- “It's a competition. I've only done three jobs.”
”I've done three jobs too. That makes it a draw!”
”Wait a minute, you did four jobs.”
“I did?”
“Yeah, you fixed my guitar. It's in tune now.” - ―Koko, Hodge and Eddie
Helpful Hodge is the thirty-ninth episode of the first season.
Plot
Koko and Hodge decide to have a competition of who gets the most jobs done in a day. Unfortunately for Hodge, there isn't much for him to do and Eddie wants to focus on fixing his guitar. Hodge desperately tries to find things for him and Eddie to repair, causing more harm than good. At the end of the day, Hodge still ends up winning the competition by accidentally fixing Eddie's guitar by catching it with a magnet car.
Characters
- Koko
- Old Puffer Pete
- Emery
- Hodge
- Irving
- Vee
- Eddie
- Dunbar (cameo)
- Calley (cameo)
- Zephie (cameo)
- Harrison (cameo)
- Chatsworth (cameo)
- Olwin (cameo)
- Lori (cameo)
- Dr. Gosling (cameo)
Rolling Stock
Locations
- The Depot
- The Building Site
- The Saw Mill
- The Paper Mill (mentioned)
Cast
UK
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US
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Trivia
- Going by production order, this is the thirty-third episode of the first season.
- This marks the first episode to be written by James Mason.
- At the end of the episode, Eddie plays a snippet of the Honk Your Horns opening theme on his guitar.
Goofs
- Hodge's left wiper clips through his roof on two occasions at the start of the episode.
- During the scene of Koko helping Old Puffer Pete up the hill, part of the rear-end to Pete's running board is missing.
- When Koko arrives at the Saw Mill, her rear wheel trucks on her right-hand side are missing.
- Right before Eddie's guitar gets pulled in by the magnet, his shoes clip through the floor.
- In the upload on the Official UK YouTube Channel, the video uses the US dub rather than the UK dub.
Other Languages
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
 Czech
|
Užitečný Brbla |
 Finnish
|
Avulias Max |
 French
|
Hodge la loco serviable |
 German
|
Hilfsbereiter Hodge |
 Hungarian
|
Hodge segít |
 Italian
|
Max sfida Koko |
 Japanese
|
ココとホッジのお仕事競争 |
 Latin American Spanish
|
Hodge el Servicial |
 Polish
|
Uczynny Hugo |
 Russian
|
Спор Ходжа и Коко |
 Slovak
|
Užitočný Brbľoš |
 Slovenian
|
Ustrežljivi Rok |
 Turkish
|
Yardımsever Hodge |