Things that Go Ga-Hooga in the Night is the nineteenth episode of Shining Time Station.
Plot
Harry tries to convince Stacy that she doesn't need to stay over night in the station to sort out the mail for the Midnight Mail Train by showing her a little invention he made that sorts out the mail automatically. Stacy insists that she stays in case something happens. The thought of sleeping in the station gets Matt and Tanya excited as they want to sleep there too. Schemer tries to convince the kids this is a bad idea as there are many scary things in the dark like The Man with His Head on Backwards. Failing to do so Schemer devises a plan to scare the kids that very night.
As night falls the kids have trouble falling asleep as a story from both Harry and Mr. Conductor doesn't help. Matt and Tanya try to get some sleep but are awakened from sounds they hear outside the station. Meanwhile, Schemer comes in dressed as a ghost, thinking this wouldn't work he dresses himself up as The Man with His Head on Backwards, but this backfires on him. Soon everyone starts to fall asleep but only after Schemer gets the last laugh by scaring them with a quick "Good night!"
Cast and Characters
Main Cast
- Ringo Starr as Mr. Conductor
- Didi Conn as Stacy Jones
- Leonard Jackson as Harry Cupper
- Nicole Leach as Tanya Cupper
- Brian O'Connor as Schemer
- Jason Woliner as Matthew Jones
Flexitoon Puppeteers
- Peter Baird as Grace Bass
- Craig Marin as Rex
- Olga Marin as DiDi
- Alan Semok as Grace Bass
- Vaneese Thomas as Grace Bass
- Wayne White as Tex
Guest Starring
- Wendy Brackman as Herself
Thomas Stories
Jukebox Band Segment Song
- Clementine
Trivia
- Tanya is shown to have brought a Garfield pillow when she and Matt stay at the station for the night.
- Nicole Leach said in an interview with SiF that she had fond memories of this episode.
- Harry's recollects by footage from Burlington Northern: Portrait of a Railroad, Southern Pacific and The B&O's 8,000 Mile Birthday Party.
Quotes
- Tanya: I think Thomas was silly to imagine that Percy was really a ghost.
- Mr. Conductor: Our imaginations usually fill up more at night than during the daytime and Thomas has certainly did that night.
- Mr. Conductor: Percy was quite a sight. It was good, it was daytime. At night I don't know what they would have made of him.
- Stacy: Is that Schemer?
- Harry: I do believe it was.
- Stacy: Were his clothes on backwards?
- Harry: I do believe they were.
| #01 A Place Unlike Any Other | #10 Happy Accidents | #19 Things that Go Ga-Hooga in the Night |
| #02 Does it Bite? | #11 Ring in the Old | #20 Is This the End? |
| #03 And The Band Played Off | #12 Impractical Jokes | |
| #04 Pitching In and Helping Out | #13 Finders Keepers | |
| #05 Show and Yell | #14 Just Wild About Harry's Workshop | |
| #06 Faith, Hope and Anxiety | #15 Promises, Promises | |
| #07 Agree to Disagree | #16 Word's Out | |
| #08 Whistle While You Work | #17 Too Many Cooks | |
| #09 Two Old Hands | #18 Mapping It Out | |