Bob the Builder: Hands off the Machines (2004 Fan TV Special)

Bob's College roommate takes the Narrator's money, his name is Stan Hardly and he wants to make Knockoffs of Bob's Can-Do Crew that would build and fix things all over the world, Will Bob come to save his friends, before it's too late?

## Cast

* The Narrator
* The Kids (Devon, Sam, Wendy, & Ed)
* Mom
* Dad
* Bob
* Wendy
* Stan Hardly (First and only appearance)
* Scoop
* Lofty
* Muck
* Roley
* Dizzy
* Farmer Pickles (Cameo)
* Travis
* Pilchard
* Trix
* Skip
* Mr's Potts
* Mr. Bentley
* Mr. Fogerhill (Cameo)
* Benny (Mentioned and Impression by Scoop)
* Knockoffs of Muck
* Knockoffs of Roley
* Knockoffs of Scoop
* Knockoffs of Lofty
* Knockoffs of Dizzy

## Plot

### Part 1

The Narrator begins the story with the introduction, suddenly Bob's unknown College buddy took all of his money, he grew poor and ran out of his house,

meanwhile the kids are looking through some old VHS tapes until they found a Never-before-seen Bob the Builder TV Special, the title was "Bob the Builder: Hands off the Machines" They were very confused but they happily put the tape inside the VCR, the video starts with the Warning Screen from 1999-2004, then the HiT Entertainment 2001-2007 Logo.

### Part 2

The previews are Bob the Builder, Kipper, Thomas and Friends Calling All Engines, and The Wiggles, the the usual Bob the Builder Fanclub Promo, then before it got to the video, a Warning showed up as they begin to read.

"This video is the only creation made by Hally Birdseye before she's fired in 2012, but don't worry she made these scenes clearly safe, just watch at your own risk." Those kids laugh and then, the 2004 Special begins with a shot of Bob's Windows,

then the kids see Bob talking on the phone, with Wendy petting Pilchard, then he humged it up , he went outside, Scoop asks who this roommate is, Bob then answered "That is my old College buddy and roommate, Stan Hardly!"

Bob continues who Stan is as a flashback where was a kid, Tom, & Bob watches Stan's inventions in action, he was so proud of him, he sighs thinking about what creation he can make next.

Then suddenly Stan appears and approaches Bob and Wendy, he greets them and asks where was the place to sit, Bob warns him not to go there because his machines of sorts Scoop, Lofty, Roley, Muck, and Dizzy are busy cleaning this place up, they said "Please to meet you, Stan!" In the (US), in the UK version, they said "Nice to meet you, Stan"

Stan tells Bob that he wants to make a fortune on his friends, and asks what his machines can do, and Muck says "I can shift it", Scoop then announces "I can dig it!", "I can mix it!" announces Dizzy, "I can lift it" announces Lofty, Roley was the last to say what he does, "and I can roll it",

Stan suddenly grabbed out his camera and took a picture of Bob's Can-Do Crew and took off to his hideout to make a knockoff of them, he laughs and asks them if they can build it, and they said offscreen "Yes we can!"

### Part 3

It then cut to a news report where a female reporter broadcasted that a bunch of builders are trying to fix the Eifel Tower in Paris, as five of Bob's machines said random things as they lift the structure into place.

After a knockoff version of Roley said his catchphrase of sorts "Rock and Roll!", Bob turns the TV off and he goes outside and asks Roley if he always uses his catchphrase, and he says "Yes I Do!" In a nervous tone, and then Bob asks his team when they are in Paris.

Dizzy then asks Muck if she'd been to Paris before, but she said no and asks her if she had been there, Scoop shushes them and says to Bob that he and Benny are friends with Paris, as he makes an exciting impression of him saying that it would be so cool if you guys were here and pauses for 3 seconds then asks Bob the question again.

Bob laughs and asks when they are in Paris, as Scoop says today is the answer, and with that it was time for bed, and Wendy said them that they have a big job tomorrow, after Bob and Wendy got ready for bed, Lofty, Roley, Muck and Dizzy felt weird about lying to Bob so does the kids.

Scoop then gave the rest of the team a speech, telling them that a little white lie is fine and that Stan Hardly is good and only interested in anything good and finishes it up with "So, Can We be Good? Yes we can!"

followed by Lofty saying "um yeah! I think so.", they then wishes the kids a goodnight, it then cut to a factory where millions of people are working on Stan's latest product "Can-Do Crew with Extra Power" helping a bunch of builders build things in Mexico, New York, and China.

It then got to a scene of India, where a group of indian builders are being bullied by an Indian scarecrow that sorta looks like Spud, his name is Raj, luckily five more knockoff versions of the Can-Do Crew arrive to teach him a lesson, it then cut to Stan looking at the chart pointing to Saudi Arabia and tells his workers to come back on the coal.

Bob, Wendy, and his machines are building a shed for Travis, when Farmer Pickles hears his radio stating that in Japan, Bob's crew failed once again as they attempt to fix the Japanese train rails before the train goes overboard.

Then it cut to a "7 Hours Later" time card, Stan is shown looking at these knockoffs 'til he realizes that he found a knockoff that is perfect, the kids laugh as this knockoff looks similar to Lofty, he tells his men to take this thing back and fill it out for its power, then it cut to Bob and his team having a party, where Mr's Potts, Mr. Fogerhill, Skip, Trix, and Mr. Bentley are there too,

as the crew are busy practicing their new dance moves, an Ad for Can-Do Crew with Extra Power came on, after watching the ad, Scoop was shocked and he starts throwing a tantrum believing that Stan is lying, Dizzy didn't know what 100 pounds are.

Bob asks his team if they ever been to Germany, and Muck says "Yes we did!" And chuckles, Scoop and the gang went over to put an end to Stan's operation, Scoop says that he was a liar, to which Roley remarks as a liar liar, pants on fire

## Locations

* Bobsville
* France (AKA Paris 🇫🇷)
* New York 🇺🇸
* Germany 🇩🇪
* China 🇨🇳
* Japan 🇯🇵
* Mexico 🇲🇽
* Saudi Arabia 🇪🇬
* India 🇮🇳
* Italy 🇮🇹
* England 🇬🇧