Quarantine (TUGS episode)
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"Quarantine" was the seventh episode of the children's series TUGS. The title referred to the main focus of the story - the newly introduced Quarantine regulation in Bigg City.
[edit] Brief Synopsis
Due to increasingly warm weather in Bigg City, many foreign tramp steamers are put under quarantine, under the risk of them being diseased. Despite his engine troubles and fears of being scrapped, old O.J manages to sort things out when an old tramper causes confusion.
[edit] Notes
- First and only appearance of Nantucket (the infected Tramp Steamer)
- The Fulton Ferry's only main focus appearance - she later features (completely unmodified) in Thomas the Tank Engine in 1998
- This episode introduces Burke and Blair's first dialogue
- Hercules, Big Mac, Zebedee, Zak and Captain Zero are not featured in this episode
- Cameos by Warrior and Zip
- This is the second episode in which Warrior is not the Main/Central character.
- This is the only episode not to feature Big Mac.
[edit] Featured Characters
- Captain Star
- Ten Cents
- OJ
- Top Hat
- Warrior (minor cameo)
- Sunshine
- Grampus
- Zorran
- Zug
- Zip (minor cameo)
- Fulton Ferry
- Fire Tug
- Coast Guard
- Burke & Blair
- Mighty Moe
- Nantucket
Director: Chris Tulloch
