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“"Spud's on the job!" and "Oh, yes, yes, yessity yes!"”
―Spud's catchphrases in the original series
“Yes, Bob I'm sorry, Bob.”
―Ready, Steady, Build!

Spud is a mischievous anthropomorphic scarecrow who lives on Farmer Pickles' farm and always attempts to help Bob and the crew, although his efforts usually end in disaster due to his clumsiness.

Personality

Spud is a tricky, mischievous, impulsive, childish yet endearing scarecrow who constantly creates multiple problems for Bob and his crew with his antics and gets into trouble. Although he often means well and tries to help out, he causes more problems than he solves and his antics include stealing food, borrowing ladders, taking Bob's tools, not to mention causing other machines (Lofty) to fall down, causing delay for the entire team. He has limited intelligence and judgement, and needs to learn not to play tricks on others, take their belongings without asking and show good manners.

However, Spud is also a sympathetic individual and is willing to show genuine remorse and apologizes when he realizes the consequences of his wrongdoings.

Appearance

Spud is a living (presumably mutated) Australian-British scarecrow that wears a lavender shirt with a red and green scarf, blue trousers, a brown belt and he has a sharp cone-shaped replaceable parsnip nose which has been bent by accident twice.

Appearances

Original Series

Specials

Trivia

  • In the UK dub in Series 1-6 in the Original Series, Spud's voice was more nasally and had a bit of a lisp, but on Series 7-9 of the Original Series and also Project: Build It and Ready, Steady, Build! (with also the US dub of the later two aforementioned series), Spud's voice resembles the one of Zippy from the ITV children's television series Rainbow.
  • Spud is the only character who has been in jail (though it was only in Muck’s daydream). This was featured in the special Built to be Wild.
  • In the third series episode "Bob's Boots", it was revealed that Spud does not like cheese and chutney (peanut butter and jelly in the US).
  • In the sixth series episode "Bob's Pizza", it was revealed that Spud's favourite pizza has apple, turnip and jam on it, which he calls "The Spud Special".
  • Until the third series episode "Scoop Has Some Fun", Lofty was afraid of him.
  • Spud appeared only a few times in the main series of Ready, Steady, Build!, but he appears in every episode from both mini-series.
  • Spud is one of the few long-time characters who does not has a counterpart in the 2015 reboot, which takes place in a different universe, along with Bird, Travis, Scruffty and Scrambler. However, Farmer Pickles appears in the episode Barn Building Bedlam.
  • In the US dub of the Original Series, Spud speaks with a Canadian accent while in Project: Build It and Ready, Steady, Build!, he speaks with the same accent from the original UK dub.
  • In the international versions:
    • In the Catalan version, Spud is called "Carbassot".
    • In the Croatian version, Spud is called "Krumpirko", which is Croatian for "potato".
    • In the Czech version, Spud is called "Hugo".
    • In the Danish version, Spud is called "Smut"
    • In the Finnish version, Spud is called "Putte".
    • In the French version, Spud is called "Potimarron".
    • In the German version, Spud is called "Knolle", which is German for "tuber".
    • In the Hungarian version, Spud is called "Piff".
    • In the Icelandic version, Spud is called "Hrappur" and is voiced by a woman (Ragnheiður Elín Gunnarsdóttir).
    • In the Norwegian version, Spud is called "Strå", which is Norwegian for "straw".
    • In the Polish version, Spud is called "Strach", which is Polish for "fear". He is also named after the word strach na wróble, which is Polish for "scarecrow".
    • In the European Portuguese version, Spud is called "Pintas".
    • In the Brazilian Portuguese version, Spud is called "Espoleta".
    • In the Slovenian version, Spud is simply called "Pepi" which is common countryside name in Slovenia. It is very similar to the Slovene version of the first name of Farmer Pickles, which is "Pepe".
    • In the Swedish version, Spud is called "Plugg".
    • In the Turkish version, Spud is called "Kiz".
  • His name is a synonym or another word for "potato".
  • Spud is one of the few characters in the classic Bob the Builder series to have eyebrows.
  • In Snowed Under: Bobblesberg Winter Games, it was revealed that Spud had a crush on Charlene.
  • In the 'Official Children in Need Medley' music video, Spud was seen in a beach scene at sunset along with Bob, Wendy, Scoop and Pilchard and several non-Bob the Builder characters during the medley's 'Hey Jude' and 'One Day Like This' parts.
  • The only special of the classic series Spud does not appear is When Bob Became a Builder.
  • Spud's favourite pizza topping is apple, turnip, and jam, as seen in Bob's Pizza.
  • He is Curtis Jobling's favourite character.[1]

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