Toby Williams is the half-brother of Sarah, and is the infant she is tasked with rescuing from the Goblin King's castle. In the film, Toby is played by Toby Froud.
Toby's charecter is significantly expanded upon in the Return to Labyrinth series, as he is its main charecter.
Toby is an infant in the film, and is deeply resented by his older half-sister Sarah who perceives him as a nuisance. At the start of the film, Sarah wishes that Toby would be taken away by the goblins and he is stolen away to Jareth's castle.
Jareth is shown to care for Toby, and treats him with affection, playing with him during the Magic Dance sequence and holding him on his lap at various points in the film.
During the climatic Escher Room sequence, Toby is seen crawling all over the room, getting perilously close to the edges of stairways and balconies as his terrified sister watches. As Toby's feet dangle over a steep drop, Sarah leaps down from far above him to reach him.
After Sarah defeats Jareth, Toby is returned to his crib and when Sarah goes upstairs to check on him she finds him fast asleep.
Appearances In Other Media
Toby on the cover of Return to Labyrinth Volume IV. Art by Kouyu Shurei.
Return to Labyrinth
Toby is the main character in the Return To Labyrinth franchise, where he appears as a lonely, aimless teenager with low self-esteem. Toby is shown to be mistreated by his mother Irene, and his father turns a blind eye to his wife's cruelty. Toby's sole friend appears to be his now-adult sister Sarah, who sympathises with his situation and cooks him dinner at the first of the first volume.
