Elvis Cridlington (Seasons 1-5)

Elvis Cridlington is the one of the main characters from the popular children's TV show mh:besttvshows:Fireman Sam. He is one of the firefighters at the Pontypandy Fire Station and has also been assigned the position of station mess manager.

Why He Rocked

 * 1) While he is shown to be dimwitted in most episodes he is presented in, he is actually shown to do a decent job at being a firefighter he is in.
 * 2) He is a pretty funny character and is shown to have some funny moments in the show, like the part where he pretends to be a beast in "Beast of Pontypandy" and the scene in "Carnival of Junk" where Station Officer Steele tries to remember what he did in his childhood, in which Elvis asks if he hunted dinosaurs.
 * 3) He has a passionate love for music and is generally shown to be a pleasant singer for the most part.
 * 4) He's shown to care deeply about the rest of the firefighters and the people in Pontypandy.
 * 5) *In Seasons 3-4, he is shown to have an interesting relationship with Penny Morris, which later evolved into a romantic one.
 * 6) Some of the episodes that focus on him are enjoyable to watch.
 * 7) He is willing to give morals about fire safety to the children, and while not as good as Sam, is shown to be somewhat of a good role model to children.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Even though his character is supposed to be somewhat dimwitted in the episodes he is presented in, sometimes his dimwitted nature can lead to him acting like an idiot and into doing something that a normal firefighter shouldn't normally do:
 * 2) *He once tried to put out a TV fire with a bucket of water in "A Real Live Wire", not realising that he was supposed to turn the power off before putting out the TV fire.
 * 3) **This is also a continuity error as he previously knew how to put out a TV fire in the Season 4 episode "Disaster for Dinner".
 * 4) He can sometimes be treated as a butt monkey in a few episodes of the series.
 * 5) *The most notable episode to where he is treated like a butt monkey is in "Fit For Nothing", one scene for example had Norman Price turning the speed up on the treadmill that Elvis was using, causing him to fly across the room.
 * 6) His character got flanderized horribly after Season 6.

Trivia

 * His character is named after the singer Elvis Presley who he idealised as a child and even maintains a similar hairstyle.
 * He appeared in every episode of the show during Seasons 1-5.