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Dodger the Milk Truck
Appearance
First appearance	Dodger the Milk Truck (Series 14, 2007)
Last appearance	Spud the DJ (Series 16, 2008)
Creator(s)	Dave Ingham
Voice Actors
UK voice actor	Rob Rackstraw
US voice actor	Alan Marriott
Overview
Gender	Male
Owner	Meg
Residence	Sunflower Valley
Technical Details
Machine type	Pickup truck
Year built	Unknown
Primary colour	White and blue

“Dodger delivers!”

―Dodger's catchphrase

Dodger is a white and blue pickup truck who belongs to Meg. He has a crane arm that lifts the milk. His horn makes honking sounds that the rest of the team find funny.

Personality

“He's bouncy, and funny, and wee bit cheeky too.”

―Meg

Dodger is friendly and enjoys making people and machines laugh. In Radio Bob, he was shown to be very good telling jokes. He also frequently honks his horn and is best friends with Scrambler and Packer.

Technical Details

Basis

Dodger vaguely resembles a 1930s Ford pickup truck. His basis is shared with Jackaroo.

Livery

Dodger is painted in milk-white near the cab, and also along the bottom. His loading bay is painted in blue, as well has his bumpers and mouth. His wheels are grey, as well as his crane arm, radiators and along the middle of his bonnet.

Appearances

Project: Build It

• Series 14 - Dodger the Milk Truck (debut), The Three Musketrucks and Dodger's Dairy Disaster
• Series 15 - The House That Lofty Built and Packer's Trailer Trouble
• Series 16 - Zoomer's Snowy Adventure, Radio Bob and Spud the DJ

Shorts

• 2007 - Tumbler Cleans Up

Voice Actors

• Rob Rackstraw (UK)
• Alan Marriott (US)
• Juha Varis (Finland)

Audio Files

Horn

First used	Last used	Sound Effect
Series 14	Series 16

Trivia

• Jackaroo's model was most likely recycled to produce his twin brother Dodger.
• Dodger is one of the machines who hadn't been seen using a talkie-talkie. He is also one of a few machines to have a human name.
• Dodger’s horn sound was previously used for Jack in Thomas & Friends and its spinoff Jack and the Sodor Construction Company. Though in some scenes, Dodger uses Jack's horn at a different pitch.
• Dodger's horn is a stock sound effect.
• Dodger's mouth plates are most likely made from the same molds as Benny's mouth plates.
• While Dodger has the same name in many dubs, he has a different one in a few dubs:
  • In the Finnish version, Dodger is called "Kaarlo", a Finnish version of either "Charles" or "Carlo".
  • In the German version, Dodger is called "Huper", which is German for "hoot".
  • In the Dutch version, Dodger is called "Donnie", which is Donald's nickname in Thomas & Friends.
  • In the Catalan version, Dodger is called "Eixerit".
  • In the Slovenian version, Dodger is called "Duško".

Sunflower Valley

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Can-Do Crew

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