Scoop (Bob the Builder)

Do-Gooder

Stop-Motion
CGI
2015 Reboot

Full Name

Scoop

Alias

Big Banana (by Benny)

Origin

Bob the Builder

Occupation

Digger

Powers/Skills

Being a leader
Construction and digging

Hobby

Being the leader

Goals

Various.

Family

No information

Enemies

Spud (sometimes)

Conrad

Type of Hero

Loyal
Benefactor

“	No prob, Bob!	„
	~ Scoop's famous catchphrase

Scoop is a yellow backhoe loader and the leader of Bob's Can-do Crew machines. He was the first machine acquired by Bob.

Biography

Scoop was the first machine character designed by Keith Chapman, director of Chapman Entertainment and the series' original creator. Scoop is also one of the few characters to closely resemble a real life type of vehicle.

He was Bob's first machine as shown in When Bob Became A Builder, when Bob was choosing a backhoe loader from behind a chain-link fence. Scoop was the one chosen by Bob when Scoop kept following him to attract his attention. He is shown to be faster than Travis as shown in Travis and Scoop's Race Day, when Spud challenged them to a race after an argument broke between him and Travis.

Personality

Scoop is one of the most mature machines and is a good leader. Scoop's personality is notably similar to Bob's in several ways. Scoop also looks up to Bob, and occasionally asks the others, "Can we fix it?".

Scoop is shown to have an emotional side as shown in Snowed Under when he cried several times. This was mostly due to being guilty, but the last time he cried was in a dream in which he got happy for winning a gold medal, but changed back to his normal self afterwards.

In the 2015 reboot, he has a notable personality change and is no longer mature or reliable, and is clumsy and careless which makes things worse for his team.

Appearance

Scoop is yellow with black cab supports and an orange roof-mounted beacon. He has a grey exhaust pipe coming out of his perspective left side of his hood. He has large black tires on the rear and smaller ones on the front. He is also based on a JCB 3CX.

Trivia

Scoop was the first machine that Bob got.
Although Scoop's gender is male, his gender was female in Polish and Swedish.
In 1999, Scoop was made as a coin-operated kiddie ride by Jolly Roger Amusement Rides LTD. The original version featured 2 rectangular buttons, a green one to start the ride and a red one for sound effects and phrases. Later, another version was made, which had circular buttons.
Scoop is allergic to hay, grass and flowers as he has hay fever. This makes him the first machine to have an allergy.
Scoop's railway compatible Brio models incorrectly depict him with no rear actor. It is included in his Builder System model.
Scoop was originally going to be called Digger. This name was only used in the pilot episode.
Despite his rear actor, Scoop has the ability to be hitched up to trailers, as seen in the episode Muck Gets Stuck in which he towed the mobile Generator.
In 2009, Scoop sung and appeared alongside various other children's TV characters in the music video to "The Official BBC Children in Need Medley" by Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band.