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* IronicEcho:
-->'''James''': "I am a splendid engine. Ready for anything. You never see my paint dirty."
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-->'''Toby''': "It's James' shape. But James is a splendid red engine and you never see his paint dirty."
* {{Jerkass}}: James spends the beginning of Dirty Objects being an asshole to Toby, but the karma gods, embodied in the form of the Troublesome Trucks, are not mocked. In the mid-section, they send James crashing into tar wagons.
-->'''James''': "I am a splendid engine. Ready for anything. You never see my paint dirty."
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-->'''Toby''': "It's James' shape. But James is a splendid red engine and you never see his paint dirty."
* {{Jerkass}}: James spends the beginning of Dirty Objects being an asshole to Toby, but the karma gods, embodied in the form of the Troublesome Trucks, are not mocked. In the mid-section, they send James crashing into tar wagons.
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* DoomedHometown: Toby's Old Tramway.
* EurekaMoment: Thomas tells The Fat Controller that everyone will say that he will look like a tram if he wears his cowcatchers. The word "tram" gives The Fat Controller an idea...
* EurekaMoment: Thomas tells The Fat Controller that everyone will say that he will look like a tram if he wears his cowcatchers. The word "tram" gives The Fat Controller an idea...
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* DoomedHometown: Toby's Old Tramway.
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* EurekaMoment: Thomas tells The Fat Controller that everyone will say thathe will he’ll look like a tram if he wears his cowcatchers. The word "tram" gives The Fat Controller an idea...
* EurekaMoment: Thomas tells The Fat Controller that everyone will say that
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* ArtefactTitle: Toby's mostly a side character in his own book; "Thomas in Trouble" follows Thomas and mostly serves as to how Toby got brought to the Fat Controller's railway, "Dirty Objects" is mostly about James, and "Mrs. Kyndley's Christmas" is primarily Thomas with Toby mostly appearing at the end.
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* BreakTheHaughty: The troublesome trucks create trouble for a blunt James.
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* BreakTheHaughty: The troublesome trucks create trouble for a blunt prideful James.
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* ChekhovsGunman: The stout gentleman’s grandson Stephen, who becomes the Fat Controller for Christopher Awdry’s books.
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* ChekhovsGunman: The stout gentleman’s gentleman's grandson Stephen, who becomes the Fat Controller for Christopher Awdry’s Awdry's books.
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* InspectorJavert: The new policeman in "Thomas in Trouble", who enforces more obscure laws that nobody really cares about. (WordOfGod states that he was later transferred to another patch after issuing parking fines to the vicar of Ffarquhar, the local quarry owner, the chief of the local Bench of Magistrates, and his own sergeant).
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* InspectorJavert: The new policeman in "Thomas in Trouble", who enforces more obscure laws that nobody really cares about. (WordOfGod states that he was later [[ReassignedToAntarctica transferred to another patch patch]] after issuing parking fines to the vicar of Ffarquhar, the local quarry owner, the chief of the local Bench of Magistrates, and his own sergeant).
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* BreakTheHaughty: The troublesome trucks create trouble for a blunt James.
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* HaveAGayOldTime: In the foreword, Toby is described as having a "queer shape".
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The closing of Toby's tramway mirrors the closing of the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway in East Anglia, where Toby's real-life equivalents, the GER/LNER J70 steam trams, operated. Unlike Toby, they weren't as lucky.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The closing of Toby's tramway mirrors the closing of the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway in East Anglia, where Toby's real-life equivalents, the GER/LNER J70 steam trams, operated. The steam trams were retired and replaced by diesels a year after the book was published, with the line shutting down in 1966. Unlike Toby, they weren't as lucky.
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* InspectorJavert: The new policeman in "Thomas in Trouble", who enforces more obscure laws that nobody really cares about.
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* InspectorJavert: The new policeman in "Thomas in Trouble", who enforces more obscure laws that nobody really cares about. (WordOfGod states that he was later transferred to another patch after issuing parking fines to the vicar of Ffarquhar, the local quarry owner, the chief of the local Bench of Magistrates, and his own sergeant).
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* TimeSkip: The events of this book takes place in 1951, which was 16 years after the events of ''Henry the Green Engine''.
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* MeaningfulName: Mrs. Kyndley ("kindly").
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* ShoutOut: "Mrs. Kyndley's Christmas" is this (intentionally or unintentionally) to a similar story in ''Literature/TheRailwayChildren''.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The closing of Toby's tramway mirrors the closing of the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway in East Anglia, where Toby's real-life equivalents, the GER/LNER J70 steam trams, operated. Unlike Toby, they weren't as lucky.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The closing of Toby's tramway mirrors the closing of the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway in East Anglia, where Toby's real-life equivalents, the GER/LNER J70 steam trams, operated.
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* ChekhovsGunman: The stout gentleman’s grandson Stephen, who becomes the Fat Controller for Christopher Awdry’s books.
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* GreeneyedMonster: Implied in the end of "Thomas in Trouble" where Thomas was said to be jealous of Toby, but then became friends with him.
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* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe. Toby reminds James of the bootlace incident.
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* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe. OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Toby reminds James of the bootlace incident.
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* {{Jerkass}}: The new policeman in "Thomas in Trouble" and James in "Dirty Objects".
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* '''Toby and the Stout Gentleman''': Toby is a tram engine who works a tramway with a coach named Henrietta. One day, a stout gentleman and his grandchildren notice Toby. Although Toby is offended when Bridget, the stout gentleman's granddaughter, calls him "electric", he cheers up after giving them a ride and the stout gentleman thanks Toby. The family comes for a fortnight, then leave. Months pass, and Toby's tramway closes down. But, next morning, Toby is woken with a surprise when his crew receive a letter from the stout gentleman.
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* '''Toby and the Stout Gentleman''': Toby is a tram engine who works a tramway with a coach named Henrietta. One day, a stout gentleman and his grandchildren notice Toby. Although Toby is offended when Bridget, the stout gentleman's granddaughter, calls him "electric", he cheers up after giving he gives them a ride and the stout gentleman thanks Toby. The family comes come for a fortnight, then leave. Months pass, and Toby's tramway closes down. But, next morning, Toby is woken with a surprise when his crew receive a letter from the stout gentleman.
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* '''Mrs. Kindley's Christmas''': Mrs. Kyndley is an elderly lady who lives in a cottage near the line. Although she waves to Thomas every day as he passes, she falls ill and no longer has the energy to wave. One rainy December morning, Thomas makes his way up to Ffarquhar when a dressing-gown waving from Mrs. Kyndley's window stops him. While the driver and a doctor go to see what the matter is, the fireman discovers that the gown was used to warn them about a landslide. The next day, Thomas, Toby, Henrietta, Annie and Clarabel and the Fat Controller go to the cottage to thank her. The Fat Controller offers her tickets to Bournemouth, where she recovers from her illness.
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* '''Mrs. Kindley's Kyndley's Christmas''': Mrs. Kyndley is an elderly lady who lives in a cottage near the line. Although she waves to Thomas every day as he passes, she falls ill and no longer has the energy to wave. One rainy December morning, Thomas makes is making his way up to Ffarquhar when a red dressing-gown waving from Mrs. Kyndley's window stops him. While the driver and a doctor go to see what the matter is, the fireman discovers that the gown was used to warn them about a landslide. The next day, Thomas, Toby, Henrietta, Annie and Clarabel and the Fat Controller go to the cottage to thank her. The Fat Controller offers her tickets to Bournemouth, where she recovers can recover from her illness.
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* EurekaMoment: Thomas tells The Fat Controller that everyone will say that he will look like a tram if he wears his cowcatchers. The word "tram" gave The Fat Controller an idea...
* TheFreelanceShameSquad: Percy and Toby were tease James for being covered in tar.
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* EurekaMoment: Thomas tells The Fat Controller that everyone will say that he will look like a tram if he wears his cowcatchers. The word "tram" gave gives The Fat Controller an idea...
* TheFreelanceShameSquad: Percy and Tobywere tease James for being covered in tar.
* TheFreelanceShameSquad: Percy and Toby
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''Toby the Tram Engine'' is the seventh book of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' published in 1952. The four stories are:
* '''Toby and the Stout Gentleman''': Toby is a tram engine who works a tramway with a coach named Henrietta. One day, a stout gentleman and his grandchildren notice Toby. Although Toby is offended when Bridget, the stout gentleman's granddaughter, calls him "electric", he cheers up after giving them a ride and the stout gentleman thanks Toby. The family comes for a fortnight, then leave. Months pass, and Toby's tramway closes down. But, next morning, Toby is woken with a surprise when his crew receive a letter from the stout gentleman.
* '''Thomas in Trouble''': Thomas is bringing some trucks down from the quarry when he surprises a policeman, who tells him he is breaking the law by going across a public road without cowcatchers and sideplates. Thomas is upset, and the Fat Controller has to leave his breakfast to talk to the policeman, who tells him he cannot change the law. A comment by Thomas makes the Fat Controller remember his holiday, and a certain tram engine. A few days later, Toby arrives to help at the quarry, and after he scares the policeman he and Thomas become friends.
* '''Dirty Objects''': James makes fun of Toby and Henrietta for having shabby paint. When Toby makes a snide comment about bootlaces, James huffs off to get a "slow goods" train. He bumps the trucks so badly they decide to pay him out. As he goes over Gordon's Hill, the trucks push him down into two tar wagons and Toby and Percy come to his aid. The Fat Controller congratulates Toby and Percy for their work, and promises Toby and Henrietta a new coat of paint.
* '''Mrs. Kindley's Christmas''': Mrs. Kyndley is an elderly lady who lives in a cottage near the line. Although she waves to Thomas every day as he passes, she falls ill and no longer has the energy to wave. One rainy December morning, Thomas makes his way up to Ffarquhar when a dressing-gown waving from Mrs. Kyndley's window stops him. While the driver and a doctor go to see what the matter is, the fireman discovers that the gown was used to warn them about a landslide. The next day, Thomas, Toby, Henrietta, Annie and Clarabel and the Fat Controller go to the cottage to thank her. The Fat Controller offers her tickets to Bournemouth, where she recovers from her illness.
!!The book contains examples of:
* BerserkButton:
** For Toby, being referred as "electric".
** James gets angry when Toby reminds him of the bootlace incident.
* CoolOldGuy: Toby.
* TheDandy: James.
* DeadpanSnarker: Toby gives James a snarky reply about his red paint.
-->'''Toby''': Oh, so that's why you needed bootlaces, to be red-dy I suppose.
* DoomedHometown: Toby's Old Tramway.
* EurekaMoment: Thomas tells The Fat Controller that everyone will say that he will look like a tram if he wears his cowcatchers. The word "tram" gave The Fat Controller an idea...
* TheFreelanceShameSquad: Percy and Toby were tease James for being covered in tar.
* GreeneyedMonster: Implied in the end of "Thomas in Trouble" where Thomas was said to be jealous of Toby, but then became friends with him.
* {{Jerkass}}: The new policeman in "Thomas in Trouble" and James in "Dirty Objects".
* LaserGuidedKarma: James crashing into tar wagons.
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe. Toby reminds James of the bootlace incident.
* StickySituation: James getting stuck in sticky tar.
* WartsAndAll: The new policeman.
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* '''Toby and the Stout Gentleman''': Toby is a tram engine who works a tramway with a coach named Henrietta. One day, a stout gentleman and his grandchildren notice Toby. Although Toby is offended when Bridget, the stout gentleman's granddaughter, calls him "electric", he cheers up after giving them a ride and the stout gentleman thanks Toby. The family comes for a fortnight, then leave. Months pass, and Toby's tramway closes down. But, next morning, Toby is woken with a surprise when his crew receive a letter from the stout gentleman.
* '''Thomas in Trouble''': Thomas is bringing some trucks down from the quarry when he surprises a policeman, who tells him he is breaking the law by going across a public road without cowcatchers and sideplates. Thomas is upset, and the Fat Controller has to leave his breakfast to talk to the policeman, who tells him he cannot change the law. A comment by Thomas makes the Fat Controller remember his holiday, and a certain tram engine. A few days later, Toby arrives to help at the quarry, and after he scares the policeman he and Thomas become friends.
* '''Dirty Objects''': James makes fun of Toby and Henrietta for having shabby paint. When Toby makes a snide comment about bootlaces, James huffs off to get a "slow goods" train. He bumps the trucks so badly they decide to pay him out. As he goes over Gordon's Hill, the trucks push him down into two tar wagons and Toby and Percy come to his aid. The Fat Controller congratulates Toby and Percy for their work, and promises Toby and Henrietta a new coat of paint.
* '''Mrs. Kindley's Christmas''': Mrs. Kyndley is an elderly lady who lives in a cottage near the line. Although she waves to Thomas every day as he passes, she falls ill and no longer has the energy to wave. One rainy December morning, Thomas makes his way up to Ffarquhar when a dressing-gown waving from Mrs. Kyndley's window stops him. While the driver and a doctor go to see what the matter is, the fireman discovers that the gown was used to warn them about a landslide. The next day, Thomas, Toby, Henrietta, Annie and Clarabel and the Fat Controller go to the cottage to thank her. The Fat Controller offers her tickets to Bournemouth, where she recovers from her illness.
!!The book contains examples of:
* BerserkButton:
** For Toby, being referred as "electric".
** James gets angry when Toby reminds him of the bootlace incident.
* CoolOldGuy: Toby.
* TheDandy: James.
* DeadpanSnarker: Toby gives James a snarky reply about his red paint.
-->'''Toby''': Oh, so that's why you needed bootlaces, to be red-dy I suppose.
* DoomedHometown: Toby's Old Tramway.
* EurekaMoment: Thomas tells The Fat Controller that everyone will say that he will look like a tram if he wears his cowcatchers. The word "tram" gave The Fat Controller an idea...
* TheFreelanceShameSquad: Percy and Toby were tease James for being covered in tar.
* GreeneyedMonster: Implied in the end of "Thomas in Trouble" where Thomas was said to be jealous of Toby, but then became friends with him.
* {{Jerkass}}: The new policeman in "Thomas in Trouble" and James in "Dirty Objects".
* LaserGuidedKarma: James crashing into tar wagons.
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe. Toby reminds James of the bootlace incident.
* StickySituation: James getting stuck in sticky tar.
* WartsAndAll: The new policeman.
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