Episode
Chuggington: Zephie Ace Reporter
Overview
Zephie is given the important job of transporting newspaper reporter 'Rag' and photographer 'Snap.' They're doing a story about Morgan's new rail-going cycle, which Zephie isn't happy about. It's her job to take Morgan places! She feels threatened and wonders if she should find a new job. Rag lets her wear his press pass just for fun, and forgets to retrieve it.
Details
- Series
- Chuggington
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 29
- Air date
- 2009-04-08
- Runtime
- 10 min
Episode context
Zephie Ace Reporter is Episode 29 in Season 1 of Chuggington. It aired on 2009-04-08. The runtime is 10 min.
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Episode 28: Frostini's Fruit Fandango
Wilson is assisting Frostini as he creates a new flavour for the mayor's banquet: Chugstastic Chewy Cheesecake! But they discover that the mayor's wife is allergic to cheese. Frostini will have to come up with something else by tonight! Wilson tries to help, but ends up causing the mixing machine to explode covering everything in ice cream. Annoyed, Frostini sends Wilson to the chugwash.
Episode 30: Famous Emery
The chuggers have often told Emery that he is so funny, he should be on the stage. So when a TV crew comes to make a documentary about Chuggington, Emery sees his chance for stardom. The TV crew love how he jokes about the other chuggers - and they decide to have him do the narration for the documentary.
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Episode 25: Wilson and the Ice Cream
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Episode 33: Zephie's Monkey Business
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Episode 24: Koko Pulls It Off
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