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* {{Foil}}: Smokebox Syndrome is this to Metal Fatigue: Both are the most terrifying diseases to non-faceless vehicles, yet Smokebox Syndrome only affects steam engines, while Metal Fatigue affects all types. Smokebox Syndrome is also rather simple to treat, whereas treatment for Metal Fatigue can,and often will, result in death.

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* {{Foil}}: Smokebox Syndrome is this to Metal Fatigue: Both are the most terrifying diseases to non-faceless vehicles, yet Smokebox Syndrome only affects steam engines, while Metal Fatigue affects all types. Smokebox Syndrome is also rather simple to treat, whereas treatment for Metal Fatigue can,and can, and often will, result in death.
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** Neil's answer to Kate's questions being "I don't know."

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** Neil's answer to Kate's questions being "I don't know."know".
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Played for laughs: this version of [[WesternAnimation/PostmanPat Patrick Clifton]] ''hates'' his cat.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: Played for laughs: while still a friendly and amicable person, this version of [[WesternAnimation/PostmanPat Patrick Clifton]] ''hates'' his cat.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Matthew is talking to Pat, a workman comes up and asks for Matthew to move out of the way for Kate to come through. In the shot where the workman's back is facing us, Par is nowhere to be seen. Sure enough, when Kate comes through, she sees Matthew talking to thin air.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Matthew is talking to Pat, a workman comes up and asks for Matthew to move out of the way for Kate to come through. In the shot where the workman's back is facing us, Par Pat is nowhere to be seen. Sure enough, when Kate comes through, she sees Matthew talking to thin air.



* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Matthew admits that he retired because he found the work at the lumberyard to be too much in his old age. That, and he didn't want to let [[TrueCompanions his brothers]] retire without him.

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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Neil, Clive and Matthew admits that he all retired because he found the they were finding their work at the lumberyard to be too much in his old age. That, unengaging, overwhelming or both, and he didn't want to let [[TrueCompanions his brothers]] retire without him.decided they'd had enough.

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** Thomas and Kate apologise to each other for their words in “Relationships”.



* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Matthew admits that he retired because he found the work at the lumberyard to be too much in his old age. That, and he didn't want to let [[TrueCompanions his best friends]] retire without him.

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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Matthew admits that he retired because he found the work at the lumberyard to be too much in his old age. That, and he didn't want to let [[TrueCompanions his best friends]] brothers]] retire without him.
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* JustFriends: After recocilling, Kate and Thomas decide to be this.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Matthew is talking to Pat, a workman comes up and asks for Matthew to move out of the way for Kate to come through. In the shot where the workman's back is facing us, Par is nowhere to be seen. Sure enough, when Kate comes through, she sees Matthew talking to thin air.



* ShoutOut: [[WesternAnimation/PostmanPat A postman named Patrick Clifton.]]
* WhamLine: Matthew being told that Pat died in 1925.

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[[WesternAnimation/PostmanPat A postman named Patrick Clifton.]]
** An unintentional one with [[Webvideo/GameTheory Matt and Pat.]]
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** Neil's answer to Kate's questions being "I don't know."
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Matthew being told that Pat died in 1925.
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* CerebusRetcon: It turns out that Neil's "senior moments" are actually memory loss caused by Smokebox Syndrome.

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* CerebusRetcon: It turns out that Neil's ** A much darker callback to the previous episode occurs when Neil starts having more "senior moments" are actually memory loss caused by moments", which turn out to be a symptom of Smokebox Syndrome.
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* CerebusRetcon: It turns out that Neil's "senior moments" are actually memory loss caused by Smokebox Syndrome.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: Played for laughs: This version of [[WesternAnimation/PostmanPat Patrick Clifton]] ''hates'' his cat.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: Played for laughs: This this version of [[WesternAnimation/PostmanPat Patrick Clifton]] ''hates'' his cat.



* BloodyHallucinationsOfGuilt: As Matthew is confronted with the truth about Pat, a puddle of blood forms under the postman's feet, and he begs Matthew not to 'do this to him, not again' before fading away.



* ItsAllMyFault: Matthew's hallucination of Pat comes from intense guilt - he accidentally caused the man's death in 1925. Matt blamed himself for the accident, which manifested as being able to see and talk to Pat when nobody else could.

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* ItsAllMyFault: Matthew's hallucination of Pat comes from intense his feelings of guilt - he for accidentally caused causing the man's death in 1925. Matt blamed himself for the accident, which manifested as being able to see and talk to Pat when nobody else could.1925.


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* NoOSHACompliance: As foreshadowed in [[Recap/StoriesOfSodorS5E3Enthusiasts "Enthusiasts"]], the numerous safety violations found at the Marston Heights coal mine leads to BR shutting it down.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: Played for laughs: This version of [[WesternAnimation/PostmanPat Patrick Clifton]] ''hates'' his cat.



* CallBack: The lawsuit from Avery Halifax's death in [[StoriesOfSodorS5E3Enthusiasts "Enthusiasts"]] leads to an investigation that reveals numerous safety violations at Marston Heights, leading to the coal mine being shut down. Thankfully, Marston Heights is preserved as a heritage railway.

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* CallBack: The lawsuit from Avery Halifax's death in [[StoriesOfSodorS5E3Enthusiasts [[Recap/StoriesOfSodorS5E3Enthusiasts "Enthusiasts"]] leads to an investigation that reveals numerous safety violations at Marston Heights, leading to the coal mine being shut down. Thankfully, Marston Heights is preserved as a heritage railway.


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* ItsAllMyFault: Matthew's hallucination of Pat comes from intense guilt - he accidentally caused the man's death in 1925. Matt blamed himself for the accident, which manifested as being able to see and talk to Pat when nobody else could.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Matthew admits that he retired because he found the work at the lumberyard to be too much in his old age. That, and he didn't want to let [[TrueCompanions his best friends]] retire without him.
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* CallBack: The lawsuit from Avery Halifax's death in [[StoriesOfSodorS5E3Enthusiasts "Enthusiasts"]] leads to an investigation that reveals numerous safety violations at Marston Heights, leading to the coal mine being shut down. Thankfully, Marston Heights is preserved as a heritage railway.
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* SanitySlippage: Neil and Matthew suffer from this temporarily as a result of Smokebox Syndrome.
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* ShoutOut: [[WesternAnimation/A postman named Patrick Clifton.]]

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* ShoutOut: [[WesternAnimation/A [[WesternAnimation/PostmanPat A postman named Patrick Clifton.]]
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Sodor's first heritage railway is created, with Neil, Clive, and Matthew serving as it's fleet.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: Neil, Clive, and Matthew gain a red livery in this episode.
* AmicableExes: Thomas and Kate make up in this episode, but they stay as friends.
* {{Foil}}: Smokebox Syndrome is this to Metal Fatigue: Both are the most terrifying diseases to non-faceless vehicles, yet Smokebox Syndrome only affects steam engines, while Metal Fatigue affects all types. Smokebox Syndrome is also rather simple to treat, whereas treatment for Metal Fatigue can,and often will, result in death.
* OnlySaneMan: Clive is a rather tragic version of this, with Matthew talking to a postman that only he can see, and Neil experiences memory loss.
* ShoutOut: [[WesternAnimation/A postman named Patrick Clifton.]]
* WhamLine: Matthew being told that Pat died in 1925.

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