Bob the Builder: Project: Build It

“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!”

―Bob the Builder: Project: Build It's main quote

Bob the Builder: Project Build It is the second series of Bob the Builder, serving as the Original Series' sequel. It continues the storyline of where the Original Series left off. In this series, there is more emphasis of sustainability, with the frequent mentioning of the three R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) as well as teaching youngsters about recycling through the stories. It was produced between 2004-2007 and it aired between 2005-2008 (2009 for the US).

Production History

On 7 November 2003, it was announced that a new Bob the Builder series would be coming out in 2005. Early on in development, Tom and Skip were going to be main characters. However, due to unknown reasons, the two of them aren’t seen helping in the series. The series started production in 2004 and wrapped up in 2007. The series was broadcast from 2 May 2005 to 26 August 2008 in the UK on CBeebies and from September 3, 2005 to February 14, 2009 in the US on PBS. From 2006, the series also aired on Nick Jr. and Nick Jr. 2.

About

One day, when Wendy goes off on holiday, a contest is held in Bobsville where the winner will get to create their very own city in Sunflower Valley. To avoid seeing the beautiful countryside of Sunflower Valley get demolished for a big, bustling city, Bob devices to enter the contest, and wins! Now Bob, Wendy, and his Can-Do Crew are to turn Sunflower Valley, and later on, Bobland Bay, into an eco-friendly town for people to live in.

The main setting of the series is Sunflower Valley instead of Bobsville, which was a major location in the tenth series and later became either a minor or recurring setting from the eleventh to sixteenth series. Characters such as Mrs. Potts and J.J. (along with his gang) that remained in the Bobsville setting would disappear permanently (barring cameos) for the rest of the series.

Unlike the previous series, there are machines who either have unknown owners or owners that never got revealed. Bristle, Flex, Tumbler, Gripper and Grabber are the following machines who don't seem to have owners. It's thought that Flex is owned by Mr. Bell but it's currently unknown if he really does own Flex. Benny and Zoomer reappear from the special Snowed Under: The Bobblesberg Winter Games, under-owned by Robert and Dot. Shorts were also included in this series.

Series Overview

Se	Ep	Originally aired
		First aired	Last aired
Pilot	1	May 2, 2005
10	14	May 3, 2005	May 20, 2005
11	12	August 1, 2005	August 16, 2005
12	14	July 31, 2006	August 17, 2006
13	12	August 18, 2006	September 4, 2006
14	12	September 3, 2007	September 18, 2007
15	15	September 19, 2007	October 9, 2007
16	13	August 5, 2008	August 26, 2008

Gallery

Promotional Material

Title Cards

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Third Dutch title card

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Scottish Gaelic title card

Latin American Spanish title card

Brazilian Portuguese title card

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Finnish title card

Second French title card

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Norwegian title card

Second Danish title card

Trivia

• This is the only spin-off/sequel series to pick up where the Original Series leaves off and also the only spin-off/sequel series set in the same continuity as the Original Series.
• Unlike the Original Series, the coloured footage is a bit darker and filmed in 1080i high definition compared to the lighter footage in the Original Series filmed in 576i standard definition.
• Many of the US voices changed in this series, including Bob.
  • Bob's Big Plan:
    • Bob: Greg Proops
    • Lofty: Emma Tate
    • Spud and Mr. Bentley: Rob Rackstraw
  • Scoop's Recruit:
    • Mr. Sabatini: Vincent Marzello
  • Where's Robert?:
    • Farmer Pickles: Vincent Marzello
    • Skip: Rupert Degas
  • Wendy's Party Plan
    • Mr. Beasley: Greg Proops
  • Scrambler and the Colorful Cave:
    • Mr. Ellis: Rupert Degas
  • Scrambler to the Rescue:
    • Bob and Mr. Beasley: Marc Silk
    • Roley: Lorelei King
    • Dizzy: Emma Tate
• This series went for a more "environmentally-friendly" route, especially with the phrase, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!"
• In comparison to the Original Series, 35 of the 93 episodes were left unreleased in the UK, and 14 in the US.
  • The following episodes left unreleased are:
    • UK: Dizzy the Detective, Muck's Convoy, Sir Muck, Listen with Scrambler, Roley's Bird's Eye View, Wendy's Houseboat, Mr. Bentley's Assistant, Spud Rushes It, Scrambler's Seaweed Delivery, Massive Muck, Travis' Giddy Day, Muck's Drying Tunnel, Benny's Jungle Trouble, The Bob House, Mr. Bentley's Big Parade, Packer's Big Delivery, Spud the Woodsman, Muck's Mootastic Dairy, Roley the Green Cat, Put-It-Together Bob, Scoop Slips Up, Dodger's Dairy Disaster, The House That Lofty Built, Roley Brings the House Down, Muck's Machine Wash, Lofty the Lifeguard, Go, Mr. Bentley, Go!, Star Struck Spud, Packer's Trailer Trouble, Scoop's Best Team Ever, Tumbler's Perfect Promenade, Spud and the Hotel, Tumbler and the Ice Rink, Scrambler Gets Prepared and Sumsy's Special Building
    • US: Wendy's Party Plan, Scrambler in the Doghouse (original 2005 version), Scrambler and the Colorful Cave (original 2005 version), Travis and the Tropical Fruits, Spud's Cork Tree, Sumsy and the Beast, Benny's Jungle Trouble, Mr. Bentley's Big Parade, Muck's Mootastic Dairy, Roley the Green Cat, Zoomer's Snowy Adventure, Tumbler and the Ice Rink, Spud the DJ and An Inspector Calls
• A press release from October 2003 on the website ToonHound state Tom and Skip were set to help out in Sunflower Valley but their major roles were scrapped and only appeared once in Series 10 though Tom was referenced later on in While Bob's Away, Robert Will Play and Bob's Beach Hut.
• Lofty has seemed to have dropped his fear of mice and heights in this series and even rides up mountains in the episodes, Scrambler and the Colourful Cave and Lofty's Comet.
• This is the only series to have lost episodes in the US dub, in this case being 8, while the original UK dub is completed on Paramount+. Of them, 6 are completely lost, while the other one is partial.
  • The following lost episodes in the US dub are:
    • Travis and the Tropical Fruits
    • Spud's Cork Tree
    • Sumsy and the Beast
    • Tumbler and the Ice Rink
    • Spud the DJ
    • An Inspector Calls (in better audio quality)
  • anyone has reorded the episodes when they aired or if the footage is still around.
• The three strikes formula (which is commonly known to be featured in the HiT Entertainment era of Thomas & Friends from the eighth to sixteenth series) started being used half way through this series and would be very noticeable in the next instalment, Ready, Steady, Build!.
• In the US dub, due to having some of the same voices from the UK dub, some characters' lines and accents like Spud, Mr. Bernard Bentley, and Benny's are left unchanged. However, they sometimes use different, American English terms in the US dub.
• None of the episodes were dubbed in Czech, despite that the specials Bob's Big Plan and When Bob Became a Builder were, due to that as it was mentioned in the later special how Benny joined the crew the audience wouldn't know about how Robert asked Benny to join them.
• Only the twelfth to sixteenth series were not dubbed in Polish.
• This is the only series to have episodes not to have a character's name in a title (apart from the specials) until some episodes in the Reboot Series, those being The Three Musketrucks (Series 14) and An Inspector Calls (Series 16).

External Links

• 2005 Premiere Date
• Tom and Skip's initial involvement
• UK Promo