Scoop (Bob the Builder)

Scoop is a yellow backhoe loader and the leader of Bob's Can-do Crew machines, and the machine protagonist of Bob the Builder. He was the first machine acquired by Bob.
He is voiced in the UK by Rob Rackstraw and in the US by Alan Marriott in the Original Series and Project: Build It and David Menkin in Ready, Steady, Build!.
==Biography==
Scoop was the first machine character designed by Keith Chapman, director of Chapman Entertainment and the series' creator. Scoop is also one of the few characters to closely resemble a real life type of vehicle.
He was Bob's first machine as shown in When Bob Became a Builder, when Bob was choosing a backhoe loader from behind a chain-link fence. Scoop was the one chosen by Bob when Scoop kept following him to attract his attention. He is shown to be faster than Travis as shown in Travis and Scoop's Race Day, when Spud challenged them to a race after an argument broke between him and Travis.
==Personality==
Scoop is one of the most mature machines and is a good leader. Scoop's personality is notably similar to Bob's in several ways. Scoop also looks up to Bob, and occasionally asks the others, "Can we fix it?".
Scoop is shown to have an emotional side as shown in Snowed Under when he cried several times. This was mostly due to being guilty, but the last time he cried was in a dream in which he got happy for winning a gold medal, but changed back to his normal self afterwards.
==Appearance==
Scoop is yellow with black cab supports and an orange roof-mounted beacon. He has a grey exhaust pipe coming out of his perspective left side of his hood. He has large black tires on the rear and smaller ones on the front. He is also based on a JCB 3CX.
==Trivia==
*Scoop was the first machine that Bob got.
*Although Scoop's gender is male, his gender was female in Polish and Swedish.
*In 1999, Scoop was made as a coin-operated kiddie ride by Jolly Roger Amusement Rides LTD. The original version featured 2 rectangular buttons, a green one to start the ride and a red one for sound effects and phrases. Later, another version was made, which had circular buttons.
*Scoop is allergic to hay, grass and flowers as he has hay fever. This makes him the first machine to have an allergy.
*Scoop's railway compatible Brio models incorrectly depict him with no rear actor. It is included in his Builder System model.
*Scoop was originally going to be called Digger. This name was only used in the pilot episode.
*Despite his rear actor, Scoop has the ability to be hitched up to trailers, as seen in the episode Muck Gets Stuck in which he towed the mobile Generator.
*In 2009, Scoop sung and appeared alongside various other children's TV characters in the music video to "The Official BBC Children in Need Medley" by Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band.
==Gallery==
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