Tomato soup is often paired with a grilled cheese sandwich, toast, crumpet or English muffin. She was counted as "thinking man's crumpet", alongside Joan Bakewell, Joanna Lumley and Felicity Kendal. A Crumpet remarks that Barmy and Pongo underwent an ordeal that nearly ended their friendship. The Crumpet, having heard about what happened from Barmy, narrates the following story. Stewart Lee uses the phrase "crumpet man's thinker" in his stand-up, referring to Andrew Graham-Dixon. Crumpet and Sparky pick up Allie's dad just in time for Christmas morning. Another crumpet, Captain Maggot, has taken a leave. Uncle Horace arrives, and the Crumpet discovers that "Uncle" Horace is actually Oofy's distant cousin. A knowledgeable Crumpet tells an Egg and a Bean that Freddie cannot stand cats. A Scottish crumpet is broadly similar to the pikelet of parts of northern England. The English word "crumpet" may be derived from crempog or Cornish "krampoeth". To help Santa Claus, she sends two elves, Crumpet (John Salley) and Sparky (Bill Fagerbakke). Arterton describes her character as "the thinking man's crumpet". He lives in isolation upon Mt. Crumpet with his dog Max. Trumpeter Alison Balsom is sometimes referred to as the "trumpet crumpet".