Bob Saves the Porcupines

Bob Saves the Porcupines is the sixth Bob the Builder episode in the USA.

## Plot

Bob, Scoop, Roley and Muck are going to resurface the road by the side of Farmer Pickles' field. While they are making their way to the site, Spud and Travis are standing beside the road. Travis notices a family of peculiar spiny animals and attempts to bring them to Spud's attention. Spud, however, is too busy trying to scare crows, even though there are none. Spud believes this is because he does the job so well, but Travis calls him over again. He comments that the creatures are like "a bunch of upside-down hairbrushes", to which Spud responds by saying they are actually porcupines. Travis had never seen those in that area before, since they usually come out during the night. Spud believes the porcupines had woken up because of hunger, and they soon start crawling off into the distance. Travis says he simply hoped the porcupines knew how to cross the road.

Meanwhile, Bob, Scoop, Muck and Roley screech onto the site of the road, with Muck dumping the new gravel into place and Scoop spreading it evenly. Back at Bob's yard, Lofty plays with a spare tyre while Pilchard is asleep, and it ends up rolling until it falls next to her. Scoop had finished spreading the new gravel over the road, and Bob tells Roley to flatten it. However, the porcupine family comes out from behind a bush and starts walking towards the road as Roley gets to work. Bob and Scoop warn Roley of their presence and he stops just a few inches away from them.

At the yard, Lofty picks up a bigger tyre and swings it sideways with great concentration, aiming to make it land in a specific spot. He inadvertently ends up throwing it right where Pilchard sleeps, which startles her and makes him apologize for it. At the site of the road, Bob orders Roley to reverse, but the porcupines show up again, this time right behind him. Scoop and Muck warn Roley, and Bob tries to stop him, but right before he is about to run them over, Muck swiftly catches them and brings them to safety. Roley's excuse is that he was making up a song while he was reversing. Bob asks the machines what could be done about the porcupine family once the road is reopened and asks them for ideas. Scoop suddenly remembers how humans may get across a busy road; Bob thinks he is alluding to a pedestrian bridge, but then realizes that Scoop is thinking about building a subway (underpass) for the porcupines and congratulates him for the idea. Muck informs Bob that the porcupines cannot simply be around during the maintenance work, and Bob suggests to take them to his yard in the meantime. He also tells Muck to bring some large pipes on the way back to the road. Bob phones Wendy to inform her that Muck is returning with the four porcupines and to bring the pipes.

Muck arrives at the yard and puts the porcupines down, and they start crawling off. Lofty, who is afraid of mice, is instantly frightened and starts whining frantically, thinking the porcupines are "mice with spikes". Wendy comes out to see what the noise is all about and tries to calm Lofty down, telling him they are harmless; That is, until one of them touches Pilchard, who gets one of its spines stuck in her foot. Scoop digs the foundations for the porcupine subway, while Muck gets loaded with the pipes and goes back to the site of the road, where she unloads them. Bob calls Wendy again to inform her the pipes had arrived, and asks for the porcupines to be brought back from the yard. Wendy gets the hedgehogs into a basket and sends Lofty with them to Bob and the others. By the time the porcupines have arrived back, Bob had finished building the subway. The porcupines go in while Bob and the others say goodbye, and they safely cross to the other side. Bob and his team proceed to head back home.

## Characters

* Bob
* Wendy
* Scoop
* Muck
* Dizzy
* Roley
* Lofty
* Pilchard
* Travis
* Spud

## Voice Cast

* **William Dufris** as **Bob**
* **Lorelei King** as **Wendy**
* **Alan Marriott** as **Scoop**, **Travis** & **Spud**
* **Lachele Carl** as **Muck**
* **Maria Darling** as **Dizzy** & **Roley**
* **Sonya Leite** as **Lofty**
* **Kate Harbour** as **Pilchard**