When Bob Became a Builder

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"Now I've got machines that can do everything!"

"Yeah! I can dig it!"

"I can shift it!"

"I can mix it!"

"I can lift it!"

"And I can ROOOOOLLLLL it!!"

-Bob, Scoop, Muck, Dizzy, Lofty, and Roley in the past

When Bob Became a Builder is the fifth Bob the Builder special and was produced by Chapman Entertainment and Hot Animation which is owned by HiT Entertainment.

Plot

While building a new car park, picnic area and play area at the beach, Bob and the machines tell Benny and Scrambler the story of how he got started as a builder. Bob then recounts how he and his dad Robert built the building yard in Bobsville, and how the machine crew we all know and love got together.

Characters

Characters Introduced

Scoop's Brothers (do not speak)

Cast

UK

Neil Morrissey as Bob, Roley, Lofty and Farmer Pickles
Rob Rackstraw as Scoop, Muck, Travis, Mr. Bentley and Mr. Beasley
Kate Harbour as Wendy, Dizzy, Pilchard, Bird and Mrs. Potts
Rupert Degas as Scrambler
Emma Tate as Benny
Richard Briers as Robert

US

Greg Proops as Bob and Mr. Beasley
Lorelei King as Wendy and Mrs. Potts
Alan Marriott as Scoop and Travis
Maria Darling as Dizzy and Roley
Lachele Carl as Muck
Emma Tate as Lofty and Benny
Rob Rackstraw as Mr. Bentley
Rupert Degas as Scrambler
Vincent Marzello as Farmer Pickles and Robert
Kate Harbour as Pilchard and Bird (uncredited)

Locations

Sunflower Valley (present day)
Bobsville (flashbacks)

Bonus episodes on the DVD

UK

US

Danish/Norwegian/Swedish

German

Trivia

In the establishing shot of Sunflower Valley, the Bentley's Sunflower Valley Home is not present, indicating that this special takes place before Series 11. However, the Old Mill is present, indicating that it was filmed after.
The events from the flashbacks of this special was later indirectly referenced in Dizzy in Charge despite the stop-motion series being non canon to the Ready, Steady, Build! spin-off.
It’s unknown how many years passed between the flashbacks and Series 1. Although its possible several years past by as the series started in 1999 for the UK and 2001 for the US if you go by the release dates and see that the flashbacks of this special were set in either the late 1980's or early 1990's.
In the US, this was released the same day as Barney: "Let's Go to the Beach" and Thomas & Friends: "Track Stars".
Coincidentally both Bob and Wendy had longer hair when they were young.
It's implied that Bob's machines were built in the 1980's or early 1990's as Scoop is stated to have just came out of the factory.
The earliest advertisement for the US DVD was in the booklet for Bob's Big Plan
This is the first time Bird appears in Sunflower Valley.
References to Bob's Big Plan and Two Scoops were made after Roley's story.
This is the one of the only two Bob the Builder specials to not be feature-length, along with "Scrambler to the Rescue".
This special would be Mrs. Potts' final speaking role and appearance in the series to date.
This is the first and only special where Spud doesn't appear.
The sneak peek trailer reel that was used in Playtime Children's Favourites is left over in the UK DVD's files.
The last speaking appearance of Mrs. Potts to date.

Goofs

The 2007 Canadian release of When Bob Became a Builder mistakenly has the 2006 disc, the same exact thing happens to the US DVD, but in the opposite way, the 2006 cover and the 2007 disc mistankenly added.

Quotes

Bob: Hey! That's my biscuit, cheeky! (UK)/Hey! That's my cookie, buster! (US)

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Slovene	Kako je Miha postal mojster	How Bob Became a Builder
Latin Spanish	Cuando Bob se Convirtió en Constructor	When Bob Became a Builder
French	Les Debuts de Bob	Bob's Beginnings
Dutch	Hoe Bob een Bouwer Werd	How Bob Became a Builder
European Portuguese	Como o Bob se Tornou um Construtor	How Bob Became a Builder