Bob the Builder

Sometimes he rides on Travis or Scrambler. The manga and anime series Ebichu, for example, features an office lady character, appropriately named OL, and the warrior characters Linna Yamazaki from Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 and Arisa and Kyouko from All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku have day jobs as office ladies. Spud has a habit of trying to do work and with his limited intelligence getting it wrong and spoiling materials. OL stock characters are frequently found in josei manga and anime, often portrayed as clever and wistful individuals bored with their jobs, overpressured by their families, and facing psychological issues, though they are usually attractive. It is Spud who must learn to be patient, to not eat all of the food etc. Additinally, more businesses are being started by female entrepreneurs, who may be choosing to strike out on their own as an alternative to the traditional, conservative, male-dominated atmosphere of established businesses. Spud serves as the stand-in for a naive child. The OL phenomenon is changing as more and more Japanese women pursue higher education, especially abroad.

All the characters are machines or adult humans or animals except for Spud the scarecrow. Office ladies are usually full-time permanent staff, although the jobs they do usually have little opportunity for promotion, and many OLs leave their jobs to get married. Animals:. Like many unmarried Japanese, OLs often lives with their parents into the adulthood years. Machines:. An office lady, often abbreviated OL (Japanese: オーエル), is a female office worker in Japan who performs generally white collar (or, some would say, pink collar) tasks such as serving tea and secretarial or clerical work. Humans:.

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The "North American" version uses the actual BBC episodes, but dubs the voices in local accents and slang (for example, the word "soccer" is used to avoid confusion with the very different "football" popular in the U.S. It is shown on CBeebies on BBC television in the UK, and was shown on Nickelodeon TV channel in the US and Canada (in the US, starting with the 2005-06 season, episodes will be shown on PBS Kids instead). It is shown in more than thirty countries, and versions are available in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Dutch, among other languages. The show is produced in the UK by Hot Animation for Hit Entertainment, and draws heavily on stop motion techniques such as those pioneered by Art Clokey and more recently on the successful works of Aardman Animations, (although the show is not claymation but instead the characters are made from silicone for the skin with a metal armatured skeleton inside).The Characters and sets are designed by Curtis Jobling.

(The single also reached number one in Australia in 2001) A second single by Bob, "Mambo No.5", with lyrics adapted from Lou Bega's 1999 hit version, also reached number one a year later. This phrase is also the title of the show's theme song; the song became a Christmas number one single in 2000 and appeared 72nd in the all-time UK best-sellers list issued in 2002. Bob's catchphrase is "Can we fix it?" - The reponse to this (from the rest of his team) is "Yes we can!". The show emphasizes conflict resolution, co-operation, socialization, and various learning skills.

In each episode they help with renovations, construction, and repairs, and with other projects as needed. It features Bob (voiced by actor Neil Morrissey in the English original), his colleague Wendy, various neighbours and friends, and their gang of anthropomorphised work-vehicles and equipment. Bob the Builder is a stop-motion animated children's TV programme about the adventures of a construction contractor and his friends. James Taylor - Propmaker.

Jonathan Kershaw - Lead Propmaker. Paul Couvela - Supervising Animator. Hamish - Molly's Parrot. Scruffty - Farmer Pickles' dog.

Humpty - Farmer Pickles' prize pig. Tommy - Mrs.Potts turtle. Bird - A bird, Roley's best friend. Pilchard - Bob's cat.

Scoot - Black & Yellow, Tom's Snow Ski (male voice). Benny - Darkish Pink Excavator (female voice). Scrambler - Darkish blue quadbike (male voice). Trix - Purple forklift (female voice).

Skip - Yellow like Scoop, skip-carrier (male voice). Travis - Cyan tractor (belongs to Farmer Pickles, male voice). Lofty - Blue crane (male voice). Roley - Green steamroller (male voice).

Dizzy - Orange concrete mixer (female voice). Muck - Red bulldozer (male voice in original UK). Scoop - Yellow backhoe (male voice). Mr Williams - an Airport Manager.

Dora - Bob's Aunt. Jenny - Wendy's Sister. Molly - JJ's daughter. JJ - Parts Supplier.

Mr Costello - Drive-in Movie manager. Tom - Bob's Twin Brother. Dorothy - Bob's Mum. Robert - Bob's Dad.

Mr.Dixon - Postman. Mavis - Postwoman. Mrs Potts. Mrs Percival - School Headmaster.

Mr Beasley. Mr Ellis - Museum Manager. Pam. Mrs Sabatini.

Mr Bentley - The building inspector. Mr Sabatini - Runs the local pizza shop. Spud - A scarecrow (belongs to Farmer Pickles). Farmer Pickles.

Wendy - Bob's business associate. Bob the Builder.