Air date: September 6, 2019 (UK) August 3, 2019 (US)
Two suspicious figures lay a map onto a desk to confirm the location of King Godred's crown, laughing with certainty that it will soon be theirs.
At Ulfstead Castle, Toby has been asked by the Earl to work for him while Stephen is at the Steamworks. However, he is insulted by Diesel and two passengers who believe he looks too old-fashioned and belongs in a museum. Millie advises Toby to ignore them, but they continue to insult him during their tour of the castle grounds. Meanwhile, while onboard Toby's train, the two suspicious people from earlier notice a disused pump trolley laying off to the side of the tracks.
That evening, Millie and Glynn advise Toby to forget about the passengers and get some sleep. He is awoken by the sound of breaking glass and sees that King Godred's crown has been stolen by the two thieves, who are escaping on the pump trolley. Toby pursues the two thieves, but they set the points against him and escape. They believe they have lost Toby until they accidentally turn on one of the animatronic dinosaurs in the Dinosaur Park. This alerts Toby to their presence and he is able to catch the thieves, who are then restrained by his driver and fireman while the Earl takes back the crown.
The next morning, the two snobby passengers have changed their stance on Toby, and they apologize to him for misjudging him when pointedly mocked by Millie. They and the Earl praise Toby as a hero for stopping the thieves, even defending him from Diesel when he teases him.
Tropes:
- A Day in the Limelight: For Toby. Fans were surprised by this because Toby had been booted from the Steam Team to make room for Rebecca and Nia.
- An Aesop: What someone looks like, doesn’t necessarily tell you what they can do, so it’s important not to judge anyone by their appearance.
- Bait-and-Switch Comment: "He can still be really useful...for storing my golf clubs in!"
- Continuity Nod: In the life lesson segment, Thomas makes a reference to the events of "Kevin's Cranky Friend".
- Cool Old Guy: Toby, big time. Despite his old age, he easily stopped 2 thieves from stealing King Godred's crown.
- Handcar Pursuit: When the two thieves steal King Godred's crown, they attempt to escape on a handcar, but Toby chases after them.
- Imagine Spot: Toby has a rather surreal one where he's a windmill on a golf course.
- Innocuously Important Episode: The plot of this episode comes back with a vengeance in the Marvelous Machinery special. These thieves here could be precursors for Baz and Bernie.
- It Belongs in a Museum: Diesel makes rather mean-spirited jokes that due to Toby's age, he should be put in a museum.
- Jerkass:
- Diesel, for making ageist remarks about Toby.
- Same goes for the two passengers, who doubt Toby's usefulness due to his appearance. Luckily, they change their minds once they learned how useful he is.
- Never Learned to Read: When Millie says that you should never judge a book by its cover, Diesel takes it literally and says that he's never read a book in his life.
- Prone to Tears: Toby is very fragile in this episode, taking the insults thrown at him very personally.
- Unwitting Pawn: Toby was one to the thieves, as they posed as mere passengers while he took them on a tour of Ulfstead Castle.
- Villain of the Week: The two thieves.
