Travis Paints the Town is the ninth episode (second episode to premiere on the BBC) of the first series.
Plot
Bob, Muck and Roley are going to finish off a section of road, with Travis taking the line-marking machine for them. As they arrive, Roley starts to resurface the road, and Muck helps Bob unload the line-marking machine. Spud is seen watching them.
Later, Bob is called by Mrs. Potts to fix up her fence, leaving Roley alone with the line-marking machine and gives Spud the opportunity to help them. He then unhooks Travis' trailer with the line-marking machine and tricks Travis by saying Farmer Pickles needs him by the pond. Travis starts rushing out, not knowing the line-marking machine is hooked up to him, leaving white lines on the road. Roley sees this and becomes frantic, and starts chasing down the tractor, along with Farmer Pickles taking a ride with him. Wendy is soon called by Farmer Pickles about the trouble, and calls Bob.
Bob is soon given the call by Wendy after fixing Mrs. Potts' fence and dashes off with Muck to stop Travis. They eventually caught up to Travis by the pond, which causes the tractor to swerve, making the line-marking machine to tumble to the ground, leaving a big mess of white paint. Spud is soon found out by Farmer Pickles, with the scarecrow admitting he is to blame, and is 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, in which Dizzy wished she was involved in it. Later, Spud is still cleaning up the road, until he finally finishes in the night.
Characters
- Bob
- Wendy
- Scoop
- Muck
- Dizzy
- Roley
- Bird
- Travis
- Spud
- Farmer Pickles
- Mrs. Potts
- Trampus (debut; not named; not seen)
- Lofty (cameo)
Locations
- Bobsville
- Bob's Yard
- Bob's Office
- Mrs. Potts' Home
- Bob's Yard
- The Countryside
Voice Cast
United Kingdom & Australia
- Neil Morrissey as Bob, Roley & Farmer Pickles
- Rob Rackstraw as Scoop, Muck, Travis & Spud
- Kate Harbour as Wendy, Dizzy, Bird & Mrs. Potts
North America
- William Dufris as Bob & Farmer Pickles
- Lorelei King as Wendy & Mrs. Potts
- Alan Marriott as Scoop, Travis & Spud
- Maria Darling as Dizzy & Roley
- Lachele Carl as Muck
- Kate Harbour as Bird (uncredited)
Finland
- Timo Tuominen as Bob and Roley
- Antti Pääkkönen as Scoop and Travis
- Jukka Rasila as Muck, Spud and Farmer Pickles
- Rinna Paatso as Wendy, Dizzy and Mrs. Potts
Sweden
- Mangus Ehrner as Bob
- Claire Wikholm as Scoop
- Björn Gedda as Muck
- Tuvalisa Rangström as Dizzy and Mrs. Potts
- Anneli Martini as Roley
- Eva Gröndahl as Wendy
- Carlo Schmidt as Spud and Farmer Pickles
- Pierre Lindstedt as Travis
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.
- 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 only trying to help you to finish the section of the road with the line marking machine onto Travis for you, Bob.
- 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 |
External Links
United Kingdom Premieres
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08pllmq - Original UK BBC Premiere Date (BBC)
North American Premieres
- https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/Bob_the_Builder - US Premiere Date (Nick Jr)
- https://www.corusent.com/news/obobo-builds-a-canadian-pre-school-following/ - Canada Premiere Date (YTV Jr.)
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1901539/ - PBS Premiere Date