Foduck the Vigilant

"My lifeboat's on fire! My lifeboat's on fire!"

-George

Foduck the Vigilant
Producer(s)	Andrew Cochran
Narrator	The Harbour Master (Denny Doherty)
Air date	July 8th 1993
Previous episode	The Dark and Scary Cove
Next episode	Different Strokes - Different Boats

Foduck the Vigilant is the fourth episode of the first season.

Plot

Foduck is about to earn his 'V-word' which will mean he can go out on the ocean. However, he is having trouble picking a name because he can't think of anything that makes him special. As he sees each tug, he asks what makes a tug really special. Hank says being smart, George says being strong, Emily says being a good worker, and Theodore says being part of a team. None of these seem to fit Foduck. But Foduck's friends notice that the safety tug always seems to see things that others miss, and his careful attention prevents accidents. But that night, when the tugs are asleep, George, who has been shooting sparks out of his stack, causes the crates on his lifeboat to catch fire! Foduck uses his siren to wake and alert the other tugs, who were very frightened, but no more than George. Luckily, Foduck uses his fire hose to put out the fire. The next day, Foduck gets his special V-Word, 'The Vigilant', which means someone who is always looking after each other, just like Foduck.

Characters

• Theodore
• Emily
• George
• Foduck
• Hank
• The Dispatcher
• Pearl (does not speak)
• Petra (does not speak)
• Margaree Pride (cameo)
• Donald Dock (cameo)
• Lilly (cameo)
• Benjamin Bridge (cameo)
• Chimey (cameo)
• Bedford (cameo)
• Phillip and Filmore (cameo)

Trivia

• This is the first and only episode where we see one of the main tugs officially get his V-Word.

Goofs

• When the orange crates in George's lifeboat light up on fire, George has his hat backwards, but in the next shot, it's forwards again.
• When Foduck gets the message about the storm, George's hat is crooked.
• When the tugs wake up and evacuate from their dock when they realize that George's lifeboat is on fire, Hank doesn't move from his dock.
• Strangely, The Dispatcher didn't wake up hearing Foduck's emergency siren.

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Waakzame Foduck	Foduck The Vigilant

Gallery

Hank and Foduck entering the harbor

Foduck's sonar

Hank's anchor

Broken dock

Sparks fly from George's stack

Mirrored angle shot of Foduck

Foduck, Emily, and Margaree Pride

Broken dock

Foduck spraying firefighting foam with his fire hose

The fire put out on George's lifeboat

George covered in foam

Cloth covering Foduck's back

Foduck's V-word

Seagull on Foduck's name

Watch

Theodore Tugboat-Foduck The Vigilant-2

English Dub

Theodoor Sleepboot-Waakzame Foduck (Foduck The Vigilant-Dutch)-0

Dutch Dub