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“Okey-dokey, J.J.!”
―Trix's catchphrase


Trix is a violet forklift lorry who works for J.J. at his yard. She occasionally helps out Bob, Wendy and the machines.

Personality

Trix is very friendly. She gets most of her advice from J.J. She is quite energetic as Scrambler and Benny and often gets her work wrong. She is not that calm inside but worries when something goes wrong. She often makes some mistakes. She takes her work like fun.

Technical Details

Basis

Trix resembles a JCB 930 Rough Terrain forklift (albeit set up backwards).

Livery

Trix is violet with her cab, forks, exhaust pipes and tires being black; she has an orange-yellow warning light on her cab. One of her exhausts seem to have a silver band around it.

Appearances

Trivia

  • It is likely that Sumsy is her twin sister, as both of them have the same design and their personalities are quite similar.
    • Trix's model was also turned into Sumsy for Project: Build It.
  • Trix's favourite dance is Salsa.
  • Trix is one of a few machines to have a human name.
  • Out of JJ's machines, Trix has made more appearances than Skip.
  • She is the youngest machine in the Original Series.
  • She has the ability to roll her headlights, just like Roley.
  • Llewella Gideon gives her a South London accent. But Lorelei King gives her a Central Floridan accent.
  • In some appearances, the exhaust pipe attachments on Trix's bonnet would switch places; sometimes its positioned to the right (from Trix's point of view), and sometimes its positioned on the left (from Trix's point of view).
    • Additionally, her Born to Play toy depicts her exhaust pipe to be on the left, whilst other toys of Trix from other merchandise lines depict it being placed on the right.
  • So far, Trix lasted a total of three years on the show going by the original UK air dates. She appeared from 2002 to 2004. To date, she last appeared in "Trix and the Bug" on 9th May 2004.
  • Trix was absent from Series 10, likely due to her model being turned into Sumsy for the following series.
  • In the Finnish version, she has a male's voice.
  • While Trix has the same name in many dubs, she has a different one in a few dubs:
    • In the Japanese version, Trix is called "Torikkusu" (トリックス), which is a transliteration of her English name.
      • Trix's Japanese dub actress, Keiko Nemoto, also did the Japanese voice for Muck in the 2015 series.
    • In the Finnish version, Trix is called "Mini".
    • In the Czech version, Trix is called "Tom".
    • In the German version, Trix is called "Kessi".
    • In the Hungarian version, Trix is called "Trixi", but sometimes spelled "Trixy", in which in turn is similar to her English name.
    • In the Polish version, Trix is called "Worek", which is Polish for "bag".
    • In the European Portuguese version, Trix is called "Trica", which is similar to her English name.
    • In the Catalan version, Trix is called "Vadora".
  • Trix may have been inspired by Carrie from Jim Henson's Construction Site, who was also a purple forklift.
  • Some sources incorrectly list Maria Darling as her US voice, but if you listen closely, it's Lorelei King.