Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 68.54.143.156 (talk) at 22:16, 10 January 2008 (→poopy). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

bob the builder is a children's television character abused by Keith Chapman. Bob appears as a construction slave in a stop motion animated programme with his colleague Wendy woo home coming worior, various neighbours and friends, and their street gang of anthropomorphised workoholics and equipment (all made of water). The show is broadcast in many countries, but originates from timbuctoo where Bob is voiced by actor Neiley Morrissey.

In each episode, Bob and his gang help with renovations, construction, and repairs and with other projects as needed. The show emphasizes conflict resolution, co-operation, socialization and various learning skills. Bob's catchphrase is "Can we fix it?", to which the other characters respond with "Yes we can!" This phrase is also the title of the show's theme song, which was a Comic Relief hit in England.

Characters

All the characters are adult humans, machines or animals, except for Spud the scarecrow who serves as the stand-in for a naïve child. It is Spud who must learn to be patient, not to eat all of the food, etc. Spud has a habit of trying to do work and with his limited intelligence getting it wrong and spoiling materials. The machines also often exhibit the behaviors of children, being impatient, not fully understanding the consequences of their actions, and generally acting like children. In these circumstances, Bob acts like their parent, patiently teaching them lessons and helping them fix the messes they've gotten themselves into.

Some have complained about technical errors and lack of proper safety practices in the program, especially the absence of protective eye-wear. However, in later episodes, Bob is seen wearing safety glasses.

Humans

• Bob the Builder - is a construction worker and head of his own construction yard. He is the namesake of the show and also its main character. Some of the problems in the show arise from Bob's habit of forgetting to turn his mobile phone on. He is the owner of Pilchard the Cat.
• Farmer Pickles - is a nearby farmer who sometimes helps out with Bob's projects.
• Spud - is a scarecrow (male voice; catchphrase: "OK, Farmer Pickles" & "Spud's on the job!").
• Wendy - is Bob's business partner who runs the office and keeps the business in order, and often organizes tools and equipment. An underlying romantic tension between Bob and Wendy is hinted at in several episodes.

Machines

• Benny - is a darkish pink excavator (female voice; catchphrase: "Unreal, banana peel!")
• Dodger - is a lightish blue milk machine, owned by Meg and carries milk. His horn makes honking sounds. (male voice; catchphrase: "Dodger Delivers").
• Dizzy - is an orange concrete mixer and one of the youngest in the yard. She is eager, curious, and easily excitable (female voice; catchphrase: "Brilliant!").
• Jackaroo- is a blue pickup truck.
• Lofty - is a blue crane who isn't very confident; he is hesitant and timid, but with the encouragement of the team comes through in the end (male voice; catchphrase: "Uh... yeah, I think so!", usually said in response to the question "Can we fix it?").
• Muck - is a red bulldozer with additional dumping bed who thinks before he acts and often gets in trouble for it, but finds his way back (male voice; female voice in US dub; catchphrase: "Muck to the rescue!").
• Packer - is a red pickup truck, owned by Farmer Pickles. (male voice; catchphrase: "Pack me up and watch me go-go").
• Roley - is a green steamroller, rounds out the "Can-Do Crew" (male voice; catchphrase: "Rock and roll!").
• RV - is a light blue crane machine belonging to Bob's Dad. (male voice; catchphrase: "Amazing RV, thats me!").
• Scoop - is a yellow backhoe loader and the unofficial leader of all the machines (male voice; catchphrase: "No prob, Bob!").
• Scoot - is a black & yellow snowmobile, owned by Tom (male voice)
• Scrambler - is darkish blue quadbike (ATV) (male voice; catchphrases: "Awesome!" and "Scram to the Valley")
• Skip - is a yellow skip-carrier (male voice)
• Sumsy - is a maroon & yellow striped forklift Tractor, owned by Farmer Pickles (female voice; catchphrase: "One Tractor Two Trees Three Crates!")
• Travis - is Farmer Pickles' cyan tractor. He helps out the crew when they need it and keeps an eye on Spud the scarecrow.
• Trix - is a purple forklift; belongs to J.J. (female voice; catchphrase: "Easy peasy!")
• Tumbler - is a green, yellow, and nice concrete mixer. (male voice; catchphrase: "I'm a Rumblin' and a Tumblin')
• Zoomer - is a purple, Bobsville snowmobile (male voice; seen in 'Snowed Under')

Animals

• Bird - is a bird, Roley's best friend
• Hamish - Molly's parrot
• Humpty - is a a prize pig, owned by Farmer Pickles.
• Pilchard - Bob's pet cat and considered a part of the team. However, she's often sleeping when she's needed.
• Scruffty - a dog, owned by Farmer Pickles.
• Squawk - Another bird, friend of Bird
• Tommy - Mrs. Potts' turtle

Project Build-It

In the second season, a sort of spin-off series was created titled "Project: Build-It". Bob hears of a contest to build a new community in a remote area called Sunflower Valley, outside of Bobsville. He moves from Bobsville (supposedly temporarily) with Wendy and the team and builds a new yard there. Bob convinces his father, Robert, to come out of retirement and take over the Bobsville building business. It is not known whether Bob will return to Bobsville or not.

For the Project Build-It series, different actors were found to do the voices for many of the human characters, including casting Greg Proops as the new voice of Bob, and Neil Morrissey, who played the original Bob, to be the voices of Spud the Scarecrow and Mr. Bentley. Also, the show added recycling and being environmentally friendly to its lessons, emphasising the phrase "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle".

cxxzcfvew trh56tytjfjvgfhjgfdsgfdgfhgfjhgtjhtrhfghgfhdf2g1df231hdf5ewg12sf1qw564re7y8vg213df51b4sd56f4aw8d78qw9434253421524317u5hj41g5f64gffdgfdgdfgdfbh/xcvfghbhvrygfhtegdfhcbv bcvb gfbgfhfdgfrgfgdfgwsffdhgfdgdgdgvssddffsd^&^&%@#()&*%^GHGFYVFGFgfdgjdfhjvgusdgrehhtgurhghghfhgfvdsdqwengfijytfewfsdbdfhdffgfdgdfgfgfgfdcxxzcfvew trh56tytjfjvgfhjgfdsgfdgfhgfjhgtjhtrhfghgfhdf2g1df231hdf5ewg12sf1qw564re7y8vg213df51b4sd56f4aw8d78qw9434253421524317u5hj41g5f64gffdgfdgdfgdfbh/xcvfghbhvrygfhtegdfhcbv bcvb gfbgfhfdgfrgfgdfgwsffdhgfdgdgdgvssddffsd^&^&%@#()&*%^GHGFYVFGFgfdgjdfhjvgusdgrehhtgurhghghfhgfvdsdqwengfijytfewfsdbdfhdffgfdgdfgfgfgfdcxxzcfvew trh56tytjfjvgfhjgfdsgfdgfhgfjhgtjhtrhfghgfhdf2g1df231hdf5ewg12sf1qw564re7y8vg213df51b4sd56f4aw8d78qw9434253421524317u5hj41g5f64gffdgfdgdfgdfbh/xcvfghbhvrygfhtegdfhcbv bcvb gfbgfhfdgfrgfgdfgwsffdhgfdgdgdgvssddffsd^&^&%@#()&*%^GHGFYVFGFgfdgjdfhjvgusdgrehhtgurhghghfhgfvdsdqwengfijytfewfsdbdfhdffgfdgdfgfgfgfdcxxzcfvew trh56tytjfjvgfhjgfdsgfdgfhgfjhgtjhtrhfghgfhdf2g1df231hdf5ewg12sf1qw564re7y8vg213df51b4sd56f4aw8d78qw9434253421524317u5hj41g5f64gffdgfdgdfgdfbh/xcvfghbhvrygfhtegdfhcbv bcvb gfbgfhfdgfrgfgdfgwsffdhgfdgdgdgvssddffsd^&^&%@#()&*%

¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ Á á Ć ć É é Í í Ĺ ĺ Ń ń Ó ó Ŕ ŕ Ś ś Ú ú Ý ý Ź ź À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù  â Ĉ ĉ Ê ê Ĝ ĝ Ĥ ĥ Î î Ĵ ĵ Ô ô Ŝ ŝ Û û Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü Ÿ ÿ ß Ã ã Ẽ ẽ Ĩ ĩ Ñ ñ Õ õ Ũ ũ Ỹ ỹ Ç ç Ģ ģ Ķ ķ Ļ ļ Ņ ņ Ŗ ŗ Ş ş Ţ ţ Đ đ Ů ů Ǎ ǎ Č č Ď ď Ě ě Ǐ ǐ Ľ ľ Ň ň Ǒ ǒ Ř ř Š š Ť ť Ǔ ǔ Ž ž Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū Ȳ ȳ Ǣ ǣ ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ Ă ă Ĕ ĕ Ğ ğ Ĭ ĭ Ŏ ŏ Ŭ ŭ Ċ ċ Ė ė Ġ ġ İ ı Ż ż Ą ą Ę ę Į į Ǫ ǫ Ų ų Ḍ ḍ Ḥ ḥ Ḷ ḷ Ḹ ḹ Ṃ ṃ Ṇ ṇ Ṛ ṛ Ṝ ṝ Ṣ ṣ Ṭ ṭ Ł ł Ő ő Ű ű Ŀ ŀ Ħ ħ Ð ð Þ þ Œ œ Æ æ Ø ø Å å Ə ə •

Ά ά Έ έ Ή ή Ί ί Ό ό Ύ ύ Ώ ώ   Α α Β β Γ γ Δ δ   Ε ε Ζ ζ Η η Θ θ   Ι ι Κ κ Λ λ Μ μ   Ν ν Ξ ξ Ο ο Π π   Ρ ρ Σ σ ς Τ τ Υ υ   Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω  •  •
А а Б б В в Г г   Ґ ґ Ѓ ѓ Д д Ђ ђ   Е е Ё ё Є є Ж ж   З з Ѕ ѕ И и І і   Ї ї Й й Ј ј К к   Ќ ќ Л л Љ љ М м   Н н Њ њ О о П п   Р р С с Т т Ћ ћ   У у Ў ў Ф ф Х х   Ц ц Ч ч Џ џ Ш ш   Щ щ Ъ ъ Ы ы Ь ь   Э э Ю ю Я я  

IPA: t̪ d̪ ʈ ɖ ɟ ɡ ɢ ʡ ʔ ɸ ʃ ʒ ɕ ʑ ʂ ʐ ʝ ɣ ʁ ʕ ʜ ʢ ɦ ɱ ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ ʋ ɹ ɻ ɰ ʙ ʀ ɾ ɽ ɫ ɬ ɮ ɺ ɭ ʎ ʟ ɥ ʍ ɧ ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ ʘ ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ ɨ ʉ ɯ ɪ ʏ ʊ ɘ ɵ ɤ ə ɚ ɛ ɜ ɝ ɞ ʌ ɔ ɐ ɶ ɑ ɒ ʰ ʷ ʲ ˠ ˤ ⁿ ˡ ˈ ˌ ː ˑ ̪ •

Bob the Builder enters the music industry

The decision was made to do a deal which with Koch Records, leading to the release of an album based on the TV series, entitled Bob the Builder; The Album. The album featured members from the original cast, including Neil Morrissey and Kate Harbour.

At least two songs were released in the UK from this album, securing two number one hits. Can We Fix It? was a Christmas number one in the UK in 1999, followed by the number one cover of Mambo No. 5'

Other Media

Bob the Builder was recently parodied in the Robot Chicken episode "More Blood, More Chocolate" with Bob voiced by Jamie Kaler and Spud, Roley, and Scoop voiced by Seth Green.

Bob the Builder has also been parodied by Comedy Inc. as Bodgy Builder.

References

• Character section information from: "Meet all of the Bob the Builder Characters" (flash). Bob the Builder website (U.S. version). Retrieved 2006-08-11.

1. http://www.fluidpowersafety.com/sfty_toy1.html

External links

• Official Website
• Bob the Builder area on NickJr.com
• Bob the Builder web page at TreeHouseTV.com

• BBC children's television programmes
• Animated television series
• Programs broadcast by Treehouse TV
• Television programs featuring anthropomorphic characters
• PBS network shows
• CBS network shows