Toby Feels Left Out

"Toby, you may be old, but you are far too useful to be put in the museum!"

- The Fat Controller reassuring Toby

Toby Feels Left Out is the twelfth episode of the ninth series.

Plot
It is springtime on the Island of Sodor and the Fat Controller announces to the engines at Tidmouth Sheds that the new Sodor Museum is opening soon, and all his engines will be repainted. Later at Knapford station, James tells Toby about the museum and their repaints, but Toby has not been informed about this. James suggests that he must be left out. That night, Toby keeps worrying about what James said. In the morning, he meets Thomas at Abbey and jumps to the conclusion that the Fat Controller has decided to put him in the museum. Thomas tells Toby to ask the Fat Controller, but Toby does not want to know the truth. Thomas departs, saying that really useful engines are really busy ones.

Toby decides to keep himself busy so as to convince the Fat Controller that he is really useful enough not to be a museum piece. So when the Fat Controller orders Emily to go for her repaint, Toby offers to take the flour in her place and he scurries away before the Fat Controller has a chance to finish talking to him. After delivering the flour to the docks, Toby sees the Fat Controller again and scurries off once more. Toby offers to take Annie and Clarabel whilst Thomas has his repaint, deliver coal from the coal mine in James' place, and then shunts stone trucks at the quarry for Percy.

Then, Toby sees the Fat Controller nearby and scurries away again, only to derail by reversing into a large stone blocking his track, damaging his rear axle and cowcatcher in the process. The Fat Controller demands an explanation as to why Toby has been evading him. Toby tells the Fat Controller how he is worried that he will be put into the museum because he is a very old steam tram and not really useful anymore. The Fat Controller tells Toby that despite being old, he is far too useful to go into a museum, especially as he has been working hard for everyone else all day. The Fat Controller goes on to tell Toby what he had been trying to say all day: Toby was to get washed and polished so that he could take the important visitors to the opening ceremony of the new museum.

After his repairs, wash and polish, Toby is very happy to be a really useful tram engine and takes the important visitors to the opening of the new Sodor Museum.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Sir Topham hatt
 * Emily
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * The Dockyard Manager
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Cranky
 * Big Mickey

Locations

 * Dryaw
 * Dryaw Airfield
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Tidmouth Engine Works
 * Knapford
 * Toby's Shed
 * Abbey
 * Sodor Flour Mill
 * Brendam Docks
 * Bluff's Cove
 * The Coal Mines
 * The Repair Yard
 * Ffarquhar Quarry
 * Sodor Museum
 * The Church Runby

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the eighth episode of the ninth series.
 * This episode marks the first of a few things:
 * The first appearence of The Coal Mines since the fifth series episode, A Surprise for Percy.
 * The first time Toby is seen pulling a different coach (or coaches for any matter) rather than pulling Henrietta since Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
 * This episode marks the only time for two things:
 * The only episode written by Simon A. Brown.
 * The only episode to feature Toby's Museum Coach, although it appears in the Learning Segment What Goes Where?

Goofs

 * At the beginning, Henry has Gordon's whistle sound.
 * When Toby leaves Tidmouth Sheds, his steam platform is visible.
 * When Toby passes through Bluff's Cove, it is said he is taking Annie and Clarabel along Thomas' Branch Line. However, this is incorrect, as Bluff's Cove is actually on Duck's Branch Line.
 * In the overhead shot of Toby backing up at the quarry, a steam platform is visible. In the same shot, he visibly has no crew in either of his cabs.
 * In the overhead shot of Toby, trucks are in front of him, but when he is going to back up, there are no trucks.
 * Toby broke his rear cowcatchers, but when the narrator says "so Toby's axles and cowcatchers were repaired," the close-up is of his front cowcatchers, not his rear ones.
 * When Toby collides with the rock, his rear cowcatchers are not damaged (but they move slightly after he stops moving), his rear wheels stay on the rails and his eyes are wonky. In the close-up shot after, his rear wheels are on top of the rock and his cowcatcher is severely damaged.

Merchandise

 * Books - Toby Don't Cry and Thomas' Milkshake Muddle (book)
 * Magazine Stories - Toby Feels Left Out (magazine story)
 * Bachmann - Toby's Museum Coaches

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * On Track for Adventure
 * The Complete Series 9

DVD Boxsets

 * The Ultimate Collection
 * Classic Collection
 * Action Pack

US/CAN

 * Milkshake Muddle

DVD Boxsets

 * 4-Disc DVD Box Set

AUS

 * The Complete Series 9

DVD Packs

 * Complete Series 1-10
 * The Essential Collection
 * Series Nine and Series Ten Double Pack
 * Series Nine and The Great Discovery Double Pack

NOR/SWE/DK/FIN

 * Proud and Brave

CZ

 * Thomas and the New Contraption

MYS

 * Thomas' Milkshake Muddle and Other Adventures
 * Mighty Mac and Other Adventures
 * Tooty Holiday Compilation

ZA

 * Toby Feels Left Out

NL

 * Thomas and the Birthday Picnic

HUN

 * Bold and Brave

SPN

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 6

DVD Boxsets

 * First Season

JPN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine Series 9 Vol.2
 * There Are Lots Of Thomas & Friends

THA

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 28

KOR

 * Thomas the Little Engine and Friends Season 4 Vol. 1

HK

 * Thomas and Friends Volume 25

TWN
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 * Thomas and Friends Volume 13

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