Toby Coleman

Toby Coleman (played by actorr John Bell) made his first appearence in the 2010 Series "Tracy Breaker Returns".

His actor was 13 when he got the role but Toby is probably a few years younger (like most actors to characters ages in the show) so he was likely around 11 years old in Season 1.

 Personality 

Toby is a responsible, kind, and caring young man who tries to do the right thing.

He loves comic books and gives Carmen, Lilly and Tee information about werewolves in S1 - The werewolf.

He loves animals, and told Tee off when she dressed her sheep "Baaronica Bellamy Sapphybum The First" (S1E8: Sisters) in her toy-dress up stuff. Toby also owned a hamster called Mr. Hamster who he unfortunately ended up taking with him to the service station (The 2nd time around) as the adults and the children try to take a trip to the beach.

 Appearances 

Toby appears in all of Season 1 and from episode 3 of Season 2 - 25 episodes all together.

After Elm-Tree House got closed down (explored Season 2 - Episode 1: - "The Burnwoody Meance") the children are sent to diffrent places, Lilly gets fostered by Cam, whilst Carmen and Sapphire get send to Burnywood, and the rest get scattered about the place.

At the end of Season Episode 2: Drained - They all get back together (Tee says this out loud) - apart from Toby who didn't come back (Gus says this out) he returns in the next episode: Season 2 Episode 3 and says until the end of Season but doesn't re urn for Season 3.

Season 2 Episode 2 - Crushed and stays until the end of Season 2 but doesn't return for season 3 - Tracy tells Kitty that the room that she getting was Toby's old room and that's he been fostered (again - however this time he doesn't return)

Crushed - The children get to repaint their bedrooms anyway they like. They decide to go to Toby's room since as Johnny says he's probably been fostered, or else he would of came back (Liam adds) So the children all decide to take his stuff from his bedroom, apart from Gus, but Carmen gives a toy troll because everyone else took something and she didn't want him to feel left out.

ells his comic books to a store because he doesn't think Toby coming back. However Toby finds his comic books - That he marked his name on them - At the store and asks the man who stole it to him - the. An tells him some boy (turning out to be Liam)

''' Past life. '''

Toby was born to well-off parents but placed in care after his mum and dad died in a car-crush (resulting in him thinking that hhe was jinked)

si

is an only child and is the son of well-

off parents. He moved into care after his parents died in a car crash. Throughout his stay at the Dumping Ground, he proves to be a loyal friend and is not usually the source of friction at the resdiance. He is best friends with Johnny and gets along with the older residents like Liam, Frank and Elektra.

In Series 1: Episode 3 - Tob

by is convinced that his life is jinxed, inspiring Tracy Beaker (Dani Harmer) to write funny column called "Bad Luck Boy" commenting on his bad luck. He becoMes the butt off

f everyone's jok

es. When Tracy finds out from Sapphire Fox (Saffon Coomber) that Toby's parents died in a car crash, as well as his foster parents, Tracy sets about making amends before he meets another set of prospective foster parent

s. When Toby sees the new foster parents' car arrive, Toby decides to run away because he is afraid of his bad luck. Tracy eventually finds him in the garden. Toby is upset because he doesn't want foster parents but wants his own parents instead. Toby is worried that his bad luck will strike again, as his last foster parents died. Tracy convinces Toby to go back to the Dumping Ground to meet the foster parents but decides once and for all that he wants to stay at the Dumping Ground with his friends rather than go with a new family.

In series 2, Toby befriends a girl named Sara(Romy Irving) at the comic book store. He likes her because he realize that the two have very much in common but when Toby tells her that his parents are still alive, Sara tells Toby that her mother had died. Toby returns to the Dumping Ground realizing everything he owned had gone, but Liam O'Dononvan (Richard Whisker) and Frank Matthews (Chris Slater) go to get his comics back, Toby asks Liam for help about Sara telling the truth about his parents. Toby gives Sara his old, rare comic book and tells her the truth about his parents, she is hurt by this and runs off home, but when Toby follows her, he discovers that she has been lying all along and that her mother still alive. Tracy sees Frank, Liam and Toby in the cafe and decides to drive them home. Wheh he meets Elektra (Jessica Revel) in episode 6 he appears to have a crush on her but this is damaged when she runs off with the Cobras, after his efforts to stop her and is mugged by the gang.

In Episode 1 of series 3 Tracy tells Kitty that Toby has been fostered because kitty had now had his room after she, Tyler, Rick and Lizanne had been moved to the Dumping Ground after the Burneywood fire.

Central Episode: Bad luck boy - Good luck boy - Crushed - Money - Day in the country - Snake bite