Bob

Bob Morrissey AKA Bob the Builder Is A Builder Of Bobsville (Original Series Season 1-3 & Season 4-9) and Sunflower Valley (Project Build It). He Loves To Build & Fix Anything & He Is The Only Character To Survive & Fight In That Series Part Of The Bob the Builder Franchise.

## Appearance

Bob is a tan-fair skinned male with small black eyes and a medium sized nose. As a construction worker, he is often shown to be wearing his building clothing which consists of a Red and Orange chequered/patch shirt (which has a collar in Ready, Steady, Build!), faded blue dungarees (which are a darker shade of blue in the first series and in Project: Build It), brown boots, and a Yellow Construction Worker's Hat. Around his waist, Bob also carries a Tan-Coloured toolbelt which usually contains a Pipe Wrench Spanner, Two Screwdrivers(The First Screwdriver Is A Yellow Screwdriver With Two Red Circle Lines On The Yellow Screwdriver And The Second Screwdriver Is A Black Screwdriver), and a hammer, as well as a silver and orange tape measure from the first to third series. When his hat is removed, he is shown to have brown hair. His hair was longer during his youth.

## Personality

Bob is a very kind-hearted, caring, and hard-working man who enjoys his work and encourages everyone else. He is shown to be a fun-loving and intelligent individual. During a crisis/problem, he is not one to lose focus and often comes up with ideas on how to fix things. He acts as a parental figure to his machines and makes sure to keep them in line. While he is honest and frank about how he feels, Bob is far from being overly strict or stern. Rather, he is shown to be quick to forgive, but also willing to teach and correct. He can at sometimes be forgetful when he tries to remember what jobs to do. Thus, Wendy is there to help his mind kickstart.

He has displayed romantic affection for Wendy.

He's very close to his twin brother Tom, and they have been close since they were kids.

In early series, Bob was a little more serious (particularly in Series 1), but this was toned down as the series progressed.

## History

Bob is from a family of builders - his father Robert is also a builder and so was his Grandfather Billy. Bob wanted to be a builder ever since he was a child and he got a hardhat for Christmas when he was young, and the first thing he fixed was Tom’s toy elephant, as seen in A Christmas to Remember. When he was a teenager, him and his twin brother Tom went out camping in Sunflower Valley. He is assisted by Wendy and a host of five anthropomorphic vehicles in various projects in and around town. In the early episodes he was not good with computers but in newer episodes he used them for construction work designing. Some of the problems in the show arise from Bob's habit of forgetting to turn his mobile phone on. He also is the owner of Pilchard the cat.

He was voiced by Neil Morrissey in the UK and by William Dufris, Greg Proops and Marc Silk in the US of the original series

## Trivia

* + It is unknown what Bob's last name is.
	+ In the summer of Bob's teen years Bob helped his dad build the yard, which later inspired him to become a builder.
	+ In the UK dub, Bob speaks in a Midlands accent, however, in the episode Buffalo Bob, he can speak in a Southern American accent.
	+ When Bob was younger, he had longer hair. This is also the same case for Wendy.
	+ In Ready, Steady, Build!, Bob is only ever seen wearing his work clothes. This applies for Wendy, too.
	+ Bob is the only character to appear in every episode.
	+ In a production wrap party poster from 1999, Bob's hard hat is shown to be able to swivel on top of his head.
		- Another thing worth noting is that it was possibly the first public appearance of Bob before S1 aired in the UK. This is also the first "crude" showing of Bob. In the poster, he is seen having a cigarette in his mouth and lying on the floor behind a wall (possibly Bob's Building Yard) next to Farmer Pickles, who is either vomiting or urinating, while he is drunk. There are also four glass bottles of alcohol in front of them.
	+ The first thing Bob ever fixed was his brother Tom's toy elephant.
	+ Due to limitations with the stop-motion models, Bob (as well as all of the human characters) was usually seen smiling in the original series, even if the scene doesn't really make sense to have him smiling. In Ready, Steady, Build! he is more expressive, and tends to frown at times where it makes sense.
	+ In the 'Official Children in Need Medley' music video, Bob is the first cartoon character to be seen singing at a recording studio. The only line in the medley that Bob sung on his own was "If you look around, the whole world's coming together now" when it was on its first part. ('Can You Feel It') That line in the medley was also from the 'Can You Feel It' song itself.
	+ Bob's reboot series counterpart slightly resembles his pilot episode design, including his brown eyes and five fingers on each hand.

## Discography

1. Bob the Builder
2. Bob the Builder in 3-D
3. Dare to Be Stupid
4. Polka Party
5. Even Worse
6. UHF
7. Off the Deep End
8. Alapalooza
9. Bad Hair Day
10. Running With Scissors
11. Poodle Hat
12. Straight Outta Lynwood
13. Alpocalypse
14. Mandatory Fun

1. ↑ The wrap party poster