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1	'''Air date''': June 4th, 2013 (UK)
2	[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smakeover22_4215.png]]
3	[[caption-width-right:280:Watch your back, [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} Tamatoa]].]]
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5	The Fat Controller notices that Scruff's paint is getting rusty so he decides it's time he had a makeover. Scruff is sent to the Steamworks to be painted, but how can he stay shiny and clean working at the Waste Dump?
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7	!!Tropes featured in the episode:
8	* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Scruff, after his new coat of paint garners him compliments from the other engines.
9	* AnAesop: It's important to be clean, but you shouldn't be obsessive over it otherwise you can't do your job.
10	* ADayInTheLimelight: For Scruff.
11	* JerkassHasAPoint: While all the other engines try to warn Scruff of his job, it is Gordon's more blunt advice that finally brings him back down to earth.
12	* LeaveMeAlone: None of the other engines want to switch jobs with Scruff.
13	* NeatFreak: Scruff becomes this after his makeover, wanting to keep his new paintwork clean by finding a new job that isn't so dirty. Unfortunately for him, none of the other engines need any help with their work, except for Whiff.
14	* ThePigPen: Scruff, which pivots the plot.
15	* SeriousBusiness: After Scruff is cleaned up, he is determined not to get dirty once.
16	* WhatTheHellHero: Gordon delivers a light, matter of fact one to Scruff, setting off his HeelRealization:
17	-->'''Gordon:''' You may be shiny and clean, but if you don't do your job then you're not a really useful engine anymore.

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