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Travis Paints the Town

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Travis Paints the Town is the ninth episode (second episode to premiere on the BBC) of the first series.

Plot

Bob, Muck and Roley head off to finish a new section of road, with Travis taking the line-marking machine for them. As they arrive, Roley starts to flatten the road's surface, and Muck helps Bob unload the line-marking machine. Spud secretly watches them from afar.

Later, Bob is called away by Mrs. Potts to fix up her fence, leaving Roley alone with the line-marking machine and giving Spud the opportunity to cause mischief. Spud discreetly hitches Travis to the line-marking machine in place of his trailer and tricks Travis into thinking that Farmer Pickles needs him by the pond. Travis unknowingly leaves uneven white lines on the road as he rushes off. Roley sees this and frantically tries to chase down the tractor, picking up Farmer Pickles along the way. Farmer Pickles calls Wendy about the trouble, and Wendy calls Bob.

Bob receives Wendy's call after fixing Mrs. Potts' fence and dashes off with Muck to stop Travis. Muck and Travis nearly collide by the pond, which causes the tractor to swerve and the line-marking machine to tumble onto its side, spilling a great deal of white paint on the ground. Spud is promptly found out by Farmer Pickles, with the scarecrow admitting he is to blame, and forced to clean up the white lines as punishment. When Bob, Muck and Roley return to the yard, they all try to talk about the trouble that happened, but it comes out all jumbled as Muck and Roley frantically talk over each other. Dizzy wishes she had been there to witness all the fun.

Later, Spud is still cleaning up the road, until he finally finishes in the night.

Characters

Locations

Voice Cast

United Kingdom & Australia

North America

Finland

Sweden

Trivia

  • This episode marks the first of several things:
    • First appearance and speaking roles of Farmer Pickles and Mrs. Potts on screen when going by BBC premiere dates.
    • First time a proper accident occurs, in reference to the Line Marking Machine spilling over.
    • First time someone falls over, in this case being Spud.
    • This episode was the first time and only Original Series episode where Farmer Pickles had a ride on Roley, as well as the first episode where any human character has a ride on Roley.
    • This episode was the first time Farmer Pickles had a ride on Travis.
    • This episode was the first Travis dedicated episode.
    • This is the first time Lofty only appears through a cameo as well as his first non-speaking role.
    • This episode was the first time where the line "Erm, yeah! I think so!" is never said.
  • Some TV guide sources incorrectly list this episode airing in January 1999 for the UK.
  • Contrary to popular belief, this was the second episode to air on the main BBC channel, not Bob Saves the Hedgehogs, which aired after.
  • Some music tracks are also heard in Bob the Builder LIVE!
  • This episode was paired with Travis and Scoop's Race Day (Series 1) when it first premiered in North America and Latin America.
  • This episode was paired with Bob's White Christmas (Series 2) and Muck's Sand Castle (Bob at the Beach) when it first premiered on PBS in the US.

Goofs

  • When Bob gets on Muck, Bird disappears.
  • When Bob says, "Bye!" to Wendy, his mouth does not move.
  • When Spud creeps up to the line marking machine, Travis is missing.
  • In the shot where Travis first leaves to see Farmer Pickles, the edge of the sky background can be seen.
  • The scene of the air view of Travis approaching Muck is mirrored.
  • Right before Muck and Travis skid to avoid hitting each other, which leads to the line-marking machine falling onto it's side, as Travis comes into frame, for at least two frames, you can see that the line-marking machine is not attached to him before it quickly fades in because of the stop-motion process.
  • Oddly, Lofty and Pilchard were not seen at the yard. However, Lofty is seen very briefly in an aerial shot.
  • In the aerial shot, one of the roads leads to a tree.

UK/US Script Differences

  • Scene 1
    • UK: That's right, Travis, then we can put a white line down the middle to show that it's the main road.
    • US: That's right, Travis, then we can paint a nice line down the middle to finish everything off.
  • Scene 2
    • UK: Well, I'll tell you what, I'll pop over quickly now, it won't take me five minutes to fix that.
    • US: Well, I'll tell you what, I'll drop by quickly now, it won't take very long to fix that.

Quotes

  • Spud: Hey, Travis. Oh, there you are. Farmer Pickles wants you down at the pond. He says it's very urgent.
  • Farmer Pickles: That's funny. Where's Travis going in such a hurry? Oh my! I'd better call Bob. Someone has got to stop Travis.
  • Roley: Travis! TRAVIS!
  • Farmer Pickles: Travis!
  • Bird: (tooting)
  • Farmer Pickles: STOP!!
  • Bob: Quick as you can, Muck! We've got to stop Travis before he paints the whole town white!
  • Farmer Pickles: Spud! Spud, come out of there, now!
  • (Spud comes out of the bush)
  • Farmer Pickles: Alright, Spud, what do you know about all of this?
  • Spud: Hmm, um, oh, me? Nothing!
  • Bob: So who hooked the line marking machine onto Travis then?
  • Spud: (gulps) Um... Oh, it was me, Bob. I was just having fun, I didn't mean any harm, like/you know?
  • Farmer Pickles: Well, I think you got some cleaning up to do. Ain't/Isn't that right, Bob?
  • Bob: UK: Quite right, Farmer Pickles!/US: That’s right, Farmer Pickles!
  • Spud: Sorry, Bob. Spud's on the job, Bob.

In Other Languages

Language Name Meaning
Polish Traktor Maluje Travis Paints
Hungarian Tódor kifesti a várost Travis Painting the Town
Russian Тревис красит город Travis Paint the Town
Romanian Travis vopseste orasul Travis Paint the Town
German Rumpel malt die Stadt an Travis Paints the City
Japanese スパッドのいたずら Spud's Prank
Latin Spanish Travis Pinta el Pueblo Travis Paints the Town
Dutch Hector verft de stad Travis Paints the Town
Czech Václav pomaluje celé město Travis Draws the Entire City
Croatian Krompirkova neslana šala Spud's unsalted joke
European Portuguese O Tomás Pinta a Cidade Travis Paints the Town
Finnish Tatu Kaistamaalarina Travis the Painter
Slovenian Janez barva Travis Paints
Catalan La Gran Pintada The Great Graffiti

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