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“I thought friends help each other, but they were all too busy to help me."
"That's because they were helping me!”
― Toby and Henry

Toby's Afternoon Off is the eighth episode of the tenth series.

Plot

Toby has finished all of his jobs early and intends on visiting the farm when the Fat Controller asks him to do some odd jobs. At first devastated that this will mean he cannot go to the farm, he has an idea; if he can ask someone to help him with one of his jobs, he might be able to get to the farm.

Toby's first job is to shunt some trucks. He asks Mavis for help, but she is too busy. Then Toby has to take some trucks to the depot. He asks Thomas for assistance, but he is running late and has no time to help. Finally, Toby has to help Cranky with some cargo and asks Salty to share the workload, but Salty is busy delivering a piston rod. However, Cranky states that the ship has been caught in rough seas and will not arrive until the next morning, leaving Toby time to visit the farm.

On the way back, however, he meets Henry, who asks Toby where he is going. After Toby states about his jobs and how he had tried to ask Mavis, Thomas and Salty for help, Henry states that were too busy to help Toby because they were helping him; Henry had broken down and Mavis was getting him his special coal, Thomas was taking away his passengers for him and the piston rod Salty was delivering was for him. Toby feels ashamed for thinking they were being unkind, now knowing why his friends were unable to help, and offers to take Henry's coaches home. This shocks Henry, since Toby will now miss his afternoon off, but Toby knows that it does not matter if he helps Henry. This leads to Henry thanking Toby and apologising for him missing his afternoon off, but Toby does not mind.

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Trivia

  • Going by production order, this is the sixth episode of the tenth series.
  • Henry speaks with a Liverpudlian accent in the UK dub.
  • This episode marks:

Goofs

  • Mavis is said to "puff" and then "steam" past Toby, but she is a diesel engine.
  • In widescreen releases, when Toby says, "And I thought they were my friends," Salty can be seen stopping at the end of the set.
  • When Mavis leaves the yards, Toby is much closer to the tar tankers than he was in the previous and the next two shots.
  • When Toby stops next to Cranky, his steam platform can be seen on the track.

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In Other Languages

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Language Title
Brazilian Portuguese A Tarde Livre de Toby
Catalan Le Lliure Tarda Toby
Chinese Mandarin 托比的下午休假
Croatian Bruno ima Slobodno Popodne
Czech Tobyho volné odpoledne
Danish Toby Holder Fri
Dutch Toby's Vrije Middag
Finnish Topin Vapaa Iltapäivä
French Le Libre Après-Midi de Toby
German Tobys freier Nachmittag
Greek O απόγευμα
Hungarian Baráti Segítség
Italian Il Pomeriggio Libero di Toby
Japanese トビーのごごのおやすみ
Korean 우리는 친구
Norwegian Tobys Fridag
Polish Wolne Popołudnie Tobika
Portuguese A Tarde Livre de Toby
Romanian Dupăamiaza Liberă a lui Toby
Russian Выходной Тоби
Spanish La Tarde Libre de Toby
Swedish Toby Eftermiddag
Turkish Toby Öğleden Sonra Kapalı

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