Air date: June 4th, 2013 (UK)
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?
Tropes featured in the episode:
- Acquired Situational Narcissism: Scruff, after his new coat of paint garners him compliments from the other engines.
- An Aesop: It's important to be clean, but you shouldn't be obsessive over it otherwise you can't do your job.
- A Day in the Limelight: For Scruff.
- Jerkass Has a Point: 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.
- Leave Me Alone!: None of the other engines want to switch jobs with Scruff.
- Neat Freak: 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.
- The Pig-Pen: Scruff, which pivots the plot.
- Serious Business: After Scruff is cleaned up, he is determined not to get dirty once.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Gordon delivers a light, matter of fact one to Scruff, setting off his Heel Realization:Gordon: You may be shiny and clean, but if you don't do your job then you're not a really useful engine anymore.