Bertie

### Biography

Bertie is a red bus who works alongside Smeg and Bulgy. He is a close friend of Smeg but they do tend to disagree often and Bertie will be the first to try and talk Smeg out of his antics. Bertie is a friendly and cheerful bus who will get along with almost everyone he meets. He will be cheeky sometimes and will get into banter with the other buses. Bertie is the voice of reason for the buses and will try to help his friends whenever he notices something wrong.

Bertie is a AEC Regal T class bus and is painted in a red livery with a black line on both of his sides. He arrived on Sodor during the late 40s shortly after he was built. One of his first jobs on the island was to help rescue some passengers that were stuck in the snow after Thomas the tank engine had gotten himself stuck in a snowdrift and raced Thomas the following year. Bertie throughout most of his time on Sodor was located at the Knapford bus depot however, in 2017 he was relocated to the bus depot located on the little western.

### The Smeg Show

Bertie engages in some banter with Bulgy and Smeg one morning before Smeg goes to the shops to by Bertie a Twix and Bulgy a Snickers. Whilst on his commute, Bertie comes across Smeg and a derailed Duck, who are both arguing. Apparently someone dumped some crates onto the line and Duck blames Smeg, who tries to get Bertie to side with him. Bertie however reminds Smeg about some of the other mishaps he has caused on the island. Later he engages in a chase with the actual perpetrator and gets knocked on his side. Later the Lorry who had committed the act crashed off a cliff trying to avoid Bertie, And he and Smeg drag the Lorry back to the scene of the crime.

Around two weeks later, Bertie falls ill, and an Old, Green bus named Urine takes his place whilst he is being repaired. Later that night, Smeg rants to Bertie about how Urine is nothing but a nuisance and the next morning Bertie consoles a sad Urine before going off to work. He comes across Bulgy and Smeg in danger as a fire has started on a lorry carrying fuel. Bertie quickly races back to get a cable and grabs Urine to help. After Urine saves Smeg, Bertie congratulates him for rushing in despite the dangers.

A couple of weeks later, Smeg throws a party at the Bus Shed that ends up with Bertie out of commission for a while, leaving him out of the hijnks between Bulgy, Smeg, Urine and a new EMU called Emu.

A week later, Bertie takes out the trash and has an argument with Smeg when George rolls up with a proposition. He needs someone to run his tavern whilst He goes to the Constables Mothers funeral. After being persuaded with cash, Smeg and Bertie are shown what to do by George and are put in charge of the place with Cleo. Things go wrong however when many customers end up being annoying and Cleo being very condescending. After getting smacked by a giant claw, he joins Smeg on the roof and decide to watch some TV. Soon enough, Smeg and Bertie witness a mugging and a robbery by Lorry 1, who returns. Bertie witnesses Smeg get into a fight with him, and the Lorry shoves off. The place is trashed and Smeg and Bertie leave.

Bertie is taking some holiday makers and drops some at a stop where Smeg is also at. He talks about his admiration about the countryside but is shut down by Smeg. Bertie is seemignly insulted by Smeg's remarks and doesnt appriciate his ramblings being compared to pathetic poetry. The next morning Bertie isnt feeling very well and after getting told not to take in so many passengers by Smeg Bertie asks him to his work while he is sick. Smeg is reluctant to but Bertie tells him it would be a nice change of pace for him. Smeg agrees and leaves soon after. Later that day Bertie is feeling much better and is curious to see how Smeg is getting on which he finds out when Butch arrives at the depot and tells the buses about the situation. Bertie alongside Bulgy both come to help to take Smeg's passengers. Smeg is happy and complains about passengers but Bertie quickly shuts him down by arguing how he got himself into this mess. Smeg unable to repsond just grumbles and soon Bertie leaves with the holidaymakers he was originally meant to take.

### Appearances

* Lorry
* Urine
* Emu
* Tavern

### Voice Actor

Bertie was originally voiced by MaxineDoodles, but in Episode two, the role was taken over by Steakandcake. They are known for their various videos across Youtube and their series that they have in the works "Pieces and Quiet". Steakandcake does various voice work for many users in the community and their favorite flavor of Ice Cream is Rocky Road/Vanilla.

### Trivia

* Bertie is a bus
* Bertie is one of the most fruitiest characters in the smeg show. This was not a decision made in part of MaxineDoodles. Steakandcake just made him sound very fruity.
* If Bertie was a fruit, he'd be a strawberry.

### Gallery

Bertie in episode oneBertie in episode twoA drunken Bertie injuring himself