World: The episode "And the Band Played Off" features a song called "Learn from Your Mistakes", which is about how mistakes can be fine because you can learn from them. It also teaches the audience how to avoid certain mistakes. | |
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| Shining Time Station / int_c99045f3 | type |
Halloween Costume Characterization | |
| Shining Time Station / int_c99045f3 | comment |
Halloween Costume Characterization: In "Scare Dares", Kara dresses as a train engineer and Becky as a princess. This establishes their Tomboy and Girly Girl status. It's also said that Kara wants to be an engineer like her grandfather, and this isn't the last time Becky would wear a princess costume. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_c99045f3 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_cadbbc64 | type |
Bankruptcy Barrel | |
| Shining Time Station / int_cadbbc64 | comment |
Bankruptcy Barrel: Worn by Schemer in "The Joke's on Schemer", after he gets itching powder on his clothes | |
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Shining Time Station / int_cadbbc64 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_cdd0cc3a | type |
Earth Song | |
| Shining Time Station / int_cdd0cc3a | comment |
Earth Song: The episode "Stacy Cleans Up" has a song called "If Everyone Did a Little", which is all about recycling garbage to keep the Earth clean. | |
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1.0 | |
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Shining Time Station / int_cdd0cc3a | |
| Shining Time Station / int_cf92fea8 | type |
Cassandra Truth | |
| Shining Time Station / int_cf92fea8 | comment |
Cassandra Truth: When Mr. Typo is looking for a story to report, Dan tells him that there's a little man living in the signal box on the station's mural. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_cf92fea8 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_d392974f | type |
Credit Card Plot | |
| Shining Time Station / int_d392974f | comment |
Credit Card Plot: "Schemer's Alone", although instead of a credit card, he hands out IOUs. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_d392974f | |
| Shining Time Station / int_d39771a4 | type |
Long Bus Trip | |
| Shining Time Station / int_d39771a4 | comment |
Long Bus Trip: The original Mr. Conductor (played by Ringo Starr) leaves kind of abruptly, and we think it's just for a while. But then the other Mr. Conductor (George Carlin) takes over and we never see the original again. Harry was put on the bus twice — first to explain why his brother was working at the station in the Christmas special, then with the big cast change in the Season 2 premier. He does show up again, though, in one of the last specials. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_d39771a4 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_d6b5f05f | type |
Friendship Moment | |
| Shining Time Station / int_d6b5f05f | comment |
Friendship Moment: In "Mr. Conductor's Big Sleepwalk", after everyone is finally cured of their insomnia, they fall asleep around the station. Mr. King and Schemer wake up a while later leaning against each other. They're both flustered at first, but then Mr. King suggests they grab some coffee and watch the sunrise, and they walk out together. In "Once Upon a Time", Schemer tries to change his image to make Stacy like him more. When he finally explains himself, Stacy tells him that she liked him the way he was. In the unreleased video "Tribute to J.J. Silvers", J.J. thinks the band didn't attend his ceremony because they don't like him. Then they show up - and tell him how grateful they are for getting them the gig in the Shining Time jukebox. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_d6b5f05f | |
| Shining Time Station / int_d7e73aea | type |
Mustache Vandalism | |
| Shining Time Station / int_d7e73aea | comment |
Mustache Vandalism: Buster in "Bully for Mr. Conductor" was about to draw a mustache on one of the people in the mural wall, though Becky stops him and decided not to after the ink of his marker dried up. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_d7e73aea | |
| Shining Time Station / int_d9c4365c | type |
Reset Button | |
| Shining Time Station / int_d9c4365c | comment |
Reset Button: In "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not" and "Becky Makes a Wish". | |
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Shining Time Station / int_d9c4365c | |
| Shining Time Station / int_da0eeab5 | type |
Breakout Character | |
| Shining Time Station / int_da0eeab5 | comment |
Breakout Character: Schemer became the most popular character on the show, and even had a series of home video segments dedicated to his character. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_da0eeab5 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_db361e64 | type |
Princess Classic | |
| Shining Time Station / int_db361e64 | comment |
Kara and Becky. Their Halloween costumes (train engineer vs. Princess Classic) make it clear which is which in their first appearance. Their everyday clothes are subtler, but if you pay attention to the series, Kara almost always dresses and acts more boyishly. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_db361e64 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_dc3d72e6 | type |
Something We Forgot | |
| Shining Time Station / int_dc3d72e6 | comment |
Something We Forgot: In "Nickel in a Pickle", Schemer who gets a splinter runs back to the station because he forgot to close the cash drawer. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_dc3d72e6 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_e150c4c7 | type |
Manchild | |
| Shining Time Station / int_e150c4c7 | comment |
Manchild: Schemer is a full grown adult and doesn't know how to take care of himself. He also doesn't seem to understand the value of a dollar, as he thinks a nickel is a valuable amount of currency. (Even in the '90s, any self-respecting arcade machine would cost at least a quarter to use.) Exaggerated in "Schemer's Alone", where his mother goes away overnight. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_e150c4c7 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_e38b0f45 | type |
Snake Oil Salesman | |
| Shining Time Station / int_e38b0f45 | comment |
Snake Oil Salesman: Schemer's grandfather, Jebediah Schemer. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_e38b0f45 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_e4d079c1 | type |
Greek Chorus | |
| Shining Time Station / int_e4d079c1 | comment |
Greek Chorus: Often, the Jukebox Band. | |
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1.0 | |
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Shining Time Station / int_e4d079c1 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_e563bf09 | type |
Insistent Terminology | |
| Shining Time Station / int_e563bf09 | comment |
Insistent Terminology: Tex and Rex's idea of camping involves a trailer with a kitchen and a TV set. Didi tells them that real camping means sleeping in a tent. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_e563bf09 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_e5d37e0f | type |
Divergent Character Evolution | |
| Shining Time Station / int_e5d37e0f | comment |
Divergent Character Evolution: Tex and Rex started as Single-Minded Twins. As the series wore on, Tex became more sedentary and laid-back, while Rex was more outgoing and more likely to leave their spot and take the centerstage. During songs where they get split up, you can tell which is which by where they are and what they're doing. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_e5d37e0f | |
| Shining Time Station / int_e6291d05 | type |
Percussive Maintenance | |
| Shining Time Station / int_e6291d05 | comment |
Percussive Maintenance: There are times someone would try shaking the Jukebox machine. Nothing happens except everyone inside gets shaken up. | |
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1.0 | |
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Shining Time Station / int_e6291d05 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_eb81c601 | type |
Big Damn Heroes | |
| Shining Time Station / int_eb81c601 | comment |
Big Damn Heroes: Stacy and J.B. King in "Queen for a Day". They take a switcher out of the yard to cut off the jewel thieves at a crossing, saving Schemer and the Queen. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_eb81c601 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f05444a4 | type |
Once per Episode | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f05444a4 | comment |
Once per Episode: The Thomas stories, the musical number from the jukebox, the music video from the picture machine (although this only appears in maybe half of the episodesnote And even then, some of them come from a tunnel in the mural called the "Anything Tunnel".). | |
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Shining Time Station / int_f05444a4 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f08e7a13 | type |
Clothespin Nose Plug | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f08e7a13 | comment |
Clothespin Nose Plug: In "Stacy Cleans Up", the local dump closes and as a result, garbage bags pile up around the station. Rusty McRail, an engineer with a trainload of garbage keeps picking up more, but no one wants to let him unload his train in their town. The odor of the garbage becomes so pungent that everyone in the station wears clothespins on their noses to block out the smell. Eventually, the solution is to weed the recyclable materials out to reduce the volume. Once the task is complete and Rusty is able to take his train to the new recycling center, Becky is relieved that everyone can use the clothespins the way they were meant to be used; to hang up their clothes! | |
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Shining Time Station / int_f08e7a13 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f1356f5e | type |
Speaks Fluent Animal | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f1356f5e | comment |
Speaks Fluent Animal: Mr. Conductor sometimes mentions conversations he's had in animals, and in "A Dog's Life" uses this ability to discover that the dog Schemer found belongs to Ginny. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_f1356f5e | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f19e8a55 | type |
Bad "Bad Acting" | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f19e8a55 | comment |
Bad "Bad Acting": The play in "Billy's Runaway Train". | |
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Shining Time Station / int_f19e8a55 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f2dadf81 | type |
Evil Twin | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f2dadf81 | comment |
Evil Twin: George Carlin's Mr. Conductor had one that could be brought to life from a picture with sparkle dust and caused trouble around the station. This may have also been what introduced kids to George Carlin's darker side, and since then, the episodes with Mr. C's evil twin have gained a somewhat small following. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_f2dadf81 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f432c6bf | type |
Glad I Thought of It | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f432c6bf | comment |
Glad I Thought of It: Schemer does this in one of the episodes. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_f432c6bf | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f5a3e496 | type |
Suspiciously Similar Substitute | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f5a3e496 | comment |
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: The second season replaced half the cast with different characters in essentially the same role: Matt and Tanya were displaced by Dan, Kara and Becky; Harry was replaced with Billy Twofeathers; and Mr. Conductor was replaced with... a different Mr. Conductor.note Or maybe not; you can never tell with this show...or even the movie where Alec Baldwin plays Mr. Conductor. The in-universe reasons for all of this are laid out at the beginning of the second season's first episode. Subverted in a few episodes of season 2, in which Matt and Tanya make sporadic appearances alongside the new cast of kids (mostly for group activities like baseball). | |
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-0.3 | |
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Shining Time Station / int_f5a3e496 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f8e52439 | type |
Birthday Episode | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f8e52439 | comment |
Birthday Episode: In "Two Old Hands", it's Harry's birthday, and Matt, Tanya, and Stacy prepare a surprise party for him. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_f8e52439 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f9c3ecc6 | type |
Series Fauxnale | |
| Shining Time Station / int_f9c3ecc6 | comment |
Series Fauxnale: "How the Station Got Its Name" was produced with the knowledge it might be the final episode, though the specials were being discussed at that point and there was no wrap party. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_f9c3ecc6 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_fb17af62 | type |
Rhymes on a Dime | |
| Shining Time Station / int_fb17af62 | comment |
Rhymes on a Dime: Mr. Conductor's evil twin. Mr. Conductor, who Speaks Fluent Animal, claims that parakeets will bend the truth if they can make it rhyme. | |
| Shining Time Station / int_fb17af62 | featureApplicability |
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Shining Time Station / int_fb17af62 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_fb9e0265 | type |
Team Dad | |
| Shining Time Station / int_fb9e0265 | comment |
Team Dad: Billy Twofeathers. He also tends to the voice of reason whenever Mr. Conductor is absent and also frequently offers fatherly advice and support, as well as occasional discipline, to practically everyone at Shining Time Station. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_fb9e0265 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_fb9e25e9 | type |
Team Mom | |
| Shining Time Station / int_fb9e25e9 | comment |
Team Mom: Stacy Jones. She tends to be the voice of reason along with Mr. Conductor and Billy, and frequently offers motherly advice and support, as well as occasional discipline, to practically everyone at Shining Time Station. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_fb9e25e9 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_fdbd6283 | type |
Lemonade Stand Plot | |
| Shining Time Station / int_fdbd6283 | comment |
Lemonade Stand Plot: In "Sweet and Sour", Dan, Becky, and Kara start their own lemonade stand in the station, which also sells cookies. When Schemer and his nephew, Schemee become the kids' business partners, they encourage them to raise the prices and decrease the quality of their products. When Midge Smoot buys some cookies and finds out how awful they taste, she gets upset with Schemer. | |
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Shining Time Station / int_fdbd6283 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_fe0330fb | type |
Brick Joke | |
| Shining Time Station / int_fe0330fb | comment |
Brick Joke: The Jukebox Band's slogan entry in "Jingle, Jingle, Jingle". | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Shining Time Station / int_fe0330fb | |
| Shining Time Station / int_fe2d13b3 | type |
Before I Change My Mind | |
| Shining Time Station / int_fe2d13b3 | comment |
Before I Change My Mind: Uttered by Schemer when he gives the kids his prize money in "Once Upon a Time". | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shining Time Station | hasFeature |
Shining Time Station / int_fe2d13b3 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_feb72f62 | type |
Literal Genie | |
| Shining Time Station / int_feb72f62 | comment |
Literal Genie: The wishing star. It doesn't seem to realize that Schemer is being sarcastic when he wishes he and Stacy could switch places or when the mayor is speaking metaphorically about "ascending" and "rising above". | |
| Shining Time Station / int_feb72f62 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_feb72f62 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shining Time Station | hasFeature |
Shining Time Station / int_feb72f62 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_name | type |
ItemName | |
| Shining Time Station / int_name | comment |
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| Shining Time Station / int_name | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shining Time Station / int_name | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shining Time Station | hasFeature |
Shining Time Station / int_name | |
| Shining Time Station / int_name | itemName |
Shining Time Station |
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